Recycling solid and liquid waste into Marmite and Vegemite "microbial goo" could be the key to lasting food supplies in space.
The massive backup battery recently responded to a crisis at a power plant in milliseconds – setting a record in delivering clean energy.
The new telescopes are not only capable of finding previously undetectable planets but also studying them in detail to determine any similarities to Earth.
Researchers have identified a weird combination of gases that could not exist without the presence of alien life.
These particles, known as aerosols, are the result of urban and industrial pollution, wildfires and other sources.
Scientists have discovered the oldest human fossil ever found outside Africa. It is between 175,000-200,000 years old which means human migration happened 50,000 years earlier than thought.
Reefs are crucial to the health of the marine ecosystem which humans rely on, but they are dying around the globe.
Laser pulse device capable of generating 100 million billion watts of power - greater than the total annual power output of humanity.
A corprolite - fossilised animal poop - found in South Caroline had a huge shark tooth embedded in it. A great predator munched on faeces, whether on purpose or by accident
A live giant squid was spotted in Spanish waters on 7 October 2016. Sighting of the elusive species are rare. This one was most likely killed by a bigger squid.
Rivers across France keep getting more and more swollen as more and more rain falls on the country,.
New research has investigated the amount of light available in the newborn universe, which may offer some clues.
Researchers in Australia believe more populations like the one found could be existing in different habitats.
Researchers found that the sandwiches with the highest carbon footprint were those containing pork meat, cheese or prawns.
The new discovery of the mysterious prehistoric sea creature, which dates back to the Ordovician period, has stumped palaeontologists.
Nasa's Gold mission will learn how charged waves of magnetism and hurricanes down on Earth affect the upper atmosphere.
Mike Hughes had planned a ride on a steam-fueled rocket last year but due to last-minute hitches in his vehicle and government interference he failed to take to the skies.
Newly discovered fossils reveal that giant tortoises residing in the island of Aldabra Atoll were once preyed upon by gigantic crocodiles.
A draft of a recent budget proposal hints at dropping the ISS funding before the service lifetime end of the space station.
"When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two."
Teens who experience some form of racism when they are aged 11-13 or 14-16 are more likely to take up smoking than the ones who don't, reports a study.
The animal defies the 'island rule' and 'Bergmann's rule' which describe patterns of geographical variations.
Stunning footage released by Greenpeace shows never-before-seen footage of the Antarctic Ocean's seafloor in a bid to protect its fragile ecosystem from pollution.
Researchers have developed a ground-breaking technique for creating moving three-dimensional images viewable from all sides.
Researchers have created two genetically identical monkey clones using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep.
Megapropodiphora arnoldi measures just 0.395 mm in length and is only known from a single female specimen.
Glacial archaeologists found 4,000-year-old arrows, Iron Age and Bronze Age clothing items and even a ski with its binding from 700 AD.
The Taymyr is one of the largest icebreakers ever built and it is possible that the vessel did not see the adventure junkies.
Einstein's close friend Friedrich Adler assassinated Austrian minister-president Karl von Stürgkh in 1916.
Centipedes can spill out a venom so deadly that it can take down creatures 15 times larger than their size within seconds.