According to Goldman Sachs, asteroid mining has the potential to produce the world's first trillionaires.
Scientists have warned that cows could eventually become the largest remaining mammals on Earth.
The wreckage of one of Germany's most advanced U-boats has been discovered off the coast of Denmark.
Stephen Wiltshire, who was diagnosed with autism at the age of three, is one of the world's most skilled artists.
Warnings of another end of the world scenario involving the planet Nibiru have been doing the rounds this week.
One of the largest wildcats ever seen anywhere in the world has been caught on camera in Aberdeenshire.
The World War II-era vessel went down in 1942 after being hit by Japanese torpedoes in the Pacific.
The last remaining male of the species, Sudan, was put down on Monday after several months of ill-health.
During a meeting in 1979, blind mystic Baba Vanga allegedly predicted that Putin would 'rule the world'.
Scientists are attempting to create a breed of coral that is more resistant to the effects of global warming.
Elon Musk has stressed the importance of sending humans to Mars before the next 'probable' World War.
The World Health Organization has highlighted the potential danger of a deadly, as-yet-unknown pathogen.
The construction of the world-famous stone circle may have been all about bringing people together.
The bottle, which dates back 132 years, was found on a beach around 180km north of Perth, Australia.
The final resting place of the US aircraft carrier, which went down during World War II, has finally been located.
Conservationists have reported that the health of the last male northern white rhino is rapidly deteriorating.
The 58-year-old's extreme resistance to freezing temperatures has seen him break multiple world records.
A new study has found that Neanderthals, not humans, created the world's oldest known cave paintings.
A solitary tree on an island in New Zealand may hold the key to determining the beginning of the Anthropocene.
A renewed hunt for Earth-like worlds has yielded a haul of 95 previously undiscovered extrasolar planets.