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.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 25, 2018
Newly discovered fossils reveal that giant tortoises residing in the island of Aldabra Atoll were once preyed upon by gigantic crocodiles.
India Ashok
Jan 25, 2018
A draft of a recent budget proposal hints at dropping the ISS funding before the service lifetime end of the space station.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 25, 2018
"When Falcon Heavy lifts off, it will be the most powerful operational rocket in the world by a factor of two."
Shubham Sharma
Jan 25, 2018
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.
Claire Toureille
Jan 24, 2018
The animal defies the 'island rule' and 'Bergmann's rule' which describe patterns of geographical variations.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 24, 2018
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.
Claire Toureille
Jan 24, 2018
Researchers have developed a ground-breaking technique for creating moving three-dimensional images viewable from all sides.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 24, 2018
Researchers have created two genetically identical monkey clones using the same technique that produced Dolly the sheep.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 24, 2018
Megapropodiphora arnoldi measures just 0.395 mm in length and is only known from a single female specimen.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 24, 2018
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.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 24, 2018
The Taymyr is one of the largest icebreakers ever built and it is possible that the vessel did not see the adventure junkies.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 24, 2018
Einstein's close friend Friedrich Adler assassinated Austrian minister-president Karl von Stürgkh in 1916.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 24, 2018
Centipedes can spill out a venom so deadly that it can take down creatures 15 times larger than their size within seconds.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 24, 2018
Rising temperatures have been directly attributed to human-caused emissions and carbon dioxide dumping.
Immanuel Jotham
Jan 24, 2018
Scientists ran sophisticated models to understand which planets of the distant system are more likely to be habitable.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 24, 2018
The Kepler telescope has so far identified more than 2,300 confirmed exoplanets since beginning operations in 2009.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 23, 2018
The announcement will come two months after Donald Trump signed a new space policy directive instructing Nasa to return to the moon.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 23, 2018
Camera technology has advanced significantly in recent years but this is just the start of a revolution that is currently underway.
Stephen McLaughlin
Jan 23, 2018
Volcanic eruptions are notoriously difficult to predict, but new research could lead to more effective warnings which could save lives.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 23, 2018
Paris City Hall closed roads along the shores of the Seine as water levels rose at least 3.3 metres (nearly 11 feet) above the normal level.
David Sim
Jan 23, 2018
"While we think we know how planets form in a big-picture sense, there's still a lot of detail we need to fill in," says Kevin Schlaufman.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 23, 2018
The Outdoor Photographer of the Year competition provides a powerful insight into the landscapes, wildlife and nature of the planet, and the adventures to be found on it.
David Sim
Jan 23, 2018
One man was killed and at least 11 people were injured when an avalanche, possibly triggered by the eruption of a nearby volcano, engulfed skiers.
David Sim
Jan 23, 2018
Some of the sailors' remains were reportedly inside the HMS Electra and HMS Encounter, Royal Navy ships which sank in the Battle of the Java Sea in 1942.
Lara Rebello
Jan 23, 2018
Lava fountains gush up 700 metres (2,300 feet) above Mount Mayon's crater and ash plumes tower up to three kilometres (1.9 miles) in the sky.
David Sim
Jan 23, 2018
During a global continental reorganisation phase, the landmass broke away and collided with Northern Australia's Mount Isa region.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 23, 2018
Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov rode the vacuum cleaner during routine clean-up activity on the space station.
Shubham Sharma
Jan 23, 2018
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a spectacular collection of 900 ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered in the Qumran caves outside Jerusalem in 1947.
Aristos Georgiou
Jan 22, 2018
A skull that was found by chance in Somerset in March last year belonged to a woman who lived in the Iron Age and was most likely beheaded at her death or shortly after.
Claire Toureille
Jan 22, 2018
