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Are fast radio bursts powering alien space probes?

NEW Mysterious signals coming from distant galaxies could be evidence of advanced technology used by deep-space explorers billions of light-years from Earth, a new study claims. A team of theorists investigating ‘fast radio bursts’ found that these signals, which have perplexed scientists for nearly a decade, could be coming from faraway alien transmitters powering interstellar probes. The researchers determined that leakage from the transmitters could result in brief flashes detected here on Earth, as the sail of the probe, the host planet, its star, and the galaxy all move relative to our planet.

The incoming head of America's Environmental Protection Agency, climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, said Thursday he believes that carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to global warming.

NEW Those living in the US may have to wait a little longer for the revamped Nokia 3310. It has been revealed that the phone's frequency is not supported by US carriers - but HDM is working to fix the issue.

NEW An international team of scientists, including researchers from Imperial College London, successfully created five synthetic chromosomes with DNA made from chemicals in the laboratory.

NEW Researchers from Washington University found the brain is hardwired to copy others when they scratch or yawn. Itching is controlled in a brain area called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.

NEW The controversial new study from the University of Bath concluded that pessimism among women could cause them to have little inclination to seek higher wages or a better paid position.

Researchers from Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego found that they could accurately predict the snap decisions of mice simply by measuring dopamine levels in the brain.

The head of AI at Facebook has confirmed that that the Silicon Valley firm is working on computer systems that can judge how humans will respond to certain situations.

NEW Facebook is not yet done being a Snapchat copycat. The firm is rolling out a feature in Messenger called 'Messenger Day' that lets users decorate and share content that disappears in 24hrs.

Douglas Preston talks on 'The Lost City of the Monkey God'

For hundreds of years, local rumours among tribes people and Spanish explorers have spoken of a city full of treasure lost somewhere in the Mosquita jungle of Honduras. Last year, a team of explorers found this city. The images were captured by author Douglas Preston, from Massachusetts, who was part of a group of explorers who found the remains of a lost civilisation in the Mosquitia rainforest (left) in Honduras. The team found a cache of ancient sculptures sticking out of the rainforest floor (right). The explorers found the Lost City after trekking through dense jungle inhabited by dangerous venomous pit vipers (inset).

Nano technology experts working at IBM's research facility in San Jose have created a single atom magnetic hard drive, which has has the potential to revolutionise data storage and shrink device sizes.

The court order allows English Premier League bosses to blanket block internet servers that are powering the illegal streams, shutting them down permanently from the source.

FILE - In this June 16, 2012, file photo, the Shenzhou 9 spacecraft rocket launches from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in Jiuquan, China. State media say China is developing an advanced new spaceship capable of both flying in low-Earth orbit and landing on the moon. The newspaper Science and Technology Daily cited spaceship engineer Zhang Bainian as saying the new craft would be recoverable and have room for multiple astronauts. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

China is developing an advanced new spaceship capable of both flying in low-Earth orbit and landing on the moon, according to state media, in another bold step for a space program.

NEW The University of Surrey has found that babies in buggies on the school run are at risk of harm from pollution and are twice as likely to be exposed during the morning drop off (stock image).

NEW Scientists are already researching how to enhance the capabilities of soldiers, but one concern revolves around a soldier's capacity to give informed consent to undergo enhancement.

Larry Page's company 'Zee Aero', based in Hollister, California, registered two new vehicles powered by rotary blades like a helicopter with the US Federal Aviation Administration in January.

In two separate studies, from the University of Maryland and Harvard University, physicists created a new form of matter in which atoms follow a repeating pattern not in space, but in time.

With the broad release of Google Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in full swing, with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc, Microsoft Corp and now Alphabet Inc's Google all offering AI assistants.

France skeleton wearing a jacket with seashells is found

Researchers from Bordeaux Montaigne University in the south of France studied a skeleton of a man (pictured) discovered in Avignon and found he was wearing a jacket decorated with 158 shells (inset) and 16 red deer teeth. Researchers said the item indicates that Europeans living in the Stone Age traded goods across international borders.

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F35B finally fires its guns in the air

The test near Naval Air Station Patuxent River on February 21st is believed to be the first time the F-35B and C's belly-mounted gun pod (inset) has been fired in flight. Capable of firing 55 rounds per second, the GAU-22 gatling gun is powerful enough to shred vehicles in mere moments. The in air firing of the GAU-22 gatling gun will be seen as a major step forward - even thought the software needed for pilot's hi-tech helmets to aim it accurately is not yet finished.

Researchers led by a professor of psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia found that teenagers' risk-taking brain is far more powerful than brain's rational control (stock image)

Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, made the comments- at the annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco.

Consumer nostalgia and social media hype have contributed to record levels of pre-release interest in the Nokia 3310, according to London=based mobile specialist Carphone Warehouse.

The testosterone which can cause boys to stop growing early, by closing the plates at the end of their bones during their teenage years, is also thought to cause baldness, researchers have found.

A new study, conducted by various Connecticut-based professors, found that students who both used marijuana and drank alcohol heavily had worse GPAs than their sober peers.

Researchers in China have dated the fossils back to the Silurian period, about 423 million years ago – before the Devonian Period, which gave rise to an abundance of jawed fishes.

Uber is heading back to its hometown after receiving a permit to test its self-driving cars. The firm will unleash two of its Volvo SUVs in San Francisco - but they will not be picking up passengers.

Increases in the frequency and intensity of heatwaves in the southwestern United States are putting songbirds at greater risk of death by dehydration, researchers have found.

WhatsApp, the Facebook-owned messaging service , is testing a system that would let businesses talk directly to users for the first time.

The latest rumor regarding Apple's next flagship smartphone suggests it will be called 'iPhone Edition' and although it will be announced in Sept., it will not officially be released until much later.

Geologists had warned that the Azure Window, on the north-western coast of the small island of Gozo, was eroding fast. The icon was a top visitor attraction and even appeared in Game of Thrones.

Planet Earth II boosted our emotions of awe, contentedness, joy and amusement and reduces anxiety, fear and tiredness, the BBC study found.

Researchers at the Hannover Medical School in Germany found that long-term gamers' empathetic neural responses were unchanged by long hours of violent games.

Archaeologists discover 66 statues of Sekhmet in Luxor

Dozens of statues depicting a lion-headed warrior goddess have been unearthed at the temple of Amenhotep III, where they were arranged thousands of years ago to protect the ruler from evil. Researchers with a German archaeological mission in Egypt discovered 66 well-preserved statues of Sekhmet near Luxor, the site of the ancient city Thebes. The statues show the goddess in both the sitting and standing position, holding a sceptre of the papyrus flower and the symbol of life.

Experiments to grow potatoes in the harsh soil of the southern Peruvian desert have revealed new promise for their ability to thrive on Mars. Martian conditions were simulated inside a CubeSat.

An analysis of taxi and accident data by the National University of Singapore revealed that yellow taxis were 9 per cent less likely to be involved in accidents than blue ones.

The physicist, who has spoken out about the dangers of artificial intelligence in the past says  our 'logic and reason' could be the only way to defeat the growing threat of nuclear or biological war.

The Université Laval in Quebec has discovered that there are three types of porn viewers: recreational, distressed and compulsive - but only one of the groups was found to be 'healthy'.

Researchers at the Australian National University have designed a handheld device that can analyze chemicals in objects. It was inspired by the tricorder from Star Trek which analyzes living things.

Researchers from Washington University in St Louis used mathematical modelling to recreate the movements of pastoral farmers. They used their simulation to create 'herd flow' maps.

In the study on mice transplanted with human stem cells conducted at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, this directly caused blood cancer in the rodents in two ways.

Researchers from the Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that memory training alters brain functions and can double memory capacity (stock image).

Neanderthals discovered antibiotics 50,000 years before us

Researchers, led by the University of Adelaide, made the discovery after studying dental samples taken from the remains of five Neanderthals found in Spain, Italy and Belgium. The results have helped to shed new light on the diet and self-medicating abilities of of these ancient human cousins, who died out around 40,000 years ago shortly after our own ancestors arrived in Europe after migrating out of Africa. Pictured left is a Neanderthal jaw with small and thin dental tartar that provided usable DNA sequences. Pictured top right are Neanderthal remains from the Spy Cave site, Belgium, used as part of the study. Bottom right is the El Sidrón cave in Spain, where another of the Neanderthal skeletons, dubbed 'Sid', was found.

An international group of researchers, funded by New York-based advocacy group Autism Speaks, looked at the analysis of 5,205 whole genetic sequences from families affected by autism.

A secret group of Tinder users have been invited to join a members-only club by the West Hollywood firm behind the dating app. Individuals selected so far have been 'attractive' with relatively high profiles.

Alphabet's Nest is expanding into the security business with a security solution that shows home owners who is at their door using facial recognition and lets them grant access via their smartphone.

The study, from Aarhus University, Denmark, found such effects are gender-specific and depend on whether the eating occasion includes same-sex or opposite-sex individuals.

Archaeopteryx, the missing link between birds and dinosaurs is leaving its home in the Natural History Museum in London and going on display in Japan for a global exhibition.

China announced plans to launch a space probe to bring back samples from the moon before the end of the year, in what state media cast as competition to U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions.

British broadcasters BBC and ITV have launched BritBox in the US this week, a new subscription-based video service for streaming popular British shows such as EastEnders (scene pictured).

The streaming-music service Spotify announced it has acquired a London-based company called Sonalytic, which makes audio detection technology and is a key rival of Shazam.

Google gets go ahead for 'flower power' tented campus

The company has got city approval for the project, which begins construction next month and will take about two years to complete. The Google Charleston East campus, which highlights a building that is two stories tall, that is 595,000 square feet and boasts petal-like canopy structure on the roof.

Developed by Babylon Health, it is now hoping to roll the concept of chat-bots for NHS 111 helplines out nationwide. It tells patients which specific service to visit, as close to their home as possible.

Hyundai has revealed three wearable robot exoskeletons at the 2017 Geneva Motor Show, which will help people with limited muscular power move again.

The publication by WikiLeaks of documents it says are from the CIA's secret hacking program describe tools that can turn a world of increasingly networked,...

The Eagle 360 Urban sense road conditions and adapt accordingly, turning itself into either a wet or dry weather configuration instantly, and even alerting nearby cars to weather conditions.

It was improved vision and not limbs that first led our fish ancestors to move from water to land, researchers from Northwestern University and Claremont McKenna, Scripps and Pitzer colleges suggest.

A new study from the USGS found that the ‘Big Bend’ section of the fault near Tejon Pass has experienced a major event roughly every 100 years – and, it’s been 160 years since the last one.

Is this the ultimate mobile home for the apocalypse?

The Globecruiser Family 7500, built by Austrian cruiser company Action Mobil, measures 10 metres in length and was built to last for days in the wilderness without stopping off for fuel or water. Its 400-litre diesel engine produces 530 horsepower, more than the average 18-wheeler truck. Image (clockwise from top left): The living area of the 7500 which has satellite TV; A side-on shot of the six-wheeled vehicle; The 7500's toilet and bathroom area which has a heated towel rack; The bike lift at the back of the mobile home.

British intelligence worked with the CIA to bug Samsung televisions to spy on targets while appearing to have been switched off, according to secret US government files published by WikiLeaks.

Image-based dietary assessment allows those seeking to shed some pounds to record their recent consumption, according to researchers from Oregon State University.

The WellPoint Kiosk by Belgian company BeWell Innovations measures patients’ vitals without the need for a nurse or doctor, freeing up time for health care providers to provide more critical care.

Study from the University of Washington and Simon Fraser University developed a way to spot these population crashes, revealing how parasites, severe winters, and predators all play a role.

Subsidence is a serious and challenging concern for California's water managers, putting state and federal aqueducts, levees, bridges and roads at risk of damage, researchers warned.

A senior official told the state-run China Daily newspaper, that the air-launched spacecraft will be more precise and speedier to prepare without scheduling issues or weather-related delays.

People over the age of 62 are just as able to detect a 'bad song' as people under the age of 33, researchers at Goldsmith's, University of London have found.

The FDNY used a drone to help firefighters extinguish a 4-alarm blaze in the Bronx on Monday. The drone's cameras let those on the ground help direct firefighters on the roof to where the flames were.

Could there be life after death? Brain activity continues

Doctors in a Canadian intensive care unit found a patient who continued to release delta wave bursts for ten minutes after they were declared clinically dead. We normally get these waves during a deep sleep. The experiment raises difficult questions about when someone is dead and therefore when it is medically and ethically correct to use them for organ donation.

If Bentley made electric cars, this is what they'd look like. The legendary British marque, known for its big engined grand tourers, took the wraps off this stunning concept car today.

Damian Collins, chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee, made the comments after an investigation revealed that 82 out of 100 suspect photos were not removed after being reported.

For those who do not have the funds to purchase a doomsday bunker, a scientist from the University of Westminster has revealed the seven top tips for getting to grips with a global catastrophe.

The fossils found in Argentina belong to a newly described dinosaur species, which dates back to the Early Jurassic. The gut contents reveal the creatures ‘gobbled’ their meals without chewing.

Brain scans of service-dog trainee candidates can help help predict which ones are more likely to fail the training program, researchers at Emory University have found.

A study from Aberystwyth University found that the looks cause feelings of doubt and discomfort in other women. Many of the women studied were surprised by how much they stared at others.

Scientists working in the Pui Pui Protected Forest in central Peru have discovered a new species of frog which they have decided to name after veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough.

Thousands of Outlook users have been hit with the error page since the issue was first reported at around 12:00 GMT (7am ET). Issues have been reported throughout Europe and the US.

Chinese archaeologists discovered rare tomb cluster

Archaeologists have unearthed a tomb cluster containing nearly 200 rare boat-shaped coffins (inset) in China. The tombs are thought date between the late Spring and Autumn Period (770-476 BC) and the mid Warring States Period (475-221 BC). They spread across an area the size of two football fields (main) in Dawan Town's Shuangyuan Village outside of Chengdu.

Scientists have discovered that two California faults once thought to be separate actually make up a continuous system running from San Diego to Los Angeles, raising the risk of a mag 7.4 quake.

The lake where Christians believe Jesus walked on water has declined to its lowest level in a hundred years, an Israeli official said Tuesday.The Sea of...

Researchers have now revealed exactly what it would take - and say today's runners would be able to break the barrier if conditions were perfect.

Researchers with the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research suggest dome containing the brightest material on Ceres may have been the site of ‘eruptive outbursts’ of cryovolcanic activity.

Scientists from the University of Bristol have discovered that bumblebees use 'smelly footprints' to distinguish between their own scent, the scent of a relative and the scent of a stranger.

If you’ve managed to keep hold of an older model, and it’s one collectors are searching for, you could be in luck. But even if it's only a few years old, it may be worth around £600 online.

The study from the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias found that normal stars can cause an effect known as gravitational microlensing, suggesting primordial black holes were not to blame.

The box, known as the Cold Atom Laboratory, is equipped with lasers, a vacuum, chamber, and an electromagnetic ‘knife’ that can cancel out the energy of gas particles to freeze atoms.

The $10,000 home that can be 3D printed in just 24 hours:  Watch the 400-square-foot concrete house take shape in just a day

A San Francisco startup has unveiled a 400-square-foot house outside of Moscow, Russia that was completed in just 24 hours. Apis Cor used a mobile 3D printer to print the wall, partitions and building envelope from a concrete mixture (top inset). The house's interior includes a hall, bathroom, living room and compact functional kitchen with the most modern appliances from Samsung (bottom inset). In the end, the entire project amounted to to $10,134 - this included labor, materials and furnishings.

A new climate fiction book 'New York 2140' by Kim Stanley Robinson predicts a sea level rise of 50 feet by 2140, with the submerged streets of Lower Manhattan turned into canals.

FILE - In this July 16, 2014, file photo, plant manager Peter Allen feeds Asian carp onto a conveyer belt at the American Heartland Fish Products carp-processing plant near Grafton, Ill. Faced with the threat that Asian carp could enter the Great Lakes, Michigan is turning to the public for new ideas and plans to offer a prize to whomever comes up with a way to stop the voracious fish. The state's global search challenge comes after the U.S. government and others have spent hundreds of millions of dollars searching for a solution to stop the carp from entering the world's largest freshwater system. (AP Photo/Jim Suhr, File)

Faced with the threat that Asian carp could enter the Great Lakes, Michigan is turning to the public for new ideas and plans to offer a prize to whoever comes up with a way to stop the voracious fish.

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology has revealed a self-destructing mechanism that destroys stolen or lost electronics. The technology expands inside until it explodes.

Researchers at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire have uncovered behavioural patterns in a group of hunter-gatherers that are also found in the animal kingdom in bumble bees.

Birds and mammals align their fertility with the arrival of specific seasons by the release of hormones from their brain, research from the University of Bristol and the University of Nottingham has found.

Apple has been rumored to be expanding it original content. Now, the latest speculations suggest the firm 'is looking for a transformative acquisition', as Apple had meetings with Paramount and Sony.

The survey, from Glasgow-based virtual reality firm Geekzonia, also found that almost half of the 1,000 Brits surveyed would like to live in virtual reality so that they could visit places like Mars or Mordor.

Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the microbes living in soil and found they travel by attaching themselves to water droplets that land on the ground.

The world record was set at the Electronica Trade Fair in Munich, Germany. The machine, known as 'Sub1 Reloaded', was aided by one of the world's most powerful microcomputers.

According to new research by Oregon State University, people who orgasm at least once a day are far more likely to enjoy their jobs, work hard, and move up the career ladder.

Hyperloop prototype is revealed in Las Vegas

Los Angeles-based start-up Hyperloop One has unveiled new photographs of its first full-scale prototype which was built at a testing site in the Nevada Desert, north Las Vegas. Hyperloop One is the first company to build a prototype of the futuristic transit system which is hoped to travel at top speeds of 1,220 kph (760 mph).

New images claiming to be the Samsung Galaxy S8 have surfaced, revealing a handset with a curved edge-to-edge display, extremely thin bezels and a fingerprint scanner on the back.

Apple's iPhone 8 may still be months a way, but rumors continue to sweep the web. The latest suggests that it will have a massive 5.8in OLED display, but will come with a hefty price tag.

A key set of genes involved in honey bee responses to diseases caused by viruses and parasites has been identified by researchers from multiple universities including Pennsylvania State University.

Community members who invest more in religious activity are viewed as more trustworthy and generous, research has found. a researcher from the Santa Fe Institute has found.

Uber has for years used a secret tool to deceive the authorities in markets where its service faced resistance by law enforcement or was banned, the New York Times has claimed.

Called a supersolid, the new material is crystalline and superfluid at the same time. The radical new material has never been created before, although physicists had predicted its existence.

Man has left some of his best friends facing a crisis. British dog breeds like the Lancashire heeler and Sussex spaniel (pictured) are facing extinction thanks to our preference for trendy imports.

Netflix is to consider new interactive storytelling technology for their TV dramas. Under plans, viewers at home would interactively be able to decide the fate of protagonists in TV shows.

Airbus 'capsule' taxi can be picked up by a drone to fly

Airbus's Pop.Up aims to put an to end traffic jams. The concept, unveiled at the Geneva international Motor Show (left), consist of a capsule that riders order via an app, which functions as a car (top inset) or can be carried by a VOTL air vehicle (bottom inset) if the roads are too congested. Once passengers reach their destination, both the the air and ground modules will return to dedicated recharge stations, where they will wait to be summoned by the next customers.

China-based technology company ProTruly has unveiled the Darling, a decadent smartphone featuring a 360-degree camera finished with gold, leather and a line of diamonds.

Astronomers from the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research in Perth found that younger stars are created out of the matter ejected from older stars as they die.

A much anticipated feature could be on its way after users of the Silicon Valley site discovered a thumbs-down or dislike button, part of suite of reaction symbols on Facebook's Messenger app.

Experts from Rutgers University in New Jersey have created a new model that helps you manage smartphone notifications and limit interruptions when you're not in the mood.

A coffee shop in Napa Valley, California, took red wine from local vineyards and roasted it with coffee beans to create Molinari Private Reserve, a rich blend best served with milk to bring out the taste.

A survey of men and women in five different countries reveals Australians are the most likely to exaggerate about the size of their penis while Indian men are too modest.

The secret world of the Knights Templar revealed: Caverns used by the shadowy warrior monks 700 years ago are just a few feet inside a rabbit hole 

The caves in Shropshire (pictured, right and left), which are barely visible from the surface (inset, bottom) were once a place of pilgrimage and worship for followers of the Knights Templar (top inset), a feared fighting force during the Crusades who built an international power base on their reputation and spoils. The untouched caverns date back to a time when the Knights were prominent before King Philip IV of France, fearful of their power and deeply in their debt, attempted to dismantle the renowned group. Some believe they are up to 700 years old and have been used for safe haven by many groups over the centuries, including pagans.

Facebook is getting into the tourism business. The social media giant has launched a new feature, called City Guides, that suggests cities for you to visit, based on where your friends have traveled.

University of Exeter scientist Dr Sam Vine, Exeter-based Cineon Productions and experts from the nuclear industry have joined up to create training through virtual reality headsets.

Fitbit, whose devices encourage people to walk 10,000 steps each day, now wants to put them to sleep as well. The firm said data show people are averaging less than seven hours of sleep a night.

Professor Chris O Hunt, a Cultural Palaeoecologist at Liverpool John Moores University, explores how experts are studying ancient tribes through clusters of plantlife alive in the Amazon today.

The trains, which would be 'the world's fastest underground train system', will use magnets to levitate above the tracks, reducing friction. The line could extend to Leeds and Hull in future.

The discovery of two skulls have challenged the common belief that all modern humans are descended from Africa. The cranial fossil remains were found in 2007 and 2014 in Xuchang, China.

Caught on film for the first time: Stunning underwater footage shows one of the world's most elusive whales

A species of elusive deep-diving whale has been captured on film for the first time in its underwater environment. The footage was recorded in the coastal waters of the Azores and shows three majestic True's beaked whales surfacing. True´s beaked whales spend 92 per cent of their time underwater, which means sightings are scarce. So far, only seven live sightings of the species have been reported in Macaronesia, a region in the North Atlantic ocean.

Moscow-based company Gresso has unveiled an 'indestructible' 3310 coated in grade five titanium. The mobile has a three megapixel camera and can make a 75-hour phone call.

California-based Netflix has launched a DIY project for building your own pocket trainer. The device features the voice of a Netflix character and uses Bluetooth to connect to your phone.

A new report from Rush University in Chicago has found that our sleep-tracking apps keep us up at night because we become so anxious over not getting a proper night's rest and, thus, stay awake.

Pandas' black and white markings allow them to blend into a range of habitats including snowy mountains and tropical forests, researchers at UC Davis and CSU Long Beach have found.

You might have to wait until Oct. to get your hands on the next iPhone. The latest rumor suggest Apple is starting mass production of the iPhone 8 in September, as it is making its own fingerprint sensor.

Google's head of hardware has confirmed that the firm is working on a second-generation Pixel smartphone. The 'Pixel 2' could launch this fall, which puts would pit it against Apple's iPhone 8.

New research from the University of Kent reveals that a majority of people would endorse the use of revenge porn when punishing a former partner. And they share a distinct personality profile.

Jim Green, NASA’s Planetary Science Division Director, revealed the idea today at the Planetary Science Vision 2050 Workshop in Washington DC. It would protect Mars from solar wind.

Bizarre alien 'megaship' is spotted by the International Space Station camera moments before the lights dim, UFO hunters claim

A video uploaded to YouTube by conspiracy theorist Streetcap1 allegedly shows an alien 'megaship' by the International Space Station. The video shows a long bright light hovering above earth with two mysterious bright objects just below.

A research team at the University of Manchester are designing new technologies to build satellites that can operate at 120-280 miles above the Earth's surface.

Most people want their final journey to be dignified. But, for those preferring to make a big exit, Indian designers have created a flashier option which provides a tech-savvy funeral.

A hot air balloon launched by Google to bring the internet to remote villages in the Amazon has crashed in the rainforest. The large balloon was part of the internet giant's Project Loon.

Researchers from Cambridge University used stem cells to create a functioning mouse embryo. The discovery could help us understand why women have early miscarriages.

A NASA science satellite orbiting Mars was forced to make a rare evasive manoeuvre to avoid a collision next week with one of the planet's two small moons, the U.S. space agency said.

A new process that can make ultra-thin electronic tattoos using a household printer has been developed by researchers at Waseda University in Japan. They could be used for monitoring people's health.

Amazon says an incorrectly typed command during a routine debugging of its billing system caused the five-hour outage of some Amazon Web Services servers on Tuesday.

Grima, the unpleasant reaction to certain sounds such as nails scratching a blackboard, may be an emotional response rather than a reflex, researchers at Complutense University of Madrid have found.

Bacteria travel in BUBBLES: Scientists discover how tiny microbes hitch rides on raindrops to get around

Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology studied the microbes living in soil and found they travel by attaching themselves to water droplets that land on the ground. When raindrops evaporate, bacteria float up into the atmosphere in tiny bubbles. The discovery could explain how disease and pollution spread across countries.

The system, dubbed the Pilot, will cost $249 and go on sale later this year. It uses two earpieces, one worn by each person in the conversation, and an AI app.

For the first time ever, researchers at the University of Leicester have vibration-mapped London's famous bell Big Ben to find out why it produces its distinct tone.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, analysed DNA from two frozen mammoth specimens and found that the last members of the species were plagued by genetic mutations.

The AstroRad Radiation Shield which is designed by a Tel Aviv-based company to protect astronauts from deadly solar particles is set for its first mission.

Technology entrepreneurs in London have devised an app called Smartify which uses recognition software to scan, identify and save digital copies of artist creations onto a user's device.

'Toptask' lets users hire London-based students for home tech support, dinner party work, social media advice, arts tutoring, translating documents, and even puppy sitting.

Is THIS what aliens look like? Stunning 3D images show scientifically-based depictions of life on other worlds

A scientist from Flinders University in Australia has worked with a graphic artist to create images of life on the planets around red dwarf stars, which could harbour alien life. They envisage creatures with transparent flesh to capture as much light as possible and mouths suited to gathering plant life found clinging close to the ground and in cracks between rocks (centre). They would also need thick skin and armour plating to protect them from the elements (top left). Plants themselves may have to protect most of their anatomy underground, with a surface 'bloom' to release its seeds (top right).

A team of researchers from the Planck Institute in Germany found that people would prefer not to know the future because they enjoy the feeling of suspense and wish to avoid regret (stock image).

Google Home, which is available in the US but not in the UK, read out fake news that four former US presidents were members of the Ku Klux Klan.

Arpeggio is designed to roll up to any piano and align itself with the right keys and foot pedals. Software enables the machine to reproduce human performances just as they were recorded.

Researchers from New York Genome Centre and Columbia University created a method called DNA Fountain which is the highest-density data-storage device ever created.

In 2016 the amount of coal used in the UK fell by 52 per cent. And the fossil fuel’s share of the market dropped to 9 per cent last year, from 23 per cent two years ago.

Researchers from Laboratoire d’Écologie Alpine in France have found that there are clear boundaries that separate groups of animals into different regions in the world.

A PhD student at Eindhoven's University of Technology in the Netherlands has created models of babies with functional organs using 3D printing to help improve medical training.

Psychologists have found that those who express moral outrage at wrong-doings are not selfless, but rather self-serving, or doing it to reinforce their own status as a 'good person'.

The Swedish streaming firm today revealed it has hit 50 million subscribers worldwide - more that double the number arch rival Apple Music has.

Google has apologized for a glitch that wiped reset numerous Google Wi-Fi and OnHub devices back to their factory settings - forcing many frustrated users to re-enter their network information.

Frogs and toads are able to see color in dark conditions, even when it's so dark that human aren't able to see anything at all, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found.

British supercar-maker McLaren revealed its 212mph 720S model today, but it has a rival in the similarly-priced Lamborghini Huracán Performante.

Researchers from George Mason University found antimicrobial protein fragments in the blood of Komodo dragons that protects them against infections. This could help fight superbugs.

It's bad news for those living in Guangzhou, China, as the study found they are most likely to lose their hearing from living in a loud city. While Zurich, Switzerland, has the lowest risk.

Researchers from London School of Economics and the University of Massachusetts were interested in understanding whether beautiful people earn more (stock image).

Google rolled out a new video conferencing app called Meet. Only a desktop version is available that lets users input a code to enter a meeting and an area that displays future meetings.

Archaeologists were assessing the damage caused by ISIS militants to the tomb of the prophet of Jonah, a sacred shrine in eastern Mosul, Iraq, blown up by the terrorist group in 2014.

Last week, it was reported that former policewoman Nicki Donnelly, paralysed from the waist down, could walk again on robotic legs. We reveal six other bionic limbs recently introduced to medicine.

The AI has been trained to spot status updates and comments that could indicate someone was at risk. The algorithm would then send a report to a real reviewer, who could then contact the user.

Researchers from the University of Chile discovered that people living in Quebrada Camarones region of the Atacama Desert in Chile have evolved the ability to digest arsenic.

Baylor University medical Center in Dallas, Texas, has offered more than 70 people the virtually unheard-of opportunity to see their ailing body part, and to hold it, before it is stored for further study.

The new communication system from MIT CSAIL can detect when a person notices a robot making a mistake, and classifies these brain waves almost instantly to provide feedback.

Eerie footage from Argentina shows the group playing until they suddenly spot what appears to be a mysterious small, dark figure at the side crawling towards them before they run in panic.

Families last night demanded full refunds for 'death trap' tumble dryers after they were told to stop using them. More than 750 fires have been caused by machines sold by Whirlpool.

The incredible image was captured by the JunoCam imager on Nasa's Juno spacecraft on December 11, 2016, as the spacecraft performed a close flyby of the gas giant planet.

The system is a complex network of machinery, pipes, tanks and sensors that work together to provide astronauts with air and other essentials while in orbit.

An AI-driven robot has completed its first day flipping burgers at CaliBurger. Called Flippy, the machine is fitted with a 6-axis robotic arm, which it uses to flip burgers and place them on buns.

Researchers working at the Ford Research and Innovation Centre in Dearborn, Michigan, have built a giant 3D printer capable of producing light-weight cars with personalised vehicle parts.

Academic, Professor Armand Leroi, from Imperial College London, says the band did little to change music. He used computer algorithms to come to his controversial conclusions.

The bizarre clouds were discovered by researchers from the Nasa-supported programme, Automated Radiation Measurements for Aerospace Safety (ARMAS), based in Los Angeles.

Archaeologists have discovered a new tomb in Thebes, Egypt, belonging to a man described as a 'true renowned scribe', which was intricately decorated with carvings of baboons (pictured).

A strange horny fish found off the coast of Darwin has shocked fishermen who had no idea what the prawn-fish hybrid was until marine experts identified the slimy beast as a very rare species.

Hasbro has unveiled a robotic dog to teach kids how to code. Called Proto Max, this $120 toy comes with an app that kids use to customize its personality and can play games like fetch.

These stunning pictures from Sao Paulo, Brazil show the moon coming between the Earth and the Sun, blocking most light of its light save for a 'ring of fire' around the moon.

Authorities this week started the huge clean-up process, with tons of rubble needing to be excavated from the bottom of the broken spillway from Oroville Dam, California.

A team led by New York University uncovered a trove of 16 engraved limestone blocks that reveal that Van Gogh's famed pointillist technique was actually invented by the Aurignacians.

Stunned locals have flocked to the beach in Cagdainao, Dinagat Islands to gawp at the monster-like beast and take selfies with it.

The latest discovery from Curiosity has baffled researchers trying to work out how the Martian atmosphere warmed, allowing water to flow and pool on the planet's surface - and possibly sparking life.

Apple recently launched a developer preview of the new Ultra Accessory Connector. The new 8-pin connector is smaller than both USB-C and Lightning, and is so far designed for use with headphones.

The puzzle, which comes from a new book by London-based Alex Bellos, requires you to transform two triangles made from six matches into four triangles, by moving just two matches.

Researchers from GUARD Archaeology have excavated the Trusty's Hill Fort in Dumfries and Galloway, and believe this could be the elusive kingdom of Rheged.

The award-winning snaps presented as part of 2017's Wellcome Image Awards in London capture mouse spines, cat skin cells, pig eye vessels and even Twitter hashtags in intricate detail.

Russian archaeologists from the Arctic Research Centre discovered 11th century graves of four people in the far north of Siberia. They believe they were part of ritualistic sacrifices.

A large crack in the Antarctic ice shelf called the 'halloween crack' made the British Halley VI research station in Antarctica decide to close down temporarily.

The footage, shot in South Africa, shows a leopard cub reaching out for a snake with its paw before the python launches at him. The cub's mother then tries to dislodge the snake from a hole.

Scientists from Illinois State University demonstrated how the ground can collapse during an earthquake using a tub of sand. The phenomenon of the ground collapsing in this way is called liquefaction.

An incredible image taken from space by Nasa shows a beautiful diamond-shaped chunk of ice just off the Volga Delta in the Caspian Sea.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow played a variety of songs to a group of pets at a rehoming centre in Dumbarton, Scotland.

Paleobiology Database encompasses all known dinosaur species, with more than 2,000 types represented across every continent on Earth. An interactive map reveals 8,000 discovery sites.

The vehicle (pictured) is being unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show before going into service for a one year trial with the Austrian Red Cross at its training centre in Erzberg and in Vienna.

Researchers were stunned to find an image of the moon's giants plumes in the background on a 1980 Voyager 1 picture.

Researchers from the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomica di Roma in Italy said the neutron star is 50 million light-years away. It was spotted by a European Space Agency observatory rocket.

Federal scientists forecast that Oklahoma will continue to have the nation's biggest man-made earthquake problem this year but it probably won't be as shaky as recent years.

The new 'groundskimmer' is a huge craft capable of carrying 500 tonnes of cargo in a single trip. To do this, is uses an effect known as ground effect to trap a cushion of air underneath its giant wing.

The Mercedes-Maybach G-Class 650 combines luxury and off-roading for the ultimate SUV. The vehicle boasts a V12 engine,retractable roof and thermal cup holders - and is priced at $500,000.

A team of scientists carried out two-scale synthetic aperture radar interferometry (InSAR) and used high-resolution satellite images to track monument collapse at Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

Boston man Jonathan Davis uploaded the bizarre video to Twitter on Friday which has quickly gone viral receiving nearly 37,000 likes and over 23,000 retweets.

Slooh astronomers operating a telescope in Chile captured the moment Comet 73P/Schwassmann-Wachmann broke into at least two pieces as it flew past Earth.

A team from the National University of Singapore has created a virtual reality device that can simulate real-world weather conditions.

Officer Tiffany Vanzant of the Weatherford, Texas police department was driving in the town on the outskirts of Fort Worth when she spotted the meteor streaking overhead on Sunday.

The 20,000 mile wide storm spins around the northern polar vortex - seen as a dark spot at the planet's pole in the above image, at speeds believed to be around 220mph

The planets, each more massive than Jupiter, are circling a bright young star that lies in the constellation Pegasus, 129 light years away. It was created with seven years of observations.

The scary prediction comes from Dr Jason Barnes, a planetary scientist at the University of Idaho. If the moon and Earth collide, the energy released in the merging would melt the Earth into a magma ocean.

Psychologists from Washington and Stanford University studied coping mechanisms used by couples, and suggest emotional suppression could damage relationships.

Researchers from North Carolina State University found that they could make coloured ink contract using different colours of UV light to cause a 2D sheet to bend and shape into a 3D object.

A team of scientists has discovered the fossilised embryo of a long-necked animal called Dinocephalosaurus that flourished in the seas of South China during the Triassic period.

Instruments aboard NASA's Terra satellite spotted the shadow as the moon blocked sunlight over the Atlantic Ocean, creating what appears like a large ink-blotch just off of South America.

Amazon boss Jess Bezos has written a white paper outlining his plans to deliver equipment to the moon for human settlement using his private space company Blue Origin by 2020.

The latest find on Saturday was of a creature on a beach in the city of Cagayan de Oro, measuring around 15ft long, although much larger oarfish have been found in recent weeks.

Mattel unveiled its Barbie Hello Hologram that comes to life when a child says the magic words, 'Hello Barbie'. The digital assistant responds to commands and answers various questions.

Researchers at Griffith University in Queensland, Australia have found that a 'weed-like' algae is killing corals in the Great Barrier Reef because of increased carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere.

Researchers led by the Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) and Complutense University of Madrid found that two faraway objects may have separated by the mysterious Planet Nine millions of years ago.

The mission, called EM-1, was designed to be uncrewed, and was expected to launch in 2018 - but could now carry four astronauts around the moon in the new Orion capsule.

These stunning photos show the Halley VI Research Station, which is home to the British Antarctic Survey, being relocated 14 miles across the Brunt Ice Shelf.

The flare was caught by experts at the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration based in Washington DC. They also captured Mercury passing in front of the sun.

Global brands including FedEx, Carrefour and F1, have hidden symbols within their logos, in a bid to make their brands as memorable as possible.

The maps from the USGS-led USA National Phenology Network show spring has begun three weeks early in some places Spring is popping up across almost the entire Southeast US.

Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology suggest that pieces of hydras have structural memory that help them shape their body plan.

By looking at the ancient layers exposed in the process, scientists can create a picture of what the Siberian landscape once looked like, helping them to predict the changes yet to come.

Volkswagen has unveiled its first fully self-driving car ahead the Geneva auto show. The self-driving concept car can find parking spaces, collect shopping or pick up children all by itself.

Customers will be able to request a balloon that would provide them with mobile signal for major events or help connect them in the wake of natural disasters.

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology discovered the cave in the cliffs west of Qumran, near the northwestern shore of the Dead Sea.

Researchers from Northumbria University found that women who move their hips a lot and shift their arms and thighs asymmetrically when dancing have the highest rated moves.

Waymo accused Uber and Otto, acquired by the ride services company in August, with stealing confidential information on Waymo's Lidar sensor technology to speed its own efforts.

Researchers based at the Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim in Germany made the findings in an ancient mortar pit at an archaeological site near the Nile Delta.

NASA and the NOAA have revealed the first images from the ground-breaking Geostationary Lightning Mapper. The instrument is the first lightning detector in geostationary orbit, roughly 23,000 miles high.

The signal detected by NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope is similar to gamma-rays observed at the center of the Milky Way, and could be coming from several sources that have yet to be determined.

Stunning images from Curiosity have captured the clouds rolling across the red planet, dust storms kicking up and high winds screaming across the surface.

Metrosha, a robot who can wink, share a joke and remember people, will welcome travellers on Moscow's transport network. It is based on the promobot which hit headlines after escaping.

Michigan fifth grader Bria asked Musk to run a competition to find the best homemade commercial for Tesla's electric cars.

Researchers from Berkeley Lab and the University of Nevada believe shock experiments involving a mineral called whitelockite could show the red planet had a water-rich past.

Researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem found that people are better than random chance at matching the faces of strangers with a name.

Psychedelic views of natural spectacles from around the world were snapped by specialist observation satellites sent up to orbit by Nasa and the United States Geological Survey.

Thousands of miles below the North Pacific Ocean lies what an alien hunter believes is a 2.81m long ‘crawling circle’ that is under artificial control and parked outside of what could be an alien base.

The question, which asked 11-year-olds to work out a series of equations involving fractions, baffled the mother of a girl who attends a school in Springfield, Queensland.

The i-Con Smart Condom, developed by British Condoms, a Nottingham-based company, is billed as the newest form of wearable technology in the ever-growing market.

Leaked images reveal how Apple ships its iPhone prototypes without it being seen by the public. It is packed in a 'stealth' black case that covers everything but a small portion of the display.

The European Space Agency says the 50m high dome, close to a planned moonbase near to the moon's south pole, would give the first settlers 'a place of contemplation'.

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.