Scientists may have found a way to provide millions of people around the world with fresh water.
For a new experiment, Harvard researchers are planning to spray aerosols in to the Earth's stratosphere.
Researchers have found evidence of microbes surviving up to six miles beneath the Mariana Trench.
The aim will be to drill all the way down through the Earth's crust for the first time in history.
A new facility for archiving some of the world's most important documents has opened in the Arctic.
Scientists have come up with a new type of sieve that could bring clean drinking water to millions.
Geologists have revealed the cataclysmic flooding that once separated the UK from the rest of Europe.
A man in China who lost his ear in an accident now has a new one thanks to a remarkable procedure.
Former marine Richard Browning has created a working Iron Man suit out of six miniature jet engines.
The SpaceX CEO has launched Neuralink - a new company which aims to merge humans with computers.
The bizarre plan would see the world's tallest building being hung upside-down from an orbiting asteroid.
It may one day be possible for over-65s to visit a clinic every few years to receive a rejuvenation shot.
A catastrophic rise in temperature wiped out the vast majority of life on Earth 250 million years ago.
Back when the tallest trees were only a few feet high, huge towers of fungus grew in excess of 8 meters.
CERN's giant atom smasher has identified five new particles that had been 'hiding in plain sight'.
A new study has revealed that the indigenous Tsimane people have very low levels of vascular aging.
Pastor Emmanuel Momoh discovered the monster-sized diamond while mining in the country's Kono region.
Europe's largest active volcano has erupted in spectacular fashion for the third time in under 3 weeks.
New research has suggested that humans may have been responsible for the formation of the Sahara.
The humorously named research submarine is preparing to venture beneath the waters of the Antarctic.