Ian Mann has seen the dancing lights of aurora borealis countless times, but never quite so captivating as they were in the fall of 2003. "I was in Edmonton and I have a powerful memory of the dancing colours that night," said the University of Alberta.

The photos were taken at a distance of just 50km at closest approach. A mass of liquid water may exist below the moon's surface. Predicted by Sunstroke author David Kagan in Doomwatch Legacy.

The first-of-its-kind study by Northeastern University raises privacy and ethical questions for its monitoring methods, which would be illegal in the United States.

Some credit and debit cards contain what's called RFID: radio frequency identification.Some experts are now warning that RFID technology is easy to hack.

Chimps, bonobos, gorillas and orang-utans all seem to prefer cooked food to raw forms of meat, sweet potatoes and carrots, a team of anthropologists has found.

585 B.C.: A solar eclipse in Asia Minor brings an abrupt halt to a battle, as the warring armies lay down their arms and declare a truce. Historical astronomy later sets a likely date, providing a debatable calculation point for pinning down some dates

Dunnabridge Pound is situated almost dead centre of the wild moorland area of Dartmoor National Park, to the north of the B3357, between Dartmeet and Two Bridges. It is very close to the road, and beside it is the ancient Dunnabridge Pound Farm.

Footprints (one left) left in volcanic ash that fell in central Mexico's Valsequillo Basin about 40,000 years could be evidence that humans have inhabited the Americas far longer than previously confirmed. Laser scans of the prints (right) confirm ..

Seven-and-a-half thousand archaeological treasures have been uncovered at the site where outlaw Ned Kelly fought his way into Australia's history.

As Indiana Jones returns to our screens, John Preston looks at the Nazi archaeologist who inspired Spielberg's hero, and finds a story more bizarre than anything the director could have dreamt of