Science

The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner embarked on a 4,000-mile winding route which took 17 hours to complete, kicking off from its Seattle headquarters in Washington.

Hidden somewhere in the picture, taken in Kenya's Masai Mara, is a camouflaged leopard, heading towards its dinner.

An unarmed Minuteman III missile was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force base in California at 2.10am on Wednesday and hit a target 4,200 miles away.

Mercedes-Benz has revealed its new X-Class - the pick-up truck for the more discerning tradesman or woman, who wants to combine a workhorse with luxury.

Technology firm Three Square Market said 41 of its 85 employees agreed to be microchipped during a chip party at company headquarters in River Falls, Wisconsin, on Tuesday.

Fetuses can hear things in the womb, including speech - although it's muffled. But according to research by the University of Kansas, fetuses can still perceive the differing rhythms of languages.

ArtAlienTV, a Bristol-based YouTube channel that regularly posts alleged alien and UFO sightings, posted a vido online showing the structures on Nasa satellite images.

The Nenets are a tight-knit nomadic people living in the Yamal-Nenets region on the outskirts of Russia, who migrate more than 1,000 miles each year with their large herd of reindeer.

The 1,600-year-old coffin, which was discovered near Borough Market in central London, is thought to contain the remains of a mother after the bones of a baby were found nearby

‘Int-Ball’ arrived at the ISS on June 4, and can be controlled from the ground to gather footage of its surroundings in the space environment. Eventually, they hope it will work entirely on its own.

Springwatch presenter Chris Packham has made a case for slugs and said green fingered British people should lay off killing them as they are vital for attracting other wildlife.

Sweden is expected to provide the bulk of the material to build the Type 26 global combat ships, ministers have said.

The detail of today's new plan to clean up Britain's air reveals they hinge on a Highways England promise to build thousands of new charging points.

The pictures reveal the people of St Kilda, a remote island community 40 miles west of the Outer Hebrides - whose untouched way of life dated back to the Bronze Age.

Twin telescopes mounted on the noses of the WB-57F research jets will ­­­­­capture the clearest images of the Sun's corona and the first-ever thermal images of Mercury.

The images are revealed in a biography of photographer Michael Nichols. The Zoological Society of London and WWF revealed global wildlife populations fell by 58 per cent since 1970.

Scientists based at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California hope to use an international network of observatories to recover, track and characterise asteroid 2012 TC4.

David Gillespie, Australian author of Taming Toxic People: The Science of Identifying and Dealing With Psychopaths At Work and At Home shares tips on how to deal with the psychopathic boss.

An enormous spider (pictured) has given a couple an almighty fright as it appeared on their glass door as they were trying to cook food.

The rare finds, including the semi-circular temple of Ehecatl-Quetzalcoatl and nearby ball court were revealed yesterday under a hotel in the heart of Mexico City.

Despite weather forecasts on TV and online that depend on the latest computer modelling, three in four of us rely on old wives’ tales to predict the weather, according to a survey.

Bald eagles and red-tailed hawks are bitter enemies in their home turf of British Colombia, Canada, and often take to the skies for vicious aerial fights. The hawk is being raised with three bald eagle chicks.

Parents now worry more about the impact of their parenting on their children. According to a researcher at Swansea University, they feel pressured to provide a stream of stimulating activities to their kids.

A bizarre feature spotted on Mars, which resembles the home of a fictional Star Wars beast, may have been created from an impact with a rogue space rock – or, it could be the result of a collapse.

ClothCap, developed by researchers at the Max Planck Institute, relies on scanning a person wearing the garment, separating the clothing from the person, and rendering it on top of a new person.

Archaeologists have long been perplexed by a bizarre structure built hundreds of years ago in Peru that appears to be modeled in the form of a volcano, as there are no volcanoes nearby.

An incredible video has emerged of a huge shark trying to wiggle from a fishing boat after jumping on board off the coast of Long Island, New York.

Alan Collins, Professor of Geology at the University of Adelaide and Andrew Merdith, a PhD Candidate from the University of Sydney look at how Earth tectonics (pictured) are moving under our feet.

A study from the University of Wisconsin-Madison found that smiles can be sorted into three distinct categories. And, each are defined by certain 'recipe' of different muscle combinations.

A selfie taken by Buzz Aldrin measuring 8in by 10in (20cm by 25 cm) taken during his five-and-a-half hours outside the Gemini 12 spacecraft will go on sale at Bloomsbury Auctions in London.

Cassini will pass through Saturn's upper atmosphere during the final five orbits of the mission, before making a fateful plunge into Saturn on Sept. 15, 2017.

Researchers at Stanford University have captured the six nanoseconds it takes for water to freeze into ice seven, which could help create and support the building blocks of life.

The grasshopper was spotted by amateur photographer Richard Taylor near a lake in Ipswich, Suffolk. The colouring is caused by a rare genetic mutation.

Experts from the University of Washington and colleagues analysed tooth DNA from the remains of 19 ancient individuals to discover the roots of the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures.

The frogfish was filmed walking along the sea bed by Atsushi Sadai, 59, a business design consultant based in Sulawesi, Indonesia. '

The video, which was recorded using a drone, gives a sweeping look of the enormous Florida-based facility's exterior before zooming in on Bezos, 53, who is sat on the building's roof.

The Royal British Legion, based in London, has released six films that use audio accounts, diary excerpts, archive film and photos to give viewers a unique glimpse into the horrors of war.

The test, created by Go Tumble and shared on Wikr, asks users to 'think outside the box' by working out two different but correct answers to a series of equations.

In recognition of the two-year anniversary of New Horizons' Pluto flyby, NASA revealed a stunning set of global elevation maps, and flyover videos revealing a close-up look at Pluto and Charon.

Owen West, a top adviser on special operations and low-intensity conflicts told US lawmakers in the Pentagon these commercial devices could be in use in five years.

Samsung says the giant set was launched 'as consumers continue to demand larger screens and premium TVs'

A total of 34 works were submitted as part of Daejeon, Korea-based Hankook Tires' Design Insight forum, with five winners chosen.

Soldiers have already noticed the resemblance with Star Wars bounty hunter Boba Fett, although the new gear comes with an array of complex technology to assist them in combat.

The test of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system (THAAD) was conducted Sunday, on an island off the coast of Alaska.

Frances Gabe, of Newburg, Oregon, invented the first self-cleaning house using 68 individually patented devices. Her death wasn't public until seven months later.

This is the moment a gang of chimpanzees dethrone their alpha male - by attacking him (pictured) and leaving him bloodied on the ground. It was seen at Mahale Mountains National Park, Tanzania.

An international team of researchers has studied the remains of a newly discovered dinosaur, which were unearthed at a construction site in Ganzhou, southern China.

The 'Data Never Sleeps' project shows how much data is generated on the internet every minute. For example, Netflix has seen a 20 per cent decrease in video streaming compared to last year.

Using the 'N-gram' technique, researchers from Aston University and the University of Manchester determined famous Bixby letter was 'almost certainly' written by secretary John Hay.

Experts say the subsurface ocean that lurks beneath the moon's icy crust has all the ingredients for life. In the new image, the intriguing south-polar jets are backlit by sunlight.

A new imaging technique, developed by Northwestern University, revealed that a book printed in 1537 was made using recycled medieval parchment containing sixth-century Roman Law code.

The laser, which was tested at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico successfully hit a target 0.9 miles (1.4 km) away from an Apache AH-64 helicopter (pictured).

Researchers from the Israel Institute of Technology studied the stinging mechanism of the nomad jellyfish – the most common jellyfish in Israel.

A shortlist for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition has been revealed and the winning photos will be displayed in the Royal Observatory's Astronomy Centre in Greenwich.

Using ESA and NASA’s Solar and Heliospheric Observatory, scientists have found evidence of low-frequency 'g-waves,' revealing the core spins much faster than the sun’s surface.

The stunning image, captured on July 26, 2017 by member of the Expedition 52 crew aboard the International Space Station, shows one of the 16 sunrises the crew get to see every day.

Dr Jean Evans, the chief curator at the Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, where the object is on display, said the 'toy' was mislabelled and is in fact the head of a mace-like weapon.

The 'sunscreen' on the distant gas giant, known as WASP-121b, was identified by scientists at Exeter University observing glowing water molecules in the atmosphere.

A study of more than 700 people led by the University of Warwick found four in ten couldn't tell a fake picture from a real one - and this simple test will reveal how good you are at spotting fakes.

The six-month research expedition discovered a garbage patch 1.5 times the size of Texas off the coast of Chile and Easter Island. It consists mostly of tiny pieces of plastic that are difficult to remove.

In a major breakthrough, researchers in China established the first ground-to-satellite quantum network, which allowed them to transmit a photon from an entangled pair up to 870 miles.

Photographer Anand Varma filmed hummingbirds using a camera that captures 3,000 frames per second, for breathtaking footage revealing the unseen details of their lives.

Researchers at the Ithaca College of Physics built a Möbius strip race track loop that can be raced on without ever having to cross an edge, using a 'superconductor' magnet as a race car.

Researchers from the University of Leeds and the British Antarctic Survey have continued to track an iceberg known as A68 since it broke away from the Antarctic Peninsula on July 12.

The interactive Antipodes Map lets you dig a virtual tunnel through the Earth from any point on the surface of the planet to find its exact opposite location, but most are under water.

The 56-year-old actor's features were found to be 91.86 per cent accurate to the Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi - which for thousands of years was thought to hold the secret formula of perfection.

NASA says it is ready to begin taking bids in August for construction of a demonstration plane in a project worth $390 million over five years.

Archaeologists from the University of Aberdeen uncovered a longhouse and an 1,100-year-old anglo Saxon coin in a dig at Burghead Fort near Lossiemouth, Moray.

The popped remains of several 'oak eggar' moth caterpillars - a common variety in the UK and Europe - have been spotted across the West Pennine Moors in Lancashire.

A consultant for the Seattle-based security company IOActive showed taking over a Segway is relatively simple and can be done with just 20 seconds of continuous Bluetooth connection.

The evidence of fine dining in the late 5th century was unearthed as part of the first excavations to take place in decades at the legendary castle found on England's southwest coast.

Imagery taken by Google's Street View team is being turned into amazing artistic landscape photography, using an experimental piece of AI software called Creatism created in Zürich.

The 'Punch Activated Arm Flamethrowers,' made my YouTube tech star Allen Pan, track the wearers arm motion and were inspired by the art of firebending seen in the series Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Photographic pioneer George R. Lawrence used a system of kites outfitted with a 49-pound camera to show a bird's-eye view of cities such as San Francisco, and Chicago.

The toy, called 'Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder,' is modeled after the X-34 aircraft from Star Wars: A New Hope and has seats for two riders. It has three gear options including reverse and costs $499.99.

Archaeologists have completed the first in a series of excavations at the site of the ancient city Shiloh, on the West Bank, in hopes to uncover evidence of a biblical structure.

The map of the UK's Roman roads, towns and cities, was created by Mr Sasha Trubetskoy, a student studying statistics at the University of Chicago.

According to Lockheed Martin, quite simply, ‘space travel is hard’ – but once the tests are complete, the researchers say Orion will be the safest spaceship in the world.

Co-op Insurance has created a new interactive tool that displays the number of vehicle crimes in areas across England and Wales.

Archaeologists made the startling find of an alien child's skull at a burial site in Kyz-Aul, close to Kerch, where a giant £2.9billion ($3.8billion) bridge is currently under construction.

The cockpit footage was taken during the Roborace's first full-speed, self-driven lap of the Formula E track in Berlin earlier this month.

Researchers from Nasas Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, have released images taken by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft that capture the aurora in the closest detail ever recorded.

A tower of human skulls unearthed beneath the heart of Mexico City has raised new questions about the culture of human sacrifice of women and children in the Aztec Empire.

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.