Researchers have found 50 new species of insects in Thailand, and we’re not talking about minute creatures here, but about large water bugs that can even eat small fish and induce painful bites on curious humans.

Investing in space technology now may be similar to buying Microsoft shares two decades ago: highly profitable. It seems the next industry area to experience an economic boom will be the exploration of space and space tourism.

With the expected increase in the death rate among people with depression, researchers are looking for new ways to treat the illness that affects so many people worldwide.

Some of the world's most inventive scientists were yesterday awarded grants totalling $450m (£245m) to turn their outside-the-box ideas into practical solutions to the 14 greatest problems besetting human health today.

Scientists have found a way to make human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos, a breakthrough that could overcome intense ethical objections to the research.

Archaeologists think they have solved the longstanding mystery of how Otzi, the world's most famous iceman, met his end: an arrow wound to his shoulder caused him to bleed to death.

Sir Isaac Newton is considered by many to be history’s greatest scientist, often known as the man who laid the foundation for modern physics, mathematics, astronomy, and optics.

"The speed of gravity matches the speed of light." This theory by Albert Einstein has finally been validated by astronomers who calculated and measured fundamental forces of nature with the help of a rare planetary alignment.

Exactly when and where the history of the automobile - surely one of the most important machines in modern society - began is up for debate as it depends on what definition of an automobile is applied to the question.

Although traditional thinking tells us that man’s best friend has always been the dog, common thinking has been that in the last century man has quietly become infatuated with a new best friend—namely, that square thing in his living room.