A study of French cave art - in which animals appear to have multiple limbs, heads and tails - has found the paintings are primitive attempts at animation.
The UK-based Cloud Appreciation Society (CAS) is lobbying for the cloud (pictured in Perthshire, Scotland) to be formally recognised by the World Meteorological Organisation and be included in the International Cloud Atlas, after it was first spotted in Iowa in 2006. If they are successful it will be the first time a new cloud type has been added since 1951. ...read
Now the final pieces of its successor are falling into place, with the mirrors of the James Webb Space Telescope now being buffed, polished and shipped to Nasa.
Grant Paul, who develops software for Apple's iOS operating system, posted photos on his Twitter page of a 'jailbroken' iPhone 5, which allows him to install non-Apple-approved software.
Google is believed to have submitted a free maps app to Apple for approval after it was dumped in the latest version of the firm's iPhone and iPad software.
Researcher Tara Marshall, from Brunel University in London, suggests there is a lot of additional heartbreak in store for the third of us who keep an eye on the ex - or 'Facebook-stalking', as some may call it.
Researchers from three American universities say the development would have allowed early humans to leave the waters of central Africa, where they ate fish.
A new extraordinary photograph has been sent back by the rover of one of the Red Planet’s two moons as it passes across the sun. The photo shows Deimos, Mars’ smaller moon, creating a partial eclipse on Monday 17.
The skeletons excavated in Cladh Hallan are said to be the first evidence that Britons preserved their dead using mummification. But the identities of the oldest mummies ever found in Britain remain shrouded in mystery as scientists have gruesomely discovered they were made from body parts of several different people.
The ten best-selling titles of the week, according to Blockbuster.co.uk
Other research projects honoured at the Harvard ceremony included research into why leaning left makes the Eiffel tower look smaller, and why we spill coffee. The annuals awards were given out by 'real' nobel winners.
If this Turkish concept sounds a little unhygienic, rest assured it is just the first rinse-cycle which uses your cast-off water to wash your cast-offs.
Rats fed a lifetime diet of Monsanto's genetically modified corn or exposed to its top-selling weedkiller Roundup suffered tumours and multiple organ damage, according to a French study published today.
The Allen Institute for Brain Science, based in Seattle, created the atlas from the scans of 'clinically unremarkable' brains donated following the deaths of three men.
Gliese 163c, which lies at the edge of the red dwarf star's habitable zone, has a mass of 6.9 times that of Earth and an orbital period of 26 days.
It sounds like a sexist generalisation, but US researchers have claimed that men really do have a special ability to spot cars - while women are best at looking at animals.
Modern Meadow is also developing lab grown meat - but says that its first product could change the clothing industry.
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Elephants are the largest creatures on the surface of their planet, so naturally they have an eyeball to suit. But seeing one close-up is certainly an intriguing sight - and thanks to surgeons at Paignton Zoo, Devon, this elephant will also be able to see things close up after a hopefully-successful cataract operation today.
What you see here is a reconstruction by the University of Texas using the latest 'micro CT' scanning techniques as well as a 3D printer to create a clay replica of the mollusc.
The ice cap at the North Pole measured 1.32 million square miles on Sunday, its smallest size since records began, according to new data released today
Thieves can capture the remote-controlled code sent by an owner to his car and then re-program a blank key and steal the car at their own convenience.
While 21st century dentists boast all manner of modern technology, the ancient find in Slovenia indicates that the first ever dentists treated toothache with beeswax.
Erasing memories has long been a staple of sci-fi films, but Swedish researchers now believe they have made a breakthrough in making the process reality.
Nasa astronaut Sunita Williams completed the first triathlon in space, running, biking and 'swimming' as, 250 miles below, athletes did the same at the Nautica Malibu Triathlon in Southern California.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
This is standard practice for the iFixit team, who always deconstruct products to figure out the value and provenance of the components inside. The insides of a phone can be quite revealing to tech fans. You can see if corners have been shaved, or no expense spared on the components inside.
What could be a huge breakthrough, theorists from Nasa say there is 'hope' that we can achieve faster-than-light travel, after physicists found a theoretical possibility for warp speed travel.
Tesco has revealed the prototype 'virtual store' where visitors can walk through the aisles and put items into a basket - all with a wave of their arm.
In total, 15 birds have been 'categorised' by Glasgow University including the Pesky Crow, who always sends multiple versions of the same document, or sends multiple emails about the same topic.
A rare and beautifully carved Roman sarcophagus found overgrown by plants in a back garden is set to sell for more than £50,000.
Now artist Dominic Wilcox has combined cinema nostalgia with high-tech wizardry by combining shoes with a GPS circuit-board and blinking LED lights to point you in the right direction.
At first glance, it looks like any other skateboard. But in fact, this is the world's lightest electric vehicle - and is capable of reaching speeds of 20mph.
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