World's first robot FARM to open in 2017: Firm plans to replace humans with machines in its lettuce factories

World's first robot FARM to open in 2017

Spread currently grows 7.7 million heads of Vegetus lettuce (bottom right) in its artificially-lit vegetable factory in the Japanese city of Kameoko (pictured left), but from next year it plans to build a sprawling new site (illustrated top right) that will be almost completely run by robots. The machines will automate every step of the planting process, from germination to seeding, harvesting and delivery while also monitoring levels of carbon dioxide and lighting conditions. Not only will this boost production by almost 25 per cent, it is expected to halve labour costs.

Sorry Kim, Twitter won't be letting you edit tweets anytime soon: Site claims there are 'real challenges' to correcting typos

NEW The claims were made by Twitter's head of product at a conference in Half Moon Bay. Twitter users, including Kim Kardashian (pictured), have been requesting the tool for years.

Could this 'psychic robot' prevent car crashes? AI software predicts a person's intentions to steer vehicles back on track

NEW Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago say their algorithm can predict a person's intended path from their previous actions.

World's coral reefs face mass bleaching event next year: Disaster due to El Niño 'could be worst ever recorded'

Fish swim through coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef ©William West (AFP/File)

It would be only the third recorded global bleaching event in history, with areas such as Australia's Great Barrier Reef set to be hard hit, scientists at the University of Queensland said.

Earth's solid iron core formed a BILLION years ago and is still growing: Inner-most part of our planet was created when it 'froze'

An international team of scientists led by the University of Liverpool's School of Environmental Sciences analysed magnetic records from ancient igneous rocks to arrive at the date.

Did Neanderthals really care for their dead? Pollen found inside 'graves' is NOT proof of human ancestors burying flowers with the deceased

A fresh study of the Shanidar Cave in Kurdish Iraq, where the remains of 10 Neanderthals were discovered in the 1950s, suggests pollen found in the graves got there naturally.

End of the speckled, brown banana? 'Chemical dip' extends shelf-life of the world's most popular fruit by three days

South Valley University in Egypt and the University of Wisconsin-Madison created the dip called LPE, a phospholipid, that naturally occurs in egg yolks and soya beans.

Forget likes, Facebook will soon let you respond with EMOJI: 'Reactions' feature includes sadness, anger, surprise and love

Facebook will soon let you respond with EMOJI with 'reactions' such as love

From tomorrow, users in Ireland and Spain will begin seeing the reaction emoji below their friends' statuses, videos and photos. They include 'Like', 'Love', 'Haha', 'Yay', 'Wow', 'Sad' and 'Angry' (pictured beneath the phones). These icons will appear when a person holds down the Like button on a mobile (Love pictured left and Sad pictured right), or hovers their mouse over it on the desktop version of the site. Facebook has not revealed how long the trial will take place but it is expected to roll the option out to other regions if this initial trial is a success.

Is YOUR mobile sluggish? Searches for 'slow iPhone' peak after launch of the 6s - but the lag just might be all in your head

Germany-based analytics firm Statista compared Google Trends (pictured) data after the launch of the iPhone 6s range to search terms following previous releases.

The AI uprising has begun: ConceptNet system has the same IQ as a 4-year-old and scientists warn it is getting smarter

Researchers from the University of Chicago subjected MIT's ConceptNet 4 AI system to a 'verbal IQ' test on the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence.

The secret to remembering things? Read them ALOUD: People who talk to themselves have better memories than those who work in silence

The research by Montreal University found increasing the number of 'aspects' to the information such as the effort of moving the lips, and talking to someone else, made it more memorable.

Cyber criminal hijacked computer webcams to spy on people have sex: Pervert spent up to 12 hours a DAY watching strangers in their bedrooms 

Stefan Rigo, of Leeds, used malware to control strangers' cameras and spent five to 12 hours a day watching what they were doing in front of their computers (stock photograph).

US East Coast glows red, green, and blue after Nasa launches a sounding rocket to study the ionosphere

Nasa launched a rocket from in Virginia which released barium and strontium into the atmosphere. This mixture caused parts of the night sky to glow blue and green.

Why 'The Office' humor doesn't work: Bad bosses shouldn't make jokes as it annoys and offends employees, finds study

A University of Missouri study has found that the success of jokes in improving job satisfaction depends on the quality of a boss' relationship with employees.

Is SpaceX about to reveal its mission to MARS? Cryptic tweet suggests company is to announce the most 'exciting thing ever'

Is SpaceX about to reveal its mission to MARS?

A tweet by the managing editor of NASASpaceFlight (inset bottom left) has triggered speculation that SpaceX is preparing to make a major announcement about plants to build a colony on Mars. Elon Musk (inset bottom right), the founder of SpaceX, has hinted in the past that he hopes to reveal details of the company's Mars Colonisation Transport project, which would carry 100s of passengers to the Red Planet, later this year. Nasa has also revealed plans to use SpaceX's Dragon space capsule to return soil samples to Earth from the Red Planet (main illustration).

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What are these strange lights floating above a Mexican volcano? UFO hunters say they could be aliens monitoring the Earth

UFO hunters say lights above a Mexican volcano could be aliens monitoring Earth

Volcanoes have been a favourite site for alien hunters over the years. Now a strange series of lights above the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico have got conspiracy theorists excited once again. Unusual circular orbs (inset) and a long cigar-shaped anomaly were spotted on the cameras of Webcams Mexico. The sightings, say UFO hunters, suggest aliens are studying Earth's geothermal activity to understand how it works so that they can trigger eruptions.

Radical 'brain manipulation' technique claims to have found a way to control maternal instincts in women AND aggression in men

Researchers at the Weizmann Institute in Israel have discovered the network of brain cells, known as AVPV, that cause men and female to behave differently towards their offspring.

Most humans use that same part of the brain as a dog looking for a bone when retrieving computer files

EXCLUSIVE: Psychologists from the University of Sheffield used brain scanners to see what goes on in our brains when we use inefficient ways to dig out our data

Is Google rotting your BRAIN? A third of adults search for answers without trying to remember and 25% immediately forget what they've found out

The report by Russian anti-virus firm, Kaspersky Labs, warns that a quarter of people immediately forget the information they have googled - a process which can mean the dissolution of memories.

Facebook takes aim at Snapchat with new photo editor that lets you draw on your snaps

The newest addition to the suite of photo editing tools, Doodle gives users the ability to bring attention to a particular object, scribble something funny on a friend?s face or even paint a picture of ones own. Other photo editing options include a range of filters and the ability to crop, tag and add text and stickers to photos. 
 
To start using Doodle, simply tap the ?Edit? button that appears when you upload a photo and choose Doodle from the list of editing tools. Drag your finger up and down the color bar on the right hand side to select a color, and change the size of the pen by tapping the color bar and holding your finger down as you drag it to the left. 

This feature is rolling out now for people that use Facebook for iPhone or Android. Please see below for the screenshot of the new tool that you can use (and here for the hi-res version).

Called simply Doodle, it has been integrated into Facebook's photo editor and is designed to 'bring attention to a particular object, scribble something funny on a friend's face or even paint a picture.'

Is the world going to end TODAY? Doomsdayers change their predictions... again

Doomsday prophets from the E-Bible Fellowship claim that God has been punishing the world since the first proposed Rapture date on 11 May 2011 and this punishment is due to end 1,600 days later.

Supercharging the news: Google unveils new system to load stories faster on phones

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Google claims the new initiative, called Accelerated Mobile Pages, will 'dramatically improve' the performance of the mobile web.

The lightsaber for your FACE: Skarp blasts bristles with  laser light to 'melt' hair

Skarp razor that cuts blasts bristles with a LASER to 'melt' hair

The Skarp prototype razor (pictured main), built by Californian firm Skarp Technologies, is fitted with an optical fibre that contains a class one laser. This laser (pictured inset) uses a specific wavelength of light that cuts through hair particles known as chromophores. Chromophores are found in the hair molecules and are responsible for giving the hair its colour. A single razor costs $189 (£125) and is available to pre-order from Kickstarter.

Are YOU more racist than you think? Men named Jamal are seen as being bigger and more violent than those named Connor

The study by researchers at the University of California Los Angeles showed that even liberal-minded people still have deeply ingrained prejudices about race.

Do YOU trust Apple more than the government? Poll reveals people would rather give their data to a brand than politicians

The global survey of 3,563 was carried out by tech site TechRadar. Participants trusted Apple and Google the most, followed by Microsoft and the government. They trusted Facebook the least.

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich And Aziz Sancar for research into how DNA repairs itself

Three scientists from the Francis Crick Institute, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Duke University and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill have been awarded the honour.

Google Translate works in Whatsapp: Tool now decodes messages inside Android apps

The Californian search giant updated its Translate app to allow it to operate within apps such as WhatsApp meaning no more switching back and forwards between apps to translate text.

Fossil of unborn 'horse' still INSIDE the womb discovered: 48-million-year-old foal died shortly before giving birth

Palaeontologists discovered the well preserved fossil in the Messel Pit, a former shale quarry in Darmstadt, Germany. They have reconstructed the foetus in the womb (circled).

Runner's high triggers the same part of the brain as MARIJUANA: Study finds exercise activates our cannabinoid receptors

A study, led by Oxford University, found that mice who had their cannabinoid receptors blocked were unable to experience 'runner's high' after exercising.

'The Martian' vs Mars: Nasa reveals the real landing site and picture-postcard terrain that feature in the Blockbuster film

Nasa has released images showing the landscape of Mars, which look remarkably similar to the film. However, the landing site is more rugged than the film portrays, according to the space agency.

Red screen at night, sleeper's delight: Apps claim to improve rest by placing a crimson filter over your phone's blue light

Most of colour-changing apps, such as Twilight and CF.lumen, work the same way by placing a red overlay on the screen to transform its colour temperature and reduce eye strain.

Could a smartwatch help astronauts aboard the ISS? Nasa challenges designers to create apps that would improve life for crew members in space

Could a smartwatch help Nasa astronauts aboard the ISS?

The winning app design (pictured left) was designed by Jocelyn Richard and Ignacio Calvo, based in Montreal Canada and is designed to show important information at a glance. More than 230 designers entered a Nasa-affiliated competition to come up with a design for an app to be worn by astronauts on the ISS (bottom right) that would run on an Android smartwatch. Another entry is shown top right.

Know-it-alls really DO: Researchers find the overconfident have higher grades

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Researchers found  an 'exaggerated view of intellectual ability and knowledge' generally predicted academic achievement, especially on individual course work.

How the giraffe got its long neck: Odd-looking African mammal's spine stretched in bursts millions of years apart

Scientists at the New York Institute of Technology found that necks of the ancestors giraffes began growing far earlier than had been thought - up to 16 million years ago.

Killer robots could become a reality if the UN delays talks: Expert warns we're moving too slowly on deals to ban AI weapons

This was the stark warning made by Christof Heyns, a UN special rapporteur, who pointed say that delays by the US and UK are hampering efforts to ban the technology.

The atlas for finding alien life: Researchers reveal 'habitability index' for planets to help the hunt for extra terrestrials

This handout acquired on July 30, 2015 from NASA/JPL-Caltech shows an artist's conception of one possible appearance of the nearest rocky exoplanet found to date outside our solar system. The planet is 1.6 times the size of Earth, and whips around its star in just three days. Scientists predict that the scorching-hot planet -- known to be rocky through measurements of its mass and size -- would have a rocky, partially molten surface with geological activity, including possibly volcanoes. Astronomers said on July 30 that they had found a planetary system with three super-Earths orbiting a bright, dwarf star -- one of them likely a volcanic world of molten rock. The four-planet system had been hiding out in the M-shaped, northern hemisphere constellation Cassiopeia, "just" 21 light years from Earth, a team reported in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics. It comprises four planets -- one giant and three super-Earths orbiting a star dubbed HD219134. AFP PHOTO / NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (

Astronomers say their new system can compare and rank exoplanets to help prioritise which of the thousands discovered warrant close inspection in the search for life beyond Earth.

It's official! Twitter makes Jack Dorsey its permanent CEO for the second time as shares rocket

Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter, and just-named interim executive of Twitter, in an interview at CNBC's San Francicso bureau, America.

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Dorsey has served as interim CEO for the past three months, after former Dick Costolo stepped down in July, and his appointment caused a 7% jump in the firm's stock price.

Twitter unveils Moments: Tab helps users keep track of breaking news and trending topics

The Moments tab (pictured) is only currently available in the US on desktop and the Android app but is expected to roll out further 'in the coming weeks and months'.

The real reason why Instagram won't #FreeTheNipple: Social media site's CEO blames Apple for its strict anti-nudity stance

The photo sharing app's chief executive, Kevyn Systrom, claims Instagram is unable to change its guidelines on nudity because of the Apple App Store age rating system.

The 'death ray' that can knock out drones from up to a mile away using radio waves

The 'death ray' that can knock out drones from up to a mile away

The AUDS system uses high powered radio waves to disable drones, effectively blocking their communication and switching them off in midair. The system is being shown off in Las Vegas amid growing concern over the threat from unmanned vehicles.

The plant that disguises itself as DUNG: Shrub fools beetles into burying its seeds by making them look and smell like animal droppings

The rush-like plant Ceratocaryum argenteum produces large nuts that give off a pungent smell like antelope dung, researchers Researchers at the University of Cape Town found.

Medieval mass grave unearthed: 50 bodies may belong to pilgrims who had travelled to visit the 'miraculous' remains of St Chad

The shallow graves (pictured) were discovered while experts surveyed the grounds around Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire where an almshouse once stood.

Scientists in Antarctica drink so much they get into fights and it's a growing problem 

Scientists in Antarctica are drinking so much that it has created 'unpredictable behavior' leading to fights, indecent exposure and employees arriving to work under the influence, according to officials.

How the NAVY could help man get to Mars: Nasa reveals it is working with submarine crews to work out how astronauts will cope with long missions

This Nov. 15, 2013 photo released by NASA shows the three-story Human Exploration Research Analog habitat at the Johnson Space Center in Houston. The space agency, which is contemplating a future journey to Mars, is working with a military laboratory at the submarine base in Groton, Conn., to measure how teams handle stress during month-long simulations of space flight. (Bill Stafford/NASA via AP)

The space agency is working with a military laboratory at the submarine base in Groton, Connecticut, to measure how teams cope with stress during month-long simulations of space flight.

Apple's iPhone 6s is hot property...literally: Customers complain the Touch ID sensor overheats and stops working

According to the complaints, the button overheats at random times and the only way to solve the problem is to carry out a hard reset. Apple has not commented on the reports.

Are you an AMBIVERT? Take the test to find out if you belong to 'third personality type' that is both an introvert and extrovert

Scientists believe around two-thirds of people are ambiverts; a personality category that has, up until now, been given relatively little attention.

Is your bad temper KILLING you? Angry men are more likely to die before the age of 70, study claims

The Iowa State University study found that men who had admitted they had a short fuse when questioned around the age of 35 were more likely to be dead 35 years later.

How YOU can live till you're 150: JANE FRYER meets the eccentric scientist who thinks he's found the secret. Just one problem: you'll have to give up sex! 

JANE FRYER meets Alex Zhavoronkov who thinks YOU can live till you're 150

Professor Alex Zhavoronkov works tirelessly to extend life expectancy and to evangelise about his discoveries, writes JANE FRYER. He has clean flyaway hair, a brain the size of Jupiter and is a world expert in ageing and biomedical research - an area of study which supports a burgeoning, multi-billion-pound global industry dedicated to longer life and improving the health of the elderly. In his recent book The Ageless Generation, he claims that if we follow his example and 'reset' our longevity expectations, we can all work and live far, far longer.

Nuclear power plants are NOT prepared for a cyber attack: Report says industry is in a 'culture of denial' over hacking risks

Published by think tank Chatham House, the report found a worrying lack of security protocols at nuclear plants throughout the world. It claims engineers are not taking cyber threats seriously.

The man who owned Google.com for a minute: Sanmay Ved purchased domain for $12 before firm discovered its mistake

Sanmay Ved from Boston was flooded with messages confirming his ownership, with some containing private information that should only be known by the webmasters of Google.

Will Google Glass project HOLOGRAMS? Patent suggests headset could plunge wearers into augmented reality

The patent, granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, shows how the hologram technology may work.

Coming full circle: Drone pilot flies over Apple 'spaceship' campus to show progress on the mile-round building's construction

Apple's 'spaceship' campus is coming together, but it looks like construction workers have their work cut out for them if they want to make the company's 2016 move-in date.

Stagefright is back: Researchers reveal second wave of bugs that could affect a BILLION Android handsets through simply opening a song or video 

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While many handsets have yet to be patched against Stagefright, the firm who discovered it say they have already found a second wave of bugs in the way handsets play video and audio files.

ET will 'conquer and colonise' humanity, warns Stephen Hawking: Physicist claims nomadic aliens could destroy the world 

'If aliens visit us, the outcome could be much like when Columbus landed in America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans,' Professor Hawking said in a recent interview.

How many solar panels would it take to power the PLANET? Experts reveal we would need to cover an area the size of Spain to provide the world with enough energy

Lagi reveal how many solar panels we'd need to power the PLANET

The calculations were made by Pittsburgh-based Robert Ferry and Elizabeth Monoian from the Land Art Generator Initiative (Logi). They used US Department of Energy data about the world consumption of energy with projected figures up to 2030. From this, they worked out how much energy would be needed per square metre of land across the globe to discover the panels would need to cover 191,817 sq miles (496,805 sq km) of land to power the world with solar energy - the equivalent to covering the whole of Spain with the boards.

Want your kids to eat their greens? Serve them with CHICKEN NUGGETS: Placing vegetables alongside a 'boring' meal encourages children to eat them

Researchers Texas A&M; University studied the food left by 8,500 children during mealtimes at elementary schools and found certain combinations resulted in more greens being eaten.

How to grow your own MINI BRAIN: Scientists reveal tiny structures could be used for drug testing 

Scientists at Brown University in Rhode Island claim a small sample of living tissue from a single rat can make thousands of 'brain balls' for about 25 cents (16p) each.

Are mobile phones affecting YOUR daughter's grades? Texting affects girls' academic performance - but has no effect on boys, study claims

The study, conducted by Delaware County Community College, found that girls do not text more than boys but use texts more to nurture relationships.

The toughest creature to walk the planet? Post-apocalyptic 'BEAVER' survived asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs

Palaeontologists at the University of Edinburgh have discovered the fossil of one of the first mammals to thrive after the catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.

How 'exercise in a bottle' may soon be a reality: Scientists map 1,000 changes that physical activity causes in the body to create drugs that have the same effects

University of Sydney researchers found exercise induces 1,000 molecular changes in the body. They have now created the world's first 'blueprint' of these to try and mirror the health benefits of exercise.

So THAT'S how they do it! Fascinating timelapse video shows British Airways' new 787-9 Dreamliner plane being assembled and painted in just four minutes

British Airways has provided a behind-the-scenes look at its new state-of-the-art plane, which is being introduced on routes to Abu Dhabi, Austin and other destinations this month.

A scary boss won't always get the best out of staff: Companies with a 'culture of fear' are worse-performing than those where workers are treated equally 

Employees working within a strict hierarchy are more likely to waste time dealing with demands and bureaucracy - meaning they cannot focus on more important work - according to a study.

Not so Northern Lights: Phenomenon seen in the night skies above Wales and Yorkshire (and if you missed it there will be plenty more chances to see them this month)

Northern Lights seen in the night skies above Wales and Yorkshire

The Northern Lights, known as the Aurora Borealis, could be seen across large swathes of the UK last night including in Scotland, Manchester, Leeds and parts of Wales. The phenomenon, which sees the sky illuminate with eerie green light, is usually only spotted from the north of Scotland. The reason the lights were visible elsewhere last night is down to the current stage of the Sun's cycle causing these storms that disturb the Earth's magnetic field.

Is Samsung set for a Volkswagen scandal? Lab tests suggest some TVs use more energy in the real world... but tech giant denies 'motion lighting' feature is cheating

The South Korean tech giant has responded to the allegations by firmly denying the 'motion lighting' feature in some European TVs is designed to fool efficiency tests.

Holidays on Mars are just DECADES away: A former Nasa engineer claims the discovery of water on the Red Planet has mind-blowing implications

One question has fascinated the human race for more than a century: is there life on Mars According to former Nasa Engineer David Baker, the most important thing is the presence of water.

The experiment that could save the Earth: Researchers to crash probe into an asteroid to try and alter its course

Undated handout image issued by the ESA/Science Office of the AIM spacecraft watching the DART spacecraft impacting the Didymoon asteroid. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday September 30, 2015. An ambitious joint US-European mission, called AIDA, is being planned to divert the orbit of a binary asteroidís small moon, as well as to give us new insights into the structure of asteroids. A pair of spacecraft, the ESA-led Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM) and NASA-led Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), will rendezvous with the Didymos asteroid and its small natural satellite, known informally as ëDidymooní. Following a period of study of both asteroids and detailed mapping of Didymoon by AIM, DART will impact with Didymoon and AIM will assess the missionís effectiveness in diverting the moonís orbit around Didymos. See PA story SCIENCE Asteroid. Photo credit should read: ESA/Science Office/PA Wire
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The joint US-European Aida (Asteroid Deflection & Assessment) mission will crash a probe into the smaller of a pair of binary asteroids to see if the object's path can be altered.

World's first 'medicinal' chocolate: Scientists have developed a bar so healthy it could be taken as medicine

An American company has developed a prototype bar that is only 35 per cent sugar and fat, by sweetening the unpalatable pure cacao - the key ingredient in chocolate (file photo).

Your early 20s really ARE your happiest years: Misery plagues middle-age as money and job worries take over (but the good news is life gets better at 65)

Happiness in life follows a U-shaped curve, tailing off in your mid-20s as money and job worries as well as children fuel concerns. But Australian experts say the good news is satisfaction increases at 65 and peaks at the age of 80.

Why you shouldn't tweet on your phone: Twitter messages are more negative and egotistical compared to when written on a PC

Sociologists, led by a team from Goldsmiths, University of London, also found that the level of egocentricity in our tweets varies according to the time of day.

Amazing video shows babies 'SINGING' in the womb: Foetus can 'hear music as early as 16 weeks - and moves their mouth and tongue in response'

Video shows foetus 'SINGING' in the womb by moving their mouth and tongue

Scientists at the Institut Marques in Barcelona claim to have shown for the first time that unborn babies can hear by the time they reach 16 weeks gestation.It is accepted that an unborn baby's ear is fully developed at week 16 of a pregnancy. But, until now experts did not believe a foetus could hear until week 18, at the earliest but more commonly nearer 26 weeks. Dr Marisa Lopez-Teijon, who led the study, said the findings show a foetus responds to music transmitted intravaginally by moving their mouth and tongue, 'as if they were trying to speak or sing'.

Better start being nice to people! App will soon let you rate friends, colleagues and even your exes

The free app (pictured) has been developed by two Canadian developers. It is expected to launch in November on iOS and members will be able to rate other out of five stars.

Would YOU want to own a genetically modified micropig? Tiny pigs bred for research could soon be available as pets

The animals (pictured) weigh 33lbs (15kg) - about the same as a medium-sized dog - and were originally bred as models for human disease by BGI in Shenzen.

Dinosaur discovered in the Arctic: Duck-billed herbivore lived further north than any other known species

The remains of what has been named Ugrunaaluk kuukpikensis were found in a remote region of Alaska and are the northernmost dinosaurs known to have ever lived.

Are you a pessimist? Blame your DNA! Video reveals how genes affect whether or not you're a glass-half-empty personality

A video by the Toronto-based duo behind AsapScience, explains how genetics may be to blame for a pessimistic view of the world and how this can affect your life expectancy.

Dark side of the 67P revealed: Rosetta spacecraft lays bare the unique icy landscape of the comet's frozen south pole

Scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, say the south pole of 67P is quite different from other regions of the comet with large amounts of transparent ice.

Massive underground complex in Greece WASN'T Alexander the Great's tomb: Huge monument was tribute to his closest friend and trusted general

ALEXANDER, 356-323 BC, King of Macedon, from Battle of Issus between Alexander the Great and Darius III, 380-330 BC...

The archaeologist leading the project says it may have simply been a tribute to Hephaestion (inset) the closest friend and general of ancient warrior-king Alexander the Great.

What's your heart's REAL age? Take this test to find out, as doctors warn most of us are old before our time... 

The global survey by Bupa found the average person had a heart age three years older than their actual age. Teachers and medics fared the best while manual labourers had the worst heart health.

Safer sunscreen using nanoparticles developed: New cream doesn't wash off or penetrate the skin

Scientists at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, have developed a new sunscreen which eliminates health concerns associated with commercial sunscreens.

Life inside the Apollo missions: Intimate portraits of astronauts shaving and doing DIY among 10,000 Nasa images uploaded to Flickr

Portraits of astronauts shaving and doing DIY among 10k Nasa images on Flickr

More than 8,400 photographs from Nasa's moon missions have been uploaded to Flickr in high resolution by a team of enthusiasts based in Virginia. They include astronauts doing mundane tasks such as shaving (main picture), eating and collecting moon rocks as well as doing emergency repairs. There are also light moments such as this picture of Gene Cernan and Jack Schmitt (inset) in 1972, which may be a selfie.

Twitter considers killing off 140-character limit on posts for new 'supertweet' product

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Twitter is working on a product that will allow users to share content longer than 140 characters to compete with Facebook's revamped notes features and blogging sites.

What REALLY wiped out the dinosaurs: Study claims 'double-whammy' disaster of a meteor impact followed by a volcanic storm triggered mass extinction

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Together, the impact and volcanism caused a dramatic change in climate as the sun's rays were blanketed out in a version of the "nuclear winter" predicted to follow a global nuclear war.

It's war! Amazon bans sales of Apple and Google's video streaming devices 'to avoid confusion' in battle to put the living room online

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Amazon has banned sales of Apple and Google video streaming devices that aren't compatible with its own service in the latest attack in the hi-tech battle to control the living room.

Forget tampons, tackle your period with TECHNOLOGY: Smart menstrual cup syncs with a phone to track the flow and length of a woman's cycle

The Looncup (pictured) was designed by San Francisco-based Loon Labs. It syncs with a phone over Bluetooth to reveal vital stats including how full the cup is and menstrual colour.

We're one step closer to building a lightsaber: Scientists work out how to get light particles to stick together

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have taken a step toward building objects out of photons in super-chilled gas.

Nasa pulls the plug on killer asteroid hunter: Sentinel mission set up to search for dangerous space rocks loses $30 million support

The $450 million Sentinel space telescope (illustrated) is being built by the California-based B612 Foundation to search for large asteroids for six years while in orbit around the sun.

Fish care for their friends too! Care and co-operation observed in species for the first time

Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies in Queensland, Australia, found that pairs of rabbitfishes will cooperate and support each other while feeding.

Forget smartwatches, £155 Eyecatcher 'Kindle' bracelet shows notifications, tracks your steps and lasts a YEAR on a single charge

Eyecatcher smart bracelet shows notifications, and has a year's battery life

The Eyecatcher (pictured main) was designed by Looksee Labs based in Oakland, California. It has a curved, 5-inch display that wraps around the wearer's wrist and this always-on display shows notifications (pictured inset) from a connected phone. Looksee Lab claim the device will last a year on a single charge and prices on the Kickstarter campaign start at $239 (£155).

What ancient animals REALLY looked like: Fossilized fur reveals colour of 49-million-year-old bats

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Undated handout photo issued by the University of Bristol of a fossilised bat as the original colour of the mammal which soared above the Earth 50 million years ago has been discovered by scientists for the first time. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Monday September 28, 2015. Researchers combined morphological, experimental and chemical techniques to determine the colour of two species of bat, which lived in the Eocene Epoch, 56-33.9 million years ago. They discovered that the bats were reddish-brown in colour by studying microscopic spherical and oblong-shaped structures in the fossils. See PA story SCIENCE Fossils. Photo credit should read: Jakob Vinther/University of Bristol /PA Wire
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Scientists have disclosed for the first time the fur colour of extinct mammals: two of the earliest-known bats - and found they were brown.

Have YOU been a victim of the latest Facebook hoax? Message that says site is about to make your data public is fake

One version of the scam claims that members can pay a fee to have their information made private: In response, Facebook has issued a statement saying: 'Facebook is free and it always will be.'

Will mobile phones soon be powered by MUSHROOMS? Portobellos are used to create cheap and eco-friendly battery

Researchers from the University of California say used mushrooms because they are highly porous - meaning they have a lot of small spaces for liquid or air to pass through - which boosts efficiency.

Fingerprints reveal whether you're black or white: Distinctive patterns show whether a person is of African or European descent

Researchers at the North Carolina State University found ridge patterns (like those pictured) were different in people of European and African ancestry.

What is Apple's mysterious new 'eye' emoji? Suggestions range from an icon for iMessages to a sign of the Illuminati

The bizarre addition (pictured) was spotted by London-based Jeremy Burge. He posted an image of the emoji on his Tumblr blog and asked readers to suggest what they think it could relate to.

'If Taylor Swift was left-handed would the iPhone 6s be so hard to use?': Angry lefties slam Apple for favouring right-handed users

A number of iPhone 6s Plus users have noticed the dock stays on the right in Landscape mode, which makes it difficult for left-handed people to use, and are moaning about it on Twitter.

What is stirring deep inside Saturn? Strange spiralling ripples in gas giant's rings are revealing the planet's internal structure

Astronomers at Cornell University and the California Institute of Technology are studying images beamed back of Saturn's rings by the Cassini spacecraft to learn more about the patterns.

Do you fear a world run by robots? Don't worry, they can't even assemble IKEA furniture! Droids struggle with delicate skills needed for flat pack furniture

Engineers at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have set assembling an IKEA chair as a major goal of robot research, but it took their robot a minute and a half to insert a doweling rod.

Is this why men are more likely to get promoted? Study claims males are seen as MORE creative than women

Researchers at Duke University in North Carolina found most people associate the ability to think creatively with 'masculine qualities' such as risk-taking and self-reliance.

Sonos unveils smart speaker that can tune itself to sound superb in ANY room

This product image provided by Sonos shows a Sonos Play:5 speaker. Sonos on Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2015 said it is releasing the new speaker that is bigger than the previous model, has touch controls that respond to swipes, and responds to being placed horizontally by widening the sweet spot where listeners can hear in stereo. (Sonos via AP)

Wireless speaker company Sonos is releasing a software update that will intelligently calibrate sounds to account for the shape of the room and the obstacles in it.

Devastated by man... reclaimed by nature: Amazing images reveal how the exclusion zone around Fukushima has been abandoned to become an overgrown wilderness

How Fukushima exclusion zone has become an overgrown wilderness

A stunning new photo project offers unprecedented insight into the wild and desolate exclusion zone surrounding the Fukushima nuclear power plant - where tonnes of contaminated soil lie untouched and overgrown forest is engulfing hundreds of abandoned vehicles and homes. In the wake of the 2011 Fukushima Nuclear Disaster, health concerns prompted authorities to create a 12.5mile exclusion zone surrounding the power plant and four years later, the scenes are reminiscent of the stark post-apocalyptic landscapes seen in The Walking Dead. Bushes left to grow unimpeded are seen swallowing abandoned cars (pictured left, and top and bottom right), while classrooms and libraries untouched since the earthquake struck gather cobwebs and dust.

Was Einstein WRONG? Astronomers spend 11 years hunting for gravitational waves...but find nothing

Astronomers from Australia-based CSRIO spent 11 years studying pulsars for gravitational waves, created when black holes collide (illustrated) using the Parkes telescope.

Just why do we wake up with a twitch in the middle of the night? Experts reveal the reason behind the bizarre but all-too-familiar sleep disruption

While people do get worried about the contractions - officially called hypnic myoclonia - experts have said it is perfectly normal and can be avoided by a regular sleep pattern.

Did Homo naledi walk on two feet AND swing from trees? Mysterious species of man had uniquely adapted hands and feet, analysis reveals

Did Homo naledi walk on two feet AND swing from trees?

Scientists affiliated with the Evolutionary Studies Institute at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa analysed hundreds of hand and foot bones (pictured main) to better undertstand Homo naledi. They say that the mysterious species (facial reconstruction pictured top right) was uniquely adapted to both tree climbing and walking as dominant forms of movement, while also being capable of complex tool use. The bones, revealed for the first time last month, were found in the Rising Star cave system in South Africa's Gauteng province, part of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, in a remote chamber that can only be accessed via several steep climbs and fissures.

Mysterious creature which appears to be a hybrid between a crocodile and a buffalo terrifies villagers in Thailand

Footage of the odd creature, discovered in a remote village in Thailand, shows it laid out on a table while a crowd gathers - prodding its scaly skin and head while lighting candles and incense.

Was the early universe a LIQUID? Atom smasher creates smallest ever droplets... and gives clues about the primordial soup created by the Big Bang

Scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider in CERN, near Geneva, tried to replicate the quark-gluon plasma from the early universe. It formed tiny droplets that behaved like a 'perfect liquid'.

How humans walk like chimpanzees: Study suggests our early ancestors were better at walking upright than first thought

A study, led by Stony Brook University in New York, used high-speed cameras to track and compare the torsos of humans and chimpanzees while walking.

From 'zero gravity' beds to robot waiters: Blasting off to space-themed hotels that transport holidaymakers far, far away

MailOnline Travel blasts off to the best of the galactic guest houses, from Switzerland to Singapore.

How algae turned the world green: Ancient slime knew how to survive on land before it left water and evolved into the first plant

Scientists from the John Innes Centre in Norwich from the University of Wisconsin - Madison have solved the long-running mystery about the first stages of plant life on Earth.

New species of rat with 'curiously long pubic hair' discovered: Hog-nosed shrew's fur may act like whiskers to map terrain 

The creature (pictured) was found on Mount Dako in the region of Tolitoli, Indonesia. It has been officially classified as Hyorhinomys stuempkei. Hyorhinomys is Greek for hog nose rat.

Atishoo! Rare monkey that sneezes when it rains, a walking fish and a suicidal snake discovered in the Himalayas

The unusual upturned nostrils of the snub-nosed monkey Rhinopithecus strykeri, which was found in north east Myanmar, apparently fill with water when it rains, causing it to sneeze.

Where has Peeple gone? Controversial personality rating app vanishes from the web after enormous backlash

The app was created by friends Julia Cordray and Nicole McCullough based in Canada. It had been dubbed 'Yelp for people' but soon came under fire for being 'irresponsible' and 'horrible'.

The 'doomsday' weapon that could wipe out 90% of Americans: Eccentric tech millionaire and presidential candidate John McAfee says country is 'ill prepared' for electromagnetic attacks

McAfee, pictured, claims the country and its leaders are unprepared for EMP weapons - and warned that gun crime should not be the 'single issue' that decided votes.

Did photosynthesis begin 3.2 billion years ago? Rusty rocks from ancient ocean suggest bacteria produced oxygen far earlier than thought

Geologists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison found evidence in rock cores (pictured) that may change scientists' understanding of when Earth's oxygen levels rose for the first time.

Neutrino scientists win Nobel Prize in Physics: Takaaki Kajita and Arthur McDonald given award for discovery that has transformed our view of the universe

Takaaki Kajita of Japan (pictured) and Arthur McDonald of Canada won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for the discovery that mysterious particles called neutrino change their identity.

Is the Gospel of Jesus' Wife a fake? Mystery surrounding German origins of ancient manuscript raises questions about its authenticity

New evidence examining the origins of an ancient papyrus that suggests Jesus was married has raised new questions when and where the torn scrap was created.

Rise of the ROBOSEXUALS: Humans will have virtual reality sex by 2030 and droid trysts will be more popular than human love-making in 2050, expert predicts

Dr Ian Pearson from Ipswich made the predictions alongside Bondara.co.uk, including that sex with robots (illustrated) will be more popular than human love-making by 2050.

Call that a megatablet? Samsung's giant 18.5inch Galaxy View leaks dwarfing Apple's iPad Pro with its 12.9inch screen

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Samsung's much anticipated Galaxy view tablet has leaked online, revealed it has a giant 18.5inch screen, dwarfing Apple's iPad Pro

Rainy day? Blame BACTERIA: Microbes may play a major role in cloud formation and wet weather

Meteorologists at the Aarhus University in Denmark and the Danish Meteorological Institute have found evidence that bacteria living high in the atmosphere may aid the formation of ice in clouds.

Facebook goes into space: Firm is building a satellite to beam internet across Africa

Working with French firm Eutelsat, the Amos-6 satellite (illustrated) will provide large parts of east, west and south Africa with web access starting in the second half of 2016.

Has computing taken a quantum leap? Scientists use strange subatomic particles to create the building blocks of a super computer

Scientists at the University of New South Wales have build the world's first logic gate using quantum bits or qubits (illustrated). They say it is a 'game changing' leap towards practical quantum computers.

Remains of a woolly mammoth discovered on a Michigan field by farmers who were working to drain water from the land

The head, tusks, ribs and set of vertebrae from a woolly mammoth have been discovered on a farm in Lima Township, in Michigan.

New Google parent company drops 'Don't Be Evil' Motto...a far cry from golden rule dreamed up by its company founders 

Google - now known as Alphabet - has ditched the motto from its rule book, and given itself permission to be a little bit evil after all. It is a far cry from the golden rule dreamed up by the Google founders.

Dawn of Human 2.0? Nanobot implants could soon connect our brains to the internet and give us 'God-like' super-intelligence, scientist claims

Computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, founder of the California-based Singularity University, claims that by 2030s humans could be using nanobots to connect our brains to the cloud.

The mystery of 'crow funerals' solved: Researchers say birds are trying to learn about potential dangers to their own lives - and remember threats for years

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Researchers found the birds can even remember an animal or person seen with a dead crow and were able to easily distinguish between people or hawks carrying dead crows and other birds.

Has the secret to eternal life been found? Russian scientist says he is stronger and healthier after injecting himself with 3.5 MILLION year old bacteria 

A controversial Russian scientist has injected himself with a 3.5 million year old 'eternal life' bacteria fund in the siberian permafrost - and says he is stronger and never gets ill.

Elon Musk details his plan to BOMB Mars: constant 'nuclear pulse explosions' would create double suns to heat the planet

The SpaceX founder said the plan would use a new type of 'nuclear pulse bomb' to create two suns in the Martian atmosphere to warm the planet.

Migrating birds are sent off course by Russian scientists using MAGNETS: Experiment proves that reed warblers use a geomagnetic map

In the experiment, Dmitry Kishkinev of Queen's University Belfast and Nikita Chernetsov at the Biological Station Rybachy housed caught Eurasian reed warblers at Rybachy, Russia.

The end of silicon? IBM reveals carbon nanotube breakthrough that could revolutionise computing and lead to ultrafast artificial intelligence 'brain chips'

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The breakthrough could revolutionise the way computers are made, and replace silicon. The carbon chips are set to be dramatically faster, smaller and more powerful.

Cacti under threat: Black market in desert could drive 30% of all species to extinction

A study co-authored by the University of Exeter has found that plant collectors have had a major impact on their numbers in the wild.

Caught in the act! Smart security system allows homeowners to catch thieves red-handed as they raid their houses

New York-based firm Canary has developed a smart security system that detects unusual activity and records high definition video of it, sending it straight to the homeowners smartphone.

Tinder's 'SUPER LIKE' goes global: All users can now 'swipe up' to single out one person a day they're really keen on

The feature (shown) has been available in Australia for a month and Tinder is now rolling it out globally. Data from the Australia trial shows conversations last 70% longer following a Super Like.

Three scientists who discovered drugs against malaria and other parasites are awarded Nobel prize for medicine

Nobel judges in Stockholm, Sweden, awarded the prestigious prize to Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura, of Japan, and Tu Youyou - the first-ever Chinese medicine laureate.

'Robot Academy' uses YouTube to teach droids: Engineers program machines to learn complex tasks by copying humans

Scientists at the University of Maryland say the academy would help speed up the ability of robots to learn new tasks in everything from cooking to building cars.

How deep space travel damages balance: Study reveals how astronaut's feel sick, dizzy and disorientated when back on Earth

NASA astronaut Terry Virts (left) Commander of Expedition 43 on the International Space Station along with crewmates Russian cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov (center) and ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti on May 6, 2015 perform a checkout of their Russian Soyuz spacesuits in preparation for the journey back to Earth.

Jacob Bloomberg, a research scientist at Nasa, discovered that balance control was one of the biggest problems for astronauts who try to adjust to life back on Earth.

Tutankhamun's tomb could contain two hidden rooms: Secret doors may lead to his mother's burial chamber, claims study

Mamdouh Eldamaty, Egypt's antiquities minister, said scratching on the northern and western walls are similar to those found by Howard Carter on the entrance of King Tut's tomb.

Quick eaters are good multi-taskers, and picky eaters are curious! Food expert reveals what your dining habits say about your personality 

Little Things compiled a list of nine of the most popular ways to consume food, revealing exactly what each one says about you as a person.

More than 200 of our genes may be USELESS: Genome project finds we may not need everything in our DNA to survive

The findings come from the 1000 Genome Project, led by the University of Washington. Researchers studied the genomes of 2,500 people from across the globe.

From the alien lights of Occator to the mysterious pyramid mountain: First topographical maps of Ceres revealed (and scientists STILL don't know what the bright spots are)

stunning new maps reveal the mystery spots and pyramid mountain on Ceres in unprecedented detail

This view, made using images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, is a color-coded topographic map of Occator crater on Ceres.

Blue is the lowest elevation, and brown is the highest. The crater, which is home to the brightest spots on Ceres, is approximately 56 miles (90 kilometers wide).

Dawn's mission is managed by JPL for NASA's Science Mission Directorate in Washington. Dawn is a project of the directorate's Discovery Program, managed by NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. UCLA is responsible for overall Dawn mission science. Orbital ATK, Inc., in Dulles, Virginia, designed and built the spacecraft. The German Aerospace Center, the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, the Italian Space Agency and the Italian National Astrophysical Institute are international partners on the mission team. For a complete list of acknowledgments, see http://dawn.jpl.nasa.

Nasa has revealed the first in depth topological map of Ceres, revealing the strange, unexplained craters and mountains.

Facebook gets animated: Social network to allow video loops to be used as profile pictures

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You?ve always been able to control who can see the information you showcase on your profile, and now we?re making it easier for you to see what others can view by introducing a new customizable space at the top of your profile. You can curate this space? and convey what you want people to know about you? by changing the visibility of the fields that show up here. You can also fill out the new, one-line ?Bio? field: select certain public About fields like work and education details to appear there; and even visually highlight what?s important to you by choosing up to five Featured Photos to be showcased at the top of your profile. While this space is visible to anyone who visits your profile, you have full control of what information appears here.

Facebook is to allow people to use animated pictures as their profile shot for the first time. The new features is part of an overhaul of the mobile profiles the social network announced today.

Could Mad Men make you a better friend? High quality dramas improve our emotional intelligence, study claims

Researchers at the University of Oklahoma said TV dramas exercise our minds because we must keep track of emotions and relationships.

Scientists spot a huge avalanche on Mars: Probe captures 65ft cascade of carbon dioxide scarring the red planet's surface

The High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (Hirise) camera on board the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter managed to capture the image in the North Polar layered deposits.

Charon as never seen before: Stunning colour image of Pluto's moon reveals belt of fractures FOUR times the size of the Grand Canyon

The canyon, which stretches 1,000 miles (1,600km) can be seen in newly-released colour pictures yet of Pluto's largest moon, taken by New Horizons during its flyby of Pluto in July.

Charging gadgets using THIN AIR: Freevolt captures radio waves to wirelessly power small devices

Freevolt, and its Perpetual Power technology, was developed by Lord Paul Drayson from London-based Drayson Technologies with support from Imperial College London.

Apple Watch hits Target: Retailer to stock the smartwatch after Best Buy TRIPLES the number of stores the device is in due to 'strong demand'

Target today revealed it is set to begin stocking the smartwatch. 'Apple Watch is coming to some Target stores this week and all stores by Oct. 25,' the firm said.

Meet Zilolene and Ulssand: Software creates unique hipster baby names 

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A Stanford student has created a neural network trained to churn out an endless supply of plausible sounding names.

Watch out for the MEGATSUNAMI: Scientists find evidence of 800ft wave caused by a collapsing volcano and say it could happen again 

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Scientists working off west Africa in the Cape Verde Islands have found evidence that the sudden collapse of a volcano there tens of thousands of years ago generated an ocean tsunami that dwarfed anything ever seen by humans. The researchers say an 800-foot wave engulfed an island more than 30 miles away.

Scientists working off west Africa in the Cape Verde Islands (pictured) have found evidence of a megatsunami that dwarfs anything humans have ever seen.

Should we fear the North Atlantic BLOB? Climate scientists warn record cold in ocean may be a sign of changes to ocean currents

The ocean south of Greenland and Iceland has experienced the coldest temperatures on record so far this year at a time when much of the world has been warmer than normal.

Did water on the moon come from asteroids? Craters may be littered with ice from past impacts - and provide a supply for a manned lunar base

Scientists at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology calculate that up to 4.5 per cent of lunar craters may contain considerable amounts of water in the debris left by asteroids.

Minority Report-style software predicts when and where crimes will take place: System uses web feeds to identify hotspots

The Japanese firm's Predictive Crime Analytics (PCA) technology uses what's known as latent Dirichlet allocation, to sift through data and assign tags to it. It then creates crime hotspots (pictured).

Are these the faces of a murdered Scottish royal family? Reconstructions of Dark Age bodies could shed light on mysterious mass grave

Researchers have analysed four of the bodies - two males and two females - found in the grave in Cramond, and work is ongoing to reconstruct another five bodies found on the site.

Never queue for your morning coffee again! Starbucks rolls out tool that lets you pre-order and pay for drinks from your phone

The option is already available across the US and can be used by both iOS and Android customers with a Starbucks account. It is expected to go live across the UK tomorrow.

Will a 'Super Hubble' finally find alien life? Massive 39-foot-wide space telescope proposed to give high definition view of the universe

The High Definition Space Telescope (pictured), unveiled by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy in Washington DC, will be 100 times more powerful than Hubble.

The rolling countryside of MANHATTAN: The interactive map that lets you explore what every block of New York City was like in 1609, the year Henry Hudson arrived

An interactive satellite map lets you explore the Manhattan's natural landscape, block by block, as it would have looked like in 1609, when Henry Hudson arrived on the island.

The duck boat for the 21st century: Lockheed Martin reveals $7m eight wheel drive amphibious vehicle complete with grenade launchers to carry marines into battle

Any vehicle that can swim, climb out of the water on its own and then drive on land is considered an amphibian. There have been many attempts at these wheeled amphibious vehicles?from the dainty German Amphicar of the 1960s to the wild Gibbs Aquada or Rinspeed Splash of more contemporary design.
For military use, the most famous wheeled amphibian is World War II-era DUKW or Duck boat, repurposed today for tourists to sightsee along city streets and waterways.   
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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.

Microsoft turns its tablet into its first ever laptop: Surface Book is 'most powerful on the planet' (and you can still just use the screen)

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Microsoft has unveiled a raft of new products including a hybrid laptop and tablet, two 'superphones', a new fitness band and a new version of its Surface Pro tablet.

So THAT'S how Rosetta's comet got its bizarre duck shape: 67P's 'lobes' were forced together following a collision 

Italian and Swedish researchers have used data from the ESA's Rosetta spacecraft to determine that the head and body of the comet formed separately.

The mystery of the moonquakes deepens: Analysis of Apollo data reveals over 200 new tremors on the lunar surface

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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.

Where's woolly? Can you spot camouflaged sheep hiding at the summit of Mount Evans

PIC FROM ANTHONY TEPOOL / CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: A goat hidden in this image ) - Wheres woolly? You wont believe what youre seeing when you finally see the sheep in these pictures. The jaw-dropping pictures show a sheep hiding among the rubble and rocks at the summit of Mt Evans, Colorado. Anthony Tepool, 51, from Evans, Colorado, US, snapped the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep on September 8 in the Arapaho National Forest. Anthony said: I spotted movement while walking toward my Jeep and saw the Bighorn up in the huge rocks. SEE CATERS COPY.

Anthony Tepool, 51, from Evans, Colorado, snapped the Rocky Mountain Bighorn Sheep at the summit of Mount Evans in the Arapaho National Forest.

It's the $144,000 'nondescript' electric SUV that Tesla desperately hopes will make firm profitable again... and claims 25,000 have been pre-ordered

The launch of the luxury Model X represents a milestone for the loss-making Silicon Valley automaker during a period of high spending and modest growth.

'Aliens would NOT encrypt their messages': Author of The Martian dismisses claims that ET is sending secret codes to Earth 

Exclusive: Andy Weir's comments contradict the views of NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, who last month said aliens could be trying to contact Earth with encrypted data.

The optical illusion that fools monkeys: Study finds primates see visual tricks just like humans

Researchers at Georgia State University made the discovery after presenting capuchin and rhesus monkeys with a version of the Delbouef illusion - a trick that causes dots to appear different sizes.

'Google's self-driving car has had accidents, but they WEREN'T its fault': Test driver claims tech is at the mercy of the human drivers

The vehicles have been involved in 16 collisions since the project launched in California in 2009, and now a test driver has defended it saying that the majority of these were caused by other drivers.

Lions roar, hyenas laugh and giraffes HUM: Graceful giant of the African grasslands spend evenings humming to each other 

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.

How 'unfriending' someone on Facebook is now workplace bullying: Fair Work Commission rules social media snub was 'unreasonable and emotionally immature'

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.

Google unveils new Nexus 5x and 6p handsets, Chromecast TV and hifi dongles and convertible 'supertablet' in bid to topple Apple

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The new $499 Nexus 6p has a 5.7inch screen,  the $379 5x a 5.2inch screen. It also showed off a new version of its $35 Chromecast TV dongle and revealed a $499 tablet called the Pixel C.

Is this the Black Death's ancestor? Bacteria found inside 20-million-year-old flea may be ancient strain of the bubonic plague

A flea trapped in amber (pictured) discovered in a mine in the Dominican Republic has been found to be carrying a bacteria similar to Yersinia pestis, which causes the bubonic plague.

Watch the terrifying babybot: Creepy robot helps reveal how infants time their smiles to make their mums smile in return

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.

Apple smashes sales records with its iPhone 6s: Tech firm sold more than 13 million handsets in the opening weekend

The next-generation models went on sale on Friday in 12 launch countries, including the UK, US, Australia and China. This record beats the 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus sold in 2014.

The science of the BIBLE: From time being slower when the world was created to Moses being on drugs, researchers reveal how miracles may really have happened

Other theories suggest Noah's flood could have been caused by global warming and that the Red Sea may have been parted in winds blew at 63mph.

The ultimate party phone: Free AmpMe app lets users link handsets to play music together as one giant speaker

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.

Climate change is causing the tongues of bumblebees to SHRINK

The tongues of two Rocky Mountains species of bumblebees are about one-quarter shorter than they were 40 years ago,researchers found.

Haunting solar eclipses, speeding comets and distant worlds: Stunning winners of Astronomy Photographer of the Year revealed

A haunting view of the total solar eclipse in March this year taken from the icy valleys of Svalbard, Norway (pictured), was named overall winner of the annual competition.

Elon Musk creates the world's most exclusive school: Entrepreneur reveals he bought a mansion to house 15 pupils (including his five kids) and three teachers 

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.'

Just don't drive home in the rain: Lexus creates working full size vehicle made of CARDBOARD to show off worker's origami skills

A full-size origami inspired Lexus IS Saloon, the World's first origami car, is unveiled at Toyota's Headquarters in Surrey. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Monday October 5, 2015. Photo credit should read: Andrew Matthews/PA Wire

The full scale cardboard replica of the Lexus IS has fully fitted interior, functioning doors, headlights and wheels, with an electric motor mounted on its steel and aluminium frame.

Have YOU ever tracked your partner online? Half of us believe it's acceptable to use phones to spy on loved ones

The study was conducted by Melbourne's VicHealth organisation, which surveyed 1,923 people aged between 16 and 24 about their attitudes towards relationships

'Fitbit' gadget for dogs could tell you what your pet is thinking!

Dubbed TailTalk, the $90 sensor attaches to a dog's tail and works in a similar way to a Fitbit to track both movement and speed. It was invented by New York-based firm DogStar Life.

Monster supermassive black hole at centre of distant galaxy is 30 times bigger than it should be... and is outgrowing its host

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.

Why coughs and sneezes really DO spread disease: Scientists discover flu breeds in the roof of the mouth

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.

Do YOU believe in aliens? Poll shows Germans are the strongest supporters, the UK is most skeptical and right-wingers think governments are hiding the truth

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.