Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have managed to fire a two-petawatt laser for one picosecond.
The world's largest atom smasher has made a new discovery in the form of a particle called a pentaquark.
A new brain-like computer called 'memcomputer' could help solve the world's most enduring maths problems.
Today marks a celebration of the UFO phenomenon as well as a renewed effort to increase awareness of it.
World time authorities are preparing to add an extra second to the clocks at midnight on June 30.
Crowds gathered to watch as the two robots tied the knot at an unconventional ceremony in Japan.
After more than 35 years in development the new Martin Jetpack is due to go on sale next year.
Scientists have predicted that a cataclysmic series of events could occur within the next 30 years.
A paleontologist who worked on the film series believes that real-life dinosaurs may be coming soon.
The world's tallest mountain was shifted three centimeters by the earthquake that struck in April.
Palaeontologists have been quick to point out the flaws in this summer's follow-up to Jurassic Park.
British historian Gerrard Williams maintains that Hitler did not perish in his bunker after all.
The special mechanism used to hoist wild animals in to the world famous arena has now been rebuilt.
Smalltooth sawfish in Florida appear to have developed a novel new way of escaping their own extinction.
Over half of the world's remaining saiga antelope population has dropped dead within the last few weeks.
Gao Bingguo set a new world record by engulfing his body in a swarm of bees weighing more than 109kg.
18-year-old Adrianne Lewis has a tongue that's so long she can use it to lick her own eyeballs.
People from several different countries have been reporting strange 'trumpet blasts' coming from the sky.
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world is to be completely rebuilt near to its original location.
Water-rich asteroids are thought to have brought water to countless other worlds throughout the universe.