Using the Eso 3.6-metre in Chile, an international team of astronomers has spotted a planet with a 'very similar mass to Jupiter' 186 light-years away orbiting a sun-like star, named HIP 11915.

Called Lightyear.fm, the project (pictured) was created by New York-based computer designers Brian Moore and Chris Baker with Mike Lacher and Mikhail Chernov.

The social media platform claims that pictures tagged with the word 'curvy' often violate its nudity policies - but risqué searches like #nipplepiercing and #noclotheson are still allowed.

The new hearts will allow new drugs to be tested, and give researchers a new insight into how the heart develops. The tiny heart even has a microchamber, and can 'beat' like a full sized heart.

A menacing-looking dinosaur, a humanoid with blinking lashes, and a small android greet guests at Nagasaki's Weird Hotel - the latest oddity in a country known for its quirky hotels.

Scientists at the Shanghai Institute for Biological Sciences created man-made sperm (pictured), which although cannot swim, is able to fertilise eggs and produced litters of semi-cloned mice.

The figures were taken from Hampshire-based Juniper Research's Digital Adult Content report. It predicts that more than 136 billion adult videos will be watched in 2015.

The new video stars Ross McGouran, a professional skateboarder, who says riding the Lexus Slide is 'like floating on air'. The board supposedly uses electromagnetism to levitate itself.

Researcher Chris Langdon and colleagues at Oregon State University's (OSU) Hatfield Marine Science Center have created and patented a new strain of dulse (pictured) that tastes like bacon.

Researchers at the University of Leuven in Belgium claim the same species of yeast in beer, known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, can be used to improve the flavour of chocolate.

Milton Keynes-based property site Rightmove, asked experts to predict what our homes will look like in 50 years' time and additions include 3D printers, self-heating beds and a 'growth station'.

The weapon was pulled from a grave in a Viking burial ground in southern Norway by archaeologists from the Museum of Cultural History at the University of Oslo.

An ancient Egyptian child mummy is undergoing the investigative but non-invasive process at St Bernward hospital in Hildesheim, Germany.

The patent includes illustrations that show a user gripping a phone with both hands to activate the sensor. Four panels must be covered by the user that will be built into the phone or the phone case.

With everything from a self driving mode to stereo speakers that protect your hearing in a crash and its own network to talk to other cars, Mercedes says its new car will be the safest it has ever made.

A study by researchers at the University of Oregon found carbon emissions from organic farming have increased per acre of land since 2000 and may be due to the shift to large scale practices.

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.

The calderas off the coast of Sydney are believed to have formed 50 million years ago when supercontinent Gondwana was splitting up into the regions of Australia and New Zealand.

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, said they can fine tune the way light is reflected off their 'carpet' so it mimics the surface beneath and hide objects in between (illustrated).

Principal investigator, Alan Stern, told DailyMail.com that the close-up images of Pluto will be unlike anything we've ever seen. 'Pluto hasn't let us down. It is a scientific wonderland,' he said.

Archaeologists have unearthed numerous hybrid animals dating back 2,000 years from the site dubbed Duropolis near Winterborne Kingston in Dorset.

In New York bars are most likely to have Stella Artois on tap, whereas in Baltimore, Miller Lite appears to be the brew of choice, according to the map by Priceonomics.

Archaeologists from the National Museum of Denmark and Museum Vestsjælland uncovered the unusual gold spirals (pictured) at Boeslunde in Denmark.

Scientists have cracked a way of calculating the exact number of atoms in 1kg of silicon which may replace the cylinder of metal held in a safe in Paris that is currently used to define the kilogram.

Pictured from the air by photographer Thomas Dressler, the vast scale of the patches of bare earth that scar the grassy Namib desert becomes clear. Scientists are now trying to unravel the mystery.

Dr Bijoy Khandheria from Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee described animations by the cSound software as similar to 'opening up someone's chest and watching their heart beat.'

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.

Two Italian entrepreneurs are re-launching the Commodore brand with an Android smartphone including two emulators so classic video games can be played.

Inventors in Boston, Massachusetts, came up with the Lumos helmet that boasts integrated brake lights, indicators and distinctive front lights too.

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.

Using acoustic reflectors the Nepenthes hemsleyana plant guides bats towards it through the jungle in Borneo. It absorbs nitrogen from their poo, while the bats' get a cool place to roost safe from parasites.

Known as Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response, some claim the video's soundtrack, which is full or rustles and crunches, gives them pleasure.

During Operation Plumbbob, the codename for nuclear tests in the Nevada desert in 1957, an underground detonation blew a manhole cover into the air at five times Earth's escape velocity.

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.

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.

Researchers first spotted the wreckage (shown) and its cargo in April but now now a nuclear physicist has revealed how radioactive it still is, and how much of a threat it poses.

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.

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.

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.

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.

CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS: The video was compiled by London-based studio Mackevision. It reveals how visual effects and green screens were used to bring Game of Thrones to life.

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.

To cope with the growing demand of air travel, one London-based designer believes runways raised above streets and waterways could be the future.

The previously unknown of settlement dubbed Duropolis at Winterborne Kingston, near Blandford, Dorset, dates to around 100BC, which makes it 80 years earlier than Colchester in Essex.

A team of Harvard astronomers built the map - which covers three quarters of the sky - using data collected from 800 million stars from the Pan-STARRS telescope in Hawaii

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.

Induction hobs work because 'inside the stove plate you have an electromagnet that spins around and turns the pan into the element,' according to the video's maker in South Africa.

The car (pictured left) was developed by Ewloe-based MoneySuperMarket. They used a driver's seat with a mechanical rig to press the pedals and turn the steering wheel.

The firm hopes millionaires and hotels will use the 'SeaScape' which even has an underwater bedroom built in.

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.