A team of scientists from the University of Bristol may have finally found the first tantalizing signs of the elusive substance.
A powerful new observatory will enable scientists to better understand everything from black holes to dark energy.
Where should you go if the end of the world happened ? As it turns out, Mad Max may have had it right all along.
New research has used insect fossils to reconstruct what the background sounds of the past might have been like.
Something large and mysterious has been leaving a trail of carnage in the waters off Montauk, New York.
Our species inherited DNA from several known species of archaic human - including some we know nothing about.
Drone warfare has proven to be at the heart of the modern battlefield, but what if it were possible to build a drone that cannot be seen?
Now cockroaches can spend hours underwater - but is augmenting insects really a good idea and where do you draw the line ?
When our star becomes a red giant in the distant future, many scientists believe that it will engulf and destroy the Earth.
The greenland shark was always known to be long-lived, but it wasn't until now that it became clear just how long they live for.
Something lurks beneath our feet and its extreme scope is beyond anything that scientists have seen before.
A pervasive phenomenon reported all across the world has impacted millions of people at one time or another.
The incident has been linked to the disappearances of several other prominent scientists and military officials.
Scientists have identified species of wren that have almost doubled in size due to a unique evolutionary phenomenon.
What if the physical world was a manifestation of consciousness rather than the other way around ?
The ancient wonder of the world has stood for 4,500 years - but why haven't earthquakes caused it to collapse?
There's a chance that evidence of alien life has been under our noses for years and we have failed to see it.
For years, scientists have attempted to explain the nature and purpose of the huge stone jars littering the landscape.
The size of the tyrant lizard's arms has long puzzled scientists - why were they so small relative to their bodies ?
Scientists have identified a peculiar crystal that, under normal circumstances, shouldn't be able to exist on Earth.