The Chinese city of Chengdu is working on a novel space-age solution to illuminating its streets at night.
A new report has suggested that searching for evidence of alien life should be part of all future space missions.
A new study has cast doubt on the practice of releasing cats in to cities to help curb rat populations.
Two scientists from Canada and the US have come up with a mathematical model for a viable time machine.
A peculiar strip of glowing light spotted in the sky over Canada has left scientists scratching their heads.
A new species of dinosaur discovered in China has turned what we know of sauropod evolution on its head.
Prof Ron Mallett has spent his life pursuing the dream of building a time machine so that he can save his father.
The futuristic new weapon is capable of setting fire to targets from a distance of over half a mile away.
Remarkable new footage shows a white-faced capuchin using a stone as a hammer to break open nuts to eat.
China's Tiangong-2 space station recently spent ten days 95km closer to the Earth than its usual orbit.
A rat that managed to gain access to an ATM machine ended up gorging itself on a small fortune in notes.
The remains of an extinct species of ape have been found inside a 2,300-year-old burial chamber.
A fish with a head resembling that of a bird has been caught in a river in China's Guizhou Province.
The disturbing experiment has been designed to highlight the potential dangers of intelligent machines.
A recently released photograph appears to confirm the existence of a secretive Chinese drone project.
NASA is launching a spacecraft to study the heliosphere - a bubble which extends far beyond the orbit of Pluto.
A US government employee working in the city of Guangzhou has reportedly experienced similar symptoms.
The origins of a mysterious 800-year-old shipwreck have been determined thanks to a rather helpful label.
One family got the surprise of their lives when they discovered that their adopted 'puppy' was actually a bear.
Jumping spiders are capable of launching themselves six times their body length from a standing start.