Scientists have come up with a possible new explanation for the positions of the island's stone statues.
The plan would involve preserving the beneficial bacteria found in the guts of people from all across the world.
Scientists are using a gene editing technique to make the humble groundcherry a more viable fruit crop.
Researchers have succeeded in hooking together the brains of three people to create a shared network.
Scientists have determined that dogs are no more intelligent than several dozen other animal species.
Scientists in Australia have been investigating what caused an otherwise normal orange to turn purple.
A new study has cast further light on a mystery fossil that scientists say is as 'strange as life on another planet'.
Scientists in Russia remain optimistic that the woolly mammoth can be resurrected within a decade.
Scientists have calculated the minimum level of radiation that an astronaut will be exposed to on a trip to Mars.
Hundreds of mummified penguins dating back up to 750 years were found in Antarctica's Long Peninsula in 2016.
Scientists exploring one of the deepest parts of the ocean have discovered three new species of snailfish.
Military scientists have created a brain interface that can enable a person to control drones with their mind.
Scientists have finally determined the nature and origin of the strange swirling patterns visible on the Moon's surface.
Scientists in Japan are aiming to one day build an elevator that can carry people and cargo in to orbit.
A Japanese scientist has developed a set of remotely controlled robotic arms that can be worn as a backpack.
Scientists now believe that microwave weapons were used in the recent attacks on US diplomats in Havana.
The ambitious search for a fifth force of nature could revolutionize our understanding of the cosmos.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of water within the depths of the gas giant's famous Great Red Spot.
The world's largest atom smasher - the Large Hadron Collider - has found evidence of Higgs boson decay.
A new study has determined how a volcanic eruption 205 million years ago wiped out 90 percent of all life on Earth.