The autonomous flying passenger drone has taken to the skies for the first time at a test site in Oregon.
The act of hitting tree trunks thousands of times may actually be giving woodpeckers brain damage.
Astronauts who spend a lot of time in space are at risk of experiencing a rise in core body temperature.
For the first time, an artificial limb with a sense of touch has been built for use outside of the lab.
The DNA of microbes found on the International Space Station has been sequenced in space for the first time.
Scientists have discovered an entirely new phenomenon in fluid dynamics - pairs of connected whirlpools.
For the first time ever, South Africa's oldest known hominid skeleton has been unveiled to the public.
Scientists have radiocarbon dated a small fragment of bone that may have belonged to Saint Nicholas.
NASA has activated the iconic interstellar probe's backup thrusters for the first time in 37 years.
The new galaxies date back 13 billion years to a time shortly after the formation of the universe.
For the first time ever, it has been possible to directly observe one species evolving in to another.
A time-lapse camera captured the moment an intense fireball streaked across the sky over Lapland.
A mysterious world 4,000 times more massive than the Earth has been found lurking 22,000 light years away.
Researchers have been able to trace the first ever recorded solar eclipse back to the time of the pharaohs.
NASA has revealed some of the results of its recent experiment involving twins Scott and Mark Kelly.
For the first time ever, astronomers have spotted what is thought to be a visitor from a distant star system.
For the first time ever, gravitational waves and light have been picked up from the same cosmic event.
A man from Casper was picked up by local law enforcement after claiming to have come from the future.
New footage has emerged of an eight-year-old from Argentina who honks every time he breathes in.
Thought to be worth more than $250,000, the once-in-a-lifetime discovery was made using a metal detector.