For the first time ever, a method known as 'chemical surgery' has been used to fix a faulty human gene.
Drought, rather than human hunting, may have wiped out the Tasmanian tiger on the Australian mainland.
Authorities in the US have arrested a woman on suspicion of murdering her future husband's former wife.
NASA and Roscosmos will be combining their efforts to build the first ever space station around the Moon.
The man behind this month's doomsday prophecy has pushed the apocalypse back another few weeks.
The skeleton of a young Neanderthal has revealed that our brains did not develop at the same rate.
ESA's ambitious 'Moon village' plan could see humans living on the lunar surface within 25 years.
Former Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov made a decision in 1983 that may have saved the world.
Marine archaeologists unexpectedly stumbled across a goldmine of shipwrecks during a recent expedition.
50-year-old Ady Zivelonghi from Coventry has won the face-pulling contest for the second year in a row.
Allie Megan Webb came up with the peculiar concoction during a brainstorming session at her kitchen table.
Chinese scientists have allegedly built a working prototype of the 'impossible' space engine.
An overabundance of the iconic marsupial has led wildlife experts to recommend a change in diet.
A history researcher believes that he may have finally solved the mystery of the medieval manuscript.
The only surviving letter written by Joseph Merrick was a thank you note sent to widow Leila Maturin.
Declassified CIA documents have indicated that Hitler may not have committed suicide in his bunker.
The female Bengal tiger had inexplicably managed to escape a transport truck and was prowling the streets.
Nail artist Ayanna Williams has fingernails so long that when combined they measure more than 18ft.
The mysterious unmanned shuttle has embarked on yet another mission that nobody knows anything about.
Three researchers in Australia have recently revealed trail camera footage of a mysterious animal.