Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space tourism flights could launch from an RAF base in Scotland.
Advances in biotechnology and engineering could one day produce plastic that can grow on trees.
A new radio telescope is being constructed in the UK to help solve the mysteries of the universe's origin.
A prominent scientist in Russia has predicted that we could enter another ice age as soon as in four years time.
A leading authority on aging has claimed that within two years a drug could be available to extend lifespans past 100.
In tribute to Isaac Newton a piece of the original tree from which an apple fell on his head is being flown in to space.
A new tractor beam technology based on laser thruster engines could be used to clear space debris from orbit.
New footage taken over Corio Bay shows strange balls of light zigzagging across the night sky.
British scientists have discovered that a common gene is linked to aging, immunity and disease resistance.
The Large Hadron Collider is being geared up to begin its high-energy hunt for the 'God Particle'.
A new device called the CubeSail has been developed to tackle space debris by dragging it out of orbit.
Space propulsion technologies previously limited to science fiction may soon be propelling real astronauts to the stars.
Examinations of Egyptian priest mummies have revealed that many died from a diet of artery-clogging fatty foods.
A company in New Zealand is beginning production of a commercial personal jet pack for £50,000 a piece.
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken pictures showing Pluto changing colour in a new series of detailed photographs.
A leading British scientist has claimed that there is overwhelming evidence to support the distant origins theory.
In a world first scientists have managed to determine the colour of a dinosaur, the sinosauropteryx has turned out to be ginger.
Dr Frank Drake has said that the digital age is effectively cutting us off from making interstellar communications.
4000-year-old tombs belonging to the workers who constructed the great pyramids have been discovered in Egypt.
Doctor turned engineer Professor Henry Markram has announced plans to create an artificial consciousness by 2018.