Prague-based design studio, Kibardindesign, has created a levitating wireless computer mouse known as Bat. The sleek design includes a mouse pad and mouse with a magnetic ring, which allows it to float in mid-air.
A 460-foot long asteroid sped close by Earth on Saturday night. Discovered just six days ago, asteroid 2013 ET passed 600,000 miles from Earth at 8 30pm GMT. It was about 2.5 times as far away as the moon, which in space terms is very little. ...read
The perfectly cloned mice could pave the way for milk and meat from 'super' animals created in the lab, scientists say. Experts used the same techniques used to create Dolly the Sheep.
Pan-STARRS, a newly discovered comet, is to come closer to Earth than it ever has before and stargazers in the Northern Hemisphere will get the best view.
Researchers from Stanford, Cornell, Yahoo! and Qatar's Computational Research Institute have analysed ten million emails to see which countries email each other most.
Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Centre, in New York, found that when human brain cells were transplanted into mice they learned more quickly.
Researchers at Newcastle University found that the nectar of some flowers contains caffeine, and that this gives bees' memories a boost.
Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the new-look Newsfeed at the firm's Menlo Park headquarters, and said over 50% of the items shared were now photos.
Scientists at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, in Ohio, USA, believe that sniffing is a form of communication used by rats.
Scientists from the University of Glasgow have discovered that the outer surface of emperor penguins is colder than the surrounding air.
2013 was supposed to be the year of 'solar maximum,' the peak of the 11-year sunspot cycle - but as this amazing image reveals, solar activity is relatively low. Experts have been baffled by the apparent lack of activity - with many wondering if Nasa simply got it wrong.
The perfectly cloned mice could pave the way for milk and meat from 'super' animals created in the lab, scientists say. Experts used the same techniques used to create Dolly the Sheep.
Alternative comedian, Dartanion London, has created a spoof video in which he reveals what he believes men will really use Google Glass for. The video sees him demonstrate some of the situations in which the gadget could come in handy.
Research carried out by Professor Nick Chater, of Warwick Business School, reveals that neither men nor women are very good at multi-tasking.
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology, and from NASA, have discovered that water from Europa's underground ocean makes its way to the moon's surface.
A DNA test on a South Carolina man hoping to trace his family tree has come up with a stunning result - the chromosomes (pictured) show roots of the human tree date back much further than previously thought.
US scientists studied fossils recovered from 73 sites around the world to track global climate to the end of the last Ice Age.
Historians at the University of Manchester found a description of the dog in an 1865 edition of The Field. It paved the way for the pedigree dog breeds we know today.
Scientists at Columbia University believe they have discovered how the brain hones in to one voice while shutting out competing sounds.
Website iMore claims the new handset will feature a new processor and camera, and will go on sale in August, although it is expected to be announced over the summer.
Developed with the US Department of Homeland Security, the Pit-Bul could soon be in use by police forces around the world.
The ultimate non-iPhone smartphone guide...
Microsoft revealed the concepts it hopes to build in a new research lab as its Seattle office - with everything from smart kitchen countertops to giant touchscreen desks under development. the firm said it hopes the concepts
The camera has a built in photo printer to produce prints within seconds, and will include retro filters similar to the Instagram service when it goes on sale next year for around £200.
It may look like an attacker from a 1980s computer game, but Nasa today revealed this astonishing shot taken by Hubble of a massive cluster of galaxies 2 billion light years from Earth is in fact an optical illusion.
Scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD have created a bank card that can recognise a customer by the way they sign their name.
Tesco has unveiled a free TV and movie service for its 16m Clubcard customers - if they agree to watch personalised ads.
Biologists have been unable to work out how the Falklands wolf came to be the only land-based mammal on the isolated islands – which are 460km from the nearest land, Argentina.
Chilean astronomers have revealed the first accurate calculation of the distance between us and our nearest galaxy.
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.
A study published in the journal, Science, suggests that there was massive flooding on Mars billions of years ago and that this could have caused climate change on the planet. Mars is thought to have been cold and dry for the last 2.5 billion years.
Scientists at Oxford Performance Materials, in Connecticut, USA, have used 3D-printing technology to 'print out' a new skull.
The Royal Navy's warships are being fitted with a new radar system which is so sophisticated that it can detect a tennis ball-sized object more than 25km away.
Notes written by Jim Lovell, an astronaut on the doomed Apollo 13 space mission, are to be sold at auction in New York.
The world's cheapest mobile phone, the Alcatel One Touch 232, has just gone on sale for £1. It can make and receive calls as well as sending text messages.
Scientist at University Hospital R. Poincare, in France, have been studying what they believe is the oldest preserved human dissection yet to be found in Europe.
British experts believe that as populations of larger animals like deer dwindled, neanderthals were unable to learn how to hunt smaller animals effectively.
With a carbon fibre shell to protect it and legs to help it 'stand up' and fly once it (inevitably) hits the ground, Swiss researchers say the accident-prone Aurburr drone could be instrumental in helping maps diaster zones.
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