The search giant once attempted to develop a real-life version of the Star Trek communicator badge.
The flowers, which are still very much alive, have tiny electronic circuits threaded through them.
Scientists have revealed that superbugs have now become resistant to even our last-resort antibiotics.
The breakthrough could make it possible for people who can't speak to undergo a 'voice' transplant.
5-year-old Ramses Sanguino has allegedly developed the ability to read numbers from his mother's mind.
The humble cockroach is able to bite something with a force 50 times greater than its own body weight.
Astronomers have been able to map the weather conditions of an extrasolar planet for the first time.
Scientists have found a way to use lasers to heat materials to extreme temperatures almost instantly.
A newly identified extrasolar planet is so close by that it should be possible to observe its atmosphere.
Astronomers have discovered a dwarf planet located three times further away from the sun than Pluto.
A distant galaxy cluster is home to the most powerful explosion to have occurred since the Big Bang.
Archaeologists believe that a giant marble hand in Jordan once belonged to a gigantic statue of Hercules.
A new NASA study has called in to question what we know of global warming and rising sea levels.
A bizarre spectacle greeted pedestrians in Arizona this week when a large Halloween display got loose.
The gas was unexpectedly discovered around comet 67P and has been hailed as a significant find.
Scientists have identified the first ever baby giant squid in specimens fished up off the coast of Japan.
A remnant of the past has been discovered among the remains of an ancient first century Roman city.
Scientists have revealed the discovery of a new species of giant tortoise on the Galapagos Islands.
A new research grant in the UK has been awarded to help develop autonomous city maintenance drones.
An analysis of dust particles retrieved from the shroud has uncovered plant DNA from all over the world.