Japanese scientists have revealed how they plan to use powerful lasers to zap space junk circling the Earth to clear the planet's orbit. Experts say more than a million pieces…
Ancient body tags used to identify mummies from 2,000 years ago could hold the secret of the planet's extreme weather patterns, it has emerged. Scientists in Switzerland are examining 3,000…
A Swiss zoo has successfully bred the most poisonous animal on the planet, a yellow frog that is native to the Colombian rainforest. Experts at Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, were…
Astronomers have discovered a possibly habitable exoplanet only 31 light-years away from Earth. The international team of researchers led by Diana Kossakowski from the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy (MPIA),…
Tourists on an Australian beach unwittingly risk their lives when they encourage the world's most lethal bird to join their picnic. Holidaymaker Melania Fuentes - from Uraguay - even filmed…
A keen nature lover and tourist captured incredible footage of "living fossils" - a rare crustacean that is one of the oldest creatures on the planet. Known as the Triops,…
https://youtu.be/pHKbLjGVT3U @chrisfishingandwhalewatching/Newsflash This picture shows the moment a boat is surrounded by whales in Monterey, California. The footage was shot off the coast of California’s historic Fisherman’s Wharf from a…
German scientists have deciphered one of the key adaptations of early photosynthesis by reconstructing billion-year-old enzymes. Using various methods, the research team from the Max Planck Institute (MPI) for Terrestrial…
Scientists have revealed that the Earth is populated by an astonishing 20 quadrillion ants in ecosystems all around the world. A research team led by biologists Dr Patrick Schultheiss and…
A horrified festival goer has told how he woke up in a coffin after being buried alive when he passed out at a drinking session. Terrified Víctor Hugo Mica Alvarez,…