This incredible Rube Goldberg machine is designed with one purpose in mind - to serve a slice of cake.
A road in the Netherlands has been fitted with rumble strips that play a tune whenever a car drives over them.
Anthropologists have been investigating the origins, evolution and purpose of the humble eyebrow.
An expedition crew is hoping to search the Antarctic sea floor for Sir Ernest Shackleton's vessel Endurance.
Virgin Galactic's new spaceplane blasted through the sky on Thursday after firing its rocket engine for the first time.
Scientists have found the fossil remains of an ichthyosaur that was almost the size of a blue whale.
The SpaceX CEO has warned of a future ruled by an unstoppable AI that could ultimately destroy mankind.
Scientists have revealed that snowfall in Antarctica has gone up ten percent over the last two centuries.
This remarkable dome of churning molten magma was photographed in Hawaii by the US Geological Survey.
The 53-year-old was resuscitated despite lying lifeless outside with no heartbeat for the better part of a day.
Space tourism startup Orion Span is offering guests the opportunity to spend 12 days orbiting the planet.
A university in South Korea is allegedly working with a defence company to build autonomous killing machines.
Two separate airliners encountered an unknown object while flying over the Arizona desert in February.
Scientists have discovered an astonishing number of massive black holes hiding within our own galaxy.
Unknown phone-tracking or 'Stingray' devices are thought to be in operation within the D.C. area.
Physicists at Harvard University have suggested that the universe could end almost as abruptly as it began.
Nectome is aiming to preserve the brains of dying people via a process that will prove fatal to the patient.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
A new fossil analysis has revealed that one particular species of lizard had extra eyes on the top of its head.
A leading surgeon believes that we will gain the ability to read each other's minds within as little as 20 years.