Physicist Rongjia Tao has suggested the construction of huge walls to prevent tornadoes from forming.
Roaming packs of small dogs are proving to be an unexpected menace in some parts of Arizona.
Scientists have argued that the Pine Island Glacier was melting just as quickly over 8,000 years ago.
A prophet in Zimbabwe, Simbarashe Kamupondera, drowned in a river while performing a cleansing ritual.
A new project is aiming to have us reassess exactly what an intelligent alien life form might be like.
Experts believe that honeybees exposed to common pesticides are becoming smaller and weaker.
A proposal to reduce global warming using tiny reflective particles has been condemned by scientists.
A rare seismic phenomenon has been blamed for reports of mysterious booming noises around Toronto.
A new discovery has opened up the possibility of a diamond rush in the world's coldest continent.
A recently discovered gas appears to be 7,000 times more impactful on climate change than CO2.
The company aiming to send humans on a one-way Mars trip is set to launch a robotic mission by 2018.
A Japanese firm is aiming to build a huge 250-mile-wide belt of solar panels around the moon's equator.
One of NASA's new upcoming projects will attempt to grow plants on the moon for the first time.
A bivalve mollusc that goes by the name of Ming has turned out to be a staggering 507 years old.
Dr Andrew Hemmings has found tantalizing evidence that large cats are roaming wild across the UK.
Local authorities have been investigating a strange and pervasive humming noise in Southampton.
The exact point at which a person is dead and beyond resuscitation is becoming increasingly blurred.
The UN climate change panel has been considering some unorthodox ways to tackle global warming.
Controversy surrounds many of the conclusions of the IPCC climate change report to be revealed on Friday.
A man suffering from Parkinson’s has developed the peculiar ability to 'smell' upcoming storms.