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The "unambiguous detection of water" will boost Nasa's hopes of establishing a lunar base.

In de Sint-Jacobskerk in Antwerpen is een briefje uit 1941 met een aandoenlijke boodschap ontdekt. Het zat verstopt in een luciferdoosje dat in een sluitsteen was weggemoffeld. "Als deze zoldering nog eens geschilderd zal worden, zullen wij niet meer tot deze aarde behoren", schreven de auteurs destijds neer.

The Chinese-built line will slash journey times across the notoriously congested city by two thirds.

By harnessing the ancient practice of tapu, the Rapa Nui people of Easter Island were able to ward off the coronavirus soon after it penetrated their territory.

Millions of polluting and unsafe used cars from rich nations are exported to Africa and Asia.

Praised for its initial response to the pandemic, the Czech Republic is now preparing for the worst.

A top doctor tells the BBC they had no choice, to avoid the hospital system collapsing within days.

Santa, Mrs Claus and elves all would have received early access in exchange for promoting vaccinations.

One of the world's oldest motorbike brands is expanding in Asia, the biggest market for two-wheelers.

President Macron's comments about "Islamist separatism" have angered some in the Muslim world.

Joan Hocquard, who drove ambulances during World War Two, died at her home on Saturday.

The Asian giant hornets can wipe out a colony of honeybees in hours.

A 50th nation ratifies a key UN treaty and it will come into force - but five major powers are missing.

Two new locations in Wales linked to the slave trade are now marked by high-tech history barcodes.

The Osiris-Rex spacecraft collected so much rock from asteroid Bennu that bits are leaking out.

Its PM condemns "aggressions" after Donald Trump says Egypt might destroy a controversial Nile dam.

Kushal Konwar Sarma is affectionately known as the "elephant doctor" in India's wildlife community.

Hundreds protested in the southern Italian city, some throwing firecrackers and smoke bombs.

Humans are deeply social creatures, so what happens when we’re alone for a long time?

From fake news to how other countries see the US - here's a look at the president's global impact.

There is no known link between the seasonal dust clouds and Covid-19 but Pyongyang is on high alert.

Why does the biology of coronavirus mean it poses such a threat to human life?

Norway pays for a monthly satellite dataset to track the state of the world's tropical forests.

Elon Musk breaks down climate change for students at The Sorbonne in Paris (France's Harvard) right before the historic COP21 climate change conference in wh...

Few human structures can change a landscape quite like a dam. We look at the legacies these giant barriers will leave for our descendants.