The discovery was made at the University of Sydney, which found the plasma was trapped in Earth's magnetic field in tubular shapes (illustrated).
Nature blogger Harry Perton was snapping pictures of a storm in Groningen in the Netherlands, when the captured a shot of what appears to be a UFO floating across the sky. It was only when the photographer checked his camera that he noticed he spotted the jellyfish-like object, which appears to be emitting an eerie flash of green light.
Researchers for Alcor Life Extension Foundation (pictured) in Scottsdale in Arizona say their work provides hope for those hoping their bodies can be revived by medical science in the future.
The study, by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut, found that there is a 60 per cent chance your toothbrush is covered in poo, regardless of how well you clean it.
Research was conducted by Brown University scientists in Rhode Island. They presented a revised theory for how 'swirls' (one shown) formed on the moon - the gaseous atmosphere of comets.
Called Thync, the $299 headband goes on sale today. Users attach a stick on headband to their forehead and neck, then clip on a bluetooth control unit.
Dubbed the density supersonic decelerator (LDSD), the space agency will conduct an ambitious test flight of its flying saucer from Hawaii on Wednesday at 1:30am (5:30am GMT).
The video was produced by Washington-based American Chemical Society. The wet dog smell is from the microorganisms that live in dog fur, including yeast and bacteria (illustrated).
Students at Durrell Wildlife Park in Jersey have revealed the amazing video capturing life in the park from the animal's point of view. In one scene, while a female played with the camera, a silverback called Bodongo sat grumpily in the background.
Lego Worlds (screenshot shown) is being developed by TT Games in Maidenhead, UK. It is available now for £11.99 ($14.99) on Steam Early Access, and appears to be a competitor to Minecraft.
It should be in Jurassic Park, but a fish called the climbing perch (pictured) that can move across dry land, climb trees, and choke birds and other fish, is on its way to Australia from Papua New Guinea.
The California-based company has rolled out promos for some of its shows. These air beforepr after an episode or film. But the company insists they have no plans for third-party ads.
Dubbed the SwiftKey game, it involves tapping the middle prediction on the SwiftKey app to find out its best guess at what you would type, based on how you've typed in previous texts.
Archaeologists have discovered hundreds of rudimentary dice made from split pieces of cane and carved sticks, like those above, in a cave on the shore of Utah's Great Salt Lake.
The researchers carried out DNA fingerprinting of sawfish (pictured) in a Florida estuary. This analysis revealed around 3% of the sawfish in their studies are products of parthenogenesis.
Scientists at the University of Oregon found male Caenohabditis ramanei (pictured) has evolved bigger sperm and cause females to die early after mating in New York but not other places.
Roccbox (pictured) was designed by Hampshire-based Tom Gozney. The concept has a compact oven compartment powered by either burning wood, or a connected gas canister.
The video was created by the Russian space agency, Roscosmos. It shows how the night sky would look if certain objects were closer, such as Andromeda (top right). It includes supernova remnants known as the Ring and Crab nebulae (bottom right). And also reveals how a nearby black hole (shown left) would be bright - not dark.
Called Musio, the Android powered robot can learn its owners preferences, helping them with everything from email to keeping an apartment cool.
The world's first comprehensive report on global addictions revealed the shocking figure, and found 68.9 per cent of in the US drank at least once a year.
There are 15,000 hedgehogs, killed on UK roads every year. Numbers have dropped from 30million in the 1950s to about 1million.
The Washington-based firm said users will have one year from 29 July to take advantage of the free upgrade. The free upgrade only applies to people currently running Windows 7 and Windows 8.1.
A potentially life-saving wristband, developed by UK researchers, will tell us when we have soaked up enough rays. Experts warn that fear of skin cancer is actually stopping us getting enough vitamin D.
This is according to a Washington State University study on cannabis use among the Aka foragers, a pygmy people of the Congo basin and one of the world's last hunter-gatherers.
Anthropologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz suggest early humans put on weight after their split with the common ancestor we shared with bonobos and chimps.
Ben Gilliland from the UK has released a book about the universe. It details some amazing bits of science taking place in the cosmos, such as the universe is layered like a 'loaf' (illustrated).
The US Air Force's top secret X-37B space plane has been caught on camera surveying the same region of the ground every two days at a much lower orbit and inclination than expected. The low-altitude flight profile may be a indication of test for a new propulsion technology. The fact that it is moving over the same area every two days suggests it may be a spy plane, according to Toronto-based astronomer Ted Molczan. The inset image shows the spaceplane prior to launch.
Scientists in China say we are afraid of the night, not of the dark (stock image shown). They said our bodies become more vigilant and jumpy at night, a remnant of our ancestors.
Researchers at the University of Florida Iowa and Florida International University found that children infected with Toxoplasma gondii (pictured) scored less well in key cognitive tests.
University of North Carolina scientists say two stages in the origin of life (illustrated) occurred. Previously it was thought RNA arose by itself 3.6 billion years ago, now they think proteins played part.
Chinese engineers have developed a cash machine that uses facial features to identify card owners. The device has passed certification and will be used in the market place soon.
Experts from Griffith University, Australia used a new method of estimating species numbers by examining the body size of beetles (pictured) and insects.
The technology (shown) was tested at the FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium in London between Arsenal and Aston Villa - and EE hopes to make it widely available in time for next year's final.
LightSail, run by Californian organisation The Planetary Society, has successfully been rebooted in Earth orbit. The spacecraft (illustrated) had gone silent since launching on 20 May.
Researchers at Reading University say that an increase in man made greenhouse gases in the atmosphere has triggered a return of crucial seasonal rains to the Sahel region of Africa.
Researchers at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art used geo-tagged photos from Flickr, Twitter and Instagram to build up smell maps of London and Barcelona. The image shown above reveals streets in London that have smells associated with nature (marked in green) and those that are associated with traffic pollution (marked in orange and red).
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Army Special Forces are testing the tiny 'black hornet' drones, which are small enough to fit onto a utility belt, and can fly about a kilometer and stay aloft more than 25 minutes. The 18-gram craft has three cameras and even thermal cameras to fly at night.
Political affiliation is viewed more like membership in a gang or clique, and it ignores race - but not age or gender, according to a study at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
US scientists are using lasers to find never-before-seen details in fossils (pictured), while archaeologists are using augmented reality, scans and 3D printers to recreate the past in a new way.
Did you realise that ordering first when dining with friends will make your food taste better? Dr Charles Spence says all manner of multi-sensory influences come into play when we eat.
How we speak could soon be influencing the search results we receive on Google after the internet giant patents new voice technology that will tailor content to the user's individual accent.
Researchers say that several long faults, including the Santa Cruz-Catalina Ridge Fault, could cause magnitude 8.0 quakes and tsunamis within 90 miles (145km) of the Californian coast.
Powered by the rays of the sun alone, Solar Impulse 2 took off for the 5,079 mile flight to Hawaii from Nanjing, China, early yesterday. But bad weather in Japan has forced it to land.
The historic drug paraphernalia was found alongside 7lbs of other gold items when an area of land was being dug up in Russia to make way for power lines.
The computer was inside boxes she had cleaned out after her husband diedin the Silicon Valley area, said Victor Gichun, the vice president of Clean Bay Area.
Apple has bought Metaio, a German company whose technology melds real-world imagery and computer-generated elements into moving video.
Google's smart thread can be woven into existing clothing. Button sized computers will then allow it to communicate with a mobile phone and other devices.
Researchers from the University of Melbourne said that simply looking at nature from your desk for 40 seconds can boost your brainpower - even if it's just a picture.
Between 2012 and 2014, police forces requested access to communications data stored by mobile phone operators and internet firms 733,237 times - the equivalent of 28 requests an hour.
The blue areas, which can be seen within ragged Martian craters, are actually dark sediments that have built up over time as a result of ferocious winds that can reach 60mph (100km/h). These intense winds are enough to create giant dust storms that settle across huge swathes of Mars, lasting for many days or even weeks. Over time, enough of the darker dust collects on the crater's surface and appears as the blue patches than can be seen in these images.
'Everybody around here has slides in their lobbies,' he said. 'I'm actually wondering about putting in a roller coaster - like a functional roller coaster at the factory in Fremont,' said the billionaire.
Scientists at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History have named the new species, which was discovered in Afar, Ethiopia, as Australopithecus deyiremeda.
The robot, which imeasures 1.7cm (0.6 inches) long, was developed by MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory.
In the study by Northwestern University in Illinois, the researchers looked at short and long alleles - or variants - of the gene 5-HTTLPR.
On its support page (pictured), the tech giant said people can unfreeze their Messages app by either asking Siri to 'read unread messages,' or using Siri to reply to the message.
Researchers from the State University of New York think contagious yawning (pictured) is a primitive form of showing empathy. It is the first time this has been recorded in birds.
Four RS-25 engines will power NASA's new rocket, the Space Launch System, on missions to deep space, including to an asteroid and ultimately to Mars.
Washington-based Dick Spink has spent $50,000 (£32,700) of his own money to prove that Earhart's plane landed on an atoll named Mili - and he says he could soon have hard evidence.
Nasa scientists in California released the shot (left and top right), which was taken by Dawn (illustrated bottom right) from a distance of 3,200 miles (5,100km), and shows craters caused by 're-impact'. It reveals small craters caused by the 're-impact' of debris. But the bright spots on the surface of the dwarf planet remain a mystery.
38,000 gallons of seawater can be held inside the giant 72 foot long tank, and a 1,700-horsepower fan can create winds topping 157 mph allowing researchers to simulate a hurricane.
This is according to science YouTube channel, Curious Minds, which explains that the amount of water on the Earth has remained roughly the same for millions of years.
The fossilised backbone fell from a cliff in Whitby in Yorkshire and adds to existing evidence, such as Yorkshire's dinosaur tracks, that the region was once Britain's 'Jurassic World'.
A new poll has revealed that middle-aged Britons actually drink far more alcohol than their younger counterparts - and that this group regularly ignore the government's recommended limits.
Researchers led by psychology professor Jean Twenge from San Diego State University, said their study may be the largest ever conducted on changes in Americans' religious involvement.
A rare 60 million year old series of fish fossils described as 'gold dust' be experts has been found in Alberta - by a committed creationist.
Musicians such as Mariah Carey naturally have perfect pitch, but it can also be learned. Training at the University of Chicago involved classifying 180 piano notes in 3, 60-note blocks.
A sandwich fan from Toronto Canada has invented a double-bladed knife (pictured) that cuts two connected slices at once in a bid to stop filling spilling out.
Audi has revealed what could be the fastest self-driving car to be built at the at the Consumer Electronics Show in Shanghai. It has two electric motors and a top speed of 155mph. The car (pictured left and tyre bottom right) uses a laser scanners, ultrasonic sensors, radar and video cameras (pictured top right) to build up a detailed picture of its surroundings. Audi says the concept vehicle will act as a 'high tech mobile laboratory' for testing its technologies.
Scientists judged their metabolism using body mass and growth rates deduced from fossils of species including Tyrannosaurus rex.
The Aston University-led study involved putting 100 men and women through memory tests. These judged prospective memory - remembering to carry out plans.
The incredible image required 35 hours of continuous shooting to capture the 70,000 pictures that make up the 365 gigapixels panorama.
Google made dozens of announcements at its San Francisco I/O conference, including a 'tap and pay' system for Android and a new free photo storage system.
The philanthropist (pictured) originally made the comments at a conference in Berlin. He said the world must use the lessons from Ebola to prepare for any future 'war' against disease.
The test, by Oregon-based Silver Bay Labs, follows research that found real multitaskers - those who can carry out multiple tasks with equally well - make up just two in 100 people.
Jay Z and Beyonce created a bit of an uproar after posting a photo with the staff of Tidal that some said lacked diversity, even though their offices are in Norway.
Researchers from the University of Cologne said that being too suspicious could hold people back because it prevents them from taking part in teamwork and asking for help when needed.
Star Wars fans have managed to create a 'personal skytrike' that looks uncannily like the Imperial speeder bike (bottom right) in the films. Dubbed 'Flike', the tricopter prototype (left) recently took to the air for the first time in a series of manned test flights. The prototype was created in a year by Bay Zoltan Non-profit, a state-owned applied research institute in Hungary. Bay Zoltan wants to build a second prototype that will eventually lead to a commercial product (top right).
Researchers from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris and the University of Wyoming created robots (pictured) that adapt and recover from injury in less than two minutes.
Psychologists at Eastern Kentucky University showed 170 women pictures of attractive and ugly men. Their findings explains why Mad Men's Don Draper (pictured) was so successful with women.
Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology were able to do this in mice using a technology called optogenetics allowing them to recall memories that had vanished.
Scientists in Maryland have seen an extremely rare cosmic collision. They observed a jet (shown) expelled from a black hole over 20 years. Two plasma blobs were found to collide inside the jet.
U.S. Geiological Survey seismologist Susan Hough said that 'San Andreas' (pictured), is implausible. She added, however, that the fault will break again without warning.
The research was led by scientists from the University of Wisconson-Madison. They broke tree fibres down to a nano-scale to make the chip (shown in image).
Testing is now underway on Nasa's InSight lander, which will be the first mission devoted to understanding the interior structure of the red planet and is due to launch in September 2016.
The SensorWake alarm (pictured), invented by a French teenager, is designed to be an effective, but more relaxing way to wake up.
This new invention by Heimplanet, a German design company, promises 'intuitive and extremely fast pitching'. Heimplanet have three blow-up tents in their range, which cost from £280 for the basic two-man model to £3,800 for their most advanced base camp-style structure - the Maverick (inset left). Keen festival-goer Rosalyn Wikeley (pictured main and top and bottom right) opted for the company's middle-of-the-range three-man model, the more affordable £450 Cave, and headed for Devil's Dyke, a beauty spot on the South Downs near Brighton, to test it.
Canadian Andre Gignac says he has spotted what he believes to be a dead alien, a four-legged robot and alien carvings in a photograph of Mount Sharp released by Nasa.
A panel of experts from institutions such as the University of Westminster predicted what future cities will look like. They include roads curving into the air and fields on super-skyscrapers
Scientists at the Met Office in the UK have warned January to April has already been the warmest start to a year on record. The picture shows temperature anomalies since the start of the year.
Drivers must have a 2015 Sonata with navigation, which is an optional feature, and the South Korean firm said it will make Android Auto (pictured) available to other models 'soon.'
Facebook's Oculus Rift headset will cost around $1500 when it goes on sale - although that price includes the high powered computer needed to 'drive' the headset.
Scientists at Northwestern University were able to reduce prejudice by playing simple noises linked to the idea of racial and gender equality while people slept.
The London-based company has today revealed 'Shazam Visual'. Users can use the app to scan posters with a Shazam logo (shown) or QR code to book tickets for an event, for example.
Geneticists at the University of Cambridge say they have finally proved whether the first modern humans (like the reconstruction pictured) to leave Africa travelled through Egypt or Ethiopia.
A Cheshire-based company has created a lift to use at home. Called the Lifestyle lift (left) it costs between £13,000 ($19,780) to £15,000 ($22,700). It has a Star Trek 'look' (William Shatner as Captain Kirk in the TV show pictured top right) to it and can hold two people at once. Pressure sensors will stop the lift if it detects an object above or below, while it is also designed to blend in with the floor (bottom right).
Do cockroaches and rats make you flinch? That doesn't necessarily make you a wimp - it could mean you're less likely to become ill.
Biologists in Japan have found that birds actively avoid eating caterpillars of moths like Macrauzata maxima and Apochima juglansiaria (pictured) when they contort their black and white bodies.
The nearly complete skull (pictured) was found on the site of Sima de los Huesos in Spain. It shows two penetrating lesions on the frontal bone, above the left eye.
Textie, created by Perth-based Cam Sinclair, lets people upload messages send to their phone. Textie then asks the site's member to formulate a response, with members voting for the best reply.
The Flare security system (pictured), which can recognise faces and will record a break in as well as making noises to deter burglars, is the brainchild of a Berlin start-up.
Psychologists from Kansas State University discovered the influence of a gene called DAT1, which when found in children, leads to 'mild' bad behaviour (illustrated in a stock image).
A Chinese millionaire and self-confessed Star Trek fan has boldly gone where no man has gone before with the design of his company headquarters.
Experts based at ARM Holdings in Cambridge have come up with new technology which can detect a driver's 'blink rate' for evidence of drowsiness or distractions.
Several times a day, Patrick is given a prostate exam - and he responds by giving medical students feedback on what they're doing wrong. He has four sensors that are linked to visual software that inform students whether, for instance, they're applying enough pressure. Patrick is the creation of researchers at the University of Florida, Drexel University and the University of Wisconsin, and he even has a personality. When students walk in, they have to greet Patrick and ask him questions about his pain levels and symptoms so that they can improve their bedside manner during intimate exams.
Scientists have unveiled the most comprehensive analysis ever undertaken of the world's ocean plankton, tiny organisms that serve as food - and provide half the oxygen we breathe.
Astronomers in Australia have spotted a galaxy devouring others. NGC 1512 (seen in the middle), 38 million light-years away, is 'eating' a smaller dwarf galaxy, but may have eaten others before.
Using biotechnology Yuval Noah Harari, a professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, claims the wealthy will transform into a new type of human with complete power over life and death.
The tongue-in-cheek piece, named 'Tender', was built by four media students at Leiden University in the Netherlands to demonstrate Tinder as a 'meat market'
Glaciers in the Everest region (file photo shown) could shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, scientist have said.
Created by Experts Exchange, the infographic also shows how the Apollo guidance computer that took astronauts to the moon had the processing power of 2 Nintendo Entertainment Systems.
The Charlie Charlie Challenge is a Mexican supernatural ritual that allegedly makes it possible to contact a ghost by writing 'Yes' and 'No' twice on a sheet of paper and asking questions.
Researchers from Old Dominion University in Virginia found decision-making takes around five minutes for the first interviewee and increases to around eight minutes by the fourth applicant.
Dubbed 'Ferrari of the robotics world', robo-cheetah was filmed landing the running jump on both a treadmill and on a track (pictured) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In a video, the machine successfully hurdles obstacles of varying heights - up to 16 inches (40cm) - corrects its stance before running and jumping another.
Using virtual boundaries, the collar (pictured), designed by Texas-based DogTelligent, connects to an app that warns owners if their dog strays too far. It has a built-in microphone and speaker.
Researchers at the University of Western Ontario have uncovered the brain processes involved in humans using echolocation to find their way around an unknown environment.
Researchers say that everyone uses a phone in a different way, and by sensing the forces when we draw a gesture of sign something, we can be accurately identified.
Halo Back (shown) was created by Tianyuan Zheng from San Francisco's Haloband. It adds a circuit layer that leads current from where the user presses to the top of the screen.
An inventor from Sweden, who was inspired by the film Sliding Doors, came up with the Serendip watch (shown) that looks like a conventional timepiece but 'buzzes' when a love match is nearby.
Created by Las Vegas-based architect Gameli Cruz, the WaterBlade has a top speed of approximately 6 mph (10 km/h), and a battery with a running time of five hours.
A team from Barcelona has designed floating farms (illustrated) that could feed the world in upcoming decades. The multi-levelled structures would be used to catch more than 1.7 million fish a year.
The car was spotted on the streets of Pittsburgh, where it has been revealed Uber has secured a massive warehouse to house its self driving taxi project.
Named the 'Divine Eagle', the drone is a high-altitude UAV that can detect stealth aircraft at large distances with seven radar systems (inset). The Divine Eagle reportedly flew in February, but this is the first time images of the drone have emerged online. Not many details have been emerged of its exact capabilities, but the prototype seen in the images is a single engine, twin bodied aircraft with two vertical tails that act as stabilisers. The wingspan is likely to be 164ft (50 metres) in width.
In an interview with Stephen Fry, it is revealed Ive has been promoted to Apple's first Chief Design Officer.
The Swedish researchers found that adults who lived in an area disrupted by road traffic, trains or planes were 25 per cent more likely to have a bulge, spare tyre or 'central obesity'.
The latest research was led by Stanford University in California. Scientists found evidence for huge asteroid impacts up to 3.2bn years ago that boiled our planet's oceans (stock image shown).
Many would-be astronauts applied for the Mars One project - a mission to colonise Mars. Five Britons will soon find out whether they've made the cut. Two explain why they're ready for a one-way ticket.
Researchers say the SmartGPA app can use your phone's sensor to work out exactly when you're sleeping, studying and partying - and found students party most on a Wednesday (pictured)
Scientists in Israel simulated a white dwarf exploding (illustrated) and found it emits huge clouds of iron referred to as 'bullets', which could have seeded Earth's iron.
Italian researchers said magnetic pulses can lessen religious beliefs (stock image). In a study they asked 14 Catholics to take part in a test. Parts of their brain were subjected to pulses of magnetism.
The British Astronomer Royal believes that we are facing an 'inorganic post-human era' in which robot intelligence will surpass that of people, leading to humanity's ultimate destruction.
Google said it has already tested the system with hundreds of pupils. It allows teachers to control the VR experience the pupil's see, and uses a mobile phone in a cardboard headset. The firm is partnering with museums and space experts to create field trips for the system, and has already created demonstrations using the great Wall of China and an underwater scene where children can swim with sharks.
The ultrathin 'wallpaper TV' is less than 1mm thick, and at 1.9kg (4lbs) is so light it can be attached to the wall with magnets. It was unveiled at a press event in Korea.
Carnegie Mellon's robot is a human sized machine that can walk, climb walls and even turn into a tank to move across tough terrain.
Technologists at London-based Flow IFE claim to have solved airsickness with a set of virtual-reality specs which display an image of the horizon that reacts to the motion of the plane.
Known as the 'Gigafactory', the $5 billion Tesla structure in the Nevada desert is hoping to produce 500,000 lithium ion batteries annually. Production will begin next year.
Scientists in Geneva have turned the LHC (shown) back on at record levels. It is now capable of energies twice the levels possible in 2013. The £3.74 billion particle accelerator was upgraded for two years.
A team of experts in the US and Sweden analysed the genome of an ancient and extinct Taimyr wolf from a fragment of rib bone, which was radiocarbon dated to 35,000 years ago.
Doctors in California implanted tiny chips into the brain of Erik Sorto, a 34-year-old, who was shot in the back 13 years ago. The chips were able to decode his thoughts to control a robotic arm.
The remote controlled robot could act a a companion for the elderly, let workmen fix problems remotely, and even clean your apartment and go and pick up dry cleaning.
An international team of scientists led by Nasa have found that colourful, glowing aurora can be seen by the naked eye on a terrestrial planet other than Earth. They say the effect from the surface would be seeing deep blue, green and red.
The phenomenon has even been spotted in Spain. Now researchers say they have finally solved the puzzle - and say slippery bacteria in the key.
Google has published a patent that suggests creepy-looking teddy bears could interact with homeowners to switch lights on and off and turn on appliances with a simple vocal command.
A neuroscientist in London claims that 3D films can be good for you (stock image shown). He said that they exercise the brain and improve short-term functioning. This can improve cognitive skills.
Researchers analysed more than 74 million deaths in 13 countries, and discovered that deaths due to moderately hot or cold weather substantially exceed those resulting from extreme weather.
Researchers at Cambridge University have proven that emails, images, apps and personal details can still be accessed which they say may limit growth and innovation in the market.
A great ape called Cherie stole a GoPro camera placed in her enclosure and her footage reveals what it's like in her zoo enclosure at Blackpool Zoo, as well as initiate self-portraits (pictured).
Computer simulations had predicted stellar explosions such as this were lopsided - and now observations by Nasa have confirmed that theory for the first time.
Researchers found that student test scores improving by 6.41% if phones were banned, and warned the prevalence of phones has become 'distracting and disruptive' for students.
Archaeologists led by Paul Murray of John Moore Heritage Services, found 92 skeletons of women, men and children. The skeleton of one lady at Littlemore Priory was found face down, and researchers believe she may have been one of the infamous 'sinner nuns' who forced the nunnery to shut down in 1524. The priory was surrounded by scandal in its final years, with some nuns being accused of 'immoral and lewd' behaviour.
The infographic (pictured) which was created by a gardening advice service based in Guildford, is based on a Nasa study looking at 'sick building syndrome'.
Researchers from the University of Cincinnati recorded the sound the 'purring' wolf spider, Gladicosa gulosa (pictured) makes using dead leaves in a bid to attract a mate.
Spotify has signed up Amy Poehler and a host of music stars to front exclusive videos for the new video service, and announced it will now support smart playlists and podcasts.
George W Bush has gone down in history as one of the world's most evil people, just behind Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden, according to a study involving 7.000 international students.
Scientists at Princeton University examined the surface area of mountains as they increased in height and found that only a third had the classic pyramid shape of peaks like the Matterhorn (pictured).
Apple is expected to add subway, bus and train route navigation to its Maps app with an update set to be unveiled next month.
University of St Andrews experts believe crows keep such a close eye on their tools (pictured) so they don't have to repeatedly manufacture new tools and can spend more time finding food.
Mothers coo to their children in a high pitch, with their voices rising and falling, while fathers avoid baby talk and address children like adults, Washington State University experts found.
A honey-coloured headstone (pictured left) found in Cirencester is not the only inscribed tomb and matching remains ever found from Roman Britain. The stone bears inscriptions saying it belongs to a 27-year-old female called Bodicacia, but now experts believe the bones (right) belong to a man. The stone dates back to the 2nd century, while the body is from the 4th century.
In a painful sounding experiment, researchers at St Andrews University have found that cutting off the bug's penis to make it shorter affects their chances of having children.
Researchers have developed 20 games they say can reveal every aspect of a dog's personality, including empathy, communication, cunning, memory and reasoning.
Starbucks drinkers have been warned to check their account amid claims hackers have used the firm's app, which can be linked to a credit card, to siphon money from customer's accounts.
The researchers are calling the objects Ultra Diffuse Galaxies. The team at Keck Observatory, Hawaii, made the discovery and now think they may have their own dark matter 'shields'.
Italian geologist Francesco Pandolfo travelled to Africa to study the volcanic activity on Mount Nyiragongo. He abseiled into the crater to examine the lake of molten lava that sits on top of it.
From images of a tree cricket to a boll weevil (pictured), North Carolina-based photographer, Daniel Kariko, is hoping to make people see common insects and bugs in a new light.
Researchers at the University of Lincoln have revealed for the first time that pets (stock image) treated with the dog equivalent of Prozac become more optimistic and don't simply behave better.
Researchers said the deepwater denizen is the first fish known to be fully warm-blooded, circulating heated blood throughout its body, enabling it to be a vigorous predator in frigid ocean depths.
Lenovo revealed the concepts at its first Tech World event in Beijing. Among the products were a pair of smart shoes (pictured left) that show your mood. They also unveiled a smartphone that can project a virtual keyboard (top right). And a smartwatch called Magic View (bottom right) can display a much larger screen.
Security experts have warned of a major new bug that could let hackers run rampant through millions of internet servers.
Photographer Anand Varma raised bees in his garden in Berkeley California to capture the first 21 days of their lives and highlight the mite problem as well as what's being done to solve it.
A kitchen tap harbours 44 times more bacteria than a toilet seat, while a handbag is covered in up to 10 times more germs, a new infographic by Plumbworld reveals.
The comment was made by Dr Ian Kerner, a sexuality counsellor for Good in Bed, during a Hopes&Fears; -hosted roundtable discussion.
Ian Mitchell, Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham, says alcohol can make you feel euphoric, bold, less risk averse and friendlier to certain 'in groups' people (stock image).
This is according to a study by Yahoo Labs which also found that filtered photos are 45 per cent more likely to receive comments on social networking sites such as Flickr or Instagram.
Known as the Mutebutton, the device is used for just 30 minutes a day and is designed to help the brain turn down the volume of phantom noise of the condition.
Washington DC-based Nasa released a brochure in the 1970s called Space Station: Key to the Future, which contained illustrations of a multi-decked space station (shown).
GravityLight, invented by designers in London, could provide light for 1.3 billion people in the world who live without electricity. The device (shown bottom right) can be hung from a ceiling and produce light for up to 30 minutes. It uses a bag (shown top right) that can be filled with 26lb of rocks or sand to turn a generator that powers an LED lamp and two satellite lamps can be attached for hanging over a desk or bed (as shown on the left), helping to bring families in developing countries out of darkness.
The application contains videos of a nail gun being shot into a mannequin's head - advertising protective glasses - and footage of how to juggle chainsaws and knives, and make toxic chlorine gas.
The image, said to show the Bard 'with a film star's good looks', was identified by botanist and historian Mark Griffiths in the first edition of a 16th century book on plants, The Herball
An ice cold winter is forecast to hit the country because of changes in the Pacific Ocean which last time El Nino occurred, in 2010, gave Britain its coldest December in 120 years.
It could also cause non-smokers to have minor problems with memory and coordination without ever knowing, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
The video provides point-of-view footage of SpaceX's May 6 Florida pad abort test of its Dragon vehicle, which is designed to safely eject astronauts aboard a launched rocket in case of an emergency.
The mysterious manuscript is today housed within the National Library of Sweden in Stockholm and includes a menacing full-page colour image of the Devil.
According to 'Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX and the quest for a fantastic future', the disastrous meetings meetings were vodka-fuelled affairs, in which most of the sellers viewed Musk as a novice when it came to space.
Using a type of bacteria typically found near volcanoes, researchers from Delft University mix the material into concrete along with calcium lactate. A stock image of a pot hole is shown.
Champ, or Counter-electronics High-powered microwave Advanced Missile Project, is now an 'operational system already in our tactical air force', according to Major General Thomas Masiello. The system is capable of destroying an enemy's command, control, communication and computing, capabilities without hurting people or infrastructure. He says the stealthy Joint Air-to-Surface Standoff Missile-Extended Range (inset) has now been chosen as the ideal delivery vehicle for the weapon.
The $16bn Hyperloop system could transport people from LA to San Francisco in 30 minutes. It was unveiled by SpaceX and Tesla chief executive Elon Musk in 2013.
Called the Urus, the sleek but tall car (pictured) is expected to be built in Italy, having been rumoured to be put into production for years. It is expected to go on sale in 2017.
Former Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov said talks are underway that will allow Chinese astronauts (shown) to dock with the ISS, despite US policy forbidding Nasa from working with them.
A recent poll found that as many as six in ten of us don't get enough sleep. A baby needs 17 hours sleep a day, while the average adult needs between seven and eight hours of sleep a night.
Mount Shindake, on Kuchinoerabu Island, southern Japan, erupted in a spectacular fashion (pictured) at 10am local time today, spewing plumes of black smoke into the sky.
Aran Khanna, a Computer Science and Mathematics student at Harvard, came up with the map (pictured) to explore how much data Messenger was revealing to people he chatted to.
Scientists from Rudolf Virchow Centre in Germany trained flies (stock image) to learn that a sugary treat smelt of mint at one time of the day and of mushrooms at another.
An inventor from Devon has created a mobility scooter you can stand on. Called RollerScoot (shown) it has twin Lithium-ion motors, weighs 57lbs (26kg) and has a top speed of 4mph (6km/h).
In contrast to the old wives' tale, the holes in Switzerland-produced cheeses such as Emmental are not made by nibbling mice, but rather by tiny bits of hay present in the milk.
Dr Hugh Ellis from the Town and County Planning Association said that towns and cities on the East Yorkshire coast may not exist in 100 years time if nothing is done to tackle rising sea levels.
Mathematicians in Australia have proposed that man's need to engage in conspicuous consumption, by buying luxury goods (illustrated) drives the economy.
Billionaire Elon Musk's firm SpaceX has won long-waited approval from the US Air Force to launch military satellites.
The Kickstarter kit allows users to apply a thin 24k gold coating on their steel watch - which the firm says will fool most people.
A team of scientists led by Glasgow University used ultrasound imaging equipment to study mouth movements of English speakers with distinctive accents (pictured).
Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams (pictured) has dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car.
The message (pictured and partly obscured) contains the words 'Power' as well as some Arabic and Marathi characters and the Chinese character meaning 'redundant'.
A selection of these breakthroughs are showcased in Bournemouth-based How It Works magazine in its feature, The Physics of Superheroes.
A London-based developer has created Super Mario code for Macs. Called Screentendo, it uses a window to change a website into 'blocks'. Mario can then be controlled around the stage (shown).
Remarkable new images have emerged of the skeletons pulled from a historic London burial site as researchers continue excavating what they can of its estimated 20,000 corpses.
The warning came from a professor at the University of California. He said that deadly drones were the 'endpoint' of autonomous weapons (image from Terminator shown).
The software, developed by Nanjing University in China, works because every underground and subway line in the world moves in its own unique way.
Belgian scientists studied three mice that survived a mission to the ISS. They found that the mice suffered thinning of the skin in three months and faster hair growth (stock image shown).
A Maine-based duo has developed several supertanks for use by the military. The Ripsaw (shown) is capable of up to 95mph (153km/h), while the Swat Bot has a bulletproof shield.
Google is set to allow people to buy directly from search results. The search giant's chief business officer Omid Kordestani confirmed the move at the Code Conference today.
Approximately 60 large houses (pictured in aerial image), built 8,000 years ago as part of a Neolithic village, have been discovered in south west Bulgaria.
An Oregon-based designer has created a pen that sucks up liquid. Called the Winkpen, it does not need to use regular ink to write. Instead, any liquid with a staining property such as wine (shown) can be used.
Experts in Staffordshire working with the hoard (fragments pictured) said the 7th century 'warrior splendour' was likely made in workshops set up by some of England's earliest kings.
Huawei's Watch was first unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Rumours suggested it would cost $1,000 (£650) but listings on MobileFun.com (pictured) show $387 (£250).
The video, taken in the Dominican Republic, was thought to have resulted from a malfunction with the XC60, but Volvo says that particular vehicle was never designed to recognise humans.
Scientists at Seoul National University found that Mexican Jays know the difference between lighter and heavier nuts by shaking them in their beaks. .
Narcissists post about their diet, exercise and achievements as they seek validation, while those with low self esteem write about relationships to quell insecurities, a study by Brunel University found.
Polish photographer Bartosz Wojczyski took the images over half an hour from his balcony Piekary Iskie, Poland. He spent six hours stitching together separate images to create the final photograph.
University of Cambridge researchers have found a twin of our young sun. It has a disc of dust around it (shown) that resembles a toddler solar system, suggesting it has similar planets to our own.
Former Apple Co-Founder and CEO Steve Jobs wanted the original iPhone to show the same time in the adverts as when he announced it and now the phones always read 9:41 (pictured) .
Without the need for blades, the design could reduce manufacturing costs by 53 per cent compared to conventional multi-blade wind turbines, according to Madrid-based Vortex Bladeless.
Researchers have been able to identify a person from their iris (stock image shown) in a car wing mirror. It could be used to improve security and speed up identification.
Nasa says the image confirms earlier observations that the brights spots, originally thought to come as a pair, are in fact a series of several smaller lights grouped together.
Experts claim to have discovered a patent that shows exactly how the smart droid was able to be made as a real robot, using magnets to hold its 'head' in place as it moves.
Computer scientists at the Aalto University in Finland have created an algorithm that can write rap lyrics after mining a database of more than 10,000 rap songs by artists including Kanye West (pictured).
Nasa has revealed it is joining a Darpa project to scour content on the so-called dark net, which is out of the reach of mainstream search engines and many law enforcement agencies.
Experts at the laboratory of Pompeii Archaeological Site are readying the poignant remains (a small child pictured on an adult's stomach) for a forthcoming exhibition called Pompeii and Europe.
The 'Mewgaroo' is a sweatshirt with a large pouch in the front, big enough to carry a cat or a small dog. It is lined with thick fur to keep them snug and warm, much like a Joey kangaroo.
Air Force bosses have revealed they hope to have hypersonic missiles capable of crossing countries in minutes within five years.
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin created thriving strains of genetically engineered yeast using human genes to prove that yeast is a distant cousin on our family tree.
A Massachusetts Institute of Technology student has revealed the mPill (shown). It is an ingestible device that is covered in needles. The pill has a coating that dissolves when it reaches your gut.
Evolutionary biologist and Cambridge academic, Professor David Bainbridge, said it indicated that the woman was brought up by intelligent parents and had been well looked after.
Nasa has revealed nine instruments will fly on a solar aircraft as part of the $30m mission, set to blast off in the 2020s. They will include an ice penetrating radar, cameras and spectrometers.
The Ocumetics Bionic Lens (pictured) was created by Canadian Dr Garth Webb. Surgery to implant the lens into the patient's eye takes eight minutes and vision is corrected in 10 seconds.
The Unicode Consortium in California has released a list of new emoji. The list was compiled based on popular requests and suggestions, such as bacon (shown) and a pregnant woman.
The prototype wallpaper containing Kevlar fibres could be swiftly applied to walls in war zones to protect troops and was on show at the Pentagon's first Department of Defense Lab Day.
Named Wise J224607.57-052635.0, scientists believe the galaxy may have a behemoth black hole at its heart - but how this black hole came to be so big remains a mystery.
Scientists from University of Washington and University of Utah mapped the journey made by Chinook salmon (pictured) by analysing fish ear 'bones' known as otoliths.
Scientists from Bonn University in Germany examined eggs (pictured) belonging to oviraptor dinosaurs called Heyuannia huangi found in China.
Astronomers in California say they may have cracked the mystery of how one of the most common types of supernova in the universe occurs, known as type 1a, when a white dwarf explodes (illustrated).
Scientists at the University of Chile paralysed chicken embryos as they developed inside their eggs, causing their foot bones to change shape to resemble the feet of dinosaurs, as pictured.
Scientists at the Laboratory of the Sciences of Climate and the Environment in Gif sur Yvette, France, say pollen levels could rise by up to 12 times current levels in some areas by 2050.
The Jet Reaction vehicle has been tested at Pendine Sands in Wales (shown). The team will attempt to break the motorcycle land speed record of 376mph in Utah in September.
Researchers from Hokkaido University in Japan say male Java sparrows (pictured) may 'beatbox' to attract a mate.
The similarities between alcohol and oxytocin - a hormone released by new mothers, lovers and even doting dog owners - are 'striking', say British researchers.
Nasa's CloudSat data was combined with infrared imagery taken from Japan's MTSTAT satellite to create a stunning side view of the storm.
Scientists at the Catalan Institute of Human Palaeo-Ecology and Social Evolution in Tarragona, Spain found skull fragments with puncture wounds from a big cat (pictured).
The 4mm-thick Tray Typers, which were made available for a limited time in Germany, allows you to tap messages mid-meal while keeping your phone screen grease-free.
People living near what is now Mexico City, some 2,500 years ago, boiled human flesh in a mixture of chillies and saffron-like spices such as annatto.
Intimate details of nearly four million users on Adult FriendFinder have been leaked. The California-based site is one of the world's largest adult websites (front page pictured above).
Cosmetics giant L'Oreal is joining forces with a San Diego-based bio-engineering company called Organovo to print human skin that could be used to test make-up (stock image shown).
Spanish scientists have managed to identify brain signatures of individuals with 94 per cent accuracy. They say the technique could lead to a device that unlocks gadgets using the power of thought.
A study by Yale University examined the common ancestor of modern snakes (illustrated). They found that the ancestor was nocturnal and stealthy, and likely had hind legs much later than thought.
A Paris-based duo has designed a table (shown) that traps and releases heat. The Zero Energy Furniture does not require any electricity, and could reduce energy costs up to 60 per cent.
Using the commercial software, SmartDeblur, a member of the Roswell Slides Research Team cleared up a blurred placard in the slide to reveal the 'aliens' true identity.
More than 1,200 dolphins and whales have washed ashore since the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Tests on stranded dolphins (pictured) show many died as a result of the spill.
The Gale Force Umbrella is available from New York-based retailer Hammacher Schlemmer. Its canopy measures 1.3 metres (54-inches) and is made from polyester and rayon.
Scientists have figured out all the steps to make morphine and similar painkillers without using opium poppies - opening the door for home-brewed drugs and potential abuse.
Created by VisualHouse art studio, the most obvious difference between today and 2030 will be 57th Street, which will host the tallest tower in the Western Hemisphere, Nordstrom Tower.
Researchers at the University of East Anglia claim to have answered why sexual reproduction has continued. Battling elephant seals are pictured engaging in sexual selection.
The last remaining section of Antarctica's Larsen B Ice Shelf, which partially collapsed in 2002, will disintegrate completely before the end of the decade, Nasa has warned.
The Russian designer behind the project believes the luxury craft will take to the water - and the skies - in 2050.
Called Watch Software 1.0.1, it is claimed to address issues with third party apps, boost the accuracy of Siri,, Apple's voice recognition software and improve activity tracking.
Swedish concept artist Ville Ericsson has revealed his amazing drawings of a futuristic colony on Mars. He envisions a large dome-like structure being used to house a city on the surface (shown).
Researchers at the University of Bristol calculate the ice sheet on the Southern Antarctic Peninsula is dropping by 4m a year and estimate it has lost 300 trillion litres of water since 2009.
Scientists at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne in Switzerland focused on the formation of what are known as 'memory assemblies' to find out how we recall information.
Reports in the Wall Street Journal suggest the search giant is planning to rollout a 'Buy' button on its Shopping tab (current desktop shopping tab pictured).
Los Angeles-based hacker Samy Kamkar found a flaw in the design of Master Lock combination locks that allows you to figure out the code. He 3D printed a gadget that automates the process.
Scientists have warned that a 'strong' El Nino could be on the way. India, Brazil and western Africa would all be badly affected. This could hamper the production of coffee, rice and soya beans (shown).
The project, dubbed One Earth Message, will ask people from around the world to contribute images, sounds and ideas to send on board New Horizons and to be beamed in deep space in July 2016.
Scrabble is about to include text-speak and street slang in a raft of new words for its ever expanding dictionary. Why? Because it has to stay dench, obvs.
Professor Adam Saife from the Met's Hadley Centre confirmed last week's claims by Australian meteorologists. He said: '[El Nino] could be big, it's possible. We're getting a pretty strong signal.'
Flickr says it is working on a fix for its autotag software after users complained about some of the labels it had automatically applied to images like the entrance to Dachau (pictured).
A San Francisco-based start-up initially developed its eye-tracking technology Fove headset (pictured) to help disabled children learn the piano by blinking, but it is now setting its sights on gaming.
Playing natural sounds such as flowing water into open plan offices could boosts moods and improve employees brainpower, researchers have found.
The patent, which was awarded on 12 May, suggests a piece of software could be embedded in a messaging program to allow users to ask Google's search engine a question.
The Illinois-based software has been trained to recognise 10,000 objects, including everyday items and people. But it thinks sausage and mash is a plant.
Palmer Luckey, founder of Oculus VR - which is now owned by Facebook - admitted his company has no plans to prevent X-rated content being played on its devices while at a conference in California.
Researchers at Ohio State University found that the nutrition people received as a child, which affects both height and intelligence, is an important factor in determining salary
A new type of spacecraft propulsion has been launched from Florida. LightSail (illustrated) was developed by The Planetary Society, and will use a giant sheet of Mylar to ride the solar wind.
Scientists from the University of Leicester tested the DNA of modern men and found three distinct genetic patterns (like those pictured) that stem from men 3,500 and 7,300 years ago.
The image reveals vast coronal loops of material attempting break free from the sun, as well as the magnetic battles on the surface that cause it to twist and turn.
The software by MIT scientists exploits the fact that photos taken through windows often feature two nearly identical reflections, slightly offset from each other.
It looks like another of Vincent van Gogh's masterpieces, However, in fact this depicts the formation of stars in the turbulent billows of gas and dust of the Orion Molecular Cloud.
The Lifenaut online service offers a series of personality tests and combines this with data from social media profiles to create accurate digital avatars.
The Washington Post first spotted that searches for a number of racist terms containing the n-word are directing users to The White House. Google has apologised and said it is working on the issue.
University of Warwick scientists studied a distant white dwarf star 530 light-years away and found it had huge amounts of water - suggesting alien planets (illustrated) may have oceans like Earth)
An Israeli firm claims to have developed a $1000 food 'replicator' that can create almost any dish in 30 seconds. The Genie can produce an unlimited variety of meals using pods of dehydrated ingredients.
Researchers at Yale have successfully altered genes of chicken embryos to change how their beaks formed (shown in image). The result was a beak that resembled their dinosaur ancestors.
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.
Initial trials of laser weapon revealed 'unprecedented power' of system, and it will now be tested against live targets at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico.
A stone circle on Dartmoor has become the first to be discovered in a century, forming part of a 'sacred arc' of similar sites on the moor which suggests a high level of coordination between bronze age Brits.
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