Strange phenomenon spotted in Sagittarius A* supermassive black hole at the heart of our galaxy, a usually quiet area
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The Israeli researchers found blindfolded people quickly adapted to using 30 cm long plastic 'whiskers' attached to their finger to see - and could even spot when nearby objects were slightly moved.
Research from Colorado State University found dogs in animal shelters were less likely to bark and more likely to sleep when played the likes of Mozart or Beethoven.
The£80 BioLite can burn wood, pine cones or any biomass to charge a USB gadget from a satnav to a phone. It was even used on the streets of New York to charge phones following Hurricane Sandy
Detailed computer simulations show meltwater from the enormous Laurentide Ice Sheet halted the sinking of very dense, saltier, colder water in the North Atlantic.
David McGloin at the University of Dundee, Scotland, harnessed the Xbox controller to direct highly focused laser beams to trap, move and rotate particles as small as cells.
Neil deGrasse Tyson, director of the American Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium determines the actual location of Superman’s home planet Krypton.
Thousands of car tyres lashed together to support tubes extending deep into the ocean could avert hurricanes, says Stephen Salter, emeritus professor of engineering design at Edinburgh University.
German researchers found that emotions of fear and disgust could be passed on through sweat - and say it could explain 'crowd panic' as messages are passed between large numbers of people.
A team from the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California, found the weird deep-sea predator off their state's northern coast.
You might think playing Angry Birds and other games on your mobile phone is a mindless distraction and a waste of time - but new research suggests they could actually make you smarter.
The 50 foot wide logo was carried under a helicopter as was flown down the Thames. It weighed 3.2 tons, and contained over 113,000 LED lights controlled from a boat following the bizarre object. The 'UFO' took a team of over 50 to build, and took two months to create.
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By simply thinking 'climb stairs' - Zac Vawter (pictured) made his way up 103 flights of stairs to the top of Willis Tower in Chicago on the revolutionary prosthetic leg. The robotic leg responds to electrical impulses from muscles in his hamstring, with his thoughts triggering motors, belts and chains to synchronise the movements of the prosthetic ankle and knee.
An emerging view proposes that asteroid collisions with planets may provide a boost to the birth and evolution of complex, intelligent life.
The 29in bicycle tyres consist of a layer of rubber held taught by carbon nano tube reinforced composite rods to provide cushioning.
University of Vienna researchers found Figaro fashions wooden ‘rakes’ out of beams and sticks and uses them inch pieces of food within reach.
The study of over 1500 UK motorists found a self park button was top of the technological wishlist, along with voice commands.
Scientists studying human genetic ancestry have found that, like modern Eurasian peoples, modern North Africans also carry genetic traces which suggest some Neanderthal ancestry.
Photographer Deb Morris specialises in capturing tiny waves breaking on the Australian coast in what she calls Waveart.
Research shows records have airbrushed women soldiers out of history as they do not fit the prevailing notion of men as protectors and women as weak.
New research suggests timekeeping in the brain is decentralised, with different neural circuits having their own timing mechanisms for specific activities.
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The well-travelled cassette, which contains classics from the likes of the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, and Credence Clearwater Revival, is just one space artefact up for auction from November 21. Apollo 14 was the eighth mission manned lunar mission and the tape would have been grooved along to by Commander Alan Shepard, Command Module Pilot Stuart Roosa, and Lunar Module Pilot Edgar Mitchell.
A theory that humans evolved longer adult lifespans because grandmothers helped feed their grandchildren has been proved by a computer simulation, scientists claim.
The study, reported in the Journal of Experimental Psychology, shows how subtle manipulations that affect the way people take in information can colour their response.
Developed in California, the new tomato has been shown to mimic the effects of good cholesterol in mice.
The car, developed in Japan, would be akin to the invisible Aston Martin Vanquish (pictured) that James Bond drives across a frozen lake in a high-speed car race.
Apple's £269 iPad mini sold out online within hours - and a new analysis has found the gadget costs Apple just £117 to make.
Liverpool scientists found warmer temperatures cause greater reduction in the adult sizes of aquatic animals than in land-dwellers.
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.
Built according to the classic, proven rocking chair design, the seat - which its makers have dubbed the iRock - uses a built-in generator that transforms gentle swaying into electricity. Handcrafted from Swedish pine, it is styled with all the traditional features you would expect from a rocking chair but also comes equipped with an iPad stand.
Racing fans can interact with footage captured on a Norwegian-designed spherical camera strapped to an F1 car, rotating the angle at will.
The Ohio researchers found that when we put ourselves into someone else’s shoes, the part of the brain used for cold, hard analysis is suppressed.
Chemotherapy drugs target and kill all cells in the process of replicating - cancerous or not - causing hair-loss, pain and a weakened immune system.
Alan Detrich bought the skull from a colleague who unearthed it near Buffalo, New York, and is planning to clean it up and attach it to the body of another Triceratops before selling it on.
The 1,000 Genomes Project which compares the DNA of participants from fourteen different populations helps researchers understand why some people may be more susceptible to inherited disease or other genetic conditions.
The glass portholes stitched directly into the rodents' abdominal walls are intended to help researchers track how cancer cells spread to form secondary tumours.
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