Perlan II this week it made history by soaring to 5,000ft during its maiden flight. It has been designed to glide on 'stratospheric mountain waves'.
The Perlan II glider (pictured left) is the world's first engineless aircraft designed to reach altitudes of 90,000ft (27,430 metres) by riding so-called 'stratospheric mountain waves' (illustrated top right). Earlier this week, the glider (measurements pictured bottom right) made history by soaring to 5,000ft (1,525 metres) during its maiden flight over Roberts Field, the Redmond Municipal Airport in Oregon.
Brown University has found an area known as the rostrolateral prefrontal cortex is responsible for prompting us to remember - without actively remembering - what we should be doing each day.
Scraping hair into a top-knot like Jared Leto (shown) can cause a condition called traction alopecia, where bald patches appear - usually around the forehead and temples, experts warn.
The algorithm-based program uncovered 210 previously unknown tremors and scientists at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research say additional new discoveries will follow.
Paddy Neumann, a PhD student at the University of Sydney, says his ion space drive Nasa's shatters current fuel efficiency record.
As the firm today reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results but forecast higher revenue, it confirmed the plan to launch its first Android phone.
Facebook 's Mark Zuckerberg, told conference attendees that virtual reality is "the next logical step" in online sharing after text, photos and video.
The bible says the universe was created in six days. Scientists say it was created in 13.8 billion years. Gerald Schroeder has famously attempted to reconcile this difference using Albert Einstein's theory that time is relative. The physicist, who teaches at the College of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem, claims 'time is different [for humans] than it is from the perspective of the Creator.' Other theories suggest Noah's flood could have been caused by global warming (bottom left) and that the Red Sea may have been parted in winds blew at 63mph (top left).
Biologists at the University of Vienna analysed 1,000 hours of recordings at three zoos and discovered a weird low frequency humming noise was produced by the animals at night.
The FTC probe focuses on Google's requirements that its search, maps and other products be given a prominent place on handsets.
The 4-inch (10cm) bionic cockroaches (pictured) were designed by engineers Danil Borchevkin and Aleksey Belousov at Kaliningrad's Kant University.
Astronomers at the University of Maryland have found evidence for an intermediate-mass black hole 5,000 times the mass of the sun called NGC 1313 X-1 (pictured).
The four 20 kilowatt lasers fire simultaneously as a single powerful 80 kilowatt beam. The firm boasts units can even be combined for 'unlimited' power.
Taking to the web, two aviation experts have answered some of passengers most asked questions - in hopes that next time they board, they can fly in peace.
Researchers in Australia say that people can tell a love cheat from just their face 59 per cent of the time - so look at these twelve people and see whether you think they are faithful or not. Among these faces are a self-confessed philanderer and lovers who were bored, drunk or just reckless. Some of them ruined their relationships for ever - while others were forgiven and are still with their partners today.
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With eight wheel drive and fitted with grenade launchers, the Amphibious Combat Vehicle is designed to carry up to 13 marines into combat. The firm behind it says future versions will even be able to drive themselves at sea. The ACV 1.1 is fully armoured, weighs over 20 tons and is powered by a 700 bhp six-cylinder turbodiesel engine. It can carry over 16,000 lb (7,200 kg) of payload, boasting upgradable sensors and communications, and can carry weapons ranging up to a 30-mm autocannon. It was inspired by the DUKW vehicles used in WWII (inset).
The chief of the US Army Medical Corps Major General Steve Jones said he wants to reduce the risk to medics and other soldiers by using robots to carry injured soldiers from the battlefield.
The technology has been built into the Michigan-based car manufacturer's Sync systems and is powered by software built by Nuance.
The act of 'unfriending' a colleague on Facebook is now considered a workplace bullying after a tribunal found the matter in Tasmania left the victim depressed, anxious and unable to work.
Ofcom announced today that mobile phone operators will have to pay £199.6 million a year for accessing 2G, 3G and 4G networks used by millions of their customers.
The app was created by Montreal start-up, AmpMe and allows iOS and Android devices to play the same music together across both platforms to ramp up the sound at parties.
During the difficult few minutes, millions of people all over the world were unable to log on - and many took to Twitter to express their distress.
The Department of Homeland Security working with Boeing to create a 'brain chip' for its self-destructing Black smartphone that can 'learn' its owners behaviour.
The poll was carried out by YouGov. It also revealed that men across the UK and US are more likely to believe in extra-terrestrial life, and only in Germany do a majority of women (51 per cent) believe.
Their UC San Diego study found that, much like comedians, babies wait for the moment when their mother is at her most responsive before smiling. While mothers try to increase the time both parties are smiling, babies try to increase the time their mother smiles, while reducing their own effort in smiling, the researchers said. To confirm their findings, the researchers built the terrifying robot and programmed it to make humans smile.
Researchers are still struggling to explain a flying object filmed off the coast of Long Island last April with some claiming it could possibly be a drone but not entirely certain.
With a rising El Niño, forecasters say that hurricanes are showing unusual patterns.
It is the first time there have been no western Atlantic hurricanes through Sept. 22 since 1914.
Blackcaps, which breed in southern Germany and Austria, are increasingly migrating towards Britain rather than their traditional wintering grounds in Spain due to food being left out in UK gardens.
The study was conducted by Melbourne's VicHealth organisation, which surveyed 1,923 people aged between 16 and 24 about their attitudes towards relationships
Patches of brown, dead foliage are appearing more than in past years, say researchers studying the iconic trees, which only grow naturally in the Sierra Nevada.
Experts hope the find, including the skeleton of a three-year-old child, will shed more light on the tumultuous events of 1066 in London's Westminster Abbey, when one king was buried and two crowned.
By studying brain activity, neuroscientists from MIT identified the entorhinal cortext is responsible for processing location and time using 'ocean' and 'island' cells.
The maps reveal how water in mid September 2015 compares with averages for Septembers between 1948 and 2012, with warmer colours showing drier-than-average conditions.
Stores across Australia were the first to start selling the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus (Sydney top left), followed by the UK (London top centre), China (Changdu City top right), France (Paris pictured bottom left), Germany (Munich bottom centre) and Japan (Tokyo pictured bottom right). The phone goes on sale at 8am in the respective time zones. In Sydney, a woman used a robot to queue in her place so she could carry on working and not have to camp out in the rain.
The data has been gathered by experts at iphonestockchecker.co.uk using sales information from network operators selling the devices in the UK. The silver iPhone 6s is pictured.
Scientists at France's National Centre for Scientific Research say this could account for differences in Earth's chemistry compared with its primordial material.
Spolier alert: Netflix found that, overall, 70 per cent of viewers who watched the hooked episode went on to complete season one or more of the show.
The social network today launched 360 videos that allow people to 'look around' using their mouse.
It is expected the system will eventually work with Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset.
The animation, created using images released by New Horizons last week, flies north over Pluto's Sputnik Planum and Cthulhu Regio regions and then moves east.
Scientists at Australia's Arc Centre of Excellence for Climate System Science and the University of Reading analysed changes in average temperature to collect global warming evidence.
Major Peake (pictured) discussed the problem as he was questioned by children from a London primary school in a live link to Nasa's Johnson Space Centre in Houston, Texas.
The Korean giant recently revealed a new $900m flexible screen plant designed to keep up with exploding demand for new screens. Now the first products from it are expected to arrive.
Alien hunters claim to have spotted a stone circle in images (pictured left and top right) sent back by the HiRise camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, which they claim resembles Stonehenge (bottom right) in Wiltshire, England. However, experts have warned that stone circles can also form naturally in permafrost that regularly thaws and defrosts. It is the latest in a long line of strange 'objects' spotted in images sent back from Mars.
French car seat manufacturer, Faurecia has shown off a smart car seat at IAA in Frankfurt, which has hidden sensors and massage technology to keep drivers calm yet alert.
Player one from the University of Washington thought of an object while their brain activity was recorded. They then sent answers to online questions using brain signals.
The system uses a combination of computer vision, natural language processing and a geometric solver to achieve 49 percent accuracy on official SAT test questions.
Planetary scientists at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology have used computer simulations to work out what causes the 20,000 mile wide vortex to form a six-sided geometric shape.
The first reviews for Apple's iPhone 6s and 6s Plus have been revealed - and they universally call it the best iPhone ever.
Delivery firms today warned customers that security concerns around the visit to Washington and New York mean package deliveries are banned in some areas on Friday.
The man - who is being treated by spinal injury experts at the University of California - has his thoughts intercepted in a cap on his head and sent wirelessly to stimulate his leg muscles.
Scientists at the Institute for Space, Astrophysics and Planetology in Rome have used data from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission to figure out how ice accumulates on the comet's surface.
A haunting view of the total solar eclipse in March this year taken from the icy valleys of Svalbard, Norway (pictured bottom right), was named overall winner of the annual competition. Others that were picked out by the judges included a detailed close up of the moon's surface (left), a shot of Comet C/2014 E2 Jacques travelling in front of the Heart Nebula 7,500 light years away (middle) and the mass of stars, nebulae and clouds of gas of our galaxy the Milky Way stretching above the peaks of the Hautes-Pyrenees in France (top right).
Android Police obtained these images showing the final packaging for the X and P handsets, which are set to be unveiled at a Google event in San Francisco next week.
A video of a test of Topmix Permeable concrete, developed by Birmingham based Tarmac, shows 880 gallons of water vanishing without trace.
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology say they have managed to teleport packets of light over 60 miles (100km) of optical fiber.
Forensic scientists at the University of Leuven in Belgium found five compounds, with smells like ripe apples, cherries, or blackberries, are given off by human bodies as they decompose.
The Egyptian Antiquities Ministry has granted preliminary approval for the use of a non-invasive radar to find 'ghost' tomb doors hidden behind King Tutankhamun's 3,300-year-old tomb.
WatchOS 2 was unveiled at Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference in June. It includes new faces, a Time Travel feature and Time Lapse homescreens (pictured).
Researchers at the Czech Academy of Science used a fine tipped probe to measure the minute electric forces that surround atoms to unpick what bonds in molecules look like.
Instagram said that among the last 100 million to join, more than half live in Europe and Asia. The countries that added the most Instagrammers include Brazil, Japan and Indonesia.
Scientists aren't sure what causes the pattern, but theories include the impact of plate tectonics rippling the surface, or frozen gasses that are released when surface temperatures increase. The 'snakeskin' image of Pluto's surface (left) is just one tantalising piece of data New Horizons sent back in recent days. The spacecraft also captured the highest-resolution colour view yet of Pluto (top right), as well as detailed spectral maps. They reveal features that resemble dunes, the older shoreline of a shrinking glacial ice lake, and fractured, angular water ice mountains (bottom right) with sheer cliffs.
Spot the 160lb (73kg) robo-dog (pictured) which is capable of running on rough terrain and following soldiers, is being tested by a Darpa team at Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia.
The Cerberus Digital Canine Transmitter, developed by Dorset-based Cobham Tactical Communications and Surveillance, is a pop up camera that can be mounted to a dog harness.
Salisbury resident and barrister Cecil Chubb brought the then-neglected ruin of Stonehenge 100 years ago today, for the sum of £6,600, only to gift it to the nation three years later.
Scientists from the Trofimuk Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics in Novosibirsk have issued an alert that cities and towns in northern regions are particularly at risk.
Experts say that doing any physical activity - including making love - after a heart attack is safe and should be encouraged. German researchers tracked the health of more than 500 heart attack survivors.
The Neato BotVac Connected is the first robotic vacuum linked to the internet, and uses the same technology as Google's driverless cars to map out a house and navigate around objects.
The Serif TV set is designed by Paris-based brothers Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec and is inspired by the letter 'I', coming in three sizes which turn the television into a piece of furniture.
Researchers from the University of Western Australia asked a group of men to look at photos of 34 women in pairs. One of the women had cheated, while the other had always been faithful.
The massive RV, produced in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer, Austria, has a 720-horsepower engine and comes with a $890,000 price tag. But despite its tank-like appearance, the Action Mobil Global XRS 7200 (left) - described as a 'motor home for global cruises' - is also built for comfort and comes with 23 sq ft of living space. Amenities prospective owners will get for their money include satellite television, a washer and dryer in a fully kitted-out kitchen (top right), and a lift at the back to carry a motorbike (bottom right).
Scientists at the University of Valencia in Spain were surprised to discover DNA from parasitic wasps (pictured) in the genomes of several species of butterfly.
The newly-named PlayStation VR (pictured), or PSVR, has been on display at this week's Tokyo Game Show, where Sony also confirmed the device will go on sale in the first half of 2016.
Professor Colin Raston (pictured) from Flinders University in Adelaide has been awarded an Ig Nobel Prize for building a machine which can unboil an egg.
Radka and Chris Chapin were on the summit of Washington's Tamanos Mountain when they saw what looked like a supernatural figure. The illusion was created by the 'Brocken Spectre.'
Taiwanese mobile phone giant HTC has teamed up with Spotify to create a service that analyses selfies to select music based on the user's facial expression.
Watch the clip and count how many basketball passes are made. The famous test highlights a phenomenon known as 'change blindness' that causes us to miss obvious changes to a scene.
A cognitive neuroscientist from the University of Groningen in Holland studied pop songs from the past 50 years and created an equation to reveal what gives some songs a 'feel good' factor.
UC Berkeley scientists found that Inuits and their Siberian ancestors possess genetic mutations related to fat metabolism, which protect them from heart disease.
The images provide an insight into the lives of Scott Kelly, who is spending a year on the ISS, and his girlfriend Amiko Kauderer, who is in Texas, working as a public relations officer at Nasa. They include shots of Kelly and Kauderer's view of the beach (left); the pair practicing various skills (centre) - which involved juggling for Kelly and bouldering for Kauderer; and images of the couple at their work stations (right). Kauderer, who is a PR officer for Nasa, keeps a cardboard cutout of her boyfriend by her desk.
Working with brick-like blocks of gold nanoantennas, scientists at the University of California Berkeley fashioned a 'skin cloak' (illustrated) 80 nanometres thick.
Porsche boasts its new Mission E concept can go from zero to 100 km/h acceleration in under 3.5 seconds, will take just 15 minutes to charge to 80% of its 500km range.
The hack is being carried using a malicious spyware program called Odlanor, spotted by security researchers from San Diego-based Eset.
The Soho telescope, controlled from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, has discovered its 3000th 'sungrazer' comet (an example is pictured).
US talk show host Stephen Colbert also attempted to tease out details about Apple's reported driverless car plans, which Tim Cook was unable to deny or confirm.
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 7-inch (18-cm) Fire tablet is part of new family of tablets being launched by the online giant, along with an upgraded streaming media device and a game controller box.
The British and US research doesn't just reinforce the advice to avoid caffeine in the evening - it also suggests that the stimulant could be used to treat jet lag.
Anthropologists discovered the decapitated skull with two hands placed over its face (pictured left) in a shallow pit in a cave in Lagoa Santa in east-central Brazil. A limestone slab had been placed over the pit suggesting it had been part of a ritual burial. Analysis of the remains suggested the remains belonged to a young man who was part of the local group of prehistoric hunter gatherers who lived in the cave (pictured bottom right). Cut marks on the bones suggest the head was forcibly removed and had its flesh cut off (illustrated in the graphic to right). The discovery may provide insights into the origins of decapitation practices used by native cultures in South and North America.
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 Queen Mary University of London studied tweets by supporters of the US Republican and Democrat Parties. The findings may help to predict how people will vote in elections.
Comments posted alongside thousands of one-star ratings include: 'Ever wish you could go back in time? Well now you can! Experience all the features you have had for years all over again.'
A new erotic quiz reveals what kind of lover you are with eight questions ranging from Greek goddesses to cult movies. The profiling system then determines your ideal match.
Researchers at Duke University in North Carolina analysed the results of tests that were a version of the cup and ball game played with 500 pet dogs who had to find a hidden treat.
Nature photographer Kerstin Langenberger, who is based in Germany, posted the image of the 'horribly thin' injured bear on Facebook last month. It was taken in Norway's Svalbard region.
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.
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.
The unnamed 59-year-old housewife from Maryland died of a heart attack 20 years ago and her body was donated by her husband to a project to create the most detailed digital model of a human. Her body was painstakingly scanned and reconstructed online. The digitised images reveal her internal organs (left), tissue, fat, brain (top right) and even the tiny bones in her feet (bottom right). It is allowing researchers to conduct dangerous experiments that would not be possible in living humans. In one example, they modeled what would happen to the body with a metal hip implant in the powerful magnetic field of an MRI scanner.
Foster + Partners New York's design for a modular habitat on Mars will be built by three different kinds of robots parachuted to the surface.
US company Molon Labe Designs claims that its 'Sider Seat' will save airlines two hours of extra flying time each day and result in 'happy, loyal customers'.
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.
Apple took home four awards, for: 'Brand of the year', 'laptop of the year' and its Apple Watch, which was crowned 'wearable of the year' as well as 'gadget of the year' at the ceremony in London.
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).
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.'
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.'
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.
Lockheed Martin this week revealed its Skunk Works proposal for a next-generation U-2 spy plane (inset), a tactical reconnaissance aircraft called 'TR-X' that can be flown as a drone if needed. the new craft will also be able to use laser weapons in the future and communicate directly with fighter jets.
The findings were made by Dr Jesse Fox from the Ohio State University. They show that people who are more committed in relationships have higher levels of emotional distress after a breakup.
The tongues of two Rocky Mountains species of bumblebees are about one-quarter shorter than they were 40 years ago,researchers found.
The school, named Ad Astra, is in southern California and shrouded in secrecy. Musk started it after discovering the current education system wasn't 'doing the things I thought should be done.'
Researchers from the University of Queensland found the 1cm bone inside a cave near Rockhampton. It is said to be the earliest record of a giant lizard on the entire continent and is 50,000 years old.
By studying the genes of sheep (stock image), experts from the University of Manchester found cells in a structure called the 'pars tuberalis' respond according to how much daylight there is.
Astronomers at Keele University were studying a galaxy called SAGE0536AGN and discovered it had a black hole at its heart that has a mass equivalent to 350 million of our suns.
Between September 26 and 28, China's budget carrier will be offering more than 100 scenic 'supermoon' flights to help homesick travellers to celebrate the annual Moon Festival.
The soft palate - which separates the back of the mouth and nasal cavity - plays a key role in viruses' ability to travel through the air, say experts from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
By studying the genes of sheep (stock image), experts from the University of Manchester found cells in a structure called the 'pars tuberalis' respond according to how much daylight there is.
Lucy Kelly has set up a droid at the Sydney Apple store so she can be one of the first to purchase the iPhone 6s on Friday morning but doesn't have to leave work or stand waiting in the cold.
The study by Michigan University attributes the difference to the fact white men have less opportunity to develop coping mechanisms for stress compared to both black men and women.
Pebble today revealed its latest product in the smartwatch wars. It boasts the new Pebble Time Round is 'is the perfect companion for those who like their wearable tech a bit more incognito.'
Brazil's 24-seater VIX virtual reality ride, launching next month in the town of Vila Velha, took two years to complete and a 90-man team to assemble.
A computer scientist at Goldsmiths, University of London, analysed 50 of the greatest themes as picked out by music critics for features that seemed to make them stand out.
In two separate studies, researchers at Chicago University found that people are chronically lonely shun interaction because their brains are more vigilant to threats from friends and family.
One in four 18 to 34-year-olds admit they think showing emotions is a sign of weakness, compared with just one in ten over-55s, researchers found.
FreedomPop (logo pictured) has been operating in the US for three years, with almost one million customers, and 250,000 Britons have been using a beta service since May.
Chapman University in California also found that gender was the biggest factor that influenced what people were looking for in a long-term partner.
Paul Houle, 17, had been to football practice in Massachusetts, when his Apple Watch showed his heart rate was unusually high and doctors then found his organs beginning to shut down.
The tour is a demo of the ongoing Enterprise 3D Construction Project, which will one day allow wearers of the California-designed Oculus Rift virtual reality headset wander unguided.
A study by the American Automobile Association found cars parked themselves with 47 per cent fewer manoeuvres and were able to 37 per cent closer to the curb than human drivers.
Scientists say they are a step closer to growing fully functioning replacement kidneys after a breakthrough in results in animals - but stressed human trials still several years off.
Astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics have come up with a new way to clear the fog and spot hidden stars at the Milky Way's galactic centre (pictured).
Japan-based SoftBank included a clause in the ownership contract which said using Pepper the robot (pictured) for 'the purpose of sexual or indecent behavior' breaks this rental agreement.
Bournemouth-based How It Works magazine has studied the science behind cute faces and revealed the allure is down to our evolutionary need to take care of and protect our own children.
Swiss researchers have trained several aerial drones to design and build a suspension bridge made of rope across a 24 foot gap between two large scaffolding towers.
The report, from Ohio-based Goodyear, found that 37% of young drivers would be happy with some level of autonomy, while 42% would be happy with a medium level of autonomy.
The man - who is being treated by spinal injury experts at the University of California - has his thoughts intercepted in a cap on his head and sent wirelessly to stimulate his leg muscles.
A Demolition Ranch YouTube video shot in Texas shows that handguns are ineffective at forcibly opening padlocks but shotguns can get the job done in one or two shots.
Built for Russian billionaire Andrey Igorevich Melnichenko, superyacht 'A' is taking its test voyage in Kiel, northern Germany.
The strap (pictured) was designed by Warsaw-based uBirds and is live on Kickstarter. It pairs with a free app for both iOS and Android devices and users can tailor alerts and notifications.
Swiss researchers have trained several aerial drones to design and build a suspension bridge made of rope across a 24 foot gap between two large scaffolding towers.
The tools are available on the web version of the site from today, and will begin rolling out to the Android app 'over the next week.' Users can unblock the addresses in Settings.
An Air Force General has told experts laser weapons could be in use by 2020 - telling sceptics 'that day is a lot closer than I think a lot of people think it is.'
The highest levels of heavy metals - copper, lead, nickel and zinc - were found in Gorham's Cave in Gibraltar, where well-preserved Neanderthal hearths have been found.
The animal was a variety of hadrosaur, a duck-billed dinosaur that roamed in herds, said Pat Druckenmiller, earth sciences curator at the University of Alaska Museum in Fairbanks.
Some of Britain's biggest firms are snapping up programs which can analyse a photo and tell whether someone is a smoker, has been ill or is likely to have a shorter than normal life.
Historians believe they've found Leonardo's model buried under the altar of a derelict Florence convent. The bones found date to the time of death of Italian noblewoman Lisa Gherardini del Giocondo.
Based on Earth being the size of a half-inch marble, the team calculated the scale sizes of each orbit and planet, which were represented by balls and lightbulbs.
People who lied to an interviewer while needing to urinate were better at evading detection, the psychologists from California State University said.
Beijing based environmental monitoring project, the World Air Quality Index is publishing real time pollution maps across the world to reveal levels of harmful particulate matter.
Dr Richard House, a former senior lecturer at Winchester University, warned that devices such as tablets are 'unnecessary, inappropriate and harmful' for young children.
University of Oregon researchers found that by sampling a person's microbial mist, it is possible to tell whether it has been emitted by a man or a woman - and even who it belongs to.
Around half of us think we're missing a toe when we count them with our eyes closed, according to a bizarre Oxford University study. Researchers found the second toe is the most likely to be lost.
Bacteria plays a central role in our lives - good and bad. A study says only 61% of women and 37% of men wash hands after the loo, so buck the trend and scrub your hands for 15 seconds every time.
The skeletons (pictured) were found in the Frankfurt's western Roedelheim district and its thought the soldiers were buried in a hurry, with many succumbing to battle wounds and typhus.
Christine Hamlett, of Northwich, Cheshire, took the photo after visiting the resting place of the 15th century monarch earlier this month
Starting from 10am PST, Apple began rolling out its latest software to iPhones, New features include live wallpapers, better battery life, a smart news app and an updated keyboard.
The company is tripling the number of engineers on the project, code-named Titan, and has set a 'ship date' for within four years, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
Francis Crick Institute geneticists say they hope to use the technique to understand what causes women to suffer repeated miscarriages, as critics call for a ban on genetically modified babies.
Geneticists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Munich, Germany, studied DNA from teeth and a pinky bone found in the Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains (pictured).
The bacteria, seen as a potential elixir of life, was found in 2009, embedded in ancient permafrost at a site known as Mammoth Mountain in Yakutia, the largest region in Siberia.
Dr Ian Pearson from Ipswich made the predictions alongside Bathrooms.com, including that smart mirrors could perform health checks and let people try on make-up looks in 20 years' time.
The patent (image shown) filed by the Californian company in January, suggests it could identify a camera based on physical characteristics, including lens scratches, to create a camera 'fingerprint'.
Nasa scientists at the Armstrong Flight Research Centre in Edwards, California, have developed a new way of capturing images of the shock waves produced by supersonic aircraft.
Exclusive: Dr Nathalie Cabrol, who is leading the hunt for alien life at the Seti Institute in California, says optical and radio technologies may not be able to pick up messages from ET.
Shira the gorilla lost her one-week-old daughter at Frankfurt Zoo, Berlin, and keepers have yet to retrieve the body as she refuses to realise the little gorilla baby is dead
A food scientist from Clemson University in South Carolina has explained the recent scientific breakthroughs in studying the rule and which surfaces are the most dangerous.
Arachnologists at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt have identified a new genus of huntsman spider comprised of four new species.
A 3D food printer by XYZ in Taiwan can create tasty treats (pictured) by layering ingredients before they are baked in an oven.
The security breach took place after hackers convinced legitimate developers to use a tainted and counterfeit version of Xcode - the software provided by Apple for creating iOS and Mac apps.
Speaking from Moscow, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden (stock image) told Neil deGrasse Tyson he thinks aliens may encrypt their communications.
The pyramids (a ruin is shown) were found close to the ancient town of Gematon in Sudan, which as part of the ancient kingdom of Kush.
There are two main causes why people have such affairs, according to Professor Pepper Schwartz at Washington University; the need for excitement and emotional support.
American Astronaut Scott Kelly will began the '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.
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.
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).
Farnborough-based BAE Systems has begun night trials on the Striker II (pictured) helmet-mounted display (HMD) in the hope they will lead to a fully integrated digital night vision helmet.
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