Now cockroaches can spend hours underwater - but is augmenting insects really a good idea and where do you draw the line ?
When our star becomes a red giant in the distant future, many scientists believe that it will engulf and destroy the Earth.
The owner of the land on which the speakers were discovered has come forward to offer an explanation.
The Swift telescope is in a decaying orbit and will soon be unrecoverable if something isn't done within the next few months.
China has deployed an unidentified payload in orbit around the Earth using its secretive Shenlong space plane.
The two outer planets in our solar system remain the least understood owing to their distance and the lack of exploratory missions.
A mother and daughter had been horseback riding in the mountains when they discovered something very strange indeed.
An analysis of fossil skeletons found at the Rising Star cave in South Africa has revealed something very unexpected.
NASA's Perseverance rover has identified some of the most tantalizing clues to date of life in the Red Planet's distant past.
The people who live in a remote part of the Andes seem to have the unique ability to safely drink water that would kill anyone else.
A court in Scotland is set to hear the case of whether a man convicted of dangerous driving needs the reptile for mental health reasons.
One of the most remarkable celestial shows it is possible to witness will be hitting parts of the world in a couple of months.
The interstellar visitor is now thought to have been on a voyage across the stars lasting more than 12 billion years.
The latest theory of consciousness offers up the possibility that conscious awareness could be more widespread than we think.
The bizarre spectacle saw the robot kneeling on the floor begging random members of the public for money.
The greenland shark was always known to be long-lived, but it wasn't until now that it became clear just how long they live for.
Science-fiction has long explored the idea of aliens walking among us, but how would these entities sustain themselves ?
If intelligent civilizations have existed in the past, then the remains of their megastructures may still be possible to find.
The world-famous Wiltshire monument may have been predated by a much smaller and simpler configuration of wooden posts.
You know an earthquake is the real deal when the seismic waves it produces are enough to shift an entire country.