Astronaut Scott Kelly spent 340 days aboard the space station while his twin brother remained on Earth.
Former Olympic runner Ron Hill has taken some time off after his incredible 52-year running streak.
A new study has suggested that our cells may continue to thrive for days or even weeks after we die.
Scientists have moved the minute hand of the Doomsday Clock to two-and-a-half minutes to midnight.
A previously unknown asteroid dubbed 2017 AG13 passed between the Earth and the Moon yesterday.
A new study has suggested that it would not take long for a zombie apocalypse to wipe out mankind.
A man in Germany reportedly got up on Monday morning to find that someone had bricked up his front door.
A scientist has offered up a series of predictions about what life will be like in the next 30 years.
A newly discovered species of seagull-like bird lived at a time when the Arctic was as warm as Florida.
Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
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.
A man in France who inherited a house was amazed to discover gold coins and ingots hidden all through it.
NASA's 'impossible' propulsion system continues to intrigue as it receives its first peer-reviewed paper.
An anonymous do-gooder sent shoppers in to a frenzy when he showered them with bank notes on Saturday.
A faulty fire suppression system managed to submerge a large area under a sea of white foam on Friday.
Thousands were left perplexed by the high-altitude aircraft which circled for about an hour on Wednesday.
The Dutch company has unveiled a preliminary design for a space suit that may one day be worn on mars.
Two young boys in Pakistan literally 'power down' after the sun sets and can only move during the day.