From pinpricks of darkness to lobsters feeling pain, here's what in the news this week.

As the Easter school holidays get underway, here are five egg-citing chemistry experiments for families to try at home.

Scientists have just managed to reproduce a nuclear reaction that had never been observed directly before. The experiment ...

A multimillion-pound industry has sprung up promising it can detect sensitivities to certain ingredients with a simple remote finger prick test. But the results can be misleading – and even dangerous ...

At the University of South Florida’s Engineering Expo, visitors can control a robotic catapult using nothing but their ...

A collection of videos that look at the challenges faced by scientists, engineers and doctors ahead of Felix Baumgartner's ...

Gama, 20, was captured on video throwing explosive device outside home of OpenAI chief ...

On a breezy afternoon last autumn in Cambridge, Mass., in a laboratory thrumming with the huff-whish-huff sound of ...

Investigators said Travis Peachey, 51, allegedly put together the homemade bomb because he thought an explosion would amuse ...

Fermented foods aren’t on the fringe of the culinary scene anymore, exploding into a $63.3 billion industry across the U.S.

Starring Elizabeth Banks and Matthew McFadyen, the show follows a scientist who tests his miniaturization tech on his wife ...

A man who caused an explosion that destroyed a terraced house and damaged five others in Derby has been jailed. Police said ...