Skydiver Felix Baumgartner is going to attempt a record-breaking sky dive from an astonishing 120,000 feet.
New calculations based on equations devised by Albert Einstein support the idea that the LHC can form black holes.
A pioneering new fertility technique involving DNA being swapped between eggs could elimintate several conditions.
Researchers are developing a standard T-shirt reinforced with boron to act as lightweight body armour.
Scientists in Japan have developed a robotic suit that uses motors to augment the strength of the wearer.
Its the stuff of science fiction but now some scientists believe parallel universes really do exist.
British scientists have discovered that a common gene is linked to aging, immunity and disease resistance.
The Large Hadron Collider is being geared up to begin its high-energy hunt for the 'God Particle'.
A nine-year-old girl has undergone a miraculous recovery after having half of her brain removed.
Scientists have claimed that it may be possible to cure a phobia with nothing more than a simple injection.
If it works cold fusion could supply the world with almost limitless power, but just how feasible is it ?
In something straight out of science fiction a new space age force-field type armour is being developed by scientists.
The Large Hadron Collider has broken its own energy record with two 3.5 trillion volt proton beams.
Scientists have produced the first device able to render an object invisible in three dimensions.
A soldier blinded by a grenade attack in Iraq is helping test out a new device that allows him to 'see' with his tongue.
A reconstruction of a brain from a 28,000 year-old human skull has revealed that our brains are actually shrinking.
A new vehicle has been developed that gets an electrical charge while in motion from underground magnets.
Scientists have succeeded in creating a genetically modified trout with massive rippling body-builder muscles.
A new find showing that the equator was once covered in ice is being hailed as proof of a snowball Earth.
Scientists in Korea have come up with a way to allow drinkers to avoid a hangover by increasing the oxygen content.