A revolutionary new device that reads a person's thoughts and turns them into speech could soon change the lives of paralysed patients around the world.

As if getting bitten by a velociraptor wasn't enough, scientists Monday announced the discovery that an off-shoot of the feared carnivorous dinosaur also spit venom into its prey.

Screening IVF embryos for defects risks the lives of multiple birth babies, according to a study published today.

Giant rainforest trees, tiny fungi and wild coffee plants are among almost 300 species that have been described by UK botanists for the first time in 2009.

A study published in the International Journal of Biological Sciences demonstrates the toxicity of three genetically modified corn varieties from the American seed company Monsanto, the Committee for Independent Research and Information on Genetic Engine

DURANT, Okla. - The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has a new weapon in the preservation of their descendant's culture and heritage - two certified tribal crime scene investigators

NASA has released a stunning photograph of Saturn's moon Titan

By modelling the behaviour of stars in clusters, the Bonn team finds that they are ideal environments for black holes to coalesce.

Detectors in the mine, part of the Cryogenic Dark Matter Search experiment, were tripped recently by what might be weakly interacting massive particles, or WIMPs.

THE bizarre antics of a coconut-shell carrying octopus have been caught on film by Melbourne researchers in a startling world first. Scientists from the Museum of Victoria couldn't believe their eyes when they saw the creatures using coconut shells as