A set of cutting and skinning tools is being hailed as evidence that our ancestors shared knowledge.
Scientists have discovered a tortoise belonging to a species thought to have died out 100 years ago.
A senior software engineer at Google believes that the search giant's LaMDA AI tool has become self-aware.
An enormous tree in the Chilean Andes is a contender for the oldest living tree on Earth at 5,400 years old.
A man who stopped his car to rescue a kitten was stunned to discover that it wasn't alone.
The US space agency has thrown its hat into the ring with a new effort to investigate unidentified arial phenomena.
The next-generation telescope has been hit by a tiny space rock, but there's no need to be too concerned about it.
The 56-year-old made headline news in the early 2000s after he was caught hacking into US government computers.
A new study has suggested that extraterrestrials could hitch a ride across the cosmos on rogue extrasolar worlds.
As technology improves, we could soon face the prospect of the theft and analysis of our DNA.
Known as 'trioxides', these highly reactive chemicals could be contributing to health and environmental problems.
Archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of a woman who was buried on a bed adorned with images of mermaids.
The next-generation space telescope is almost ready to wow us with spectacular images of the cosmos.
The Israeli spoon bender has put an extraterrestrial spin on the Voyager 1 probe's recent technical issues.
Unlike other species, we can make vaccines, send probes to other worlds and build skyscrapers.
Astronomer Royal Martin Rees has suggested that cybernetics could facilitate humanity's future among the stars.
Images of anomalous objects on the Red Planet have been doing the rounds for years, but none of them are quite what they seem.
A video clip recorded in a residential back yard shows a strange pint-sized creature covered in hair waddling around.
A new study has attempted to estimate how many intelligent alien civilizations pose a threat.
A young mother from Scotland believes that something sinister is haunting both her and her children.