Size doesn't matter: The giant Spirograph as large as a room that is just as precise as a hand-held toy

Dominating a whole room, it looks far too unwieldy to draw a geometric picture with a small ballpoint pen. But this giant Spirograph grap...

What a stinker! World's smelliest flower opens for the first time in a DECADE

For botanists, it doesn't get more exciting than this - after 75 years, the Titan Arum plant has unfurled its leaves and is in full...

Star Wars is real: Life could thrive on planets like Tatooine with two suns... but the plants would be black

It was a fantasy world plucked from George Lucas' imagination. But life could thrive on a planet like Luke Skywalker's Tatooine, ...

All aboard the Superbus! Luxurious long vehicle can carry 23 passengers and travel at 155mph

Dutch design team includes Dutch astronaut who worked on Challenger The seven-year project has so far cost £11.5million Buses have never bee...

How blind grandfather could 'see' his grandson for the first time with revolutionary bionic glasses

It is the moment grandfather Elias Konstantopoulos has been dreaming of after losing his sight - 'seeing' his grandson for the f...

Video of babies 'talking' takes the Internet by storm and is viewed TEN MILLION times on YouTube

A home video of two babies engaged in an animated conversation in a kitchen has become an Internet phenomenon. The two-minute clip shows...

Same planet, same view, so why do these Russian satellite images of Earth look so different to Nasa's?

Space agencies use different data sets to bring 'visualisation of reality' to life They are some of the most revealing and fascina...

Could this be the biggest find since the Dead Sea Scrolls? Seventy metal books found in cave in Jordan could change our view of Biblical history

For scholars of faith and history, it is a treasure trove too precious for price. This ancient collection of 70 tiny books, their lead p...

Creationists say this petroglyph in Utah is proof dinosaurs and humans co-existed. But is it just a mud stain?

It certainly looks like a dinosaur. Then again, it also looks like a mud stain. Either way, this apparent ancient cave drawing high on a ...

Meltdown at Google Earth: New 3D function goes awry as bridges flop like a Salvador Dali painting

Warped and mangled beyond recognition, they look like a computerised version of a Salvador Dali painting. But these pictures are not the...