An electricity bill for more than $284bn (£212bn) left a woman in the US state of Pennsylvania stunned... until she found out the amount was wrong. Mary Horomanski from Erie said the latest bill showed

In need of an unfinished skyscraper? Act fast and you might be able to get your hands on one in China. A 156m (511ft) skyscraper in northern Shanxi province has been listed on Taobao, China's largest

Researchers in London have developed scanning techniques that show what is written on the papyrus that mummy cases are made from. These are the decorated boxes into which the wrapped body of the deceased

Scientists in Rome have unveiled the first bionic hand with a sense of touch that can be worn outside a laboratory. The recipient, Almerina Mascarello, who lost her left hand in an accident nearly a quarter