Rare 2,000-year-old page of New Testament manuscript is discovered for sale on EBAY - and the starting bid was just $99

Greek New Testament Papyrus manuscript for sale on eBay for $99

The ancient Greek papyrus fragment of the Gospel of John, which reportedly dates back between A.D. 250 and A.D. 350, was spotted for sale on eBay in January for $99. The papyrus includes six lines of text written in Greek from John 1:50-51 on one side and an unidentified Christian text on its other side. A scholar of early Christianity believes the fragment is the only known Greek new Testament papyrus that appears on an unused scroll rather than a codex (the earliest form of books).

Look out parents! Babies are capable of reasoning and problem solving when they are just 10 MONTHS old, researchers find

Emory University found babies are capable of working out social hierarchies as early as 10 months, in a study that used puppets playing out different scenarios.

Is this the latest fertility treatment? Forget IVF as doctors have found a PARASITIC WORM could boost women's ability to have children

The roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, alters women's immune systems to make it easier for them to become pregnant, a study by the University of California Santa Barbara found.

The phone you only have to charge once a WEEK: British scientists create material for the screen that uses no power

British scientists at Oxford University have created a material that replaces the screen glass for phones, tablets and smartwatches, but uses no power - meaning they could be charged weekly.

A giant leap for Elon Musk: Nasa give SpaceX its first contract to send astronauts to the International Space Station 

This June 28, 2015 grab from NASA TV shows the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket with the unmanned Dragon cargo capsule on board shortly after launching from Cape Canaveral, Florida

Elon Musk's rocket manufacturing company was given the green light to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming years.

There's something fishy about this: Bizarre footage appears to show a dying carp being brought back to life (so how did they do it?) 

A video showing a half-dead fish being brought back to life has set the Chinese internet abuzz, with online users launching a heated discussion on how it is done.

How not to look stupid: Psychologists reveal the three types of foolish behaviour

Scientists at the University of Budapest found that by far the worst type of stupidity is 'confident arrogance.' This is when what someone overestimates their natural abilities.

Is this bizarre 'winged object' flying past the sun a UFO? Mysterious shape is spotted in images released by NASA

Is ‘winged object’ flying past the sun in image released by NASA a UFO?

The images were taken by NASA's specialist telescopic cameras used to monitor solar activity earlier this month. According to outer space conspiracy theorists, the object is flying too close to the sun to be human technology, and they have therefore concluded that it is an alien spaceship. A YouTube video created by a UFO chaser using the images, posed the question that the shape of the mysterious object indicated that it was more than just 'malformed pixels'.

How music could ease the pain of surgery: Listening before, during and after an op 'lowers anxiety, pain, as well as heart rate and blood pressure'

Scientists at the University of Zurich found the positive effects of listening to music were enhanced further when patients were allowed to choose the music they listened to.

Air Force forced to write off brand new $115million gunship after pilot accidentally flew it UPSIDE DOWN during a test mission

The AC-130J Ghostrider will provide close air support, special operations armed airborne reconnaissance, and ordnance delivery to precise targets in support of ground forces.

How can you destroy a $115 million airplane without crashing it?

Fly it upside down.

That's exactly what happened to one of the Air Force's newest gunships, the AC-130J Ghostrider, this year, according to a report from Air Force Materiel Command released this month.

The Air Force was testing a new AC-130J Hercules gunship above the Gulf of Mexico in April this year when the pilot lost control during a maneuver, causing it to turn upside down, a new report says.

Is this why finding Nemo is so difficult? Scientists discover 'Houdini' trick used by fish to disappear underwater and say it could help camouflage divers 

Simulated view of how the lookdown fish would appear in polarized light with mirrored skin (left) versus skin that reflects polarized light (right).
Scientists have solved a longstanding mystery about how some fish seem to disappear from predators in the open waters of the ocean, a discovery that could help materials scientists and military technologists create more effective methods of ocean camouflage.

In a paper published this week in Science, a team led by researchers at The University of Texas at Austin reports that certain fish use microscopic structures called platelets in their skin cells to reflect polarized light, which allows the fish to seemingly disappear from their predators.

Polarized light is made up of light waves all traveling in the same plane, such as the bright glare you sometimes see when sunlight reflects off the surface of water.

Under the surface of the water, light tends to be polarized. Many fish?and sophisticated modern satellites?have the ability to det

Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin shows some fish have microscopic structures in their skin cells that is used to reflect polarized light, which allows them to disappear.

Now Prince Charles blames the 'horrors' of the Syria war on a failure to tackle climate change... so finally someone agrees with Charlotte Church 

In a controversial interview, before the Paris terror attacks, Prince Charles (pictured) argued that the cumulative effect of global warming was 'one of the major reasons for this horror in Syria'.

Want to buy a UFO hunting satellite? Crowdsourcing project aims to scour the skies with a swarm of $10,000 CubeSats

The satellite that?s planning to clean up space. The CleanSpace One chasing its target, one of the CubeSats launched by Switzerland in 2009. The EPFL on 15 February 2012 launched the 'CleanSpace One', a project to develop and build the first installment of a family of satellites specially designed to clean up space debris, during a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland.  

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A team of developers in Canada has come up with a way for ordinary people to track extraterrestrial encounters. The team hopes to raise $50,000 to launch the device, called CubeSat for Disclosure.

Get ready for the rise of the CYBERPLANTS: Researchers reveal roses with circuits inside their leaves that can change colour at the touch of a button 

Swedish researchers reveal roses with circuits inside their leaves that can change colour

Researchers in Sweden have developed fully functional cyberplants, living plants which are engineered to host analog and digital electronic circuits, and the leaves can change colors (right). Using the vascular system of living roses, which distributes water and nutrients, the researchers were able to build key components of electronic circuits inside of the plants.This allowed the team to alter its colour using a syringe of special gel.

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A day in the life of a dwarf planet: Stunning new images reveal what 6.4 Earth days look like on Pluto and its moon Charon

NASA's new images show what 6.4 Earth days look like on Pluto and Charon

The space agency released a series of 10 close-ups of the frosty, faraway world today, representing one Pluto day, which is equivalent to 6.4 Earth days. The New Horizons spacecraft took the pictures as it zoomed past Pluto in an unprecedented flyby in July. Pluto was between 400,000 and 5 million miles from the camera for these photos. A similar series of shots were taken of Pluto's jumbo moon, Charon.

Revo-loo-tionary: China unveils new high-tech public toilets completed with Wi-Fi, vending machines and ATMs

China's capital city Beijing yesterday unveiled its next-generation restroom, named 'The Fifth Space', aiming to refresh the image of Chinese public toilets.

Bad news for Brazil nuts and Mahogony: Shrinking Amazon forests may lose thousands of trees species

FILE - In this April 23, 2002 file photo, specimens from the Brazil nut, Lecythidacene family, are displayed inside the Herbarium at The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx borough of New York. A first-of-its-kind examination of thousands of types of trees in the Amazon found that as much as half of the species may be threatened with extinction or heading that way because of massive deforestation. It¿s not just strange tropical trees, but the plants that provide people with tasty Brazil nuts and elegant mahogany are among the more than 5,500 tree species in deep trouble in the Amazon, according to a new study. (AP Photo/Ed Bailey, File)

An international team of 158 scientists found between 36 and 57 percent of the 16,000 tree species in the tropical rainforest are under threat.

The sensor that can sniff out a suicide bomber from 100 metres away: Scanner could be built into public places

Hooded police officers walk in a street of  Saint-Denis, near Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015.  A woman wearing an explosive suicide vest blew herself up Wednesday as heavily armed police tried to storm a suburban Paris apartment where the suspected mastermind of last week's attacks was believed to be holed up, police said. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

The U.S. military is working on improving a device that could be used to detect concealed bombs and suicide vests such as those used in the Paris attacks from more than a football field away.

Move over Willy Wonka! Chocolate with flavours to 'rival fine wines' developed by altering yeasts used to ferment cocoa beans

Scientists from Belgium have found they can select specific yeasts to ferment cocoa beans shortly after they have been harvested to produce a range of different aromas and flavours.

The real Winnie the Pooh had tooth decay because Christopher Robin gave her too much HONEY

The author was influenced by a Canadian black bear called Winnipeg, who was loved and fed honey by his son, the real-life Christopher Robin, at London Zoo.

Tesla is recalling ALL 90,000 Model S sedans over seat belt safety fears

The recall was made today after a customer in Europe reported that her seat belt disconnected when she turned to talk to rear passengers. The company says the problem is due to a manufacturing error.

Is this the world's first BLING? 24 carat gold jewellery made 6,600 years ago unearthed at prehistoric settlement in Bulgaria

The delicate two-gram pendant was discovered by archaeologists at the site of Solnitsata in Bulgaria, the site of the oldest prehistoric town in Europe.

Now that really IS a tail light: Firm unveils clip on LED light for horses to improve rider safety

Tail Lights unveils Rider System clip on light for horses to improve rider safety

After Sami Gros's friend was hit by a car while trotting down the street on a horse, he set out on a mission to develop an innovated light safety system. The system showcases LED lights, on both the front and tail units that warn oncoming motorists that there is a rider on the road. It may look like a fashion accessory, but the Tail Lights Rider System aims to save the thousands of horses and riders that are injured and killed each year in collisions.

Wonder if he's listening to the Birdie Song? Video captures tropical finches 'tap dancing' during bizarre courtship ritual

Japanese researchers used high-speed video technology to capture tropical finches engaging in a 'tap dance' as a part of their courtship ritual (pictured).

Never mind the Big Bang! Life on Earth began with a BIG BREATH as oxygen sprang from microscopic plants 2.5 billion years ago

Scientists from a group of US and Canadian universities, including the University of Alberta tracked atmospheric changes through time using rock samples from Australia.

Weird molluscs have EYES in their armour: Pearl-like lenses give chitons a blurry view of the world to help them avoid predators

Scientists at Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) revealed the structure of the chiton's unusual eyes to show they have a blurry view of the world.

Apple's Jimmy Iovine apologizes over sexist comments that women find it difficult to choose music 'when they have their hearts broken by boys'

The 62-year-old (right), who was discussing Apple Music's latest advert, said he 'always knew' women found it difficult at times and added that they might need help making music playlists.

Revealed... the 10 diseases that could kill you in just ONE day 

From Ebola, which has killed 11,314 people since an epidemic swept West Africa last year, to meningitis and MRSA, here we reveal 10 of the most potent diseases in the world.

Is the search for happiness over? Experts discover the part of the brain that determines how cheerful we are

Psychologists at Kyoto University found people who are more content, satisfied and happy have more grey matter in their precuneus - a part of the brain normally associated with consciousness.

Will astronauts use this jet-pack to explore an ASTEROID? Gyroscopic gas thrusters tested for future spacewalks

Massachusetts-based space company Draper has trialled a gyroscopic jet-packthat could help give astronauts new freedom when working in orbit or exploring asteroids in the future.

Final countdown: British astronaut Tim Peake takes his last test before blasting off to the International Space Station

Tim Peake is today taking part in the final exam training session at the Gagarin Cosmonauts' Training Centre in Star City, outside Moscow before his mission to the ISS on December 15.

Pimp my spacecraft: Orion craft that could take man to Mars gets metallic heat shield

Orion gets bling: Nasa redesigns heat shield with mirrored finish

Engineers are updating Orion's thermal protection system in preparation for its next mission, where it will travel through the harshest conditions has ever endured. The craft will be heading out to space for the first time since last year, and it will be boasting a newly enhanced heat shield design. Orion will be in space for more than three weeks, according to Nasa, and its return to Earth will be hotter and faster than its last flight.

Naive children who believe everything they read online: Fifth of 12 to 15-year-olds have unquestioning faith in information they find via internet searches 

Britain appears to be raising a generation of dangerously naïve children, after new research found that millions of youngsters believe everything they read on the internet.

The supersized 'Frankenfish' coming to American dinner tables: FDA approves genetically-modified salmon for human consumption

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States.

Is YOUR phone spying on your habits? Ad firm under fire for silent audio system that can tell them what TV ads you watch and which websites you visit

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Inaudible tracking signals could soon be tracking your TV and web surfing habits - without you knowing, privacy campaigners have said, and have called for the FTC to investigate.

The smartwatch 'bondage strap' that makes it easier to see your display when working out

edgegear shift atch band - The easiest way to interact with your fitness or smartwatch. Keep your natural movement. Secure, comfortable & durable for any sport.

EdgeGear realized that in order to see your smartwatch while working out, you have to completely shift your position. The company made SHIFT, which holds a watch below the thumb.

Can't believe it's almost Christmas? Technology is SPEEDING UP our perception of time, claims study

Technology has trained our brains to process more information, which is tricking us into thinking time is passing faster than it really is, according to a James Cook University researcher.

'It's a car to some degree': Fresh details emerge of mysterious firm set to take on Tesla and backed by one of China's richest men

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Faraday Future has revealed it will build a billion dollar factory in the US - but little else. Now, the firm has revealed its product is a car 'to some degree.'

Banish your ex from Facebook: Site reveals new tool that gets rid of former flames

From today, when you change your relationship status to 'single,' Facebook will ask if you want to 'take a break' from seeing pictures and posts of your ex.

Weird War One! Parachuting pigeons. Wooden tanks. A riveting new book from the Imperial War Museum unearths the wackiest inventions from WWI 

Imperial War Museum unearths the wackiest inventions from WWI

With access to the Imperial War Museum's extensive archives, the author of Weird War One reveals the increasingly desperate quest - on both sides - for any bright idea which might offer the tiniest advantage over the enemy. They also show some of the bizarre scenes which passed for ordinary life behind the front line. Some ideas were audacious and brilliant, not least the tank and a giant periscope. Others - such as a human observation kite or an early air-raid warning system involving a flock of parrots at the top of the Eiffel Tower - were duds from the start. Some owed their inspiration to warriors of antiquity, such as the Brewster Body Shield (bottom, centre), a latter-day suit of armour. All, however, remain an endearing reminder that, when it comes to war, anything and everything is worth a try.

Now THAT'S a rock! £25m giant diamond is the second largest gem quality stone of its type ever to be discovered 

The world's second largest gem quality diamond has been discovered in a mine in Botswana.The 1,111-carat diamond is the largest diamond to be found in over a century.

Is MEDITATION the key to combating racism? Seven minutes of loving-kindness contemplation 'reduces racial bias'

Loving-kindness meditation, a Buddhist technique that promotes unconditional kindness towards oneself and others, is effective at reducing racial bias, a University of Sussex study revealed.

Is WOOD the ultimate diet food? Firm reveals no fat noodles made from trees

Omikenshi Co., based in Osaka, Japan, is turning indigestible cellulose from trees and mixing it with konjac to produce a fiber-rich flour, which the company calls 'cell-eat'.

Will MEGASTORMS make it tougher to find alien life? Researchers reveal sun that spins every 2 hours and is constantly throwing out gigantic solar flares

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Astronomers have identified a tiny, temperamental star that produces massive solar flares stronger than our Sun's. The star produces frequencies rarely achieved by the Sun.

Fossilised FOREST found in Norway: 380-million-year-old trees were so large and leafy they 'triggered climate change and helped animals to flourish' 

Scientists at Cardiff University have discovered the remains of a prehistoric forest in Svalbard, Norway which was covered in strange tropical trees with leaves growing on their trunks.

What are the mysterious ZEBRA patterns over the Indian Ocean? Nasa explains the science behind psychedelic clouds

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured what is known as, ship-wave-shaped clouds, over Prince Edwards Islands.

'I was trying to find the right person to marry': Match.com co-founder reveals the inspiration behind online dating site as it goes public

Today's instant messaging is a far cry from the company's humble beginnings in 1993, when 30-year-old Stanford graduate Gary Kremen, co-founder of Match, was looking for a date.

'UFO' hovers over IKEA: Bizarre fireball object is spotted flying above Swedish furniture store in Siberia 

A 'scary but beautiful' UFO buzzing an IKEA branch in Siberia has left Russians puzzled. The streaking fireball cut through the sky, witnessed over a vast area including Kazakhstan.

Meet Surena: Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot that can run, play football and speak Farsi

Meet Surena: Iran reveals life-sized humanoid robot that can run, play football and speak

Step aside Asimo. A robot being developed in Iran has just got a lot smarter. Surena, the third version of a humanoid robot that researchers have been developing for eight years, was unveiled earlier this week. The robot stands is 190 cm (6.2ft) tall, weighs 98 kg (216lb) and has four articulated limbs, similar to Honda's Asimo and Boston Dynamics' Atlas robot. It can interact with people using its voice recognition and speech modules - although it's currently only able to speak Farsi. Surena can also recognise faces, and imitate peoples' motions.

Dead galaxy is an 'astronomical treasure trove' of dark matter: Star system on the edge of the Milky Way is teeming with the elusive material

Astronomers from Caltech studying the speed of the stars in dwarf galaxy Triangulum II have discovered something visually undetectable is influencing their movements.

The real 'magic' mic: Megaphone translates Japanese automatically into three different languages including English

Panasonic has developed a megaphone that translates Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean (pictured). It is being trialled by staff at Narita International Airport in Japan.

Enormous mounds of methane found under the Arctic sea: Underwater pingos may reveal 'worrying' clues about climate change

Research in the South Kara Sea off Siberia shows underwater mounds - known as pingos - are building up as the permafrost on the seabed is thawing.

What a bunch of show-offs! Hummingbirds perform more spectacular mid-air manoeuvres when competitors are around

Scientists at the University of British Columbia in Canada studied male Anna's hummingbirds (stock image) in flight and found they use different turns when faced with competing birds.

What could possibly go wrong? Ruffle app lets you anonymously send pictures to strangers

The app, which allows anyone with a mobile number of receive a 'Ruffle' message, was the brainchild of Nick Drewe and Matt Way from Brisbane, Australia.

Welcome to the family! Acorn worm is a distant human relative that shares 70% of our genes

Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) sequenced two species of the Acorn worm (pictured).

It this the 'Face of God' on MARS? UFO hunters claim to have spotted ancient statue

It this the 'Face of God' on MARS? UFO hunters 'spot ancient statue'

On Monday, NASA's Mars Opportunity rover sent an image back of a rock that resembles, Nabu, the god of wisdom to the Neo-Assyrians, as suggested by many alien hunters.The image was taken at a site called, 'Concepción Crater,' an area that had been a mystery to scientists due to strange coatings on rocks near the crater.

Researchers find tiny fruit fly has sperm 20 times the length of its own BODY

Researchers from the University of Manchester and the University of Zurich discover not only sperm length, but also numbers, are determined by an animal's size.

The PIGEON will see you now: Birds can spot cancerous tissue in mammograms 'as well as humans'

Experts at the University of Iowa and the University of California Davis trained pigeons to identify both benign and malignant cancerous tissue in mammograms (experiment pictured).

'Hobbits' were a separate species: Study of 18,000-year-old teeth contradicts theory creatures were deformed modern humans

Researchers in Japan believe the species are related to Homo erectus and shrank in size after becoming stranded on an Indonesian island, possibly after a natural disaster.

A step closer to human voice transplants: Working vocal cords that produce sound are grown in laboratory for the first time

Scientists have made a breakthrough which could lead to vocal cord transplants some time in the future

University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers say the study offers hope to people whose voices have been lost due to cancer or injury, although scientists say the first vocal cord implants are years away.

The simple 'raisin test' that will tell if your child is destined to be a success

Scientists from the University of Warwick found that placing the dried fruit under a cup and telling a toddler not to eat it could predict how intelligent they will be in later years.

Now that's heavy PET-ting! Owning a dog boosts a man's sex appeal and one in five admit to using their pets as 'date bait'

Researchers at the University of Nevada teamed up with pet store chain PetSmart to quiz 1,210 single pet owners via online dating site Match.com. Actor Tom Hardy is shown with a dog.

Watch a planet being BORN: Astronomers witness an alien world forming around a young star for the first time

Researchers from the University of Arizona spotted the transformation while studying LkCa 15 (pictured in this artist's illustration) - a young star surrounded by a ring of debris.

Force of nature: Breathtaking footage captures the moment an enormous glacier collapses sending an avalanche of ice and rock down a mountain

Video captures glacier collapsing in Mt Cook National Park creating an ice avalanche

Ryan Taylor, 22, was skiing and mountaineering in Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand when rocks beneath the ice began to break free and fall (top left). The clip shows 30 seconds of tumbling rubble before one large block of ice dislodges, smashes into a thousand pieces and plummets down the mountain (bottom left). Ryan points the camera at the thousands of tonnes of rock and ice flowing down the steep decline like a raging river (right).

Visit Broadway from your sofa: Disney reveals virtual reality version of 'The Lion King'

This image released by Disney Theatrical Productions shows Jelany Remy as Simba in the Broadway musical "The Lion King. The Disney stage blockbuster on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2015, released 360-degree footage of its opening song ¿Circle of Life¿ that lets users look left, right, up, backstage and at the audience even when sitting on a couch. (Joan Marcus/ Disney Theatrical Productions via AP)

'The Lion King' on Broadway is offering fans a view of the musical that even the very best seat in the theater can't rival.

The maps that make London look like the DEATH STAR: Car plots its route as it navigates the capital's maze of streets - and the result bears a striking resemblance to the Star Wars battleship

The circular map of London was created by Hyundai as part of its 'A Streetcar named Hyundai' project which used the ix35 Fuel Cell - the world's first mass produced fuel cell electric vehicle.

The key to a successful marriage? Have sex just ONCE a week: Doing it more frequently makes no difference to happiness levels

Based on surveys of 30,000 people over 40 years, researchers from the University Toronto-Mississauga couldn't find a link between having sex more than weekly and higher happiness levels.

The lock-breaking LIGHTSABER: Air Force unveils hi-tech tool to let soldiers cut through metal bars and doors

The lock-breaking LIGHTSABER: Air Force unveils latest tool to let soldiers break into

The US Air force and Energetic Materials & Products joined forces to create a hand-held device to help the organization on the battlefield, and it just happens to look like Luke Skywalker's lightsaber.Tech Torch is a compact, light-weight tool that generates a blade-shaped like a flame, and can rip through half-inch steel bars in less than a second.

Japanese artificial intelligence passes university exams (but still can't quite get into the country's top school)

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A robot developed by the National Institute of Informatics is now smart enough to be accepted into most Japanese universities-but not the notoriously selective University of Tokyo.

Google Glass - without the glass? New version of wearable will use bone conduction speaker instead of a screen

Codenamed Project Aura, one version of the gadget will instead use a 'bone conduction' speaker to tell users key information, and is likely to be aimed at athletes.

It pays to be good at maths! Nigerian professor solves 156-year-old Riemann problem to scoop $1million prize

The Riemann Hypothesis - arguably mathematics' most famous problem - was solved by Dr Opeyemi Enoch (pictured) who teaches at he Federal University of Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) in Nigeria.

Survived a stressful life event? You're more likely to cope with everyday annoyances 

A study by researchers at North Carolina State University found older adults who have weathered a stressful event were calmer in the face of everyday stresses like computer glitches.

Vampire bats are BLOOD DONORS: Mammals share meals with friends to boost the survival chances of the overall group

A researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama recorded female vampire bats (stock image) showing 'reciprocal altruism'.

The $150 gadget that lets you shoot FIREBALLS from your wrist

Last year, Ellusionist released a device that shoots fireballs from the wrist and just launched its new model. Pyro mini is much smaller, cheaper and better-designed.

The secret of how pigeons find their way: Magnetic proteins in their EYES act like a compass...and humans have them too

Scientists at Peking University discovered magnetic proteins in the retina nerve cells of animals form rod-shaped complexes and orientate in magnetic fields.

Let a supercomputer do your Christmas shopping: IBM launches Watson app to reveal must-have gadgets this Christmas (and it says the Apple Watch will top the charts)

IBM just rolled out a 'Trend App' based on its artificially intelligent computer system named Watson that predicts which products to buy and or which ones are fads this Christmas.

In the money! Massive hoard of 4,000 Roman coins unearthed in Switzerland after lying undisturbed under a cherry tree for 1,700 years

Hoard of 4,000 Roman coins unearthed in Switzerland beneath a cherry tree

A farmer made the spectacular discovery when he spotted a molehill with some shimmering green coins (pictured left and in the earth top right) on his land in Ueken in Switzerland. A few months earlier, remains of an early Roman settlement were discovered in a dig in the nearby town of Frick, which made the farmer suspect the site may hold treasure. He contacted the regional archaeological service and his suspicions were confirmed. After months of discrete excavations, the service announced yesterday a total of 4,166 coins had been found in excellent condition (the cleaning process is shown bottom right). However, the farmer will not be allowed to keep the hoard.

What a cool idea! Breakthrough laser acts like a 'freeze ray' to chill crystals in water

Researchers from the University of Washington used an infrared laser to cool water by about 2°C (36°F) - a major breakthrough in the field

Would YOU take a sucker punch from a robot? Engineers create machine that repeatedly hits blindfolded volunteers

Engineers at the Fraunhofer IFF Institute in Madgeburg, Germany, have designed a robot that swings at the hands and arms of volunteers to see how hard it can hit before it begins to hurt.

Do YOU suffer from 'cybersickness'? Phenomenon causes nausea while scrolling on phones and watching action films

The phenomenon is said to affect up to 80 per cent up the population. The more realistic the visual content is, the higher the chances of getting sick, claims researchers from Coventry University.

How to tell if he REALLY likes you: Men consume 93% more pizza when dining with women they want to impress

According to a study done by researchers from Cornell University, men eat more food when they dine with their female counterparts, as a way of showing off, than when they are with other men.

October smashes record for global warmth: Last month keeps 2015 on track to be the hottest year since 1880

Global average surface temperatures in last month were 1.04°C above the long-term average - the greatest increase of any month ever recorded, according to data from Nasa.

Why dogs will eat anything, but cats are fussy: Study reveals felines are more sensitive to bitter tastes

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A new study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia found that cats' picky eating habits may be caused by bitter taste receptors.

'Godzilla' El Nino is getting BIGGER: Weather system could be the most powerful of its kind on record, warn scientists

El Nino 2015 could be the most powerful of its kind on record

Earlier this week, scientists said this year's 'El Niño' would be the worst in more than 15 years. Now researchers have upgraded that forecast to the weather system being the worst since records began. Based on weekly data by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the current El Niño is now stronger than the huge events in 1982-83 and 1997-98, and likely 1877-78. One of the biggest indications that this year's El Niño will be huge appeared over the past week, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Meteorologists measured record-high sea surface temperatures across large parts of the central Pacific (as shown by the graph inset).

Is Fallout 4 better than sex? Pornhub reveals its traffic dropped 10% on the day the game was released

Starting at 5am on 10 November, traffic on the Montreal-based Pornhub began to drop, down as much as 10 per cent from 7am till noon. A still from the game is pictured.

The 'tricoder' that could confirm ALIEN LIFE: Nasa reveal 'chemical laptop' that could prove we are not alone

'Chemical Laptop' Could Search for Signs of Life Outside Earth

If you were looking for the signatures of life on another world, you would want to take something small and portable with you. That's the philosophy behind the "Chemical Laptop" being developed at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California: a miniaturized laboratory that analyzes samples for materials associated with life.

"If this instrument were to be sent to space, it would be the most sensitive device of its kind to leave Earth, and the first to be able to look for both amino acids and fatty acids," said Jessica Creamer, a NASA postdoctoral fellow based at JPL.

Like a tricorder from "Star Trek," the Chemical Laptop is a miniaturized on-the-go laboratory, which researchers hope to send one day to another planetary body such as Mars or Europa. It is roughly the size of a regular computing laptop, but much thicker to make room for chemical analysis components inside. But unlike a tricorder, it has to inge

The 'mini lab' (pictured) would be the most sensitive device of its kind ever to leave Earth, and could look for the ingredients essential to life on Mars and Europa.

The superfast 'submarine' made from a single molecule: Microscopic submersible powered by LIGHT could one day deliver drugs around our bodies

Each of the single-molecule, 244-atom submersibles (illustrated) built in James Tour's lab at Rice University in Houston, Texas has a motor powered by ultraviolet light.

Dictionary's 'word of the year' is... the smiley face: Emoji showing a face with tears of joy is picked as word or expression that best captured mood of 2015 

The image, one of a range of icons called 'emoji' used to express emotions in text messages or online, was picked as the word that best captured the ethos, mood and preoccupations of 2015.

Google Search 'grows up': App now understands the meaning of questions and can answer more complex queries

Google's app can now understand superlatives, more accurately responds to queries containing dates and can even combine multiple complex terms into one. Example pictured.

What REALLY lies beneath us: New maps reveal Earth has enough groundwater to drown the continents in 590 FEET of liquid - but we can only use 6% of it

Geologists at the University of Victoria in Canada, found there is enough ground water to cover all of the Earth's land in 590ft (179 metres) of liquid if it pooled evenly on the surface.

Google's driverless car is pulled over by police for driving too SLOW: Vehicle is stopped for travelling 10mph under the limit

Police in Mountain View, Silicon Valley explained that an officer noticed traffic backing up behind a self-driving car going 24mph (39km/h) on a street with a 35mph (56km/h) speed limit.

Watch the Earth BREATHE: Nasa reveals stunning video showing a year of plant life

Nasa has released an animated map to show the yearly cycle of Earth’s plant life—and it’s breathing. The video reveals the life cycle on land and in the water, and combines satellite data to create an average 12-month cycle. Pulsating masses of color represent the fluctuating plant growth, on land, and chlorophyll concentration from phytoplankton in the oceans.

Half the world's natural history specimens may have the WRONG name: Lack of time and too many discoveries are to blame

Researchers at the University of Oxford and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh used three different approaches to work out how many mistakes there are.

Dropped your phone down the toilet? Apple patent reveals future iPhones could squirt water from their speaker ports to dry themselves

An Apple Inc. patent application , published today, reveals details how electrical charges can be used to push liquid out through the speakers and microphone ports.

Alien planet battered by 5,400mph winds: First weather map of an exoplanet shows gusts are 20 times stronger than ever seen on Earth

Researchers at The University of Warwick found the wind speed on HD 189733b (illustrated) is 20 times greater than the fastest ever known on Earth.

New battery promises to charge your phone 10 times faster... and will be fully charged by the time you've drunk your coffee

Huawei battery charges 10x faster than normal ones

Developed by Chinese company Huawei, the Lithium-ion batteries can be charged to 50 per cent capacity in five minutes, with usage life and storage power not compromised.

Snapchat gets official: Photo sharing app rolls out verified accounts and new animated filters (but you'll have to pay)

Today's update includes something known as the 'Lens Store', which offers a selection of 99 cent (79p) filters to improve selfies. The update is available in countries including the US, UK and Australia

'Supermessage' app launches: Cola lets you do everything from get direction to check your friends' diaries and arrange a meeting

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A group of Silicon Valley veterans has launched 'Cola,' which allows users to text live maps of their locations, along with interactive calendars that update based on recipient selections.

The $99 ROBOPET for the elderly: Hasbro unveil bizarre catbot that purrs, meows and moves like a real feline

Hasbro unveil $99 Joy For All Companion Pet that purrs and meows like a real cat

Hasbro's new Joy For All Companion Pet is a robotic cat that responds to motion and touch. The $99.99 cat purrs, nuzzles, and meows, but won't claw your skin off when you try to rub its belly.The cats are being offered in three styles: Creamy White, Silver with White Mitts, and Orange Tabby.

This scanner knows what your pants are made of: 3D X-rays to search for bombs and drugs in luggage at airports

HALO uses 3D-imaging to understand the exact material an object is made of . The UK-made scanner can detect the presence of bombs by looking at their typical 'material signature'

Leaked images show Samsung is working on a smart FLIP PHONE as the retro design gains popularity among celebrities

Samsung is rumoured to be releasing a handset called SM-W2016 (pictured) that has been spotted on a Chinese website.

I cannae believe it! Scottish accents found to be 'flourishing' while other British dialects are dying out

Linguists from the University of Glasgow studied audio recordings spanning the centuries to understand changes to the Glaswegian accent. Actor James McAvoy who was born in the city is shown.

One fifth of Britons say they would prefer to stay at a hotel run entirely by ROBOTS

A fifth of British adults (19 per cent) believe robots are more trustworthy than humans, saying they'd prefer to leave their luggage with them as a result.

Ever wanted to fly a PAPER plane? Gadget turns folded creations into drones that can be controlled from 300 feet away with a virtual reality headset

A former pilot from Haifa, Israel, developed the $159 PowerUp FPV gadget to so users can experience what it is like to get into the cockpit of a paper aircraft through a virtual reality headset (pictured).

Weird sea creature glows electric blue as it writhes on the sand after washing up on Australian beach... but WHAT is it? 

A bizarre, electric blue sea creature has been found washed up on Queensland shores and caught on camera - but what IS the rare, alien-like creature known as a Blue Dragon?

Residents from Yorkshire town of Goole launch their own internet search engine after getting fed up with being asked 'Did you mean Google' when searching for their home town

The inhabitants of the East Yorkshire town, which is 30 miles west of Hull, say they were forced to take drastic action after the search engine made it appear as though they 'didn't exist'.

Pepsi's phone revealed: Budget $78 5.5-inch P1 Android handset has 13MP camera and fingerprint sensor - but is only on sale in China

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Called the Pepsi P1, it boasts a 5.5inch screen, fingerprint scanner and 13 megapixel camera.

The 'superduck' that reveals how dinosaurs got their crests: 80-million-year-old creature is 'missing link' in the evolutionary tree

Undated handout illustration courtesy of paleoartist John Conway shows the Probrachylophosaurus bergei dinosaur. Scientists on November 11, 2015 announced the discovery of fossils of the dinosaur they named Probrachylophosaurus bergei that was about 30 feet (9 meters) long, weighed more than 5 tons and donned a small, triangular bony crest atop its skull. REUTERS/Courtesy of John Conway/Handout via ReutersATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES.

The newly discovered Probrachylophosaurus bergei has been found in the Judith River Formation in north central Montana, and dated to around 80 million years ago.

You've got to be yolking! $18 Negg gadget promises to peel a boiled egg in SECONDS simply by shaking it

Two friends from Connecticut came up with the Negg Maker (pictured) after becoming frustrated with having to peel eggs for a dish they were making for a cocktail party.

Would YOU leave your body to medical science if it meant going to a 'body farm'? Human remains left to decompose in the open air in the name of research

While the UK and the rest of Europe have so far declined to open body farms, the growing number of successful body farms in the US (Knoxville pictured) may slowly be changing attitudes.

Were the OCEANS to blame for three mass extinctions? Study claims low levels of trace elements caused food chain collapse

Television programme : SEA MONSTERS: A WALKING WITH DINOSAURS TRILOGY...Picture Shows: Tanystropheus, a reptile from the Triassic period of 230 million years ago TX: BBC One Sunday, November 9 2003 In prehistoric times there existed creatures bigger and often fiercer than dinosaurs, whose exploits have inspired more terrifying legends than any other group of animals.  Their watery home has kept them hidden from view - until now.  Following on from the hugely successful Walking with Dinosaurs and Walking With Beasts, Sea Monsters brings to life a mysterious underwater world and the strange and fascinating creatures that dwelt there.  Leading wildlife presenter, Nigel Marven dives deep into the past and swims with these remarkable reptiles and mammals.  Some of the ancestors of these predators exist today, but even the great white shark and blue whale cannot come close in threat and size to these extraordinary prehistoric species.  WARNING: This copyright image may be used only to publi

Three of the five mass extinctions may have been caused, in part, by critically low levels of trace elements in the ocean, a new Flinders University study found. Nutrient levels are tied to erosion.

Is this an 'alien megastructure' over Melbourne? UFO hunters claim to have spotted strange triangular object

UFO hunters are speculating about the presence of an 'alien megastructure,' after a mysterious triangular object was seen hovering in the night sky in Melbourne, Australia.

Could brain chips treat PTSD? US military says future implants will boost memory and eradicate stress in soldiers

The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has already tested these implants in individuals suffering from brain injuries to improve their memory.

Let's hope he's got somewhere warm for his nuts! Animal lovers try to catch completely bald squirrel before it freezes to death

The bald Squirrel that has been spotted in Grove Gardens, Dunstable, Kent. A rare bald squirrel has managed to evade capture after being spotted by several animal lovers. See MASONS story MNSQUIRREL;  The RSPCA have been alerted by members of the public concerned about the upcoming cold weather. But the follically challenged critter has so far eluded all attempts to try and find it.

Several locals in Dunstable, Bedfordshire have seen the unusual creature running around with other, healthier animals but wildlife specialists have been unable to track it down.

From a UFO to a giant camera: China's wackiest WC's revealed to mark World Toilet Day

China's zany public restrooms are becoming a tourist attraction in their own right. With castles and UFO-themes among them, MailOnline Travel has rounded up the quirkiest WCs across the country.

Could this box let you watch TV late at night without ruining your sleep? Firm claims gadget can reduce harmful blue light

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A new HDMI box called "Drift TV," priced at around £80/$100, promises to improve your quality of sleep (and reduce the time it takes you to fall asleep) by removing or reducing the amount of blue light emitted by your TV screen.

The box, made by a company called Saffron, has an HDMI input on one side, an HDMI output on the other, and some buttons that increase or decrease the amount of blue light emitted by the TV. You can program the Drift so that it automatically transitions from full-spectrum to no-blue over a period of an hour, so that you don't notice the shift. You can also set a "wake up" time, presumably in the morning, where the full colour spectrum is restored.

Exposure to certain frequencies of light can suppress the secretion of melatonin, a hormone that helps animals anticipate the onset of darkness, and thus it also plays a role in governing our circadian rhythms. Back in 2012, Harvard published a research let

A company called Saffron has developed an HDMI box called 'Drift TV,' and for $100 it can control the amount of blue light emitted by your TV. Blue light has been linked to health problems.

Look out men, winter is coming! Hormones activate 'seasonal aggression switch' in female hamsters, researchers find

A2TFKH golden hamster (Mesocricetus auratus), in hamster wheel

A study from Indiana University has found that female hamsters are more aggressive in the wintertime, when the days are shorter. The aggression is linked to rising melatonin levels.

Tinder CEO admits he's addicted to the app: Sean Rad says he's slept with 20 women and lost his virginity at 17

In a bizarre interview, the LA-based 29-year-old claims he's a 'romantic' and admits that the last woman he shared a bedroom with was his mother on a recent holiday to Rome.

First Americans arrived 6,000 years earlier than believed and survived the ICE AGE

Archaeologists have discovered stone tools and fire pits at an early human site near Puerto Montt in Southern Chile that suggests humans arrived in America 6,000 years earlier than was thought.

Google+ gets ANOTHER makeover: Tech giant 'fully redesigns' its struggling social network to attract more users 

In addition to a new look (pictured), Google+ now puts a greater focus on two of its most popular tools Communities and Collections.

The image that can HACK your brain: Optical illusion transforms black and white picture into color simply if you stare at it

The illusion uses a false colour image of Dunstaburgh Castle in Northumberland (pictured) to desensitise your retina so a monochrome picture appears to be fully coloured.

Violent 'superflares' are destroying Kepler-438b's atmosphere: Radiation from a nearby red dwarf may have left the Earth-Like planet uninhabitable

Kepler-438b, the most Earth-like known planet, could have been made uninhabitable by a barrage of radiation, according to researchers from the University of Warwick

How to combat 'cybersickness' on your iPhone: Apple's iOS 9 features tools that reduce motion on its screens

Apple's latest operating system has a range of hidden settings that can reduce the risk of cybersickness, a condition that affects up to 80 per cent of the population.

Can't handle your drink? Blame your GENES: Experts pinpoint the mutation that makes people reckless when drunk

Dr Tikkanen from the University of Helsinki, found a mutation in a gene known of serotonin 2B receptor, rendering the carrier prone to rash behaviour, especially when drunk.

Drug to combat alcoholism 'wakes up dormant HIV hiding in the body' and could prove a 'game-changer' in hunt for a cure 

Scientists at the University of Melbourne made the surprising discovery that Anatabuse, used to treat alcoholism, plays a key role in 'waking up' latent reservoirs of HIV in the body, paving the way for other drugs to kill the virus.

Has the lost island of Kane been found? Peninsula in the Aegean Sea may be the missing site of an ancient Spartan battle

Archaeologists have uncovered what they believe to be the ancient island city of Kane off the coast of west Turkey. The city witnessed the battle of Arginusea in 406 BC.

'Triumph of electrical engineering' turns silicon chip into a QUANTUM computer in breakthrough that could lead to ultrafast machines

Quantum computer coding in silicon now possible

False-colour electron microscope image of the silicon nanoelectronic device which contains the phosphorus atom used for the demonstration of quantum entanglement.

A team of Australian engineers has squashed any doubts about the forthcoming reality of quantum computers, finding answers to a phenomenon that even perplexed Einstein.

Beware the Gmail bug that lets people HIDE their identity: Flaw means hackers can impersonate other people and organisations

Independent security researcher Yan Zhu, an ex-physicist from the Massachusetts (MIT) discovered the bug at the end of October. An example of an address being concealed is shown.

El Niño will be the worst in over 15 years: UN warns 'severe' impact of weather system will be felt throughout the world

A UN agency claims this year's event will push surface temperatures in the east-central Pacific Ocean up by 2°C above normal. This makes it one of the four strongest El Niños since 1950.

Swim faster with trunks that make you move like a DOLPHIN: Bathing suit features 'kick assist' technology to boost your speed

Scientists at the University of Tsukuba in Japan studied the movements of swimmers to produce a swimsuit (pictured) that helps to increase their speed by up to 2.4 per cent.

Filled up your phone? Google reveals 'free up space' app to automatically delete photos already backed up to the cloud

Running out of space on your phone is the worst. You?re stuck constantly deleting apps, music, and pictures, just to make room for one more photo or video.

Today, we?re making it easy to free up space on your phone, anytime you need. Just tap ?Free up space? in Settings, and Google Photos will remove device copies of your backed up photos and videos.

Or Google Photos can keep track of your phone?s storage space for you. Get notified when your phone is running low on space, and easily remove the device copies of backed up photos older than 30 days right from the Assistant.

All your photos and videos will still be accessible when you?re connected, both in the app and on the web at photos.google.com.

So take more photos and videos. And stop worrying about filling up your phone in the process.

This update is rolling out now on Android and coming soon to iOS.

Check for the update (v1.9) in the Play Store: goo.gl/55OnIr?

Google Photos has released a new feature that frees up storage. 'Free up Space' will automatically delete photos that have already been sent to the cloud.

The science of NERF BLASTERS: Video reveals how to hack the toy gun to fire ALL of its spongy darts at once

Bill Hammack, from the University of Illinois who runs a YouTube channel under the name 'Engineer Guy' has explained the gun's 'fascinating' mechanism in his latest video.

Making doctor's visits easy to swallow: Smart pill tracks your heartbeat and breathing rate from INSIDE your gut

Researchers from MIT have tested an ingestible sensor (pictured) that can measure heart rates from within the body. It could make it easier to monitor the vitals of people with burns or irritation

LG announces LG Pay: Firm teams up with credit card companies for mobile payment system to rival Apple and Samsung 

The firm has signed an agreement with Shinhan Card and KB Kookmin Card to bring contactless payments to its customers in South Korea. An LG G4 handset is pictured.

THIRD mystery 'Death Star' space ball to crash into Spanish village sparks terror among locals as mayor demands authorities explain what they are

The strange-looking black orb was found in the Spanish village of Villavieja in Murcia - becoming the latest instance of an increasingly bewildering phenomenon.

Climate change may be GOOD news for penguins: Shrinking glaciers provide more sites for the Adélie species to breed 

Researchers from the University of Tasmania investigated the effect of climate change on Adélie penguins (pictured) over the past 22,000 years, which includes the end of the last Ice Age.

The parasite that is actually a JELLYFISH: 'Really weird' discovery could change what makes an animal

Researchers from the University of Kansas discovered myxozan has stinging tentacles of a jellyfish - cauig it to be reclassified alongside jellyfish, coral and sea anemones.

Is the world at risk from HIDDEN earthquakes? 'Doublet' quakes are difficult to detect and can produce larger, more devastating tsunamis

Seismologists at the University of Liverpool have detected a previously undetected type of earthquake that occurred just seconds after one that hit off the coast of Chile in 2011.

Music to my eyes: Listening to your favourite songs can causes pupils to dilate - and could even help you study

Researchers have discovered that sound can stimulate pupil dilation.
Two universities in Austria conducted a study to analyse the affect music has on a listener's pupil.

Lie back and watch your iPad: Firm unveils $49 'tablet stand for the lazy' so you can watch movies in bed

The iPad stand for lazy people: Gadget that attaches to your chest means you can use the tablet while lying down

A Kickstarter campaign is offering the solution for uncomfortable tablet posture. The Tstand is a hands-free stand that brings tablets to eye-level, and can even rest upon the user's chest.

Witnessing the birth of MONSTER galaxies: Astronomers spot horde of hidden star clusters that existed in the early days of the universe

Astronomers used infra-red imaging to find 574 hidden massive galaxies (two pictured). The researchers from the University of Groeningen , analysed images from the UltraVista observatory.

Sky launches Sky Q: Broadcaster's 'super premium' set-top box blends live and on-demand TV to rival Netflix and Roku

Sky Q's 2TB set-top box lets people watch five screen at once, is fitted with 12 tuners and comes with a 'plug and play box' called Sky Q Mini. It was unveiled at an event in London this morning.

No more dirty laundry on camping trips! Portable $320 foot-powered washing machine cleans clothes in just ten minutes

Drumi is a foot-pedal-powered washing machine that works with no electricity and little water. It was designed by Toronto-based firm Yirego.

Real life Jumanji? Mystery board game with pieces containing eyes and thunderstorms discovered in 2,300 year old Chinese tomb

Ancient Board Game Found in Looted China Tomb

Pieces from a mysterious board game that hasn't been played for 1,500 years were discovered in a heavily looted 2,300-year-old tomb near Qingzhou City in China.

There, archaeologists found a 14-face die made of animal tooth, 21 rectangular game pieces with numbers painted on them and a broken tile which was once part of a game board. The tile when reconstructed was "decorated with two eyes, which are surrounded by cloud-and-thunder patterns," wrote the archaeologists in a report published recently in the journal Chinese Cultural Relics.


The skeleton of possibly one of the grave robbers was also discovered in a shaft made within the tomb by looters. [See Photos of the Ancient Tomb and Board Game Pieces]


Dead game?

Twelve faces of the die are numbered 1 through 6 in a form of ancient Chinese writing known as "seal script." Each number appears twice on the die while two faces were left blank, the researchers noted.

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Archaeologists in China have found ancient pieces from a board game that hasn't been played for 1,500 years. The artifacts were found in a heavily looted, 2,300-year-old tomb in Qingzhou City.

Sony's $240 e-ink 'paper' smartwatch that can last two MONTHS on a full charge set to go on sale in Japan

The Fashion-Entertainments (FES) watch features 24 design patterns that can be selected at the touch of a button, and a battery life of 60 days.

Move over love hearts, Twitter may soon let you respond to tweets with EMOJI: Feature resembles Facebook's 'Reactions' tool

The discovery was made by programmer @_Ninji, and when asked for a comment on the news, Twitter replied to the MailOnline simply with the 'speak-no-evil monkey' emoji.

Forget the holiday snaps, get a DRONE video: US Ski resorts set to offer 'drone zone' to capture every move (and crash!)

This Dec. 2014 photo shows a drone hovering by a skier as he makes his way down mountainside at resort at Revelstoke, B.C., Canada. Some US ski resorts are exploring the possibility of "drone zones" where professionally operated drones can produce customized video that show off individuals skiers in action. (Jason Soll/Cape Productions via AP)

Cape Productions is expected to charge between $100 and $200 for a photo shoot that includes three runs.

The mysterious cousin who lived alongside Neanderthals AND Homo sapiens: DNA shows Denisovans were far more widespread than thought

Researcher now say Devonians lived for tens of thousands of years alongside modern humans and Neanderthals - and were far more widespread than thought.

Could humans the size of CHICKENS be the future of mankind? Expert claims mini-people would make Earth more sustainable

Dutch artist, Arne Hendriks, says that the planet's growing population - currently at seven billion - is unsustainable. He believes shrinking humans to 50cm is the answer.

Sega's Mega Drive makes a comeback! Sales of the retro console surge by 400% in the run up to Christmas

Sega released the Mega Drive (pictured) in Japan in 1988 and other regions the following year. It introduced a generation to games such as Sonic the Hedgehog and Streets of Rage.

Astronomers take the pulse of a distant galaxy: Researchers reveal shimmering 'heartbeat' of dying stars

Astronomers at Yale and Harvard have found a galaxy with a heartbeat ? and they?ve taken its pulse.

It is the first time scientists have measured the effect that pulsating, older red stars have on the light of their surrounding galaxy. The findings are published in the Nov. 16 online edition of the journal Nature.

?We tend to think of galaxies as steady beacons in the sky, but they are actually ?shimmering? due to all the giant, pulsating stars in them,? said Pieter van Dokkum, the Sol Goldman Professor and chair of astronomy at Yale, and co-author of the study.

Later in life, stars like our Sun undergo significant changes. They become very bright and swell up to an enormous size, swallowing any planets within a radius roughly equivalent to Earth?s distance from the Sun. Near the end of their lifetime, they begin to pulsate, increasing and decreasing their brightness every few hundred days. In our Milky Way galaxy, many stars are known to be in this phase.

Until now, no one had co

In a scientific first, astronomers at Yale and Harvard have taken the pulse of distant galaxy called M87, and measured the effects of older red stars on the light of their surroundings

Disney watch turns your body into an ANTENNA: EM-Sense knows what you're touching and shows relevant information on its display

The technology (pictured), developed by Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University could be used to unlock laptops as soon as they are touched, for example.

How to survive a nuclear fallout: Experts reveal the basics of living in a world riddled with radiation and the simple way to tell if you've been exposed

Experts from the American Chemical Society have released a video explaining the basics of survival in a world riddled with radiation - and it is even harder than fiction would have us believe.

Phew! Mysterious UFO dubbed 'WTF' burns up in the atmosphere as it reaches Earth - but we may never know what it was

A mysterious piece of space debris named WT1190F re-entered the Earth's atmosphere at 6.19 am GMT (13.19 ET) in the skies above the Indian Ocean.

What the internet really looks like: Photographer reveals what's inside one of New York's secret data centres

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The Internet Lives in a Huge Hotel in Manhattan
THERE IS NO shortage of cool stuff to see on the Internet, but the Internet itself?the networks and servers and cables tying it all together?is pretty mundane. Peter Garritano discovered as much when he went behind the scenes at some of New York?s big Internet hubs to see how it all works.

Garritano always knew the Internet is as much a place as it is a thing, one where vast networks in frigid rooms move enormous amounts of data around the world. But he didn?t have a real understanding of how all that info moves from one place to another, and he wanted to find out. He?s spent the last few months doing just that, shooting at five ?carrier hotels? where many networks converge to form a single, larger network. That?s why they called it the Internet. It allows an unlimited number of

The secrets of the internet hide quietly in plain sight at 60 Hudson St. in lower Manhattan. Photographer Peter Garritano captures the heart of the internet exchange in a series of photos from the inside.

Sit back and relax! Volvo unveils concept interior for its self-driving car with reclining seats and pop-up TV screens

The Swedish company has named its design for self-driving cars 'Concept 26' which it says aims to put the joy back into driving by letting people make the most of commuting.

Earth-like world spotted just 39 light years away could be 'most important planet ever found outside the solar system' 

Astronomers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said the planet, called GJ1132b (illustrated), is 16 per cent bigger than Earth and composed predominantly of rock and iron.

Take that Kim! Buzz Aldrin lays claim to best selfie ever as he posts pic of himself in space to commemorate Gemini mission

Take that Kim! Buzz Aldrin lays claim to best selfie ever as he posts pic of himself in space to commemorate Gemini mission

Yesterday marked 49 years since Aldrin did his first spacewalk and honored the day with a selfie out of this world. He took a shot of himself looking back towards the Earth.

How Einstein got it WRONG: Second paper proves 'spooky action at a distance' is real

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Colorado claim to have the most convincing proof yet that quantum entanglement does exist.

Tsunami devastated Europe 8,150 years ago: Huge waves swept hundreds of miles down the North Sea after the last Ice Age

Scientists at the University of Copenhagen have found evidence that suggests a huge tsunami swept down the North Sea following an underwater Storegga landslide 8,150 years ago (illustrated).

How Earth became the blue planet: Lava from deep within the mantle suggests our world formed with water already on it

Scientists at Nasa and the University of Glasgow studied water trapped inside tiny fragments of glass carried up from deep inside the Earth's mantle under Baffin Island, Canada.

Does YOUR gut contain an entirely new form of life? Scientists say mystery 'fourth domain' may be lurking inside us all

INSIDE each one of us lies a mystery. An analysis of genes from the human gut has found DNA so unusual it could belong to microbes unlike anything that science has encountered before.

Life as we know it is split into three major groups or domains. Plants, animals and fungi are all classed as eukaryotes, whose defining feature is their nucleus. Less complex cells fall into two different divisions ? bacteria and archaea

But some biologists suspect new forms of life are still to be discovered ? the equivalent of dark matter ? not least because more than 99 per cent of microbes can?t actually be grown in the lab.



Until about 25 years ago, we had virtually no way of studying them. Since then, genomic tools have enabled us to sequence microbial DNA and get an idea of the range of different species.

Even with these techniques it is hard to identify completely new types of life. One problem is drawing the evolutionary dividing line between different groups of microbes. Because they can

New method of identifying unusual genes has led scientists at Marie Curie University in Paris and the University of Montreal in Canada to believe that unseen microbes may be new form of life.

'Ultrapower' laser that can heat materials to temperature hotter than the core of the SUN could revolutionise energy production

Colored laser lights at a nightclub in Paris.

The technique, developed by theoretical physicists from Imperial College London, could heat certain materials to ten million degrees in much less than a million millionth of a second.

The origami crossing: Watch the incredible moment a Range Rover drives over a bridge made of PAPER

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Land Rover drives its flagship Range Rover luxury SUV across a bridge made of paper in Suzhou, China. See SWNS story SWRANGE; The freestanding structure spanned five metres without glue or bolts to hold it in place. Land Rover commissioned the unique bridge to mark the 45th anniversary of its Range Rover family and to highlight 45 years of Range Rover innovation ahead of the Guangzhou Motor Show in China. The hand-built paper bridge took three days to construct in the ancient water city of Suzhou, which is famous for its bridges and nicknamed ëVenice of the Eastí. The unique crossing was made of high quality paper supplied by specialist British manufacturer James Cropper PLC.

A Range Rover has driven over a bridge built from nothing but paper. The unique event in Suzhou, China marked the 45th anniversary of Land Rover's Range Rover, and achieved a historical first.

'Bedtime mode' on smartphones would mean we'd all get an extra hour's sleep, expert claims

The light that smartphones, tablets and e-readers emit is affecting our sleep and manufacturers should install in them a special filter, a sleep expert has warned.

How Earth became the blue planet: Lava from deep within the mantle suggests our world formed with water already on it

Scientists at Nasa and the University of Glasgow studied water trapped inside tiny fragments of glass carried up from deep inside the Earth's mantle under Baffin Island, Canada.

Facebook will be 'better than humans at vision, hearing, language, and general cognition' in a DECADE, Mark Zuckerberg claims

Zuckerberg told Fast Company magazine that he hopes artificial intelligence will allow its machines to 'basically get better than human level at all of the primary human senses.'

From giant whale sharks to palm-sized pufferfish: El Niño brings invasion of Mexican tropical fish to California

El Niño's warm currents send waves of colorful and monstrous fish to the California Coast, thrilling scientists and giving anglers the chance of a once-in-a-lifetime big catch.

Women rejoice! Finally, a strapless bra that stays put - and it was inspired by GECKO FEET

LA-based start-up company Kellie K Apparel has used the glue-like qualities of gecko feet as inspiration for its range of strap-free bras called The Alice and The Ava.

An orange GLOW could guide us towards alien life: Researchers finds mists could be key to finding habitable planets

Research from the University of Washington (UW)-based Virtual Planetary laboratory has emerged suggesting a faraway planet might have potential to be the next Earth.

From a stunning underwater image of a tadpole's point of view to a silverback surveying his territory, Royal Society reveals best nature pictures of the year

Royal Society photo competition

An underwater photo taken by biologist Bert Willaert has claimed first place in the Royal Society Publishing photography competition, showing a glimpse of life through the eyes of a tadpole.

A MONSTER of a yacht: Kraken concept is 200ft long with spiral staircases, luxury sleeping quarters and a helipad at the bow

The concept luxury yacht is a catamaran-style ship with four decks including accommodation in each hull. It was created by Sweden-based designer Eduard Gray.