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University of California, Santa Barbara professor, Phillip Lubin, says that a wafer-thin craft could be propelled to the red planet at 174.3 million miles per hour using high-powered lasers. read

The new handset will be called the iPhone SE, standing for special edition, and will launch next months alongside a smaller iPad Pro with a 9.7inch screen, according to 9to5Mac . read

The colors of an Adidas track jacket are being debated online exactly one year after the social media dispute about whether 'The Dress' is black and blue or white and gold. read

Researchers say we tend to choose partners that look similar to our parents. It isn't just faces either, people will choose mates with the same height, hair and eye colour and even amount of body hair. read

A group at the Florida Institute of Technology has found that CID devices could be used for imaging earth-like planets that appear extremely faint next to their host stars. read

A new study has collected insight from international experts to reach a consensus on the tell-tale signs of a cat in pain. The team narrowed it down to 25 signs sufficient for signalling pain. read

Astronaut Scott Kelly wore a gorilla costume sent to the ISS by his twin brother Mark to celebrate his birthday and British astronaut Tim Peake wore a novelty tuxedo t-shirt for the Brits. read

Nobody seems to be quite sure what this weird fish is after the catch stunned fishermen who caught the creature in Thailand. The most popular guess is that it is a batfish after a video of the catch was uploaded. read

Scientists at the University of Kent used pioneering 3D imaging to analyse teeth from medieval children which were found in a cemetery in Canterbury, England to reveal what they ate. read

Japanese electronics firm Kyocera showcased its prototype phone with a 'WYSIPS' screen at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. read

San Francisco-based software engineer, Søren Louv-Jansen, discovered a way to determine the sleeping habits of his friends using 'time stamps' taken from Facebook's own Messenger service. read

An American blogger has taken on the persona of a 'Muggle I.T. guy' named Jonathan Dart working at the fictional school from the Harry Potter books - from magical spells to moving staircases. read

The unmanned shop, in the southern Sweden village of Viken, uses a smartphone app (pictured) to allow customers to scan their own shopping, meaning no staff are required. read

Scientists at Beihang University in Beijing found Humboldt penguins (pictured) have nanoscale ridges and hooks on their feathers that repel water and ice from forming. read

Ford has revealed it uses 'advanced camouflage technology,' to keep its unreleased designs under wraps, disguising prototypes in vinyl stickers that create optical illusions. read

The icon was discovered near a window under plaster almost two months ago in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity (pictured), which is currently undergoing major renovation works. read

Experts at Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have identified genetic pathways that increase the severity of canine compulsive disorder (CCD). read

Neuroscientists at the University of California, Davis studied the brains of epilepsy patients to gain an understanding into neural activity during 'teleportation' (Star Trek image pictured). read

A group from the University of Toronto Mississauga did two studies and found that when parents suppressed negative emotions it had an impact on the parent's bond with the child. read

Male sand martins in Japan were filmed engaging in homosexual necrophilia by researchers from the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. It is thought they mistook the dead bird for a female. read

The pilot scheme will begin by recruiting 10 people with autism or Asperger syndrome to be based at the firm's offices across the country, including Reading and in London. read

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology studied the genetics of orangutans that were the offspring of two different subspecies, at the Tanjung Puting National Park. read

If confirmed, the study by Tel Aviv University would shed new light on the debate over how important processed food, physical inactivity and other modern lifestyle factors are on the disease. read

The United Nations report was approved by a congress of 124 nations meeting in Kuala Lumpur. They have suggested a number of solutions in an attempt to solve the problem. read

Ori Greenhunt spotted a figurine poking out of the earth when he was climbing a mound with friends at Tel Rehov archaeological site and carefully carried it home. read

Students at a school in Houston who listened to rap music three hours each day in the seventh grade were 2.6 times more likely to have had sex by the ninth grade. Stock image. read

Gruesome footage captured during a National Geographic expedition shows the moment a male polar bear chases down its own cub and eats it, leaving traumatized mother to run for her life. read

The pendant (pictured) was discovered by archaeologists from the Universities of York, Manchester and Chester during excavations at the Star Carr site and is unique in the UK. read

The Equipay app, which is currently just a concept, uses Bureau of Labor Statistics and math to calculate how much each person owes towards a dinner bill. read

While politically charged insults and 'Trumpisms' have succeeded in gaining the attention of voters and the media, experts caution that they may also cause Americans to lose faith in politics. read

Researchers from the University of Cambridge tested participants with BMIs from 18 to 51. They found a direct link between a high body mass index (BMI) and poor episodic memory. read

A group or researchers at the University of Kent studied speeches of politicians in three countries and found conservatives prefer using nouns in their speeches compared liberals. read

A new TEDEd video breaks down the different types of narcissism, from the obvious to the not-so obvious, and explains how these traits almost always take a turn for the dark side. read

The first giant fin has now been attached to the 300ft-long ship, officially called the 'Airlander'. The two fins at the hanger in Cardington, Bedfordshire could cover the playing area of a tennis court. read

Research has proved for the first time that no one is made dim or bright by their genes, or for that matter, mad or sane. Pictured, Harry Enfield as his character, Tim Nice But Dim. read

Researchers at the universities of Leeds and Washington, said people may ditch public transport in favour of driverless cars, increasing the number of vehicles on roads in 20 years. read

Tinder released the top 15 jobs that receive the most right-swipes. Men are more attracted to female therapists, interior designers and founders. And women desire a male pilot, founder or firefighter. read

Ameer Blake, an undergraduate student at Howard University in Washington, D.C. is studying the possibility of using cubesat to search for a new planet around Beta Pictoris. read

The new handset is 'essentially the 2013 iPhone 5s with significant internal hardware and software upgrades' according to 9to5Mac. read

A video captured by divers off the coast of Portugal shows a rare up-close encounter with a massive Mola Mola, which can weigh nearly 5,000 pounds. read

The plan is the brainchild of Lockheed Martin’s space systems division, headquartered in Maryland, which is looking at ways to use Nasa’s Orion capsule as a cislunar base. read

Researchers at the University of Leicester used DNA from a group of great apes to find most recent common ancestor that all animals alive today from each species have descended from. read

The enhanced colour image of the north polar area shows long canyons run vertically. The widest of the canyons – is about 45 miles (75 kilometers) wide. The yellow hue is caused by solar radiation. read

The study by BT Mobile and Oxford University took an in-depth look into the 'dos and don'ts' of tech etiquette and came up with a modern day guide, including not ending relationships by text. read

AccuWeather MinuteCast (New York map shown), claims to pinpoint when it's going to start raining in minute detail, over a two-hour time frame customised to exactly where you are. read

The drone was launched from a beach in Cap Gris Nez, northern France and successfully completed the 21.7 mile (35km) journey to Dover on 16 Feburary. read

The team from King Abdullah University of Science in Saudia Arabia used sticky note paper to detect humidity, sponges and wipes to detect pressure and aluminum foil to detect motion. read

Anthropologists at Monash University in Victoria, Australia, analysed the teeth of modern and fossils from early human species and found they can predict the size of other teeth from just a single sample. read

Researchers at Google and RWTH Aachen University, Germany developed PlaNet, which they say has ‘superhuman levels of accuracy' when guessing the location of a photograph. read

The 23-story-tall rocket is carrying a commercial communications satellite for Luxembourg-based SES SA, and is scheduled to take off at 6:46pm ET read

Scientists from California and Townsville, Australia, used a unique system of coral atolls in the southern Great Barrier Reef to experiment on the acidity of sea water. read

The theory has been explained by astrophysicist Thomas Kitching from the University of College London. read

Scientists from West Virginia University detected the source of an FRB in 2015. Although its cause is still a mystery, by locating where the burst came from they can learn more about the universe. read

Researchers have proposed using living cells to grow components of spacecraft while in orbit. This technology will also be used to feed our astronauts and team us to grow in harsh conditions. read

The work, by the American Museum of Natural History, could help researchers pinpoint the parents of type Ia supernovae and reveal what happens during these explosions. read

Researchers from the University of Bern have shown that an additional process is not responsible for the time lag, as previously thought. Red indicates positive values, and blue is negative. read

Experts reveal what's it takes to build a time machine. All you need is a 100km long cylinder that you can rotate so fast it disrupts the fabric of time and space -- that is if you can survive the pressure. read

The social research, commissioned by London-based Direct Line, involved putting apps on to people’s phones to measure use. It found that people check devices 253 times a day. Stock image. read

Known as the ‘mint-sauce worm’ (pictured) due to its bright-green colour, S. roscoffensis is found in shallow water on sheltered sand beaches at certain sites on the Atlantic Coast. read

Emma Seppala suggests that you don't have to choose between being happy or being successful -- you can have both. She has identified 6 ways to have the best of both worlds. read

British astronaut Tim Peake captured the spectacular moment on camera (pictured) and described the 'thick green fog' of the aurora as 'eerie but very beautiful'. read

Geoscientists from Heidelberg University studied so-called tektites, or rock glasses, from various parts of the world including Asia, Australia and Canada. read

A French science quartet said they have narrowed the search area. By studying data from Cassini spacecraft, they could exclude two zones, the team explained. read

Scientists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln found male nursery web spiders that tie their partner up during sex (pictured) are less likely to become a post coital snack than those that skip bondage. read

Researchers from the University of Victoria, Canada, spent a month off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, playing the sounds of dogs barking to scare raccoons. read

Kevin Kruse, who lives in Philadelphia, said that to-do lists (stock image) are ‘where important tasks go to die’ and that they can make people more stressed out. read

China's leading smartphone maker, Xiaomi, unveiled Wednesday at Mobile World Congress, its new flagship device and hinted it was looking to launch in the US and Europe. read

A video by the American Chemical Society, based in Washinton DC, details the processes that are required to ignite a match, drawing on a beautiful slow-motion video. read

The AF10 uses what the firm has dubbed a ‘warp drive system’ consisting of five parts, four motors and one petrol engine that weighs just 617 pounds -and can go from 0 to 60mph in just 2.8 seconds. read

Birmingham University researchers set 50 boys and girls 12 puzzles that mimicked foraging for food in the wild. The kids used sticks as rakes, skewers, hammers and levers. read

A handwritten book of recipes for unappetising 18th century dishes such as offal-heavy mock turtle soup created by Margaret Walpole the niece of Sir Robert Walpole in 1758 has gone up for sale. read

Researchers say the Dodo wasn't so daft - and actually had a supersense. The bird had the same size brain as a  pigeon - and a highly developed sense of smell. read

Researchers from the University of Oxford, focused on the role played by neurons in two species, turtle doves (pictured) and reed warblers, making their way from Africa to Europe. read

The eero system (box pictured), from San Francisco-based engineers, has been designed to banish Wi-Fi ‘dead zones’ by boosting a router’s signal inside, and outside, a house. read

IoFit Smart Balance can improve your golf-swing by measuring the force at different points along your foot and determining your left-right and front-back balance. read

Leicester University graduate psychologist Lidia Stanton claims that reading is a form of brainwashing. Literate people feel compelled to read words, even if they don't want to. read

Google is leading the charge with operators around the world to implement  Rich Communications Services, which will allow photo and file sharing, group chats and video calls. read

The Dilophosaurus wetherilli, found in Arizona, lived around 193 million years ago and shows evidence of having suffered from up to eight painful maladies during its life. read

At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week, French start-up Oledcomm demonstrated the capabilities of Li-Fi, using just an office lamp to start playing a smartphone video. read

Recently unearthed recordings made by Nasa of the journey show the astronauts reacting with surprise and confusion to an unearthly howling noise in their headsets read

Researchers from Harvard University have invented a material (pictured) to collect and transport water droplets, based on the processes used by a desert beetle, a cactus and a pitcher plant. read

Researchers at the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille studied the galaxy, named NGC 4569, and found it is moving so fast that gas is being stripped from the galaxy read

Facebook has launched a new feature that allows you to send more personal birthday messages to your friends. Birthday Cam lets you record a 15-second video message and post it directly to their wall. read

After more than 3,000 hours of testing in London, Starship Technologies' delivery bots (pictured) are scheduled to start local deliveries in Greenwich next month. read

Intel previewed its upcoming Wireless Gigabit technology at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, showing how it will let you wirelessly send movies to mobile devices in seconds (pictured). read

Fairphone, based in the Netherlands, showed MailOnline how simple it is to replace components on its latest handset, the Fairphone 2 (pictured). read

The ‘Free Electric’ solution from Billions in Change uses a simple stationary bike to generate 24 hours of electricity, and it’s backed by Living Essentials CEO Manoj Bhargava. read

The White House Council of Economic Advisors' 2016 report says those who make less than $20/hr have an 83% chance of losing their job to robots. Those who earn more only have 31%. read

The number of people worldwide with Internet access reached 3.2 billion at the end of 2015, but the remaining 4.1 billion still could not get online, a Faceb... read

The US Army has patented a radical self destructing bullet is says could make using live ammunition in urban areas far safer and reduce 'collateral damage'. read

The app called Connectidy is a ‘cognitive dating platform’ powered by IBM Watson, and artificial intelligence will make sure you never have an awkward exchange again. read

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg said he was 'sympathetic' with Apple's chief executive Tim Cook in his stand-off with the US government over breaking into the iPhone of a mass shooter. read

Embraced by average mobile users and high-profile figures alike, including British actor Eddie Redmayne, the ‘dumbphone’ is making a comeback, and it only performs basic functions. read

Scientists from the University of California identified a mutation in the gene PER3 in people who experienced seasonal affective disorder and Familial Advanced Sleep Phase. read

Scientists gave students at St Andrews and Sussex Universities smelly T-shirts bearing a rival university's logo and found they were more disgusted by these than used shirts from their own university. read

Astronomers at the SETI Institute in California and the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, say the meteor shower appeared over New Zealand on New Year's Eve. read

The cover (pictured) was unveiled last year but is now on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The cover will be available for Bookeen's Cybook Ocean e-book in early summer 2016. read

HTC has revealed the consumer edition of its eagerly anticipated Vive virtual reality system at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. read

The US Marine Corps is in Norway learning how to drive their massive tanks in wintry conditions. A video was recently posted showing the military agency drifting across ice in 70 ton combat tanks. read

The announcement was made ahead of Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. It has a 12-inch touchscreen, as well as the MatePen - which doubles as a laser pointer for presentations. read

The pattern was revealed by a new statistical analysis technique, developed at Rutgers University, which extracts global data from local records. Stock image. read

Research conducted by Israeli scientists has revealed a man's sperm count can be reduced by talking on a phone that is charging, or even keeping it close by on a bedside table at night. read

The secret of a speedy supermarket shop has been revealed by scientists.To waste as little time as possible, men should find the trolley and queue up while women do the actual shopping. read

A historian claims to have found the site of a battle that saw the forces of William the Conqueror crush an army raised by the sons of King Harold II on the outskirts of Appledore in Devon. read

Boston Dynamic has revealed the new wireless version of its humanoid robot in a new video showing it walk, run, and even be pushed over and get up again on its own. read

Research from the University of Virginia showed that households with unemployed adults spent 20% more on over-the-counter painkillers compared to those in which one adult worked. read

Biologists at the Australian National University in Canberra have found evidence that suggests plants have evolved to forget stressful situations that may hinder the growth of their offspring. read

Monkeys may not be native to central Florida, but a colony of rhesus macaques has turned these wetlands into its home. A study from San Diego University censused monkeys at Silver Springs. read

Mathematicians at Oxford University analysed 15 of the world's largest metropolitan transport networks and calculated the human brain's limit for planning a journey is eight bits of information. read

Tamar Kricheli-Katz and a team from Tel Aviv University looked at data from over a million transactions from 2009-2012 involving the most popular products auctioned on eBay. read

Snow cover is shown in white, moonlit nighttime terrain in purple, city lights from major metropolitan areas in yellow, and daytime land and shallow-water features in true color.' read

A new smartphone by Caterpillar is built to withstand a beating, and has thermal imaging sensors built right in. The $600 S60 can be used as an underwater camera, and can survive a drop. read

Dr Jamie Seymour, an associate professor at James Cook University in Queensland, demonstrates the potent effect of the animal’s venom on a toad laid out on the table top. read

American wildlife law enforcement officers are turning to robotic decoys, using a remote-controlled task force of deer, foxes, and other animals to trap poachers before any harm is done. read

Joshua Browder, freshman at Standford University, developed a robot that uses conversation algorithms to appeal cases. It's 47% successful and has beat a total of $3m in parking tickets. read

Dubbed WFIRST (Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope), the probe will investigate dark energy, exoplanets and galaxy formation when it launches in 2024. read

The finding comes from researchers from the National University of Singapore who put more than 1,000 healthy students through a test of patience. Stock image pictured. read

The 'Bloom' mini inhaler (pictured) is still in testing phases with the US Food and Drug Administration. Its New York developers believe it could change the way people with asthma carry medication. read

The climate pattern has now peaked but will remain strong and continue to influence world weather conditions in the coming months, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said. read

Researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle are behind the new design (pictured), which includes joints and pulleys based on biological features of the hand. read

Schoolgirl Adelaide Boxall (pictured) from Crawley, West Sussex has come up with an app-controlled smart cover to keep sleepers suitably cool during the warmer months. read

Aircraft manufacturer Airbus Group has joined with the Joint Robotics Laboratory in Tsukuba, Japan, to hone humanoids capable of working alongside humans and learning on the job. read

The photographs were developed by Pittsburgh-based Nickolay Lamm, based on sea level-rise mapping data from Climate Central and come amid claims of record sea level rises, read

Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology constructed a special tank to film the bizarre sea creatures and found they propel themselves with 'wings' they move like butterflies. read

Sir David Attenborough appears in a new virtual reality video with the titanosaur, one of the largest dinosaurs ever found. The discovery was made in Argentina. read

The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. Nasa said January 2016 was 2.03°F (1.13°C) above normal. read

EXCLUSIVE: Biologists at Roehampton University in London studied the gait of overweight king penguins returning to the land after feeding and those who lost weight after fasting while caring for chicks. read

The Samsung Connected Auto dongle (pictured) was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It plugs into any car's on-board diagnostics to provide a web connection and monitor driving. read

Astronomer Erik Zackrisson from Uppsala University in Sweden has been using computer simulations to model all of the terrestrial planets likely to exist in the universe. read

Researchers using Nasa’s Chandra X-ray Observatory ‘stumbled’ upon a distant jet, giving astronomers a glimpse at light emitted when the Universe was just 2.7 billion years old. read

Michigan State University found that hackers are stealing 50 to 100 credit cards at a time and selling them for $250k to $1m. But a buyer gains the most. A batch of 50 cards can make them $2m to $8m. read

Thousands of tiny scroll fragments are being scanned using the latest techniques so scientists in Israel can piece them together and reveal texts that, until now, have remained a mystery. read

Astronauts use their feet to catch handrails to move around the ISS. Scott Kelly says since he hasn't worn shoes in a year the bottom of his feet are soft like baby feet, but the tops are rough like alligator skin. read

A massive iceberg cut a colony of Adélie penguins off from its food source in Antarctica, leading many to report that 150,000 have died. But some experts say they may have just relocated to find food. read

Researchers from the German Federal Environment Agency claim devices are being used for shorter periods of time before being thrown away,and it's damaging for the environment. read

The firm says over 100 million animated GIFs were shared on the service last year. Now, it hopes to make it easier to find and share them. read

Researchers from the University of Tuebingen, analysed data from the Luxembourgish MAGRIP study conducted in 1968 and compared to results from the same sample of people in 2008. read

Researchers from Stanford University measured the skulls and body sizes of animals. Across 600 species, animals with larger brains were more at risk of becoming extinct. Tiger cat pictured. read

Engineers at the John Hopkins University in Baltimore created the first ever mind-controlled prosthetic arm capable of wiggling its individual fingers without hours of training. read

Over the course of two experiments, researchers at the Ben-Gurion University, Israel showed that while many people aren't fond of spiders, only those with a fear of them judge them to be larger. read

Martian researchers believe they've found a real UFO. A glowing anomaly was spotted near Jupiter's moon Europa and ,they say, it looks like an ‘interstellar mother ship’ or 'intergalactic cruiser’. read

A new flexible smartphone design could change the way users interact with their devices. ReFlex, developed by researchers at Queen’s University, uses ‘bend sensors’ to control app interactions. read

Mattel is give Barbie a high-tech makeover with a voice controlled home and her own hoverboad, The firm will also be launched a 3D printer that will allow kids to create and build their own unique toys. read

The haunting photo was taken yesterday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It has triggered a stir on social media, with many comparing it to a zombie apocalypse and The Matrix. read

Anthropologists at the University of West Florida have found the first evidence of poor people who appear to have immigrated to the capital city of the Roman Empire 2,000 years ago. read

Scientists at the University of Padua and San Maurizio Hospital in Bolzano, Italy, are using CT scans to reconstruct how the 5,300-year-old man (pictured) would have sounded like. read

Unmanned ground vehicle developed by Estonian defence company Milrem has an adaptable build, so components can be swapped out to suit the needs of different missions. read

Pensioners in northern Spain, north eastern Italy, and in southern and western France survived up to age 94 thanks mainly to their Mediterranean diet, a study by the University of Porto found. read

A futuristic robotic arm invented at Georgia Tech can allow a musician to play three drums at the same time. The robotic arm listens and reacts to the music played in the room. read

The Tesla Factory in Fremont, California, contains 5.3 million square feet of space. A new time lapse of the assembly process has given the world a glimpse of its technology. read

A natural gas well in California that spewed more than 100,000 tons of the harmful greenhouse gas methane into the atmosphere was the largest methane leak in... read

Freewriter is a Wi-Fi connected portable 'smart typewriter' that only has an E-link screen and keys. Writers can save their work on the onboard story, cloud or online apps, but cannot surf the web. read

The find challenges a previous theory that suggested an influx of people from India into Australia around 4-5,000 years ago. read

Apple is reportedly developing new security features for its iPhone products that will prevent anyone from accessing private data as the FBI seeks to force the company to allow access. read

There were over 46,000 submissions from photographers in 168 countries, but the organizers behind the annual Smithsonian photo contest have whittled those down to 70 finalists. read

A third of people in the UK keep a few essentials ready in case of an apocalyptic event, according to research by astrobiologist Dr Lewis Dartnell. Stock image used. read

A study by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia, found bats' immune systems are permanently on rather than merely responding to infections. read

The event took place on February 6 at 14:00 UTC when a meteoroid exploded in the air 620 miles (1,000km) off the coast of Brazil. It released energy equivalent to 13,000 tons of TNT. read

Kelly held his final news conference from the International Space Station, telling reporters that space is a 'harsh environment,' and you never feel perfectly normal.' read

Botanists from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge found that some flowers use a limited form of iridescence to attract bees in order to spread their pollen. read

The finding, from psychologists from Yale and Harvard universities in the USA, confirms the theory that 'third party punishment' (TTP) boosts the reputation of the punisher. read

The landmark study, from China's Nanjing Medical University, brings hope to thousands of men, including survivors of childhood cancer, who are desperate to become fathers. read

Samsung unveiled its two new handsets at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with 'always-on' displays as well as an innovative 360-degree camera . read

The Illustris project, led by the Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics at the University of Innsbruck in Austria, simulated a cube of space within the universe, 350 million light years long on each side. read

The Sleep Shepherd Blue (pictured), from Colorado-based MindRocket, uses so-called 'binaural beats' - humming noises that lull the brain into a meditative state. read

The Apex telescope in Chile has mapped the full area of the Galactic Plane visible from the southern hemisphere for the first time at wavelengths between infrared light and radio waves. read

Researchers from the Oklahoma State University have found that men who appear stronger are considered to have more leadership potential and are granted a higher status from their peers. read

US Marine Brent Downing has posted this video to show just how scarily effective good camouflage can be in allowing military reconnaissance experts to go unobserved as they hide in different terrains. read

Marine biologists from the University of California San Diego and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, in La Jolla, California have found the cause of 'the buzz'. read

Study led by Dartmouth College argues untrained observers largely can't identify computer-generated images accurately, and this could pose challenges in forensic and legal settings. read

Developed by a Paris-based tech firm, the portable Skylights Theater headset offers an immersive 2D/3D cinema experience on a wide-angle, high definition screen. read

Biologists have discovered two groups of wild western lowland gorillas in the Republic of Congo where the adult males sing and hum while they are eating. They tend to sing more depending on the food. read

A patent application filed by Ford aims to give self-driving cars a real personality. The patent reveals different driving styles to suit preferences of owner, from 'chauffeur mode' to 'racecar mode.' read

While the first system may appear in a luxury vehicle, Ford is keen to make sure it becomes a standard feature as soon as possible, said boss Mark Fields at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. read

Rutgers University set out to learn how acts of violence and related experiences alter the female brain. They found victims are more prone to depression, PTSD and will neglect their young. read

The Star Wars robot's body can be moved using push and pull movements, and a combination of arm and hand motions that control BB-8's head. read

YouTube released rankings for the 8 Best Picture nominees in its Movie Trailers Leaderboard. It uses the number of views for each clip, and 'The Revenant' won the fan favorite. read

The footage - claimed to have been shot on the International Space Station's own cameras - is said to have been taken while the satellite was waiting for a supplies delivery. read

The technology, pictured, which uses 80 per cent less electricity and around 90 per cent less water than a conventional model, is similar to that used in the International Space Station. read

Zena Kamash of Royal Holloway, London, has detailed ancient designs, including an early 'washing machine (illustrated) to show modern inventions have ancient origins. read

Researchers at Wellesley College, Boston and the University of Kansas found that couples and friends are similar from the start of the relationship, and do not change each other over time. read

Security firm Bastille says 'billions of PC's and millions of networks' are vulnerable to being hijacked. Once paired, the MouseJack operator can insert keystrokes or malicious code. read

After five months of testing, Facebook has begun rolling out the six new emotions on the social network to its 1.6 billion users worldwide. Selection pictured. read

Dogs and some primates may have an internal compass linked to their visual systems, thanks to a light-sensitive molecule in their eyes, a new study from Germany claims. read

A pair of riddles used during job interviews for Google and Goldman Sachs may have many applicants perplexed, but it's no problem for Google's artificial intelligence. read

Archaeologists have discovered the remains of three Berbers from North Africa who appear to have been part of the Islamic Umayyad army that conquered Spain and extended into France. read

MailOnline took a tour of GSMA's Innovation City at Mobile World Congress, Barcelona to see new technologies that could make life easier, such as a virtual mall (main picture) at train stations. read

The video of starlings was captured on a smartphone by Michael Mason in the UK, who shared it with the BBC. Little is known about why these murmurations occur, but it might be to confuse predators. read

A statistician at Loughborough University has claimed analysis of past global temperature records suggests they will not change by 2100 but in Britain winters may bet a bit milder. read

Psychologists at the University of Liverpool as well as institutions in Poland and Finland, studied women's preference for dark triad traits in men’s faces. Daniel Craig pictured. read

Researchers at the University of Queensland discovered the skull of a fanged kangaroo alongside bones of the non-hopping genus. Stock image of a modern kangaroo is shown. read

Unveiled at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Xperia Ear (pictured) can read out key information, and is designed to be worn all day. read

Seattle-based retailer Amazon has started selling clothes from its own fashion brands including Franklin & Freeman James & Erin and Society New York. read

Facebook has a favorite question to ask job candidates: 'One your very best day at work, the day you come home and think you have the best job in the world, what did you that day?' read

Alien hunters claim they see a 'handgun' on Mars in a Nasa photo. Martian searchers suggest it was thrown on the planet's surface when an alien made a crash landing, as it there is also UFO debris. read

To find out what is driving the majority of crashes, researchers at Virginia Tech fitted the cars of more than 3,500 people aged between 16 and 98 with an array of cameras, microphones and sensors. read

Recon Jet looks similar to Google Glass and is fitted with GPS, gyro sensors and Bluetooth so it can track journeys during exercise. It is on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. read

The 2lb 10z baby girl gorilla was delivered by an emergency caesarean at Bristol Zoo after her mother was diagnosed with potentially life-threatening pre-eclampsia. read

The super-tall Nexus tower (illustrated) was designed by London-based firm PLP Architecture and features three rotated, interlocking volumes. read

Psychologists at the University of Konstanz in Germany, have found that wearing blindfolds when eating led to people consuming nine per cent less ice cream than those who could see. read

A new study examines the effects of income inequality in Canadian neighbourhoods, revealing that households near a lottery winner are more likely to declare bankruptcy. read

The Chinese firm unveiled the prototype, named the Super VOOC Flash Charge, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this week. read

LG made the announcement at a press conference ahead of the Mobile World Congress technology show in Barcelona. The phone is pictured right and the module is shown in yellow. read

The Rolling Bot (pictured), unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, can be controlled remotely over a Wi-Fi network, and the firm said it could be used as a home security product. read

A new study from Stanford University analysed the smiles of political leaders around the world, from reserved to beaming, revealing that politicians’ grins largely reflect a country’s cultural values. read

Visual brainteasers are driving us mad. This is partly because while some stare and stare to no avail, others solve them in seconds. Put yourself to the test with these 15 conundrums. read

Chris Sheldrick, pictured, and Jack Waley-Cohen's London-based company, what3words, is used to help map parts of the world which are not covered by precise street addresses. read

A team of amateur robot buildings from Suffolk, England have created a robot with grippers in its hands and feet to allow it to rapidly climb a rope. It has just won a context in Moscow. read

American paranormal experts Niki ParaUnNormal and Karissa Fleck filmed a terrifying clip which shows the pages of a burnt Bible move slightly before standing straight up. read

The PowerBeam ac can transmit a signal 25km - if it has a clear line of sight. The firm says it can be used to easily link nearby office buildings. read

The Snowspeed sledge, designed by a team in Oslo, has been tested by Toyota Motorsport GmbH (TMG) at its high-performance testing and development facility in Germany. read

Vincent Callebaut, a Paris-based Belgian architect, has released plans for eco friendly 420ft (128m) tall tower blocks complete with dairy farms and covered with gardens. read

Researchers at the University of Georgia have discovered a plant almost identical to one of the ancient wild species that was used to create peanuts (pictured), and traced it back to Bolivia. read

The legendary four mile 'boiling river' was discovered by Andrés Ruzo in the sacred geothermal healing site of the Asháninka people in Mayantuyacu, Peru. read

Set in the stunning African bush in Ndutu, Tanzania, the leopard's characteristic spots are camouflaged by a leafy tree. The pictures were snapped by Russian photographer Julia Sundukova. read

Their appearance is similar to an armadillo, and scientists from McMaster University in Canada had long suspected they were related, but until now their size meant it was in doubt. read

Researchers from the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London made the discovery after simulating a black hole shaped like a very thin ring using computer models. read

People who agree with you all the time may be lying – but the way their brain is wired makes disagreeing much too stressful. read

The US Army will use 3D technology to allow Soldiers to request unmanned vehicles for specific tasks. The On-Demand Aircraft Systems is 1 of 50 experiments to be conducted in 2017. read

‘Afterglow’ was created in collaboration to promote Philip’s Ambilight TV. The 12-minute clip shows skiers riding down slopes in LED adorned suits under neon coloured spotlights -- at night. read

Time to hit rewind! Music fans on both sides of the Atlantic are returning to the cassette, pictured, two decades after they were replaced by the CD, and more recently digital downloads. read

Tetrahedron Super Yacht, designed by London-based architect Jonathan Schwinge, appears to fly above the water line thanks to a vertical strut attached to a submerged torpedo-shaped hull. read

Local residents have complained of late night noise and being followed by security guards when walking their dogs near what is believed to be Apple's secret electric car lab in Sunnyvale. read

Researchers at the Victoria University of Wellington have captured images of what they believe to be two young galaxy clusters in the process of merging together (pictured). read

Scientists at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, found rats exposed to the polluted air in Beijing for three to eight weeks put on more weight than those that breathed filtered air. read

The 'cardless' ATM, being trialled by US banks Wells Fargo and Chase uses smartphone technology enabling faster and more secure transactions. read

The Vegas hotel photo was credited to Google user Diddleking1, who tagged it as "New York" causing it to be used in the selection of photos on Google Maps used to illustrate New York. read

Sketchfab and TimeSlice Films have created the first online sample of a 4D scan. The video was shot using 4D volumetric array and 53 GoPro cameras. You can click, drag and spin the object around. read

Researchers at the Columbia University have developed a robot that can flawlessly iron clothes without any creases. It uses Xbox Kinect sensors to map out the garment before starting work. read

According to a new study by New York University, subway riders on a packed car are more likely to immerse themselves in their smartphonesm abd as a result shop online. read

Personality psychologist, Brian Little, from Cambridge University said extroverted women had even more sex 7.5 times a month, compared to the introverts who had it 3.1 times a month. read

Researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara are aiming to use photonic propulsion technology to get aircraft to relativistic speeds, or more than one tenth of the speed of light. read

The 9,000ft Mount Paekdu lies just 70 miles from the Punggye-ri facility where last month Pyongyang carried out the fourth of its nuclear bomb tests. read

Sharp's RoBoHon is a charming prototype robot on show at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona that offers a lot of entertainment packed into its 7-inch (19.5cm) frame. read

The ASAP Dash, a portable mini phone charger, was invented in Sydney Australia. It can charge up to 16 times faster than other standard chargers. read

This Nasa image shows three of Saturn's moons - Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas around the rings of the giant planet. read

Volvo is set to become the first car maker to allow owners to open and start their car with just a phone app, giving drivers a keyless option from next year. read

Archaeologists at Binghampton University in New York believe the sharp obsidian objects (pictured) scattered all over Rapa Nui island were used as tools and not weapons. read

Orbital ATK's Cygnus cargo vessel carried supplies to the International Space Station in December after launching from Florida. After unloading, astronauts packed it with trash. read

According to Massachusetts-based Terrafugia, a full-size unmanned prototype is expected to be ready by 2018. The cars will then go on sale more widely in 2024. read

Ford's revamped Sync 3 software lets drivers push a button and speak to their dashboard to find nearby cafes, petrol stations or car parks. It was unveiled at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. read

Development of a futuristic weapon is going well enough that a Navy admiral wants to skip an at-sea prototype in favor of installing an operational unit aboard one of its new Zumwalt-class destroyers. read

An excavation team has uncovered 3000-year-old textiles in the Timna copper mines in Israel's Arava Valley, dating back to the era of Kings David and Solomon. read

Humans are not inherently wired for religious belief, a new study claims. Disbelief in God stretches back to polytheistic civilizations of ancient Greece and Rome, where it likely thrived. read

Peloton, a New York based hi-tech spin class firm, has teamed up with app maker Strava to allow users of its sensor equipped bike to track every detail of their workout. read

Use of the technique as an alternative to Viagra was proposed at a meeting of the European Society for Sexual Medicine in Madrid, Spain. It proved effective on 57 per cent of patients in a recent study. read

After investigating the cells from every part of laboratory mice, 'from the nose to the tail', the researchers from Harvard discovered a specialised region of the stomach gave the best results. read

Called Quixote, the system teaches 'value alignment' to robots by training them to read stories, learn acceptable sequences of events and understand successful ways to behave in human societies. read

The video gives a rare glimpse into how the crew of the International Space Station amuse themselves during their long missions as British astronaut Tim Peake is chased by a crew mate dressed as a gorilla. read

Signals detected by Nasa's Fermi telescope (pictured inset) suggest the black hole collision (illustrated main) detected last week could've happened inside a giant rotating star. read

Archaeologists at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem say the prehistoric village found 1.2 miles east of the Sea of Galilee was inhabited at a key moment in human history. Skeleton pictured. read