The 'Vertical City' project, overseen by Luca Curci, an architect based in Bari, Italy, features a slick-looking tower, which would be population-dense and able to hold 2,500 people at any time.

Footage of the slugs was captured by Japan-based Dive Store Exiles. Named Jorunna parva, the slugs have been dubbed 'sea bunnies' because of their white bodies and ear-shaped spines.

The stunning images were unveiled alongside two incredible animations of the dwarf planet, showing flyovers of the plains and mountains of the frozen world.

Nasa is to consider sending the New Horizons probe to one of two frozen objects in the ring of debris orbiting four billion miles from the sun. The spacecraft has power to last 20 more years.

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.

Mars One, often ridiculed for their overly ambitious proposal to send humans to Mars, has revealed how they plan to  whittle down their candidates from 100 to 40.

In the movie based on the Avengers series, a blast of atom-squeezing particles transforms Ant-Man from human to insect size - but researchers say other insects possess some superpowers of their own.

The European Space Agency say the Philae spacecraft that landed on a comet (pictured) last year may have shifted its position, making it harder to communicate with the probe.

In an elaborate phone scam, fraudsters are pretending to be computer security experts working for top companies, and ringing trusting people at home to tell them they are at risk of a computer virus.

The galaxy, known as EGSY-2008532660, is part of the very early in the universe, which is considered to be 13.82 billion years old. It was found by researchers at Caltech University.

21st century inventions like camera phones, reality TV and social media have normalised narcissism. But are you overly self-involved? Take this test to find out.

EXCLUSIVE: Sir Ranulph Fiennes revealed his next challenge will cost more than the Marathon des Sables, which he completed in Morocco in April.

Scientists at the University of Tasmania have found nutrient levels washed into the oceans over the past 700 million years are linked to explosions in life and extinction events.

The fundraiser was launched by the institution's National Air and Space Museum and marks 46 years since Armstrong became the first person to walk on the moon in 1969.

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.

The Dutch design works with a smartphone app. If you are about to leave something behind with a Trakkie attached to it, the user will be alerted with a flash of light or a noise.

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.

For almost a quarter of a century Steve Feltham, 52, originally from Dorset, was convinced the waters of Loch Ness held a family of prehistoric monsters - but now he claims Nessie doesn't exist.

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 space rock named UW-158 has attracted the attention of asteroid mining company Planetary Resources, because of its 90 million tonne core of platinum.

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.

Online conspiracy theorists have reacted to the stunning images of Pluto being sent back by the New Horizons spacecraft by claiming Nasa has faked them.

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.

The boy warrior found in Siberia was from a mysterious lost civilisation from the 12th century with links to Persia and was buried with an axe head and jewellery.

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'.

Apple's voice recognition program has updated its software so if users ask their iPhone or iPad about the Olympic gold-medal winning athlete, the answer will always refer to Caitlyn.

A tooth from the remains of a Palaeolithic hunter found in north east Italy has been found to have tiny cut marks from a sharp flint tool used to dig out infected tissue.

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.

The low-cost three-bedroom family home, designed by experts led by Cardiff University, integrates technology to reduce energy demand, while generating and storing renewable energy.

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.

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.

The footage was captured by marine scientist Mario Lebrato from Spain. He said: 'We were diving to obtain volcanic sulphur, and while it happened we shot aerial video to explore the area.'

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.

The previously unseen class of particle was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but has eluded physicists it was by Cern's LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.

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

Marine scientists from the University of Miami's Shark Research Lab have been tasked with studying the effects of catch-and-release fishing on these magnificent sea creatures.

The findings, by researchers at the University of Stony Brook in New York, challenges beliefs that our hands played a key role in our success as a species.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.