The research team have been drilling down in to the waters of an ancient freshwater lake under the ice.
Could lifelong criminals be genetically programmed to break the law regardless of their background ?
Global warming has been called in to question after the release of new Met Office temperature data.
What would the world be like if humans were not the only sentient, intelligent species to exist today ?
New research has rendered a 3D object invisible to the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Soap that contains iron atoms could find use in oil spill clean-ups and in waste water treatments.
Scientists have detected a huge bulge of fresh water 8000 cubic km in size in the western Arctic Ocean.
Dr Mike Diprose has invented a new device for killing weeds that works by zapping them with electricity.
Researchers are developing a smartphone application to help save a dying Aboriginal language.
Wikipedia leads the charge as sites protest against two proposed US laws that would censor the internet.
Plans are going ahead to drill down through two miles of ice to get samples from a sub-glacial lake.
Plans are being made to pump 24 million gallons of water into the side of a dormant volcano.
British scientists have developed the technology to grow veins and arteries on an industrial scale.
A team in the United States has found that the human tongue is capable of 'tasting' fat molecules.
What would the world be like if humans were twice as intelligent as they are today ? What would change ?
It's a standard part of our bodies that we don't give much thought to, but just why do we have a chin ?
The miniscule hard drive is comprised of just 96 atoms and can store one byte of data.
IBM physicists are working on an air battery for electric cars that will help them to outlast gas models.
Scientists believe the next big ice age could be delayed for years thanks to human carbon emissions.
The project will see the world's first robot farm open on land swamped by the tsunami in Japan.