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On Thursday, Earthwatch announced its most ambitious and extraordinary public expedition ever aimed at traveling to Mars in search for water and life. With its US$1.25 million ticket price, it seems too good to be true, and probably is.

Rick Hamel created a flying dragon that actually shoots fire and reaches speeds of up to 70 mph (112.6 km/h). Now, this beast is actually on sale via Hammacher Schlemmer, with a staggering US$60,000 price tag.

Last year, German laser weapons hobbyist Patrick Priebe built a working replica of Ironman's laser gauntlet. Now, he's paid another visit to the world of superheroes, creating his own take on the "energy beam"-emitting eyewear worn by the X-Men's Cyclops.

London's Science Museum is wildly popular, hosting over 2.9 million visitors a year. It's currently showing 3D: printing the future, an exhibition about 3D printing and how it will impact our lives. Gizmag payed the exhibition a visit.

A nasal spray containing a specially-developed protein peptide could form the basis for a new highly-targeted treatment for depression, new research from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) has shown.

The Panasonic HX-A500 is the world's first 4K 30/25p wearable camcorder. The dual-body camcorder can be used with a head mount to achieve the Borg-like look, and features a monitor on the main body for checking shots on the go.

Satellites may be very useful for communications, navigation and other applications, but they're expensive to build and launch. That's why Thales Alenia Space is developing the StratoBus, an airship that can be launched like a regular blimp, but that will be able to hover in the stratosphere.

The SmartMat is a Wi-Fi-enabled mat designed to be placed under a regular doormat to act as a pressure sensor and allow various actions to be triggered depending on who, or what, is on it.

A 7,300 lb (3,311 kg) floating skateboard ramp has been installed on Lake Tahoe as part of Visit California's Dream365 tourism campaign. The ramp took four days and 300 man hours to complete before it was lowered into the Californian lake and put to the test by pro skateboarder Bob Burnquist.

The Upsee system, created by an Israeli mom, allows children with motor impairments to walk along with their parents.

Phosphorus is a mineral that's widely used in fertilizer, which itself has an unfortunate tendency to leach out of farmers' fields and into our waterways. Now, researchers have devised a method of retrieving some of that phosphorus from the water.

A team of researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) has developed a fluorescent sensor which, when mixed with a drink containing GHB, changes color within 30 seconds, potentially alerting people soon after their drink has been tampered with.