Tombs from Egyptian Old Kingdom uncovered

Sightless man navigates maze

Bees scare off plant pests

NASA's rubber ducks lost under Greenland's ice

The neuroscience behind altruism

"Little Ice Age" may have hastened end of Aztec and Inca empires

Hoard of Byzantine gold coins found in Jerusalem

Pete the purple squirrel

Anchorage, Alaska, loses its giant snowman, Snowzilla

Police investigate assault on 50 "witches" in India

The iTunes prayer-book

Reward offered in case of beheaded cow

Natural aspirin found in humans

Ice circles near Toronto

Old Man Winter pays a visit to north-west USA

'Tis the season to steal the baby Jesus

Genes may influence popularity

Evolution's giant leaps

The home replicator

Rare disease causes people to pull out their own hair

Scientists call for an end to ban on incest

Why some of us hate to cry

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Updated by: Owen