Are you lazy, cold-hearted, a night owl or just really cool? What your Instagram filter says about you...

An infographic explains the psychology behind the top 10 Instagram filters, and profiles the personalities of the photographers who use them

Have we now found Alfred the Great? Archaeologists exhume unmarked grave in what could be one of the most significant finds ever

Bones that could belong to King Alfred the Great have been exhumed from a churchyard over fears that they might be stolen or vandalised

Archaeologists carried out the exhumation of an unmarked grave at St Bartholomew's Church in Winchester, Hampshire, this morning on church orders.

Nine secret crypts discovered hidden beneath Coventry's bombed cathedral

Discovery: Nine crypts have been uncovered underneath the ruins of St Michael's Church in Coventry which was reduced to rubble during World War Two

It is believed the crypts found by restoration workers under the cathedral ruins may date back to the 1350s and were used as burial places for Coventry's nobility.

Relief for NASA as Curiosity rover gets up and running again on Mars after a week of computer glitches

After back-to-back computer problems, the six-wheel Curiosity rover, seen in this self-portrait, has resumed its science experiments

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity yesterday resumed analysis of a sample of rock powder following a computer glitch that suspended operations for a week.

The clean energy that's produced by grime: Batteries which use bacteria to make electricity will be on sale 'in ten years'

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Scientists at the University of East Anglia have found energy produced on the surface of microbes can be harnessed for electrical power.

Just in time for hay fever season: Scientists create a cedar tree that does not have pollen

Japanese scientists say they have developed the first pollen and allergy-free cedar tree (stock image)

Scientists at the Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute announced they have successfully developed the first pollen and allergy-free cedar tree.

Two spacecraft being built at a cost of £225million... so they can be CRASHED into an asteroid to look inside it

The European-led Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission (AIDA) will launch in 2019. It will send two spacecraft on a three-year voyage to the asteroid Didymos

The European-led Asteroid Impact and Deflection Assessment mission (AIDA) will launch in 2019.

Brain scans can show whether a criminal is likely to reoffend

have found a way to predict whether convicted criminals are likely to re-offend by looking at their brain

According to American brain imaging experts, convicts showing low activity in an area of the brain associated with decision-making and action are more likely to be arrested again.

How gang members behave like animals... allowing maths experts to predict where they will fight rivals with 99% accuracy

Maths experts have used geometric equations learned from wild animals to predict the location of fights between rival gangs with almost 99 per cent accuracy

Jeffrey Brantingham, an anthropologist at UCLA who uses statistics to study crime, has employed a theory devised by 1920s mathematicians to help fight crime.

Alan Turing's Universal Machine is named greatest British innovation of the 20th Century

Number one: Mathematician Alan Turing's theory for a 'universal machine', which forms the basis for all modern computing, has been voted the greatest British innovation of the 20th Century

Mathematician Alan Turing's theoretical basis for modern computers known as the 'universal machine' has been voted the greatest British innovation of the past century.

Mesmerizing NASA photographs capture the twinkling lights of cities around the world from 240 miles high

The photographs, taken by Expedition 33 crew members as the international space station orbits the Earth, show the mesmerizing light patterns of different metropolises including Baltimore, Maryland

The photographs, taken by Expedition 33 crew as the International space station orbits the Earth, show the mesmerizing lights of (from top left, clockwise) Tokyo, Kuwait City, Baltimore, Maryland and Istanbul.

The mystery of the Prince Rupert’s Drop revealed: Fascinating 130,000-frame-per-second video of glass that can withstand hammer blow at one end… but EXPLODES if you scratch the other

Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps

These spectacular pictures reveal how a special piece of glass known as Prince Rupert's Drop explodes from just a gentle tap - while the other end can withstand a hammer blow. The tadpole-shaped glass is so tightly compressed inside that it explodes from the strain of different temperatures within.

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Hollywood director James Cameron donates his record-breaking submarine to science to promote marine research

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Cameron last year became the first to descend the 10.9km down into the Mariana Trench in the western Pacific Ocean, for 50 years - and the only person to have ever done it alone. But he is now donating the submarine he used to achieve the incredible feat as he says cuts to funding for deep sea exploration is jeopardising research.

Dead wrong: 2,400-year-old theories on how Egyptians created mummies are incorrect, say researchers

Ancient rites: In the fifth century, Herodotus describes first and second class levels of embalming. The elite, he said, got a slit through the belly, through which organs were removed

The latest scientific discoveries have disproved that ancient Egyptian embalmers always left the heart in place, or removed the guts using cedar oil enemas.

Too much choice makes people take riskier decisions because they can't think of the dangers while making their mind up

Playing the odds: A study monitoring players' choices in a gambling game found participants made riskier decisions the more choice they had

Researchers at the University of Warwick and the University of Lugano found a bias in the way people gather information leads them to take more risks when choosing a gamble from a large set of options.

Scientists are creating an apple that can be eaten by those allergic to the fruit

Tasty treat: Some apple varieties such as Golden Delicious and Granny Smith are part of the high-allergenic group, whereas Jonagold and Gloster induce only low allergenic responses

Apples are not usually associated with allergies. However, 75 per cent of people suffering from an allergy to birch pollen are also allergic to apples.

Is Sony working on a rival to Google Glass? New patent suggests work is well underway

Look to the future: Sony has issued a patent for a head-mounted display apparatus includes an image display device

The Japanese electronics maker has recently published an application to the US Patent and Trademark office for a head-mounted display apparatus.

The blob of virtual goo that can calculate the quickest travel routes… and could help your online deliveries arrive faster

Speeding things up: The 'intelligent goo' system of working out routes is considerably simpler and quicker than the traditional method of working out each individual journey manually

Jeff Jones and Andrew Adamatzky at the University of the West of England have come up with a new intelligent goo that could transform how delivery firms operate in the future.

Phone app companies gather so much information about users they will soon be able to sell details based on your brainwaves, experts predict

Information collected from apps could be sold to companies based on signals given off by brainwaves, experts have predicted

Brain-computer interfaces have been widely used for medical and research purposes since the 1920s, primarily in patients with paralysis.

Don't get mad... get even angrier: People who leave aggressive messages on websites tend to feel even more frustrated

Rage against the machine: Reading other people¿s rants and writing your own are associated with negative mood shifts, says a new report

It’s often been said that getting things off your chest will relieve frustration and leave you much calmer. But new studies have shown that getting your point of view across can make you less happy and even angrier.

Multiple choice exams benefit students as 'placebo effect' of picking correct answer means they are more relaxed

A study of 40 undergraduates revealed that when the mind is relaxed and confident, anxieties which were previously focusing on other cognitive function, became 'available for other tasks and processes

A study of 40 undergraduates revealed that when the mind is relaxed and confident, anxieties which were previously focusing on other cognitive function, became 'available for other tasks and processes.'

Just when you thought it was safe to get in the water... Jaws Two! Fisherman discovers first ever two-headed bull shark

The single shark - with two heads - was found in the Gulf of Mexico, by a fisherman when he opened the uterus of an adult shark.

The single shark - with two heads - was found in the Gulf of Mexico, by a fisherman when he opened the uterus of an adult shark. While other species of sharks have been born with two heads - including blue sharks and tope sharks - this is the first record of it in a bull shark.

Stonehenge to get virtual 360-degree cinema to allow visitors to step inside the ancient circle again

New evidence: Studies of cremated human remains show that a larger stone circle was erected at the same site as a community graveyard

Protestors may partially get their wishes for access to Stonehenge, as English Heritage is developing a solution, a virtual visit in a panoramic cinema where tourists can experience standing in the ancient site.

More attractive birds mother healthier chicks... even if they are rearing another animal's offspring

Great Tit (Parus major) perched on a moss-covered branch, Brock Valley Nature Reserve, England. Studies of the birds' appearance

Studies of female great tits' appearance, and the weight and immune strength of their chicks at two weeks, has revealed a direct link between the health of the infants and the 'attractiveness' of their mother.

Butterfly catastrophe: Summer deluge caused record fall in numbers as experts warn struggling species could become extinct

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The heavy rainfall of last summer was ‘catastrophic’ for the insects, with 52 of the 56 monitored species in decline, and overall butterfly sightings plummeting by 300,000.

'Usually, I catch on fire': The ecologist who has to blow up thousands of methane bubble 'grenades' trapped in frozen lakes

Big bang: Methane escapes from the ice and ignites in spectacular explosions triggered by ecologist Katey Walter

Toxic bubbles of highly-flammable methane are trapped in grenade-like bubbles just inches beneath the surface of the ice. Once popped methane escapes the bubbles and ignites in spectacular explosions triggered by big bang-loving boffin Katey Walter.

A slice of luck for pizza fans: Fridge magnet gadget gets your favourite delivery sent to your door with just one press of a button

Couch potato bliss: A fridge magnet with a built-in Bluetooth connection that automatically orders your favourite pizza for delivery when pressed

It’s the gadget couch potatoes have been waiting for... almost: A fridge magnet with a button that orders your favourite pizza for delivery... from Dubai.

Government's outgoing chief scientist says existing CO2 levels in the atmosphere will cause storms and droughts for next 25 years

Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Government's outgoing chief scientific adviser has warned. Pictured is a storm in Jakarta, Java, Indonesia

Professor Sir John Beddington said the effects of climate change on the weather were already being felt in the UK.

Scientists want to bring 24 animals back from extinction (Dodos make the list... but dinosaur DNA is so old, Jurassic Park isn't an option)

The so called 'de-extinction' of a number of species was discussed at a TEDx conference in Washington DC sponsored by National Geographic.

The so called 'de-extinction' of a number of species was discussed at a TEDx conference in Washington DC sponsored by National Geographic. They included (clockwise from top left) the dodo bird, the woolly mammoth, the Quagga zebra, the Thylacine, or Tasmanian Tiger, the Ivory-billed Woodpecker, and the Great Auk.

Has Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos recovered the rockets that launched Apollo 11's historic 1969 mission to the moon?

One of the the corroded F-1 engines from Apollo's Saturn V rocket, which sat more than 4 kilometers below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

Amazon's billionaire boss has recovered what he believes could be the historic Apollo rocket motors that took man to the moon.

The medical lab implanted under the skin that can automatically phone a doctor BEFORE you fall ill

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Developed by Swiss scientists, the implant measures just 14mm long and can spot tiny changes in chemicals in a patient's bloodstream, and use their mobile phone to alert doctors

The colourful alien creatures living at the bottom of the sea: The underwater slugs which use their bright body armour to fend off predators

Nudibranchs shed their shells during the larval stage to reveal these multi-coloured exteriors

Nudibranchs are soft-bodied marine molluscs which shed their shells as larvae revealing their remarkable exterior.

That was some show and tell lesson! Schoolboy, 10, stuns teacher with 300million-year-old fossilised footprint he found on a family holiday

Amazing find: Oxford schoolboy Bruno Debattista holds up the piece of shale

Bruno Debattista (pictured), from Oxford, brought a piece of shale with what he thought might be a fossilised imprint to the Oxford University's Museum of Natural History.

Snakes on a drain: The robotic reptile that can be THROWN at any object and grab on

The robotic snake can climb its way up poles - or simply be thrown at them

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University Biorobotics laboratory say the robosnake can perch on posts, in trees and can even shimmy up drainpipes.

British users will get 'crippled' version of Samsung Galaxy S4 with downgraded chip

Crippled: The Galaxy S4

The latest version of the South Korean company's flagship smartphone will arrive on these shores with a only quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU, the Samsung has admitted.