Armoured knights used bizarre upturned codpieces to attract woman at parties, a new exhibition of medieval clothing has revealed. And the fashion was often adopted by bold, 'gender-fluid' noblewomen to…
What is apparently the world's smallest battery, which is the size of a grain of salt and which can be used to power surgical implants and micro-robots, has been developed…
Swiss experts have found evidence that no sooner had the world's first superpower developed weapons in the form of an ultra-light, easy to wear armour, than a version of it…
Works of art created during the Nazi era are going on show at the Wien Museum in the Austrian capital Vienna, which Adolf Hitler once called the "gem of the…
Russia has released images of its high-tech robot tank equipped with anti-tank missiles, high power flamethrowers and a machine gun known as the 'Uran-9' being tested during a combat exercise.…
A 12-year-old boy has been electrocuted after using electrical wire to fly a kite under a high-voltage power line in a tragedy that also cut off electricity to the local…
Spanish scientists have installed a world-first thermoelectric generator in the island of Lanzarote, a trial run they expect will pave the way for a wider use of volcanic heat from…
This rare American snapping turtle with jaws which can break broom handles has been found in a French park. The alligator snapping turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) was spotted on Tuesday 28th…
This is the moment firefighters help catch a snake seen casually slithering on a set of power cables. The 8-foot reptile was spotted by resident Ms Wang as she left…
Russian scientists have been granted a patent for a solar power station which would orbit the Earth from space and transmit its energy back to the planet using microwaves. The…