Scientists have inadvertently created a mutant enzyme capable of breaking down common waste plastics.
The search giant has developed new software that can isolate individual voices in a crowded room.
Volcanologists have succeeded in recreating the area's distinctive hexagonal columns in a laboratory.
Anthropologists have been investigating the origins, evolution and purpose of the humble eyebrow.
An expedition crew is hoping to search the Antarctic sea floor for Sir Ernest Shackleton's vessel Endurance.
Scientists have found the fossil remains of an ichthyosaur that was almost the size of a blue whale.
Scientists have revealed that snowfall in Antarctica has gone up ten percent over the last two centuries.
The Hubble Space Telescope has picked up the light from a very bright star over 9.3 billion lights years away.
A leading surgeon believes that we will gain the ability to read each other's minds within as little as 20 years.
Fossil hunters have discovered the skull of a huge prehistoric lion that roamed Africa 200,000 years ago.
Unusual footage has emerged showing an elephant attempting to ingest pieces of smouldering charcoal.
A swimming club in Australia has appealed for ships to keep a look out for its recently escaped mascot.
Scientists are attempting to create a breed of coral that is more resistant to the effects of global warming.
A Romanian court has formally rejected Constantin Reliu's claim that he is actually very much alive.
It has been 100 years since the transport ship USS Cyclops disappeared without a trace in the Atlantic.
The device is able to solve the puzzle so quickly that to the naked eye it seems almost instantaneous.
The voice-activated home assistant has reportedly been laughing out of the blue for no apparent reason.
The success of last month's launch has meant that the next Falcon Heavy will be carrying more than just a car.
In 1917, two English schoolgirls claimed to have photographed fairies at the bottom of their garden.
Scientists have discovered a huge colony of over 1.5 million rare penguins on a remote Antarctic island.