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.
This fascinating optical illusion by mathematician Kokichi Sugihara has left Internet users scratching their heads.
Scientists have been looking to the past to help them determine the whereabouts of the elusive ninth planet.
The largest artificial rain experiment ever undertaken will aim to induce extra rainfall over the Tibetan Plateau.
Hashtag-like etchings found on a rock in South Africa's Blombos Cave are thought to be over 100,000 years old.
A Chinese entomologist found the insect, which has a wingspan of 11.5cm, during a field trip last year.
On planets more massive than the Earth, launching things in to space will be a lot more challenging.
Known as EarthNow, the project aims to offer live streaming of the entire planet 24 hours a day.
The son of a couple in China who died in a car accident has been born to a surrogate mother four years later.
This incredible Rube Goldberg machine is designed with one purpose in mind - to serve a slice of cake.
A university in South Korea is allegedly working with a defence company to build autonomous killing machines.
Police in India are searching for a monkey that carried off and killed a small child in the eastern state of Orissa.
The out-of-control space station has finally come down in the Pacific Ocean after months of uncertainty.
China's out-of-control Tiangong-1 space lab is now expected to fall to Earth over the Easter weekend.