The firm has beaten Elon Musk's Space X to the engineering milestone and Amazon founder Bezos described the test flight as a 'flawless mission'.
Dr Sandi Mann, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at University of Central Lancashire came up with the test (screenshot shown left) by analysing decisions we subconsciously make at work. From the answers to questions about what people do in their lunch break and how they react to criticism, she developed 15 personality types that share behavioural traits with animals, such as dominant gorillas (stock image top right), social butterflies (bottom right) and sharp-eyed eagles, for example.
Scientists have released a report on the world's most endangered primates, including the Hainan gibbon (pictured) from China and the Northern sportive lemur in Madagascar.
A team of climate scientists led by a group at Plymouth University said there was a series of rapid changes that occurred in ecosystems around the world between 1984 and 1988.
The London-based start-up believes that a digital currency generated by human movement could help impoverished workers in developing countries raise extra income.
The study, based on data gathered by volunteers at more than 1,000 sites across the UK, associated declines in 15 of 17 butterfly species (small tortoiseshell pictured) with neonicotinoid use.
The space station will be fitted with a 'space camera' able to monitor natural phenomena such as fires, floods and droughts on Earth. It has been developed at La Trobe University, Melbourne.
Google's Doodle shows the Australopithecus afarensis, found in Ethiopia, walking between a chimpanzee and a human to illustrate the transition between the two species.
The workings of the German supergun (prototype left) remain something of a mystery, because so much of it was destroyed and so few photographs and documents have survived. Dr Hugh Hunt at Cambridge University has analysed photographs and documents of the V3 gun to understand the technical difficulties that plagued the project. Hitler's engineers had difficulty perfecting the all-important timing, the researcher says, because of leakage of hot gas past the seal behind the projectile. They encountered other problems with their design, particularly to perfect a shape of projectile that would be aerodynamic at supersonic speeds.
Scientists at the University of Glasgow sent information down standard fibre optic cables using a phenomenon called quantum entanglement, which makes information impossible to copy.
Nola (pictured) was the only northern white rhino left in captivity in the Western Hemisphere. With her death, just three others remain, all at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
Scientists from East China Normal University have found between 550 and 681 microscopic plastic particles in every kilogram of salt manufactured in China.
Photographer Paul Zizka went deep inside Canadian Rockies to explore Booming Ice Chasm. These amazing images show a world that will be frozen forever.
A team of international researchers found that these movable bridges break down when it becomes too big and slows down traffic
Scientists at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston found people could recall the names and faces of people in photos better after they had eight hours sleep, compared with no sleep at all.
Measuring 500 metres in diameter, the world's largest telescope is in the final stages of completion, and is being put through its paces with a dry run. Going by the name of 'FAST' which stands for 'Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope,' it is being constructed in Guizhou Province, south-west China. Running on schedule with hopes for a September 2016 completion, scientists carried out the last stages on Saturday.
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Following on from last year's sell-out sales, FEMAIL has created a guide to some of the best Black Friday deals, from tech and toys to cosmetics and vacuums. Some of the best tech deals include Beats Solo 2 headphones, which are being sold for $96.99, a discount of $103 (top right), the Beats Pill (bottom right) and Apple's Watch (main image)
The feature allows users in New York and Los Angeles to search for 'Stories' shared by other members and see dozens of related snaps from different perspectives.
The new strain of mosquito, developed by scientists at the University of California Irvine, pass on the anti-malaria genes to their offspring, therefore helping to stop the insects transmitting malaria to humans.
Stitch is like Tinder, but connects older adults for meaningful relationships, not random hook-ups. The dating app was developed for adults 50 and older and match them with romantic and platonic relationships.
This is according to a document prepared by the New York District Attorney's Office which reveals just how easily investigators could see the contents of a device.
Researchers at Apple are working on an automated bumper system which doubles as a flotation device, absorbing shock from falls while also protecting the phone from water damage.
A team of researchers led by the University of York used a simple eraser (pictured) to reveal that the parchment was not made from abortive or newborn animals as thought.
The deep sea hunt for the missing Malaysian Airlines plane has now shifted to a remote area of the Indian Ocean, where Simon Hardy believes it crashed in a 'controlled ditching' into the sea.
Research by the University of Chicago shows that those who feel the most isolated in later life are almost 15 per cent more likely to die early than those who feel the most wanted and needed.
Vasquez Canyon Road, in Los Angeles County's Santa Clarita Valley, has been closed indefinitely after it mysteriously buckled late last week and became an undulating strip of cracked pavement. An unexplained landslide that began on Thursday pushed an adjacent hillside underneath the road, sending the thruway up 15 feet at points. No seismic activity or rainstorms immediately preceded the strange geological phenomenon, which has drawn sightseers, bikers (left) and skateboarders from the surrounding area.
Alan McFadyen, 46, finally managed to capture a flawless kingfisher dive at Kirkcudbright in Scotland, where he used to watch the birds as a boy with his late grandfather Robert Murray.
When the hormone peptide tyrosine starts working, we get the sensation of being full. However, this takes 30 minutes to take effect, according to a dietician at the University of Texas.
Scientists came upon a boa constrictor using its muscular body to take down two baby marmosets from a tree.The snake wrapped itself around one and clung to the other by its legs.
Researchers in Texas have developed a camera small enough to fit inside of a credit card, and doesn't require a lens. The camera called FlatCam could have use in security and disaster-relief.
The ready supply of sexual images makes it difficult for young people with sex addictions to resist the urge to find porn, a University of Cambridge study found. One in 25 are thought to be sex addicts.
New scenes released in the latest TV ad show the evil army known as The First Order giving something similar to a Nazi salute, standing next to officers in black uniform similar to that of the Gestapo.
University of Leeds researchers calculated the impact on of years of sulphur dioxide emissions from continental flood basalts, on the Earth's climate, vegetation and oceans.
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 focus, or 'root', of one such hair would be about a million kilometres above Earth, just beyond the moon, according to recent computer simulations on dark matter done by Nasa.
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.
Southern right whales off the coast of Argentina are increasingly being attacked by kelp gulls, which gouge skin and blubber from the mammals (pictured) backs as they swim at the surface. Mother whales and their calves seem to be particularly vulnerable to attack as they spend more time at the surface. Scientists said the number of attacks by gulls on southern right whale calves has increased dramatically in recent years with 99 per cent of the whales they looked at carrying wounds on their backs.
The app (pictured) was unveiled last month and is now available on the Apple App Store and Google Play. It is launching in the UK today and is expected to launch in other regions soon.
Texas-based filmmakers The Slow Mo Guys used high-speed cameras and a ring of 12 fans to capture stunning footage of a fire tornado rising up to 10ft (3 metres) into the sky (pictured).
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.
Research led by a team at Harvard Medical school has for the first time tracked the genetic changes and migrations that moulded modern Europeans using DNA from prehistoric humans.
Astronomers from University of California, Berkeley said the satellite's remains will encircle Mars, causing it to become the first non-gaseous planet in our solar system to sport rings.
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.
Users can select either the Light side or the Dark side at Google Star Wars and once a side has been selected (pictured), Easter eggs are added to Google apps.
Researchers from he University of California, Los Angeles studied penguins' feathers in detail to reveal their de-icing trick that means their feathers are never clogged with ice.
The 'mouse' (ringed) was spotted by amateur astronomer Joe White from Bristol. He noticed the bizarre rock on the ridge of the red planet's Gale Crater. Nasa has been beaming photos from Mars since Curiosity landed in 2012 and it follows on from the release of an image last week of a rock on Mars that is said to resemble Nabu - the god of wisdom to the Neo-Assyrians.
Airports are a never-ending source of anxiety or frustration for tourists, but this infographic reveals how travellers can eliminate the stress and make the experience as enjoyable as possible.
Researchers from MedUni Vienna studied a skeleton (pictured) found during excavations at the cathedral square of St Pölten, Austria to find signs of the disease as early as 1320 AD.
The Los Angeles-based company behind the Vaporcade Jupiter (illustrated) claims it is 'the world's first and only cellular vaporiser'.
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.
In some homes, the highest recorded concentration of Radon was 50 times over the recommended level, according to Keith Hardy, of Nottingham Trent University.
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.
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 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.
A neighborhood in Memphis, Tennessee, is reportedly facing a huge spider nuisance. According to WMC , the spiders' web in North Memphis stretches half a mile. Thousands of spiders are said to be in the area. Steve Reichling, a Memphis Zoo curator, has said 'It's a mass dispersal of the millions of tiny spiders that have always been in that field.' Reichling told local media: 'The presence of these spiders tells us that all is well with nature at that location.'
China's capital city Beijing yesterday unveiled its next-generation restroom, named 'The Fifth Space', aiming to refresh the image of Chinese public toilets.
The firm blames a  'hardware issue which affects the day-to-day functionality of the device' - but won't reveal the exact problem.
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.
Scientists from a group of US and Canadian universities, including the University of Alberta tracked atmospheric changes through time using rock samples from Australia.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Scientists at the Meyer-Hentschel Institute in Germany developed the suit (pictured left) for Ford's Driving Skills for Life programme so motorists can better understand the risks of driving under the influence of narcotics (pictured to right). It includes googles with flashing LEDs to distort vision (shown bottom right), headphones to produce a sense of detachment and a vibrating glove to make precise movements difficult. Weights and joint bandages also throw the wearer off balance and slow movements down.
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.
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.
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 Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved genetically modified salmon, the first such altered animal allowed for human consumption in the United States.
The tongue-in-cheek bio on the satirical social media profile reads: 'Queen of everywhere you'd want to visit. One's new book "Still Reigning" is out now.'
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.
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.
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.
Russia's strongman Vladimir Putin has been overseeing the daily airstrikes in Syria from a colossal three-floor war room in Moscow. Long rows of identical desks and computer terminals are crammed into the enormous space, filling up three floors with analysts monitoring activities in the conflict zone. Sitting at a desk on the central level of the first floor, the Russian President can be seen observing every detail. Putin is surrounded by his trusted military advisers, who have been working hard to shore up the Assad regime in Syria.
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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'.
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.
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.
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard NASA's Terra satellite captured what is known as, ship-wave-shaped clouds, over Prince Edwards Islands.
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'.
Scientists are using a 'Frozen Ark' in Nottingham to preserve the DNA of endangered species such as the Amur leopard and Siberian tiger.
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.
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.
Created by the University of Tehran, Surena stabds at 190 cm (6.2ft) tall, weighs 98 kg (216lb) and has four articulated limbs that allow it to walk, run and grasp objects.
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.
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.
Nasa's Kjell Lindgren has planted a bed of zinnia seeds using the ISS's on-board 'greenhouse' called Veggie.
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.
London-based photographer Mikael Buck took the incredible photos using a Sony A7R II camera with a 90mm macro lens and macro filter. His subjects were some of the 10 most common bugs in homes in west Europe such as the house spider (left) woodlouse (top right) and ladybird (bottom right) according to conservation charity, Buglife.
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.
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).
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.
Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) sequenced two species of the Acorn worm (pictured).
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.
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.
Lena Hyde, from Portland, Oregon, had her husband film her sons Ethan and Calvin as they tried to work her old Walkman/
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.
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.
'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 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.
Ryan Taylor, 22, was skiing and mountaineering at the time in Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand when a large block of ice dislodged and plummeted down the mountain.
The extensive list of encrypted messaging services, email providers, and GPS blockers has emerged in a 34-page handbook written for the jihadis.
A researcher at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama recorded female vampire bats (stock image) showing 'reciprocal altruism'.
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.
Scientists at Peking University discovered magnetic proteins in the retina nerve cells of animals form rod-shaped complexes and orientate in magnetic fields.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
A new study from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia found that cats' picky eating habits may be caused by bitter taste receptors.
Researchers from the University of Salzburg found that GPS units in sat navs and phones invariably overestimate the distance travelled by as much as 20 per cent.
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 '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.
Alex Bernasconi has travelled the world capturing images of mother nature at her best, and now has compiled some of his most stunning photographs into a new book, Blue Ice. The breathtaking panoramas reveal the spectacular beauty of the Antarctic landscape which is shaped by its extreme climate. Images include shots of the phenomenal ice arch near Paulet Island (left), a stand-off between an elephant seal and a king penguin (top right) and Gentoo penguins standing tall on an ice-capped island (bottom right).
Owners of drones weighing 250 grams or more should provide authorities with their name and address and put an ID number on the aircraft, experts hired by the FAA have recommended.
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.
The elastic patch - which is the size of a large, everyday plaster - is made from a plastic film impregnated with tiny capsules that are loaded with tiny balls of the required drug.
It's long been said that a person can die from a broken heart, but now, a nine-year study of elderly couples in the U.S. suggests that there may be truth behind the expression.
Having sex in a hotel room, instead of your own bedroom, can causes a rush of the 'happy' neurotransmitter dopamine, experts say.
Google's search boss, Amit Singhal, revealed the working prototype in an interview with Time magazine.
Tail Lights Rider System aims to save horses and riders from being injured in collisions. The system has LED lights, on the front and tail units to warn motorists that there is a rider on the road.
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.
Nasa researchers in California mapped the regions by combining images captured by the Dawn probe between August and October this year.
According to a study of 50,000 people, adults between 40 and 42 are at their most miserable as they care for children, elderly parents and work long hours but happiness improves for the over-60s.
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.
The solar plant in Ouarzazate will use 500,000 mirrors to power a city during day and night using Concentrated Solar Power which harnesses sunlight to melt salt and power a steam turbine.
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.
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'
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.
Benjamin wrote to Delta Airlines in Atlanta, Georgia, including a drawing of a plane with neon orange balloons attached to it.
London-based British American Tobacco is to trial a new type of cigarette called iFuse that combines e-cigarette technology (stock image pictured) and tobacco.
Elon Musk's rocket manufacturing company was given the green light to send astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming years.
Researchers in Sweden have developed fully functional cyberplants engineered to host analog and digital electronic circuits, and the leaves can change colours.
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.
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.
Samsung is rumoured to be releasing a handset called SM-W2016 (pictured) that has been spotted on a Chinese website.
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.
Engineers are updating Orion's thermal protection system in preparation for its next mission, Exploration Mission-1, where it will travel through the harshest conditions has ever endured.
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.
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).
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?
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'.
Japanese researchers used high-speed video technology to capture tropical finches engaging in a 'tap dance' as a part of their courtship ritual (pictured).
With access to the Imperial War Museum's extensive archives, Weird War One reveals the increasingly desperate quest for any bright idea which might offer the tiniest advantage over the enemy.
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.
Called the Pepsi P1, it boasts a 5.5inch screen, fingerprint scanner and 13 megapixel camera.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The US Defense Advanced Research Project Agency has already tested these implants in individuals suffering from brain injuries to improve their memory.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In addition to a new look (pictured), Google+ now puts a greater focus on two of its most popular tools Communities and Collections.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
Astronomers from Caltech studying the speed of the stars in dwarf galaxy Triangulum II have discovered something visually undetectable is influencing their movements.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
The strange-looking black orb was found in the Spanish village of Villavieja in Murcia - becoming the latest instance of an increasingly bewildering phenomenon.
Hoverboards are prohibited by New York state law since they are considered motor vehicles that cannot be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicle.
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.
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.
A farmer made the spectacular discovery when he spotted a molehill with some shimmering green coins on his land in Ueken in Switzerland, but he will not be allowed to keep the hoard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
In his tweet, Scott Kelly was 'trying to tell the world about the existence of aliens' without directly saying anything, conspiracy theorists claim.
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.
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