When the Pope goes on tour he rides in an armour-plated limousine, though it usually has an engine.

Many cities are full of tall towers. The wind often funnels between them, so why not make use of it as it does?

Just as your fingerprints are unique to you, so is the chemical signature in your breath, thanks to metabolites, the products of the biochemical processes in your body.

Festo's BionicOpter is a flying robot shaped like a dragonfly. Flapping wings propel it in all directions, allow it to hover in midair and to glide without beating its wings.

Firefighters often work in the dark or in buildings filled with smoke and almost always in unfamiliar environments.

German carmaker Audi is undertaking an interesting experiment: at one specially equipped parking garage the cars park themselves.

In an age when we're supposed to be environmentally aware and try to conserve the planet's resources, in theory we should all have become more discerning consumers.

InTehran RTS Labs is developing a ship-based quadcopter designed to rescue people at risk of drowning.

New Zealand is moving by 4cm a year, new satellite surveys have revealed, as tectonic forces deform the land surface by stretching, slimming and sliding it southward.

An Abod is a tiny home that can be constructed by 4 people in one day using stock materials.

Veti-Gel is a liquid that can not only immediately stop bleeding but also initiate healing.

Trucks and bikes aren't a very good combination.

A man who has guarded two New Zealand prime ministers has created an app which he hopes will lower the danger posed by stalkers.

When the Apollo 11 mission blasted off carrying the folks who would be the first to walk on the Moon it was powered by 5 F-1 engines. Those engines burned for a few minutes, and then fell into the Atlantic Ocean, as they'd done their job.

Millions of people around the world don't have a source of light once the day grows dark.

The way we consume music is changing rapidly. With CDs and CD players a thing of the past Adam Gifford looks into home audio’s future

An eagle may grab its prey on the fly. That inspired a team at the University of Pennsylvania to add such snatching capabilities to a drone.

I'm sure if MacGyver had had a smartphone this would have been the plot of at least one episode of the TV show. Scientists in rural Tanzania used their smartphone as an improvised microscope to diagnose schoolchildren with intestinal worm infections.

Ever tried tying your shoe laces with just one hand?

A surprising 300 to 500 people per month in the US lose part of their skull thanks to disease or accident.