The Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner will try to become the first human to break the sound barrier unaided by a vehicle when he jumps out of a balloon high over the New Mexico desert.

Slime moulds use a form of spatial 'memory' to navigate, despite not having a brain, a study has found.

A Roman marble coffin which up until recently had been used as a garden trough to stand flowers at a house in Dorset, has been sold for £96,000.

US researchers say they will redouble their efforts to create human sperm from stem cells following the success of a Japanese study involving mice.

The 2012 Nobel physics prize goes to two scientists for controlling single particles to yield a picture of the world at the most fundamental level.

Microsoft is working on a wrist-worn sensor that can detect a wide range of hand gestures, allowing new ways to control smartphones and video games.

Spectacular images of the Aurora Borealis are captured by stargazers on Ballaugh beach on the west coast of the Isle of Man.

The Scottish SPCA appeals for information after a golden eagle was found close to death after being shot near the Southern Upland Way.