Scientists have warned that future generations could be a lot shorter than people who are alive today.
It has been three quarters of a century since Orson Welles' infamous broadcast about an alien invasion.
Based on concepts from the Star Wars movies, Jediism is a genuine religion with thousands of members.
A swarm of jellyfish managed to shut down one of the world's largest nuclear reactors this week.
Researchers investigating the Roswell UFO crash have been made aware of two tantalizing new images.
The UN climate change panel has been considering some unorthodox ways to tackle global warming.
New details have emerged of a bizarre World War II program designed to provide fur for soldiers.
Physicists have been able to create a form of 'light-matter' reminiscent of the lightsabers in Star Wars.
Stings from swarms of the giant flying insects have left several people dead and hundreds more injured.
Controversy surrounds many of the conclusions of the IPCC climate change report to be revealed on Friday.
The building focuses sunlight so intensely that the reflection is capable of warping and damaging metal.
A leaked report from the IPCC has painted a grim picture of the future implications of climate change.
The two men fled in to the jungles of Vietnam after their family members were killed during the war.
A rise in global temperatures could have more than just an environmental effect on the world we live in.
A couple who were out exercising their horses ended up being attacked by a swarm of 30,000 bees.
Researchers at NASA are working on developing a real-world counterpart to Star Trek's warp drive.
Scientists at the Met Office claim that global warming is on pause but that it will soon speed up again.
Climate researchers have been investigating possible ways to reverse the effects of global warming.
The graves of three ancient Wari queens have been unearthed in a rare undisturbed Peruvian tomb.
Controversy has surrounded an official warning to tourists over the safety of visiting Giza in Egypt.