The Dutch firm, which aimed to begin founding a human colony on Mars by 2025, has inevitably gone bust.
A woman with synaesthesia has been bombarded with requests from people asking her to 'taste' their names.
Our planet's magnetic north pole is reportedly moving towards Siberia at a rate of 34 miles per year.
Mumbai resident Raphael Samuel disapproves of the fact that his parents didn't ask his permission beforehand.
The world's 'most dangerous' glacier has developed a gaping hole around two-thirds the size of Manhattan.
A message in a bottle thrown in to the sea 17 years ago has been found and returned to the person who wrote it.
A new study has revealed that our planet's protective magnetic field almost disappeared 565 million years ago.
A road-rage incident last week left one man holding on to the hood of an SUV on a highway in Massachusetts.
Socks bought at UK fashion retailer Primark recently were found to contain a fragment of human bone.
59-year-old Helen Richards got the surprise of her life when the reptile sank its fangs in to her posterior.
One holidaymaker got more than she bargained for recently after returning from a trip to South Africa.
Researchers have discovered direct evidence that humans actively hunted mammoths with weapons.
Vandals who attempted to ram a 10ft snowman with their car ended up getting more than they bargained for.
A Japanese startup has launched a satellite in a bid to create the first ever artificial meteor shower.
A man whose crew allegedly witnessed the plane going down has provided investigators with the co-ordinates.
A new study has revealed that the human brain actually works in reverse when recalling details of our memories.
A new permanent resident of the North Carolina town of Mocksville has been raising more than a few eyebrows.
A woman in China made headlines recently after it emerged that she was unable to hear men's voices.
Promising trials in mice have opened up the possibility of improving health and extending life in humans.
A recently uploaded video shows grandmother Paula Cathey Smith reeling in an 88-pound giant.