UPDATED It’s been five years since NASA ended the Spirit rover’s mission, but now, researchers say the robot may have discovered traces of life during its Mars investigation. A team of geoscientists has discovered that silica deposits from a region on the red planet dubbed ‘Home Plate’ (pictured) closely resemble those that form in Chilean hot springs at El Tatio. On Earth, these complex finger-like structures arise from a combination of biological and non-biological activity, suggesting a similar process may have taken place on Mars. Samples from Mars are shown on the top left, with those from El Tatio on the right.
Conspiracy theorists claim that US Secretary of State, John Kerry, visited Antarctica last week to visit an 'alien base' within the pyramid.
Conspiracy theorists claim that US Secretary of State, John Kerry, visited Antarctica last week to visit an 'alien base' within the pyramid.
Your iPhone can be unlocked by a HEDGEHOG: Video reveals TouchID can store a tiny pawprint as experts question the security of fingerprints
To protect your devices, security experts often recommend having a backup method of authentication – but, they probably didn’t mean your pet hedgehog. In an adorable new video, a hedgehog named Sashimi can be seen using her tiny paw to unlock an iPhone, successfully passing through the TouchID sensor. It works just like it would for a person, requiring the print be pressed multiple times onto the home button in order to capture its unique design.
Say hello to the 194mph zero emissions hypercar: $1.2m NIO EP9 is the fastest electric vehicle round the Nürburgring - but needs a 45 minute charge after that
Zero to 62mph in 2.7 seconds with zero tailpipe emissions. That's the promise from Chinese electric car brand NextEV, which will make just six of these $1.2 million road racers for its investors. And if you're too impatient to wait three-quarters of an hour for the batteries to charge, you can eject the two lithium-ion packs from the side of the vehicle and replace them in eight minutes.
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- Mystery of the sun's strange 'blue sphere' is solved: Nasa says there IS a hole in our star...but it's not what conspiracy theorists think
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Earthquake, tsunamis… and even a METEORITE! Video footage captures powerful 7.4-magnitude tremor near Fukushima and flaming objects in the sky above Japan
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Nasa finally publishes controversial fuel free 'impossible drive' paper - but still can't explain how it works
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