Engineers at RMIT University in Melbourne have announced a breakthrough in liquid-metal technology.
A witness has captured footage of what is thought to be a rare case of ball lightning on his smartphone.
The remains of an impressive sixth-century palace have been unearthed at Tintagel in Cornwall, England.
An individual dressed up as a clown has been seen hanging around in the early hours of the morning.
A vast expanse of space totally devoid of new stars has been found at the heart of our own galaxy.
CCTV footage from Japan shows a mysterious figure getting in to a cab behind an unsuspecting passenger.
The final resting place of a missing boat called the Darlwyne has been located after five decades.
An unsuspecting canine ended up reversing a car in to the side of a West Virginian Walmart last week.
Scientists have identified a whole new species of whale following years of stories from local fishermen.
Professor Richard Taylor has called for a renewed effort to understand how crop circles are formed.
Manganese found inside rocks on Mars could mean that the Red Planet once had oxygen in its atmosphere.
Daredevil Luke Aikins has made history by jumping from 25,000ft in to a net without wearing a parachute.
An engineering firm has attempted to calculate how much Captain Kirk's ship would actually cost to run.
Russian and Korean scientists have made an important first step towards creating a live woolly mammoth.
A container of foul-smelling cheese has been recovered from the site of a sunken 17th-century gunship.
The astronauts who walked on the moon are up to five times more likely to die of cardiovascular disease.
A remote-operated deep-sea exploration vehicle has discovered a peculiar purple orb underneath a rock.
Climate scientists have expressed concern over the record-breaking temperatures seen so far this year.
Scientists have been attempting to determine why the dwarf planet Ceres has no large craters at all.
New research suggests that cockroaches produce milk that is three times more nutritious than cow's milk.