Tag: BBC News
The 85-Year-Old Living Inside Her Own Art Installation (How I Live in London)
"Don't wear beige... it could kill you." That's the first piece of advice Sue Kreitzman gave.
The Ancient Mystery of the Himalayan ‘Skeleton Lake’
In 1942, an Indian forest ranger discovered a remote lake, high in the Himalayas, with something strange visible in its clear water. The lake was full of human skeletons.
The Tech Helping To Complete La Sagrada Familia
Antoni Gaudí is one of the world’s most renowned architects - and his most famous project, La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, is still under construction 140 years after work first began.
New Titanic Scan Reveals Ground-Breaking Details of Ship’s Final Hours
A digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner's final hours, including how engineers kept the lights on until the last moment.
Scientists ‘Shocked’ at New Stonehenge Discovery
The six-tonne Altar Stone at the heart of Stonehenge came from the far north of Scotland rather than south-west Wales as previously thought, new analysis has found.
Rarely-Seen Items Recovered From Titanic Wreckage
Since the wreckage of the RMS Titanic was discovered in 1985, 73 years after it sank in the Atlantic Ocean, over 5,000 artifacts have been recovered. Many of them are kept in a secret warehouse in Atlanta, Georgia, with access to view them very rare. From...
Face of 75,000-Year-Old Neanderthal Woman Revealed
Scientists have recreated the face of a 75,000-year-old Neanderthal woman - one of our closest evolutionary cousins.
Image of Young Polar Bear Wins Wildlife Photography Award
A stunning image of a young polar bear drifting to sleep on an iceberg, by British amateur photographer Nima Sarikhani, has won the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People's Choice Award.
The Incredible Journey of Nigeria’s Viral Ballet Boy
Three years ago, we met 11-year-old Anthony Madu, a Nigerian boy who loved ballet.
Inside India’s Lab-Grown Diamond Industry
The city of Surat is known as the ‘Diamond City’ of India, thanks to its famous diamond cutting and polishing industry. Now one company in the city, Greenlab Diamonds is turning its eye to lab-grown diamonds. But how do you 'grow' a diamond? And just how...
Pompeii: New Discoveries as Archaeologists Begin Biggest Excavation in a Generation
Archaeologists have begun the biggest excavation of the ancient city of Pompeii in a generation.