The software will be available to download on the iPhone 4s and later, iPad 2 and later, the iPad mini and later models and the fifth-generation iPod touch.
The Pentagon may scrap a $3.5 billion warship despite having already built half of it. In a shock turnaround, the USS Lyndon B Johnson may be dropped from production in just a few weeks as the Defense Department tightens its purse strings. It would be an embarrassing anti-climax for the Pentagon after years of hype surrounding the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer which is 41 per cent complete and was tipped to transform the US Navy's fleet.
The University of Gloucestershire has released an app to help identify spider species. Called Spider in da House, it reveals which critters are in your home, and their sexes.
Researchers at Rio de Janeiro State University identified the defunct lung and said it provides information about how the coelacanth's ancient relatives may have lived 410 million years ago.
The head of the Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy says a search for heat signatures of advanced life in nearby galaxies has failed to find any evidence of alien civilisations (illustrated).
Rumours suggest the South Korean tech giant's 'Foldable Valley' handset will have a bendy plastic display so it can fold like a notebook (conceptual image shown).
Los Angeles-based watchmaker Devon Works will make just 500 of the timepieces over the next two years. Each watch (pictured) is designed to mimic Darth Vader's jet black outfit.
The vulnerability was discovered by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and affects devices running Android Lollipop 5.0 and above.
Nasa employees have revealed details of a 'budget' plan to send a SpaceX capsule to Mars in 2020 to return samples. Elon Musk has backed the idea - and even tweeted images of what the mission would look like.
'The United States Practical Receipt Book' offers recipes and instructions for everything from how to prevent baldness and make condoms and is housed at the University of Michigan.
Highlights (pictured) was originally released in April but was only available for English-language readers. The latest update makes it available globally in more than 35 languages.
Seat technology firm Johnson Controls unveiled its designs for a futuristic car interior at the 66th International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt.
Replays is the app's first in-app purchase that gives US users three chances to see old messages for $0.99. Snapchat is also offering 10 Replays for $2.99 and 20 Replays for $4.99.
Researchers at Oregon State University studied how 10 wolves and 20 domestic dogs solved a puzzle to reach a tasty piece of sausage inside. Dogs tended to look to humans for help.
Mark Zuckerberg said the feature will allow users to 'share something that's sad like a refugee crisis that touches you or a family member passes away.'
Archaeologists made the grim discovery in a remote part of the estate of Gordonstoun near Inverness, whose former pupils also include five of the Queen's children and grandchildren. The cave (above), looking out from sea cliffs over the Moray Firth, was apparently used in funeral rituals from 1100 BC to 900 BC by the Pictish clans ruling Scotland at the time. Experts say the clans placed bodies in the cave to decompose so that bones could eventually be retrieved. They also say there are indications that it was later used for executions. Also pictured (inset): A Pict carving found inside.
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The device (pictured), designed by Alternative Ballistics in San Diego, California, takes the form of a metal ball or 'bullet capture device' that is fitted over the barrel of a gun. Once the gun is fired, the bullet embeds itself inside the device without a chance of it escaping.The bullet's energy is simultaneously transferred to the alloy ball, propelling it towards the target. 'The Alternative' works like an airbag for a bullet, slowing it down to one fifth of its intended speed.
Children are picking up technology obsession from their parents - and that is beginning to affect their mental health and school work, says London-based child health education specialist Dr Aric Sigman.
A robot ethicist has warned that AI sex dolls could 'contribute to detrimental relationships between men and women, adults and children, men and men and women and women.'
Scientists at Sussex University found that rather than searching far and wide for the right flower, one in eight bees seemed to be swiftly extracting nectar and pollen from the nests of other bees.
Blue Origin will spend $200m building rockets and capsules in Florida, and Bezos also teased a new 'megarocket' the firm is planning to build and test there.
The kayakers were paddling in Monterey Bay, California, on Saturday when the enormous creature emerged from the water and almost landed on top of the duo.
The new report found a 49 per cent drop in numbers among the 6,000 populations studied around the world, including leatherback turtles (pictured).
A global ocean lies beneath the icy crust of Saturn's geologically active moon Enceladus, according to new research using data from NASA's Cassini mission.
Sociologists at the University of Oxford surveyed 78,000 people about their involvement in the arts and found social class and wealth played little role in determining their participation.
Farnborough-based BAE Systems has begun night trials (pictured bottom left) on the Striker II helmet-mounted display (pictured right) in the hope they will lead to a fully integrated digital night vision helmet to replace the heavy goggles currently worn by pilots. Heavy night vision goggles currenly worn increase G-force pressures on the head and neck, limiting the pilot's manoeuvrability in the cockpit. Striker II includes a cutting-edge tracking system that ensures the pilot's exact head position (pictured top left) and the aircraft computer system are continuously in sync, reducing problems common to other HMD's.
Purdue University researchers in Indiana, said the Hush tool for Android phones can reduce the total daily energy drain by 16 per per cent by shutting down apps (stock image).
The rare reptile, which looks more like a snake, was pictured by a wildlife photographer during a visit to the Masai Mara in Kenya.
Named Homo naledi, the species has been assigned to the genus Homo, to which modern humans also belong. The remains were discovered in South Africa's Gauteng province.
Cosmologist Dr Eugene Lim, from King's College London, says if multiple universes inhabit the same physical space as our own, they will collide and leave traces in the cosmic microwave background.
A study of students and inmates by Goethe University, Frankfurt found men with a higher facial width-to-height ratio were more likely to exhibit 'self-centred impulsivity' and 'fearless dominance.'
4G Super-Voice already covers half of the UK population for indoor coverage, including three quarters of London, Edinburgh, Exeter and Birmingham but will be extended further.
Scientists at the University of Sheffield examined the records of 10,000 Asian elephants in Myanmar that are used to haul logs for the timber industry during the monsoon season.
University of Delaware researchers built a specialised sound chamber including four microphones to detect ultrasonic noises made by mice (a stock image is shown).
Porsche boasts it's new Mission E concept has all-wheel drive and all-wheel steering, zero to 100 km/h acceleration in under 3.5 seconds and a charging time of around 15 minutes to reach an 80 per cent charge of electrical energy. It charges using special conductive tiles the owner simply drives over.
Nasa tweeted its 1.2 million followers with this stunning image, claiming to show the sun and Earth. However, it was soon forced to delete the tweet - as experts pointed out it actually showed the moon.
This week, analysts Deloitte published a stark new prediction: 35 per cent of today's UK jobs are at 'high risk' of being automated in the next ten to 20 years
Researchers from Dortmund, Germany have discovered a way to genetically engineer yeast to produce both THC and cannabidiol. THC is the primary psychoactive chemical in cannabis.
Daimler-owned Mercedes-Benz is hoping to target the luxury car market with new autonomous vehicles. It has unveiled its F 015 driverless research vehicle (pictured) as a way of testing the technology.
A screenshot (pictured) from a promotional video played at the iPhone 6s' unveiling at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco, shows the new handset has a 1,715mAh battery.
The amazing image shows the aurora borealis across southern Canada and the northern United States during the nighttime hours of September 8, 2015.
Meteorologists predict that the El Nino phenomenon - which caused the prolonged, snowy winter six years ago - could be the most powerful since 1950.
Using the theory of six degrees of separation a new calculator reveals the number of direct and 'indirect' sexual partners a person has had, to highlight the importance of having regular STI tests.
American Astronaut Scott Kelly (pictured bottom right) began the 'A Year in Space' mission by blasting off from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in a Soyuz vehicle in March and is now half way through his stay on the ISS. To celebrate this milestone, Nasa has produced an infographic (pictured left) detailing some of the stranger effects microgravity will be having on Kelly's body. They include the fact the astronaut will produce around 180lbs (82kg) of faeces that will burn up in the atmosphere and look like shooting stars.
Batband (pictured) has been developed by Studio Banana Things. It pairs to a device via Bluetooth and music is played wirelessly. This connection also means the band can be used to answer calls.
Military researchers have shown off a self destructing chip they say could be used in everything from spy gadgets to remote sensors.
Researchers from the University of Queensland and British universities analysed DNA of people from 14 European countries to find those from 'tall' nations have DNA to keep them slim.
Going upstairs and opening a window can help to improve mobile reception, while turning on airplane mode briefly can reset the mast the device connects to for a better signal.
The group - which includes Lloyds, Halifax and the Bank of Scotland - emailed its customers in the UK over the weekend to explain how to set up the service.
Many of the world's greatest cities - currently home to more than one billion people - will go underwater should we burn all of the planet's available fossil fuels, scientists have warned.
The findings were revealed by recruiting software company, Jobvite, which surveyed 1,855 human resources managers in industries including engineering, IT, marketing and sales.
Dr Paul Booth of Keele University spotted the name in 'Roger Fuckebythenavele' in the Chester county court plea rolls from December 8, 1310, and believes it was a nickname.
Nature photographer Kerstin Langenberger, who is based in Germany, posted the image of the 'horribly thin' injured bear on Facebook last month, and it has now been shared more than 41,000 times. The photo was taken in Norway's Svalbard region, a group of islands in the Arctic Ocean where tourists often go to see polar bears in their natural habitat. She claims the picture is also evidence of the retreating sea ice, which she thinks is affected by global warming. Females are particularly affected as they tend to stay on the pack ice with their young and have an increasing struggle to find food, she wrote.
Apple has launched its iPhone 6s and 6s Plus alongside a giant iPad called the iPad Pro and an upgraded Apple TV that can run apps at a 'special event' in San Francisco.
Apple says they could be the future of photography, mixing still photos and video into 'Live Photos' - although experts warn they could fill your phone.
The shots were taken by astronaut Scott Kelly on board the International Space Station. The first image (pictured) was taken at 4.42pm yesterday and the second was taken 12 hours later.
With even warmer waters in the central Pacific in August, the hottest in more than 17 years, the NOAA today upgraded El Nino up from moderate status.
To observe this distant system, which sits around 325 light-years from Earth, the astronomers used the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) based in an observatory in Chile. Concept shown.
A 3D printed sternum and and rib cage, prepared and created in Australia were successfully implanted in to a Spanish cancer patient - the first operation of its kind in the world.
University College London scientists believe the phenomenon exists to enhance sexual relationships through touch.
A new carnivorous dinosaur dubbed 'lightning claw' because of its over-sized hand claw,has been discovered in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales.
Half of the skeleton was found trapped in the roots of a birch tree (pictured bottom right) in Collooney, Sligo in Ireland, which blew over in the winter storms of last year (top right). The skeleton was snapped in two and the leg bones (left) remained in the grave. The skeleton has since been analysed and belongs to a young medieval man who probably died a violent death in the 11th or 12th century.
Zou Yongliao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' moon exploration department in Beijing, shared the plans which involve studying geological conditions on the moon's far side.
Researchers say the technology could be especially useful in mental illnesses and memory disorders where patients often don't take their medication.
Apple has come under fire for its decision to demonstrate its new iPad Pro tablet by manipulating a model's face into a smile. The firm invited Adobe's Eric Snowden to show off image editing software.
Nasa has revealed stunning new close up images of showing the brightest spots on the dwarf planet Ceres, and revealing the crater they are in is a mile deep in some places.
Researchers say they are developing a colour changing football helmet that could give an early warning of potential problems.
The group of international experts, based out of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, met in Manchester last week to discuss the technology.
Experts at the University of Oslo and Senshu University in Japan say men who seem more trustworthy are a more attractive option for a long-term partnership because it may involve parenting.
In a bizarre discussion, a group of scientists said that already-existing pictures that have been put in space to educate aliens about how we look should be updated.
Scientists at the University of Miami working with Darpa have developed a robotic arm (pictured) that can allow patient's to'feel' by sending tiny electrical signals to an implant in their brain. It has allowed a 28-year-old man called Nathan to feel researchers touching his fingers in a natural way. The technology mirrors the prosthetic arm given to Luke Skywalker after he gets his hand cut off in the Star Wars film The Empire Strikes Back (bottom right).
It was thought the payment system would launch alongside Google's Marshmallow operating system, expected in October, but Google revealed it actually launches today.
Using years of historical data, a data scientist working with Sweden's Stockholmstag transport firm devised the algorithm to help traffic control centres manage congestion.
In just 7 days all of the subjects gained average of 3.5 kg and showed signs of insulin resistance. Researchers say the experiment was designed to replicate the average US diet.
Professor John Collinge, from University College London, warns people given hormone injections before 1985 could be at risk, with experiments suggesting the injections contained the key Alzheimer's protein.
The concept (artist's impression pictured) was developed by Masahiro Ono at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena. A tether would replace the fuel used in current spacecrafts.
A groundbreaking new study found that cratons, the cores of continents, are far less stable than thought.
Nasa has begun building the latest version of its Orion spaceship that will one day take man to Mars - and says it plans to blast it around the moon to test it out.
The claims were made by Michio Kaku (pictured) from New York's City University. Quantum teleportation is possible and Dr Kaku believes the first molecules will teleport in the next decade.
Dutch scientists have created the world's biggest man-made wave as part of a multi-million pound project aimed at helping to save the low-lying country from devastating floods. The highest artificial wave generated so far is just over 5 metres but engineers are hoping to produce even larger ones at the newly-completed 26million euro facility. Holding 9 million litres of water, pumped in from a reservoir at 1,000 litres a second, the Delta Flume produces waves by pushing water back and forth against a 10m-high steel wall, with scientists able to create a range of conditions from choppy waters, to rough seas and even a single tsunami wave.
Researchers examined two clans of sperm whales, observed in the Pacific since the '80s. Despite living in the same neighbourhood, each clan of whales developed their own 'dialects', it was found.
The milestone was announced by WhatsApp's co-founder Jan Koum on Facebook. The app has added an extra 100 million users since April this year.
Kiichi Ishikawa, 60, visited a tech store in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on Sunday morning and lost his temper with a member of staff, but instead attacked a Pepper robot.
The study of 11 cod bones on the Mary Rose, pictured, which sank in 1545, suggests that it was demand for fish that fueled the colonisation of North America, were bounties were plentiful.
Scientists at Huddersfield University say the findings could be used to better train police dogs and lead to more bodies being recovered.
The Japanese camera giant claims the 19,580 x 12,600-pixel sensor (shown in a camera) sets a world record for resolution in its size.
Danish astronaut Andreas Mogensen performed the experiment in which he placed a peg into a very tight hole using the Interact Centaur rover (pictured).
After CEO Tim Cook presented the new range of devices at a special event in San Francisco, fans immediately expressed their opinions online.
Geneticists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany have obtained the oldest genetic information from an early species of human to ever be sequenced. Analysis of the DNA has confirmed the fossils (pictured), which were found in a cave in the Atapuerca Mountains in Burgos, Spain (shown on the map inset), belonged to early Neanderthals. Scientists had previously believed the species first appeared 400,000 years ago, but the new results suggest they could be up to 765,000 years ago, according to the scientists.
![More Adult Themed Android Ransomware
During the course of our daily malware hunt, we came across a new mobile ransomware variant that leverages pornography to lure victims into downloading and installing it. We'd previously blogged about similar Android malware.
App Name: Adult Player
URL: hxxp://accanalasti247[.]topliberatone[.]pw/video_player.php?s=Zomhj9PlVZc=&name=Mp4TubePlayer_v5.562.apk&type=1&tpl=1&l=EN
MD5: 6ed2451d1300ff75e793744bb3563638
Package Name: content.mercenary.chiffon
Overview:
This ransomware acts as a porn app named "Adult Player" and lures victims who assume it is a pornographic video player. When the victim starts using it, the app silently takes a photo of the victim, which is then displayed on the ransomware screen, along with the ransom message. The app demands a ransom of 500 USD.](http://web.archive.org/web/20150916161329im_/http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/09/07/17/2C0D742400000578-0-image-m-15_1441643846843.jpg)
The Adult Player app lures users by offering free pornographic videos, but secretly takes pictures of users with the phone's front-facing camera then demands $500 to unlock their phone.
The almost completely preserved skeleton found in Columbia measures more than six and a half feet (two metres) long and is thought to be 120 million years old.
University of Utah anthropologist Professor Kristen Hawkes' new hypothesis suggests grandmothering was crucial to the development of pair bonds in humans.
Speaking to California-based teenager Sarina Khemchandani, Wozniak (right) revealed more about the early days of the firm and said Steve Jobs (left) was better as a businessman.
New York-based therapist, Ian Kerner, claims that unfriending your significant other on social media can put the mystery and spark back into your relationship.
Scientists say the blue light emitted by electronic devices could lead to interrupted sleep or even harm our eyes.The screens were exhibited at a consumer electronics show in Berlin this week.
The University of Melbourne worked with institutions around the world to date remains of a shin bone belonging to the Hispaniola monkey found in the Altagracia Province, Dominican Republic.
Imperial College London scientists are developing a device that will plug into a mobile phone and deliver a short shock to the head via a set of electrodes. They hope it will be on sale within five years.
Engineers at Darpa and Georgia Tech have designed Robotic Landing Gear, which comprises four articulated legs that can bend and fold beneath the fuselage so it can land on uneven surfaces (screenshot). It's hoped the prototype system may one day enable helicopters to land in remote and rocky locations to rescue people stranded on mountains, in disaster zones and on large boats (illustrated inset) for example.
The patent was filed to the US Patent Office in March this year and has already been awarded. It details a 'fuel cell system' (illustrated) for a battery that could last 'weeks'.
The incredibly rare event was captured on a dashcam and showed the fireball, which is believed to be a meteorite, descending at speed at about 8:45am local time in Bangkok.
Two companies, PetPace and Voyce, offer pet collars that can check for a fever, monitor pulse and respiration, and even indicate if your pet is in pain.
Chicago-based Hiral Sanghavi, 29, used Kickstarter to fund his BauBax travel jacket after it got a lot of publicity. It has quickly become the site's most funded clothing project.
The 777-9X will seat at least 400 passengers with a superwide cabin with larger, higher windows when it begins production in 2017.
In each test, Brooklyn-based Ms Cranz from tech site Tom's Guide ran down the power of seven handsets until the phones turned off automatically. Asus' Zenfone 2 (pictured) took the top spot.
The company unveiled its new machine at tech conference IFA in Berlin. The average person family creates 220 loads of washing over the course of a year, the firm said.
The Japanese weather satellite Himawari-8 was launched in July and is now sending back images of the Earth every ten minutes from 22,000 miles above the planet's surface.
YouTubers the Slo Mo Guys visited Taser International in Scotsdale, Arizona, to film a Taser being fired at a volunteer at a rate of 28,500 frames per second (pictured). The video shows the Taser's two probes puncturing the skin and his muscles involuntarily rippling as the device stimulates his sensory and motor nerves, causing him to howl in pain and shock.
The 'Tadpole Endoscope' has a tiny tail allowing doctors to move it around the body to look for tumours.
Speaking at the British Science Festival Dr Anders Sandberg, of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University, said humans must be extremely cautious.
The shed has been designed by Leeds-based Tiger Sheds in response to a survey that claims a quarter of Britons are too scared to venture into the sheds for fear of meeting a spider.
The gravity-defying 360 degree stunt was performed by the British car-maker's new F-PACE sports utility vehicle in Frankfurt on the eve of the city's prestigious international motor show.
The idea of a dolphin 'collective soul' was proposed in the 1980s by paleoneurologist Harry Jerison and the theory has now been discussed in Susan Casey's new book Voices in the Ocean.
Preorders for its latest iPhone have been so strong that Apple expects to surpass last year's record, when it sold 10 million phones during the first weekend.
Britain's police and security services are said to be 'very interested' in the device (pictured), which has been created by Cornwall-based company LawMate UK to fit any takeaway coffee cup.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore analysed the tooth enamel of 152 fossils of early humans, primates and other mammals from across Africa.
Findings into children's late night use of Facebook and Twitter will be revealed at the British Educational Research Association's annual conference in Belfast tomorrow.
The system collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure to give doctors 'everything we need to know about a patient'.
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.
The latest collection by the architecturally-led fashion brand made it's debut on the New York Fashion Week catwalk on Friday, showing off a variety of unique sportswear, swimwear and accessories.
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'.
The results come from a five-year study into different family set-ups, carried out by Dr Bronwyn Harman from the Auckland University of Technology.
Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, California, hypothesised Mars could be heated up quickly by dropping nuclear weapons over its poles and said he would like to visit the red planet one day.
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 Californian Unicode Consortium released the emoji in June and Apple has now incorporated some of these symbols into iOS 9.1. Other additions include a weightlighter and mosque.
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.
Controversial specialist Sergio Canavero from Italy will partner with Chinese surgeon Ren Xiaoping to carry out the operation on Valery Spiridonov of Russia (pictured).
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.
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 Bedjet is an ultra rapid cooling, heating and climate control system made for your bed. Its describes its alarm function as 'a natural bio-hack wake up time'.
The credit card-sized adapter (pictured) was developed by Hong Kong designer Dennis Wong who is currently raising money for the gadget on Kickstarter.
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.
By massing at a 'salt lick' near the modern-day village of Novodubrovsky village in Novosibirsk region, the giant mammals were seeking to restore their ailing health.
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.
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'.
The figures come from the Deloitte Mobile Consumer report which surveyed 4,000 people in the UK. They show almost half of 18 to 24-year-olds check their smartphones within five minutes of waking.
The vial of unmatured malt was sent to the International Space Station in October 2011 and returned to Earth last year, with a remarkably different taste.
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.
In 2001 broadband was still in its infancy, while social networking and smartphones did not exist, meaning news of the 9/11 attacks broke online in a very different way to how it does today.
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.
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,.
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.
Researchers at Indiana University say they have created an algorithm that can predict the popularity of new faces to the world of modelling with over 80 per cent accuracy.
Computer scientists at Princeton University and Adobe have created software that can identify unwanted clutter in photographs and automatically remove them.
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