A complex question about a crocodile stalking its prey that baffled Scottish schoolchildren was far too challenging, examiners have admitted. A report for the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) said the main problem was the overall difficulty of the exam - not individual questions. However, it admitted the question 'proved to be challenging for most candidates.'
The technology giant has been granted a patent for an iRing that will be able to take photographs, text and tell the time.
The technology giant has been granted a patent for an iRing that will be able to take photographs, text and tell the time.
Mysterious ripples spotted racing through planet-forming disk: Wave-like arches near star are 'unlike anything ever seen before'
The ripples (pictured) were spotted while astronomers from the Paris Observatory were searching for signs of clumpy or warped features in AU Mic's disk. Images captured by the Sphere telescope, and Nasa's Hubble, identified a train of wave-like arches travelling at 22,000 miles per hour (10km per second). The astronomers believe they are caused by flares but admit this is just a theory.
Incredible animation shows EXACTLY how a woman's body adjusts to give birth - as experts reveal just how much it hurts
The animation shows the process of a vaginal birth, the baby's journey from the womb to the outside world. Regular contractions signal the start of the process, occurring as the cervix dilates to accommodate birth.When the cervix is fully dilated at 10cm (top right), uterine contractions become stronger and more frequent. The baby then goes through a series of passive movements, especially its head. As labour progresses, the baby's head then begins its passage out of the vagina - a process called crowning (bottom left). The head is followed closely by the baby's shoulders and body - the newborn twisting, appearing to almost wriggle into the world (bottom right). While it is no surprise that childbirth is invariably agonising, how bad does the pain actually get? From going into labour, to delivering your baby and the aftermath, here leading experts reveal to Daily Mail Online what really happens when your baby makes its appearance.
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Woolly mammoth skin could finally help bring the beast back to life: Scientists attempt to extract living cells from 10,000-year-old frozen tissue
Scientists discovered fragments of woolly mammoth skin (pictured left) along with other remains from six of the ice age giants on the remote Lyakhovsky Islands, off the coast of Siberia in the Arctic Ocean. They are now examining the skin at a special laboratory set up for a project to resurrect the long-dead creatures. They hope to obtain living cells which can be used possibly to clone mammoths (illustrated right) in the future.
Curiosity rover finds crater it is exploring was once a giant Martian LAKE that may have been teeming with life
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Finally, an umbrella that WON'T leave your bag wet! Telescopic windproof brolly collapses to enclose water droplets
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The prehistoric hoover: 23 million-year-old fossils reveal how giant hippo-like creature used its snout to suck up food
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World's first robot FARM to open in 2017: Firm plans to replace humans with machines in its lettuce factories
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Do daddy whales weep too? Heartbreaking moment a mourning pilot whale carries its dead offspring in its mouth, escorted by two females
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What are these strange lights floating above a Mexican volcano? UFO hunters say they could be aliens monitoring the Earth
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The lightsaber for your FACE: Skarp blasts bristles with laser light to 'melt' hair
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