Australian entrepreneur David Mayman took to the skies over the Hudson River in New York City last week.
In a remarkable feat of old-age endurance, the pensioner reached the summit of Africa's tallest mountain.
When Luis Ortiz went to the doctor with a headache he was confronted with some rather unsettling news.
At the beginning of the 20th century a doctor in Massachusetts attempted to weigh patients as they died.
Medics were called when the woman mysteriously caught fire without any apparent cause or explanation.
Japan's super-realistic 'Geminoid' robots are so convincing that some people can't tell the difference.
A physics professor is constructing a time machine capable of picking up messages from the future.
The International Space Station has made it possible for humans to maintain an ongoing presence in space.
Researchers have managed to record the first ever footage of one of the world's most elusive whales.
The recently discovered asteroid due to pass by the Earth today actually looks like a skeletal face.
An airline passenger got the surprise of his life when he met someone who looked exactly like him.
A team of researchers has invented a device that can levitate objects in the air using sound waves.
A British tourist managed to capture the image of an unidentified sea creature while on holiday in Corfu.
Old footage showing a strange child-sized doll that can walk like a human has gone viral on the Internet.
An appropriately named canine companion managed to shoot his owner during a hunting trip in Indiana.
David Williams-Jones was attacked by thousands of the insects after accidentally stepping on their nest.
Our ability to make a fist and strike an opponent with sizable force might be an evolutionary trait.
A unique watch worn by astronaut David Scott during the Apollo 15 moon mission has been sold at auction.
A remnant of the past has been discovered among the remains of an ancient first century Roman city.
A new science video has been exploring what might become of our species over the next few centuries.