The space agency warned that the controversial Caltech paper claiming a ninth planet exists beyond Pluto was 'just a prediction'.
According to one account, the spectacle in Nova Zagora lasted five minutes, before the UFO abruptly changed direction,causing the military planes to also perform 'spectacular manoeuvres.' A number of people, however, have said that the craft looks like it has been added to the footage after it was taken. Another explanation is that the UFO is simply a military drone.
Scientists at the Australian National University argue life may have been common across the universe but rarely managed to evolve quick enough to stabilise its planet's climate.
NEW Scientists at Duke University in North Carolina have found that forming a habit alters the brain's circuitry, leading to lasting changes which make us crave food or repeat behaviours.
Vanderbilt University scientists said practising mindfulness could help recalibrate the imbalance in the brain connections associated with obesity - particularly in children.
Quiz master Thomas Dunbar, from Plymouth, has devised a seven question test with trick answers that's designed to reveal whether you're easily persuaded or if your logic is spot on.
Scientists at the University of Granada in Spain found frying cubes of potato, pumpkin, tomato and eggplant in extra virgin olive oil increased their levels of disease-fighting phenols and antioxidants.
Microsoft has developed an new app, Mimicker Alarm. Once your alarm goes off the app asks you to play one of three games to show how alert you are. And one of them is snapping a morning selfie.
The results of the test (screenshot shown left), which lets users solve challenges from the perspective of an astronaut will be used to develop real tests for spacemen training at Esa's European Astronaut Centre in Cologne. It seeks to give users a taste of challenges faced by astronauts working in three-dimensional space, such as a sense of disorientation, experienced on spacewalks (Tim Kopra pictured top right). The test can be played on the Netherlands Aerospace Centre's (NLR) website on a desktop browser and comes with instructions and keyboard commands (pictured bottom right).
Researchers in Umea University in Sweden have successfully grown cartilage tissue in the laboratory from cow knee joints which they hope can one day be used to treat the condition.
Curiosity is scooping from 'Namib Dune' which. Nasa hopes could help it better understand the ripple patterns spotted in ancient sandstones on Mars that may have formed from flowing water.
In a recent study, a researcher from Roehampton University examines the idea of animal exercise, finding that some animals get fit in preparation for planned events.
Rune Pettersen only needed a sharp knife and a box of matches to complete the mini science experiment in Volda, Norway, last month. The footage has since been viewed 1.2million times.
Called the Triple Crown, its maker Chiappa launched new models of the $2,000 series at the show, attended by around 64,000 gun enthusiasts.
Jeff Gerard captured the bright object floating above the treeline in Spring Hill, Florida, around midnight on October 20 last year. YouTube users have since debated over whether it is a UFO.
Some of the Milky Way's 'celebrity stars' - opulent, attention-getting, and short-lived - can be found in this Hubble image of the glittering star cluster. Known as Trumpler 14, the cluster is located 8,000 light-years away in the Carina Nebula, a huge star-formation region in our galaxy. Because the cluster is only 500,000 years old, it has one of the highest concentrations of massive, luminous stars in the entire Milky Way. Like some Hollywood celebrities, the stars will go out in a flash. Within just a few million years they will burn out and explode as supernovae. The small, dark knot left of center of the image is a nodule of gas laced with dust, and seen in silhouette.
Smartbe is raising on Indiegogo to take their concept into production. The startup has developed a smart, hands-free stroller that has 10 parent friendly features and is all managed through an app. Basically the stroller is a nanny on wheelse with its electronic rocker, bottle warmer, webcam and more.
The craft - which remained a concept - was named the Cruise Missile Carrier, The aim was to create a bomber at 15 per cent the price of the B-2, but able to carry 50 more missiles.
Citizens Advice say British families should be able to cap phone charges, as many customers pay in arrears for extras outside their contracts, like app purchases and surfing the internet.
The App Annie 2015 Retrospective was released and revealed Google Play saw an enormous growth in downloads, 100 percent over Apple's App Store, which saw revenue jump.
Geologists at the University of Maryland have traced the history of the Earth's tectonic plates, thought to have started 4.5 billion years ago, by analysing the magnesium content of ancient rocks.
Microsoft is buying the educational version of Minecraft and has plans to create a bigger and better version of the popular world-building video game that's designed for classrooms.
UberEATS is making its way to 10 cities across the US. This new move will allow users to order food from dozens of local restaurants and have it delivered with in 30 to 40 minutes for delivery.
Apple is rumoured to be preparing to launch the smaller handset, expected to be called the 6c or 7c, at an event in March, along with an updated version of its Watch.
Physicists from Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New York believe a second rapid inflation after the Big Bang affected dark matter leading to the amounts said to exist today.
A new concept video reveals ideas for a futuristic-looking Apple car, with a wide dashboard display and smart capabilities. The video from ConceptsiPhone boasts that the 2020 vehicle design is 'more than a car,' with connectivity to other Apple devices. This reveal comes shortly after Tesla boss Elon Musk's claims that Apple's plan for an electric car is an 'open secret,' and is an obvious step for the company to make.
Phone users have been taking to social media to share shocking snaps of their 'smartphone pinkies' - bends in their little fingers where they hold their phone.
Astronomers used the powerful Compact Array radio telescope in eastern Australia (pictured) to map variations in a mysterious 'lump' of gas to estimate its shape.
A program developed by Cornell University and Bloomberg, can detect sarcasm in reviews. Its makers claim that it provides a more accurate score for apps.
Researchers at the University of British Columbia found that flashing lights and music increased problem gambling behaviour in a study using rats.
The condition occurs because sufferers' bodies can't prepare for a night's sleep, meaning they never drop off. This happens when proteins start become misshapen, damaging the brain.
Levitation experts Arx Pax have created an engine to power a prototype Hyperloop, and it zips smoothly through a tube without ever touching the surface below it.
The discovery was made by accident by Sathyabhama Das Biju from the University of Delhi. He used DNA to identify the specimens as a new genus called Frankixalus (pictured).
Facebook Sports Stadium app (pictured) will debut at the NFL's conference championship games and then the Super Bowl in San Francisco next month.
The interactive chart which calculates the likelihood of someone's cause of death based on their age, gender and ethnicity, has been created by UCLA statistician Nathan Yau. It shows how the age you are today can affect what you are most likely to die of at various stages in your life. While a baby born today is most likely to die in the first few years of life from a congenital problem, a man who is 30 today who dies at the age of 80 is most likely to be killed by a circulatory problem - such as a heart attack or stroke - or by cancer, the chart reveals.
A new study explains that in an alternate universe, arrows of time could run in the opposite direction than what we know, unfolding so that our known past exists during the far-off future of a distant world.
The popular messaging app, headquartered in Mountain View, California, shows a double blue tick once a recipient has read a message, which can make for some awkward scenarios.
Experts have claimed to have seen a 'bona-fide alien aircraft' that was recorded on a Memphis resident's mobile phone when he was at home making breakfast for his eight-year-old son.
A team of Chapman University have shown how to put a large number of particles into two boxes, without any two ending up in the same place, challenging fundamental principles.
More than 400 large U.S. military drones have crashed since 2001, and ten Reapers, each costing an estimated $14m, were badly damaged or destroyed in 2015, the paper says.
A team at the Salk Institute in California, discovered that, on average, one synapse can hold about 4.7 bits of information. This means that the human brain has a capacity of one petabyte.
The new, adaptive, light-activated nanotherapy could kill superbugs that have become resistant to antibiotics, Colorado researchers say.
The drones will fly at 65,000 feet or higher and stay aloft for days. They would be positioned above known launch sites so they could fire upon enemy missiles as they lift off.
HMS Vigilant (centre) was opened up today at HM Naval Base Clyde near Glasgow, revealing what life is life under the waves on a Vanguard Class submarine. The base today hosted a visit by Defence Secretary Michael Fallon. And on board the vessel, Weapons Engineer Woods (top left) was pictured holding the Weapons Engineer Officers Tactical Trigger. The red device, which resembles a Scalextric slot car controller, would be used in the final stage of a nuclear missile launch. Also seen on board was the safe (top right) that contains the Prime Minister's last resort instructions. And Lieutenant Alexandra Olsson, who is the UK's first female submariner, was pictured in the Vigilant control room (bottom left). Dramatic photographs also showed submariners responding to a simulated fire in a submarine control room simulator at a training facility at the base (bottom right).
Researchers at the University of California San Diego claim they have developed the world's first portable brain monitoring system that works as well as laboratory equipment.
The U-boat was found by divers on the seabed 90km off the East Anglian coast. It is believed the submarine hit a mine off Caister on Sea in Norfolk after setting off from Wilhelmshaven, Germany, in 1915.
According to British experts, smartphones drain power faster in icy weather because their lithium ion batteries increase internal electrical resistance in cold weather, reducing their capacity.
The Swedish company, which has built its reputation on safety, says a world where nobody dies in car accidents is closer than most people think.
University of Edinburgh revealed our choice in a mate is influenced by the same genes that determine our own height. And We find those who are similar to our own height more attractive.
Nearly half of those questioned also expect an artificial intelligence machine to be sitting on a corporate board of
directors within the next decade.
Users of Facebook's Android app can now privately browse the world's largest social network through the anonymity service Tor.
The three-week trial took place at Holborn Station in December during the morning peak and saw commuters encouraged to stand on both sides of the escalators - not just on the right (stock image).
The remains were discovered on a beach in Penarth, south Wales and the animal is thought to be the oldest Jurassic dinosaur (artist's impression pictured main) in the world. Amateur palaeontologist brothers Nick and Rob Hanigan made the discovery in early 2014, and donated the remains to the National Museum Wales, Amgueddfa Cymru. The dinosaur has been named in recognition of the Welsh national symbol and these two brothers. Fossilised bones are pictured inset.
A new video from ASAP Science describes a Canadian study which found 5.4 per cent of internet users are trolls. These people display 'dark traits', including narcissism and sadism.
An international team of archaeologists has provided a window into the lives and deaths of almost 50 people buried in tomb near Burgos in Northern Spain, almost 6,000 years ago.
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, speaking in California, hailed the move as a step towards ending the military's reliance of foreign oil, but critics say biofuels can be more harmful to than fossil fuels.
MyBreast created an infographic that reveals the science of love. Chemicals, neurons and hormones are all players in fall in love and there are three stages that lead to being head-over-heels.
Despite setting their alarms for 6.30am and leaving the house by 7.23am, most Britons don't feel fully awake and able to function until 9.40am on the average weekday.
An experiment on BBCs Trust Me I'm a Doctor found 100 different bacteria on the samples taken from 20 men. It found certain species attacked and killed each other, like antibiotics.
Koby Soto, 28, a law student from Tel Aviv, Israel, was dumped by his boyfriend a few months over the phone - and unbeknownst to him, his Fitbit captured the exact moment.
Tourist sightseeing vessel skipper Keith Stewart, 43, found the crevice (pictured) around nine miles down the loch, south east of Inverness, using state of the art sonar equipment.
Archaeologists at the University of Cambridge found the remains of 27 men, women and children who had been brutally killed 10,000 years ago on the edge of an ancient lagoon in Kenya. They found the remains of eight men, eight women, five other unidentified adults and six children, many with multiple fractures (pictured top right and middle inset) and smashed bones. The skeletons were found lying face down in sediment left by the lagoon as it dried up (pictured bottom right). The women and children appear to have been grouped together before they were killed and many, including one heavily pregnant woman (pictured left), had their hands and feet bound. Some were also found to have had their knees or feet broken, suggesting they had been hobbled before death.
California-based Twitter co-founder Evan Williams has proposed 'The Daily Message.' Writing on Medium, he described the idea as 'a messaging service that only delivers once per day.'
The temperature readings come from analysis produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre and the University of East Anglia's (UEA) Climatic Research Unit. Nasa and NOAA have also confirmed it.
Professor Curtis Cooper at the University of Central Missouri was in charge of the computer that found the new prime number, dubbed M74207281.
Using techniques normally employed by biologists, a British anthropologist studied common links between stories around world and found some are far older than previously known.
The results of a global study were released at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in a report, which warned a new system needed to be set up to stop the leaking of plastics into the ocean.
Researchers in Genoa are developing biodegradable smart materials to make next generation robots more eco-friendly when they run out of steam.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), based in Virginia, wants a device to let the brain communicate directly with computers.
Researchers at the University of Swansea surveyed 84 people interested in lucid dreaming to find that the most frequent dreamers tend to hit the snooze button regularly.
WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: The gruesome procedure is said to have been performed by Xiaoping Ren at Harbin Medical University, China, who connected the blood supply between the head and new body (pictured inset). Sergio Canavero (pictured right main), who is set upon carrying out a human head transplant in a matter of years, said the experiment shows that is the head is cooled to -15 °C a monkey can survive the procedure without suffering brain damage. He plans to carry out a human head transplant on Valery Spiridon, 30, (left) who suffers from a muscle wasting disease.
More than 2.3million dogs are routinely left in solitude for five or more hours a day, despite vets advising that four hours are the absolute limit, according to new research by animal charity PDSA.
Seth Shostak, the California-based director of the Seti Institute, says we will eventually produce offspring that are 'as different from us as dogs are from grey wolves.'
A study from the University of Kent tracked the paths of blindfolded participants as they walked toward a target, and found that those who displayed anxiety or inhibition were more likely to veer left.
Researchers at the University of Worcester and the University of Sunderland found selfless men were rated as more desirable than those who were purely physically attractive.
Researchers in Switzerland think they have discovered what hagfish slime is made of and how it gets its unique properties.
The Colorado-based company behind 'Living Ink' discovered it by accident and think their invention could quite literally add life to greetings cards to reveal hidden messages.
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have found that differences in how the various parts of the brain 'talk' to one another may explain why some people struggle with languages.
Disruptive labour market changes, including the rise of robots and artificial intelligence, will result in a net loss of 5.1 million jobs over the next five years, the report says.
Many yogis are accustomed to the gentle pressure as their instructor guides them into the correct pose - but who adjusts your form if you work out at home? Soon, it could be your yoga pants. The wearable smart tights are called Nadi , developed by Sydney 'fashion future' innovators, Wearable Experiments. Like a built in yoga instructor, the pants can guide their wearer into an adjusted posture using gentle pulses.
Researchers at the University of Southampton believe underwater volcanoes were key in defrosting 'Snowball Earth' and created conditions favourable to life.
Airbus and Uber are bringing on-demand helicopter rides to the Sundance Film Festival this month. Airbus will be using their H125 and H130 models and users just request in Uber app.
Researchers from the University of Exeter observed field crickets in the wild to understand competition among males and mating habits. Found promiscuous males prefer promiscuous females.
Sixteen technology firms have been accused of failing to ensure the materials in their products do not come from mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo who exploit child labour.
Researchers from Nanjing University and the University of California analysed the performance of racing or 'homing' pigeons (stock image) taking part in races on the North China Plain.
By monitoring the brains of participants, researchers from the University of Sussex discovered the inferior parietal cortex (IPC) shut down when people felt they were being observed.
It's the arithmetical trick that's been causing delight and surprise but you'd better try it out on friends soon - because the later it gets into the year, the less likely it is to work.
Scientists led by the University of Berne, Switzerland, found 'mildly harmful' mutations became more common among small groups of migrants travelling from Africa 50,000 years ago.
Russian artist Ilja Klemencov has hidden a giant panda amongst black and white zig-zag lines in what appears to be the latest mind-altering puzzle featuring the fluffy bear. The clever trick-of-the-eye, titled 'They can disappear', appears to support charity conservation efforts by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).
A a graduate student from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, studied a variety of fictional villains (Darth Vader pictured) to pinpoint characteristics and conclude they help set our moral compass.
Friends Reunited once boasted more than 23 million users at its peak, but of the 10 million currently registered just a 'handful' use the site. It has struggled to keep up with Facebook and Twitter.
Due to its armour, the slow-moving A-10 can withstand ground
fire while loitering for long periods over a battlefield.
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission wants analysts to write a report on China's current industrial and military robotics capabilities - and where they came from.
Physicists from the University of Warsaw have used quantum theory to develop a model for spacetime that supports a structure based on the energies of different particles.
Andreas Sjöström took viewers on a journey as he waved his hand, which contained a microchip, on a scanner and effortlessly slide through airport security and right to his seat on the plane.
Darpa says this could help every system that uses light, from medical scanners to night vision in the army, and even self-driving cars.
California researchers looked at decades of research - and concluded speed readers don't remember what they read.
A series of bizarre readings from a star called KIC 8462852 is still baffling scientists. Recently, Nasa scientists said that it could be a swarm of comets causing the strange signals. But a team at Louisiana State University said that for the star to dim by about 20 per cent over the course of an entire century, it would require some 648,000 comets to pass in front of it. Each of the comets would have to be around 125 miles (200km) wide - and that's implausible.
A seven-metre great white shark (pictured) has been spotted 100 metres off a popular diving spot on Adelaide's coastline by a helicopter patrol.
China has begun working on a space mission to go where no man has travelled before - to the dark side of the moon. The first ascent of its kind in the world is planned to go ahead in 2018.
The New Zealand man has strategically placed a homemade 5,600 volt trap over a wasp nest in his backyard amid an apparent plague in some parts of the country.
Monash Unviersity found that even though male bottletail squid only live one year, they aren't choosy when it comes to a mate. Instead of choosing high quality femals, they grab the next available.
The list of the top 10 most edited pages went on to include, in order, the US, Wikipedia itself, Michael Jackson, Jesus and the Catholic Church. The most edited story last year was about notable deaths.
As technology merges with social decision making, users are growing increasingly disconnected, tending more towards 'either/or,' options than embracing complexity.
Scientists from McGill University in Canada have found that pollutants and particles from car exhausts can accumulate in snow as it covers the ground. A stock image of traffic in the snow pictured.
Researchers have observed falcons in Morocco storing live prey in rock crevices to eat at a later date, the first time such behaviour has been seen in any bird species.
The Royal Collection Trust, the charity which manages the historic building, takes users on a virtual tour of Buckingham Palace (inset) from anywhere in the world, simply by using their smart phone. And while the Queen hasn't had the chance to try out the experience for herself, it is understood that she is aware of the project and has given it her seal of approval. Users will be taken on a guided tour of seven State Rooms, starting with the Grand Entrance before the tour then moves through to the Green Drawing Room, (bottom left) the Throne Room, the Picture Gallery (top right) and then the Ballroom (bottom right) - where state banquets are held - before finally concluding in The White Drawing Room (top left), where a secret door leads to the Queen's private apartments.
Ultra-boring video game Desert Bus will be developed for Oculus Rift and Playstation VR.
Designed by Penn Jillete the game has been used to generate millions charity.
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.
The U.S. military is refining an autonomous airdrop system to save thousands of lives and deliver supplies to troops with increased accuracy. The JPADS navigate using just imagery data.
The amount of man-made heat energy absorbed by the seas has doubled since 1997, a new study has revealed.
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.
In less than a century meteorologists claim that summertime in Boston will feel more like Miami, while winters in New York will feel like North Carolina today.
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.'
London-based ice sculptors (inset top left) spent three months planning and 36 hours carving out each of the Lexus NX Hybrid's four wheels before driving it gingerly outside (main picture). The wheels (pictured bottom left) were reinforced with perspex to ensure they could take the car's weight but were fixed on using nuts made from ice. While the vehicle barely got above walking pace, Lexus did not reveal what the stopping distance would be with its icy tyres.
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.
Many conflicting views have arisen as result, but largely, Americans seem to share a common opinion on how willing they are to disclose their personal information: 'it depends.'
Archaeologists have unearthed a staggering 177,000 artifacts from a Roman settlement found under a 12-mile stretch of the A1 in Yorkshire.
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.
Some consumers in the US might want to think twice before they 'Netflix and chill'; the microphones on your mobile devices could be listening in while you watch TV.
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 huge variety of shapes, sizes and types of eyes in mammals, birds, amphibians and lizards have been revealed in a series of close up images revealed in National Geographic. They show how over millions of years different species have evolved unique and beautiful solutions to the problem of being able to see the world around them. The striking eye of a cuban rock iguana, a mossy leaf-tailed gecko, a Southern ground hornbill, and the bright red eye of a tree frog are pictured clockwise from the top left.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A rock with a similar shape to a silver back gorilla (pictured) has been spotted by conspiracy theorists in images sent back by Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity. It is the latest in the long series of 'animals' to have been spotted on the surface of Mars. Others include rats, frogs and even a 'facehugger' from the science fiction film Alien.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The video shows the attempted landings in January and April last year, alongside the most recent failed landing on January 17 (left) on a barge in the Atlantic Ocean. Footage taken from the barge on the latest attempt shows the craft coming down to rest before one of the stabilising legs fails, causing it to tip over. In January last year (right), Falcon 9 came down to the ocean barge too fast after running out of hydraulic fluid. It hit the deck and exploded. The landing in April (center) was softer, but the rocket came down at an angle. It too, exploded.
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.
Scheduled diet deviations gave slimmers an emotional boost and made them more likely to continue with healthy eating in the long term, researchers from Tilburg University found.
Anglian Water had to call in the high powered remote controlled jet to clear the 330-foot long fatberg that was blocking a sewer in Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire increasing the risk of flooding.
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.
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.
A Russian inventor has filed a patent for drive-through supermarkets, where everything you need is on cascading shelves and you never have to get out of the car.
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.
Vladimir Tatarenko, an aviation engineer, has revealed a design for an aircraft with a detachable cabin that releases in emergency situations. During take-off, landing or flight, the redesigned cabin detaches from the plane and safely lands on water or the ground. The cabin detaches from the rest of the plane, which instantly shoots parachutes out of the top and rubber tubes inflate to cushion the impact on land or water.
Professor Hedrich from the University of Wurzburg fooled the plant (pictured) into thinking it had landed an insect by applying increasing numbers of artificial 'touches' to trap hairs.
Microsoft has chosen three finalists for its 'Share Your Idea' contest, which allowed the public to submit ideas of its HoloLens. The public can vote for their favorite idea on the website.
The gas giant is thought to be almost as big as Neptune and orbiting billions of miles beyond Neptune's path - distant enough to take 10,000 to 20,000 years to circle the sun.
Scientists at the Yerkes National Primate Research Centre, Emory University recorded the prairie vole's empathetic behaviour in the form of grooming a traumatised friend .
Scientists at University College London (UCL) developed the windows (illustrated) which are ultra-resistant to water, thanks to pencil-like microscopic structures engraved into the glass.
William Ruddiman from the University of Virginia says early farmers caused carbon dioxide levels to rise beginning 7,000 years ago, and methane to rise around 5,000 years ago.
Developed by Celluon in Seoul, South Korea, the 'epic laser keyboard' is the size of a matchbox but projects a full-size Qwerty keyboard onto a flat surface.
McGill University has spent years searching for life McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. This area is similar to the permafrost region on Mars and the team hoped if they found life here they'd find it there.
EXCLUSIVE: Biologists at Roehampton University in London trained eight king penguins caught on the Possession Island, on the Crozet Archipelago, Antarctica, to walk on a treadmill for the study.
A Twitter user has revealed an image to show that Apple may be testing Li-Fi technology for the iPhone 7, which would mean data transmission runs on visible light waves, instead of radio.
A major flaw affecting Linux systems has made millions of devices susceptible to attacks, allowing root access, or near-complete control, to unprivileged apps or users.
Google has announced its plans to roll out the 'Brotli' update for its browser, Chrome, which will improve compression, speeding up webpage loading.
Co-founder of the Seti Institute in California, Jill Tarter, argues that any aliens who have managed to travel across the universe will be sophisticated enough to be friendly and peaceful.
Researchers investigate 50 American homes to see what kinds of insects they could find. The team found that the average home, although clean, has 100 species of arthropods and insects living in it.
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, with weak bows requiring reinforcements.
The four inch long splinter was wedged so deep in her throat that it was not immediately apparent to owner Catherine Pryde, 52, from Gartcosh, Lanarkshire, what the problem was (file photo).
Humans may evolve bizarre features in response to changing environments, according to Dr Matthew Skinner, a paleoanthropologist at the University of Kent.
The San Francisco-based social network showed an image of a broken robot (pictured) this morning during its one-and-a-half-hour outage.
Nasa announced Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser 'shuttle' will join SpaceX and Orbital ATK in launching cargo to the International Space Station.
Scientists at the University of Oxford have found while on average we have 150 'friends' online, we can only turn to four of them when we have a personal problem.
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.
Scientists in Slovenia are developing a technique that allows them to store data in the genetic code of plants as binary information in the hope seeds could provide long term storage for data.
Five dozen stone and ceramic fragments and other artifacts have been unearthed in Honduras in a mysterious site that may be the legendary White City or City of the Monkey God.
The project, funded by the European Commission, was part of a program called NEOShield to look at ways of dealing with a killer asteroid headed for Earth.
The main season for El Niño impacts in the U.S. (January-March) is just beginning in the U.S., but it's winding down in other areas of the world, NOAA forecasters said.
The brain interprets some sounds as 'non-threats,' according to an associate professor from Pennsylvania State University, and it can use them to block out other, more alarming noises.
Egyptian and foreign experts say they are now ready to begin studying cosmic particles collected inside Egypt's 4,600-year-old Bent Pyramid in Dashour.
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.
Astronaut Scott Kelly tweeted a photo of the first flower to bloom on the International Space Station. The zinnia flowers will help scientists learn how to grow crops for long space missions.
Some groups claims it is plausible this technology will also allow police to gather speed data without the use of a radar gun, and give more information than we realise to third-party advertisers.
The latest self-defense weapon from Taser can immobilize an attacker from 15 feet away, and will fit into a purse or discreet holster. Taser Pulse 'less-lethal weapon' is designed for citizen use.
Six of the individuals were similar to the modern Welsh, researchers said - and one had genetic affinities with people from North Africa and Middle East.
Scientists at Kyoto University in Japan are working on a method of detecting your heartbeat without sensors on the body, which they claim is as accurate as an electrocardiogram (ECG).
According to figures from Tokyo-based Trend Micro, on the dark web, Uber details start at $3.78 (£2.67) per account, while stolen credit and debit cards are worth a measly 22 cents each.
An annual list of the worst passwords, produced by US web security firm Splashdata, shows that many of us are still opting for classics such as '123456' and 'password1'.
Human remains excavated from burial sites near Cambridge provided the material for the first whole-genome sequences of ancient British DNA.
The University of Cambridge professor says technological threats include nuclear war, catastrophic global warming and genetically engineered viruses.
Scientists at the University of Southampton have warned that a boom in loud speakers, PA systems and automatic doors may be behind a growing epidemic of ultrasonic sickness.
Researchers from McGill University in Quebec, Canada say it takes just one tenth of a second for our brains to begin to recognise emotions conveyed by noises - which is faster than words.
The 'Netflix Super Browse,' extension is available in beta versions on Chrome and Firefox, and has thousands of the hidden categories compiled into one menu.
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.
A mathematician from Nottingham Trent University came up with the formula (pictured), which examines variables such as height, relative size of each ball of snow and accessories.
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.
Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, a specialist in satellite imagery analysis at the Polytechnic University of Turin in Italy claims the patterns are ant nests, each 47 inches (120cm) in diameter.
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.
Tomá Opatrný of Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, used mathematical models to discover that planets orbiting a black hole could sustain life, just like a warm sun does to Earth.
Nasa has revealed that new data is painting a different picture of the Van Allen Belts than scientists previously formulated, and the new shapes are much more complex.
The book, Crucial Interventions, shows gory images from surgical textbooks in the 17th, 18th and 19th century, kept in the Wellcome Library. It is narrated by medical historian Richard Barnett.
University of Cambridge researchers said that for humans to scale a wall like Spiderman (illustrated), or a gecko, they would need need impractically large sticky feet.
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, found high doses of the drug accelerate a natural clean-up process, known as autophagy, where cells are digested by acids created by enzymes.
WhatsApp announced it is axing the $1 subscription fee and allowing users to communicate for free. The company will start testing commercial services, which will allow users to chat with businesses.
The video, produced by the University of Oxford, shows a 'windowing' procedure where a section of shell is cut from an egg and ink is injected into the embryo's yolk sac artery (result pictured).
Apple has confirmed it is investigating a bug which displays the incorrect battery percentage on the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus when the phone's time is changed.
It had been claimed a second version of the Watch would be unveiled - but TechCrunch says this will not happen until September.
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.
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.
Smartphone manufacturers are taking steps to make their products less damaging to sleep after a damning study showed the devices can stop people dropping off.
The radial troughs have been referred to as spiders, simply because of their shape, and are caused by the thawing of carbon dioxide ice.
The handwritten book was discovered in the archives of Downside Abbey, in Somerset. Among the food-spattered pages are recipes for Fricassee of Pigs Ears and even one of the first chicken curries.
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.
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.
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.
The London-based firm behind the helmet says the design folds down to a width of two inches (5cm) so it can be easily stashed inside a bag or briefcase but can also take multiple impacts.
Nasa experts believe the object may be a 'dirty block of water ice' which is floating in denser solid nitrogen.
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.
The smaller, precision guided B61 Model 12 bomb (pictured, being fired) is he first of five new atomic warheads which are said to cost the U.S. up to $1trillion over the next 30 years
National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo revived tardigrade specimens that have been frozen since 1983. One specimen died, but the other survived and laid 19 eggs, 14 of which hatched.
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.
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.
Jan Woerner said the idea, called 'crazy' by some, is being widely discussed as the end of the ISS looms large. The broad concept is a base for lunar exploration by humans and robots.
Diebold has revealed a plan to do away with long lines at the checkout by allowing customers to scan each item with their cell phone as they shop. To pay, simply tap the phone to the checkout unit.
The NASA climate scientist, 60, (pictured) originally from Crowborough, East Sussex, said he had recently been told by doctors that he had Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.
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.
Astronomers in Chile have found the brightest object in the universe is in the process of churning out its entire supply of gas and dust. The quasar is brighter than 350 billion suns.
The leaky space suit worn by US astronaut Tim Kopra, which led to Tim Peake's first spacewalk being cut short, is the same one which caused a life-threatening situation in 2013.
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.
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.
Elon Musk has shared footage of the moment his latest SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket came in to land before a support leg failed, causing it to fall and hit the landing pad, triggering an explosion.
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.
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.
The unmanned autonomous aircraft landed on the roof of an Audi (pictured) traveling at 47mph (75km/h) in a test on a runway at Mindelheim-Mattsies airfield in Bavaria.
The bug was found by California-based security researcher Indrajeet Bhuyan who demonstrated the flaw by sending a single message filled with smiley faces.
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.
Taiwanese site Apple Club claims to have obtained the images, which show the new handset's screen and some of its controller chips.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Biski, designed by Warwickshire-based Gibbs Sports Amphibians, can travel at 87mph on the road and 37mph when in the water by retracting its wheels at the touch of a button.
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