NASA’s Juno spacecraft has captured a breathtaking image of a raging tempest on Jupiter. Variations in the darkness of the clouds reveal what’s thought to be the depth of the storm, with darker clouds sitting deeper in the atmosphere. Juno spotted the turbulent scene during its ninth close flyby of the planet, from roughly 6,281 miles above the cloudtops.
Known as MX-1E,the craft is a similar size and shape to the R2D2 droid from Star Wars, and is slated to fly next year aboard a Rocket Lab Electron booster, which launches from New Zealand. The firm is is developing a fleet of low-cost robotic spacecraft that can be assembled like Legos to handle increasingly complex missions
Google Maps has updated its map color scheme and added new icons to help users quickly identify different points of interest. Places like a cafe or a hiking spot will have a designated color and icon.
The Tweetstorm feature is being tested on iOS and Android alpha and beta programs, but it is not yet clear when the feature will roll out to all users. It will allow users to compose a series of separate Tweets.
A team of conspiracy theorists claim that recent natural disasters on Earth, including the recent earthquakes in Florida and Puerto Rico, are a sign the world is about to end.
A team of NASA scientists has developed an interactive tool to reveal how the melting of Earth’s ice sheets could affect cities around the world. It shows potential impacts for nearly 300 cities.
The latest test flights over Bedfordshire will push Airlander to fly higher (up to 7000 feet), faster (up to 50 knots) and further away from its airfield (up to 75 nautical miles away).
Researchers in Japan studied data going back to 1957. While solar maximums varied with each cycle, they same microwave emissions during solar minimum were the same.
Researchers from Kyoto University’s Primate Research Institute set up a experiments to test how exposure to contaminants influences chimps’ feeding choices based on different sensory cues.
Human rights groups said governments are moving too slowly to keep up with advances in artificial intelligence that could put computers in control one day.
Footage shows a bright light in the sky over Inari in Finland - but the flash was so intense it was also seen in Russia's Kola Peninsula and in northern Norway. Stargazers reported seeing the sky 'light up like day' as the space rock plummeted towards Earth on November 16. Morten Bilet from the Norwegian Meteor Network said he suspected the sighting was the result of a meteorite.
A new report from the National Science Foundation predicts an exceptionally cold winter with the return of the Polar Vortex.
Navy officials are failing to see the funny side of the efforts of a mischievous pilot who drew enormous penises in the sky above Washington this week.
The Leonid meteor shower is visible in both hemispheres and peaks in the early hours of 17th and 18th November, before dawn at 3am EST (8am GMT).
The announcement was made by Italian Professor Sergio Canavero, director of the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group at a press conference in Vienna this morning.
Researchers from Uppsala University, Sweden, found older people who live alone are 33 per cent less likely to die over the next 12 years if they own a dog, with heart disease deaths going down by 36 per cent.
Long-tailed macaques on the Indian island of Great Nicobar also use different tools and techniques to clean and access their food, for example wrapping leaves around cashew nuts to rub latex off them.
The boat is the first in the world to be fitted with an electric engine powered by a fuel cell containing methanol - a form of alcohol that inevitably prompts 'booze cruise' jokes among passengers.
Apple has delayed its $349 'HomePod' home speaker until early next year, claiming it needs 'a little more time before it’s ready.'
A brand new Roadster emerged from the trailer of the company's other big reveal - an electric truck named the Tesla Semi - during a presentation at an airport in Los Angeles last night. The $200,000 sports car - an updated version of Tesla's first production vehicle - can seat four and travel 620 miles on a single charge, a new record for an electric vehicle. The car - which also features a removable glass roof - can go from 0 to 60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds. 'You´ll be able to travel from LA to San Francisco, and back, at highway speed without recharging,' Musk said. 'The point of doing this is to just give a hardcore smackdown to gasoline cars.'
The remains of a 20ft (six-metre) long Steller's sea cow were found by nature reserve officials on the far flung Commander Islands in the Bering Sea. Ribs of the creature (left, top right) were found jutting out of the seashore like a 'fence'. An eight hour dig showed that this was a rare find of the existence sea cow, once endemic to the waters of these islands between Russia and Alaska (bottom right, artist's impression). They found 45 vertebrae, 27 ribs, a left scapula and other bones on the headless creature. Before the Ice Age Stellar's sea cows were found widely along the edge of the Pacific.
Despite numbering up to five billion during the 19th Century, the passenger pigeon went extinct in 1914 when its last surviving member, a female called Martha, died alone in Cincinnati Zoo.
While scientists have yet to discover the conditions needed to travel back in time, ‘there’s nothing forbidding it’ in the laws of physics, explains astrophysicist Ethan Siegel.
Coyotes have lived in the US East coast since the 1930s, and recent genetic tests have shown they are actually a mixture of coyote, wolf and dog. Increasingly wolflike traits are making it larger.
Researchers from the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology found that, after just three weeks, 42 per cent of rodents improved their ability to walk and support their weight.
Russia expects to launch the Luna-25 in 2020. The lunar orbiter will explore the its south pole and collect soil samples to be sent back to earth for analysis.
Older women were much better at controlling their distractions and paying attention to the road, according to research from the Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics (stock image).
The first annual Flat Earth International Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, charged up to $249 (£188) per ticket and saw as many as 400 people attend from around the world.
Researchers from Seattle based network vulnerability firm Rhino Labs discovered the flaw, which utilises a common issue with many WiFi connected gadgets.
Almost 100 decorative fittings (pictured) for bow cases, quivers and bridles were transported hundreds of miles to be placed in King Tutankhamen's tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings. Their story can finally be told after they lay in a wooden box for more than 90 years after being discovered by British archaeologist Howard Carter in 1922. Among them are images of fighting animals and goats at the tree of life that are foreign to Egyptian art and must have come from the Levant - or modern day Syria.
Given the choice, male voles who drank alcohol were more likely to go and mate with another female than males who didn't, found research from Oregon Health and Science University .
From Table Mountain to the un-trekked wilderness, discover South Africa's stunning landscapes from your own home. Over 200 volunteers worked with Google Street View over a year to capture it all.
Tesla Inc unveiled a prototype electric big-rig truck Thursday night, throwing itself into a new market even as it struggles to roll out an affordable sedan on which the company's future depends.
Meteorologist Ken Weathers, who is an East Tennessee WATE 6 News weatherman, posted a home video on YouTube that's racked up hundreds of thousands of views.
In the run up to Christmas, scammers are expected to haul in £1.3billion across the UK over the festive period, with online retailers losing £72million in revenues.
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver (pictured with his wife and two of his daughters) has now banned his 14-year-old daughter from posting selfies, and compares the trend to pornography.
One independent parrot proved it doesn't take the hands of a human to complete simple tasks around the house.
Frank Paul's latest book contends with the toughest pub quiz's of all time. He collates questions asked at The Mill pub in Cambridge whilst cryptically linking the answers in each round
Coventry based car manufacturer Jaguar Land Rover (left) is taking part in the UK Autodrive project, the largest trial of connected and autonomous vehicle technology in the country. A research vehicle equipped with the company's self-driving technology has been navigating its way through Coventry city centre (top right). Project partner Ford is developing technology that will enable cars to communicate with each other (bottom right)
Exoplanet HD76920b is located 587 light years away. Its eccentric orbit is not tenable in the long-term, and its star will swell, eventually devouring its final planet. Then, HD76920b will be no more.
According to the researchers from the LIGO-VIRGO collaboration, the gravitational waves were created by two relatively light black holes a billion light years away.
Men are likely to signal specific resources or potential for acquiring resources, while women are more likely to signal pro-social behaviours such as benevolence, charitable work or virtue, researchers found.
Researchers analyzed tree rings in ten cities around the world, and discovered urban and rural trees have undergone accelerated growth since the 1960s - and say climate change may be the reason for this.
A Facebook study found that 80% of adults and 91% of teens across the world message every day, and 66% of people who message say they have more authentic conversations.
The new iOS 11.1.2 update also fixes a flaw that caused the $999 handset to take distorted pictures and videos. It is the latest in a larger than usual number of updates from Apple.
Researchers from the University of South Florida found completing as little as 15 sessions over 10 years gives an individual just a 5.9 percent chance of developing a form of the disorder.
A researcher from the University of Washington says that if water is found on Mars, it will look a lot like the water in Antarctica's Don Juan Pond, which is filled with a salty brine.
Experts have uncovered stone fortifications (left) protected from the ravages of time by the alkaline waters of Lake Van, which are believed to have been built by the Urartu civilisation. Researchers (top right) had been studying the body of water for a decade before it revealed the fortress lost deep below its surface. Urartu is an Assyrian name and the people called Urartians called their country Biainili. Their capital Tushpa, was located at what is now known as Lake Van (bottom right)
A supercomputer programmed to think like the notorious Zodiac killer produced some creepy poetry when fed all the known writings of the elusive criminal, it was learned on Thursday.
The nerve stimulator, known as NSS-2 Bridge, is the first device to treat such symptoms including joint pain, anxiety, stomach aches and insomnia.
An unidentified aircraft flew over Oregon on October 25, with no flight plan, no active identification transponder or transmitting collision avoidance signals. (file photo of an F-15)
Pungent, sometimes toxic blobs are fouling waterways from the Great Lakes to Chesapeake Bay, from the Snake River in Idaho to New York's Finger Lakes and reservoirs in California's Central Valley.
Scientists saythis 600-foot-long, pale pink asteroid or comet originated outside our solar system and have named it Oumuamua, which means a messenger from afar arriving first.
The NAO's Air Quality Report states that 37 of Britain's 43 air quality zones did not meet EU nitrogen dioxide limits last year, including roads in Bristol, Leicester, Liverpool and Cardiff.
The Caravan Camera is the work of Exeter-based photographer and lecturer Brendan Barry, who built it from the dilapidated shell of a vehicle bought on eBay for £150 ($200)
Scientists from Yonsei University Seoul have discovered a giant spiral galaxy 180 million light years away from Earth that looks just like the Milky Way.
Just a few months ago, Boston Dynamic's humanoid bot became an object of ridicule after a series of accidents at a government 'robo olympics' saw if falling constantly, and needing a crane to get back on its feet. Now, the 'world's most dynamic humanoid' is back - and you really don't want to mess with it.
A joint study from Nasa and the University of Minnesota found that eerie sounding noises are caused by sudden bursts of electrons in Earth's magnetic field.
The regulations drafted by the California DMV would protect carmakers from lawsuits in cases where their self driving vehicles haven't been maintained according to manufacturer specifications.
Perth-founded second hand goods retailer Cash Converters received a ransom demand after hackers claimed to have breached a now defunct website containing customer details.
Workers at the Peterborough Fulfilment Centre in Cambridgeshire are getting ready for a frantic festive season of picking and packing.
Overall, 32% of Americans now take a roughly equal number of conservative and liberal viewpoints. In 2015, 38% of Americans had mixed values, and in 1994 and 2004, 49% did.
Phone companies will have greater authority to block unwanted calls from reaching customers as regulators adopted new rules to combat automated messages known as robocalls.
The OnePlus 5T will be available in the US and in Europe from November 21, with prices starting from £499/$499/€499.
Just hours before Shenzhen-based OnePlus reveals its highly-anticipated OnePlus 5T, hackers have discovered a serious flaw in the smartphones.
The map, dubbed the 'European Air Quality Index', shows whether the air you breathe is safe, and lets you know what dangerous chemicals are in the air you breath, including PM2.5, which causes heart and lung disease. In the UK, London, Norwich, Belfast, Chatham and Newport have 'moderate' air quality ratings as a result of high levels of PM10 and PM2.5, while the rest of the UK ranks well. Elsewhere on the continent, Eastern European nations typically rate poorly, while Germany has excellent air quality, with many of its towns and cities given a 'good' rating by the EAA data. Launched by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission, the project's readings are based on hourly data from more than 2,000 monitoring stations across Europe.
Researchers from the University of California have found an AI can learn how someone likes to dress and create CGI images of items of clothing that might look good on them (stock image).
Designed by Think Think Design, based in Grenoble, France, the iBubble can descend to 200 feet (60m) depth, travelling at speeds of up to 2.2mph (3.5 km/h) for up to one hour.
Pope Francis has rebuked those who deny the science behind global warming, warning world leaders gathered for climate talks in Germany against listening to to such 'perverse attitudes'.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee who is a professor at the University of Oxford, has warned that the future of the open exchange of ideas on the internet is under threat.
Android Jefe, a Spanish Android blog, has discovered a workaround that allows Android users to view unsent messages, although there are several major caveats.
Archie Wood, 13, thought he'd found a mammoth tusk when he made the discovery while metal detecting in Bexhill beach in East Sussex.
Researchers from London-based Electrical Safety First have conducted a review of nine Kodi boxes, and found that none passed safety tests.
Anthony Levandowski (pictured) has named himself as leader or 'dean' of the new AI religion and says the first classes will start in San Francisco by the end of this year.
An exoplanet twice the size of Earth spotted orbiting a nearby star may have an atmosphere much like our own, NASA says. Data from the Spitzer Space Telescope suggests the super-Earth, called 55 Cancri e, may be enshrouded in a thick atmosphere that contains ingredients such as nitrogen, water, and even oxygen. While the presence of these molecules may sound promising, the researchers say there’s no chance the planet can support life – even on the cold side of 55 Cancri e, temperatures hit up to 2,600 degrees Fahrenheit.
The incredible James Bond-style spy shoes are on sale at London-based Oliver Sweeney now but come with a fairly hefty price tag of £2,000 ($2,636).
Researchers from the University of Grenoble in France discovered the planet, named Ross 128b, orbiting a red dwarf star 11 light years away.
Archaeologists have discovered an 'exceptional' treasure trove of precious objects at the Abbey of Cluny, a former Benedictine monastery in France's Saône-et-Loire
Researchers from the charity Guide Dogs, based in Reading, are behind a new 6 -week regime which has been shown to reduce anxiety and improve confidence in puppies that undergo the training.
A new interactive ‘Travel Risk Map’ for 2018 reveals which countries are the riskiest in terms of road safety, security and medical matters.
The craft will be capable of hypersonic flight speeds of up to 27,000 mph - 35 times the speed of sound, according to project scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
The painting, only recently rediscovered and the last da Vinci left in private hands, fetched more than four times over the Christie's pre-sale estimate of about $100 million.
A mysterious 'fireball' has been spotted speeding through the sky above Germany. The UFO was seen as far away as Italy and Switzerland. A video shows the glowing object flying across Hochen.
Scientists from San Francisco-based Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence (METI) International beamed the message to Luyten's Star. The message itself includes a scientific and mathematical 'tutorial' as well as 33 short musical excerpts created by artists from Sonar music festival. It was beamed out in binary code at two different radio frequencies on October 16, 17 and 18, using the European Incoherent Scatter Scientific Association radio antenna in Tromsø, Norway.
The company is now working on 'a new authentication and verification program,' although has not provided any details on it.
Crustaceans, such as the tadpole shrimp (pictured), almost seven miles down in the darkest depths of the Pacific Ocean are eating plastic, scientists have confirmed.
Alien life could be found within the next few decades, according to NASA scientists leading the exhaustive search. Experts say the search is guided by characteristics of our own planet.
Researchers based at Northwestern University have found a genetic mutation in the Amish people of Berne, Indiana that appears to make them live 10 years longer than people without it.
A new species of sparkling grass has been discovered in the Australian outback, and it tastes just like salt and vinegar chips.
Apple has agreed to give limited help to the Indian government to develop an anti-spam mobile application for its iOS platform, after refusing to do so based on privacy concerns.
Research from Washington State University found that the arrival of farming and complex political systems established a rich-poor divide in ancient societies across the globe.
Researchers at Indiana University, Bloomington found that seventh chords - chords with four different notes rather than the usual three - had the highest association with positive words,
Female praying mantises are notorious for their predatory skills; they’re bigger and stronger than males, and often devour their counterparts during sex. But, scientists have discovered that not even decapitation is enough to stand in the way of a male mantis looking to mate. A jaw-dropping new PBS video shows how males can continue the act even after their head has been chewed off, turning into a ‘zombie mating machine’ that both fertilizes the eggs, and provides the mother with necessary fuel.
Two popular video games act like IQ tests, with the most intelligent players gaining the highest scores, research from York University has revealed.
Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have found that chimpanzees possess similar communication abilities to humans.
Full stops can often make people seem abrupt whereas slang provides telltale signs about someone's real emotions, according to research from Binghampton University in New York (stock image).
Experts from the University of California at Santa Cruz compared Pluto's temperature, taken by Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, and predictions based on its atmosphere.
The use of digital tools has increased, often dramatically, in 517 of 545 occupations since 2002, with a striking uptick in lower-skilled occupations, according to a Brookings Institution study.
Elon Musk spoke about his recent, emotional break up with actress Amber Heard during a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
John Antonakis, from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, conducted a study that tested the IQ of 350 middle managers and asked their employees to rate their performance.
Through an IV drip, patient Brian Madeux received billions of copies of a corrective gene and a genetic tool to cut his DNA in a procedure at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, California.
A new NASA visualization follows sea salt, dust and smoke from July 31 to November 1, 2017, to reveal how these particles are transported across parts of the world and how they can help track weather events. For example, during the 2017 hurricane season, tropical storms and hurricanes were visible in the visualization because of the sea salt that is captured by the storms. Strong winds at the surface lift the sea salt into the atmosphere and the particles are incorporated into the storm. Pictured is Hurricane Irma, which formed off the coast of West Africa, and Hurricane Jose. The key along the bottom shows the color of the different aerosol particles: smoke, sea salt and dust. This visualization is a result of combining NASA satellite data with sophisticated mathematical models that describe the underlying physical processes.
Billionaire Jeff Bezos has revealed that he used to eat an entire can of Pillsbury Biscuits every morning for breakfast in the late 1990s.
The well-preserved mummy (pictured) was found near New Fayoum city, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Egyptian capital, the ministry said in a statement.
EXCLUSIVE Madagascar's healthcare system will be unable to cope if the deadly plague outbreak continues to spiral out of control, a scientist has warned. Scores of doctors have been struck down.
Speaking at the Dubai Airshow, Rashid Al Zaadi, a senior strategic planner at the UAE Space Agency, revealed the that the agency plans to grow date palms, lettuces, tomatoes, and strawberries on Mars.
In a worrying sign of the medicalisation of the elderly, a study found the number on that many pills has quadrupled in 20 years.
More than a third of teachers are not confident they would know if one of their students was being cyber-bullied, according to research by Leeds-based online safety firm, Smoothwall (stock image).
Researchers from Coventry and Aberystwyth University looked at a website called Tube Crush where women secretly take pictures of men on the London Underground (pictured).
Monks from the Mañjuśrī Temple of the Longxing Monastery in China's Jingzhou Prefecture are said to have spent two decades collecting the artefacts from neighbouring countries.
A mysterious bright flash tore across the Phoenix sky last night, sparking fresh fears of UFOs and alien invaders. But, it’s likely the fireball was a tiny chunk of space rock burning up in our atmosphere. The remarkable object was spotted by numerous people in the area, with reports streaming in from Arizona and the surrounding states, including California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
A 'lost' painting of Britain's foremost naval hero Admiral Lord Nelson showing his facial scarring and missing eyebrow, features usually left out of portraits, is to go on display in London.
Experts speculate the gold coin, found in Monks Kirby, Warwickshire, may have been dropped by one of Richard's soldiers fleeing the pivotal Battle of Bosworth Field in 1485.
Apple’s diversity chief is stepping down after only six months on the job after saying that being a minority or a woman are not the only criteria for diversity.
Professor Allen Cheng, an infectious disease expert at Monash University, warned this year's outbreak in Madagascar has been 'unusual' - because of it being airborne.
Inspired by his fear of being buried alive, composer Frederic Chopin asked that his heart be removed from his body in Paris, to be enshrined in his native Poland.
Joe Nadeau, principal scientist at the Pacific Northwest Research Institute in Seattle, believes eggs are an active player in reproduction and have a control over their offspring.
The firm is working with AT&T; and T-Mobile to successfully deliver basic internet to remote areas of Puerto Rico where cellphone towers were knocked out by Hurricane Maria.
The plans, created 200 years ago, show the design of the Thames Tunnel which stretched 1,300ft under east London, between Rotherhithe and Wapping.
A carpet python and a bat were filmed in a grisly embrace in Brisbane, with the snake seen pulling the dead bat up a tree and trying to eat the animal.
MIT researchers have found a way to get oil and water to mix and remain stable for long periods, with no shaking needed. It could have applications in pharmaceuticals, foods and cosmetics.
Moving photos show smiling British men and boys marching out of the trenches and jumping into trucks to make the long journey home from the battlefields of France. Others mourn the dead.
NASA released a stunning animation this week simulating the take-off of the massive Space Launch System – a rocket set to become the most powerful in the world.
Villagers in China were left baffled by a strangely shaped cloud that appeared in the sky last week. Incredible footage captured on phone shows the orange-hued cloud floating in a clear sky.
Global users of Google Assistant will soon be able to use the feature to identify background music, which began rolling out to Android devices in recent days.
The US justices let stand without comment a 2016 appeals court verdict reinstating the award for Apple, which sued Samsung over patents for 'slide to unlock' and other features on smartphones.
Researchers from the University of Portsmouth tested 24 dogs of different breeds by presenting them with four different situations, recording their facial responses for analysis.
Humans could be 'melded' to machines, giving us huge advancements in the power of human brains, experts told peers at the House of Lords Artificial Intelligence Committee in London.
Observations published by the Massachusetts-based International Astronomical Union's Minor Planet Centre (MPC) suggest the comet likely escaped the orbit of another star.
Breakability tests of the iPhone X show that its glass exterior may cause the phone to be very fragile, with Apple charging $279 for front screen replacement and $549 for other repairs.
The flesh-eating reptile, discovered in Mongolia's Gobi desert, was the size of a small plane with a wingspan stretching 11 metres (36ft), and was likely one of the largest animals ever to fly.
The tool, developed by researchers from Facebook and Tel Aviv University, Israel, can use a single image of a face to animate it with a happy, sad or angry expressions.
Experts at Las Cumbres Observatory in Goleta, California, have been studying an event known as iPTF14hls which appeared for more than 600 days, six times longer than others of its type.
The image was taken on October 24 when Nasa's Juno spacecraft was 20,577 miles (33,115 kilometres) above the tops of the clouds of the planet.
Scientists from Santa Clara-based Nvidia have combined a pair of artificial intelligence system to generate photo-realistic faces of 'fake' celebrities.
In a video posted to YouTube, the shocked Staten Island parents have revealed how Apple’s FaceID registers both a mother's face and that of her son, allowing the fifth-grader instant access.
Apple has released a global update to Clips app that makes use of the iPhone X's TrueDepth camera system, which also enables the handset's Face ID facial recognition system.
MakeApp digitally 'removes' all trace of cosmetics from photographs, and it's been road tested on some of the most flawless faces on the red carpet, including Kate and Cheryl.
Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Kanazawa University captured footage of CRISPR-Cas9 in action for the first time, revealing the moment the tool snips a strand of DNA.
The new secret room found inside Egypt's Great Pyramid has been hailed as the biggest discovery inside the Giza landmark since the 19th century.
When some iPhone and iPad users try to type the letter 'I', their predictive text corrects it to an 'A' alongside a strange character. The problem is affecting people worldwide.
The global heatwave has been accompanied by record-breaking hurricanes, heatwaves, flooding and drought, the Geneva-based World Meteorological Organisation said.
The GoPro had been placed in a crack on the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii by guide Erik Storm, who wanted to film the lava flows. The footage shows the camera being engulfed by flames.
Samantha went on sale in London this summer, but demand for the bot has become so high that its designers are looking to go into mass production in Wales.
Speaking via video link at the Tencent WE Summit, held in Beijing, the renowned physicist warned that soaring populations and energy demands will cause the catastrophe.
Archaeologists made the discovery near the city of Xinzheng, in central China's Henan Province, which was ruled over by the Zheng State intermittently between 770 and 221 BC.
The two teeth, found by a student at Portsmouth University on exposed cliffs near Swanage, are from the earliest undisputed fossils of mammals belonging to the line that led to human beings.
There is a lack of contemporary evidence that Leonardo was responsible for Salvator Mundi, which was sold in New York on Wednesday night by Christie's.
Alphabet's Waymo self-driving unit is launching a ride-hailing service for the general public with no human driver behind the steering wheel. The firm has been testing on public roads in Arizona.
Ginger cats on the lookout for pesky dogs in the park can rest easy, as a new study by researchers from the University of Bari, Italy, has revealed that pooches are colour blind.
Google Earth partnered with environmental sensor network firm Aclima to map air pollution across California, with the hopes of using the information to help build smarter, more sustainable cities.
The UK Department for Transport claims that it is likely to be 'at least a couple of decades' before an operational Hyperloop system is ready, due to the 'scale of the technical challenges involved.'
For years we have only been able to imagine what this treasure looks like because shortly after World War II it was stolen from the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich by a cat burglar.
The Soreq creek in Jerusalem is full of mosquitoes that serve as food for web-weaving long-jawed spiders that reproduce in their multitudes.
MekaMon, which launches today on the Apple store for £300 ($300), was created by Bristol-based company Reach Robotics and has bot-on-bot brawls in real life and on the screen.
A new analysis of the 'Dali skull', found in China's Shaanxi Province, shows it is remarkably similar to the earliest known fossil of our species, found in Morocco in June.
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser was carried to an altitude of 10,000 and then dropped to glide to the ground and land on a runway at Edwards Air Force Base.
Research by York University found people were very bad at spotting people wearing one of the 'hyper-realistic' masks in photographs and in real life.
Experts led by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute in Daejon, South Korea, have reported the discovery of a strange celestial body 22 light years away.
Researchers at Duke University found that bonobos at Lola Ya Bonobo Santuary, Democratic Republic of Congoelp strangers get food when there's no sign of receiving anything in return.
A trio of tiny leopard cubs have been reunited with their mother and returned to the wild days after they were discovered deserted in an Indian village. They were found by a farmer in a sugar cane plantation.
A study from the University of Texas at Austin has found that East Antarctica’s largest glacier is melting from beneath, as winds transport warm water – and, these winds are expected to intensify.
NASA has been able to fly over the new trillion ton iceberg - the third biggest ever recorded - to see it up close for the first time. Scientists admit they were stunned by just how big it is.
Scientists from the National University of Singapore have suggested that the dance is a way to dissuade competitors from returning.
A new collection of images published by London-based Phaidon features work from astronauts, painters, astronomers and even propagandists from across history.
The Los-Angeles based photo sharing app has added a touch of Hollywood glamour to the debut of its Context Cards for sponsored lenses and filters, with an advert for upcoming film Wonder.
The cub was aged between six and eight weeks old when it died for unknown reasons on the bank of Tirekhtykh River, in the Abyisky district of Yakutia.
The new map of reported UFO sightings in the US was created by Data Solutions Engineer Adam Crahen of the Data Duo , using data from Kaggle UFO sightings.
The rare sight, captured by Nasa's orbiting Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), has only been seen a 'handful of times', the Washington, D.C-based agency said.
It comes 25 years after the first notice in 1992 when a 1,500 scientists. The latest warning has been issued by more than 15,000 scientists from 184 countries.
Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, Israel, found that in warming climates, mid-latitude storms will move toward the poles, hitting the UK and US hardest.
The deadly coconut crab climbed a tree and crept up on a sleeping sea bird in its nest on the remote Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean.
At a conference in Macau, Matthew Hibbert, head of litigation at Sky UK, said the firm has been shutting down more illegal football streams at the source this season thanks to the ruling.
SpinX contains a smart sensor to assess bowl shape. According to the creators, it’s autonomous, and can clean the bowl and the seat using a self-cleaning brush, soap, and water jets.
Scientists from the Institute for the Sea and Atmosphere caught the rare frilled shark while working off the Algarve coast this week.
The brainteaser, which was shared on Twitter by user @Purp, shows a pot of coffee being poured into a funnel connected to a maze of pipes that lead to four different cups. Which will fill up first?
A new quiz from Playbuzz puts your IQ to the test in a series of fiendishly difficult puzzles and riddles that are leaving the Internet baffled.
In the TV clip, an arrowhead-shaped model is shown inside China's innovative JF-12 wind tunnel, which was developed by mechanics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.
These incredible images from iFixit reveal several surprises inside the handset. Apple managed to cram in two batteries for instance, allowing them to arrange them in an L shape to optimise space.
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.
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