A leading authority on aging has claimed that within two years a drug could be available to extend lifespans past 100.
Its being met with a great deal of skepticism but North Korea claim to have succeeded in developing nuclear fusion.
When it was invented 50 years ago the laser was a "solution looking for a problem", nowadays it can be found everywhere.
Concerns have been raised that drugs designed to stop ageing could ultimately end up fuelling euthanasia.
Scientists have warned that domestic household robots of the future could pose a threat to humans.
The Pentagon is trying out aroma therapy, acupuncture and other treatments to help traumatized soldiers.
NASA are conducting a mock space mission by sending astronauts to live and work in an undersea science station.
Silent electric cars may be getting sounds like those in Star Wars in order to help others hear them coming.
A type of medicinal powder made from pig bladders is being used to help wounded soldiers regrow their limbs.
Pioneering physicist Nikola Tesla predicted the concept of SMS text messages as far back as 1909.
A new tractor beam technology based on laser thruster engines could be used to clear space debris from orbit.
New research has revealed that global floating ice is in "constant retreat" leading to fears of rising sea levels.
A working replica of Henry VIII's extragavant 12ft-tall wine fountain has been constructed at Hampton Court Palace.
DARPA is currently developing a flying vehicle that can both drive along the ground and fly through the air.
Pictures of Albert Einstein's Princeton desk only a few hours after he died have been shown for the first time.
A team of 30 doctors and surgeons have performed the world's first full face transplant on a young man in Spain.
A new type of synthetic skin for robots has been developed by the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa.
New speed cameras that can track the speed of motorists from orbit are currently being tested in the UK.
A new type of brain implant has been developed that melts in to place and adapts to fit the brain's surface.
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner is going to attempt a record-breaking sky dive from an astonishing 120,000 feet.