Scientists at the University of Cambridge believe that people drink wine more quickly if served in a bigger glass because the brain is fooled into thinking there is more to consume.

A fragment of jawbone and six isolated teeth have been unearthed on the Indonesian island of Flores, which appear to have belonged to the direct ancestors of Homo floresiensis.

Freezing in the face of a threatening situation could protect you from any psychological harm, said Rachael Sharman, a psychology lecturer from the University of the Sunshine Coast.

This book argues that people need to feel connected to others. During World War II, people mixed in a way that they hadn't before, joining together in the face of a common enemy.

Microsoft has agreed to pay $26.2 billion (£18.4 billion) for LinkedIn, despite the professional networking site making a loss of $166 million (£116 million) last year.

Former Army helicopter pilot Tim Peake is due to touch down on the Kazakhstan steppe on Saturday 18 June after a bumpy journey back to earth at speeds of up to 17,000mph.

A Queensland snake catcher has filmed the moment a snake turned on him and made several attempts to strike him. The catcher says many snakes have recently been displaced by heavy rain

The team, led by Stanford University in California, believe the research bridges the gap between animal and human studies focused on how our brains get us around.

A massive duck-billed dinosaur was purchased at an action in Billinghurts, West Sussex. Emmen Zoo in Holland is moving locations and offered its dinosaur contents to the highest bidders.

The clip, produced by Flightradar24, has shown the 2,464 airplanes that crossed the North Atlantic Ocean on Friday May 6 - in a 40-second snapshot.

The world's largest rocket launched from Cape Canaveral this afternoon, carrying a secret spy satellite 'in support of national defense'.

MIT has created a system that can fool human ears. The AI learned 46,000 different sounds that represented objects being hit and played them for humans, who though they were real noises.

More than 120,000 of the 33m users affected opted for '123456', followed by '123456789,' 'qwerty,' 'password,' and a host of other easily guessable passwords.

Psychologists at the University of Sussex found that the area of the road that hands-free drivers concentrate on is up to four times smaller than the average road user.

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.

Robots are one step closer to being more human-like. Harvard University has developed a system that uses vacuum power to move soft, rubber beams that mimics a human bicep.

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.

The Bom Jesus - or Good Jesus - and its treasure trove contents were first discovered along the Namibian coast near Oranjemund by geologists from the mining company De Beers in April 2008.

London's Science Museum has launched its first Kickstarter campaign , which aims to raise funds to rebuild Eric – the UK's first robot. It was originally built in 1928 by Captain Richards and AH Reffell,

Saarland University discovered that employees who received bad news from mangers who received training in how to treat employees fairly were more accepting about losing their job.

Microsoft has revealed its Xbox One S console which is 40 per cent smaller than previous generations of the games console. Prices will start at $299 (£249) for the 500GB version.

Dr Sergio Diez Alvarez, director of medicine at The Maitland and Kurri Kurri Hospital, New South Wales, says hormonal differences mean men's immune systems are weaker than women's.

Echo, a Chrome extension that branded itself as a 'coincidence detector', has been removed after it was revealed to be a tool for neo-Nazis and the far Right to identify Jewish people online.

The update, coming to all Xbox One consoles this summer, will allow users to access Microaoft's smart assistant simply by saying 'Hey, Cortana'.

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.

Dr Adam Roberts at University College London is leading a project named 'Swab and Send', which encourages people to take samples from around their homes and send them to the lab.

Professor Adam Grant from Pennsylvania University presented the findings in a new book. He suggests those who show initiative by downloading Firefox are more likely to stay in their job.

In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Irkut Corporation rolled out its new MC-21 passenger plane.

Tesla is shipping Model X owners free mesh shades after receiving complaints about excessive sunlight seeping in through the massive windshield. These shades are said to block 66% of light.

A musician from Kanagawa, Japan claims to have discovered that by stacking copper coins on the case in front of the screen, it seems to help absorb excess heat given off by his laptop.

Professor Greg Whyte from Liverpool said at the Cheltenham Science Festivalhe said training professional athletes put in only accounts for a one per cent improvement in their performance.

Experts say the results of a two-year, $10 million experiment offers new hope for an effective weapon to help fight man-made global warming.

Brickwork and 'rammed earth' foundations dating to the early Ming Dynasty have been uncovered outside the Cining Palace that housed emperors' mothers in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

Hide From Your Timeline is a new feature the lets desktop users post a status to just News Feed. Facebook hopes this will encourage users to post more personal stories, as it is not permanently saved.

Stan Larkin, a Michigan 25 year old has finally received a heart transplant after a radical artificial heart in a backpack kept him alive for a record-breaking 17 months.

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.

The European Space Agency's Lisa Pathfinder probe has set two gold and platinum cubes into the truest freefall ever achieved in a step towards a giant gravitational wave detector in space.

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.

Tokyo-based Kaname Hayashi, who is designing the robot, claims that machines could become our friends and even provide enjoyable company.

Nasa has awarded $100,000 (£70,000) to California-based Made in Space to develop a system to direct asteroids towards Earth. The end goal is to make asteroid mining accessible.

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)

A new Nasa study has given unprecedented insight into the giant storms that can engulf the entire red planet, and found they can grow to engulf the entire planet.

A security robot built by California-based startup Knightscope is performing patrols in shopping malls and offices. It is part of a growing number of 'service robots' able to do jobs performed by humans.

Using an assumption that a wormhole can be found at the middle of a black hole, a group of Portuguese researchers modelled how objects would be able to withstand the journey through it.

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.

A group of science students at Leicester University pitched DC comic's Superman, Batman and the Flash against Marvel's Iron Man, Spider-Man and Wolverine.

Australian study revealed that girls are more likely to become friends with boys who show more empathy – while empathy doesn't seem to matter to boys when selecting their female friends.

In the video, which was shot by Irish holidaymaker Tony Bligh, there appear to be four to five humps, about 6ft apart, which move in unison across Loch Ness- but locals are questioning the footage.

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.

A group of scientists, led by Hong Kong University, have built sub-wavelength cavities, the basic components of minuscule lasers, directly onto silicon.

Tapping Google's 3-year-old Project Tango, the new phone will use software and sensors to track motions and map building interiors, including the location of doors and windows.

In the animated map, data blogger Mark Evans plots countless commuting patterns across the United States, revealing the paths of millions of workers as they converge upon the cities each day.

Experiencing the world of virtual reality for the first time gave this old timer some unforgettable memories. Her family watched on in hysterics the woman from Northern Ireland shrieked with fear.

Filmed from a balcony overlooking the sea at Cocoa Beach in Florida, the vessel appears to be suspended above the water's surface, prompting a holidaymaker to call it the 'floating boat'.

The German car company hopes its technology will make it easier for driverless vehicles to use the same roads as human motorists by allowing them to predict what the robotic car will do.

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.

London-based BAE Systems, who are developing an unmanned stealth drone (pictured), have said they are working on the basis that capability for autonomous strikes might be needed in future.

If you're curious about a drug hallucination, but worried about the side-effects, a program claims to give the same experience. Using Oculus Rift, SoundSelf creates a synthetic trip for users.

Nasa has released a new image from the New Horizons spacecraft, revealing the jagged highlands that border the southeastern portion of Pluto’s great ice plains.

Florida-based start-up Magic Leap has been issued a patent for a VR headset, which looks like a skull cap with a set of glasses attached (pictured).

Alien enthusiasts claim to have spotted an object in images taken by Nasa's Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars that they say are 'obviously alien in nature' and resembles the skull of a Sasquatch.

The research, by Stanford University, could indicate how cooperative behaviour may have evolved differently between males and females.

Cockchafer beetles, which grow to more than an inch long and make a loud whirring noise in flight, have been terrorising gardeners living in the south east of England.

Video taken a sanctuary in the Netherlands shows several asses gathering together and crying around the body of Bran, an old donkey who has died and is lying still on the ground (pictured).

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.

A team, led by Murcia University uncovered the 800,000-year-old scraps of bone and rock in Cueva Negra, which appear to have been burnt by fire in a deep layer of sediment in the isolated cave.

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.

San Francisco based Instagram, which has more than 400 million users, has added an extension to allowing people to share pictures straight from a different app, without having to open Instagram itself.

The Traxpack has built it 'tank tracks' so it can easily be dragged up stairs. It also has an iPad stand and a charging system built in, and even GPS so it can be tracked.

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.

Alvaro, five, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and has relied on a wheelchair his entire life, was given the opportunity to test a paediatric exoskeleton prototype, developed in Spain.

A mathematician and former graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley set out to build a roulette-beating system (illustrated) based on a small window before bets are called.

Netflix analysed more than 100 TV series across more than 190 countries and found when members are focused on finishing a series, they watch a little over two hours a day to complete a season.

Called Black Swan, the concept yacht from designer Timur Bozca, from Turkey, is inspired by the shape of an arrow, with a stunning pool and sun deck, and two forward balconies.

Monsanto, an agricultural biotech firm based in the US, are using reverse genetic engineering to stop the natural destruction of cells that occurs once a plant is cut and extend their lifespan.

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.

Professor Stephen Hawking, from the University of Cambridge, published a peer-reviewed paper suggesting black holes may not be so black after all.

Academics believe the butchering of deceased loved ones around 6,000 years ago in Orkney was done to remove their identity because dead ancestors were regarded as a collective group.

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.

A system from MIT would stitch together data collected at stations around the world and fill in gaps in the information, using the entire planet as one 'large radio telescope dish.'

James Oberg, a former Nasa employee, now based in Texas, debunks some of the myths around UFOs. This includes 'space dandruff' (bottom right) and beams of blue light (bottom left).

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.

Supernovas are created when a star, collapses in on itself in its final death throes. Michigan researchers have used a powerful supercomputers to recreate what happens in 3D.

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.

Three years ago, a crater suddenly opened up on the Taimyr peninsula in Siberia, and was an estimated 330ft deep. New information reveals locals heard an explosion, and saw a glow in the sky.

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.

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.

Archaeologists and physicists are using muons to peer through the stone of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza in the hope of discovering if it is hiding a secret chamber within its structure.

Leading wine writer Jancis Robinson has tipped the notion that you should keep red wine at room temperature on its head, saying that drinkers should keep their tipple in the fridge to slow oxidation.

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.

Teenagers, from Chiba in Japan, developed the method using a plastic cup and cling film to grow a chick (pictured) over 21 days with their high school teacher.

Astronauts onboard the International Space Station have taken more than three million images, with those from the most recent expedition being among the best, including this one of New York (pictured).

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.

The team says the relic found in Greece was a calendar of the sun and the moon showing phases of the moon, position of the sun and moon in zodiac, position of the planets, and predicted eclipses.

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'.

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.

The mummies were transferred from their permanent home at the National Archaeological Museum in Madrid for 3D analysis in a hospital scanner.

In a meticulous new project, 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.

The US loses 1.5m acres of farmland each year and AeroFarms is building the world's largest vertical famr in New Jersey to combat the loss. This facility will grown 2m lbs of greens each year.