In a world first, researchers have managed to create artificial embryos using the stem cells of mice.
Special humanoid robots could soon be used to help grow replacement skin, bones and organs for patients.
Agility Robotics has developed an incredible new robot called Cassie that can walk just like a human.
A new joint mission will see astronauts orbiting the Moon for the first time in over four decades.
Known as Saccorhytus, this tiny creature is the earliest known step on the evolutionary path of mankind.
A new study has cast doubt on the idea that climate change wiped out most of Australia's huge beasts.
Researchers in Brazil have warned that some vampire bat populations have started targeting humans.
An eerily realistic robot designed to emulate a human woman has been turning heads this week in China.
Scientists have found a way to identify the DNA of our ancestors from prehistoric bone dust samples.
A new study has suggested that it would not take long for a zombie apocalypse to wipe out mankind.
The mesentery is found inside the digestive system and has only now been identified as a single organ.
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found cooking pot fragments dating back over 10,000 years.
Several sets of footprints left by an ancient human ancestor have been found at the site of a new museum.
The oldest human being on Earth, Emma Morano, is the last person alive to have seen the 19th century.
It takes the average person only 0.25 seconds to tell that an android is not an actual human being.
Hints of an unknown species of human have been found in the DNA of the modern day Melanesian people.
Dr Fergus Simpson maintains that humanity has a 13% chance of going extinct before the century is out.
NASA's 'impossible' propulsion system continues to intrigue as it receives its first peer-reviewed paper.
The President-elect is hoping to send humans back to the Moon - and beyond - within the next few decades.
The Dutch company has unveiled a preliminary design for a space suit that may one day be worn on mars.