An experimental nuclear fusion reactor in China has achieved a temperature six times hotter than the Sun.
For the first time ever, scientists have found an impact crater beneath one of the Earth's continental ice sheets.
69-year-old Emile Ratelband has taken his local authority to court in an effort to have his age legally changed to 49.
The haunting musical creation was algorithmically produced to celebrate 5,000 Martian sunrises.
A new MIT study has proposed a way to not only attract alien astronomers, but also to communicate with them.
Harvard astronomers have suggested that the first known interstellar visitor could be an alien probe.
According to a new paper, a thriving extraterrestrial world could be predominantly purple rather than green.
Netherlands-based firm SpaceLife Origin is aiming to make off-world reproduction a reality within six years.
Another intriguingly geometric iceberg has been spotted in Antarctica during an Operation IceBridge aerial survey.
The motorsport giant has released a concept video of a true next-generation vehicle known as the MP4-X.
The late physicist predicted that genetic engineering will ultimately render half of the world's population obsolete.
A recently uploaded viral video showcases a robotic Rubik's Cube that can operate entirely autonomously.
Russian investigators have concluded that the hole found on the ISS was made deliberately, not accidentally.
The popular toy bricks were the ideal choice for building a custom wheelchair for a rather unusual patient.
Scientists have determined that dogs are no more intelligent than several dozen other animal species.
A new study has cast doubt on the practice of releasing cats in to cities to help curb rat populations.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has warned that a failed particle accelerator experiment could prove disastrous.
A new study has indicated that we may have barely even scratched the surface in our hunt for intelligent aliens.
A cafe opening in Tokyo's Akasaka district will use robots controlled wirelessly by disabled operators.
19-year-old Aldi Novel Adilang ended up lost at sea after a floating hut he had been working in drifted away.