'Bionic mushroom' could power your phone
Nov 7, 2018Scientists have converted a regular shop-bought mushroom in to a device that can produce electricity.
Bizarre spider looks like it has a dog's head
VIDEO Nov 7, 2018Found in the Amazon rainforest, this incredible arachnid looks like a strange cross between a dog and a spider.
China unveils its plans for new space station
Nov 7, 2018The new orbital platform will be China's first permanently manned space station when it launches in 2022.
Ozone layer could be fully healed by the 2060s
Nov 6, 2018The protective layer is improving so rapidly that it could heal itself entirely within as little as 50 years.
Laser 'beacon' could be used to attract aliens
Nov 6, 2018A new MIT study has proposed a way to not only attract alien astronomers, but also to communicate with them.
NASA 'flying saucer' image is not what it seems
Nov 5, 2018One of the space agency's recent 'picture of the day' posts reads 'flying saucer crash lands in Utah Desert'.
Rare zebra-donkey hybrid born in Somerset
VIDEO Nov 5, 2018Named Zippy, the new arrival, which was born last month, is one of only two known 'zonkeys' in the UK
'Bird from Atlantis' mystery finally solved
Nov 5, 2018The origin of a flightless bird found only on a remote island in the Atlantic has puzzled scientists for years.
NASA's Dawn mission ends as probe falls silent
Nov 4, 2018After spending years unravelling the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres, Dawn has finally run out of fuel.
New dinosaur species discovered in Argentina
VIDEO Nov 4, 2018Palaeontologists have unearthed the fossil remains of a herbivorous dinosaur dating back 110 million years.
Mystery surrounds mass fish deaths in Iraq
Nov 4, 2018Fish farmers have been left devastated following the unexplained deaths of hundreds of thousands of carp.
Car gets wedged in to 'impossible' position
VIDEO Nov 3, 2018Footage from Scotland shows a car that has somehow become wedged lengthways between two bollards.
'Oumuamua may be an extraterrestrial solar sail
Nov 3, 2018Harvard astronomers have suggested that the first known interstellar visitor could be an alien probe.
$5bn project to map DNA of all life on Earth
Nov 2, 2018Known as The Earth BioGenome Project (EBP), the international endeavour is expected to take ten years.
Man claims to have spent ten days with aliens
Nov 2, 2018Alec Newald, who is from New Zealand, maintains that he once spent over a week in an alien civilization.
Origin of chocolate pushed back 1,500 years
Nov 2, 2018New research has suggested that chocolate may have originated outside of Mexico and Central America.
Can plants keep you alive in an airtight room?
Nov 1, 2018Scientist Kurtis Baute decided to see how long he could last in an airtight cube with only plants to supply oxygen.
4,500-year-old ramp system discovered in Egypt
Nov 1, 2018Unearthed in an alabaster quarry, the ramp may have been used by the builders of the Great Pyramid of Giza.
Strange 1,500km-long cloud spotted on Mars
Nov 1, 2018ESA's Mars Express orbiter has photographed a long white cloud lingering eerily over the planet's surface.
NASA's Kepler telescope is officially dead
Oct 31, 2018The ground-breaking space telescope that discovered more than 2,600 exoplanets has finally run out of fuel.
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