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Images reveal how eruptions from Alaska's Bogoslof volcano have transformed the island

Satellite images taken 19 years apart have revealed a massive crater created by the Bogoslof volcano in Alaska, that has taken out about a third of the island's landmass. The island has also added roughly 57,000 square meters of new land, thanks to huge amounts of lava and ash pouring from the active stratovolcano. The island has changed dramatically in just two decades. Points A-D are the same place in both photos. A is Castle Rock, B shows 1927 lava deposits, C shows 1992 lava and D is Fire Island. View is roughly North and the distance from A to C is around 820 metres (0.5 miles)

NEW Researchers from the University of Montreal were interested to see how the brain functioned in elderly people who are monolingual versus those who are bilingual (stock image).

NEW Researchers at the University of Texas, backed by the Department of Defense, warn Yersinia pestis is one of the most likely candidates for a bioweapon.

NEW JetPack Aviation has selected Mischa Pollack (pictured), a video blogger from Los Angeles, to be the first civilian trained how to fly the commercially available jetpack.

NEW Researchers in Sweden have pinned down microbes from which all complex life evolved. The microbes have been named Loki, Thor, Odin, and Heimdall, after the gods of Norse mythology.

NEW The on-road demonstrations will take place in London in February, where passengers will be able to experience the technology in a modified Nissan LEAF.

The security flaw was discovered by Tobias Boelter, a cryptography researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. Boelter says he reported the flaw to Facebook in April last year.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has floated into space on his first-ever spacewalk today, along with American astronaut Shane Kimbrough.

NEW The test, which its developers at Imperial College London hope will be available within two years, could be used in the future to help dieters keep their food consumption on track.

The terrifying moment a rattlesnake attacks a rat is captured in slow-motion for the first time

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, used 3D-cameras to study the antagonistic predator-prey system between the rattlesnake and kangaroo rat. They captured footage of Mohave rattlesnakes striking in the middle of the night under infrared lighting in New Mexico.

Adobe foresees a digital assistant doing more than just ordering goods - it could edit photos. A short clip shows a man using voice commands to crop a photo, flip it and post the final image to Facebook.

Snapchat has added a new universal search function designed to make it easier for users to gain followers. It has launched for some people on Android globally and will roll out soon to all users.

Expert Cliff Lansley tells how the fact that Hazell's lobes turning red was a sign that he was lying, as the fine capillaries are subject to colour change when blood pressure increases.

The Mayflower is sailing the ocean again, but with a modern twist. Called the Mayflower Autonomous Ship, it is fully autonomous unmanned ship that runs entirely on renewable energy.

New York's bike sharing scheme 'citi bike' is installing a light system on 250 of its bikes to warn motorists. The special laser lights project a bright green symbol of a bike on the road 20 feet ahead.

Facebook posted two adverts on its job site - one for a 'brain-computer interface engineer' and the other for a 'neural imaging engineer', both based at the Menlo Park site in California.

Researchers at Gombe National Park, Tanzania, found that chimps prefer having babies with mates who are most genetically different to them to avoid negative health effects caused by inbreeding.

Nintendo Switch is unveiled: Shape-shifting console will go on sale March 3, but its high price leaves fans cold

Nintendo has finally revealed details of its upcoming. millennial-angled Switch device. The console will go on sale on March 3, at a cost of £279.99 in the UK and $299.99 in the US. The device, which alternates between a home and mobile gaming system, is an effort by the Japanese firm to regain lost ground. After first being unveiled at the end of last year, Nintendo revealed full details about the Switch today in Japan, as well as the announcement of a new online gaming network.

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What Earth will look like in 250 million years including new MEGACONTINENT called Amasia

Researchers have found that a new megacontinent - Amasia - will form in the next 250 million years. North and South America will crunch together, with the Caribbean Sea and Arctic Ocean disappearing, while Asia will join the Americas, according to research by Yale University researchers and Japan's Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. This will happen because of the movement of the earth's tectonic plates - the enormous plates of the earth's crust that have drifted together and apart over hundreds and millions of years.

iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple over allegations that the company monopolized the market for iPhone apps, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.

Samsung's device, codenamed  'Foldable Valley' will turn into a 7inch tablet when unfolded, and is expected to launch in August, the report claims.

Researchers at Queensland's University of Technology in Australia found that online daters prefer people with the same level of education as them, but as they age they're less picky about it.

British researchers have pulled inspiration from nature for their latest design – a drone that makes perched landing like a bird. The team used an algorithm to design the landing system.

Scientists from Stanford University School of Medicine, in California, collected data on changes such as heart rate and skin temperature to reveal what is going on inside a person.

Scientists from University College London have discovered a team of more than 350,000 bots on Twitter they call 'Star Wars bots'- these bots only share random quotes from Star Wars novels.

The Pew Research Center survey found 77 percent of American adults owning a smartphone in late 2016, more than double the level of 2011, when 35 percent said they used such devices ©ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS (AFP/File)

More than three-fourths of American adults now use a smartphone, helping to boost internet adoption to a record level, new figures from Pew have found.

Revealed: The elusive ruby seadragon is caught on camera in the wild for the first time

The rare species, that was discovered in 2015 from museum collections, was caught on camera by marine biologists from Scripps Oceanography in San Diego off the south coast of Western Australia.. Footage was taken using a low-light camera to reveal the bright red colour and surprising appearance of the mysterious animal.

A report from The Wall Street Journal suggests Apple is going into show business. Sources say Apple is set to create and release its own original shows and movies by then end of 2017.

Thousands of jam jars and pickle pots have been unearthed during excavations to at Crossrail's new Elizabeth line station in Tottenham Court Road, London.

A study has shown we use a higher pitch when talking to puppies, and this really does help the animals to pay attention more, but the study didn’t find the same effect applied for adult dogs.

Researchers from the University of Virginia found the more we use our phones to get information, the less we trust strangers. This may be linked to the missed opportunities to interact with outsiders.

The Elli.Q robot, which its inventors claim is one of most advanced social companion robots in the world, has now been launched during an exhibition at at The Design Museum in London.

The skyscraper is the vision of Arconic, a materials science company in New York, as part of its larger campaign called The Jetsons – an homage to the 1962 cartoon, set in 2062.

Apple's next iPhone could come with a transparent screen, according to a patent filed by the California-based company. The technology could pave the way for a step into augmented reality.

Researchers at Yale University in New Haven Connecticut, used optogenetics to ‘switch on’ circuits in the brains of mice and trigger aggressive behaviour.

Researchers at the University of Turin in Italy found fossils of a giant goose that roamed the Mediterranean between six and nine million years ago.

Researchers from the Federal University of Pernambuco in Brazil made the find after looking at 70 faeces samples from a colony of hairy-legged vampire bats living in the Catimbau National Park.

Is this the way to end the carnage on our roads? Company says its new spray will save thousands of cyclists and joggers on dark nights 

Albedo100 Reflective Spray, made by Swedish start-up TrackInvent, is a glow in the dark spray that increases the visibility of people who are out in the dark. Volvo and Toyota have already shown an interest in using the spray on their products, according to TrackInvest. In 2014 the company was approached by the Finnish Reindeer Herders association to help prevent traffic accidents involving reindeer.

A study by the University of California has found that up to two grams of these fibres are released into the environment every time a fleece goes through the washing machine.

The Kaiyangxing is a Type 815A electronic reconnaissance ship and will conduct 'all-weather, round-the-clock reconnaissance on multiple and different targets'.

A team of researchers at UC San Francisco have identified patterns in our DNA that reflect the shared environment and cultures of different ethnic groups.

FILE - In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the full moon rises behind a tree next to the ruins of the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon, built in 444 BC, at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens, on the eve of the summer solstice. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2017, a California-led research team reported that the moon formed within 60 million years of the birth of the solar system. Previous estimates ranged within 100 million years, all the way out to 200 million years of the solar system¿s creation. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

It turns out the moon is older than many scientists suspected: a ripe 4.51 billion years old. California researchers tested rocks and soil collected by the Apollo 14 moonwalkers in 1971 in the study.

Test your knowledge with this Playbuzz quiz, which tasks you with selecting the shade created when two different colours are mixed together. You have four options to choose from - but they vary only subtly.

MEPs today passed a resolution urging Brussels to take action on automaton ethics as the role of robots in everyday life becomes more and more significant.

'Spy in the Wild' is set to preview on UK screens on Thursday, and a new preview shows what is in store. In one of the most adorable scenes, a group of langur monkeys adopts a robot as one of its own.

Youngsters who believe they were born in the wrong body are seven times more likely than others to be on the autistic spectrum, said Dr Kenneth Zucker.

Antarctica satellite images reveal trek to resupply Earth's most remote research stations

It is an stunning image that shows the struggle of scientists undertaking research in one of the most remote labs on the planet. It shows a gruelling 10 day traverse to reach Concordia, a giant two towered research station in Antarctica. Pulled by heavy-duty tractors, the caravans carry up to 300 tonnes of fuel, food and heavy equipment in 300 m-long convoys organised by France’s IPEV polar institute. 

A recent study found that narcissists demonstrate empathy when given specific instructions to view a situation from the other person's perspective, suggesting they aren't incapable.

Brigham Young University found that preschoolers do not admire superheros for their bravery, but for their violent skills. This age group is unable to pick up on the moral message - only aggressive themes.

New research by Harvard astronomers shows half of the furthest stars in our galaxy might have been ripped from another galaxy: the Sagittarius dwarf.

The firearm, called Ideal Conceal, is being advertised as a lightweight one-piece frame with a hammerless firing system that is made with locally produced parts.

Experts have revealed to MailOnline the ten traits that might show you are more intelligent than your peers, including being left-handed, being a cat-person and having humility (stock image)

The Taiwanese firm has unveiled the HTC U Play and U Ultra, both of which house AI software called HTC Sense Companion. The U Ultra comes with a 5.7in display, while the U Play has a 5.2in screen.

The US Army Research laboratory has designed that creates on-demand drones for soldiers in the field within 24 hours. The process entails a computer terminal, laser cutting and a 3D printer.

Alphabet confirmed that X has pulled the plug on its Project Titan, which was set to bring internet access to millions around the world. However, the firm is hopeful Project Loon can complete the mission.

Can YOU solve these word riddles?

Playbuzz has devised a list of infuriating word riddles, otherwise known as dingbats, to put your logistical knowledge to the test. The player is presented with 14 dingbats each representing a word or saying but only a 'logical genius' will be able to work them out.

Experts from Connecticut-based Gartner say that there has been a decline in the sales of personal computers since 2012, with only 269.7 million units sold in 2016 globally.

Uber is rolling out a new feature that helps riders get to their appointments Called Calendar Shortcuts, the integration lets users convert events into trip destinations that appear in app.

Scientists at Harvard Medical School have come up with a new method of analysing the increasing amount of data being discovered regarding the genomes of our ancient ancestors.

Researchers have been searching to solve the mystery at the centre of our planet for decades after discovering there is something other than iron and nickel there.

An expert from University of Sheffield reveals five things parents can do to help their children become creative geniuses. This includes giving them more freedom to watching magic shows.

In the UK, four routes have been picked, that could see lines built from London to Edinburgh, Liverpool to Hull, Glasgow to Cardiff or a 'Northern Arc'  across a series of northern cities.

While previous research has focused on this trait in children, a new study in Germany investigated the role of playfulness in the day-to-day lives of adults. They identified four different types.

Planet Nine could be a 'rogue world' captured from another solar system

It has captured the imagination of astronomers and sci-fi fans alike - and could turn out to be a real rogue world.  Dubbed Planet Nine, the elusive world is believed by many to be responsible for the strange shaped orbits of objects in the outer realms of the solar system, but it is yet to be seen. Now, a new theory claims it could be even odder than first thought.

Mark Zuckerberg's Hungarian sheepdog, Beast, turned six on Tuesday and the Facebook CEO had Oculus design a 3D printed VR sculpture that looks just like the dog.

A team of Swedish researchers have finally managed to produce artificial spider silk - and say it could soon be used in everything from bullet proof clothing to sutures as strong as steel.

Researchers discovered that white rhinos can communicate key information to each other using poop. Researchers collected dung samples in South Africa's Hluhluew-Imfolozi Park.

Facebook users are unable to block CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The reason isn't because he is the head of the site, but a feature is activated that protects people from blocking campaigns.

Two studies, by the University of Montana and California State University Long Beach reveal how different creatures can trade-off brawn for brains and looks for loyalty (stock image).

Researchers have discovered that speaking in a high-pitched voice will engage the attention of puppies better than speaking in a normal tone. However, it doesn't make a difference with adult dogs.

The site was discovered in the Cherry Hinton area of Cambridge. The findings give a highly important window into understanding how people lived in the 5th to 7th century.

Samsung's highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 smartphone could be released mid-April - about a month later than the previous model. A report claims release schedule has been 'confirmed.'

China's secret 'humpback' stealth nuclear sub surfaces with missiles that could reach

New photos of China's latest secret stealth submarine have emerged - and it is believed could soon carry missiles powerful enough to reach America. The 'Jin' Type 094A has a large 'hump' concealing 12 submarine-launched ballistic missiles known as 'big waves', with a range of over 11,000km (inset).  It is believed the secret sub has been given a major overhaul since it was last spotted.

Peeqo is a personal assistant robot that communicates with GIFs. Created by a student at New York University, it uses Google Speech API and API.ai to listen and respond to your queries.

Apple has fixed an 'obscure' bug in its new MacBook Pro laptops, prompting Consumer Reports to run new tests just weeks after publishing a report that slammed their inconsistent battery life.

Researchers at Stanford University in California created the Paperfuge - a low-cost, human-powered centrifuge, that separates blood and diagnose diseases including malaria and HIV.

London-based Garcon Wines came up with the innovative idea in response to the increase in online orders and complaints made about traditional delivery methods.

NASA's Hubble space telescope has revealed a new map of the Voyager 1 and 2 probes. The Voyager 1 is 13 billion miles from Earth, making it the farthest human-made object ever built.

The test of the world's largest micro-drone swarm in California in October included 103 Perdix micro-drones measuring around six inches (16 centimeters) launched from three fighter jets.

Working with the European Southern Observatory, three of the most powerful men in the world will upgrade the Very Large Telescope in Chile to look for potentially habitable planets in Alpha Centauri.

Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, studied three tombs at the site of a Neolithic settlement in the middle of Henan Province.

Tricky maths question for six-year-olds is leaving adults scratching their heads

The question, which was posted on Facebook by The Holderness Family from Raleigh, North Carolina, involves substituting numbers for letters. While the challenge was supposed to cause the first grader to think in different ways, it even proved difficult for most of the adults tackling the question online.

An international team of researchers, led by Oregon State University, found strong correlations between toxic levels of domoic acid in shellfish and warm-water ocean conditions.

Researchers from Barry University in Florida performed a study to test why baldness was continuing to evolve. The results showed that bald men had the highest ratings of social maturity.

Now, a team led by Brian Metzger at Columbia University in New York say the so-called Tabby's star is just returning to its natural state - after a large, messy meal.

The firm is now being sued ZeniMax, a rival software company. The trial is now underway at the District Court, Northern District of Texas, and could see Mark Zuckerberg testify.

The study, by Oxford University, could lead scientists to discover of tricks immune systems have developed to beat the viruses in past to develop more effective treatments in the future.

The Moon, our planet's constant companion for some 4.5 billion years, may have been forged by a rash of smaller bodies smashing into an embryonic Earth, researchers have revealed.

Hushme is a neckband-style wireless headphone that masks your voice by overlaying it with sounds like a squirrel, Darth Vader and more to keep your phone conversations private.

Tidal lagoon energy could be on its way in the UK: £1.3bn 'world first' Swansea Bay

Britain should go ahead with plans to build what would be the world's first tidal lagoon renewable power project. This is according to a government commissioned review conducted by former energy minister Charles Hendry. The review could pave the way for a ground-breaking project aimed at providing renewable power for 120,000 homes in Swansea, Wales for 120 years. An independent review said the technology could play 'a cost-effective role' in the UK energy mix.

The survey comes from the Prince's Trust Macquearie Youth Index, who looked at information from 2,215 young people aged 16-25 in the UK (stock image).

Artificial intelligence (AI) have got increasingly good at reading emotional reactions in humans. AI can now recognise faces, turn face sketches into photos, recognise speech and more.

FILE - In this July 15, 2015, file photo, Uber driver Karim Amrani sits in his car parked near the San Francisco International Airport parking area in San Francisco. Uber announced Sunday, Jan. 8, 2017, that it will offer a free website, called "Movement," expected to be available to the public in mid-February. Although anyone can use the website, Uber says it believes its main audience will be city officials dealing with congestion in their streets and transit systems. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Uber is offering a helping hand to some of the same city leaders it sometimes antagonizes with the aggressive way it runs its popular ride-hailing service.

Researchers have found that honest people are more likely to swear, and two of the three states with the highest profanity rate, Connecticut and New Jersey, also had the highest integrity scores.

The University College London built an AI that found the more people buy a product, the more likely they keep doing so. But those who have recently switched brands are more willing to try a new one.

A non-stop flight from New York to Houston, Texas, today takes around three hours and 50 minutes. It used to take two hours and 37 minutes. MailOnline Travel investigates.

An eerie perfect circle of ice that is spinning on its own in a Michigan river has left locals baffled

The eerie sight on the Pine River in Vestaburg, Michigan was caught on camera by local Jason Robinson last Friday morning his way to work. The phenomenon has been known for over a century but scientists have only very recently been able to wrap their heads around actually goes on to create these spinning disks.

The find at Kincaple, three miles west of St Andrews, was made as engineers prepared to lay four miles of pipework on the university campus.

The NES Classic edition from Kyoto-headquartered Nintendo comes complete with 30 built-in games. But hackers in Russia and Japan have already worked out how to get access to even more games.

CEO Min-Liang Tan did not say which prototypes were stolen, but reports widely believe it is the Valerie laptop which caused a stir at CES in Las Vegas for its radical design.

A robot developed by Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute plays chess at the Consumer Electronic Show in Las Vegas, Nevada on January 8, 2017 ©Rob Lever (AFP)

The robot, developed by engineers in Taiwan, spent last week playing games against opponents at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. It has what developers call an 'intelligent vision system.'

Astronomers from Durham and Portsmouth Universities working on NASA's NuSTAR mission have found evidence of supermassive black holes at the centre of two of our galactic neighbours.

Scientists from Saint Petersburg State University in Russia looked into the extent of left-cradling bias and found it is present in a variety of animals, and it benefits the interactions between mother and baby.

The secret to a line-free complexion could come from within your own cells, according to research carried out by a team of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania in America.

Seven new unexplained images of SOMETHING floating in Loch Ness emerged in 2016 

For more than eight decades we've known that there is something mysterious in Loch Ness. And a series of photographs has revealed that this is  definitely the case - although we're no clearer about what it is. An annual photo competition has been won by a tourist who pictured a dark creature under the surface.

Described as the 'Sherlock Holmes of the archives', Dr Heather Wolfe from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington DC has unearthed new evidence 'helping us get closer to the man himself'.

This phenomenon could provide insight on the ways falling comets once brought water to Earth and other planets in the ancient solar system, and thus made life possible, the NASA scientists say.

Professor Larry Molnar from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, claims to have predicted a supernova explosion in advance, for the first time.

Two Google Home AIs are exchanging words in a live stream. Named Vladimir and Estragon, one of them knows it is an AI, while the other believes it is a human - they also start flirting in the live video.

California-based SpaceX had hoped to resume Falcon 9 flights as early as November, then in mid-December, before pushing the date to January 2017 ©Joe Raedle (Getty/AFP)

Bad weather has postponed SpaceX's plan to resume flights of its Falcon 9 rocket until at least January 14, the California-based private space firm said. Spa...

Researchers from the University of Kentucky found taking action against those who harm you, even by sticking pins in a voodoo doll while chanting their name, will improve your mood.

From supercars to a super speedboat: Lexus unveils a stunning 885hp carbon-fibre sports

The Japanese manufacturer has unveiled a stunning sports yacht powered by two engines – based on the unit found in the Lexus RC F coupe - that propel the vessel to nearly 50mph. Sensational pictures reveal that the design is one of the most eye-catching around. The upper deck and outer hull are made from hand-laid carbon fibre, which Lexus also uses for its LFA supercar. It has all the gadgets you’d expect from Lexus, too. A bow-thruster with joystick control aids with docking. And the captain monitors and controls on-board systems from a touchscreen panel.

The Icaros is a full-body system with a gyroscopic design, revealed at CES in Las Vegas. This setup means you have to use your core strength to control the movements of the machine and in the game.

Mother-of-one Maxine Caulfield was walking her dogs in the 'haunted' woods of Slieveanorra in Northern Ireland when she said her pets used their 'sixth sense' to spot the mystery 'beast'.

An elongated coronal hole stretching across the face of the sun sent solar wind particles gushing toward Earth last week. NASA’s SDO revealed a stunning animation of the phenomenon

A team of researchers, led by the Research Institute of Industrial Economics in Sweden, looked at the link between attractiveness and political belief in politicians in Europe, the US and Australia.

The team from Michigan State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago surveyed more than 127,070 adults, measuring attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance.

The discovery was made by Dr Samuel Turvey at the Zoological Society of London and Professor Fan Pengfei from from Sun Yat-sen University in China who spent 5 years watching the gibbons.

Scientists at the University of Bristol designed artificial intelligence software that analysed articles from 100 British newspapers between 1800 and 1950, and revealed key turning points in our culture.

Ford and Amazon's alliance was announced this week at the CES technology show in Las Vegas.

HMD Global has revealed its Android Powered Nokia 6, complete with 64 GB of storage, a 16 megapixel rear camera and a 3,000 mAh battery. It also has a 5.5in screen wrapped in 2.5D Gorilla Glass.

The sleek, hydroponic Kitchen Garden revealed at CES in Las Vegas self-regulates the conditions inside to ensure the best growth conditions, and it even plays music for the plants.

The accessory, from Chicago-based designer Scott Urban, reflect light off of the wearer's face. This increases visibility and confuses security cameras' infrared sensors.

The 'dark web' are pages that are hosted by web servers using the anonymous web protocol called Tor. Its original purpose was for good, but has also been used by criminals.

The global scam sends users an email, appearing to be from Netflix, which ask them to update their membership details. The email includes a link that shows a fake log-in page.

A new study has found the frigid, permanently shadowed regions near the lunar poles, and may possibly produce 'sparks' that could vaporize and melt the soil.

Research led by Columbia Business School found that people tend to act recklessly with their existing phones - without even realising it. Scientists have termed this phenomenon the 'upgrade effect'.

The game, demoed at CES 2017 in Las Vegas yesterday, replaces pre-scanned furniture and other objects with video game scenery in virtual reality.

Research by NYU has found 3,000 types of organisms on one dollar bills. Some of the bacteria found included those linked to pneumonia, gastric ulcers and staph infections.

Panasonic revealed its Autonomous Cabin Concept at CES in Las Vegas today, showing how driverless cars could soon allow your vehicle to be just like your living room. It has four 4K tablet displays in the center.

Mark Emmins was stunned when he saw the bizarre object speeding through the sky over Exmouth with people online suggesting that it could have been weapons fired from a nearby naval base.

The site of a ruined Roman fort at Slack in Outlane, which is on the road linking Chester and York, would have been the ideal location for King Arthur's court, according to the professor Peter Field.

The pressure-sensitive e-stickers have been designed by researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia.

Doomsday company Vivos, which has bunker communities in Indiana and Germany, is reading its 5000-person Armageddon-resistant community in South Dakota with 585 bunkers.

Bert the randy tortoise has been fitted with a pair of wheels after he developed arthritis following wild sex sessions. He now travels around with the help of heavy duty wheels.

This sketch of a bear with a man's face hidden in it is sweeping the web. The tricky puzzle first originated in the 1880s and was designed for children.

2017 AG13, was discovered Saturday by the University of Arizona's Catalina Sky Survey.Between 50 and 111 feet long, when it passed it was moving at 9.9 miles per second.

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev reveals that hackers can knock out 911 access by infecting numerous smartphones with malware and having them flood the infrastructure with traffic.

According to a team of engineers at Duke University and the University of Washington,, the technology already exists to build it - it just needs to be designed.

The strange situation was captured by researchers from the University of Strasbourg in France, while filming on Yakushima Island south of Japan.

Swedish archaeologists have unearthed a dozen burial sites near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan that date back almost 3,500 years to the New Kingdom era.

This image provided by NOAA NCEI shows a hurricane buffer zone on the Southeastern part of the U.S. A new study finds that subtle shifts in winds and water temperature during busy hurricane seasons often ends up providing a protective barrier or buffer that often weakens storms as they approach the U.S. coast. This handout image from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration¿s National Center for Environmental Information shows where the buffer zone is, based on ocean temperatures and changes in winds over decades. (NOAA NCEI via AP)

A climatic quirk seems to be slightly shielding the U.S. coast during busy hurricane seasons, often weakening major storms just as they approach America's beaches, a new study has found.

Saturn's moon Mimas appears to be crashing through its rings - but it's just an optical illusion. NASA's Cassini spacecraft Mimas is actually 28,000 miles (45,000 kilometers) away from the rings.

An international team of conservation scientists mapped roadless areas around the world, and found that more than half of these patches are smaller than 1 square kilometer.

Waymo, Google's self-driving car division, will start testing its new fleet of minivans on public roads in California and Arizona later this month. The minivans are Chrysler Pacifica hybrids.

Shenzhen-based firm 'The Toys Asia' crafted the replica, which has 46 motors powering 567 parts and costs over £290,000 ($360,000). The action figure can open up, just as it does in the films.

Jyro demonstrated its self-balancing rideable devices at CES in Las Vegas, including an electric skateboard and a futuristic unicycle equipped with dynamic stabilization technology.

Sports programming, including NFL games and NCAA Division 1 Basketball will be on Hulu alongside shows that include news magazine '60 Minutes' and the comedy 'The Big Bang Theory'.

Marine engineers from Slovenia, who invented the Quadrofoil, say it is unsinkable and highly stable. The first 100 limited-edition boats have now been sold and will be delivered early next year.

Karen Cheng, who calls herself a 'viral video director' went to the CES conference in Las Vegas and pretended to be a robot. She was so convincing, and robots are so lifelike, that people believed her.

In this Monday, Dec. 5, 2016 photo, Andrzej Stewart, the chief engineering officer on a year-long Mars simulation mission that ended in August, puts on a new space suit at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, R.I. RISD created the new space suit for scientists to wear on the next Mars simulation mission in 2017 in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Students at the Rhode Island School of Design have come up with a new, adjustable suit that closely resembles an actual space suit, and NASA plans to use it for its Hawaii simulation missions.

The image was created by MIT researchers have found that the brains of babies as young as four months old process vision much like adults do.

The footage, released by the US Geological Survey, based in Virginia, shows a series of clips of the polar bear hunting with others, standing on the sea ice and jumping into the water to catch prey.

From horseless carriages to modern-day roadsters, engineers and designers have been tinkering under the bonnet for more than a 150 years to try and perfect the electric car.

NASA has released this incredible composite image of Earth and its moon, as seen from Mars by NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.

Jason Crease, a Cambridge-based data analyst, says that based on his definition of a celebrity, there were 25 famous deaths in 2016. He says this would only happen once every 200 years.

NASA discovered a shadow is sweeping across the face of a vast pancake-shaped gas-and-dust disk - hiding a Jupiter sized planet.

An increase in solar activity means the chances of seeing the Northern Lights tonight in places like Canada, Scandinavia, Scotland and even England and are greater than usual.

There are four images that also contain concealed objects - and the site maintain that only introverts can see them.

The drone has been designed by Argodesign, a design company based in Austin, Texas. It is modelled after a standard quadcopter, and is driven by GPS, a pilot, or a combination of both.

Though positioned close together, the symbols were likely carved hundreds of years apart. Hikers found the timeworn symbols while exploring subterranean passages in southern Israel.

This is the image which has baffled people in Arizona with many claiming it is evidence of 'evil' and others declaring in an authoritative fashion that it is definitely a 'front-line demon'.

Researchers have observed chimps in Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast, sticking branches into holes in trees to harvest droplets of drinking water.

This undated screen grab taken from handout video received from the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) on December 21, 2016 shows a rare glimpse beneath the Antarctic sea ice, revealing a colourful world ©Glenn JOHNSTONE (AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION/AFP)

Researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division studied the underwater habitat near Australia's Casey research station.

An animation released by the UCLA Galactic Center Group shows stars orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy - Sagittarius A.

A group of astronomers and mathematicians at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics modelled what happens to stars that venture too close to the black hole Sagittarius A* or Sgr A*.

Treasure hunters claim they've found the masses of gold reportedly hidden in the Philippines by Japanese soldiers during WWII, under the command of General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

The box - made from cedar, ebony, ivory and gold - was made during the reign of Pharaoh Amenhotep II, who ruled ancient Egypt during the 18th dynasty, around 1427-1400 BC.

DARPA's Luke Skywalker inspired bionic arm is ready for production. Called LUKE, the agency will begin testing the prosthetic with war veterans before releasing it to the public.

The central region of the image contains the highest concentration of supermassive black holes ever seen, and gives

Researchers from University Hospital Limerick in Ireland used complex microscopy to show that the mesentery was really one continuous organ.

Two separate dashcam videos show bright flashes of light leaving a flaming trial overhead in the Arkhangelsk region, about 750 miles north of Moscow in Russia.

A team of engineers at US-based Bridgewater Associates is reportedly developing artificial intelligence which can run the firm without emotions getting in the way. Robots will hire and fire staff.

Smart clothing revealed at CES can look out for your health and even keep you from getting lost. As Spinali revealed chip-equipped bikinis and jeans, radiation-blocking Spartan boxers took the stage nearby.

Researchers found the skeleton was hiding a secret - two calcified nodules, each the size of a strawberry, nestled at the base of the chest, just below the ribs.

The animation was created by Kevin Pluck from Manchester, who posted it on Imgur. The data is based on a graph which shows the area of sea ice in the Arctic and Antarctic lost each year.

The Stonehenge-like ‘calendar rock’ found just outside of Gela, Italy has a 3.2-foot man-made hole that aligns directly with the rising sun at the winter solstice. Stunning footage shows the event in action.

Researchers at the Federal University of Santa Maria in Brazil found the tarantula eating the snake in Serra do Caverá in southern Brazil.

Apple customers across the world have reported incidents of finding coins inside their MacBooks, Some think they're there to stop vibration or defects, but others say they fell in.

The incredible event occurred at the Kamokuna ocean entry on New Year's Eve and resulted in the loss of 26 acres of land. It created colossal waves that eroded and washed away older parts of the sea cliff.

The 360 Smart Bed was unveiled this week by Sleep Number at the CES technology show in Las Vegas, where it was awarded the 'Best of Innovation' Honoree.

A stunning new map from Imgur user Fejetlenfej shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States, highlighting the massive expanse of basins across the country.