Peter Thiel has reportedly contributed $100,000 towards efforts to resurrect the woolly mammoth.
Researchers have finally worked out why some bird eggs are rounder while others are more pointy.
Scientists have revealed some of the weird and wonderful animals that live in Australia's eastern abyss.
Police have revealed that the distress signal was genuine and that it was left in the outback in 2013.
Rather than travelling through time, the 'Back to the Future' fan ended up with a speeding ticket.
Germany's Wacken hard rock festival is set to use up so much beer that it is getting a dedicated pipeline.
Students in Ireland have ended up under siege by a particularly violent attacker of the avian variety.
Aerospace entrepreneur and NASA partner Robert Bigelow believes that ET is already here on Earth.
Police in Western Australia have been investigating a large 'SOS' sign discovered in a remote area.
80 years on from the disaster, the exact cause of the inferno that destroyed the airship remains unclear.
The two-hour spacewalk, which is set to take place on Tuesday, will aim to repair a broken data relay box.
Pedestrians were left ducking for cover as the swarm descended on a crowded street earlier this week.
Some of the world's most respected scientists have penned an open later in response to a recent article.
A police helicopter moved in to warn the group who had unwittingly ended up surrounded by great whites.
The US Air Force's mysterious space plane has landed in Florida after spending nearly two years in orbit.
A man named after one of the most infamous movie villains of all time works at a hospital in Tennessee.
Scientists have announced the discovery of a freezing Earth-mass world 13,000 light years away.
The company behind the futuristic aerial vehicle was financially backed by Google founder Larry Page.
Firefighters ended up having to take the toilet outside after the hapless woman became totally stuck.
Researchers have been working on a new way to identify the parts of the brain responsible for dreaming.