The creature, who was named after famous recluse Howard Hughes, is the first crab in Britain to wear a bespoke shell, made specially for him by a glassblower.
The British Trust for Ornithology is tracking five cuckoos in order to work out why their population has dramatically fallen over the last few years. Clement is the first to have left Europe, and is thought to be preparing to cross the Sahara. ...read
Researchers said we now forget things we are confident we can find online, while we are more likely to remember things we think are unavailable online.
The company did not warn app developers in advance of Thursday's change, which it blames on fluctuating exchange rates.
Some 35 per cent of people with an iPhone or BlackBerry regularly upset their other halves by reading work-related messages at home, according to a study.
The 'Big Belly', a computerised, solar-powered bin which costs £3,200, can take eight times as much rubbish as a normal bin of the same size.
Researchers at Princeton University made the discovery after studying baboons, and believe the stress comes from the effort needed to stay at the top and not because of responsibility.
Amazon’s move will be the biggest challenge yet to Apple which has sold 19.5million iPads since its launch and is by far the tablet market leader.
The Sambas stream toad, or Bornean rainbow toad as it is also called, was previously known from just three individuals and had not been spotted since 1924.
The service, popular in Europe, will become available to U.S. users by invitation and subscription from this morning.
The missing member could be rebuilt with a graft from the thigh or forearm muscle and a skin graft, claim doctors from the University of Maryland Medical Centre.
A horn found in Montana from one of the last surviving dinosaurs could finally prove that a massive meteor strike ended the reptiles' reign on Earth.
The ten best-selling titles of the week, according to GAME
Created by Eric Fischer, the maps combine data from the photo-sharing website Flickr and the micro-messaging network Twitter favoured by celebrities. The red dots represent Flickr pictures while the blue dots are tweets. The white dots are locations that have been posted to both. The lights are most intense in Europe and North America, where computer and internet usage is most prolific. ...read
Our frozen ancestors of the Ice Age needed plenty of fat in their diets to keep warm – and it seems we might still be carrying their genetic torch.
Experts had no idea that the Cryptic wood white even existed as they launched a conservation project to count butterflies across the UK.
Only one in five pensioners dream in glorious technicolour compared to four in five people under 30, say Japanese researchers.
Concerns have been raised that racial and ethnic minorities could miss out on the genomic revolution after it emerged that much of the research focused on people of European origin.
The artificial teeth looked like the real thing, were sensitive to pain and could chew food. The breakthrough at Tokyo University was made on mice.
While the 1969 moon landing may have been a giant leap for mankind, the preparation for such missions are now just as likely to inspire laughter as serious admiration.
While he may be deformed he is more fortunate than many of the animals that come into contact with the huge sea of waste in the northern Pacific Ocean.
A group of friends were on cloud nine today after they sent a balloon from Ross-on-Wye 22miles into the sky - and captured these stunning images of Earth.
Netherlands' University's system is made up of of street lights with motion sensors, which means it dims the lights when there is no one in the vicinity.
Scientists from the University of Amsterdam made the promising finding after examining every penalty shoot-out in every World Cup from 1982 to 2010.
The automatic accident detection system could reduce the number of cars involved in pile-ups by up to 40 per cent, say University of Bologna scientists.
Scientists will test a twin armed robot and a newly installed mock-up satellite to see if it is possible to do for spacecraft what mid-air refuelling has done for planes.
On a dark night on September 23, 1846, the German Astronomer spotted the blue-green coloured planet from the Berlin Observatory. It has since completed just one orbit of the sun.
Stray grains of sand in sandwiches have blighted many a family day out to the beach but a new mat - originally designed for military action - could keep sunbathers sand-free.
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Police investigating the riot that erupted after June's Stanley Cup final game might also be interested who tags themselves on the social-networking site. So far, the picture has been tagged more than 9,500 times – already greater than the current record of 7,000 revellers at last year’s Glastonbury music festival in Somerset. ...read
The U.S. Air Force is developing the miniature spy craft with the goal of making them so small that they resemble birds and even insects.
Scientists at the Zoological Society of London discussing the possibility of large undiscovered creatures in the sea believe that there are real, unknown animals in the deep.
The 4,700-year-old pyramid - built as a burial place for Pharaoh Djoser - has been propped up with airbags first used by the army to help them get rid of bombs safely.
Volatile relationships between managers and staff are sending people over the edge on a daily basis, a new study by Professor Wayne Hochwarter shows.
Scientists were surprised to find that their test subjects could learn how to solve novel problems, challenging the widely-held view that reptiles have limited brain power.
Those who talk of having an out-of-body experience often find their claims of a spiritual experience are much mocked. And now scientists have joined the sceptics.
Scientists claim it is better to 'positively appraise' the cause of your stress with acceptance and humour as these are the most effective coping strategies for people dealing with failures.
A study has found that men who flirt at work are not necessarily doing it because you are attractive, but because they are less satisfied in their jobs.
Your in-ears fall out and your over-ears look clumpy. And black. But rejoice! There is a third way...
The motor-controlled organ, the brainchild of Professor Hideyuki Sawada of Japan's Kagawa University, is designed to mimic biology and learn from its mistakes. The machine uses constricting nasal resonance chambers with eight faux vocal chords to produce its sound. Lips and mouth move to help shape the noise it emits. ...read
A software developer claims to have uncovered evidence pointing to an unannounced music service on Facebook, provisionally called 'Vibes'.
An academic has completed what he claims is the first survey of its type to classify and record the different shapes of the human nose - resulting in classifications ranging from 'fleshy' to 'celestial'.
It may look like a 3D map, but zoom in a little closer and you will see cars moving and people walking around - in real-time. This is 'geo-immersion' which blends the real and virtual worlds.
The glasses have a built-in camera which monitors the other person’s facial expressions and matches them up with 24 known features which convey emotions.
The algae growing on the site in Somerset could one day be used to generate renewable biofuel for cars, according to scientists.
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