New research has emphasized the remarkable persistence of life even in the cold vacuum of space.
Almost all the water on the planet was, at one point, consumed and then peed out by a dinosaur.
A total of 139 weird and wonderful new plant and animal species have been discovered in South East Asia.
Gao Bingguo set a new world record by engulfing his body in a swarm of bees weighing more than 109kg.
New evidence suggests that dogs may have been man's best friend for far longer than previously thought.
Prehistoric stone tools predating the human genus have been unearthed in a dried-up riverbed in Kenya.
Despite spending most of their time eating it, bamboo gives pandas a bad case of indigestion.
People from several different countries have been reporting strange 'trumpet blasts' coming from the sky.
A unique phenomenon has seen parts of the country covered in a glistening layer of silvery webbing.
The 17-year-old had been clinically dead for twenty minutes before his heart started beating again.
The soprano had been set to become the first professional singer in space later on this year.
A man has sneezed out a toy dart that had been stuck up his nose for more than four decades.
A snapshot of the past has been found in the form of a bubble frozen in the Antarctic ice.
A previously undiscovered stone circle has been unearthed by archaeologists in southern England.
Early voice recordings from the 1880s have finally been played thanks to a new technique using computers.
A special brain scanner has been used to find out what happens when someone has 'left their body'.
The famous geoglyphs in Peru may have been created by at least two different groups of people.
Author David Clarke believes he has found the answer to one of Britain's most enduring UFO mysteries.
The breathtaking cosmic spectacle has been revealed for the first time in three dimensions.
A celebration of all things Star Wars has been kickstarted by cries of 'May the Fourth be with you'.