May 23, 2017 This terrifying robot can drill through your skull in 2 minutes -- and that's a good thing The University of Utah has developed an automated drill for cranial surgery. It can cut an opening in the skull in just 2.5 minutes. That's a massive 50x faster than a human surgeon.
May 23, 2017 'Unprecedented' orca hunting frenzy captured on film A pod of killer whales off the coast of Monterey, California, has intrigued biologists by going on a frenzied hunting spree that’s killed four gray whales in just seven days.
May 17, 2017 Fluff ball? Clump of spiders? Viral video shows something else A video circulating around the net shows what looks to be a scary clump of spiders, but in reality it shows a harmless cluster of opillonids, aka "daddy long legs" just trying to stay warm.
May 17, 2017 Rare postcards from Russian Royal family up for auction Rare postcards from the family of Tsar Nicolas II written in the weeks prior to their execution by the Bolsheviks are going up for auction in the U.K.
April 28, 2017 Iron Man is real: British inventor builds flight suit Richard Browning may not be the real life Tony Stark, but he has taken inspiration from the comic book character, building his own Iron Man-style suit.
April 27, 2017 Computer-generated 'brain age' estimates how much time you've got left Researchers at Imperial College London have developed a machine learning algorithm that can look at people's "brain age" and use this to predict their lifespan. Here's how it works.
April 25, 2017 Student's tweet perfectly calls out cynical stepfather In a moment of reflection on the eve of graduating from Eastern Michigan University, student Daivon Reeder struck a chord on social media with a tweet that has since gone viral.
April 24, 2017 A Kickstarter campaign wants you to help find aliens Astronomers at the Planet Foundation want your help observing nearby exoplanets for life, seeking support via a Kickstarter campaign launched this week. They're building a series of telescopes on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
April 21, 2017 Bizarre transparent 'alien cylinder' spotted on live NASA feed UFO experts claim a mysterious object captured flying past the International Space Station (ISS) on NASA’s live feed is actually an “alien cylinder”.
April 20, 2017 Titanic survivor's fur coat up for auction in the UK A fur coat worn by a Titanic survivor is up for auction in the U.K. on Saturday.