Scientists believe that the human brain can remember ten times as much information as previously thought.
The alleged success could mean that plans to perform a human head transplant in 2017 are still on track.
It is looking as though pensioner Joao Coelho de Souza could be the oldest human being that ever lived.
A prominent paleoanthropologist has suggested that we may eventually develop gills and live underwater.
Scientists have been creating human-animal hybrids to help meet the growing demand for donor organs.
Author Logan Streondj has calculated the point at which robots will outnumber Earth's human population.
The European Space Agency believes humans will be living on the lunar surface within the next 14 years.
Congress has insisted that NASA create a prototype deep space habitation module by no later than 2018.
Scientists have discovered the region of the brain responsible for determining human intelligence.
Scientists have found evidence that a prehistoric species of human was still alive relatively recently.
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is concerned that another world war could ruin efforts to send humans to Mars.
The man behind China's 'cloning factory' has suggested that it should now be possible to clone a human.
A humanoid robot guide called Spencer will be tasked with helping passengers reach the correct terminals.
Humai is aiming to make it possible to freeze someone's brain and resurrect them again within 30 years.
The life-like contraption was developed by robotics engineers from several institutes across Iran.
At the beginning of the 20th century a doctor in Massachusetts attempted to weigh patients as they died.
Medics were called when the woman mysteriously caught fire without any apparent cause or explanation.
Japan's super-realistic 'Geminoid' robots are so convincing that some people can't tell the difference.
The International Space Station has made it possible for humans to maintain an ongoing presence in space.
The recently discovered asteroid due to pass by the Earth today actually looks like a skeletal face.