A New Zealand archaeologist has uncovered an untouched "time capsule" of Maori life almost 200 years ago. The remains have lain hidden beneath the impenetrable undergrowth of the Poor Knights' northern island, Tawhiti Rahi, since December 16, 1823.

Stone Age Britons had a sophisticated knowledge of geometry to rival Pythagoras - 2,000 years before the Greek "father of numbers" was born, according to a new study of Stonehenge.

Sustaining stem cell research in an effort to save and improve thousands of lives by allowing scientists to create embryos should be supported, writes Prime Minister Gordon Brown in advance of a British parliamentary vote on the subject.

Since Tom Wolfe captured the militant materialism of some modern scientists in his 1996 essay, "Sorry, but Your Soul Just Died", a cognitive revolution in neuroscience has moved the momentum towards an unexpected overlap between science and mysticism.