Roboticists have developed a vast swarm of robots that can work together to form two-dimensional shapes.
Eccentric inventor Geoffrey Pyke came up with a number of unorthodox weapon concepts during the war.
Burrowing worms may have had a profound impact on the development of life over 500 million years ago.
Extrasolar planets with a companion world tugging at them could remain habitable for much longer.
The discovery could mean that there is a chance of finding life on other worlds such as Titan.
Experts have been trying to identify the origins of a ship found buried beneath the World Trade Center.
A particularly violent solar storm could one day have disasterous consequences for the modern world.
Madcap boffin Colin Furze has unleashed the world's largest fart machine across the English Channel.
The world's trees are thought to play an important role in preventing acute respiratory symptoms.
Scientists have identified what is believed to be the largest aquatic insect found anywhere in the world.
African elephants have more genes dedicated to smell than anything else in the animal kingdom.
Today marks exactly 45 years since Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on another world.
A giant laser has been used to simulate the pressures present within the cores of the gas giant planets.
Known as Vantablack, the mysterious material is so dark that it's like looking in to a black hole.
Guinness World Record holder Fran Capo is able to recite up to 11 words every second.
Apollo astronaut Buzz Aldrin believes that more should be done to enable the colonization of Mars.
July 2nd is dedicated to raising awareness of UFOs on the anniversary of the 1947 Roswell incident.
A man who had suffered an aneurysm discovered that he was perceiving the world as if time had stopped.
There are at least 30 facial expressions for emotions that can be recognized anywhere in the world.
Archaeologists have found evidence of an ancient and devastating epidemic of apocalyptic proportions.