While speculation about planets beyond the Solar System dates back over 2,000 years, actually finding them proved hard – and controversial.

The galactic collision will create quite the spectacle in the night sky four billions years from now.

Carbon emissions may not be the first thing on your mind when you hit that send button, but emails are responsible for as much CO2 globally as seven million extra cars.

Plastic in the water, plastic in the air, plastic everwhere!

Listening… always listening.

Sleeping may seem like a waste of time (unless you're having a well-deserved lie in), but it's critical to a healthy waking life.

Despite how frequently computers and robots become self-aware in films, we’re not there yet.

And you thought cleaning up your flat was a chore…

Next time you try washing your hands with antibacterial soap, consider that there's at least as many bacteria in your body as human cells. 

It may taste good on crisps, but too much sea salt can be harmful to fish and plants.

You'd be right to feel nervous about these dangerous organic chemicals.

A new birth control method is on the horizon.

Despite the similarity in their names, the two are most likely unrelated. But the quantum world might hold more secrets yet...

“It’s pee, Jim, but not as we know it…”

Our impact on the planet doesn’t stop when we die.

It would be a little difficult to plop Jupiter on a scale…

One thing’s for sure – both will probably help keep you drier than singing in the rain.