Defence attorney Stephen Gutierrez's trousers erupted in to flames in the middle of a court hearing.
For the first time ever, scientists have successfully managed to create time crystals in a laboratory.
Three elusive True's beaked whales have been captured on camera during an expedition to the Azores.
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser space plane is being readied for a new series of tests in California.
Thousands of people turned out last week to throw oranges at one another in the streets of Ivrea.
Robotics firm Boston Dynamics has released new footage of its unnerving new two-wheeled robot 'Handle'.
Marine biologists have recorded footage of a remarkable jellyfish in the depths of the South Pacific.
The private space firm has revealed that it will be sending two people to the Moon as early as next year.
Every year, visitors to the Takhini Hot Springs in Yukon are challenged to freeze their hair and brows.
Bizarre footage posted online recently shows a mysterious assailant crawling towards some youths.
A new experiment has revealed for the first time just how remarkably innovative bees can actually be.
Adriana Irene Macias Hernandez has earned a new world record by lighting 11 candles in 60 seconds.
It's a question that has puzzled mankind for years - how do you get every drop of sauce out of the bottle?
One of the world's rarest snakes has been sighted again for the first time in more than six decades.
The private space firm has successfully launched a Falcon 9 rocket from NASA's Kennedy Space Center.
Despite being almost entirely submerged by the sea, Zealandia could soon be recognized as a continent.
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has found carbon-based materials similar to those found on the early Earth.
Texas couple Ronnie and Sherron Bridges have a rather unusual pet - a huge buffalo named Wild Thing.
John 'Hammer Head' Ferraro achieved the ridiculous feat to earn himself a new Guinness World Record.
Plymouth resident Joao Caetano managed to make a recording of the eerie sound on his mobile phone