The legendary film director has made several movies exploring the themes of UFOs and extraterrestrials.
The skeleton of a young Neanderthal has revealed that our brains did not develop at the same rate.
Fossilized droppings have revealed that some herbivorous dinosaurs occasionally snacked on seafood.
ESA's ambitious 'Moon village' plan could see humans living on the lunar surface within 25 years.
A new study has suggested that sleep may actually be fundamental to all life, not just to animals.
An upcoming mission designed to test out the deflection of a large asteroid has hit a bit of a snag.
A recent archaeological dig near Guernsey has yielded something rather unexpected - a porpoise skeleton.
An unknown individual has been flushing thousands of euros down the toilet and nobody knows why.
Members of the gloomy octopus species have created their own underwater settlement dubbed 'Octlantis'.
Marine archaeologists unexpectedly stumbled across a goldmine of shipwrecks during a recent expedition.
Scientists have discovered evidence of a 'hot zone' feeding a supervolcano in southern Italy.
50-year-old Ady Zivelonghi from Coventry has won the face-pulling contest for the second year in a row.
One biologist decided to take a hands-on approach to studying the powerful shock of an electric eel.
A new poll in the UK has revealed that some people may already be preparing for such an eventuality.
The crew of six NASA astronauts has been living in a dome near one of Hawaii's largest volcanoes.
A 'hot Jupiter' world situated 1,400 light years away reflects so little light that it appears pitch black.
One of the greatest robotic space missions of all time has finally reached its inevitable conclusion.
The species, which has long teetered on the edge of extinction, is finally starting to make a comeback.
Allie Megan Webb came up with the peculiar concoction during a brainstorming session at her kitchen table.
A new breeding program is aiming to bring back a species of giant tortoise that died out 150 years ago.