Analysis of the bones and teeth of prehistoric cave bears that roamed Europe during the last ice age has revealed the giant beasts, which could weigh up to a ton, may have been strict vegans.

The Information Commissioner's Office has said it is 'looking into' the changes which mean WhatsApp users could soon start seeing more targeted ads on Facebook.

Mintel has found that sales of soap bars in the US fell by 2.2 per cent last year with the fall being most marked among people aged between 18 and 24 years old, who believe they spread germs.

Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, Heidelberg, Germany, have revealed that ESA's Rosetta probe was hit by a shower of dust from the comet it is orbiting in February.

Seattle-based Boeing has applied for a patent proposing to use military weapons fitted with fire-retarding ammunition. It says its technology could be twice as effective as traditional methods.

'Braidio,' developed at University of Massachusetts Amherst, works like a braid of radios, allowing devices to tap into the capabilities of larger nearby devices to extend their battery life.

Named Dragonfly 44, the galaxy is 330 million light years away. Scientists now want to find dark galaxies that are even closer to us, so we can look for feeble signals that may reveal a dark matter particle.

The Pentagon's director of testing said it is 'not on a path toward success but instead on a path toward failing to deliver' the plane's full combat capabilities on time, according to Bloomberg.

CosmiQ Works, a division of the CIA’s venture arm, has revealed SpaceNet, a project to train algorithms to work out what's happening on our planet.

University of California, Irvine, researchers claim disapproval of a parent's morals inflates the level of danger a child is in - and children left alone on purpose are safer than those left alone accidentally.

Based on his analysis, a mathematician from the University of Salford says designs should favour one-way traffic and a diagonal space layout rather than a grid to optimize efficiency.

Three maps have been created by the Museum of London to mark 350 years since the blaze broke out. The latest map will show how the fire started and spread through the city.

Archaeologists have been studying the inscription on a 500lb stone stele It was found embedded in the foundations of a temple in Poggio Colla, Italy's Mugello Valley to the northeast of Florence.

Facebook recently updated its ad preferences so you can see what topics the company thinks you’re interested in  and opt out of categories. The feature is available globally.

The extinct bird will be sold by Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex, who say it could fetch £500,000 when it is sold at auction later this year.

Uber began offering scheduled rides in June in Seattle, targeted particularly at business customers. Now the feature is being introduced for the first time in Europe, to Londoners.

A flaw that breaks iPhone 6 and 6 Plus screens could affect a growing number of the smartphones around the world, experts claim. The issue causes a grey bar to appear across the top of people's screens.

Meet Octobot. The tiny octopus-inspired bot designed at Harvard University mimics the real life creature to get through cracks and tight places, making it ideal as a rescue robot.

Research shows that although women still do most tasks in the house, men will take some over within nine years. However, women are unlikely to ever take over the traditional male roles.

A British study has revealed the top 50 modern day signs of class and which celebrities are the classiest. The Royal Family tops the list, as does Taylor Swift and Idris Elba.

A new record for the most cumulative days in space has been set. Nasa astronaut Jeffrey Williams logged his 521st day in space, surpassing the previous record of 520 day 10 hours and 33 minutes.

The ship was part of the carrier group that took part in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, was assigned to strike duties against targets in the Philippines and Japan,and a target for atomic bomb tests.

One of the best ‘natural air fresheners’ is Guzmania lingulata, or the scarlet star, according to researchers from the State University of New York.

Researchers from The Australian National University in Canberra, created detailed reconstructions of climate spanning the past 500 years.

The man, who has not been identified, had his brain jump-started with new ultrasound technology in an experiment by UCLA.

Having tracked the Moon's trajectory for two years, New Jersey-based photographer Jennifer Khordi finally seized the moment she had been waiting for – and the result is breathtaking.

In the US, Facebook has been categorising users based on the pages they like and their activity on the site. Worldwide, it uses 98 pieces of information about its users to understand their habits and activities.

The lucky fisherman was Keith Setter, looking for lobsters at Ladram Bay, who named the blue catch Larry. Lobsters like Larry turn bright blue because of a genetic abnormality.

KGI Securities recently told investors the curved glass case will be brought out for the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. The claim is now backed up by a source speaking to Japan-based Nikkei Asian Review.

Laurie Pycroft a PhD candidate at the University of Oxford says people need to be prepared for a new era in 'brainjacking', which cyber criminals gain access to medical implants (stock image used).

Just today, a University of Freiburg study revealed exactly why sleep is so restorative, forming new brain cell connections . Here, London-based health and fitness experts give their top tips for nodding off.

The European Southern Observatory, based in Munich, is expected to announce their findings tomorrow. A planet orbiting the star Proxima Centauri would be the closest Earth-like planet to us.

Brain scans of babies infected with Zika showed their skulls had collapsed. Overlapping tissues and abnormal skin folds suggested their brains had stopped growing, Brazilian experts found.

The insulin pill is coated in a special fat meaning it can travel through the digestive system and enter into the blood stream without degrading, said experts from Niagara University, New York state.

There is not enough sunlight in the UK in winter months for pregnant women to produce enough vitamin D - important for a baby's brain development - a Glasgow University study found.

Sleep allows us to reset our synapses, according to a new study by the University of Freiburg. The study offers an explanation for the activity which has long baffled scientists.

Listening to happy, uplifting music can make workers perform better as part of a team, say researcher who found 'Yellow Submarine' by the Beatles and the Happy Days theme tune effective.

Steve Wozniak said a lot of customers will be frustrated if Apple removes the headphone jack - and claimed wireless headphone simply aren't good enough.

Stereo-B (pictured), part of the Stereo mission, disappeared on October 1, 2014, during a test of some of the system's functions. Scientists have spent 22 months trying to communicate with it.

New data reveals a steady decline in the number of daily Pokemon Go players, along with a sharp drop in user engagement that could finally allow competing firms to 'breathe a sigh of relief.'

Professor Graham Kendall, from the University of Nottingham, explains how Newton's laws of motions can be used to predict the spin of the roulette wheel,.

Internet users believe the anniversary marks a quarter of a century since the web's inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, made the service publicly available for the first time on 23 August 1991.

Psychologists at Macquarie University in Sydney found women preferred the sweat of men who ate large amounts of fruit and vegetables and found carbohydrates least pleasant.

Archaeologists have unearthed a stone building in Orkney that appears to have been built using huge stone slabs possibly from an old stone circle. It had been buried beneath a Neolithic midden.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania made non-toxic edible batteries with melanin pigments, which are naturally found in the skin, hair and eyes.

The finding comes from an annual summer excavation of Denisova Cave in the Altai Mountains in Siberia, which has been studied for more than three decades.

The teeth of four sharks that frequent Australian waters were attached onto a power saw and positioned to cut through a raw chunk of salmon in a bid to test the sharpest and most durable teeth.

The tomb was discovered in Datong City, China, and dates back to 1,500 years ago. Inside were the remains of the wife of a Chinese magistrate still draped in her exquisite jewellery.

Oxford University explores psychopathic traits in the US Presidential candidates and finds Donald Trump ranks just below Saddam Hussein, whereas Hillary Clinton sits above Napoleon.

The Suwon-based tech giant plans to launch a programme to sell refurbished used versions of its premium smartphones as early as next year, according to reports.

Researchers say general cognitive ability may be the result of a 'well-tuned brain network' - and may even be able to develop therapies to tune up the mind of those less intelligent.

It had been assumed planets are able to regulate their own internal temperature. But the new study, by researchers at Yale University in Connecticut suggests this is not the case.

The base would be used for scientific research and defence monitoring. The project is being led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Beijing.

Sony is expected to unveil two new consoles this year - the PlayStation 4 'Slim' and the PlayStation 4.5 Neo - at the PlayStation Meeting being held in New York on September 7.

Scientists at the University of Würzburg studied the cries of Chinese, German and Nso newborns. They found the language spoken by their mothers influenced the melodic variation their cries.

Researchers at MIT believe their approach enables the cell's DNA to capture how long an event lasted for as well its intensity, which could shed light on disease and cell development.

The severed pigtails are said to have been taken from the traitorous crew of the HMS Bounty, who joined with first mate Fletcher Christian to rise against Captain William Bligh on April 28, 1789.

The new globally available app is directed at young internet users, encouraging them to use more video for likes and dislikes in their profiles and to connect with other students.

Questions have been raised in Russia over whether new government chief of staff Anton Vaino is the author of a 2012 scientific article claiming the invention of a new device.

Sociologists at the University of Washington examined the patterns of divorce filings over a 14 year period and found they tended to rise dramatically in August and March.

The Global Marine Exploration discovered the remains of three Spanish ships off the Coast of Cape Canaveral. The cannons and monument were stole from French settlers in the 16th century.

As part of a security crackdown, Microsoft limited the type of encoding webcams can use for video streams - and it is causing many to crash.

Known as primordial black holes, they could be hitting out own planet every 1,000 years, a Nasa researcher has said.

Nasty looking 'blame slime' has grown all over Washington DC's National Mall's most famous monuments, including the Jefferson and Lincoln Memorials. Experts are still seeking a solution.

American researchers suggest women would get the 'fittest' genes for their child from their affair partner - and have the baby looked after by their more reliable long-term partner.

Researchers say nearly 8,000 dazzling blue lakes appeared on the Langhovde Glacier in East Antarctica between 2000 and 2013 - and they could be a sign it is doomed.

A director of China Aerospace and Industry Corp, headquartered in Beijing said the country is leading the world in the development of AI weapons.

Although parts of the US are experiencing record high temperatures, The Weather Channel predicts certain northern and western cities will see snow accumulation as early as September.

With more private spaceship traffic expected at the International Space Station in the coming years, two US astronauts have embarked on a spacewalk to install a parking spot for them.

Officials plan to allow self driving cars to use the route before the end of the year in a bid to teach them how to drive in bad weather.

One company has created a handy tool for parents to create a sleeping schedule for their child to get them used to going to bed and waking up on time for the new academic year.

The feature was previously only available to users with 'verified' accounts, which are typically celebrities, public figures or journalists. It is now available globally.

Scientists at the University of Rochester have developed a computer model that can predict sentences by looking for brain activity patterns that are associated with different words.

The Emory study found spatial reasoning measured at six months infancy predicts how children do at maths at four years of age.

The Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) is a project led by scientists at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard. It provides much greater power to interpret rare disease-causing variants.

More than half of HR professionals said the way candidates present themselves on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn affects whether they are hired.

Scott Sander and Arthur Hair, co-founders of SightSound Technologies, have been locked in a David and Goliath battle with the tech giant since iTunes first launched in 2003.

An expert working group will look for a physical point in the geological record that shows where one epoch changed to another, known as a 'golden spike'.

Holidaymaker Calley Tulleth believes she captured a sight of the Loch Ness Monster whilst sitting on her holiday home balcony in Scotland. Her pictures capture the mysterious ripple.

A third of the decrease in electronics sales for the retail giant stemmed from reduced demand for Apple products, which were down more than 20 percent.

The EasyMile driverless buses are among the first in the world which have recently been given the go-ahead to carry passengers by transport safety authorities in Finland.

A new Apple patent has surfaced and it hints at waterproof iPhones. Filed in 2013, it describes a 'color balancing' tool that removes 'undesirable tints' from pictures taken underwater.

Researchers from University College Dublin, looked at nine fragments of leather from Ötzi's clothes and quiver, and were able to identify the species of origin for each.

Geologists from Curtain University of Western Australia say a string of volcanoes on the eastern coast are thought to have erupted around the time the continet broke off from Antarctica

Archaeologists have discovered sea snail and nautilus shells with holes drilled in them at a cave in East Timor. They showed staining with red ochre and may have been worn as a necklace or bracelet.

Massachusetts-based SolidEnergy Systems hopes to bring the batteries to smartphones and wearables in early 2017, and to electric cars by 2018.

Using a telescope in Chile, astronomers at Warsaw University were looking as part of a long-running experiment searching for dark matter when the distant binary system called V1213 Cen caught their attention.

Older drinkers also have more income than other people as they enter their retirement, leading them to consume more alcohol, Tony Rao, a lecturer in old age psychiatry at King's College London warns.

Researchers say the phenomenon is simply the brain checking its memories are correct. Not experiencing it may actually have issues with their memory, the Scottish team say.

Debate over when North and South America joined at Panama has raged in recent years but a new study indicates that the two continents collided 2.8 million years ago to split the Pacific and Atlantic.

Harvard and the University of Vermont analyzed 43,950 Instagram photos to see if depression can be detected in images. They found depressed individuals post darker scenes and use 'Inkwell'.

Thousand of gamers have reported issues across the world while trying to sign in to the service that allows gamers to play multiplayer games online as well as buy and download titles.

Forecasters said the global average temperature 'was the highest for both the month of July and for any month in the since 1880.'

After three years of research, scientists from the University of Chicago have found the cells that make fish fins could explain how our ancestors made the move from swimming to walking.

The headset in the video is unbranded but it could well be the Washington tech firm's mixed reality Hololens. Microsoft said user interface will be available to run on mainstream PCs.

Biochemists at Kings College London have identified a gene responsible for telling the brain the body is too hot. It may help to explain why some feel too hot in a room and others feel cold.

The research comes for the Faculty of Science in Lund, Sweden, where scientists have found the larger the flock, the higher the speed. They are unsure why this happens.

Scientists at London Metropolitan University found girls aged 7-9-years-old could explain the offside rule just as well as boys, but males may be better at spotting offside players as they play more.

Those with more control over their work schedule work more than those with less control, according to Heejung Chung, a lecturer in sociology at the University of Kent.

A researcher from the University of Leeds explores the world of quasicrystals, which unlike regular crystals, have a pattern of pentagons and fivefold shapes that are never exactly repeated.

The car will initially be used for commercial ride-hailing or ride-sharing services; sales to consumers will come later, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced.