Back in the 1950s, scientists in the UK developed a nuclear mine that required live chickens to work properly.
Researchers in Russia maintain that Jeanne Calment, who died aged 122, was not who she claimed to be.
The wreck of a WWII plane found in the English Channel could help to explain what happened to a US serviceman.
Conservationists have uncovered stone carvings dating back 600 years on the tomb of a medieval bishop.
Following on from its historic flyby of Pluto in 2015, the probe will reach its next destination on New Year's Day.
The youngster called up the police on Christmas Day because he didn't like the snow pants he'd received.
The woman and her husband had been driving near Sandy Hook when they saw something in the road.
A Florida man ended up burning his own house to the ground because he was afraid of vampires.
Last year, scientists in Lithuania created a nativity scene that was so small it could fit in to the eye of a needle.
A mile-long asteroid shaped a bit like a hippopotamus has skipped us by on its closest approach in 400 years.
Letters to Santa written by children during the late 19th and early 20th centuries have been revealed on Twitter.
A new study has revealed that Saturn's rings may be slowly falling on to the gas giant as 'ring rain'.
Great-grandmother Irene O'Shea made history earlier this month when she jumped out of an airplane.
The two world powers have reportedly been working together on a series of controversial experiments.
Scientists have discovered some rather unusual feathers within pieces of amber dating back 100 million years.
NASA has proposed a new mission to delve deep beneath the icy crust of Jupiter's moon Europa.
A remarkably well preserved 4,400-year-old tomb has been discovered in the ancient city of Saqqara.
Hunter and fisherman Greg Strand captured footage of the colorless animal in the woods earlier this month.
Social media users were left puzzled recently by a news clip showing a boy who seems to appear from nowhere.
A recent segment on Russian state TV mistakenly reported on a 'high-tech robot' that was anything but.