Far from a sluggish scavanger it is now believed that Tyrannosaurus Rex could outrun any prey.
Throughout the ages bees have proven time and again their potential to assist humanity.
A woman with a rare neurological condition collapses every time she laughs.
Its one of the most popular horror novels of all time but what was the inspiration behind Frankenstein ?
Digitally remastered footage of the Apollo 11 moon landings has been shown for the first time.
Druidry has been recognised as an official religion in the UK for the first time in history.
Extremely precise timepieces have been used to prove that you age faster the higher off the ground you are.
A new report has revealed that doctors successfully used gene therapy for the first time to treat a blood disorder.
Scientists in Britain have produced red blood cells from spare IVF embryos for the first time.
Stephen Hawking has said that mankind must leave Earth within a century or face becoming extinct.
A huge archive of material relating to the discovery of King Tutankhamun has been put online for the first time.
A massive island of ice four times the size of Manhatten has broken off from one of Greenland's two main glaciers.
Letters from an airliner that crashed on Mont Blanc 60 years ago have been found and reunited with their recipients.
Two photographs taken at different times during tours at Edinburgh's Mary King's Close seem to show a familiar extra.
Physicists have come up with a new theory for time travel that avoids the infamous 'grandfather paradox'.
A computer has successfully managed to translate an ancient written language used in Biblical times.
The Horton Plains slender lori has been photographed for the first time having been believed to be extintinct.
The undecipherable wording on a letter written by David Livingstone has been decoded for the first time.
For the first time scientists have recorded the eerie musical harmonies produced by the sun's magnetic field.
Astronomers have followed for the first time ever an extra-solar planet in motion around a white star.