• Kazakhstan: The real ‘sleepy hollow’

    About a quarter of the population of a northern Kazakhstan village has sporadically and suddenly falling into a deep sleep, and no one can explain why

  • Extinguishing fire with sound

    Two engineering students of George Mason University created a prototype handheld extinguisher that uses the waves produced by a low-frequency sound to extinguish fire

  • Getting ready for the mission to Hell

    Two most audacious space missions- Solar Orbiter and Solar Probe Plus, are currently in development and will venture inside the orbit of Mercury to study the Sun

  • Drones with wings!

    Scientists have created a drone with flapping wings that can fold in and rebound following a mid-air collision

  • Mars has Nitrogen, key to life: NASA

    NASA's team Curiosity Rover has found nitrogen on the surface of Mars which is a significant discovery that adds to evidence the Red Planet could once have sustained life, the space agency said.

  • Electric power transmitted wirelessly in Japan

    There is a legitimate possibility of space-based solar power to be transmitted says Japanese scientists following a successful transmission of wireless electric power transmission into pinpoint target using microwaves

  • Bees get tech trackers!

    A tiny new tracker designed to monitor bee behaviour is being tested by ecologists at Kew Gardens in London

  • 'Largest asteroid impact area' found

    Scientists in Australia discovers what they say is the largest asteroid impact area ever found

  • Where to watch Friday's solar eclipse

    A total solar eclipse will take place tomorrow as the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth

  • Bacteria programmed to find tumours

    Bacteria programmed to spot tumours in the liver have been shown off at the Technology, Entertainment and Design conference in Vancouver.