A previously undiscovered body part measuring a mere 15 microns has been identified by scientists.
The International Linear Collider will be one of the largest science projects ever undertaken.
Semi-robotic insects that can be controlled with a mobile phone are being developed by researchers.
Several species of insects have adapted to deal with crops genetically engineered to produce insecticide.
An artist and geneticist have teamed up to produce an image of how humans may look in the future.
The academic behind the discovery of the Higgs-Boson believes the particle may have been overhyped.
Laboratory experiments have confirmed the existence of an unusual and lethal type of earthquake.
A futuristic type of new train that aims to cut journey times in half has been tested in Japan.
Researchers have developed a real world counterpart to Harry Potter's magical marauder's map.
Researchers have discovered that 1 in 13 people have flexible feet similar to those of apes.
Fans of the 'Back to the Future' movies are looking to the year 2015 for the advent of the hoverboard.
For the first time scientists have been able to take a close-up picture of the inside of an atom.
A UN Human Rights Council meeting in Generva is to discuss the suitability of autonomous weapons.
Scientists have succeeded in reviving plants frozen during a miniature ice age centuries ago.
Five girls from Denmark conducted a prize-winning experiment to gauge the effect of mobile phones.
A magnitude-8.3 quake that hit Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula could be the deepest ever recorded.
$125,000 has been given to NASA for the development of a device capable of producing 3D printed food.
The UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has warned that a world water shortage is on the horizon.
Croatian researchers have been training honeybees to hunt down the location of unexploded landmines.
A plant first used over 30,000 years ago could prove vital in the fight against resistant infections.