Chief longevity scientist Aubrey de Grey predicts that a cure to aging may be very close indeed.
New evidence suggests homo erectus may have originated in Asia and not Africa as previously thought.
If you think having one Tyrannosaurus rex chasing you sounds bad, imagine a whole pack of them.
Many people believe that May 21st is Judgment Day - but is there really any truth to this ?
A giant radio telescope has started listening for signs of ET on 86 earth-like extrasolar planets.
The immigration card belonging to Albert Einstein was recently discovered at Heathrow Airport.
Study sheds light on the origins of leprosy for people who have the malady yet don't know how they got it
A man jogging along a quiet road gets struck two times by lightning in the space of a minute.
A man dressed as a cow walked in to a Virginia Walmart and made off with 26 gallons of milk.
Baruch Blumberg who helped NASA begin its search for alien life in the 1970s has died aged 85.
The Messenger spacecraft's year-long mission in orbit around the planet Mercury has now begun.
One theory suggests that life on Earth developed from organisms that arrived here from the planet Mars.
Angeles Duran claims she has officially registered ownership of the sun and will be charging for its use.
Workers at a construction site in England believe they've seen the Virgin Mary in a satellite image.
Gage lived for 12 years with a big hole in his head, defying logic and changing neuroscience forever.
Astronomers are on the hunt for a massive undiscovered planet lurking in our own solar system.
Engineer Garry Lavin has come up with a new theory involving the use of wicker basket constructions.
Visitors to a religious book lending library in Ohio believe a statue of the Virgin Mary is crying.
Engineers are planning to send a mobile phone in to orbit to see if it still works in space.
British engineers are developing laser cannons to defend against pirates trying to board ships.