Welcome to Laniakea, your home: Stunning new 3D map reveals gigantic super-cluster of galaxies that contains our own Milky Way

Hawaiian researchers say the structure is 500 million light years across, and contains 100,000 galaxies and the mass of a hundred quadrillion suns. It it is also home to the Milky Way (marked in red).

Hungover? Then chow down on an IRAQI STEW: 1,000-year-old Middle Eastern recipe claims to be the 'ultimate hangover cure'

The recipe for Kkishkiyya was found in a 10th century cookbook translated by Salem-based Iraqi scholar Nawal Nasrallah in ‘Annals of the Caliphs’ Kitchens.’

The psychedelic image from space that reveals just how big the Napa earthquake really was

Radar images from the UK's Sentinel-1A satellite have been used to map the biggest earthquake that has shaken northern California in 25 years.
The images reveal the rupture is larger than previously thought

Keep maxing your mobile data limit? Facebook's autoplay videos could be to blame for higher phone bills, website claims

EXCLUSIVE: Facebook mobile users are experiencing higher than usual data charges due to autoplay videos, according to research by London-based site MoneySavingExpert.

Amazon’s Fire TV box launches in the UK: Streaming device will offer users on-demand TV, apps and smartphone content

The streaming device (pictured) will also enable users to play games, including Flappy Bird, Amazon's senior vice president of devices announced at the IFA technology show in Berlin.

Hiding bling from Boudicca: Hoard of Roman jewellery buried as the queen advanced on Colchester is unearthed

The 2,000-year-old hoard includes gold armlets, earrings and rings as well as silver chains, rings and coins, buried in a clutch bag, which was found beneath Colchester's High Street.

Could AI be closer than we think? Google begins work on super-fast 'quantum' chips that could think like humans

The new hire is part of a 'hardware initiative' to design and build chips operating on sub-atomic levels in ways making them much faster than existing processors

The California-based group said it has teamed up with physicist John Martinis to build quantum processors based on ground-breaking electronic material.

Forget Rosetta: Japan reveals spacecraft that will land on an ASTEROID and return samples by 2020

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The probe, named Hayabusa-2, is expected to be flung into space in December for a four year voyage to asteroid 1999JU3, according to the Tokyo-based space agency.

Watch the world's weather in REAL TIME: Live interactive 3D map lets you watch rain, clouds and even hurricanes across the globe

EXCLUSIVE: An interactive map (left) from Europe's MeteoGroup lets you watch weather unfold around the world. By selecting different icons weather of varying types can be watched live in different countries. For example users can see the global cloud cover and also where it is raining at the moment. The interactive map even tracks the path of tropical storms (top right) and shows global temperatures (bottom right).

Forget smartwatches, put a RING on it! Jewellery vibrates to alert you to incoming calls, tweets and texts

California-based Mota has become the latest company to unveil high-tech jewellery that can notify you whenever you're tagged on Facebook or have a reply to your tweet.

Beware the iCloud scammers: Criminals take advantage of leak by sending fake Apple emails and texts to iPhone owners

Security experts have discovered emails and text messages (pictured) pretending to be from Apple warning users about unauthorised access to their accounts

Security experts at Califronia-based Symantec have discovered emails and text messages pretending to be from Apple and trying to steal information. Jennifer Lawrence (pictured) was a victim of the hack.

Don't blame the Industrial Revolution! Human population explosion began 2,000 years ago, scientist claims

There are thought to be seven billion people living on our planet and this number is set to reach almost 10 billion by 2050, according to UN figures

Aaron Stutz, an associate professor of anthropology at Emory's Oxford College in Georgia created a new model of demographic and archaeological data to show when humans thrived.

The clip-on sensor that could prevent concussion: Tiny monitor sends alerts to referees when a player bangs their head

The Jolt Sensor device (shown) monitors movement of players, keeping track of impacts. It was created by Ben Harvantine from Missouri after he suffered a head injury.

Water way to commute! Human-powered 'boat bike' lets cyclists travel over lakes and rivers

Californian-based company Schiller has designed a water bike (shown). Called the X1 it lets cyclists travel over bodies of water by pedal-power.

It’s official - you look like your CAR: Drivers bear a striking resemblance to their vehicles, study claims

Researchers at University of Vienna say cars look like their owners (stock image shown). They found people could associate owners with the front of their vehicles.

Samsung unveils its Galaxy Note Edge complete with a CURVED side: Slick new 'ticker' feature displays notifications

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South Korean-based Samsung has surprisingly revealed a curved phablet (left). It beats Apple to the punch, who are apparently also planning curved devices. The Galaxy Note Edge has a curved right hand side that can display notifications like a 'ticker'. It also sports a 16MP rear-facing camera and a 3.7MP front camera.

Does a man's right hand reveal his FERTILITY? Men with a long ring finger have bigger testicles, study claims

Researchers in South Korea say finger ratios on the right hand of males (shown) is an indicator of the size of their testicles. Men with larger testes were found to have longer ring than index fingers.

Have you tried switching it off and on again? Nasa set to wipe Opportunity martian rover’s memory in a bid to fix escalating flaws 

The first of two robotic rovers sat on its Florida launch pad on June 8, 2003 ready to join an international armada to Mars in a quest to finally discover whether life ever existed on Earth's neighbor. The rover (pictured in this undated photo), a mobile robot about the size of a riding lawnmower built to range wherever scientists want it to go on the Martian surface, was just hours away from liftoff from Cape Canaveral when NASA announced it would be dubbed "Spirit". The Spirit, and the Opportunity rover that will be launched on June 25, will join Japanese and European satellites on their way to the red planet and two NASA satellites already orbiting Mars. The missions are taking advantage of a rare proximity between the planets that has cut the normal travel time from the usual nine to 10 months to just seven months for missions launched this year. NASA ROBOTIC ROVER TO BE SENT TO MARS...  REUTERS/NASA...A...SCI...CAPE CANAVERAL...United States of America

Nasa operators have found the Opportunity rover's memory is beginning to fail - and they plan to wipe it completely in a bid to fix the bugs and restore the rover to its sprightly best.

How the Egyptians SHOULD have built the pyramids: Circle rockers on blocks would have helped construction, physicists reveal

Joseph West, a physicist at Indiana University, has suggested that workers should have transformed blocks into dodecagons (main image) in order to pull them along more easily. His idea centres around reducing both the drag and the amount of effort needed to move the blocks as well as the pressure exerted on the ground. The Great Pyramid in Giza (pictured top and bottom right) is made from 2.4million limestone blocks weighing in at around 2.5 tonnes each.

The ultimate power nap! Drinking coffee BEFORE a 20-minute sleep is the best way to improve alertness

Separate research in Japan and Loughborough has found that taking a 'coffee nap' can improve memory, alertness and reduce the number of errors made in tests.

You CAN train your brain to like healthy foods: Researchers reveal diet that can kick junk food addiction

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Tufts University researchers say it is possible to reverse the addictive power of unhealthy food while also increasing preference for healthy foods.

A multi-millionaire Tory MP, a drug-dealing aristocrat and Josef Fritzl: MailOnline has yet more articles removed from Google under 'right to be forgotten' law

Google has removed a series of MailOnline articles detailing drug abuse, incest and spying, following a controversial 'right to be forgotten' ruling

The articles reveal details about child abuser Josef Fritzl, Tory justice minister, Jonathan Djanogly, former Tory justice minister and Prince William's friend Edward Stanbury.

Experts ask for help in revealing mysterious 'blobs': Cell discovery could be key to curing cancer, scientists claim

Scientists from Georgetown University in Washington DC and The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, California, have called on the scientific community to step up its research.

Out of this world! Astronaut captures release of Cygnus spacecraft in incredible timelapse from International Space Station

Nasa Astronaut Reid Wiseman shared the amazing footage on Vine, showing the cargo spacecraft Cygnus being released along with a separate clip showing its re-entry.

Learning parrot-fashion! Cockatoos use wooden tools to reach food after copying an older bird's technique

Three male cockatoos (Kiwi pictured) learnt to use wooden sticks at Oxford University by mimicking an older bird, who had previously used wood to reach food in his aviary.

The creatures with nothing to hide: Photos reveal the transparent animals that rely on their invisibility to protect them from predators

From butterflies in Ecuador to skates in California, many animals have skin that is up to 90 per cent transparent, enabling them to be almost invisible to predators. These extraordinary images were taken by a host of photographers from around the globe. Fleishmann's glass frog is pictured left, a see-though fish and jellyfish are shown centre, and a big skate, right.

Mystery of the disappearing Eskimos: Analysis suggests first Arctic inhabitants may have been wiped out by inbreeding and climate change

Research by University of Copenhagen offers new theories about the disappearance of Paleo-Eskimos, 700 years ago. This coincided with the arrival of ancestors of modern Eskimos (pictured).

Home is where the BACTERIA is: Microbes on our bodies 'colonise' rooms within hours - and they could be used to catch criminals

Scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory examined the complex interaction between humans and the microbes that live on and around us (illustrated).

In the eye of the storm: Watch the moment a tornado destroys a village in Russia from INSIDE the twister 

The video of a tornado (stock image pictured right) was filmed from inside a car in Bashkiria, Russia last year, but was released this week. Reports that it shows the eye of the storm have yet to be confirmed. It shows the weather changing from calm to chaos in under a minute, starting with raindrops rolling down the car’s windscreen, with the sky a foreboding grey and descending into large pieces of wood being flung through the air (pictured top and bottom left) and the car’s previously clean glass covered in pieces of debris. 

Wish you hadn't sent that drunk text? The app that deletes your messages AFTER you've sent them

Ansa (pictured) was created by 23-year-old Natalie Bryla from San Francisco. It lets people send self-destructing text messages, photos and videos when using the ‘off the record’ mode.

Ebola virus is 'mutating rapidly', experts warn

Researchers at the Broad Institute in Massachusetts and Harvard University say the Ebola virus (shown) is mutating rapidly. The findings show it is becoming more difficult to diagnose and treat.

Could we soon send emails 'telepathically'? Scientist transmits message into the mind of a colleague 5,000 miles away using brain waves

Researchers led by the University of Barcelona used EEG headsets (pictured) to record electrical activity in the brain, and convert the words ‘hola’ and ‘ciao’ into binary.

Eating meat is causing 'dangerous climate change', claim scientists

The shift towards meat-heavy Western diets means agricultural yields will not meet projected food demands for the world population in 2050, experts predict

Eating less meat is "essential" to ensure future demand for food can be met and "dangerous" climate change avoided, experts have warned. A study by leading u...

Smarter than the average bear! Giant panda FAKES PREGNANCY to receive pampering, fruit and buns at Chinese breeding centre

Ai Hin (not pictured) is thought to have displayed behaviour suggesting she was pregnant to get an air conditioned room and treats at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Centre, China.

What created the mystery Utah crater? Underwater hole may have been caused by collapsing soil that triggered a 'small eruption'

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A crater that mysteriously appeared in a Utah lake last month had residents speculating that it had been caused by a volcanic eruption or even an extra-terrestrial – but now geologists believe there could be a simpler explanation. Scientists looking at the crater in Circleville, Utah, claim it was caused by a geologic condition called 'collapsible soils' where refilling of a lake caused the soil to give way. 'As it collapsed and compacted,' said geologist Bill Lund, 'it forced some air and some water up and created this thing. It looks like a one-off thing. It just happened one time. That's it.'

Do we live inside a BUBBLE? Supernovas 'blasted like popcorn' leaving our solar system almost free of space dust and gas

Researchers at the University of Miami say they have found evidence in the form of supernovas that exploded millions of years ago (image shown) that our solar system is inside a 'bubble'.

WATCH: The 3D-printed 'bump keys' that can open almost ANY lock in seconds

A German engineer has revealed how to make 3D-printed 'bump keys' (shown). These devices can be used to break into popular pin tumbler design locks.

'Global warming has been on pause for 19 years': Study reveals Earth's temperature has remained almost CONSTANT since 1995

Professor Ross McKitrick from the University of Guelph in Canada studied land and ocean temperatures since 1850. He compared this to satellite data from 1979. Illustrated.

Earth's 'voice' revealed: Interactive map lets you explore the planet's soundscapes - and listen to how man is changing them forever

Purdue University ecologists have spent decades collecting sounds around the world. They are asking people to record their own sounds on an app, then plotted on a map (pictured).

That's a whopper! New images showing 5.5inch iPhone 6 'phablet' leak online and mockups even show how it will look in Apple's stores

Designer Martin Hakek created these images of what the iPhone 6 could look like when it goes on sale in Apple Stores

The images show the 5.5inch version of the handset being held for the first time, revealing just how large it is. French website nowhereelse.fr says that handset measures 158mm high by 78mm wide with a thickness of just 7mm - leading many to speculate it could be called the iPhone Air.

Zut alors! Being bilingual DOESN'T make you smarter: Cognitive benefits of speaking two languages are a 'myth', claim scientists

Language experts from Abertay University in Dundee, Scotland, did not detect any cognitive benefit in people who can speak two languages.

Would you sell YOUR privacy for $100 a month? Market researchers scrutinise web searches and viewing habits for a fee

The ZQ Intelligence scheme is run by San Diego-based Luth Research. It pays participants a monthly fee to track website visits, search entries and time spent on social networks.

App that only lets you communicate using EMOJIS launches - and even the usernames are made up of emoticons

The Emojli app (pictured) only lets users communicate using emojis. Even usernames have to be comprised of a selection of emoticons. The app is available, for free, from the Apple App Store. The company has not announced plans to launch it on other platforms

The app's developers, London-based Matt Gray and Tom Scott, unveiled their plans for the app in July, when more than 10,000 people signed up. Emojli (pictured) is now available, for free, from the Apple App Store.

Always use protection! £6 USB 'condom' stops hackers from giving you viruses and keeps your private data secure

The device was created by New York-based security experts int3.cc in an effort to combat the growing risk of fake public charging stations that can download private data.

Could smoking marijuana be GOOD for a relationship? Less domestic violence found among married couples who use drug, study claims

Researchers at the University at Buffalo in New York, studied the effects of smoking marijuana and if it led to violence, in the first nine years of marriage.

The machine that could spot a missing dimension: US Government begins mind bending experiment to find out if our universe is a 2D HOLOGRAM

A Fermilab scientist works on the laser beams at the heart of the Holometer experiment. The Holometer will use twin laser interferometers to test whether the universe is a 2-D hologram. Credit: Fermilab.

A unique experiment (pictured) at the U.S. Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory has started collecting data about whether we exist in a hologram.

'Extremely rare' early Christian charm discovered: 1,500-year-old 'magical' papyrus is first to refer to Last Supper

A 1,500-year-old papyrus has been identified as one of the world's earliest surviving Christian charms

The document (main image) was discovered in the University of Manchester’s John Rylands Library and has been identified as one of the world’s earliest surviving Christian charms. The ‘remarkable’ papyrus contains some of the earliest documented references to The Last Supper (illustrated with a painting by Leonardo da Vinci, pictured inset) and sheds new light on early Christian practices, experts say.

Want your child to perform better at school? Let them play video games: Online role-playing boosts language and vocabulary

Researchers from the University of Gothenberg studied 76 children aged 10 and 11. Data was collected via questionnaires and a language diary. Stock image pictured.

Stone Age spears were as lethal as BULLETS: Stone-tipped weapons made large wounds to bring down big game

Scientists at Arizona State University fired wooden and stone-tipped spears (pictured) into gelatine to examine the nature of the impact.

Can't be bothered with the gym? Blame your BRAIN: Scientists discover region linked to exercise motivation

Scientists from Seattle Children's Research Institute discovered the dorsal medial habenula controls the desire to exercise in mice and thinks it could do the same in humans (stock image).

Schrödinger's cat is caught on camera! Ghostly image captured using light that NEVER touched the lens

The experiment allowed physicists at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna to observe the cat without ever having to 'look' at it. They believe it is the result of a theory known as quantum entanglement.

Samsung unveils its curvy smartwatch that makes calls and sends texts without using a mobile phone

Samsung, based in South Korean, has unveiled the world’s first smartwatch that can make and receive calls without the aid of a nearby smartphone.

Dogs get back-to-school blues too! Pets feel abandoned when term begins, study claims

A researcher at Tufts University in Massachusetts has found that dogs get separation anxiety (stock image shown). It occurs when their young owners go back to school at the end of summer. Dr Dodman says this can leave the dogs feeling lonely and abandoned. In extreme cases this can lead to them lashing out

A researcher at Tufts University in Massachusetts has found that dogs get separation anxiety (stock image shown) when their young owners go back to school.

Could a robot army help us find alien life? Nasa's ant-like 'swarmies' will scour hostile planets for water and rocket fuel

The small, wheeled robots, currently being tested by engineers at the Kennedy's Launch Control Center in Florida, each have a webcam, WiFi antenna and GPS device.

‘There’s an asteroid with our name on it’: Brian Cox warns a space rock could wipe out humanity (if robots don’t get there first)

EXCLUSIVE: The Oldham-physicist (pictured) told MailOnline that no one knows when the next major asteroid impact (mock-up, pictured top right) will be - and he claims we're not taking the threat seriously enough. In fact, the Earth had a ‘near-miss’ only a few months ago. ‘We didn’t see it,’ said the 46-year-old. ‘We saw it on the way out, but if it had just been a bit further over it would have probably wiped us out. These things happen.’ It’s not just asteroids we should worry about, climate change and artificial intelligence (illustrated, bottom right) are also at the top of the astrophysicist's list.

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Make your own Iron Man! Engineer builds homemade exoskeleton to lift a 170lb weight with ease - and says with tweaks he could carry DOUBLE

James Hobson, a Californian engineer who is known as The Hacksmith, has demonstrated his DIY exoskeleton by lifting a 171.5lbs (78kg) breeze block barbell (pictured). His contraction looks like a mechanical backpack with metal arms, which are strapped securely to his own - rather than a slick suit like in Iron Man (pictured inset). Pneumatic cylinders on the arms allow him to lift heavy weights with ease and he can be seen curling the large weights in the video.

The end of misleading dating site photos? Vine-style app asks users to post videos to show off their personality

The London-based service is called Tickr (pictured) and users must upload clips that are around 20 seconds in length, showing a part of their personality, an interest or their hobbies.

Robo-gymnastics! Watch the incredible running robot that can reach speeds of 2.6mph - and even do a backflip

Called Achires (short for Actively Coordinated High-speed Image-processing Running Experiment System), the Japanese robot uses a high speed camera to enable it to lean forward and run without falling over.

Is Google's driverless car a fair weather friend? Vehicle WON'T work in heavy rain or snow, insider reveals

Google’s car (pictured) can’t currently cope in heavy rain or snow – or find its way around 99 per cent of the US, an insider has admitted.

Is it another vacuum cleaner? Dyson video teases mystery device that's taken 16 YEARS to develop

Some people predict the device in the video (pictured) may be a robotic vacuum cleaner, because Dyson invested in a lab for robots at Imperial College London, earlier this year.

Is Facebook silencing YOUR politics? Social media sites discourage us from voicing our opinions for fear of being mocked

FILE - This May 21, 2013 file photo shows an iPhone in Washington with Twitter, Facebook, and other apps. Tired of that friend or relative who won't stop posting or tweeting political opinions? Online loudmouths may be annoying, but a new survey suggests they are in the minority. In a report released Tuesday, the Pew Research Center found that most people who regularly use social media sites were actually less likely to share their opinions, even offline.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Researchers at the Pew Research Centre in Washington DC and New Jersey say Facebook and Twitter are stifling people's opinions (stock image shown).

Never lose your car again! Apple patents app to track your car - even when it’s parked underground with no phone signal

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The California-based company is planning an app to locate parked cars. It will track when a user exits a car and then direct them back later on (stock image shown).

Hundreds of 'toxic' methane vents discovered in the Atlantic's depths - and they could be caused by global warming

The seeps were found on the outer continental shelf and the continental slope of the eastern US (illustration shown). Previously, only three seep areas had been identified in this area - making the findings a dramatic increase on what was known before

A large number of methane vents (shown) have been found off the US East Coast. Suggests such leakage is far more widespread in the Atlantic than thought.

Could we turn windows into solar panels? Transparent material could harvest energy to make buildings self-sufficient

Researchers at Michigan State University developed the ‘transparent luminescent solar concentrator’ (pictured) which could also be used to charge mobile phones.

Inside the heart of a solar storm: Nasa reveals incredible animation showing massive ejection of solar particles from the sun

Nasa'a animation reveals an explosion of solar particles, seen as white static, as they were ejected from the solar surface in 2005.

Is this the oldest ever MUSCLE? Fossil 560 million-year-old contains traces of ancient animal tissue

Researchers from Cambridge University say they have found the earliest evidence of muscles. The evidence comes in the form of a fossil (shown) found in Newfoundland, Canada.

Apple patents flexible display with buttons hidden underneath - and it could help create 'all-screen' iPhones and iPads

Engineers in Cupertino, California are busy patenting futuristic features for iPhones, including buttons that could appear on-demand beneath large screens (illustrated).

Thought those embarrassing Facebook photos were forgotten? Think again: Site tests tool that scours old posts in seconds

The California-based company is currently testing a feature on its mobile app that allows users to search through old posts from friends using keywords about people or events.

Facebook tweaks algorithm to clamp down on misleading 'click-bait' articles

Experts at Facebook in California have tweaked the social network's News Feed algorithm to lower the ranking of click-bait links, by monitoring how long people read news stories for.

Is your smart TV SPYING on your family? Investigation reveals how much personal data television sets know about viewers

Which? magazine’s investigation explored how TVs from LG (stock image pictured), Samsung, Sony, Panasonic and Toshiba were tracking their owners in the UK.

Now that's green energy! 'Photosynthesis' replicated in the lab - and it could pave the way to a limitless hydrogen fuel

Researchers at the Australian National University Research School of Biology created a protein which displayed the electrical 'heartbeat' key to photosynthesis (stock image pictured).

Water clouds discovered beyond the solar system for the FIRST time

Astronomers in Washington DC have found the first evidence for water clouds beyond the solar system, on a 'failed star' (artist's impression shown) 7.3 light-years from Earth.

Could this wristband save your life? spotNsave sends SOS message to friends without the need to rummage for your phone

Indian engineer Chirag Jagtiani, who created the band said that a wearer only needs to press the SOS button twice to send a text message with their location to chosen contacts.

Earth's atmosphere still contains large amounts of an ozone depleting chemical banned over 25 YEARS ago

Ozone hole causing chemicals still in atmosphere despite having been banned, nasa finds

Nasa scientists are baffled by the discovery of Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent.

Myth of Arctic meltdown: Stunning satellite images show summer ice cap is thicker and covers 1.7million square kilometres MORE than 2 years ago...despite Al Gore's prediction it would be ICE-FREE by now

Seven years after Al Gore's warning, The Mail on Sunday can reveal that the Arctic ice cap is far from vanishing and has expanded for the second year in succession. An area the size of Alaska, America's biggest state, was open water two years ago, but is again now covered by ice. These satellite images are taken from the University of Illinois's Cryosphere project and show that as well as becoming more extensive, the ice has grown more concentrated.

Scientists 'grow' first functioning organ from reprogrammed cells

Television Programme 'MUTANT MOUSE'...Picture shows: Mouse in laboratory Tx: BBC Four Monday 22  November 2004 Man's best friend is no longer the dog but the humble mouse. Scientists in Houston, Texas, have attempted to create 5000 different strains of mice by painstakingly 'deleting' 5000 mouse genes, one by one and mouse by mouse. The outcome of this procedure, it is hoped, will be new treatments for a range of medical conditions. WARNING: Use of this copyrighted image is subject to Terms of Use of BBC Digital Picture Service.  In particular, this image may only be used during the publicity period for the purpose of publicising 'Mutant Mouse', and provided the BBC is credited. Any use of this image on the internet or for any other purpose whatsoever, including advertising or other commercial uses, requires the prior written approval of the copyright holder....Mouse in laboratory

Experts at the University of Edinburgh have managed to create cells which, once injected into the body, can grow into a fully functioning organ.

'Antarctica is not a dead continent': Life found thriving beneath ice in a lake that hasn't seen light for MILLIONS of years

This is the first direct evidence that life can be found deep below the Antarctic ice sheet. The discovery was made by scientists at Montana State University and the University of Tennessee.

Did this dinosaur nest have a 'babysitter'? 120 million-year-old fossils reveal older sibling looked after its brothers and sisters

Paleontologists from the University of Pennsylvania came upon the fossils of 24 young Psittacosaurus and one older individual in the Lujiatun beds of the Yixian Formation in northeastern China.

Evidence of one of the universe's oldest stars discovered - and it may been have hundreds of times more massive than the sun

Astronomers using the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii say they have found evidence for the universe's first-generation of stars in a second-generation star (illustration shown)

Drinking coffee can help you keep your teeth: Researchers say a cup of Joe can ward off gum disease

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Boston researchers found that those who drank coffee were protected against gum disease - and say antioxidants could be behind the find.

Give your bike a BROLLY: £30 umbrella clamp keeps cyclists dry - even with 70mph winds

A Dutch firm based in Delft has invented a simple clamp that fits to a bike’s handlebars and holds a windproof umbrella firmly in place to protect a rider from wind and rain.

Fog lights get a 21st century makeover: Smart windscreen display plots the location of other cars in extreme weather conditions

Researchers at Glasgow Caledonian University have developed a smart heads-up-display for cars (shown). It can alert drivers to other cars on the road in poor weather conditions.

Tempest on the sun: Flurry of small but spectacular solar storms captured by Nasa

Nasa researchers in California say the sun has gone through a period of increased solar activity. More than six solar flares were spotted by the Solar Dynamics Observatory last week.

Aircraft to be made from 'human-like skin' to enable them to feel damage and monitor their health while flying

BAE Systems in Essex has revealed a new technology for aircraft. It contains sensors that act like human skin to detect damage and 'feel' the world around them while in the air.

'We're ALL aliens': Scientist claims discovery of plankton on the ISS is proof that life on Earth came from outer space

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Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe from the University of Buckingham has claimed life on Earth is of extraterrestrial origin, based on finding of plankton on the ISS this week.

Farmers unearth 60,000-year-old MAMMOTH in family gravel pit: Rare skeleton of giant Ice Age creature is 90% complete

The almost complete set of pristine fossils were uncovered in May when Marty McEwen and his grandson Ethan Beasley were digging at the family business in Ellis County, Texas.

Scientists discover people with autism have too many brain 'connections'

Scientists believe the surplus synapses (pictured) are created because of a lack of 'pruning' that normally occurs early in life.

Those with the condition have too many synapses - places where where neurons connect and communicate - in their brains, say Columbia University researchers.

Google wants to prove its driverless cars are safe in virtual reality BEFORE testing them on real roads, report claims

The company says it has built detailed digital streets of California's roads (3D map shown). And they say they are good enough to test their cars in virtual reality.

Neanderthals and modern humans 'overlapped' in Europe for up to 5,400 years - and DID interbreed

Oxford University used dating evidence for 200 bone, charcoal and shell samples from 40 key European sites to show that the two species overlapped for a significant period of time

Snakes? No, this writhing mass is made from hundreds of fungus gnat LARVAE searching for shelter

Dr Erica McAlister, fly curator at the Natural History Museum, London, told MailOnline that the mass looks 'hard' and that ‘birds are more likely to think it’s a snake than larvae.' Dr Sophie Evison, a biology lecturer at Leeds University explained that the insects (pictured) are demonstrating ‘the selfish herd theory’. This is when individuals within a population - in this case gnat larvae - attempt to reduce the odds of being eaten by putting others of their own species between themselves and predators, resulting in an aggregation, or swarm.

Apps that select your favourite clothes and a house that TWEETS its owners: How the gadgets of the future will change your life

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SPONSORED BY CISCO: While we are used to our cellphones and our TVs being online, experts believe we are on the verge of a technological revolution that could put clothes, office chairs and even your fridge online.

A cosmic canine accessory! Soviet dog spacesuit to be auctioned - and it could fetch more than £6,000

The genuine 1950s spacesuit will be up for auction in Berlin on September 13 and is believed to have been worn by space dogs Belka and Strelka during training sessions.

Forget Street View, explore the world in SPACE view: Interactive map plots every image taken by astronauts on board the ISS 

Dave MacLean of the Centre of Geographic Sciences in Nova Scotia has made an interactive space image map (shown). The map compiles images from tweets sent by astronauts.

The green, green ALGAE of home: Nasa set to study explosion in dangerous growth from International Space Station

A Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) image of a massive Microcystis bloom (shown in green) in western Lake Erie, Sept. 3, 2011, as confirmed by spectral analysis.

The problem of algae in lakes has got so bad, Nasa is using a special sensor on the International Space Station to monitor it from orbit. 

The robot brain to rule them all: Plans for giant 'central knowledge server' to power millions of machines around the world revealed

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Applications include prototyping for robotics research, household robots, and self-driving cars, the Cornell team say.

Could you get 'Terminator vision' by changing your DIET? Lesser-known Vitamin A2 develops infrared sight, study claims

This is according to an experiment designed by Science for the Masses, a Washington-based group who raised $4,000 (£2,400) from the public to fund the study.

Bet you won't forget to brush tonight! These gruesome 'alien invaders' are the bacteria lurking in the plaque on your TEETH

Enough to make anyone book an appointment to see a dentist, these scanning electron microscope (SEM) images show extreme close ups of plaque (pictured), incisors and decay.

Now that’s a world wide web! Map reveals EVERY connected device in the world

Texas-based internet cartographer and computer scientist John Matherly used software to ‘ping’ global web devices to build a map (pictured) demonstrating the internet's global reach.

One wee dram for man! Whisky blasted into space three years ago is set to make its return to Earth so experts can see how flavours develop in low gravity

The Ardbeg Distillery on the Scottish island of Islay, sent compounds of unmatured malt to the International Space Station in October 2011. The director of whisky creation is pictured.

Disney wants to patent puppets controlled by DRONES: Terrifying marionettes could soar through the skies, application reveals

The California-based company joins a list of groups pressing for the US government to allow commercial use of small drones long associated with military and government surveillance.

PLANKTON found in space: Sea creatures are discovered living on the exterior of the ISS

Russian space officials claim that the plankton may have been carried to the ISS via air currents blown from Earth, rather than attaching to the modules during launch in Kazakhstan.

Reading on a Kindle can cause you to lose the plot: Researchers find electronic books make it 'significantly harder' for readers to absorb details

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Norwegian researchers say the act of turning the page and feeling how much of the book is left causes the reader to absorb more information.

The mystery of the life sized people sketched on rocks in a remote canyon: Utah artwork is younger than believed - and reveals how man moved from hunting to farming

This undated photo provided by Utah State University shows the Holy Ghost group of the Great Gallery, a striking Barrier Canyon-style rock painting in Horseshoe Canyon of southern Utah¿s Canyonlands National Park. World-renowned rock art of life-sized figures sketched into red rock cliffs in Canyonlands National Park in Utah were actually drawn 1,000 years earlier than what had long been believed, a team of USU has found. (AP Photo/Utah State University, Joel Pederson)

Figures sketched into red rock cliffs in Canyonlands National Park were drawn 1,000 years more recently than previously thought.

7.35am on 13th November, 1872: Astrophysicist pinpoints exact moment Monet painted sunrise that is credited with beginning Impressionism

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Texan professor Donald Olson believes has calculated the time the sunrise in Claude Monet's Impressions, Sunrise appeared.

Where will the Rosetta mission land? Esa shortlists five possible sites for the first-ever landing on a comet

In mid-November, Esa intends to send down a robot laboratory, Philae, which will harpoon itself to the comet's surface and carry out a battery of scientific tests. This is an artist's impression of Philae on the surface of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Astronomers at the European Space Agency's mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, plan on sending a robot laboratory to Comet 67P's surface (pictured) in November.

Robots could murder us out of KINDNESS unless they are taught the value of human life, engineer claims

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The warning was made by Amsterdam-based Nell Watson, who said robots could decide that the greatest compassion to humans as a race is to get rid of everyone to end suffering.

The best cheese for pizza? A mix of cheddar and mozzarella gives the ideal combination of texture and flavour, scientists reveal

Scientists at the University of Auckland evaluated different cheeses - mozzarella, cheddar, colby, Edam, Emmental, Gruyere, and provolone – to see how well they melted.

Look, no hands! I'm in Google's driverless car (and it could be finding its way to YOUR street)

Caroline Graham becomes the first non-American to get into the passenger seat - in fact, they're all passenger seats - of Google's first driverless car... and she settles down to do some work.

Would you let a robot FISH clean your clothes? Korean designer reveals unique washing machine - an aquarium filled with dirt sucking bots

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Pecera is a collection of robot fish called Dofi, cleaning your clothes in a water tank without detergent. This sustainable way of washing clothes is inspired by doctor fish who nurture human skin, except these busy fishes run on hydroelectric power and clean garments. The robotic fish detects the dirt in the clothes by using the tiny camera in each fish. The cleaning is made by a suction motion by the robot fish against the dirt particles. Washing without detergent makes this washing method suitable for the most sensitive and creates no need for multiple washing circles using water. The first layer spin-dries and drains off the water from c

Each fish uses a built in camera to identify dirt particles, and then swims over to suck them up.

Vodafone has worst mobile internet performance, according to study of best networks for coverage, reliability and speed

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While EE 'continues to shine', rivals Three, Vodafone and 02 are closing the gap, with both 02 and Vodafone improving 'substantially' in the last year.

Antarctica and Greenland are shrinking at a 'record rate': Thinning of ice in some areas has TRIPLED since 2009

The shocking discovery was made using the first ever maps of elevation changes, created by the Alfred Wegener Institute Germany.

Physics is COOL! Molecules chilled to coldest temperature ever recorded at 2.5 thousandths of a degree above absolute zero

Scientists at Yale University have created the world's coldest molecules. Based in Connecticut the experiment chilled them to almost absolute zero using lasers (shown).

Why is global warming taking a break? Heat plummeting to the depths of the ocean may be to blame - but it will resume in a decade

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The movement of heat in the Atlantic and Southern Oceans is thought to explain why the rapid rate of climate change has ground almost to a halt, according to a study by Washington University.

Could airships replace satellites? Nasa planning $4m contest to create giant blimps that could float at 65,000 feet and house surveillance equipment and space telescopes

Could airships replace rockets? Nasa experts say satellites could be launched from giant blimps

Nasa says the airship contest will have a $4m prize fund, and will be launched next year.

Don't blame Neighbours and Clueless for annoying 'uptalk' - it's all down to the VIKINGS, claims scientist

Professor Daniel Hirst, from the Aix-Marseille University in France, claims there is a strong link between the areas plundered by the Vikings in the 9th Century, and the regions that use uptalk.

Snails aren't a French dish after all! Spanish cavemen were eating them 10,000 years earlier, scientists claim

Archaeologists recently found an ancient fireplace (left) and (right) snail burnt shells in a rock shelter in Spain. The find, dating to 30,000 years ago, suggests humans ate snails during the Paleolithic period

The discovery, made at the Cova de la Barriada site on Spain’s Costa Blanca, suggests Palaeolithic humans may have been more discerning eaters than previously believed.

Did the Titanic sink because a freak iceberg drifted further south than usual? New theory suggests disaster was NOT due to human error

Researchers from the University of Sheffield say a combination of a large iceberg and unusual weather conditions led to the sinking of the Titanic.

Gambling really is for the bird brained! Humans and pigeons both use past experiences to make risky decisions, study reveals

Researchers at the University of Warwick said their study shows the important role that memories of previous biggest wins and losses play when we make risky gambling decisions.

Is YOUR tap water lowering your IQ? Fears over high fluoride levels found in water in Maine

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Tap water in some parts of Maine contains high levels of fluoride that could be lowering resident's IQ, it has been claimed.

Young blood: Injections of youthful plasma could cure Alzheimer's, scientists claim

Researchers at Stanford University, California, will give a transfusion of blood plasma (stock image) donated by people under the age of 30 to volunteers with mild Alzheimer’s, in October.

Shaghai to San Francisco in 100 minutes: China reveals plans for 'supersonic submarine' using an underwater bubble - and it could even help you swim faster

25 Apr 2011, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA --- April 25, 2011 - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S. - -- Fort Lauderdale, Fla. -- The stern of the USS Annapolis (SSN 760), a S6G nuclear reactor powered fast attack submarine, seen from the bridge while sailing to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale on Monday. The USS Annapolis measures 362 ft. in length and 33 ft. at the beam, a diving depth of over 400 ft., 27+ mph, 12 vertical launch missile tubes, 4 torpedo tubes, and a crew of 130 enlisted submariners. The submarine was commissioned April 11, 1992 with its homeport in Groton, Connecticut. USS Annapolis sailed to the 21st Anniversary of Fleet Week at Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale. (Credit Image: © Gary Coronado/The Palm Beach Post) --- Image by © Gary Coronado/ZUMA Press/Corbis

Chinese researchers developed the system based on Russian cold war technology fir firing torpedos faster.

Meet BabyX, the virtual TODDLER that learns like a human - and could unlock the secrets of how our brain works

Scientist at Auckland University have designed a virtual baby that learns. Called BabyX (shown) the computer programme can recognise words and images.

The sports car that runs on SALTWATER: Vehicle goes from 0 to 60mph in 2.8 seconds - and has just been approved for EU roads

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The 920 horsepower (680 kW) Quant e-Sportlimousine, developed by Lictenstein-based NanoFlowcell, uses an electrolyte flow cell power system to power four electric motors. The liquid passes through a membrane in between the two tanks, creating an electric charge. This electricity is then stored and distributed by super capacitors. The car carries the water in two 200-litre tanks, which in one sitting will allow drivers to travel up to 373 miles (600km). Interior views of the sports car can be seen in the bottom images.

'Evolutionary misfit' was a WORM: Bizarre spiked 505-million-year-old creature is finally given its place in the 'Tree of Life'

Researchers at the University of Cambridge have classified an ancient worm (illustration shown). Known as Hallucigenia sparsa the creature had legs, spikes, a head and tail.

Whiter than white: Ultra-pale beetle's reflective coating could lead to brighter paper and computer screens

Scientists from Cambridge University say the Cyphochilus beetle’s scales can scatter light better than any other natural thing and could lead to brighter computer screens and paints.

'Man' on moon mystery solved? Nasa claims the strange figure was just a 'scratch on the negative of the film'

What is this mystery figure on the moon? The image was spotted online on Google Moon by web user Jasenko

Noah Petro, a project scientist for the Houston-based space agency, believes the photo (pictured) was taken by one of the Apollo missions in the 1970s.

End of the bike lock? Bicycle's rectangular handlebars double up as a security lock

Seattle-based firms created the Denny bike, which features rectangular handlebars that can be removed and used as a lock as well as an electric motor and built-in lights.

A journey through British wars: Images reveal how a soldier's kit has changed from Hastings in 1066, the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 and Helmand today

From Helmand to Hastings in 1066 (pictured), the brutality of battle can be seen in these poignant images of war kits given to British soldiers over the course of 1,000 years. These images, named 'Soldiers' Inventories', were taken by London-based photographer Thom Atkinson

The images, named 'Soldiers’ Inventories' and taken by London-based photographer Thom Atkinson, show the brutality of war as well as more everyday items used during battle.

You butter believe it! Ingenious knife 'grates' hard spread so you can use it straight out of the fridge

The 'ButterUp' gadget was created by a Sydney-based group of inventors. They hope to sell for between £6 to £8 ($10 to $13.30), if their Kickstarter campaign is successful.

Now that's a walkie talkie: Bizarre new trend sees more people using their TABLETS as a phone

Tablets with a screen of 7 inches (17.8cm) or larger are increasingly shipping with phone capabilities to Asia, according to a report by Massachusetts-based IDC Worldwide.

Drone snoops on Apple’s 'spaceship' campus: Aerial footage reveals progress on the futuristic 175 acre building site

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Covering 175 acres, Apple's Cupertino-based 'Campus 2' headquarters will be a mile in circumference when it's complete in 2016. The 'spaceship' site is currently cordoned off to prevent photos, but one Apple fan has managed to get an aerial view (top) of the building using a GoPro-equipped drone. His resulting eight minute video shows the circular walls being worked on with the basic layout of the enormous campus starting to take shape. The bottom images show mock-ups of what the site will look like when it's complete.

The hard life of Kennewick Man - the first American - is revealed: Mysterious 9,000-year-old nomad had cracked ribs, a spear in his hip and a wrecked shoulder

A book, titled 'Kennewick Man:'The Scientific Investigation of an Ancient American Skeleton', provides the most thorough analysis of the find made in Washington's Columbia River.

Human life could be wiped out on March 16, 2880 because a huge asteroid is hurtling towards Earth - and experts don't know how to stop it

The date of Earth's potential destruction has been set at 16 March 2880, when an asteroid hurtling through space has a possibility of striking our planet. Researchers studying the rock found that its body rotates so quickly, it should break apart, but somehow remains intact on its Earth-bound trajectory

Researchers from the University of Tennessee studied near-Earth asteroid 1950 DA, which may hit Earth in 867 years, and discovered its body rotates so quickly it defies gravity.

The cat turned HACKER: Security expert uses Coco the pet to break in to neighbouring home Wi-Fi networks

Gene Bransfield in Virginia used a siamese cat (stock image shown) to hack into his neighbours' networks. The pet was fitted with a device around its collar to seek out vulnerable Wi-Fi.

Is the key to human evolution based on a 'leaky' membrane? Life's earliest ancestor grew by harnessing energy from its surroundings

Researchers from University College London believe life’s Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA) had a leaky membrane that harnessed energy, causing it to grow.

The 'face' on Rosetta's comet: Eerie human features spotted on 67P as the icy rock hurtles through deep space

The face was spotted by the German Aerospace Centre and is an example of a phenomenon known as Pareidolia - the human psychological response to seeing faces in everyday items.

Google reveals self-flying delivery drones to take on Amazon's package dropping project

Called Project Wing, the drones are being developed at Google X, the company's secret research lab, which is also developing its self-driving car and Glass wearable computer.

Am I boring you? Google Glass app can read the emotions of everyone you talk to (and tell you how old they REALLY are)

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German researchers have created Google Glass software that can analyse facial expression - and even tell you how old somebody is.

Were the mystery Pacific lights caused by an 'energy bubble'? Solar winds or a scientific experiment could be to blame, Nasa expert claims

A Nasa researcher has offered his explanation for the mystery glow (shown) near Kamchatka, saying an energised bubble could have been the origin.

Wee-ly rare! 2,000-year-old wooden TOILET SEAT discovered at Hadrian's Wall - and it's the only one to survive from Roman times

The toilet seat was discovered at Vindolanda fort on Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland and could have been used by soldiers stationed nearby.

Mystery of Death Valley's rolling stones solved: Huge rocks appear to move on their own because of sliding ICE

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego believe they have solved the puzzle of the 'sailing stones' at Racetrack Player after seeing the phenomenon happen first-hand.

Mystery of the ESSEX sarcophagus: Auctioneer discovers 3,000-year-old cobweb-covered coffin lid inside a wall

The six-foot-long artefact was discovered inside a house in Bradwell-on-Sea.

Fancy a 200 year old G&T;? 'gin-like' alcohol found on a shipwreck under the Baltic sea - and experts say it's still drinkable

Polish researchers found the vessel contains 14% alcohol, and say it could be a type of gin.

Earth is in overdraft just EIGHT months into the year: We've now exhausted our natural budget for land, trees and food, warn campaigners

The world has now reached 'Earth Overshoot Day', the point in the year when humans have exhausted supplies, according to the think tank Global Witness.

The tiny house you can pull with a bicycle: Superlight home made from plastic water tanks

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TAKU-TANKU is a travelling little house. Carried by one or two persons or by a bicycle, by a car or potentially even by a boat, TAKU-TANKU is made out of water tanks and can travel through many landscapes to serve as companion and shelter but also as a sculpture that celebrates the vital role of water in our lives.

TAKU-TANKU is an eco-friendly project that can be easily assembled, built with off-the-shelf and re-purposed materials. The structure is composed by two 3,000 liter water tanks connected by a ring of wood that frames the entrance.

New York designers say the basic structure, which has no bathroom and plumbing, can be used as a shelter.

The 20 most hackable CARS revealed: Report lists the smart vehicles that are most at risk of having their systems hijacked

The 2014 Jeep Cherokee (pictured) and 2015 Cadillac Escalade were the most vulnerable cars studied by Chris Valasek, and Missouri-based Charlie Miller.

Turning the world of umbrellas upside down - literally: Latest brolly design stops water dripping on you by opening in reverse

The device, dubbed Kazbrella (pictured) was created by 61-year-old aeronautical engineer Jenan Kazim from Hertfordshire after his mother-in-law complained about dripping umbrellas.

Massive storms are caught erupting from Uranus - and the 'monstrous' jet streams are so huge they can seen from Earth

Using the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, scientists said they said they were 'surprised' by the bright storms they observed this week on the planet.

World's first test-tube penguin born: Female Magellanic chick known as '184' conceived using frozen sperm

The unnamed female Megallanic penguin (pictured) was hatched in May in Sea World, California. She was conceived using semen that was frozen then thawed.

Google SOUND View: Tool adds ambient music and noises to the world as people virtually explore them on the mapping service

Sounds of Street View (Monaco pictured) was created for Manchester-based hearing aid specialists Amplifon UK. The project adds audio to locations using sound markers in Google Maps.

Is this what a house on MARS will look like? SIX-sided rooms in a honeycomb shaped house (but they've still got two beds and two bathrooms)

Hornbery says he chose the hexagon shape because it was less likely to break over time than squares

A competition by Nasa and 3D-printing company MakerBot to design a base for future astronauts on Mars has been won by a designer in Michigan (winning entry shown).

Are mobiles making us obnoxious? Under 25s more likely to show off, have inflated self-esteem and exaggerate thanks to social media

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The study, which looks at the impact of digital disruption to both society and human psychology, shows that young people don’t behave or think in the same way as they did ten years ago. 

Is curiosity killing Curiosity? 'Before and after' images reveal a battered Mars rover after two years on the red planet

Before and after images of Nasa's Mars rover reveal the damage it is taking (hole shown in red ring). But experts from the agency in California say it's not a problem - yet.

Is this America's new 'space taxi'? Boeing blasts into the lead in race to replace the shuttle

Boeing has unveiled a mockup of the interior of their new Crew Space Transportation (CST-100) vehicle that will be used to astronauts into space in the coming years. The capsule is funded by Nasa as part of their programme to develop private spacecraft

The firm has taken the lead in a three way battle to put America back in the space transport race.

Could aliens be discovered living in OIL? Microbes found inside tiny water pockets could expand search for life in outer space

German scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München believe they have discovered microbes living within droplets of water found in oil at Pitch Lake in Trinidad and Tobago.

Apple's iPhone 6 set to launch on 9 September: Rumours claim the firm is gearing up for a 'big media event'

Reports claim the Californian tech giant has scheduled a ‘big media event’ for Tuesday, 9 September, at which it is expected to unveil its next-generation iPhones. Last year's invite is pictured.