Nasa announced Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser 'shuttle' will join SpaceX and Orbital ATK in launching cargo to the International Space Station.
The U.S. Navy's $2.1 billion fleet of high-speed transport ships are not quite equipped to withstand the blow of waves in the high seas. In the past few years, the Navy has spent millions of dollars strengthening the bows on four of its vessels, and it will have to do the same for the entire ship class. The ships, built by Austal Ltd., have been deployed to Africa, the Middle East, and Singapore, and are being considered for expanded use by the Marines.
Antutu released the latest smartphone performance report for 2015 and iPhone 6s Plus is at the top of the chart. The iOS device led the pack with 132,620 points, which is 41 percent higher than the runner-up.
The Oculus Rift is set to finally go on sale in March but the firm behind it admits VR tech is still over a decade away from Star Trek's Holodeck.
Subscribers often resort to proxies, or servers that
facilitate access to Internet content not available locally, to watch Netflix's popular shows such as 'House of cards' and
'Orange is the New Black.'
Upshot has just been released on iOS. This new app allows users to create a private and secure place to share photos with friends. Simply create an event, invite friends and turn Autoshare ON.
Astronomers have
found a distant supernova, or exploded star, 20 times brighter than the Milky Way galaxy, according to new research.
Winds from around the black hole are moving at 23 000-33 000 km/s, about 10% the speed of light, researchers found.
The footage was captured on a drone by Augustine Lepe, who was flying his aerial vehicle above the South Pacific Ocean, about 12 miles from the north of La Serena, Chile. Focussing on the sea for around 20 seconds, Augustine filmed a white 'UFO' falling from the sky at high speed before stopping suddenly, travelling along the surface of the water and then vanishing.
'Once' is a dating app that integrates with a Fitbit or Android wearable to monitor your heart rate while you are looking at a potential matches profile. If both of your hearts begin to race, then it's a match.
Some 26.3 per cent of Swedes have the happiness gene, compared to 23 per cent of Britons, 21 per cent of the French and 20 per cent of Germans, Bulgarian researchers found.
A software bug caused Nest smart thermostats to lose power, causing heating and cooling systems in to completely shutdown. And many Nest owners have been waking up to frigid homes.
Russian scientists believe that marks on a woolly mammoth carcass in Siberia may provide evidence that humans were present in the Arctic as early as 45,000 years ago.
The baby dinosaur, a juvenile Chasmosaurus, uncovered six years ago in Alberta badlands is now providing scientists with the answers to evolutionary mysteries.
Graham Kendall from the University of Nottingham has explained the best strategy for amateurs, and discusses whether the dart board design needs a makeover.
Grocery shopping is a chore disdained by many, and online services have become increasingly popular for helping customers avoid crowded aisles and the struggle of carrying heavy bags. But, these services require hours or even days to process an order, and for picky shoppers, selecting the best items is something that must be done personally. Now, Russian inventor has come up with the solution to please everyone-drive through supermarkets, where everything you need is on cascading shelves and you never have to get out of the car.
The feature, named Wright Mons after the Wright brothers, is one of two potential ice volcanoes on Pluto. It is about 90 miles (150km) across and 2.5 miles (4km) high. If it is in fact a volcano, as suspected, it would be the largest such feature discovered in the outer solar system. Scientist have only spotted on impact crater on Wright Mons itself, which suggests that the surface - as well as some of the crust underneath - was created relatively recently.
Tim Peake and Tim Kopra will face a race against the clock to repair a power unit on the outside of the International Space Station (ISS) using simple tools, one of which is a toothbrush.
Photographer Jurgen Otto appears to have captured a spider's fun side. A video depicts a species of Australian jumping spider, called Jotus remus, playing hide and seek to snag a partner.
Engineers at Michigan Michigan Technological University have developed a drone catcher that fires a net at other UAVs from up to 40 feet away while still in mid-air.
Cambridge scientists say the level of 'chatter' between brain cells indicates how much anaesthetic is needed. The greater the activity at the start of surgery, the bigger the required dose.
Named Mugen Puchi Puchi, the product was designed in Japan and is the world's first electronic bubble wrap simulator, which emulates both the sensation on your finger and the sound of the pop.
Researchers at the University of Michigan are developing a Kindle style Braille e-reader for blind and partially sighted people. It will be capable of displaying text, graphs and graphics.
A study conducted by researchers at Ghent University found that candidates with attractive photos were invited to 39 per cent more interviews and were a fifth more likely to get positive feedback.
Children with richer parents are more likely to be 'extroverts', which could affect their earnings later in life, according to a new study published by the Sutton Trust (file image).
In less than a century meteorologists claim that summertime in Boston will feel more like Miami, while winters in New York (inset) will feel like North Carolina today. And while last year's odd climate was partly down to El Niño, longer-term changes will the result of global warming, scientists claim. To help visualise these changes, Climate Central has created two interactive maps of the US that show summer high and winter low temperatures for the end of this century in 1,001 cities.The main image shows how summer in Las Vegas will feel like summertime in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Experts from European Academy of Bozen-Bolzaon in Italy have compared the Otzi the iceman's mitochondrial DNA with 1,077 modern samples. A stock image of the mummy is shown.
Musk's 12 year old company is focused on Silicon Valley to recruit some 1,600 software engineers for the next stage - and Musk says he will interview them personally.
The effects of global warming on the planet is so great it will suppress the beginning of the next ice age, a new study has found.
The experiment has been proposed by Professor Tongcang Li at Purdue University and Dr Zhang-qi Yin at Tsinghua University. Quantum teleportation of an organism has never been achieved.
Scientists in Germany think that Yersinia pestis, the bacterial culprit believed to be responsible for the Great Plague in 17th century Europe, hid in an unknown reservoir since the Black Death.
A professor from Georgia Tech has done the calculations, and he says there's just a 1 in 292 million chance of winning the jackpot. But, he's offered some tips to help your chances anyway.
Johns Hopkins University scientists revealed the female sex hormone estrogen has antiviral effects against the influenza A virus - and that estrogen therapies could be used to treat the flu.
Eating a diet rich in natural compounds called flavanoids can reduce erectile dysfunction as much as walking briskly for up to five hours a week, scientists at East Anglia University found.
Last week, a lava lake at Hawaii's Kilauea volcano (main image) exploded, and it spewed something very unusual - a mysterious, balloon-like object with a glassy shell (inset). Explosions at the lake are typical , but this bizarre find is something scientists have never seen before. It's now being said that the hollow object is a 'Pele's tear' with a one-of-a-kind structure.
The judgment centred on the case of a Romanian engineer who was fired in 2007 after his company discovered he was using Yahoo Messenger to chat with his fiancee and brother at work.
Ford has been testing the vehicles in winter weather (pictured) in Michigan, including at Mcity - a 32-acre, fake urban environment at the University of Michigan.
The probe, which has been orbiting Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko since August 2014, discovered grains of water ice in two different places on the surface.
Anthropologists have discovered stone tools that suggest an unknown species of human braved the ocean crossing to Sulawesi, Indonesia, up to 150,000 years before Homo sapiens.
The Institute for Integrative Nanosciences at IFW Dresden is developing spermbots, a microscopic metal coil that slips on the sperm cell and propels it to the egg, to treat low sperm motility.
Scientists at the University of Chicago have found that people with intermittent explosive disorder (stock image) have less grey matter in the frontolimbic regions of the brain that regulate emotions.
Modern diets lacking in fibre may cause irreversible damage to vital gut bacteria for generations of the same family, suggests a new study. Experts suggest cleaning less often.
University of California San Francisco and Truth Initiative experts warn young people are overexposed to glamorous images of smoking, which could inspire them to take up the habit.
Thirty miles north of Las Vegas, in the middle of the desert, the future of high speed transportation is starting to take shape. According to Hyperloop Technologies CEO Rob Lloyd, this is the test site where a concept originated by Tesla's Elon Musk, becomes a viable option for high speed transportation. The concept is known as Hyperloop, and it will eventually take passengers the 380 miles (610km) from LA to San Francisco in 30 minutes - half the time it takes a plane. The team is planning a prototype of Hyperloop there later this year - and there is finally some physical evidence that a test track will be built.
Google's futuristic self-driving cars needed some old-fashioned human intervention to avoid 13 crashes during testing on California roads, the company has said.
The Mobile Virtual Dementia Tour, travelling the UK, takes away people's primary senses, to let them experience the fear and frustration dementia sufferers go through on a daily basis.
The internet is in a frenzy about the latest musical star. Siri has revealed to the world that she can beatbox and if you ask her to bust out a beat, she will give you one she has been practicing.
The record-breaking pulsar, 6,500-light-years away, appeared from neutron star in the center of the supernova of 1054 AD. It is also known as the Crab pulsar.
The new six-part series will be filmed in Glasgow. It will feature a bullet-proof, purpose-built fighting arena and 'state-of-the-art cameras' to capture every destructive move. The original arena is pictured.
If anything was needed to illustrate how much of an effort is required by footballers to keep up with their social media notifications, then this video from Demy de Zeeuw should do it.
Cornell Food and Brand Lab scientists found eating food off of a smaller plate can help curb overeating, particularly in instances where people are allowed to self-serve, such as at home or at a buffet.
Research has found that location is now a much bigger influence on children's achievement than in 1970, with London students performing best and Yorkshire and the Humber worst.
Fox Studios partnered with Lightwave to learn what viewers really thought of The Revenant. Some 100 moviegoers were given sensor bands (inset) to monitor heartbeat, temperature and movements while they watched the film. Within just 26 minutes of the film the first fight or flight reaction was recorded, and by the time the movie had ended hundreds of millions of rows of data were collected.
Astronomers from the University of Wyoming have discovered almost close to 80 of the fastest-moving stars in the Milky Way galaxy from the fuzzy red bow waves they cause.
Elon Musk's SpaceX has revealed stunning new footage of its Falcon 9 rocket's historic landing back on Earth after delivering satellites to orbit.
Yale University developed an algorithm that predicts if an individual is generous or a jerk. Results found that those who are surrounded by selfish people will exhibit the same behavior.
Scientists at the University of Lincoln have managed to prove that dogs are able to recognise emotions in humans other than their owners by combining facial expressions and tone of voice.
The book is penned by science author Clifford A Pickover, who also works at the IBM Thomas J Watson Research Centre in New York.
Experts from Warwick University reveal their survey found many smokers turn to e-cigarettes as a means of perpetuating their habit in spite of tighter regulation on smoking in public.
Uber is set to allow app makers access to its service to give riders customised music, news and even restaurant reviews.
Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) in London made the reconstructions using scans of 26 fossilised bones and around 1,000 photographs of other fossils.
Adidas brand Y-3 and ongoing partner Yohj Yamamoto are teaming up with Virgin Galactic to design futuristic uniforms for the Spaceport America team. Today the world was given a glimpse at the suits and boots made for the flight pilots. The duo is also designing the uniforms for the astronauts and on-the-ground crew. Both the suits and boots are made with Kevlar-like material and every stitch, shoe lace, zipper and inch of material is black.
Scientists at the Advanced Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory in Washington and Louisiana are analysing signals rumoured to be gravitational waves.
The unnamed resident said he initially saw the bizarre flying object near the village of Budakovo in the south of Kosovo earlier this month. Its appearance has sparked a fierce debate.
Mathematicians from the University of Liverpool designed a method for cutting 12 equal pizza slices. Now they found there is no limit to how many equal slices can be cut in a pie.
Astronomers have been searching for the source of an elusive radio signal detected by a telescope in Ohio in 1977, but a new theory suggests it may have come from comets in our own solar system.
Zero1, a helmet prototype by Seattle startup, Vicis, channels the protective techniques of a car bumper by deforming slightly upon impact, and then regaining its shape.
California has been placed under a state of emergency after a gas leak erupted from a facility in Aliso Canyon. It is causing one of the biggest environmental disasters in US history.
A new type of battery could finally solve the problem of exploding hoverboards.
The lithium-ion battery, developed at Stanford University, shuts off when it gets too hot, and will revive once it's cooled.
Suffolk-based seed company Thompson and Morgan spent two years developing the impressive Tree Lily, which it says produces beautiful scented flowers.
The biggest dinosaur ever to be shown at the American Museum of Natural History will be unveiled on Friday, and its head will graze the ceiling. Known as the Titanosaur, it is one of the largest dinosaurs ever discovered, and lived 100 million years ago. Researchers dug up the bones in a desert region of Argentine Patagonia, after a farmer found what he suspected to be fossils.
The Peach app, (screenshot shown) which lets people share interactive content using 'magic words' was made by Vine's New York-based creator, Dom Hoffmann.
A total of 16 warm-water turtles have been found on the UK shoreline since December. This loggerhead turtle was found on the shore at Langton Matravers in Dorset.
Nasa has revealed the Chichester-born father-of-two (pictured) has repaired a broken lavatory after one of two suction-based WCs on the orbital laboratory broke last Thursday.
The robot would be made up of a sack filled with a fluid containing shape memory polymers. Four valves would move fluid from one compartment into another to help the rover shift its weight.
Speaking to scientists in Stockholm in August, Professor Hawking teased the theory when he said black holes may not be so black after all. He has now published a paper explaining the theory.
Sydney law student, Matthew Corry, was sick of having damp clothes when he travelled. Upon his return he created the Dry-Go - a small portable machine that dries clothes in just one minute.
The Association of Banks in Singapore has warned mobile banking users about the bogus app update, urging phone owners to install anti-virus software on their handsets to avoid losing money.
Getting yourself out of a bad mood could be as simple as making yourself sound happy, according to a study from researchers at Lund University in Sweden.
ArtCodeData and Open Access worked together to create a map that connects every subway system in the world. Open Access is currently raising funds through Kickstater for The $29 World Metro Map, which showcase the tangled lines of the 214 subway systems in the world in bright illuminating colours. The image shows that it's possible to create routes from Times Square Station in New York to Beijing National Library Station in China.
Old-fashioned light bulbs banned by the EU could make a comeback thanks to a technological breakthrough that makes them use less energy. The new bulbs would be more efficient and cheaper.
Audi unveiled its moon rover at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit this week. The vehicle has been built as part of the $30m Google Lunar XPrize contest.
Tesla boss Elon Musk told the BBC it was 'obvious' that the company would try to make a compelling car of its own.
The mammoth drone, designed by Krister Borge and students from the University of Oslo in Norway, took two years to create and cost more than 200,000 Norwegian kroners (£15,000).
Researchers from the University of Leuven, Belgium, found that while clouds bring moisture and snow fall, they also have a 'blanket effect' which causes the sheet (pictured) to melt faster.
A mind-controlled prosthetic arm could revolutionize movement for amputees. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are working with a test patient to perfect this technology
The fault line beneath Nepal causes material to pile up until the massive Gorkha earthquake released the pressure, but not all of the fault ruptured, and another quake may hit in the coming decades.
Researchers from the University of Oregon used 'molecular time travel' to trace the transformation of our single-celled ancestor to a protein function born of mutation, spurring the first multicellular life.
The mystery of a series of 'alien' circles seen near Las Vegas may have finally been solved. These strange patterns, found near a landmark called Vulcan's Throne, were spotted using satellite imagery on Google Earth. Now, one archaeologist believes she knows what created them; an army of ants who have built thousands of nests, each 47 inches (120cm) in diameter. Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, a specialist in satellite imagery analysis at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy, refers to them as 'the Las Vegas of ants'.
In an interview with Jeremy Paxman in 2000, David Bowie predicted would be an uncontrollable force that would transform the relationship musicians have with their fans.
Facebook registered several car and auto related domain names last month leading to speculation it may be about to unveil a secret car project to rival Google's driverless vehicle.
Nasa's new program will face the threat of deadly near-Earth objects. Washington based Planetary Defense Coordination Office will spearhead the ongoing search for NEOs
As of this weekened, some Tesla Motors vehicles can park themselves without a driver inside. Elon Musk says he thinks a self-driving car will be able to drive across the country in two years.
The extinct animal, believed to be the world's biggest ocean-dwelling crocodile, was found buried on the edge of the Sahara.
The love potion spray (file photo of man and woman on date) contains syntocinon, a synthetic form of the hormone oxytocin, which is naturally released in the brain when people fall in love
Human organs are being grown inside sheep and pigs in a bid to save the lives of those on organ donation waiting lists.
Psychologist Louise Phillips from Aberdeen University tested the theory by asking 116 men and women to read a series of stories and watch videos which showed everyday conversations.
Humans may evolve bizarre features in response to changing environments, according to Dr Matthew Skinner, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Kent. Dr Skinner said some changes - such as webbed feet and hands becoming widespread - could take place very quickly as some humans already have a genetic mutation that produces webbing.
Lincon-based Funky3DFaces uses 3D printing to produce miniature replicas of real human faces that can be attached to Lego figurines. Each head is printed from photographs.
Ruggie, created by designers in Vancouver, Canada, will continue to play an alarm until it detects the pressure of someone standing on it for more than three seconds.
Japanese toilet manufacturer Toto has created an 'intelligent' toilet which opens its lid when it sees you coming, closes when you leave, and cleans itself after every flush.
Astronomers at the Rochester Institute of Technology say a dwarf galaxy packed with mysterious dark matter skimmed past our own galaxy hundreds of millions of years ago.
The illustrious scientist (pictured) made his comments at the Royal Institution in London, speaking on the eve of his 74th birthday,
Palaeontologists have uncovered a 'mass death assemblage' at a quarry pit in the Mantua Township in central New Jersey, which dates closely to the mass extinction 65 million years ago.
At CES in Las Vegas today, Nasa revealed exactly what astronauts would see when they travel the 325ft elevator to enter the Orion capsule at the top of the SLS.
Dr Paul Mason, an astrophysicist at University of Texas at El Paso, said that a number of key events unfolded over billions of years which were key for habitable planets.
Teacher and freelance photographer Roni Hendrawan has captured stunning macro images of mini-beasts in detail. The photos were taken the forests and gardens near his home in the Indonesian island of Bangka. The set includes images of (clockwise from top left) a black soldier fly, red paper wasp, dragonfly and a rhubarb weevil.
The eerie footage was captured in the sky above the Large Hadron Collider - a complex particle collider based at the European particle physics laboratory CERN near Geneva, Switzerland.
The latest rumours claim the firm has worked with chip companies to make the change, and will include noise cancelling technology into the handset, Fast Company says.
The theory has been proposed by Portsmouth University's Carl Ross. They would be attached to the sea bed by tubular pillars with vacuum chambers, similar to offshore drilling rigs.
Researchers from RMIT University in Melbourne have created a new class of sound wave, a feat that hasn't been achieved in more than half a century. It could revolutionize biomedical devices.
Samsung, Sony and LG are among the main contenders showcasing high dynamic range (HDR) televisions, which has become a major trend at this year's CES exhibition in Las Vegas.
New patent from Apple reveals iPhone 7 handsets could be designed with a dual camera. This will allow users to zoom in while taking videos and pictures, but without having to sacrifice quality.
Physicists have finally glimpsed the holy grail- an elusive form of hydrogen that's never been seen before. This form makes up interiors of giant planets in the solar system, and the sun.
Automated drinking buddy, created by South Korean inventor Eunchan Park, can down shots repeatedly, and will even raise his glass to for a hearty 'cheers,' before tossing them back.
The team recently gave Glamour exclusive access to watch them train at Nasa's facilities in Houston as they prepare themselves for deep space travel. Among the hopefuls to be the first person to step foot on the red planet are (from left to right) Nicole Aunapu Mann, Anne McClain, Jessica Meir, and Christina Hammock Koch. It will be the farthest and most ambition manned space mission in history. Getting there will take six to nine month, while a round-trip will take two to three years.
Taiwanese site Apple Club claims to have obtained the images, which show the new handset's screen and some of its controller chips.
The company is believed to be developing a new type of controller, and according to analyst Junko Yamamura, it will be unveiled in June.
Changzhou First International Trade Co.'s booth was raided at the Consumer Electronics Show on Thursday. US Marshall responding to a complaint accusing them of patent infringement.
It's the latest date considered for the beginning of the Anthropocene epoch - a time in which humans permanently changed the planet, by using nuclear weapons, for example.
The video was posted by a user by the name of 'videosdebarraquito'. It involves dragging and dropping pre-installed apps into a folder.
Paleontologists from the University of Colorado at Denver discovered the large scrape marks made by theopod dinosaurs some 100 million years ago in what is now western Colorado.
Archaeologists discovered the huge stash of tea in the tomb of Emperor Jing, the fourth emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, while excavating in Xi'an, Sha'anxi Province, China.
Studies by the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, and the Institut Pasteur in Paris, have revealed how our immune systems were shaped by Neanderthal DNA.
A six-foot ragfish washed up on the coast of Gustavus, Alaska. It's a rare sighting, as these creatures live 4,000 feet under the sea. A second sighting occurred over the summer, but this was the first one to be seen in 40 years. Experts are asking questions if their environment is changing.
The company kicked off the CES in Las Vegas today by talking about its top-range TV line, which features eight models as part of its LG G6 and LG E6 ranges.
The Bolt aims to appeal to consumers looking at a more affordable price tag than the luxury, market-leading Tesla, GM says.
The radial troughs have been referred to as spiders, simply because of their shape, and are caused by the thawing of carbon dioxide ice.
Scientists at the Weizmann Institute in Israel said our 'selfish genes' are partly behind aches and pains, as well as viruses and germs - and we should stay at home when feeling unwell (stock image).
The new space-themed ride, called Galactica, (illustrated) will be the first major opening at Alton Towers in Staffordshire since 16 people were injured in a rollercoaster crash in June.
The bug was found by California-based security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan who demonstrated the flaw by sending a single message filled with smiley faces.
Miniatur Wunderland is located in the Speicherstadt area of Hamburg. Google mounted its spherical cameras onto toy cars to trains. A German farmer's market is pictured.
Nasa experts believe the object may be a 'dirty block of water ice' which is floating in denser solid nitrogen.
The smaller, precision guided B61 Model 12 bomb (pictured, being fired) are the first of five new atomic warheads which are said to cost the United States up to $1trillion over the next 30 years. Guided by a sophisticated radar and steered using four maneuverable fins, the B61-12 was created to destroy weapons bunker and test sites with an unnerving level of accuracy. While Obama's administration claims the weapon is less likely to be used, his opponents believe its smaller explosive yield and better targeting make it more tempting to deploy. Meanwhile, the former director of the Nuclear Weapons Council has said the new arsenal is 'unaffordable and unneeded'.
The image was captured at a distance of around 1.6 million miles (2.6 million km) from Saturn and shows 10 miles (16km) per pixel. One of its those moon, Tethys, can be seen on the lower right.
The graphic was created by London-based pet insurance firm Helpucover.co.uk. It details the symptoms of common ailments that affect a range of household pets.
The video was posted online by an unidentified man from Chemin Remembrance, Montreal, Canada and reveals the cheapest way to waterproof your smart phone.
Researchers at the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) say dangerous levels of synthetic chemicals called polychlorinated biphenyls, known as PCBs, are still leaking into the oceans.
Scientists from Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Germany believe that the animal died out due to its inability to adapt to changing conditions.
MooseRoots gathered 14,750 names of philosophers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, inventors, artists, composers and Nobel laureates to find out what the top genius names are.
The media giant is seen as a 'sitting duck', according to the New York Post, with Apple's top dealmaker tasked with monitoring the firm.
The Vietnamese government is working with Hamburg-based medical diagnostics firm Bioglobe to train experts how to use DNA technologies to identify remains.
The Human Fertilisation & Embryology Authority will meet ttomorrow to decide if London'd Francis Crick Institute researchers can alter the DNA of human embryos for the first time.
The app (pictured), built by researchers from the University of Cambridge, attempts to guess a user's regional accent based on their pronunciation of 26 words and colloquialisms.
Scientists at the Aerospace Research Center and Space Agency in Germany have said they are losing hope of contacting the tiny Philae (pictured on its descent) probe on comet 67p.
In the womb, unborn babies are able to hear as early as 16 weeks into development. Babypod, an intravaginal speaker developed by scientists at the Institut Marquès, plays music to engage neurons.
A proposed space telescope called NEOCam could help the Nasa locate near-Earth objects, but it can only become a reality with the proper funding. An asteroid strike could do unthinkable damage.
Scientists in at the University of Montana analysed the complex air currents created by the tiny birds' wings and found they create tiny tornadoes which gives them their high maneuverability.
The predictions were made by particle physicist Gavin Hesketh of UCL, ecologist Louise Gentle of Nottingham Trent University and chemist Simon Cotton of the University of Birmingham.
At CES in Las Vegas last week, Kino Mo displayed its range of holographic displays, including a realistic portrayal of Emma Watson and slimer from Ghostbusters.
A new supercomputer, named Cheyenne for its future home outside of the Wyoming capital, will replace the Yellowstone supercomputer to become one of the fastest computers in the world.
Researchers from Italy, Germany and Spain have designed microgears to support self-propelling micromachines. They combines particles and hydrogen peroxide to spin the 8-micrometer gears.
The cloud is many billions of light years away from Earth, and is observed as it was just 1.8 billion years after the Big Bang.
Scientists at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, found women with more children had longer telomeres, which are the protective caps on each strand of DNA and, which are integral to cell replication and thus aging.
Instead, Microsoft will push users towards Windows 10 and Edge, the new browser Microsoft created for the latest version of Windows.
Airbus has revealed a new 'drone killer' system that can automatically monitor an area - and disable the drone by jamming its signals if it spots one.
Other highlights in Las Vegas this week included Faraday Future's FFZero1 concept car, the world's first affordable robot butler, a rollable TV screen and a Keurig-style machine for cocktails.
In an interview, the Taiwanese firm's boss Cher Wang said pre-orders for the gadget (pictured) will open on 29 February with the device going on general sale in April.
Vishwa Deep Dixit from the Yale School of Medicine found that increasing FGF21 levels in mice stopped their thymus glands from getting fatty (pictured) and weakening.
Researchers in Chicago have come up with a way to train smartphone fitness trackers to spot fake activity. This could allow healthcare providers to get a more accurate scope of a patient's exercise habits
While other major computer-makers saw shipments fall in 2015, Apple increased the number of Macs it shipped worldwide last year.
A team of engineers from the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Genoa designed the robotic arm and attached it to one of its HyQ quadruped robots in order to give it manipulation capabilities
The new 'night shift' mode was unveiled as part of a beta version of iOS9.3, the firm's next update.
A smartphone app, developed by a San Francisco-based lingerie company, Thirdlove, can calculate the size of a woman's body as well as her bust size - all within five minutes.
The game, Agar.io, was created by a Brazilian student and reduces players to cells hunting inside a virtual petri dish (screenshot shown).
Canadian researchers have found that the brain prepares a number of movements available before picking one.
The recent California rains have given Google valuable practice time for its self-driving cars, allowing them to learn how to drive safely in poor weather conditions.
Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a company called Cloudwalk based in Chongqing, China, said their polygraph overcomes many of the problems with traditional lie detectors.
Researchers at Harvard Business School believe that those who choose to withhold information may be judged more negatively than those who admitted information.
The material, from Zhejiang University, China, is a shape memory polymer, built up from a large number of similar units bonded together, such as plastic, that revert to previous shapes.
MIT is developing new technology to ease the pains of the winter duties. A polymer that will store solar energy throughout the day and release it as needed. It can be used to melt ice or keep you warm.
Research conducted by traffic psychologists at the University of Bath has raised important questions about the safety of cycle helmets. They found those wearing helmets increase risk taking by 30 per cent.
If given the chance, would you want to know your 'desirability' score? Tinder CEO Sean Rad has revealed the dating app's hidden ranking system, which is used to generate better matches.
Stanford University investigated the link between rejection and a person's sense of self. They found people form negative thoughts about themselves and carry them to future relationships.
Archaeologists from the Austrian Archaeological Institute unearthed a small group of graves in Austria and found one of a man whose ankle and foot had been replaced by a wooden prosthetic.
Researchers at the European Academy (Eurac) uncovered the genome of H.pylori, a common bacterium, through analysis of the entire DNA of the contents of tzi's stomach.
Dailymail.com took the latest headset, the Gear VR developed by Oculus and Samsung, to the streets of New York to find out if it's really ready for primetime - and New Yorkers.
Launched this week at the CES in Las Vegas, by Cambridge Consultants. ZipLine uses infrared sensors to pick up the body heat from shoppers as they line up.
IBM and the makers of Pepper robot, SoftBank, are joining forces to created a robot that will understand data such as text and pictures to help business reach customers on personal levels.
The Milky Way galaxy has about 150 globular clusters, most of them orbiting in the galactic outskirts, densely packed, holding a million stars in a ball only about 100 light-years across on average.
Apple's boss Tim Cook announced Apple Music (pictured) hit the 6.5 million mark in October, meaning it has gained an average of around 42,000 paying customers every day since.
André Füzfa from the University of Namur has proposed a method to produce and detect gravitational fields, and says it's achievable with current technologies.
Experts from Taylors of Harrogate and Oxford University have shared their tips with MailOnline. They suggest picking Columbian beans for winter, and grinding at home.
The new Sandia National Laboratories accelerator, Thor, will be smaller than the Sandia Z machine, the world's largest and most powerful pulsed-power accelerator-but it will be 40 times more efficient.
Ford has opened a new laboratory in Michigan to develop technology so its cars can integrate with smartwatches to perform 'driver performance assessments' and alter safety settings.
The Falcon 9 rocket, carrying a NASA ocean-monitoring satellite, is set to blast off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California on Jan. 17.
Students at Bluefield College in Virginia created the 'Hollywood Jesus' composite (shown) based on the facial features of 20 famous actors who have played Christ in films.
The deal, signed by the South Korean electronics giant and two groups representing the victims and their families, aims to improve health and safety conditions at all Samsung's plants.
The 17 by 19 inch robot is the work of Chinese firm, UBTech, who launched as an Indiegogo campaign in November. At CES in Las Vegas, it revealed that the robot will be available in March for $1,300.
Figures from London-based Brandwatch show more than 1.3 million tweets were posted on social media last week making direct reference to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Archaeologists have unearthed two extraordinary Bronze Age round houses that were built on wooden stilts above the River Nene in Whittlesey, near Peterborough.
By changing the numerical code on the end of the 'genre' URL, anyone can have access to the thousands of obscure categories. Two unofficial sites have compiled a list of many of the genres.
The Chicago-based plane manufacturer has unveiled its plans for ceiling or wall projections that show stars at night or sunny and blue skies during the day, and curved screens for films and TV programmes.
Professor Grant Bigg from the University of Sheffield analysed 175 satellite images taken from 2003 to 2013. Iceberg C16 is shown centre with Blooms of phytoplankton are seen streatching around it.
Yamaha has team up with robotics fiorm SRI to try and beat the lap times of Valentino Rossi in 2017, the two firms have announced.
Dan Blackman from Edith Cowan University in Australia, and technical adviser to Western Australia Police, thinks police are missing out on using routers for this key source of information.
The pictures in the Chauvet caves, in the Ardèche, south east France, are thought to show a volcano after a geological study revealed an eruption at around the same time they were done.
From electronic kimonos to sensors that know what your pet is feeling, the Japan's Wearable Expo, Jan 13-15, promises to reveal some of the most creative technological innovations.
Scientists from Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Palaeoenvironment, Germany believe that the animal died out due to its inability to adapt to changing conditions.
Researchers from Metropolitan State University of Denver found that classroom discrimination causes women to receive lower grades when perceived as 'less attractive.'
The previously unknown chasm measures 621 miles (1,000km) long and is located in Princess Elizabeth Land, below the white box pictured. It believed to have been carved by water.
VTime is the work of Liverpool-based, Starship, who claims that in the future, a large proportion of human interaction will take place in the virtual world.
Kepler space telescope may be broken, but that didn't stop it from finding 234 potential exoplanets in 2014, astronomers at the 227th meeting of the American Astronomical Society revealed.
Other highlights on Day Two of the conference in Las Vegas include a mind-reading visor that could help prevent car accidents and a smart belt that can manage your weight.
Yale University that monkeys possess the same spiteful trait as humans. Monkeys pulled ropes to collapse tables that held their partner's food, so they couldn't have more than them.
A group of British engineers is building a boat (illustrated) capable of crossing the 3,100 miles (4,988km) of Atlantic Ocean between Cornwall and New York in just two days.
The $65 shoe, which will be available in June, is designed for children between the ages of four and 10. The built-in game involves kids recreating a blinking beeping pattern by pushing coloured buttons.
The social network pledged to 'kill off the phone number' as Messenger attracts even more users.
Pablo Carlos Budassi used logarithmic maps and satellite images from NASA to create a single picture of the universe. It includes everything from the sun to the plasma left by the Big Bang.
Researchers found intestinal parasites such as whipworm, roundworm and Entamoeba histolytica increased in Roman times - despite breakthroughs in personal hygiene.
The Cota Transmitter (pictured) was shown off at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas where visitors were shown a phone in a special case being charged in mid-air.
Gebel el Silsila Survey Project has just unearthed six statues of individuals with round cheeked faces and large ears in Upper Egypt. The statues are of an elite powerful family from 3,5000 years ago.
The US survey of 5,600 online daters looked at emoji use compared to sex drive as well as which of the emoticons are most popular with singles hoping to mingle.
Psychologists at the University of Nottingham assessed how emojis and punctuation influence how people interpret messages. They found a winking face make statements seem sarcastic.
Wet weather and scorching temperatures propelled the United States into record books for the hottest December in modern history.
Ryan Green, 34, of Colorado designed That Dragon, Cancer to help players 'relive memories, share heartache and discover the overwhelming hope that can be found in the face of death'
The engineer from Huntsville, Alabama, has designed an aerofoil-shaped board that can be ridden as it is towed through the air behind a light aircraft (illustrated).
'The most likely time-frame for an artilect war style conflict would be between 2040 and 2055, Logan Streondj from Toronto wrote in a blog post .
In a forthcoming documentary, Sir David Attenborough will tell the story of the discovery in Argentina and reveal how the gentle giant would have looked when it lived 102 million years ago.
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.
Demonstrated off at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the Smarter devices are intended to be 'eyes and ears in the kitchen'.
Experts from around the world attended an international conference to in the Netherlands to discuss returning humans to the moon. Esa experts outlined plans to 3D print bases using lunar soil.
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