Two government employees in Spain managed to skip work without anyone else noticing for over 15 years.
A madcap laser junkie has created a device that is 33 million times brighter than the surface of the sun.
A large hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer is finally starting to show signs of healing up.
A photograph taken of workers at a linen mill over a century ago appears to contain an unexpected extra.
The well-preserved 14,000-year-old remains were unearthed by utility workers in the city of Tultepec.
A researcher in the United States believes he has found evidence of a magnetic 'sixth sense' in humans.
A peculiar affliction once left hundreds of people dancing uncontrollably in the streets of Europe.
Researchers at the University of Leicester have determined that Batman would be rubbish in real life.
The plaque is located at the site where Bob Taylor famously encountered a strange object back in 1979.
A bear known as Pedals has become something of a celebrity thanks to his habit of walking on two legs.
The multi-trillion dollar endeavour could see teleportation become a reality within only two decades.
Mysterious individuals dressed in black have been reported standing at the side of roadways in Iowa.
A sick worker has had to be rescued from a remote research station in Antarctica in the middle of winter.
Scientists have been investigating where all the water in the atmosphere of Venus disappeared to.
The origins of a granite marker on an island in Massachusetts have remained a mystery for years.
Tim Peake, Tim Kopra and Yuri Malenchenko touched down safely aboard their Soyuz capsule on Saturday.
The body of a 65-year-old man from India who died while watching the movie has since gone missing.
A large 20-pound chunk of ancient butter has been retrieved from a peat bog by a farmer in Ireland.
An Australian aquatic scientist has captured footage of the crustaceans congregating in Port Phillip Bay.
A 470 million-year-old meteorite has turned out to be quite unlike any that have been found before.