Researchers at the Riken Brain Science Institute in Japan have developed a new technique for creating transparent tissue that can be used to illuminate 3D brain anatomy at very high resolutions.

Researchers from the UK's Met Office say a major El Niño event in the Pacific could heat the world overall, marking an end to the slowdown in global warming.

Within the next 20 years, Earth faces a collision with the remnants of a comet big enough to end all life as we know it, according to the author of Magicians of the Gods GRAHAM HANCOCK.

People in London and in cities across the US are becoming full-time taskers can can earn up to $7,000 (£4,547) a month, according to odd job service TaskRabbit.

The small study by University of Delaware professor Asia Friedman found the blind are not 'absolved from being a racist'.

Enthusiasts from the Middlesbrough and District Motor Club on board rare cars and motorbikes showed off their prized vehicles in the annual Saltburn vintage hill climb.

Researchers led by Adam Stevens at The Open University at Milton Keynes have discussed the various ways in which the civilisations could end including nuclear wars and bioterrorism.

The summit of Mont Blanc - Europe's highest mountain - is now 4,808.73m, compared to 4,810.88m in 2013, according to French government scientists who scale the peak every year.

The Pew Research Center quiz found Americans got eight of twelve correct. Questions include what kind of waves are used in phones to interpreting a scatterplot graph.

The video was shot by Ric O'Barry, founder of The Dolphin Project, at Taiji Cove in Japan, where every year thousands of dolphins are hunted and slaughtered.

New research has also revealed that a shocking one in five (20 per cent) mothers and fathers pretend to know the answer before going online to research the question.

Scientists at the University of Kentucky used a driving simulator to study the effect of just one drink (stock image) on drivers' concentration levels.

The 'attack system' was created at the University of Illinois. It has been called Motion Leaks through Smartwatch Sensors, or MoLe, and was demonstrated using a Samsung Gear Live.

The campsite and artefacts (pictured) were uncovered by an international team of researchers including the US Forest Service and the Sitka Tribe of Alaska on Kruzof Island.

Apple's next-generation TV box, running TV OS, was unveiled at an event in California. Its remote has a 'glass-touch' surface that lets viewers control menus with swipes and play games.

The larger iPad (pictured) was announced by Apple boss Tim Cook at an event in California. Steve Jobs famously once said if a company makes a stylus for a tablet, then 'they blew it'.

Experts from the University of Cambridge ranked people and countries on status. Red countries were deemed high class but their residents had fewer friends than in yellow, low-class countries.

Scientists at Stanford University have managed to recreate one of the key ingredients for the chemotherapy drug etoposide, in the leaves of a tobacco plant.

Users of Tinder, based in California, will be able to 'swipe up' once a day to indicate they are particularly attracted to someone, when the service is rolled out globally later this year.

The study is based on the analysis of eight Stone Age human skeletons (one pictured) discovered in El Portalón cave in Atapuerca, northern Spain.

The bones, found in the village of Balevullin on the island of Tiree, were analysed by Professor Ian Armit and his teams at the University of Bradford and University of Durham.

The Convolvulus hawkmoth (pictured) has been sighted widely across the UK in recent weeks and typically migrates from Europe to Britain.

Breeders in Jacksonville, Florida, have created the SphynxieBob - which is a Sphynx and Bobtail cat mix - and the BamBob, which is a cross between a Bambino cat and Bobtail cat.

Two computer developers based in Detroit, Michigan, created the interactive tool called 'The True Size Of,' which shows how large countries really are compared to one another.

The 'tornado's' rampage lasted 40 hours between September 1 and 3, according to Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), a probe that was built at Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland.

The study, from Vancouver's Simon Fraser University, implies that despite all our efforts in the gym, our nervous systems are subconsciously working against us.

To track how countries manage ageing populations, charity Age International has released its third annual Global AgeWatch Index which ranks countries in terms of quality of life and health.

When asking Siri if 'anything interesting happened today', it pokes fun at the language used during last night's conference in San Francisco.

The claims were made by Netflix's chief product officer Neil Hunt at the IFA trade show in Berlin. He said site will only introduce the option if lots of viewers ask for it.

Forensic experts at KU Leuven in Belgium studied the process of methylation in the human body to devise the test. Researchers determined a person's age with a margin of error of just 3.75 years.

Sources claim Apple will announce the update at tonight's event in California. The 'Hey Siri' tool is already is available in iOS 8 but only works when the phone is charging.

The virus was found by the French National Centre for Scientific Research in the Kolyma lowland region of Russia. It has been called Mollivirus sibericum, which translates to 'soft virus from Siberia'.

The Seattle-based company launched its first smartphone in June last year but now Amazon's website shows the Fire Phone is 'currently unavailable'.

Psychiatrists at Kings College London say babies that prefer looking at a ball to a human face are more likely to develop callous-unemotional characteristics.

The ancient Egyptians bred birds of prey to mummify as offerings to the gods in large numbers, researchers have found.

The mummy, known as Kent is the oldest at the Egyptian Museum of Florence. Called Kent, he lived during the XVIII Dynasty and may have witnessed the reigns of Tutankhamen or Nefertiti.

Elon Musk's SpaceX today gave the first look inside the Space Dragon, which Nasa hopes will begin ferrying US astronauts to the International space Station.

The claims were made by Michael Sheehan, assistant professor of neurobiology at Cornell University. Actors Marshall Logan-Green (left) are Tom Hardy are celebrity lookalikes.

The human tendency to form couples with older men protecting younger women is the result of prehistoric grandmothering, scientists say.

Companion, developed in Michigan, is free on iOS and Android. Users must enter their number to sign up to the service. Although the app was designed in the US, it works with international numbers.

Scientists at Cambridge University, who created the app, say the test can predict your personality more accurately than your friends, colleagues and your parents.

University of Texas researchers have revealed the full extent of the 'Mayacene' as a microcosm of the Anthropocene - a period when humans began affecting the environment.

The software - which could become an app available to the public - can reveal what children will look like when they're older. It was developed by professor Hassan Ugail from Bradford University.

Psychologists at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and tyre manufacturer Goodyear created an interactive quiz to detail seven types of driving personality.

The announcement aims to accelerate the deployment of the new wireless system that could unleash innovation and new services such as driverless cars and remote surgery.

Sixteen orca were spotted hunting sevengill sharks and stringray in the Bay of Islands in New Zealand's north on Monday when one shark was forced to throw itself onto rocks to avoid being eaten.

The patent for bendy spectacle frames (illustrated) was awarded to Google by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Alexandria, Virginia.

A new study led by researchers at UC San Francisco shows that important clues lie in the shoulder - and reveal our common ancestor looked a lot like a chimp or gorilla,.

Dr Niall Moore, head of the invasive species secretariat for Defra, said there was a real threat that raccoons could become a pest in this country.

The claims were made by Thailand-based KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo who predicts next year's iPhone model will be as thin as the 6.1mm iPod touch. The 6.9mm iPhone 6 is shown.

The research was led by Henry Lin from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. It is based on panspermia - a theory that suggests life spreads on comets or meteorites.

Researchers say a galaxy called EGS8p7 that is more than 13.2 billion years old, while the universe itself is about 13.8 billion years old.

Experts at Florence University said such a treatment may have been necessary during the Middle-Upper Paleolithic when the climate was colder.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison say that previous research on stating the validity of gaydar was based on poor evidence.

Dr Andrew Breeze, from the University of Navarre in Spain, claims Arthur was a general rather than a monarch, who fought most of his battles in southern Scotland and northern England.

The patent was filed by Kentucky-based car maker Toyota in March 2014. Called 'Stackable wing for an aerocar', the illustrations (pictured) resemble a multiplane with wings built into the roof.

There are two routes you can take through the region from the shopping district, to the area of Senkoji Park, with Buddhist temples, shrines and its so-called Cat Pathway.

Historians believe they have uncovered a series of burial chambers in Turkey dating back to the Kingdom of Urartu, which ruled the country from the mid-ninth century until its defeat by the Medes.

A video on YouTube shows ants forming a circle around a ringing iPhone, triggering claims the vibrating handset causes the ants to alter their normal behaviour.

The AK Ti8e headphones from Amstel&Kern; launched at IFA in Berlin and will go on sale next months for £800 ($999 or €990).

A study of fossils over 500 million-years-old in southern Namibia has revealed how hungry, complex critters caused the Earth's first extinction, by eating all the Ediacarans.

Villagers in a swath of land stretching from southern Colorado to northern Chihuahua, Mexico, drank the chocolate beverage as early as 750 AD, a new study shows.

Dr James Hind of Nottingham Trent University came up with the equation to determine the most suitable fabric thickness depending on the weather conditions.

Scientists from University of Paris-Sud have found the seal pups listen out and identify their mother's vocal pitch from a distance and then use other components of the vocal signature at closer range.

Scans of the mummified remains of Nebiri, an ancient Egyptian who lived 3,500 years ago, revealed he died of acute cardiac failure, according to scientists from the University of Turin.

Earlier this week, one group claims they have seen a 'floating spoon' on Mars. Now, a new wider version of the image reveals more 'spoons' and even something resembling a chopstick.

Researchers at Yale University in the US said female sex hormones from the contraceptive pill and HRT which wash up in the soil may be partly to blame for playing havoc with the creatures' hormones.