A team of researchers is carrying out the first in-depth archaeological survey of part of Saudi Arabia, in a bid to shed light on a mysterious civilisation that once lived there. The Nabataean culture left behind sophisticated stone monuments, but many sites remain unexplored. The rock-strewn deserts of Al Ula in Saudi Arabia are known for their pitch-black skies, which allow stargazers to easily study celestial bodies without the problem of light pollution.

Tools meant to reunite families are now being “used essentially to get families to put their members in jail.”

People living in houses perched on freshwater marshes were infected by intestinal worms caught from foraging for food in lakes

Hundreds of skeletons are scattered around a site high in the Himalayas, and a new study overturns a leading theory about how they got there.

Casio’s basic watches have barely changed in decades, a rare achievement as planned obsolescence is elevated to a corporate art form, our columnist says.

From the Apple II to the ZX Spectrum, the aural experience of loading a game from a cassette, disc or cartridge was all part of the fun

Faber is being urged to make amends for turning down George Orwell’s novella in 1944. But it is far from the only publisher to miss out on a future bestseller

There are only five living Navajo Code Talkers: Peter MacDonald, Joe Vandever Sr., Samuel F. Sandoval, Thomas H. Begay and John Kinsel Sr. These are their stories.

Archaeologists worldwide pooled their knowledge of past land use — and pushed back the date when human farming and other practices began altering the planet.

While the legend of the Loch Ness monster goes back hundreds of years, the first modern sighting of Nessie was reported in 1933.

By comparing fossils and CT scans, researchers say they have reconstructed the skull of the last common forebear of modern humans.

he Beatles weren’t a group much given to squabbling, says Mark Lewisohn, who probably knows more about them than they knew about themselves. But then he plays me the tape of a meeting held 50 years ago this month – on 8 September 1969 – containing a disagreement that sheds new light on their breakup.

The X-29, an experimental plane flown by NASA in the 1980s, sports one of the most unusual designs in the history of aviation.

Bill Gates talks about Paul Allen at the Forbes Philanthropy Summit, where he was posthumously honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for Philanthropy.

The most lavish among them were festooned with colorful appliqué and brightened with gilded leather.

Thousands of women began their careers at NASA as computers, before the advent of electronic machines. A diverse and potent force in space exploration, their calculations were ultimately responsible for sending astronauts to the moon.

Scroll through memory lane.

Some languages that have never been deciphered could be the next ones to get the machine translation treatment.

The trailblazing computer scientist on being in charge of the software for the 1969 Apollo moon landing

Fifty years since Apollo 11 landed, the novelist shares her favourite books and poems about Earth’s mysterious satellite