EXCLUSIVE: Principal investigator Alan Stern told DailyMail.com that the close-up images of Pluto will reveal a 'scientific wonderland'.
Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar, of Umeå University in Sweden, has designed a prosthetic arm that is compatible with Lego to help improve the confidence of children living with artificial limbs. The idea is that children can change the gripping attachment with their own custom-built Lego designs. By making children view their prosthetic as one of their toys, it could help them overcome uncomfortable feelings when interacting with other children, Carlos said.
The video, by the American Chemical Society, explains how the bacteria that live on your skin and in your shoes eats your sweat, producing an acid by-product that reeks.
Five Earth-sized planets so ancient they were born not long after the dawn of time have raised the possibility we could find life on planets far older than we expected.
U.S. government antitrust regulators are looking into claims about whether Apple's treatment of rival streaming music apps is illegal under antitrust law, according to three industry sources.
The iPad Pro is expected to launch in November, according to new claims from Digitimes - although it says Apple has placed a 'relatively low' order for the device with suppliers.
Pluto, once considered the ninth and outermost planet of the solar system, is bigger than thought, with a diameter of about 1,473 miles (2,370 km), some 50 miles (80 km) wider than previous predictions.
Clyde Tombaugh is set to pass within 7,800 miles of Pluto which he discovered 85 years ago. The astronomer (pictured, with the telescope he used in) has an ounce of his ashes onboard New Horizons.
The Nasa spacecraft is sending back its last batch of data and images before its close encounter with Pluto. During the fly past the probe will fall silent for 22 hours, leaving scientists with a tense wait. Already features on the surface that look like cliffs and craters are becoming clearer (as shown in the image above), but scientists hope they will get an even clearer view when New Horizons makes its fly past at a distance of 7,750 miles in the early hours of Tuesday morning. They are also hoping to look at craters and chasms that have started to emerge on Pluto's largest moon Charon.
The algorithm was developed at Brown University. It is designed to help robots better plan their actions in complex environments online and use these skills in the real world.
Researchers in Massachusetts found changes in wind speeds as a result of global warming can cause aircraft to burn more fuel, which in turn accelerates climate change.
High levels of fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) found in the meconium (a newborn's first stool) from a mother's alcohol use during pregnancy can alert doctors that a child is at risk for problems.
The electronics giant is partnering with the South Korean government to produce the displays, which will boast 2250 pixels per inch, and will go on sale in 2018 according to reports.
The update which is crucial for texting and emailing was revealed as part of the new iOS 9 operating system for iPads and iPhones, which will be available for users in the fall.
Researchers from Harvard Medical School say the Mexican cave fish (pictured) is genetically wired to have a big appetite in the same way as obese humans.
The state you live in could determine whether you like to sip on a Bud light or prefer a bottle of craft beer. This is according to a new map of America, which has revealed how certain local and national beers are much more likely to be served in some states than others. In New York, for instance, bars will most likely have Stella Artois on tap, whereas in Baltimore, Miller Lite appears to be the brew of choice.
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USS Independence was used in atomic weapon tests at Bikini Atoll in 1946 and it was scuttled in 1951, loaded with 55-gallon drums of radioactive waste. Researchers first spotted the wreckage and its cargo (shown) in April but now now a nuclear physicist has revealed how radioactive it still is, and how much a threat it poses.
The idea was proposed by 14-year-old Danila Kuznetsov from Ukraine. He is one of 90 regional finalists in the annual Google Science Fair.
Archaeologists from the National Museum of Denmark and Museum Vestsjælland uncovered the unusual gold spirals (pictured) at Boeslunde in Denmark.
The aerospace firm claims a new-type of engine could produce energy-efficient thrust by firing lasers at radioactive material, such as deuterium and tritium.
For the study, led by Nicolas Farrugia from Goldsmiths University, 44 participants aged between 25 and 70 were asked to fill in an online survey.
Psychologists at the University of Bristol examined the language used on blogs written by climate change skeptics and warn it may be harming the debate on global warming.
If California-based Uber embraced autonomous technology, it could out taxi drivers out of business altogether, many of whom already despise the app.
Geologists at Bristol University found the continental crust we live on is getting thinner and could disappear completely. A scene from the film Waterworld is shown.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today said there is now a 90 per cent chance that El Niño will last through the winter and an 80 per cent chance it will last into spring.
Japanese archaeologists have discovered 24 new geoglyphs on the Nazca Plateau in Peru that were created two centuries earlier that the giant images that the region is famous for. The shapes are mostly geometrical, including a figure resembling a flame and other less recognizable representations, along with what appears to be a llama.
The origin of the picture quiz on Mumsnet, Reddit and Twitter is unknown but it shows 13 groups of emoji designed to represent London tube stations.
Under the plans, it is likely Facebook would share revenue with the record labels like YouTube does. The videos would be chosen by the labels and their performance would be monitored.
According to initial reviews in Japan, Pepper (pictured) is charming and considerate. The four-foot (1.2 metre) tall humanoid offers advice but will also 'prattle on and on' making small talk.
The signals are a major boost to the team as they try to establish a secure
line of communication for their historic scientific experiments
on the surface of the comet.
The German Supreme Administrative Court in Leipzig ordered the Bundestag to make the UFO files available, but no date has yet been confirmed for their release.
The project, by the German National Metrology Institute, found humans hear sounds from around 8 hertz on - a whole octave lower than had previously been assumed.
Psychologists from the universities of Pittsburgh and Waterloo found that experiencing physical instability affected judgements about the stability of one's relationships.
In two separate studies, neuroscientists at Duke University in North Carolina networked the brains of monkeys and rats to make a living computer that can solve problems to complete tasks.
Archaeologists have unearthed numerous hybrid animals dating back 2,000 years from the site dubbed Duropolis near Winterborne Kingston in Dorset, which were carefully created by the ancient people and buried in store pits beneath their houses. The 'monsters' include sheep with cows' heads (remains pictured left and mock-up on top right) and a cow with a horse's legs (pictured bottom right), which were probably made to placate the gods.
Sea levels could rise by at least six metres (20 feet) in the long term, swamping coasts from Florida to Bangladesh even if governments achieve their goals for curbing global warming.
Whales and dolphins can become stranded in great numbers, sometimes in hundreds or even thousands. Up to 600 are stranded on British shores each year and we still aren't sure why.
Researchers analysed fans at a hockey game, and found that when supporters teams were winning, food tasted sweeter.
The details of the patient, known only as WO, have been released by clinical neuropsychologist Dr Gerald Burgess from the University of Leicester. Stock image is shown.
A layer of the Indian and Pacific oceans between 300 and 1,000ft below the surface has been accumulating more heat than previously recognised, a Nasa report claims.
The B61-12 nuclear bomb, which did not have a warhead, was tested at Tonopah Test Range in Nevada. The controversial tests are designed to extend the lifespan of the weapon.
Scientists from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne claim an injected virus could someday treat a hereditary form of human deafness.
The UK Space Agency has said it wants to take a giant leap into manned space missions with its first strategy for human spaceflight. It plans to send astronauts to the ISS and even to Mars.
A digital version of the famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci can change facial expressions, alter her mouth shape and even cause her chest to rise and fall like she is breathing. The team of artists and computer scientists behind the Living Mona Lisa project say they have even given the painting her own personality. Motion sensors can detect if someone in the room is looking at the painting, allowing it to react by turning the Mona Lisa's head (shown in the image above), frowning or smiling at them.
According to the Wall Street Journal , the tech giant has ordered between 85 million and 90 million units combined of two new iPhone models with 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays.
Astronomers at the Open University in Milton Keynes said the quintuple star system, shown in the artists impression pictured, is one of the most exotic ever found and may even have planets.
A study by the University of Colorado Denver has found that male strippers continue to perform because it makes them feel desirable, rather than simply for the money.
Researchers from the University of Haifa in Israel investigated the chameleon's unusual eyesight by baiting colour-changing lizards with computerised prey projected onto a wall.
Researchers at Leicester University say giving men specific targets motivates them, even when there is no financial reward. But that same can't be said for women.
The data comes from an ongoing study by the University of Adelaide that has found most European are a mix of three ancient populations; hunter-gatherers, Neolithic farmers and pastoralists.
The Mutual UFO Network (Mufon) recorded sightings of 1,179 mysterious unexplained crafts in June - an increase from around 600 in the same period last year.
Scientists at the Haifa University in Israel say bonobos skills to make and use tools resemble the technology used by early humans in the Oldowan stone tool culture.
Russian scientists have spent months studying the huge holes that have appeared, almost overnight in some cases, on the Yamal Peninsula in Russian Siberia. The researchers (shown on the edge of one of the largest craters on the left) have spent months studying the craters in an attempt to understand what is causing them. They found that years of warming have caused ice beneath the surface to melt, causing natural gas to accumulate in the underground pocket left by the ice. As temperatures have warmed, this has increased the pressure until the gas has burst from the ground to leave holes up to 60 metres deep, like the images on the right.
The graphic, by New York-based Body Labs, shows full-body scans of six people with the same BMI but different body shapes to highlight how BMI fails to take into account muscle and bone density.
Discovered at a site in southern Alberta, Canada, Wendiceratops (illustrated) is one of the oldest known members of the large-bodied horned dinosaurs called Ceratopsidae.
Around 10 people have been killed and 100 injured in Russia this year while snapping dangerous selfies, from posing with a loaded gun or a hand grenade to climbing on to a railway bridge.
Researchers say the test could help predict how people will act in response to stress - and could even lead to new ways to detect depression, anxiety, and addiction.
Dr Michael Westaway from Griffith University in Queensland, says recent DNA and archaeological evidence shows art like the paintings above were created by Aboriginal artists.
Psychologists at Rice University in Houston Texas wanted to see if the latest mobile technology would be used by the students (stock image) to improve their learning.
When a user looks at a Tinder profile using the Austin-built app, the watch's built-in monitor starts recording heart rate. If it increases, the profile is liked (pictured), or rejected if the rate drops.
Apple is now selling less than 20,000 watches a day in the U.S. since the Watch's opening week, according to a report by California-based Slice Intelligence.
Archaeologists from the National Museum of Denmark and Museum Vestsjælland uncovered the unusual gold spirals (pictured left) at Boeslunde in Denmark. The discovery has baffled archaeologists who have never seen anything like them before and are not sure what they would have been used for. They surmise that the fine gold spirals (shown top right and at the site, bottom right), date to the Bronze Age between 900 and 700BC. They may have been part of a priest king's costume.
The social network for Brazilian Evangelicals has attracted 100,000 users in its first month and was set up as a morally superior alternative to Facebook.
It is not known when the icon was updated, but the thought process behind the changes has been explained by Facebook's San Francisco-based design manager Caitlin Winner on Medium.
The feature is called 'Active Phone Cooling' and it directs air from the car's air conditioning unit to a wireless charging vent. It will feature on Detroit-based car manufacturer's 2016 Impala and Malibu.
The video comes as engineers and scientists operating Opportunity have chosen the rover's next target - Marathon Valley.
Car firms and phone companies want bigger, more interactive dashboards - but experts say they could be too distracting for drivers.
U the east of the US, the impact of charging EVs does more harm to the environment than gas cars, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Staff at controversial firm Hacking Team woke up to the nightmare scenario of its most sensitive affairs being paraded across the internet.
A team of scientists led by researchers at the University of Edinburgh found shrubs in the Arctic tundra, like the willow pictured, are spreading, disrupting how snow reflects heat from the sun.
A hopping robot (pictured) with a soft body that can bounce to safety has been developed by Harvard researchers. The prototype combines the speed of metal robots with the resilience of softer designs. Its body has been 3D printed with a gradient of rigidity, meaning it is hard on the inside but soft on the outside. The robot's jumping ability and soft body would come in handy in harsh and unpredictable environments or disaster situations, according to researchers, allowing it to survive large falls and other unexpected developments.
Researchers in Japan have found that differences in the number of oil-secreting glands in the skin explain why wrinkles are shallower in the forehead than in the outer eye area.
Duke researchers analysed medical data from almost a thousand 38 year olds. While some appeared medically in their late 20s, some seemed almost 60.
Its Russian makers say it is a 'fundamentally new electronic warfare system' - but has refused to reveal how the Krasuha-4 system works.
The new application, called RideWith, uses Waze's
navigation system to learn the routes drivers most frequently take to work and match them up with people looking for a ride in
the same direction.
EXCLUSIVE: Exeter University and Cardiff University claim the game can help some people consume 220 fewer calories a day by helping people associate junk food with 'stopping'.
The Japanese inventors of Kuratas, a 15 foot tall robot, have accepted a challenge from a rival US team to fight.
Footage shows a man standing in the plane's path dropping to the ground at the last second as the Soviet-built Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 rockets over him with an enormous roar.
YouTube channel EverythingApplePro, who are based in Portland, tested to see how many iPhones it would take to stop a bullet fired from an AK-74 assault rifle.
The Solar Impulse 2 (pictured main) suffered 'irreversible' damage to its batteries during its five-day flight from Japan to Hawaii and parts now need to be repaired and replaced, which could take 'several weeks to work through.' It is the latest delay to the round-the-world trip and the hold-up may also cause the plane to miss its weather window for the next leg of its journey, throwing the mission's plans into disarray. The plane coming in to land in Hawaii at the start of July is pictured inset.
Filed by Google last month, the papers reveal the it has successfully tested a mystery device, and rumours suggest its 'GG1' label stands for Google Glass (original headset pictured.)
Microsoft is cutting 7,800 jobs, or nearly 7 percent of its workforce, and write down about $7.6 billion related to its Nokia phone business to focus on being a software firm.
The company's top executives, including co-founder Steve Wozniak, made a humorous video in 1987 predicting meteoric growth rate and 'AppleVista' smart glasses (illustrated).
Scientists at the University of Arizona found some workers are consistently idle, doing about half as much work as others in a colony. They marked ants with coloured spots (pictured) to track them.
Director of the FBI James Comey (pictured) said anti-surveillance measures being deployed by Apple and Google will 'inexorably affect my ability to do that job' if they continue to expand.
Researchers at Maynooth University showed language skills are the only area in which children who are cared for by their own extended family outperformed others by the age of three.
An optical illusion has surfaced online in which readers are instructed to stare at the white dot at the centre of a negative of a woman's face. After 15 seconds, look at the white space on the right.
Samsung, as well as fellow manufacturer Oppo, are being sued in China for loading apps onto phones that can't be uninstalled, dubbed 'bloatware'. The Galaxy Note 3 is pictured.
The rare phenomenon will lead to a phenomenon known as the 'Maunder minimum' - which has previously been known as a mini ice age when it hit between 1646 and 1715, even causing London's River Thames to freeze over.
The new feature allows users to choose the friends and pages they want to see at the top of the news feed first each time you log on.
Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado, say white spots on Charon's grey surface (pictured) may reveal water ice makes up much of the moons interior.
Astronomers around the world have been able to analyse a massive disturbance near the monster black hole at the centre of galaxy 3C 279 that happened five billion years ago.
Even men who believe in gender equality feel their masculinity was under threat, the study by Bocconi University in Milan found.
Scientists at the University of East Anglia and the University Pompeu Fabra hope the breakthrough will pave the way for safe cannabis-based therapies that have no mind-altering side-effects.
Scientists from The Chinese Academy of Sciences and Aberdeen University calculated a giant panda uses just half half the amount of energy as a stationary human.
French pilot Hugues Duval, pictured in front of his white plane, flew from the French port of Calais to the English shoreline and back last night in a flight heralded as a giant leap in aviation history.
Known as Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, some claim the video's soundtrack, which is full or rustles and crunches, gives them pleasure.
Scientists at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich say their material (pictured) could be used to produce new super-silent rooms for testing materials or even focus sound like a lens.
A Californian helicopter firm flew over the site of Apple's Campus 2 (pictured) last month and shot aerial views of the building and its 175-acre site as it prepares to open next year.
A patent has just been filed by Zodiac Seats for a new 'Economy Class Cabin Hexagon' which consists of alternating forward and backward facing seats.
Researchers at University College London found that citalopram-takers were willing to pay almost twice as much to prevent harm to others than those given placebo drugs in an experiment.
The zoomable map provides detailed views of landmarks such as Olympus Mons, the largest-known volcano in the solar system, measuring 15 miles (24 km) high.
The video (grab pictured) was recorded by ocean engineer Brennan Phillips and a team of researchers in and around the active underwater volcano Kavachi, near the Solomon Islands.
A handful of Twitter users have shared pictures of rashes and 'burns' they say are caused by Apple's Watch.
The black and white images are believed to have been taken from the USS Trepang SSN 674 submarine as it travelled between Iceland and Norway's Jan Mayen Island.
This image, presented today at the Royal Astronomical Society's National astronomy meeting in Llandudno, Wales, was taken by NASA's NuSTAR telescope.
The Hydrofoil minidrones (Orak pictured), from French firm Parrot, sail at 10km/h (6mph or 5.4 knots) on water before taking off and flying at 11mph (18km/h).
Super Soldiers: How Tech Is Transforming The Future Of Warfare is in the latest issue of How It Works Magazine on sale now. A stock image of a soldier is pictured.
A University of Glasgow team has identified traces of the gem known on Earth as 'fire opal' (pictured) within a Martian meteorite. The find could help future missions decide where to look for evidence of life.
Home Sharing lets people share music over a Wi-Fi network, but it vanished during the iOS 8.4 update. Apple's Eddy Cue has now said the firm is working on solving the problem (pictured).
Shackleton Crater on the moon's South Pole could be turned into 'an oasis of warm sunlight surrounded by a desert of freezing cold darkness' according to the Nasa.
Lindsey Lohan, Katy Perry and Josh Groban have all admitted to using the service, and will now be able to have a blue tick next to their name.
A total of six women will be chosen to make the eight-day 'voyage' locked in a cramped fake spacecraft for the time it takes to fly to the moon, orbit once, and return.
The leaked image was analysed by experts at fan site 9to5Mac and tech firm Chipworks. They claim the new NFC processor, used to make contactless Apple Pay payments, will add a secure element.
Biologists at Plymouth Marine Laboratory have captured copepods ingesting flourescent plastic debris (pictured) on video and say it appears to interfere with the rate they feed on algae.
Sam Schmidt, who was paralysed from the neck in 2000, used the car to navigate the famous twists and turns of Long Beach Grand Prix road course track at 80 mph (129km/h).
The leaked memos were spotted by fan site 9to5Mac. One is said to be an internal memo sent to Apple staff, while the other is taken from a handout produced by Berkshire-based retailer Waitrose.
The farm, named Nemo's Garden, has been installed in the Bay of Noli, in Savona, Italy. The plants are kept hydrated by drips of water condensing on the inner walls of the biospheres.
A group of biologists, nautical engineers and biologists, backed by Paypal founder Peter Thiel plans on building a floating city, or 'seastead' by 2020, but the location has yet to be decided.
The sensor-packed harness can sense the animal's movement, and the sounds it makes, letting the owner know how they feel.
The exhibition, called Celts: Art and Identity, will begin in London in September and continue in Edinburgh in March 2016.
A family companion robot named Buddy, which can structure you day, monitor your home security and even play hide and seek with your kids, could be all yours by 2016.
WARNING: Do not watch if you suffer from photosensitive epilepsy or are sensitive to flashing lights. The illusion is designed to show how colour is a construct of the mind.
The Lykan Hypersport has been fitted with special cameras allowing it to read numberplates and even scan the faces of drivers at high speed.
Thousands of goods will be offered at slashed prices on Prime Day on July 15, but only shoppers who have subscribed to the website's £59-a-year service will be offered the bargains.
The A26 sub is 207 feet long, and features a 'ghost mode' to make it virtually undetectable when underwater. A special pod allows divers to enter and exit while it is underwater.
A Texas man named Philip Oliveira claims to have found a legendary chupacabra on May 31 but experts say it's merely just a coyote with mange.
SpaceX and Boeing are aiming for test flights to the space station by 2017. It will be the first launch of astronauts from Cape Canaveral, Florida, since the space shuttles retired in 2011.
Computer engineering student James Yoder, from the University of Texas in Austin, has created a web tool that allows users to track all the known pieces of space debris in orbit around our planet.
Professor Chandra Wickramasinghe and Dr Max Wallis, of Cardiff University, believe 67P (pictured) and similar comets could provide homes for living microbes similar to those on earth.
The app was created by Exeter-based developer Anthony Kuske. It reveals which Facebook friends have deleted you, since the app was installed, as well as accounts that have been deactivated.
The firm hopes millionaires and hotels will use the 'SeaScape' which even has an underwater bedroom built in.
Researchers found half of toddlers can use an iPad when they are just one, with 90 per cent mastering the gadget by their second birthday.
The winner of the contest will see their work showcased at London's Royal Observatory Greenwich and receive a top prize of £2,500 ($3,870).
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin have leapt to the defence of the expensive F-35 stealth jet after it was embarrassingly outperformed by a 40-year-old F-16 jet in a dogfight.
The simulations were led by Michigan State University. They showed that the distant universe could have ten to 100 times less galaxies than thought (Hubble image shown).
Archaeologists found the body of a child or teenager from the 12th or 13th Century AD at a medieval necropolis near Salekhard in Russia 18 miles from the Arctic Circle.
The cat was laid to rest wearing a necklace, or collar made from bear teeth and seashells (pictured) in a mound intended for people, suggesting it was a pet.
The microscopic, water-dwelling flatworm has evolved the unconventional method of self-impregnation in order to procreate 'under conditions of low mate availability,' researchers say.
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.
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