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Sony's virtual reality device is now on sale in countries around the world including the UK, US and Japan and with a price tag of $399 (£349), is cheaper than some of its rivals.

The Periscope Producer feature will let media companies and other users pipe live video feeds directly into Twitter, without using a smartphone to record the images.

Berkshire-based Roger Shawyer filed a patent for a new version of the EMDrive, which includes a super-conducting plate on one end to make the thrust even more powerful.

Mark Robert Anderson, Professor in Computing and Information Systems at Edge Hill University, explores the benefits and concerns of using robot babies to encourage parenthood in Japan.

Scientists at the University of Adelaide studied ancient DNA extracted from bones and teeth found in caves across Europe, to trace the origins of animals depicted in cave paintings.

GCHQ, the Government's listening post, based in Cheltenham, is releasing its first puzzle collection, as well as a Sudoku and picture board conundrum for its competition.

Ryan Green, 34, of Loveland, Colorado designed That Dragon, Cancer to let players 'discover the overwhelming hope that can be found in the face of death'.

Hyundai and BMW customers are the most satisfied with their in-vehicle technology,and navigation and voice control systems got the lowest scores, researchers found.

Netflix added about 3.20 million subscribers internationally in the third quarter, beating the average analyst estimate of 2.01 million.

You'd be forgiven for thinking some of these images are the work of Photoshop, but in fact they depict rare and somewhat comical-looking creatures from Africa, the Arctic, the Americas and beyond.

The justices' ruling, due by the end of June, could have a long-term impact for designers and product manufacturers if it limits the penalties for swiping a patented design.

A bus driver has filmed mysterious lights hovering above a hotel in North Carolina that has sent UFO enthusiasts into a frenzy.

The tricky brainteaser shared on Playbuzz tests how observant you really are by camouflaging a series of numbers against a multi-coloured geometric pattern.

EXCLUSIVE: Forces in England, Wales and Northern Ireland logged 455 sightings from members of the public between 2010 and 2015. Norfolk and Suffolk saw the highest number of reports.

A small probe hoped to make history by becoming the first European spacecraft to survive a landing on Mars, controlled from the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany.

The Shenzhou-11 spacecraft blasted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in the Gobi desert in the early hours of this morning, on a mission to its orbiting laboratory.

Ray Taylor, from Alcester, had dug the bowl up in his garden when planting rhubarb, and used it to create a DIY bird bath. But a museum has now revealed it is a 2,000-year-old Roman bowl.

The Avatar XPrize aims to develop 'limitless travel' avatars that can be rented and controlled remotely by a human operator, who will be able to hear, see, and feel what the robot is experiencing.

Researchers from Harvard University m Columbia University's Zuckerman Institute, and the University of California, set out to test whether teens' sensitivity to reward could also make them better at learning.

Scientists from Jinan University in China say they have created a new fibre suitable for sewing into tailorable textiles that can capture and release solar power.

By analysing the findings from a large number of studies carried out on work ethic, researchers from Radford University in Virginia found no difference in work ethic across the generations (stock image).

The update to the California-based social network's Messenger app appears to be limited to a small number of users at present. It's not known in which regions the feature has been rolled out.

Researchers from the University of Michigan (UM) led the dig, which recovered the majority of the remains (pictured), after a handful of bones were initially found at the site two years ago.

Researchers at MIT's Plasma Science and Fusion Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, broke the record for plasma pressure in fusion reactors by 15 per cent.

The firm is rumoured to be putting the finishing touches to an all in one desktop PC - and today sent out invites for an event in New York on the 26th October where it is expected to be unveiled.

Samsung Electronics on Friday flagged a 5.5-percent rise in operating profits, even as it struggles with a damaging global smartphone recall and a shareholde...

The incredible new image was captured using the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), located at the ESO's Paranal Observatory in Chile.

Writing for The Conversation, Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, explains the true meanings of commonly misused phrases.

Chicago-based HBar Technologies was first funded by Nasa in 2002 but is now looking for an additional $200,000 (£163,000) to advance the idea into a working concept.

The gorilla was hunted by armed police and zoo keepers equipped with tranquilliser darts before he was subdued after more than 90 minutes on the run after escaping his London Zoo enclosure.

The announcement by the ScanPyramids team comes at the end of a year-long project to scan the Old Kingdom pyramids. Further tests are being conducted to find out more about the hidden rooms.

This week, the Aircrew Labor In-Cockpit Automation System (ALIAS) tested a robot co-pilot in a single engine plane that took off from a small airport in Virginia.

The new 'dressed qubit' has been designed by researchers at the University of New South Wales, and is made up of the spin of a single atom in silicon, merged with an electromagnetic field.

Panasonic understands the pains of finding the right concealer. Now, the firm has improved its smart mirror that points out facial flaws by adding the ability to print makeup that matches your skin tone.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says last month's 60.6 degrees (15.9 Celsius) was merely the second hottest September on record for the globe.

Called Nintendo Switch, the new system connects to the TV when mounted in its dock – and when removed, it transitions to ‘portable mode’ to be played through a handheld device.

German filmmaker, Werner Herzog, takes viewers on a journey into the depths of active volcanoes around the world in his latest documentary 'Into the Inferno', which premiers October 28 on Netflix.

Amazon may soon offer its own internet service to consumers, first in Europe, a person briefed in the discussion told The Information. The internet access would be bundled with Prime video.

The trio are funding an ambitious $100 million (£76 million) project known as 'Breakthrough Listen', which will listen for signals from ET on Proxima b, a rocky planet that is just four light years away.

The 'Griffin Warrior' found buried in a tomb packed with treasure in Greece has been seen by archaeologists for the first time in 3,500 years after a specialist reconstructed the ancient man's face.

The data was captured a decade ago by the Chandra x-ray observatory, but remained in the archive until it was discovered by a team led by researchers at the University of Alabama.

David Shale from Tusbury, in Devon, was able to capture images of the creatures (pictured) while spending time on British research vessels all over the world, including European and US waters.

A clip posted on Chinese video-sharing site Youku shows a person scrolling through apps on the flexible screen. The display is a prototype and appears to be using Xiaomo's latest MIUI 8 software.

The secret workshop is nestled in the heart of Cambridge city centre and is where Amazon is creating drones that will safely deliver packages to customer's homes in under 30 minutes.

Almost a century after UB-85 vanished beneath the waves, marine engineers believe they may have stumbled across the 148ft wreck off Stranraer, Wigtownshire.

Professor William Seales from the University of Kentucky wants to use the technique on Herculaneum scrolls and The British Museum's Book of the Dead (pictured).

Samsung has no plans to reuse the 2.5m recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices. However, Greenpeace told DailyMail.com it is an environmental disaster to waste the resources used in making these phones.

Liftoff occured at 7:45 p.m, and the Antares was visible along much of the East Coast, including Washington, New York and Boston.

YouTube channel, Now You See It, studies the influence of shapes on characters’ personalities in a new video and how geometry affects the visual storytelling of the films we love.

Researchers from the Trimontium Trust are investigating ancient ruins at Beitar in Israel in the hopes of linking Roman ruler Quintus Lollius Urbicus to a siege in Scotland.

Elytron is working with Nasa to test a scaled version of its aircraft concept, at Nasa's Ames Research Centre in California. Wind-tunnel tests are expected to take place early in 2017.

Armed men in camouflage gear came out of nowhere to stop a pair of adventure bikers who had discovered a secret back gate to the infamous Area 51 in Nevada, which is supposed to house UFOs.

Zuckerberg to his personal Facebook page to ask to help on what it should sound like - and admitted 'this just got real' when Robert Downey Jr offered to voice it.

The Natural History Museum today announced the winners of its Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2016 awards in London, with entrants exploring the frail relationship between humans and animals.

The black and white picture is thought to have been taken on the 1969 Apollo 11 space mission to the moon, which was manned by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

The P950 boat took part in the Royal Navy's robotic Unmanned Warrior exercise, the biggest ever war game using more than 50 types of drones off the UK coast.

Evaluating data from the 1976 Viking Labeled Release experiments, astrobiologists say the evidence supports the existence of microbial life on Mars, and warn against ruling out the possibility.

The German automaker, headquartered in Munich, unveiled its Motorrad Vision Next 100, a sleek, self-balancing prototype the company released as part of its 100th anniversary celebrations.

The two tombs were discovered among the ancient ruins of Holmul, around 300 miles north of Guatemala City. The burial sites are thought to date back to around 650-700AD,

The European Space Agency in Darmstadt, Germany, says it still has not received any signal from its experimental Mars lander since shortly before it was meant to reach the red planet's surface.

Google Chrome is known for being a memory hog, and the firm is set to release a new update to fix it. Chrome 55 will launch on Dec. 6 and has shown to use 50% less RAM than Chrome 53.

There is a new puzzle by Playbuzz which asks you to find the number in a black and white starry background. It seems only the eagle-eyed are able to find it so put yourself to the test and see if you can.

The puzzle, which has been labeled the ' High IQ Intelligence Test ', was posted on the Sales-Fiction Facebook page on October 4 along with the message: 'Share if you understand'.

The map, created by scientists at the University of Bonn, covers the entire sky and is the most detailed study yet of the hydrogen from stars in our galaxy.

Michael Jantzen, an inventor and artist, has a created a concept home called the Malleable Autonomous Retreat House that unfolds or shuts to adapt to the environment.

Videos at the Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park in the Republic of Congo shed light on the evolution of teaching, showing how chimps learn from their mothers to catch termites with ‘fishing probes.’

Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany analysed stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in local plant foods and 101 bonobo hair samples.

Will we ever discover alien civilization? There have been enough films about it from Alien to District 9, but now according to British physicist Brian Cox it is unlikely to happen