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Sponge or slice of bread optical illusion sweeps the web

NEW Craig Stone posted this snap from his kitchen counter (left) on his Twitter page, asking: 'Is it a slice of bread or a sponge?' The picture from the London-based author quickly divided his followers (Tweets seen right), with some instantly declaring it a piece of bread, while others saw a sponge that had had better days.

NEW A number of global iMac users had complained that the hinge on their iMac's display appeared to be defective and was continually tilting forward and not enabling them to adjust the angle.

NEW Researchers from Penn State University have created plastic toys that self-destruct when exposed to certain triggers. One trigger could be urine, turning toilets into plastic disposal bins.

NEW Research suggests that sleep may be the perfect time for learning. For instance, the Weizmann Institute of Science in Tel Aviv found people could even be trained to quit smoking while they slept.

NEW Hackers can steal your credit or debit card details in just six seconds, experts have found. Academics say security flaws mean it is 'frighteningly easy' to collect bank card details of Visa cards.

NEW Telling people to 'drink plenty of fluids' when unwell could be dangerous, doctors have warned after a 59-year-old woman in London drank so much water that she became gravely ill.

NEW Russian construction firm Dahir Insaat produces houses that appear just like the average home but are capable of neatly folding up into a truck that can be driven away.

NEW Those who adopt a plant-based diet are known to consume fewer sweets and salty snacks, lowering their risk of heart disease, obesity and some cancers, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, US, says.

NEW Temperatures are forecast to plunge to -8C today ahead of what is expected to be the coldest weekend of the year – when lows of -10C could make Britain colder than Norway.

A glimpse inside North Korea from the International Space Station: Breathtaking footage reveals what life is REALLY like in Pyongyang - and is so sharp you can see people walking the streets (and spot there are virtually no cars on the roads)

Footage captured from the International Space Station has revealed a rare glimpse at North Korea’s capital city, Pyongyang. The video, taken by the Iris camera on May 30, provides a rare look at life behind the city walls, with sparse traffic and even pedestrians visible in the clips. According to engineers from UrtheCast, people can be seen walking within the grounds of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the massive tomb that houses the bodies of deceased leaders.

The Apple watch might get a face lift, according to a new patent. The tech giant could be working on a smartwatch with a circular display and the entire face would be designed as an active area.

Deep canyons and valleys on Mars may have formed as the result of warming periods that stretched on for up to 10 million years, melting the glaciers that covered its surface, Penn State researchers found.

When logic and rationality are taken to the extreme, even those who rely on objective evidence can form moral ideologies, sorting others’ beliefs among virtues and vices, a new study has found.

This diagonal wrapping technique, understood to have originated in a Japanese department store, is said to cut the time spent labouring over each gift down to less than a minute.

In this Nov. 30, 2016, photo, Gregg Jefferey, left, and his son Tyler help a family friend clean up their business at Rosalie Plaza after a possible tornado ripped through the town in Rosalie, Ala. The most extreme tornado outbreaks, like the deadly one Tuesday in the Southeast, are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study claimed. The same type of once-every-five-years-or-so outbreak that 50 years ago had about 12 tornadoes, now has on average about 20, said Columbia University applied physics professor Michael Tippett, lead author of the study in Thursday¿s journal Science. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study has claimed.

As Russia rushes to find out why its Progress craft crashed back to Earth, tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX hopes to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight on Dec. 16 it has emerged.

Researchers from University College Cork recorded orgasms in women over two months, and found those that reached climax where able to retain more semen (stock image).

A new study, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showed our brains tuck information away somewhere beyond the reach of the tools that typically monitor brain activity.

How clean is YOUR air? Real-time interactive map shows the pollution engulfing Earth

Beijing-based French scientists have painstakingly crafted a real-time map of the Earth's air pollution in an attempt to raise awareness of the effect contaminants are having on the globe. It is the first map of its kind to project real-time pollution data across a 3D globe's surface, allowing users to spin the globe and zoom in and out for extra detail. The map reveals the devastating effect that air pollution is having on India and China. Air pollution in China and India is already a great threat to the health of those who live there, and is only on the rise. AirVisual's graphic also shows that the area around New York and Washington D.C. in the North Eastern United states is the most heavily polluted area of the country.

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Google's humanoid robot goes off road (and this time, doesn't fall over): Watch Boston Dynamic's Atlas learn to trot across the trickiest of terrain

The Institute for the Human & Machine Cognition has upgraded Boston Dynamics Atlas with an algorithm that makes it better balance itself in order to walk across tricky terrain with ease. The humanoid is able to find a solid foothold by shifting the weight of its outstretched foot. It also extends its arms to the side as it walks - similar to how a human would walk who is trying to keep their balance.

A chiselled adonis might be Hollywood's idea of male physical perfection but what do real women want? We asked ten ladies to wear eye-tracking glasses while they met three very different men.

Former American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 86, has been medically evacuated from the South Pole after his 'condition deteriorated' during a tourist trip.

Russia's space agency says an unmanned cargo ship has crashed in Siberia, 383 seconds after it blasted off en route to rendezvous with the International Space Station.

A new study led by Yale University found that rising global temperatures will force 55 trillion kilograms of carbon out of the soil in the next few decades, equaling emissions of an industrial country.

An expert from Rutgers University Newark explores the proper role of neuroscience in defense and war efforts, and how technologies designed with this science can be misused to harm people.

This photo provided by Plox shows the "Star Wars" Death Star levitating bluetooth speaker. It¿s a little tricky to set up, but once you get the Death Star positioned correctly over its base, it floats in the air thanks to well-placed magnets and a little help from ¿The Force.¿ The Death Star rotates with a tap. The sound quality is pretty good, and the rechargeable battery will give you five hours of sound. (Courtesy of Plox via AP)

The latest technology can make for an easy holiday gift, but when it comes to the ultra-tech-savvy people in your life, finding a cool gadget they don't already own can be tough.

Acoustic scientists, led by researchers from Yamaguchi University in Japan, looked at the effects of background noise on concentration to find out what was the most annoying (stock image)

An expert from the Anglia Ruskin University reveals that gender equality in relationships doesn't mean the romance is lost, but it can actually lay down a basis for a more satisfying relationship.

Futuristic yachts will be available from 2018, and they could someday FLY

A design team from Rome has created the concept watercraft, called UFO 2.0 that could be used for several purposes including hotel reception, gym or a floating restaurant. The surface of the disc could be used as a garden with grass and trees, sundeck or walking or cycling path, while the interior could hold a kitchen, lounge or luxury amenities that would normally be found in a swanky house, although space would be limited.

The water treatment plant in Aarhus, Denmark's second biggest city, is now generating so much excess electricity, the surplus is being used to pump drinking water around the city.

Scientists, from Stanford University in California, were able to control the mice's movements using light and radio waves, combined with a brain implant.

Cupertino-based Apple is said to be introducing drones in order to map locations and update its maps more quickly than its current fleet of mapping vans allows.

The BBC has confirmed the first three episodes of Planet Earth II brought in more UK viewers aged 16 to 34 than The X Factor. The series gained 12.26 million total viewers in the first episode.

Forecasters expect the record-setting cold weather plaguing Alaska to spread to the rest of the United States in the coming week.

Nokia smartphones are poised for a comeback after former managers at the Finnish company licensed the handset brand from Microsoft.

Global warming could make the UK a major WINE exporter by 2100

The study, by researchers from University College London, suggests that an increase in rainfall and temperature could transform parts of the UK into perfect grape growing environments. And by 2100, the UK could compete with some of France's most famous wine regions, including Burgundy and Beaujolais. Unlikely areas, including Peckham in south London, and Milton Keynes, could be ideal areas for sauvignon blanc and chardonnay.

The new method, that started out as a way to cook in space, was developed by a German manufacturer of deep-fat fryers called Blümchen and Munich-based Terraplasma.

Researchers from NIST, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the US Food and Drug Administration fitted a dog-nose-inspired adapter to a commercially-available explosives detector.

The North Carolina-based International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) officially accepted the new elements, which are nihonium, moscovium, tennessine and oganesson.

The drug by Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals is one of several promising ideas heading into human trials, all seeking to help patients control the virus that causes AIDS without daily therapy.

Online takeaway ordering service Just Eat claims to have made the world's first robot delivery of an online food order - a Turkish meal of falafel and lamb - to a woman in Greenwich, South London.

Alexandra Stolzing, senior lecturer of Regenerative Medicine at Loughborough University, says that in human tissue each freeze-thaw process causes significant damage.

Using a new MRI technique, researchers found that adults with mild cognitive impairment who exercised four times a week over a six-month period experienced an increase in brain volume.

The site in Mexico City, is believed to have been built to worship the god of wind, Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl, one of the Mexica-Tlatelolca people's principal deities.

Can YOU spot the elf in the forest?

A sneaky elf is hiding in this forest of more than 150 Christmas trees. Can you find him? The puzzle has many tricky elements to draw your eyes away, including a misleading gold mountain trail. His triangular green hat means he is very well camouflaged among the trees.

A German team hopes to win Google's $30m Lunar X-prize contest by beaming back HD images from the historic site, and has has signed a contract to launch its project next year.

The remote canyon in Death Valley National Park, which straddles the border between California and Nevada, is also known as 'The Barnyard' because of the diverse animal prints.

Colorado-based United Launch Alliance is opening up the commercial space race with its website for customs build launch missions to get payloads into orbit.

Officials at Nice, which is in charge of public health advice and drugs rationing, want more speed cameras and variable limits to encourage smoother, more fuel-efficient driving.

The notes were introduced in September but thousands of vegans complained this week and the Bank of England says its supplier, Innovia, is now looking for a replacement.

Across England, overnight temperatures once again plummeted to below freezing, with lows of -6.8C recorded in Farnborough, Hampshire. But in Scotland residents are waking up to 10C.

Video footage captured the strange silver-gray shape, which appeared over Houston at about 3.15pm on November 23. An eyewitness said the mysterious object changed shape.

Thousands of mysterious pinkish 'super squishy' sea creatures washed up on the shore on Huntington Beach in California on Tuesday. An expert says they are sea cucumbers.

2k-year-old preserved body of the Lady of Dai still has her own hair and soft skin 

The body of Xin Zhui, left, also called the Lady of Dai who died more than 2,000 years ago, is considered the best preserved mummy ever discovered after being found in a tomb in China. When she died more than 2,000 years ago she was overweight and was believed to have been suffering from high blood pressure, clogged arteries, diabetes and also had a severely damaged heart. Her tomb was eventually discovered inside a hillside in Hunan in China when workers were trying to find an air raid shelter. Pictured right is a recreation of Xin Zhui.

Researchers from SUNY at Albany found that people who grow up with predictable daily routines are far less likely to struggle with time management and attention problems later in life.

Biodomes let people live off the grid, but in style. These glass and metal geodesic domes run on solar power, protect you from earthquakes and can be sized and customized in a number of ways.

Emoji users have ranked the top choices to represent safe sex, including the rainy umbrella, a thick red circle, the red helmet with a cross, and the gift-wrapped heart.

A South Korean startup placed an e-paper display wallet that lets you switch between 10 images. Called Wonder Wallet, it connects to a smartphones and sends alerts if the two are separated.

A survey conducted by researchers at the University of British Columbia found that more than asexual men and woman men masturbate and experience sexual fantasies.

A new video uploaded to YouTube shows the two devices constantly reading out an upcoming diary entry designed to trigger the bizarre conversation.

According to a new study from the Air Force, the 'relatively leisurely pace' of the United States' hypersonic weapons development leaves the country vulnerable to such attacks.

America is preparing for a war in space amid fears from military chiefs that its outdated satellites are vulnerable to attack according to a new documentary to be broadcast on CNN.

Dartmouth College researchers unveil 'commuter map of the US'

Researchers from Dartmouth College mapped 4 million journey flows to create the series of stunning visualisations - and rewrite the map of America. They say it reveals the 'real' regions of America, rather than those decided by city and state lines, and shows the emergence of gigantic 'megaregions' that dominate the country.

Want a decent pay raise? Then joke about it. The University of Idaho found that making wisecracks about wanting an absurd salary increase is the best way to get closer to your desired amount.

Britain's fertility regulator, the London-based Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has given the go-ahead in principle for mitochondrial replacement to enter the clinic.

Evidence gleaned from scans of an ancient human ancestor could end the long-running debate among palaeontologists about whether Lucy lived in the trees or on the ground.

Malware dubbed Gooligan targets devices running Android 4.0 and 5.0, which represent nearly 74 percent of mobile devices using the Google-powered operating system ©JUSTIN SULLIVAN (Getty/AFP/File)

Malicious software designed to attack Android smartphones has breached the accounts of more than a million Google users, security researchers have revealed.

A team led by geologists from the University of Cincinnati uncovered fossils during field expeditions in South Africa. The fossils (pictured) could date to the Neoarchean Eon.

The latest image of aliens can be seen in the film 'Arrival'. But, artist Peter Konig worked on concept drawings during the early stages of the movie that look very different from what is on the big screen.

Analysis by scientists at the British Museum and the University of Aberdeen has revealed the first Middle Eastern bitumen specimen ever found on an ancient British site.

Graham Braithwaite, Director of Transport Systems, Professor of Safety and Accident Investigation, Cranfield University, explains how people survive major air disasters.

Saturn's icy rings are ready for their close up: Stunning animation shows Cassini's daring descent into the planet's halo

On Tuesday, Cassini got a gravitational assist from Saturn's big moon Titan. This put the spacecraft, operated by Washington-headquartered Nasa. on course to graze Saturn's main outer rings over the next five months. The first orbit of this new venture started last night at around 11:30 PM GMT (6:30PM ET). On Sunday, an engine firing by Cassini should seal the deal, with the spacecraft making its first ring crossing. Cassini's ring-grazing orbits, which will  be taking place until April 2017, are shown here in tan. All the orbits the spacecraft has made up until this point are shown in blue.

Research from the University of Maryland suggests that the weight of the ever-growing bulk of ice on Pluto gouged its terrain into the heart-shaped basin we see today.

Researchers from Montclair State University in New Jersey found that a touch of Spanish flamenco can be enough to make people switch to paella.

California-based Netflix announced the global update in a blog today, which allows members to download programmes including Stranger Things, to watch offline.

The researchers, from INAF Milan and the University of Zielona Gora in Poland, used the Very Large Telescope in the Atacama desert to observe a distant neutron star.

A geological survey of Pembroke Castle in Wales has now confirmed the outline of a late-medieval building in the outer ward, which could be where Henry VII was born.

The AI was created by researchers at the University of Toronto. Dubbed 'neural karaoke', it writes its own composition and provides on-screen lyrics for any budding singers to join in.

The tool, by Nottingham-based Web Blinds, asks users to watch a cannon animation, then click as soon as they see a sheep fired into the air.

Young professionals are being targeted in a rising tide of attacks by online 'sextortion' blackmail gangs, police warned last night.

Work begins on life-size replica of the TITANIC in China

Construction on the life-size replica of the Titanic (pictured left) began in China's southwestern Sichuan province yesterday with a keel-laying ceremony and fireworks to mark the occasion. The replica (artist impression pictured inset) plans sparked controversy when it was announced the design would include a simulation of the iceberg crash that sank the original ship in the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. Some 1,500 people died in the disaster. Backers say the design will also play on the 1997 blockbuster 'Titanic' movie, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (pictured top right) and the interior (pictured bottom right) will reflect that shown in the Hollywood film.

Research from Arizona State University has found that too much pressure on children can make them unkind, socially awkward, and less likely to be successful adults (stock image)

Virgin's £100 TV V6 box comes out in the UK in January, and will support 4K ultra-high definition TV and streaming. Virgin is looking to challenge Sky, which launched Sky Q earlier this year.

The security breach accounts for only a small amount of the adult website's 12 million global users, but if confirmed, would mark the latest in a strong of high profile attacks on adult websites.

Graham Kendall, Professor of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, explains the number tricks that will help you win. He warns, however, odds always remain in the house's favour.

National Lottery bosses have admitted 26,000 players' online accounts have been hacked and in some cases had their details personal changed.

The unusual discovery was made after 3D X-ray scans allowed visitors to the Egyptian Collection at the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities (DNMA) in Leiden to conduct a 'virtual autopsy'.

Philip Morris International say the device, called IQOS, could allow for traditional cigarettes to be phased out. It is already on sale in over a dozen markets, including Japan, Switzerland and Italy.

It sounded like a 'hammer hitting an iron bucket', is what China's first astronaut said to describe a noise he heard while in space.Yang Liwei said he heard a mysterious sound while in orbit during 2003.

From space to Hollywood: Nasa astronauts transform into Jedi Knights and wizards to

Nasa is well known for its incredible vintage-style space travel posters but it also produces stunning crew posters for every mission. The designs have been inspired from everything from Star Wars (left) to Harry Potter (centre) and The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (right), featuring astronauts taking on the role of Jedi Knights, Star Trek officers and even wizards.

Researchers at the Beijing Normal University looked at the effect of sleep and memory consolidation on suppressing negative memories, which could shed more light on clinical conditions.

The renowned theoretical physicist made the claim in a minute-long advert for GEN-PEP - a Swedish organisation that aims to boost young people's health.

While it's not the longest ever found, the existence of the new prime, 10223 × 2^31172165 + 1, now takes one of the six possible candidates for the lowest Sierpinski number out of the running.

Cornell University has found that many do just a book by its cover. A study reveals that many people form first impressions after viewing a photo of someone and this feeling lasts after they meet.

Dr Magdalena Zawisza from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge explains a test that will show you whether you experience unconscious gender bias.

The online retail firm has opened a pop-up shop in London, called the 'The Ultimate do good, feel good Shop' where shoppers can test the technology for themselves.

The Infinite Galaxy Puzzle does not have a specific space, beginning or edges, letting people start from anywhere. It is also decorated with an image of the galactic center from the Hubble Observatory.

Researchers from Baylor University found that 70% of people say smartphone usage hurts their ability to interact with their partner. Called 'phubbing' this act is found to undermined the quality of a relationship.

Take a journey through 128 years of fascinating National Geographic illustrations

A new book, 'National Geographic Infographics', edited by Cologne-based Julius Wiedemann, reveals some of its most iconic infographics published by the organisation over the years. From an expedition to find the largest cave in the world to the evolution of skis since Stone Age men first strapped wood to their feet, the diagrams contain a wealth of knowledge. The top left image shows the Great Blizzard of 1888, bottom left the evolution of the plane and right is a 2015 image of the ecosystem of the Amazon.

Given a still image, the deep-learning system from Massachusetts Institute of Technology generates videos that predict what will happen next in a scene.

Track It!, released today on the Apple Store to be used on the Apple Watch, allows patients with epilepsy to record seizure data, keep logs, and share information with clinics.

For the first time since the natural disaster, scientists have been allowed into the area surrounding the epicentre in New Zealand, and discovered the massive Hadrian's Wall-like rock formation.

A duo from Imperial College London and the Perimeter Institute in Canada have developed a model that could help to show that the speed of light fluctuated in the early universe.

A team at the Okayama Astrophysical Observatory in Japan have made it far easier to observe the super-Earth K2-3D in detail, paving the way to search the planet for alien life.

According to Bloomberg , a new version of the hit speaker will come complete with a 7inch touchscreen and upgraded speakers.

Women and men really do see things different. Queen Mary University of London found that women see faces differently, as they focus on left sided features and have a strong left eye bias.

The update will comprise a launch line-up of 17 games and will initially be rolled out to 30 countries, including the UK and US. They include Space Invaders, Everwing and 2020 Connect.

2k-year-old lead tablets found in remote cave ARE genuine, claim researchers

An ancient set of lead tablets showing the earliest portrait of Jesus Christ have proved to be around 2,000 years old, according to experts. The metal 'pages', held together like a ring binder, were found in Jordan in around 2008 by an Israeli Bedouin and make reference to Christ and his disciples. The tablets suggest that Christ was not starting his own religion, but restoring a thousand-year-old tradition from the time of King David. And the God he worshipped was both male and female. The tests where done by the University of Surrey.

The Cambridgeshire gold torc and other treasures were on display at the British Museum in London this week as part of the institution's anual report on finds across the Britain in the last year.

Professor Larry Cahill, a neurobiologist from University of California Irvine. claims that he has been warned against studying the difference between sexes as it could harm his career.

The weapon, designed by DroneShield, based in Sydney and Virginia, was built to safely take down dangerous drones carrying explosives or other weaponry.

Scientists at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland, found ants pass a cocktail of proteins, hormones and other molecules to each other using their mouths.

Washington-based Microsoft has confirmed its Chinese chat bot, named Xiaoice, filters out certain topics considered sensitive by the government like the Tiananmen Square massacre.

The major internet outage in Germany appeared to be tied to a botched attempt to commandeer customers' routers to disrupt internet traffic.

The research, commissioned by Samsung and analysed by a London-based psychologist, revealed that during their adult years, the typical Brit will spend years of their life online.

Researchers at the University of Utah School of Medicine performed scans on Mormon church goers and found spiritual feelings stimulated the part of the brain associated with reward.

National Geographic photographers capture the devastating effects of climate change

The images were submitted by dozens of photographers who had each observed global warming in their pocket of the globe or abroad. Among them is one of a polar bear sitting on the edge of one of the unseasonably warm Barter Islands, off Alaska (top left) in October, in search of snow. A woman paddles a raft through flood water in Bangladesh (top right), which has been crippled by climate change in recent years. In Anchorage, Alaska (bottom right), a glacier's snow is slowly receding. Pollution was also captured by entrants. Bottom left, gases plume into the air from factories in Singapore.

Thanks to an unusually mild autumn, the first swan touched down on 3 November - a couple of weeks later than normal - and around 60 have trickled in since then, with 10 arriving this weekend.

The Palo Alto-based car firm has confirmed that the global software updates will start to enable advanced automated features by Christmas, with further incremental updates to follow.

So called 'cellfies', where IVF clinics take images of fertilised embryos, roll back the clock as far as it is possible - to the point when you were little more than a twinkle in your mother's eye.

Would-be spies don't need a CIA budget to have fun, thanks to the SKEYE Nano 2 FPV, a tiny camera drone that measures just 1.6inches on each side and weighs 0.42 ounces - and costs $99.

The worst affected area, a 700 km swath of reefs in the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef has lost an average of 67% of its shallow-water corals in the past 8-9 months - although others are recovering.

Google may be closer to making its floating data centers a reality. A recent patent describes a vehicle-based 'windmill' that powers the ships and data center, and also propels through the water.

The California-based firm phased out the practice of asking the bizarre questions after realising that it they didn't really reveal whether the candidate could do the job in question.

Scientists from the University of Washington have discovered that acorn worms can regenerate any body part. They hope that the worm's genes can lead them to human limb regeneration.

Watch the Earth change before your eyes: Google unveils a stunning 3-decade timelapse of our planet

New images released by Google's Timelapse application show how features including Alaska's Columbia Glacier, which is pictured left in 1984, and right in 2016, have drastically evolved in the last 32 years. Using Google Earth, Google researchers have combined more than 5 million satellite images to create 33 images of the entire planet - one for each year.

The new service will compete with Dish Network's Sling TV and Sony's PlayStation Vue, which remain relatively unknown compared with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon.

Researchers at UC Berkeley have discovered a visual mechanism known as 'ensemble lifelikeness perception' that allows us to spot the difference between real and artificial objects.

The European space Agency Sentinel-1 satellites have now shown that the Millennium Tower skyscraper in the centre of San Francisco is sinking by a few centimetres a year.

Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia - and worked out how it formed.

Dr Darya Gaysina, a lecturer in psychology at the University of Sussex, says educational genomics may enable schools to create a tailor-made curriculum based on a pupil's DNA.

University of Birmingham researchers Dr Richard Butler and Andrew Jones explain who or what was behind the ancient prints, and how they capture a key evolutionary moment.

The idea of an 'Uber for laundry' has been floated by the new chief executive of the Swedish company Electrolux, Jonas Samuelson, who is pushing the take-up of smart appliances.

Researchers from Reading University said planting flowers along railway verges, canals, by power lines, by the sides of roads and hedgerows would help allow the bees to travel over a wider area.

The stunning video from the 'mothership' of doomed Schiaparelli: European Space Agency reveals first images of the ExoMars orbiter (which did work perfectly)

While Europe's Schiaparelli Mars lander crash last month may have taken all the headlines, it's 'mothership' has been a total success - as these stunning images show. ESA’s new ExoMars orbiter has tested its suite of instruments in orbit for the first time, and bosses say it 'hints at a great potential for future observations.'  The Trace Gas Orbiter, or TGO, a joint endeavour between ESA and Roscosmos, arrived at Mars on 19 October - and released the ill fated lander as it began orbiting. 

Environmental groups called for a comprehensive ban speaking at an event on Greenpeace's ship Esperanza, which is moored near Tower Bridge in London.

The Government rejected an appeal by Gladman Developments to build 119 homes in Goostrey, Cheshire, over its potential harm to the scientific work of nearby observatory Jodrell Bank.

Facebook is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content, the firm has revealed.

High intensity HIIT workouts are increasingly popular among woman in their 20s, but an expert has warned they subject the pelvic floor to 'abnormal forces' that could result in leakages.

File - In this Monday, Oct. 5, 2015, file photo, a black-footed ferret looks out of a crate used to take it to a site to be let loose during a release of 30 of the animals by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge in Commerce City, Colo. Dozens of slinky, ferocious and rare ferrets are settling in and making babies at a wildlife refuge outside Denver one year after they were released there. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Dozens of slinky, ferocious and rare ferrets are settling in and making babies at their new home in Colorado, one year after they were released at a wildlife refuge outside Denver.

University of Sydney has discovered 1500 viruses in common insects, spiders, worms. New technology can also answer questions about the controversial Lyme disease. Surprising results released Thursday.

An international team of researchers analyzed the behaviour of more than 140 children in the United States aged 2-and-a-half using a methodology known as the 'false belief task.'

Dr Sergio Canavero said the UK could be the 'most promising place' in Europe to conduct the procedure, after a VR system that will 'prepare patients for life in a new body' was unveiled in Glasgow last week.

HiMirror analyzes your skin and provides product recommendations based on your data to help reverse some signs of ageing - and all you have to do is take a make-up free selfie everyday.

The study was carried out by the Centre de Recherche de la Tour du Valat in Arles, France, a research centre for the conservation of Mediterranean wetlands.

Researchers from Ohio State University found evidence of a huge rift forming in the base of the ice shelf in 2013. This kind of rifting adds to the probability that West Antarctica could collapse.

Researchers from Switzerland and South Africa studied groups of vervet monkeys at the Mawana Game Reserve, and saw just how manipulation of males by the females when fighting.

Nasa says the suit design must be capable of keeping crew members alive for more than 144 hours, effectively dealing with their solid and liquid waste. The contest is open for global entries.

Toys have gotten more high tech to keep screen-obsessed children engaged with such play - and the latest can even teach them as they play.

Researchsers say Ethiopian church forests might be ground zero for a new dominant ant species, Lepisiota canescens, with high global invasion potential

A recent fall in global average temperatures over land has been caused by the end of El Nino - the warming of surface waters in a vast area of the Pacific west of Central America.

The flaw has been discovered in 2.8 million Android phones sold outside of China by manufacturers including BLU and LEAGOO that make them vulnerable to hacks.

The UMass Boston team excavated a trove of 17th century artifacts at Burial Hill in Massachusetts- but they say the discovery of a calf skeleton confirmed that they'd found a location inside the settlement.

Stunning images of the nasty parasites that could be lurking around your home have been revealed by a British scientist who collected samples from his home and garden in Milton Keynes.

Dr Hugh Lewis gave the grave warning at the Royal Astronomical Society, London at the launch of 'Adrift', a new science and arts project aimed at raising awareness of space junk.

To prepare for catastrophic earthquakes, roughly 1,200 emergency responders carried out drills across California in a week-long exercise known as 'Vigilant Guard.'

Kepler 11145123, 5000 light years away from Earth, is more than twice the size of the Sun, yet the difference in radius between its equator and poles is only 3 km, making it almost perfectly round.

When Mario Gmür, from Switzerland, started scrutinising paperclips bent by his patients, he found the twisted wire revealed a multitude about the creator's character, quirks and hidden desires.

All non-urgent operations and appointments were cancelled at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (pictured) for two days last month, after a malicious virus infected the IT system

Located in the Mora valley, just two hours east of Santa Fe, Fort Union once protected the trade route alongside Mountain and Cimarron Branches of the old Santa Fe Trail.

A new drone video reveals Apple's $5b mothership is nearly complete. Most of the walls and solar panels are in place for Apple Campus 2 and it appears to be on-track for the 2017 move in date.

The founders of Hyperloop One, which uses magnets to levitate pods inside huge airless tubes at speeds up to 750 mph (1,100 kmh) plan to run the first full scale test of the system in Nevada next year.

While details of the vehicle itself are a closely-guarded secret, pictures show it sporting the grille and headlight design from the new Cadillac models.

A Brooklyn-based firm unveiled a modern take on the analog digital sign. Breakfast's display has thousands of plastic discs that flip between two colored sides to make images and videos.

Archaeologists with the Australian National University say the artefact is more than 46,000 years old, and was worn through the nose of one of Australia's earliest inhabitants.

This photo provided by United Launch Alliance shows a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket carrying GOES-R spacecraft for NASA and NOAA lifting off from Space Launch Complex-41 at 6:42 p.m. EST at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016. The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space Saturday night, part of an $11 billion effort to revolutionize forecasting and save lives. (United Launch Alliance via AP)

The most advanced weather satellite ever built rocketed into space on Saturday night, from Nasa's at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. The new GOES-R spacecraft will track US weather as never before.

A 309ft tree - which belongs to the Shorea genus - has been discovered on the island of Borneo. It is 15ft taller than the previous record-breaking tree also found in Malaysia.

The University of Malta and the University of Aix-Marseille in France found several artefacts on board the wreck in the central Mediterranean, including an amphora pot from Malta.

Analysis by London-based Sensum shows players experience unconscious spikes in anger and frustration when they encounter other members of the public while hunting down.

Some of nature's most elegant creatures were shown coming a cropper in last night's Planet Earth II. Pink flamingos that struggled to stay upright on a frozen lake left viewers weeping with laughter.

The towering rocket that blasted off on Thursday night from the Wenchang launch centre will be used to launch components for the Tiangong 2 space station and other massive payloads.

Logic dictates there could be no possible link between such disparate events and trends, and yet some suggest the connection is right up there in the sky - all of them occurring under the glare of a full moon.

A new festive puzzle asks users to spot the odd Santa out in the image, with one out of more than 160 bearded figures carrying a sack overflowing with cash rather than presents.

The lucky gamer, who is based in Illinois, is a professional Halo player who regularly posts gameplay on streaming site Twitch. The donation came from a Twitch user known only as AC Royale.

European Union data protection authorities expressed serious concerns about WhatsApp's recent change in privacy policy and Yahoo's 2014 data breach.

Professor Richard Williams, Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, explains the root of the problem of exploding devices.

Egypt has unearthed a more than 7,000-year-old city and cemetery dating back to its First Dynasty in the southern province of Sohag, the Antiquities Ministry said on Wednesday.

Researchers at Cornell University in New York studied an almost forgotten set of data, collected 10 years ago by Nasa's Cassini mission to find Saturn's C ring is much younger than thought.

The United Family of Anomaly Hunters, a group of UFO hunters based around the world, presented the evidence of 'walled cities' near Mars' equator, at Elysium Planitia, in a YouTube video.

The bones of a people who died from the Black Death have been uncovered by a Sheffield University team, near a monastery hospital at Thornton Abbey, near Immingham, North Lincolnshire.

A new film has shown the face of the U.S.S. Arizona to the world nearly 75 years after it was sunk when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

A team of engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed self-healing batteries and electrochemical sensors using the new state-of-the-art ink.

A Japanese firm is one step closer to bringing Jurassic Park to life with a dinosaur theme park called 'Dino-A-Live that features full-sized, life-like dinosaur robots. ON-ART plans to open it in 5 years.

Researchers first discovered a massive brine pool under the Gulf on Mexico in 2015 using a robosub. Now, they have revealed more about the conditions inside.

The first tube of a 'DevLoop' system, which could be set to become the first full Hyperloop system, has been installed in a desert in Las Vegas.

After three months of excavations at the site in Shoreditch, London, the archaeologists have revealed the original layout of the famous theatre which shut down in 1624.

Facebook user Pamela Jonhson, who lives in Mexico, shared the images from a link to Nasa's website, but she claims it is nothing to be alarmed by.

Researchers from the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna and the University of Oxford demonstrated the birds' astonishing intelligence in a new study involving the making of cardboard tools.

SolarStratos has revealed its plans for a five hour mission to space and back, during which the plane and pilot will be subjected to frigid temperatures and extremely low pressures.

South Korean professor Dr Hwang Woo Suk has gifted the dogs - each valued at $100,000 - for use by police and the FSB secret service in Yakutia, the coldest inhabited region in the world.

A study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal found a marker in the blood that detects the building blocks of cancer, chronic heart disease and a range of other serious conditions.

The video broadcasting update from Facebook-owned Instagram begins testing today and will be gradually rolled out to users around the globe in the coming weeks.

The University of California swapped out the mechanical parts in a humanoid for helium balloons. BALLU is lightweight and has twig-like legs, allowing it to freely walk around.

A new spot the object puzzle from Playbuzz is asking users to find the unique snowflake in a series of pictures. In each of the 12 images spotting the snowflake proves fiendishly tricky as the difference is barely noticeable.

One Alien hunter claims to have spotted a shrine for the King of Mars on the red planet. Found in an image from the Curiosity rover, the face appears to be of an old man with a beard and crown on his head.

A chilling snapshot has surfaced of a mammoth huntsman spider crawling over a broom on an animal rescue farm in Queensland's Brisbane Valley.

TIM, the Train Inspection Monorail, has been deployed for an array of purposes, from capturing real-time measurements to pulling small wagons. It runs on the tracks of the former LEP monorail.

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.

A tricky new puzzle from Playbuzz is asking users to spot the misplaced tile in a series of images. The brainteasers range from the blindingly obvious to the fiendishly difficult.

The Internet is known for its brainteasers and the latest is incredibly tough. The image shows pink and red starfish and green seaweed - but somewhere hidden inside is a plane waiting to be spotted.

A Royal Navy warship had to be towed back into port with 'technical issues' just two days after leaving. HMS Duncan was among a group of four NATO ships that visited Devonport at the weekend.

Researchers from the Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez in Mexico City looked at how the brain changes in children after they had been given musical training.

Three amateur researchers from Victoria captured a few grainy seconds of footage of a dog-like creature walking through the bush, which they claim could be a Tasmanian Tiger.

The results from the 'heroic age' of polar exploration suggest Antarctic ice naturally swings between period of high and low ice cover. The study was carried out by Reading University.

Taken by Jennifer Khordi of Caters News from 14 miles away in New Jersey, the rare photo reveals the crescent sliver of a 3 percent moon behind the Empire State Building on Nov 27.

The radical concept of a fuel-free 'impossible' engine has now gained far more credibility. Now, the findings from NASA's Eagleworks Laboratories have officially been peer-reviewed and published.

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.

The futuristic city-state of Dubai announced a deal on with Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One to study the potential for building a line linking it to the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi.

The interactive galactic map enables users to filter their view of the universe by radiation bands, incorporating stunning images captured by a survey in Murchison, Western Australia.

The Object 4202 rocket was fired thousands of miles from the Yasny Launch Base in Russia to the far-east peninsula of Kamchatka with Kremlin officials calling the test a 'success'.

Of the 1,200 respondents who participated in the Panamanian survey, far more people reported an increased sexual appetite after a UFO sighting than feelings of terror.

The drawing game is the work of California-based Google's Creative Lab and Data Arts Team and is based on neural networks, enabling it to learn as it goes along.

The service, called Deseat.me, has been designed by Swedish programmers Wille Dahlbo and Linus Unnebäck to help people delete their online accounts.

Winston Beauchamp, speaking at a summit in Washington DC, said despite ongoing worldwide political tension, nations must work together to achieve the goal of moving to other planets.

Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky teamed up to for the first search and rescue mission carried out by a fleet of drones. Four unmanned aircraft worked together to put out a fire and rescue a lost camper.

FILE - In this Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, file photo, the Chevrolet Bolt EV debuts at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. What General Motors wants consumers to see in the Bolt is the electric car that will cater to their everyday needs: commuting, shopping, transporting children and gear, all on one charge of its battery. It's the first electric car to get more than 200 miles per charge and fit most buyers' budgets. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Chevy says the Bolt is the first electric car to get more than 200 miles per charge (238 to be exact) and fit most buyers' budgets (around $30,000, after a government tax credit).

       

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British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.

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British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.

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