Archaeologists and physicists are using muons to peer through the stone in the hope of discovering if it is hiding a secret chamber.
Legend has it a giant, hairy creature that is half man and half ape roams the world in secrecy. The story of Bigfoot has been circling the globe for centuries and now one man claims to have proof that the massive beast did exist. While hiking near his home in Ogden, Utah, Todd May stumbled upon a 75-pound object that he says is the fossilized head of Sasquatch. However, experts have weighed in and say the object is nothing more than a weathered rock.
Google's DeepMind team say AI agents are 'unlikely to behave optimally all the time' and have called for 'safe interruptibility' to be built into systems.
Instagram is ditching the chronological feed. Over the next month, the Instagram feed will begin to show you ‘the moments you care about first’ rather than displaying them in the order they come.
Experts say the device may simply prove too expensive - and instead the hi-tech ammunition being used could simply be fired from more conventional cannons.
Minecraft creators revealed the game has now been sold more than 100 million times – and a few copies have even made it to Antarctica.The figures combine sales from PC, console, and mobile.
Tactical Communication and Protective System reduces the high-level impulse noises, all while heightening low signature type sounds - giving soldiers 'super hearing' abilities in combat zones.
To visualize what Game of Thrones fans are talking about, Twitter has released an interactive chart that shows the specific characters and most used emojis in the many posts.
It is the latest in diving technology, helping the Navy's elite forces in underwater battles. Boasting a heads up display, it has a real time link allowing operator on the surface to chat and even send video. However, there is just one issue - it makes soldiers look uncannily like a minion.
The mummified remains of a woman found in an icy tomb on the Ukok Plateau in the Altai Mountains of Russia, will go on display in a special wooden and glass sarcophagus and draped in fur.
Experts at Uppsala University in Sweden found that this diet stunted the growth of the young fish, reduced their activity levels, and made them more susceptible to predators.
A French company has designed a wireless charger that can power multiple phones, of any make, at once. Called energysquare, this new system uses thin stickers and a conductive pad.
The FBI has conducted tests with thousands of tattoo images from inmates for its software that can profile criminals using just the body art - but privacy campaigners say this violates their rights.
Scientists at McMaster University, Ontario, hope the cocktail of nutrients may prevent and even reverse neuron loss in patients - halting conditions such as Alzheimer's.
New 'can-float' houses could soon be built in Berkshire. The planners are looking to build 224 homes, 24 of which would be 'can-float' houses alongside 200 traditional homes.
NYU economists analysed the evolution of a SoHo microcosm, looking at the development and decline of just one block on Greene Street in NYC over 400 years. In the Greene Street Project, NYU economists analysed the evolution of a SoHo microcosm, looking at the development and decline of the 486 feet that make up just one Greene Street block. The photo pictured on the top left reveals a glimpse at ‘Packing Box City’ where the homeless and unemployed took shelter in the 1930s. In center, a 1940’s look at Greene Street shows the building that now houses an Apple Store (pictured below). The photo on the right shows the block in the 1950s, decades before the area filled with designer stores, pictured on the bottom.
BattleView 360, developed by Virginia-based BAE Systems, aims to get around visibility issues by incorporating data feeds from cameras and sensors and streaming the information to a display for the soldier (illustrated). The technology is a progression of that already being tested by fighter pilots, such as the F-35 jet’s helmet which incorporates 360 video, navigation and weapons systems data. The heads up display can incorporate a vehicle’s camera feeds, giving troops a 360 view of their surroundings and effectively enabling them to see through the walls of the vehicle.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology showed the problem of solving a level in 'Super Mario Brothers' is as hard as the hardest problems in the 'complexity class' PSPACE.
Technology developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has flown a helicopter 30 miles without a pilot. The flight was executed by an operator using only a tablet.
The idea of national ID cards to access online services has been presented by Andrus Ansip. He says this would reduce the security risk of multiple usernames and passwords.
The discovery, by archaeologists at the Australian National Museum, suggests there was a lively exchange of culture between Europe and India more than 2,000 years ago.
Stanford scientists used stem cell treatment on patients, and found it worked up to three years after a stroke. Patients regained the ability to walk, talk and were able to live a normal family life.
Psychotherapist and author M. Gary Neuman from the US has revealed the science behind falling in love. Mr Neuman said making someone fall in love with you could be done in five simple steps.
Cobra Puma has joined forces with the Centre for the Advancement of Science in Space to develop golf clubs that use materials from the International Space Station.
Scientists at the University of Sussex, who made the discovery by monitoring fresh water snails (pictured) on the hunt for food. The findings could lead to developing more efficient robotic brains.
According to a new video created for viral YouTube channel, #Mind Warehouse, using footage created by National Geographic, within a few hours most of the lights would turn off. In just days millions of cows would die and within months and nuclear disasters would strike around the world. Structures like the Statue of Liberty would come crashing down after hundreds of years. After thousands of years the only evidence of our existence would be in the form of stone structures like the Great Wall of China or Mount Rushmore.
Google's self-driving cars have learnt a new trick -- honking. The firm has been testing it inside and is ready to honk at the world. The cars also has a unique hum to let people know it is in the area.
The designs could confirm earlier claims the larger iPhone Plus or Pro model will have a new dual lens camera system and accessory connector.
The cells, which gave rise to the roots of an ancient plant, were found in a fossilised root tip held in the Oxford University Herbaria - a preserved selection of plants kept for scientists to study.
Following in the footsteps of Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger, Snapchat has now overtaken Twitter in popularity. Roughly 150 million people are now using Snapchat every day, according to a new report.
Sleep trackers can both hurt and help our sleep. With the help of experts at the Sleep School in London, we reveal the tricks that can help you get a good night's rest.
Snorklers discovered the remains of stone columns and courtyards off the coast of the Greek island of Zakynthos in 2013, but scientists have revealed the structures are natural geological formations.
Facebook envision a world where humans and robots casually converse and its new AI is one-step closer. DeepText analyzes 10,000 posts in 1 second to learn what people need and want to see on the site.
An excavation, led by 'Beyond the Castle' has revealed what could be a Roman fort. The evidence is causing a great deal of excitement, with volunteers flocking to Lancaster Castle to help.
Never-before-seen pictures and footage of gorilla Koko and her trainer Penny Patterson who met in San Francisco in 1971 are set to form part of a new BBC documentary. The clips and images were taken by Dr Ron Cohn, who filmed more than 2,000 hours of footage showing how Ms Paterson and 300-pound Koko formed their incredible relationship. When Ms Paterson first met a newborn Koko at the San Francisco Zoo, she started an experiment to see if she could teach the gorilla sign language. The animal then began to master hundreds of signs, and could communicate her thoughts to her keeper.
When a star explodes, it can be bright enough to outshine entire galaxies. These stunning supernovas are created when a star, after several million years, collapses in on itself in its final death throes. Now, researchers in Michigan have used one of the government's most powerful supercomputers to recreate exactly what happens in 3D.
As temperatures rise it becomes more likely, Zika-carrying Aedes mosquitoes will reach US shores. Dr Anjali Mahto reveals how wearing light clothes, losing weight and insect repellent can lessen the risk of being bitten.
Uber has raised $3.5 billion from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund, the US ride-hailing service said on Wednesday, gaining a crucial partner in its expansion into the Middle East.
Data from Nasa's Hubble Space Telescope has shown that the universe is expanding 5 percent to 9 percent faster than expected - which could show Einstein's theory of gravity is wrong.
When asked at the Code Conference in southern California if the answer to the question of whether we are in a simulated computer game was 'yes', he said the answer is 'probably'.
The enormously complex project, led by Professor Jef Boeke of New York University, involves synthesising all six billion ‘letters’ of the entire human DNA code.
Research from the University of Oxford shows a distinct genetic separation between modern dog populations. This suggests that dogs were domesticated in separate populations.
Police can close their casebook on the mystery of the skeleton found on a beach on the Isle of Wight - because the bones are 2,000 years old. The skeleton was found on the beach near Fishbourne.
Two hand surgeons from OrthoCarolina in North Carolina say they completed the first surgery that allows an amputee patient to have individual digital control in a prosthesis.
According to the video’s narrator, SecureTeam received the footage via email from someone who was combing through hours of recordings of ISS live streams. It shows a streak of light passing behind the International Space Station when the orbiting base is in the shadow of the Earth (pictured main and zoomed in inset). The consensus among YouTubers is a meteor or space debris – such as a discarded stage of a rocket launch – burning up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere.
Research from the University of Edinburgh has shown that the region in West Antarctica has been losing ice for four decades. The team studied freely available satellite data.
Researchers at the University of Liverpool believe the mutant moth got its dark coat due to a ‘jumping gene’, which helped it to quickly adapt and thrive in the changing conditions.
It emerged from its egg earlier this week (pictured) in the Postojnska caves in Slovenia, where experts have been closely monitoring the ancient animals for months.
Already considered one of the oldest civilisations in the world, experts now believe the Indus Valley Civilisation, based in what is now India and Pakistan, is 8,000 years old.
Several fans took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to share their delight at the latest Kardashian themed emojis available - as did the star's mother Kris Jenner.
The California-based search giant analysed 13.7 petabytes of pictures uploaded to its Photos app in the past year and found that 24 billion of these had been labelled as selfies.
According to a new study from the University of Cambridge, anger doesn’t always increase a person’s intentions to quit their job, and could instead motivate them to stick around.
'The dream is finally arriving,' Gates said, speaking at the Code Conference in Southern California. 'This is what it was all leading up to.'
A consumer survey reveals 46 percent of homeowners want appliances that fold clothes for them. A San Francisco startup understands some detest folding laundry and is set to release a device that does it automatically – for just $700 to $850. Dubbed ‘Your laundry folding friend’, FoldiMate uses a conveyor belt, several robotic arms and an adjustable tray that pushes out expertly folded apparel in less than a minute. Users simply clip their freshly washed garments to the integrated rack located on the outside of FoldiMate, set preferences and in minutes, will have nicely folded and pressed clothes.
A Messenger update adds over 1,500 new emojis — 100 of which were designed 'to better reflect gender and skin tones' with gender-agnostic options and multi-colored emojis.
Currently the tech giant unveils a new design every other year, with 'S' updates boosting speed and adding a few new features inbetween launches.
Bagpipes, the little blue penguin from Christchurch, New Zealand gets his waddle back in this video of him being fitted with a brand new prosthetic leg created in a 3D printer.
A leading historian says King Henry VII spent the equivalent of £3million on clothes. Tracy Borman said the first Tudor king was a very big spender, despite the modern perception he was a miser.
The infographic was commissioned by Newport-based price comparison website GoCompare. It charts technological progress from the Nokia 5110 to Apple's Retina display.
The enormous figure (7x10E11) was reached by a PhD researcher at McMaster University, using a stellar trick called globular cluster (GCs) velocities to work out the mass of our galaxy.
Bezos, who founded his own rocket company, Blue Origin, believes we will built giant factories and solar panels in space, moving heavy industries entirely off the Earth.
Wearing deodorant may act as a way for men to ‘raise their game’ in comparison to others who are considered to be more masculine, a new study from the University of Stirling claims.
Residents in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area were shocked early Thursday by a loud flash and bang in the sky. Meteorite expert Laurence Garvie said the flash and bang was likely a single meteor breaking up in the Earth's atmosphere. Video footage shows the skies went from dark to instantly bright — and then grew even brighter. It produced a loud boom that awoke people who were sleeping.
A Swedish firm has developed a futuristic planter that harnesses the effects of zero-gravity. Called LYFE, this device consists of a rotating planter that hovers over an oak base in mid-air.
At Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Elon Musk explained that Model 3 owners will not be receiving free access to the company’s Supercharging stations.
Cane toads are the surprise acrobats of the animal kingdom according to research by biologists at the University of Massachusetts, who found they can alter their body position in mid-air.
Researchers, including some at the University of Washington in St Louis, believe a giant jigsaw of nitrogen ice on Pluto's heart-shaped Sputnik Planum, has formed due to heat convection.
Unicode Consortium, the California-based body responsible for setting a standard of characters across the industry, has released a list of 72 new emojis to be included in their update later this month.
Speaking at the Code Conference in California, Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla has said that rockets carrying human cargo will launch on a mission to Mars in 2024.
Seeing ‘Not enough space’ on your phone can cause irritation. Now, the Play Store is testing an uninstall manager that shows apps to get rid of and how much space is needed for new items.
Apple's online stores are still suffering a major crash, stopping users from access the firm's iTunes and app stores.
Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft took this stunning image of Pluto only a few minutes after closest approach on July 14, 2015. It shows sunlight filtering through and illuminating Pluto's complex atmospheric haze layers (bottom tight image). It also appears to show a cloud (top right) - which Nasa describes as ' an intriguing bright wisp measuring tens of miles'.
The Solarin phone features specially developed ultra secure software and a special 'ultrasafe'mode with a button on the back to ensure secure communication.
An Einstein ring is a distorted image of a very distant galaxy. The latest ring was discovered accidentally by astronomers from the Canary Islands.
Inspire To Make, a YouTube channel, released a DIY video for transforming a man-powered skateboard into an electric vehicle -- powered by a portable drill. For less than $500.
Scientists with the 'Robot Baby Project' at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have developed a method to create smarter, more advanced robots through a process similar to sexual reproduction.
![New Air Force Tanker Delayed Because It Can?t Refuel Planes
Boeing will not meet its contractual deadline to deliver 18 KC-46 tankers to the Air Force by August 2017 due to design problems with the plane?s refueling boom.
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Boeing has admitted a flaw in the KC-46 Pegasus plane's refuelling boom means it will not be delivered in August 2017 as expected.
A new craze of snorting lines of cocoa is sweeping through Europe's clubs with one dedicated event in Berlin now offering it in place of drugs like cocaine and even alcohol.
The Next Gen Jane smart tampon will collect blood during menstruation which could then be tested at home, allowing women to give themselves a monthly 'checkup'.
UCLA found certain brain regions of a teenager activate and are inhibited while on social media. Picture likes are linked to the same area as eating chocolate and risky photos obstruct decision making
Three British companies developed the Anti-UAV Defense System or 'Auds' (pictured right), which is due to be included in new trials by the US aviation authority. The system is uses high powered radio waves to disable drones, effectively blocking their communication and switching them off in midair. The technology will be tested at several airports (stock picture, left) to be selected by the FAA.
Researchers in Colorado gave antibiotics to a group of cows to test the effects on how much methane they produce. They found antibiotics almost double the amount of methane coming from cow dung.
Facebook has hit a new milestone - its AI reports more offensive images than human users. The firm uses this technology to scan every uploaded image before it is posted for the world to see.
Russian rail experts have revealed the country is ready for its own version of Elon Musk’s Hyperloop, in the form of a magnetic levitation train which could travel at 1,200 km per hour to Moscow (pictured)
The Brussels-based European Commission has reached an agreement with some of the world's biggest social media firms on ways to combat online hate speech. The firms will take it down within 24 hours.
Professor Robert Knight and his team at UC Berkeley say they are working on technology that can reproduce comprehensible speech from direct brain recordings in real-time.
Dr Rebecca Kristeleit, of University College London Hospital, told the Hay Festival advances in a revolutionary treatment called immunotherapy were now occurring at a rapid rate.
The University of Adelaide found a tiny crustaceans' asymmetry feature determines its chances of mating. A male Dulichiella appendiculate with a larger right-handed is more attractive to females.
B/E Aerospace, based in Wellington, Florida, said the window shade would have a solar panel on the outside face and a wired or wireless charging port to keep passengers' devices fully charged.
Alberta is a $28,000 canine made entirely of synthetic material, created to provide veterinary students with anatomically correct bodies for surgical practice. This product is designed to replace the euthanized shelter animals many vets practice on.
The 3-foot casket is believed to belong to a three-year-old girl, whose skin and hair, weaved with lavender flowers, were perfectly preserved. The house stands on land that was a cemetery in 1800s.
About 35 per cent of corals have been killed by bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef between Papua New Guinea and Townsville, scientists have estimated in a report.
An animal behaviour expert says Harambe the gorilla, who was shot after a boy, four, entered his enclosure at Cincinatti Zoo in the U.S., was not a danger to the boy and was investigating, not attacking
Elon Musk's California-based SpaceX plans to offer a service to send payloads to Mars as early as 2018, and prices for adding payloads to the journey will start at £42 ($62) million.
Using a laser to measure vibrations, scientists at the University of Bristol found both the bees' antenna and the hairs on their bodies 'dance' in response to an electric field.
Archaeologists at the University of Oxford have found evidence of Asian crops including rice and mung beans in ancient settlements on Madagascar that date to 8th and 10th Century AD.
The newly uncovered patent, filed in 2015, reveals Samsung is planning a handset that simply folds in half when not in use.
The National University of Singapore says its smart pill is personalised to each patient and manufactured to release their medication at the correct time through the day.
A dagger found in the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (inner coffin pictured left) has been found to have a similar chemical composition to a meteorite found in Maras Matruh, Egypt. The iron blade (pictured top right) appears to have been forged from metal found in the meteorite and reveals the remarkable skill of metal workers at the time. The researchers, from Pisa University and Milan Polytechnic in Italy along with the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, say it provides new insights into the origins of iron in ancient Egypt. They say the ancient Egyptians appear to have known the iron in the meteorites fell from the sky, something that took western civilisations another two millennia to discover. An iron meteorite similar to the one thought to have been used to make Tutankhamun's dagger is pictured bottom right.
Yale physicists build on the infamous Schrödinger's cat paradox and combine it with the concept of quantum entanglement, so the cat can be alive and dead, and in two places at once.
In 1957, a pilot in Florida performed a tactic deemed 'idiot loops'. Flying a B-47 the pilot dropped a bomb well away from the target as it climbed vertically the air. This forced the bomb on an arch path to its mark.
Researchers in Croatia have found an insect with a combination of features that all point to blind flight, suggesting it may be the first flying obligate cave-dweller in the world.
Developed by researchers at Seoul National University and UC Berkeley, JumpRoACH can launch itself more than five feet in the air, and flip itself over to continue scurrying.
Over 28 million people have committed Netflix infidelity. Now UK's Cornetta built Commitment Rings that block access to series you and your partner are watching, unless you're together.
Barbecue is an age-old tradition. But has evolved into a science that involves different techniques. Experts reveal the perfect temperatures, tips and science behind barbecuing and grilling.
Tiny balls of cancerous cells are being printed off by researchers at Heriot Watt University in Edinburgh who hope it can provide new ways of testing drugs and studying brain cancers.
The proposal has been put for Philip Lubin, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who says there is a chance aliens are using directed energy systems.
After a treacherous journey across the North Atlantic Ocean, the largest Viking ship in current existence has reached North America. The Viking ‘dragon’ vessel 'Draken Harald Hårfagre' is a real-life reconstruction of a ‘Great ship’ from the Norse Sagas, and departed over a month ago from Haugesund, Norway. The crew battled harsh weather and unexpected troubles as they traversed the ancient routes used by Viking sailors 1000 years ago, before safely anchoring at St Anthony in Newfoundland, Canada.
A magma ocean helped keep water from asteroids that hit into the moon from escaping, a study by researchers from the Open University in Milton Keynes has revealed.
Professor Marcus du Sautoy, a mathematician at Oxford University, has suggested that as AI leads to our devices developing their own consciousness, they may need their own laws to protect them.
Sparrows are normally monogamous but, just as with humans, female sparrows can sometimes be tempted to mate with with 'fitter' males according to scientists tracking the birds on Lundy island.
Bionic Power will begin testing a new exoskeleton with the Marines in 2017. Called PowerWalk, the leg-mounted device generates power as the user walks and can charge 4 smartphones in 1 hour.
Scientists in California have identified a protein controlling the strength of the natural 24 hour circadian rhythm in mammals. This could help to lead to new sleep treatment.
The major trial, backed by the US Government, found rats exposed to the type of radio waves emitted by mobile phones were more likely to develop tumours in their brains and hearts.
Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in Texas, believe they have found signs of an ice age at the northern polar cap (pictured), and that the Mars may be at the tail end of an ice age.
Almost 5,000 years ago in the south of Utah, a mountain collapsed, damming the Virgin River and creating a lake that existed for 700 years, according to new research from Utah-based scientists.
Astronomers using the Very Large Array in Mexico used radio waves to peer beneath Jupiter's thick cloud cover to reveal the churning gas up to 60 miles beneath the visible surface. Ammonia gas could be seen rising to form clouds of toxic ammonium hydrosuphide and clouds of ammonia ice could also be seen forming beneath the visible surface. Scientists say the radio wave images (pictured) have given them new insights into what lies deep inside Jupiter's turbulent atmosphere.
The move would put Apple in a three way battle with Amazon and Google. It is unclear whether Apple could also release a separate, standalone speaker.
New research led by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has shown that women with a lower-pitched voice, like the sultry Jessica Rabbit (pictured) are likely to be more persuasive.
Stars Wars propmakers Propshop, based in Buckinghamshire, are using 3D scanning and printing technology to make replicas of real props used in The Force Awakens.
Tech industry titans Tim Cook and Eric Schmidt took their battle for corporate domination to the heart of Europe on Tuesday seeking to win over new startups ...
Well-being at work barometer, carried out by Paris-based firms Edenred and Ipsos, questioned 14,400 employees in 15 countries and found on average 71 per cent of employees feel positively.
This makes it the third biggest global security breach, after a hack of 164 million Linkedin accounts, and 152 million Adobe accounts. Tumblr has advised users to change their passwords.
Scientist at Seoul University in South Korea took CT scans of the 100 million-year-old dinosaur and found it had a relatively enlarged nasal cavity.
A team of architects in Australia are building a new type of cemetery on the outskirts of Sydney were plots in the bushland are marked with GPS coordinates (illustrated) rather than headstones.
The craft was seen floating in the sky close to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, near Dayton. The base has been the subject of multiple sightings since the end of WWII (inset). The film shows a mystery object in the sky, floating in the air with its pointed end facing downwards, along with strange markings along the side of the craft. Then, just as the camera zooms in on unusual object, it fades from view and disappears into the clouds
Researchers in Taiwan and Japan found gaps in dust clouds - evidence of planets orbiting - around a nearby young star, HL Tauri (pictured), indicating planets can form faster than first thought.
Pebble 2 and Pebble Time 2 are smartwatches that track heart rate, and Pebble Core is a hackable connected device. The devices are available worldwide and will be shipped later this year.
The speaker would double as a music player according to tech blog The Information, and could be revealed next month at the firm's annual developer conference, it is believed.
When it comes to choosing between hitting the gym or charging their smartphone, a survey of 2,000 Americans by LG found one in three people are likely to skip the gym.
New research from the RIKEN Brain Science Institute has discovered the brain circuit that controls how certain memories are consolidated in the brain overnight.
Energia has revealed draft plans for an 11.4 tonne reusable spacecraft that will take cargo and cosmonauts onto the lunar surface within five days.
These are the amazing pictures of the Ubehebe Crater in Death Valley National Park in California which was created by a massive volcanic explosion some 300 years ago.
Cornell University and Stanford University built a Watch-Bot, a robot that uses probabilistic learning models and a laser pointer to remind humans when they leave something out of forget a chore.
High-speed trains will whisk passengers through a mountain range that divides northern and southern Europe between Erstfeld in the Swiss canton of Uri, to Bodio in the Ticino canton. Experts have described the completion of the 17-year construction project as a 'masterpiece of timing, cost and policy'. Around 260 freight trains and 65 passenger trains will traverse the two-tube tunnel daily once final testing ends later this year. Goods that are currently transported along the same route by a million lorries a year will now go by train in just 17 minutes.
Research from Duke University has suggested that the link between poverty and depression in adolescents (stock image) may be due to a combination of genetics and brain changes.
The handset has a rare red lightning connector, marking it out as a prototype device. It also runs Apple's 'SwitchBoard' software, which the company uses for testing handsets.
A new video has been posted by channel Transcend Rules on YouTube, which sets videos of the growth of slime moulds to the iconic theme song of Game of Thrones.
Apple has filed a patent feared at those who always lose their keys. The patent describes using the iPhone or Apple watch to unlock, start and activate other in a car. But there is no mention of the iCar.
As the mystery of what caused EgyptAir Flight MS804 to crash into the Mediterranean Sea deepens, the latest theory to emerge claims it was brought down by a meteor fragment.
Researchers in China witnessed the heartbreaking moments a dying snub-nosed monkey was tended to by the alpha male and other females, and suggest the male may have grieved her death.
A study has been conducted which claims that Fitbit heart trackers are inaccurate. This evidence could back up a lawsuit again the company. However, Fitbit denies the claims.
An investigation which looked at risk scores for more than 7,000 offenders arrested in Florida in 2013 and 2014 claims to have It turned up racial disparities in the formula used (stock image).
An eight-foot-tall angel hidden beneath plaster for hundreds of years has now been uncovered at the ‘birthplace of Jesus.’ The elaborate mosaic was found during restoration on the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, built nearly 1,700 years ago. Technicians delicately scraped away layers of plaster to reveal the ancient tiles that have survived centuries of neglect, and are now working to bring it back to life. The angel is pictured above, and the inset photos on the right show the progression as plaster was carefully scraped away.
Researchers at Florida Atlantic University studied the bat-eating habits of Cercopithecus after seeing the monkeys preying on two different bat species in Gombe National Park in Tanzania (pictured).
Faception, an Israeli start-up firm based in Tel Aviv, says it has developed technology that can spot character traits in a person's face that are undetectable to the naked eye.
US and Australian military researchers have conducted a successful test of an experimental hypersonic engine in Woomera, south Australia, bringing the technology a step closer.
Mount Chimborazo claims Mount Everest's title as world's highest mountain - but only when measured from the equator. This is due to the fact that the Earth bulges at the centre and flattens at the poles.
Research from UCL has found that women are more likely to be seen as confident leaders if they adopt a power stance - with feet shoulder width apart and using expansive hand gestures (illustrated).
In a recent study, researchers from Brigham Young University conducted a series of experiments to determine the effects of human emotions on a dog's response to pointing cues.
Video that shows a man apparently asleep behind the wheel of a Tesla has ignited debate over the safety of driving in Autopilot.
Engineers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed the device - which uses microphones and vibration sensors to listen to and measure the sounds inside the joint.
An archaeological dig in London has turned up the earliest known handwritten documents in Britain among hundreds of Roman waxed writing tablets (pictured inset). Among the hundreds of wooden tablets were preserved examples of Roman characters (pictured main), scrawled across the surface. Researchers say the tablets would have had a number of uses, from note-taking to financial records. Engraved in one of the wooden tablets is what appears to be the first line of an address and the earliest reference to London around 65 AD (pictured main). It reads 'In London, to Mogontius'
Asus chairman Jonney Shih pledged the firm will 'enable robotic computing for every household.' The robot was unveiled at Computex 2016 alongside a new range of mobile phones.
The technology, from French firm Pixium Vision, is based on a technique known as 'neuromodulation.This is where electricity from a chip stimulates the nervous system to restore sight.
Buried for nearly 2,000 years, these simple wooden tablets were found beneath a pub in London during work on financial news company Bloomberg’s European headquarters.
The trend is highly unusual in the West, where women usually outnumber men, and began in March last year when data showed Sweden had 277 more men than women.
Italian economists compared data from 1427 with 2011 to track intergenerational mobility. They found that there is a 'glass floor' keeping the rich from losing their status.
The founder of California-based Facebook live-streamed a chat with crew members of the ISS on via the social media platforms live video streaming service, Facebook Live.
In a study by University College London, volunteers chose significantly more risky gambles to win more money when given a drug that boosted dopamine levels (stock image used)
The percentage of adults having gay sex has doubled since the 1990s, perhaps because Americans are not dampening their own desires to conform to societal pressures.
Microsoft has developed new technology for those who find themselves crunched for time. Called Magic Mirror, this smart mirror recognizes faces and displays information you need to start the day.
Pro-skateboarders Tony Hawk and Aaron 'Jaws' Homoki take to a Zero G 'vomit comet' plane to try out their dream tricks in true weightlessness. The two experienced Martian, Lunar, and zero gravity.
Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington mimicked the high pressure conditions of Earth’s core in a lab to understand how its magnetic field is sustained.
Researchers analysed 87,000 images taken between 1984 and 2012 by Landsat satellites in the most detailed look yet at plant life across Alaska and Canada.
California-based Facebook said its customers' ads would now be visible on third-party apps and websites to everyone who has ever visited its social network.
At 10:35pm BST (5:35 pm EST), Mars will be 46.8 million miles away from Earth - the closest it has been to our planet in 11 years.
Google has been accused of relegating a pro-Brexit website to the second page of search results. Richard North said EUReferendum.com had been the number one search for 12 years.
Andrew Fuller has written Unlocking Your Child's Genius, which begins with a heartfelt letter containing a phrase he believes can release all kids' hidden potential and remove crippling fear of failure.
Researchers from Canada and China say it's common for people to cheat for others within their social groups at the expense of a third party. In these circumstances, loyalty might outweigh morals.
The findings may also explain why obese people struggle to keep weight off after a successful diet. A balanced 'community' of beneficial bacteria in the gut has been found to keep weight off.
In a recent solicitation, Darpa calls for proposals on the design and fabrication of an unmanned craft that could be flown ten times in ten days, boosting a payload to low Earth orbit.
Historians discovered a code machine used by Adolf Hitler to swap top secret messages with his generals when they noticed it was being advertised on eBay for £9.50.
A recent survey revealed the average Brit spends up to two years nursing hangovers, and while legend has it there are countless cures out there, a team of nutritionists pick out the fact from fiction.
Washington-based Microsoft announced software powering a wide range of devices, including HoloLens, is being opened to partners interested in building devices for 'mixed reality' experiences.
The radical new smart tattoo could allow medical sensors to become wireless - changing everything from ER rooms to warfare.
The world heritage site is one of many that will be threatened by climate change - with other famous sites under threat including the Statue of Liberty, Venice and the Galapagos Islands.
Successful candidates are due to fall from as high as 138,000 feet wearing special parachuting suits in the new space-diving project run by Beijing-based Gold Ocean Space Technology.
Scientists based at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko may continually break apart and reform as its spin changes.
New York researchers found people with the same genetic traits such as height, and those with similar education levels are increasingly choosing each other.
Consumer advocacy group CHOICE is calling on the Australian Government for stricter rules around button batteries after the death of two young girls from button battery related injuries.
Dr Tariq Idrees, a dentist and owner of Carisbrook Dental Clinic in Manchester, reveals the 10 things you think are good for your teeth, but that can actually harm your oral health.
In a new study, scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California compared Europa's potential for producing hydrogen and oxygen with that of Earth's.
Astronomers at Lund University in Sweden say it is 'highly likely' Planet 9 is an exoplanet. They believe it was 'stolen' by our sun, but remained completely undetected ever since.
Materiable is an interactive tabletop which represents material properties using shape-changing interfaces. This could be used in geoscience studies, and even medical education.
Italian astronomers have glimpsed a look at what they think were the ‘seeds’ for supermassive black holes, by peering back into the early universe. Artist's impression pictured.
Evidence beamed back the European Space Agency's Rosetta probe has provided new evidence that comets may have carried the raw ingredients for life to Earth billions of years ago.
This is according to an teardown of the Android application package for Google Photos' next update, which highlights unlimited storage of high-quality images and 4K video storage.
A report by the Nairobi-based United Nations Environment Programme says affected crops, such as maize and wheat, could cause cancers in people and livestock.
Rievaulx Abbey in North Yorkshire, was one of the richest and most spiritually significant abbeys in England when it was wrecked on the orders of Henry VIII and Thomas Cromwell in 1538.
Nasa tried last week to inflate the structure but failed due to too much friction. The second time successfully extended BEAM to 170 cm following more than seven hours of air release.
French astrophotographer Thierry Legault travelled to Philadelphia to take the stunning image, and admits he was 'very lucky' to catch the unique phenomenon.
The European Commission in Brussels has given approval for British drug firm GlaxoSmithKlineto produce a stem cell gene therapy, called Strimvelis, to treat children with severe immunodeficiency.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos' reusable rocket is going to go wrong on purpose during the next test flight, in order for the company's ability to deal with failure scenarios to be tested.
New research has found that 'red geysers' appear to be galaxies hosting supermassive black holes that drive high winds. This could be the mechanism that prevents new stars from forming.
The message, sent through hugely popular messaging app Whatsapp, includes a link to a 'golden version' but this contains malware and could open the door to fraud.
Researchers led by McGill University looked at data from 3,726 people and say event had a profound impact on African-American communities and their genetic diversity nationwide.
Researchers at the University of Michigan can tap into a phone's microphone and speaker, using inaudible high frequency tones to make it pressure-sensitive (pictured).
Google is today sharing the first thousand ultra-high resolution images taken by its 'Art Camera' of works by global artist's including Pissarro, Signac, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Monet.
A new species of silver snake (pictured) has been discovered by researchers from Harvard University. The animals were spotted on a remote island in the Bahamas, and are listed as 'Critically Endangered'.
The latest in a long line of brainteasers frustrating internet users has been released - but are you able to solve it? Within a grid of coloured dots is a letter of the alphabet - but it's up to you to find it.
After logging into Echoism.io with an Amazon account, anyone can start asking Alexa questions by clicking and holding on the mic button.
The latest beverage maker from SodaStream, the Israel-based makers of counter-top carbonators, lets users make their own beer using 'Blondie' concentrate bottles and fizzy water.
A study from Japanese scientists shows vibrations created by male crabs are surprisingly informative, telling the females important information about the stamina and size of their potential mate.
Dubbed MAREA, the cable is initially designed to carry 160 terabits of data per second, which is around 16 million times the bandwidth of your home internet connection.
Stretch marks arise when deep layers of the skin are stretched and torn, essentially creating a miniature wound, and a wide variety of ointments claim to reverse the damage.
Experts funded by Cancer Research UK are among thousands of academics whose pensions have links to British American Tobacco.as part of the Universities Superannuation Scheme.
Dermatologists say spending too long staring at a screen can cause fine lines, wrinkles and sagging skin, while drinking too much coffee can cause skin to become dry and dehydrated.
A 49-year-old woman from Pennsylvania, who presented with a urinary infection, tested positive for the mcr-1 gene, that causes bacteria to become resistant to all antibiotics, including colistin, the strongest of the drugs.
Ripple Foods have created legume-derived milk, which contains protein from yellow peas. The dairy-alternative contains half the sugar and a sixth of the saturated fat of dairy milk.
The driver, from Zurich, has blamed the crash on Tesla and claims the entire front of his car must be replaced. He says the problem was largely down to active cruise control.
The latest image, taken in green light with Cassini's narrow-angle camera on Oct. 27, 2015, shows Saturn's moons Janus and Mimas. Janus hangs above center, while Mimas shines at right.
Palaeontologists at the University of New South Wales in Australia have discovered a previously unknown family of carnivorous marsupials that lived 15 million years ago.
According to a poker study from Lancaster University and the University of Helsinki, people with Machiavellian traits make bigger bluffs, and get angry when deceived, as it makes them look weak.
The 'Sandstorm' unmanned aircraft will be used by the US government in Nevada for remote radiation sensing and environmental monitoring, along with other security applications.
DNA tests undertaken by the University of Strathclyde, proved a businessman is in the family line of King Robert III, who reigned from 1390 until his death in 1406.
Humanoid robot 'Pepper' will soon be taking orders in Pizza Hut locations across Asia. Pepper will work with a new app from MasterCard, and is expected to be rolled out later this year.
Segway hopes a new 'mini' version of its transporter, with a new 'steering stick' will corner the market and be safe for consumers to use.
The US Army recently conducted an early trial of a truck-mounted laser cannon, dubbed HELMTT, at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. It plans to begin using lasers on the battlefield in 2023.
Researchers at Harvard University say vibrating insoles can improve balance in both young and elderly people. Recent studies have shown it can modify gait in recreational athletes, and boost agility.
The leak of 117 million LinkedIn credentials, has pushed Microsoft to ban all weak passwords. The firm will now tell users if their password is easy to crack using a list of compromised ones.
The waters surrounding Antarctica are cooler than those around the Arctic (illustrated) and now researchers at the University of Washington and MIT believe they have found out why.
Hints of an undiscovered fundamental force have set the physics world abuzz this week. It follows an experiment in Hungary that spotted an anomaly in radioactive decay, suggesting a new particle.
He understands the workings of the universe like few others - but Stephen Hawking has admitted he cannot fathom the popularity of Donald Trump.
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Theoretical Physics in Munich, Germany, have used quantum gravity to estimate the chaotic structure that may exist within black holes.
Researchers believe a shift in climate would have caused the region around the Danube in Hungary to become marshy, driving back the Mongol hordes (pictured is a statue of Genghis Khan).
A convoy of US Army self-driving vehicles are due to cruise along a stretch of the Interstate 69 public highway in Michigan in June as part of an initial testing of driverless military vehicles.
Apple is investigating how to charge electric cars, talking to charging station companies and hiring engineers with expertise in the area.
British scientists have discovered that a green algae, similar to those that cause scum to form on ponds, produce a sugar-like chemical to protect it from harm which could be used in foods.
The destroyer, constructed at Bath Iron Works, in Maine, is built for battles on open sea and to support troops close to the shore and its angular shape makes it 50 times more difficult to detect.
A man in the village of Aschibulak in Khaszakstan found a skeleton while digging a hole in his yard. An archaeologist has said that the skeleton is a Usun warrior dating back to the 2nd Century BC.
While playing a typical Sunday game at Buffalo Creek Golf Course in Palmetto, Charles Helms was able to get a video of a dinosaur-like alligator casually strolling across the green.
The robot's purpose will be to 'replace the person in the battle or in emergency areas where there is a risk of explosion, fire, high background radiation, or other conditions that are harmful to humans'.
In honor of the 89th National Scripps Spelling Bee, Google has revealed the most commonly misspelled words in the US. Using a map, the tech giant shows the top word in each state.
The patch could slash the time the drug takes to work to a matter of minutes and increase the length of time it is effective for, say the researchers from King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
Research by Leeds University shows species living in the Antarctic were wiped out at the same time as the dinosaurs, despite some theories suggesting they would have been able to cope.
The AAA Foundation for Traffic, based in Washington DC, analysed video footage captured by dashboard cameras moments before crashes to pinpoint the main causes of distractions.
In a mesmerizing visualization of transportation ‘clusters,’ Martin Grandjean plots the connections between thousands of airports worldwide, along with the 60,000 routes.
A team led by researchers at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, have shown the crucial social skill - picking out real from fake smiles (stock image) - appears early on in childhood.
Foxconn, the Taiwanese company which assembles iPhones and iPads, has brought in machines to perform repetitive tasks and axed more than half its 110,000-strong staff at a factory in Southern China.
SpaceX has postponed the launch of an Asian communications satellite from Cape Canaveral in Florida, while engineers investigate a 'glitch' in the motion of an upper stage engine actuator.
Nasa researchers in California have found amino acids, one of the possible signs life once existed on Mars, might be destroyed in 20 million years rather than 1 billion.
A huge coronal hole in the northern hemisphere of the sun has been spotted by Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). The hole releases solar winds which cause geomagnetic storms.
Artificial intelligence software developed by researchers in Baltimore can predict a person's age with 84 per cent accuracy. They trained the system using 60,000 blood samples.
Earlier this week, roughly 150 scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs met in secrecy at Harvard Medical School in Boston to discuss the possibility of creating an entirely synthetic human genome.
The striking face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6814 lies at a distance of about 66 million light years and is about 75,000 light years across - or around half the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
A 35-year-old man has explained why he gave up life in London to go and 'become a goat' in the Swiss Alps. Thomas Thwaites, 35, was fitted with special prosthetic legs for the experiment.
Star-AL is designing a man-made meteor shower that can be seen all over Tokyo during the games. The pyrotechnics show, dubbed 'Sky Canvas', will be visible from an area of over 120 miles
The space fence is due to become operational from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 2018. It will operate in frequencies 1,000 times higher than its predecessor.
Kelly said he also had burning skin, rashes and flu-like symptoms, and if he hadn't just returned from space, he would have gone straight to the emergency room.
Microsoft will unveil a new smaller Xbox console and a TV set top box device next month in the battle for the connected living room, a respected blogger has claimed.
The High Speed Amphibian races across the sea at speeds of up to 45 knots and is just as fast on land, thanks to the wheels which unfold from underneath its hull.
Georgia Institute of Technology developed a control algorithm that 'taught' 3-ft, 48lb rally cars how to plan and execute optimal handling decisions in real-time while on rough terrain.
Found alongside 30 decapitated skulls at the site of the Templo Mayor in Mexico, the 8 masks have puzzled archaeologists since their discovery. A new study has shed light on their origin.
Researchers in Uruguay examined the relationship between body size and food chains of megafauna, such as mammoths (pictured) which would have dominated the world thousands of years ago.
A Florida-based brewery has created a smart new way to prevent the devastating impact discarded plastic has on marine wildlife by creating edible beer rings.
The $1,000 Arrow 'smart-kart' includes includes GPS and WiFi to keep drivers safe, and is aimed at 5-9 year olds. Parents can even control the kart and stop it from an app.
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.
If scientists ever make contact with intelligence life outside of Earth, the uncontrolled spread of such news could trigger worldwide panic and even violence, researchers in the UK warn.
Designs for the 'Transit Elevated Bus' (pictured) were unveiled at the 19th China Beijing International High-Tech Expo, which showed a scale model of the vehicle passing over other cars on the road.
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