In space no one can hear you pee...

Supercomputers a thousand times more powerful

Shame it only works on worms

Quick, portable device

A cat can look at a queen

So dismantle that mint right now

There's hope for us yet

Bet he guards the remote control with his life

Good news for diabetics

'Sticking plasters' for damaged nerve cells

Can we just accept the moon landing now, too?

God really doesn't want it to work

Tel Aviv University researchers have successfully connected a prosthetic hand to existing nerve endings, allowing the user to actually feel it.

Coconut shell charcoal is the key to what could become the first commercially viable Tokamak fusion power electrical generating facility.

An engineer and an ecologist at Michigan State University are developing robots that swim like fish to monitor water quality.

Researchers at Stanford University have  transformed human embryonic stem cells into germ cells that they believe are so perfect that they could be grown into fully-functioning sperm and eggs.

Carbon nanotubes - which are being considered for use in everything from sports equipment to medical applications - could cause lung cancer if inhaled, according to a study.

In an attempt to persuade students that science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) aren't actually that dull, six Massachusetts institutions have launched a mentoring program.

YouTube viewers worldwide have the unique opportunity to ask a Nobel laureate a question on the official Nobel Prize channel. NASA's John Mather, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physics for measuring the echoes of the Big Bang, will be the first to answer a selection of video questions submitted via YouTube. The deadline for questions is 30 October.