Professor Stephen Hawking was unable to attend his own birthday celebrations due to ill health.
Tears contain a lot of vital information about our bodies and could help to monitor blood sugar levels.
Scientists at MIT have created a special suit that simulates the physical difficulties of old age.
Quasicrystals were thought impossible to occur naturally until geologists came across some in Russia.
Scientists have been able to retrieve sound from recordings made in Alexander Graham Bell's lab.
Tokyo scientists have developed a car seat that can identify the driver by analysing their posterior.
China have tested a new high speed train over the weekend that blows all competition out of the water.
Volunteer Santa trackers reported a record number of calls and queries asking about Santa's progress.
Researchers are adding live cells to bandages to spur blood vessel growth so wounds heal quicker.
Scientists have made the first steps towards being able to download skills directly in to the brain.
Large Hadron Collider scientists have reported glimpsing the Higgs-boson particle for the first time.
Scientists are expected to reveal key findings in the hunt for the highly coveted Higgs boson particle.
The Mariana Trench in the Pacific ocean descends to a staggering depth of almost 11km.
Two Korean scientists have envisaged a future where your phone can diagnose what illness you have.
Scientists have indicated that woolly mammoths could walk the Earth again by as early as 2016.
Streams of electrically charged gas could be used in the future to cure colds and other illnesses.
Scientists are preparing to reveal their latest findings from the LHC in a seminar on December 13th.
The new printer produces a bone-like material that will aid in the repairing of serious injuries.
Studies show that humans aren't the only sufferers of PTSD - canines are showing signs of it as well.
Yves Rossy has flown his custom-built jet pack in formation with two aircraft over the Swiss Alps.