A team at the CERN facility near Geneva, Switzerland have been experimenting with antihydrogen atoms.
The unexpected flurry is the first to have been reported in the region for almost four decades.
A giant bipedal robot that looks like something out of the movie 'Avatar' has been unveiled this month.
An enigmatic species of shark found in the Pacific has been captured on film off the coast of California.
Geologists have been drilling a 5km borehole in to rocks measuring in excess of 500 degrees Celsius.
A warning has gone out to motorists to beware of moose licking the salt off the side of their cars.
Several sets of footprints left by an ancient human ancestor have been found at the site of a new museum.
Scientists have put together a reconstruction of what the famous Scottish king would have looked like.
The world's tallest animal has suffered a worrying decline in numbers over the last three decades.
There have been more sightings of the elusive creature this year than during any other this millennium.
Scientists have been attempting to work out how long it will take for us to gain an extra hour per day.
A strange-looking invertebrate has been spotted by a deep-sea ROV over a century after its discovery.
A new species of the mysterious arapaima has been discovered in the remote backwaters of the Amazon.
An enormous venomous snake has been managing to evade capture in an apartment complex in South Africa.
It has long been considered something of an old wives' tale, but could there really be some truth to it ?
Hints of an unknown species of human have been found in the DNA of the modern day Melanesian people.
A tree measuring a whopping 309ft tall has been identified alongside 49 other runners-up in Borneo.
Secret tunnels have been discovered beneath the stage of William Shakespeare's Curtain Theater in London.
An extremely peculiar creature with a bulbous transparent head has been spotted by a diver in Bali.
The Parkes radio telescope has been turned towards our nearest neighbor to listen out for signs of life.