New research has suggested that we can actually taste water and that it has a distinctly sour flavor.
New research has revealed that the human brain is a lot more complex than anyone had ever imagined.
When it comes to extremely long-lived life forms, trees and plants beat animals hands down every time.
Today marks the 55th anniversary of the escape of three men from the 'inescapable' Alcatraz prison.
The idea that Tyrannosaurus rex had a thick plumage of feathers has been called in to serious doubt.
A new research paper has revealed that ravens and crows can determine whether or not a deal is fair.
The incredibly well-preserved hatchling is believed to date back 99 million years to the Cretaceous Era.
The discovery casts doubt on the idea that modern humans evolved in a single 'cradle of humanity'.
Archaeologists have unearthed the long-lost ruins of a 4,000-year-old city known as Xarab-i Kilashin.
Archaeologists have discovered the site of the Fugan Temple which was built around 1,000 years ago.
Data collected by the Curiosity rover has suggested that Mars could have supported life for a very long time.
A recent excavation in the heart of Los Angeles has yielded evidence of giant prehistoric beasts.
Germany's Wacken hard rock festival is set to use up so much beer that it is getting a dedicated pipeline.
The probe, which has been renamed the Parker Solar Probe, will be launching as early as next year.
Emma Adam had been out walking in woods near the town of Ashby when she encountered a large black cat.
Heavy monsoon rainfall in the southern Indian city has resulted in a nearby lake overflowing with foam.
Astronomers have picked up the gravitational waves produced by the merging of two distant black holes.
Aerospace entrepreneur and NASA partner Robert Bigelow believes that ET is already here on Earth.
Scientists have revealed that some species of snake have learned how to co-operate and hunt in groups.
Palaeontologists in Russia have discovered a huge new sea creature that lived 130 million years ago.