Retired engineer Duan Phillips has spent the last 15 years constructing a saucer-shaped flying vehicle.
Two of the new super-speed lifts will be installed inside China's Guangzhou Finance Centre by 2016.
The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft will visit a nearby asteroid, obtain samples and then return them to Earth.
Police officers were called out after a group of 200 youths turned up at an abandoned hospital building.
An investigator watching a building in the early hours managed to film something unusual in the sky.
Tony Stark's sophisticated robot suit may soon be more than just the subject of movies and comics.
The Russian space agency Roscosmos is studying the feasibility of building a base on the moon.
The building blocks of life could spontaneously appear whenever a comet smashes in to a planetary body.
The building focuses sunlight so intensely that the reflection is capable of warping and damaging metal.
The remains of two buildings thought to be the site of King David's palace have been found in Jerusalem.
The world's first building to be powered by algae is being piloted in Hamburg by engineering firm Arup.
A Pentagon-funded research team has created a device that allows robots to think for themselves.
The prehistoric monument may have been constructed as part of an annual winter solstice ritual.
A team in Switzerland are building a complete and working computer simulation of the whole human brain.
Designs have been revealed for a building that can be set up on the Moon using 3D printing technology.
Star Wars fans are attempting to convince the US President that building a Death Star is a good idea.
University of Zurich researchers have made the claim after building a simulation of the Milky Way.
A carpenter has spent three years and over one million pounds building a full size replica of Noah's Ark.
The Indian city of Mumbai seeks to have the first apartment buildings with pools in place of balconies.
Eagles have such good eyesight that they are able to see an ant from the top of a 10-story building.