New research has revealed that spiders eat twice as much animal prey as humans do each year.
The groundbreaking find pushes back the evolution of complex life forms by another 400 million years.
The 400,000-year-old fossil cranium has been hailed as the oldest discovery of its kind in the country.
One of the art world's most hotly debated mysteries may have finally been solved after 500 years.
The space agency has been given a set of ambitious new goals which include a manned mission to Mars.
The humorously named research submarine is preparing to venture beneath the waters of the Antarctic.
A new radar technique has made it possible to locate a derelict spacecraft in orbit around the Moon.
Defence attorney Stephen Gutierrez's trousers erupted in to flames in the middle of a court hearing.
Archaeologists have confirmed the discovery of a 3,000-year-old Ramses II statue within a Cairo slum.
A new research satellite has revealed that it is possible to grow tubers in the conditions found on Mars.
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully managed to create time crystals in a laboratory.
Archaeologists have discovered an ancient table-like stone structure inscribed with mysterious artwork.
Engineers have fitted CERN's record-breaking particle accelerator with its first major upgrade.
An analysis of mammoth DNA has revealed that the species had become wracked with genetic disease.
Two partial human skulls unearthed in central China could belong to an unknown archaic human species.
In a world first, researchers have managed to create artificial embryos using the stem cells of mice.
A 13-year-old girl has managed to capture a photograph of an anomalous figure on her mobile phone.
Marine biologists have recorded footage of a remarkable jellyfish in the depths of the South Pacific.
The private space firm has revealed that it will be sending two people to the Moon as early as next year.
This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.