Officially the oldest imitation Christmas tree in the world the 14th inch tree was originally bought in 1886.
Engineers are developing a device able to move and manipulate objects using ultrasonic sound waves.
After ten years in storage NASA are considering bringing the X-34s back to operational status.
For the first time scientists have observed a planet that originated outside our own galaxy.
Hatsune Miku is the newest singing sensation in Japan - thing is, she's also a hologram.
Scientists have identified the first case of a boa snake having a "virgin birth".
NASA engineers believe they can launch a low-cost robotic Moon mission within 1000 days.
Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo has succeeded in its first solo glide flight at 45,000 feet.
Scientists appear to have recreated in part the level of matter that existed at the beginning of the universe.
The discovery of a new hump-backed dinosaur in Spain may provide valuable clues to the origin of birds.
Angler Raphael Biagini managed to catch an enormous koi carp thought to be the largest ever caught in the wild.
In the small village of Medjugorje in Bosnia-Hercegovina the Virgin Mary has reportedly appeared every day.
A successor to Japan's Hayabusa spacecraft could launch as early as 2014 to explore the origins of life.
Paul Stender and his team in Indianapolis have built a bus with a jet engine capable of reaching a speed of 367mph.
A massive crocodile measuring over 22ft in length was killed after terrorising a remote Aboriginal community.
An octopus credited with predicting the World Cup results has become a sensation in Germany.
Scientists have used modern imaging techniques to peer inside a python as it digests a whole rat.
Scientists have identified a fierce storm raging on a distant planet with 7000km per hour winds.
New research in to the acoustics of paranormal sounds may prove that they are neither natural nor human in origin.
A new observatory designed to search for objects that could pose a threat to the Earth has begun operations.