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Voynich manuscript mystery might have been solved

The 600-year-old document (pictured, left and right) is described as 'the world's most mysterious medieval text' but now a computer scientist, Greg Kondrak, from the University of Alberta says he has cracked it. He believes the manuscript is written in ancient Hebrew and the code involves shuffling the order of letters in each word and dropping the vowels. He has used statistical algorithms he believes to be 97 per cent accurate when translating the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights into 380 languages. The text, which is now held in the Beinecke Library at Yale University, was passed through various owners before it ended up in the hands of a London bookseller called Wilfrid Voynich (inset) in 1912.

The fossil that could rewrite the history of mankind

The fossil, an upper jawbone with several teeth (left), was found in one of several prehistoric cave sites in Israel. Dating techniques of the jawbone suggest it is between 175,000 and 200,000 years old, pushing back the modern human migration out of Africa by 100,000 years. Before the latest discovery, the earliest modern human fossils found outside of Africa were those estimated to be between 90,000 to 120,000 years old. And scientists say it suggests that early man interbred with Neanderthals and other hominin groups for longer than thought. Pictured on the right is the timeline of events that scientists believe shows the clearest picture of mankind's migration out of Africa.

Apple's first smart speaker, the HomePod, became available for pre-order in the US and the UK starting on Friday. The device will be shipped starting February 9th, albeit without some key features.

NEW Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado found that portions of Earth would have remained habitable even during periods of 'intense bombardment.'

Archaeopteryx was a feathered creature that lived 150 million years ago. A specimen, discovered in Northern Bavaria, highlights the missing link between dinosaurs and birds.

NEW Lyft is under fire after it was revealed that it's investigating reports of employees spying on user data. Employees may have looked up trip data for Mark Zuckerberg, porn stars, exes and actresses.

A team of scientists have discovered, for the first time ever, exactly when our brains began to take on their unique, modern shape. The modern human brain may be only 35,000 years old.

Cuckolding can lead to couples who enjoy the 'most effective communication skills', according to a research led by Albuquerque-based psychologist Dr David Ley (stock image).

In this Jan. 20, 2018 photo, a cow stands near to a group of bison, near Wasilkowo village, 10 km from Hajnowka, Poland. A farmyard cow in Poland has chosen freedom this winter, roaming with a bison herd for three months after escaping its pen. The cow has been spotted following the bison across meadows bordering a forest in eastern Poland as they forage for food. (Rafal Kowalczyk via AP Photo)

A farmyard cow in Poland has chosen freedom this winter, roaming with a herd of bison for three months after escaping its pen. The cow has been spotted following the bison as they forage.

Researchers from Liege University, Belgium, found kisspeptin, which is better known as the 'kiss hormone', could benefit the thousands of women suffering from extremely low sex drives.

Bill Gates is funding genetic research to help create the 'perfect cow' at Edinburgh University. The project is part of a £28 million ($40 million) investment in livestock research.

Speeding tickets could be far more common in the future if Ford has its way. The Michigan-based firm has filed a patent for an autonomous police car that can hide from criminals to catch them speeding.

One of the world's first crayons found in North Yorkshire

The crayon (pictured top left), along with a pebble (pictured bottom left), are made of a red mineral pigment called ochre, and were discovered near an ancient lake now blanketed in peat near Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The crayon may have been used by our ancestors 10,000 years ago for applying colour to their animal skins of for artwork. The latest research suggests people collected ochre and processed it in different ways during the Mesolithic period (8000 BC to AD 2700, also called the Middle Stone Age) when people used chipped stone tools. Pictured right is an artist's impression of tribes fishing during the Mesolithic period.

A Brentwood-based television producer compared his Google Home and Amazon Alexa during a Facebook Live video and found Google Home had nothing to say about Jesus.

A scuba diver checking coral reefs in the Red Sea off the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat

When coral reefs come in contact with plastic trash in the ocean, their risk of becoming diseased skyrockets, research by Australia's ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies has found.

Staff at Eagle Heights Wildlife Foundation in Eynsford, Kent couldn't believe it when they found the griffon vulture (pictured) had laid an egg in its enclosure yesterday.

Speaking at BBC's Tomorrow's World Live at London's Science Museum with Professor Brian Cox, Eric Schmidt (pictured), admitted he worries about what rival countries could do with their technology.

Researchers discovered security vulnerabilities in two Bluetooth 'panic buttons.' The devices are were susceptible to tracking and denial-of-service attacks that rendered them useless.

The US Geological Survey has revealed that two of its wells in Florida detected changes caused by the earthquake, despite being roughly 3,800 miles from the epicentre.

In a bizarre flub, Facebook’s Did You Know feature – designed to ask questions that can provide insight into your lifestyle – prompted users with the statement: ‘I usually sleep with…’

Google will release an update to its browser, Chrome 64, in the coming weeks. It includes a new mute feature that stops ads from following you around the web and playing full-page ads.

Mesmerising footage catches starlings in acrobatic flight

Thousands of starlings twist and turn in an aerial ballet that left birdwatchers mesmerised in Ireland. Video taken by Birdwatch Ireland's West Cork Branch shows the small birds flying together in perfect harmony as they move through the sky in what is known as 'murmuration', pictured. The starlings murmuration is spellbinding but has left experts baffled as to its purpose. But the appearance of a peregrine falcon in this video may provide some answers..

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DNA map of of Britain and Ireland reveals Viking genes

Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have constructed a DNA map revealing the lasting genetic contributions from British, Scandinavian and French invasions. The findings are significant because they could be used in future studies to identify the genetics underlying various traits and diseases in specific regions. The figure on the right shows a DNA cluster map of Britain and Ireland. The researchers started with rich genetic data for about 1,000 Irish and 2,000 British individuals, and subdivided it into groups. They found 50 distinct genetic clusters (classified into broader groups) in Ireland and Britain as shown by the key on the left. Each group contains a majority of individuals from a particular region. Each cross on the plotted graph at the bottom represents an individual whose genes were sequenced for the study, and they are colour coded according to which cluster they belong to. They are positioned based on where in the UK they are from, with the grey lines showing latitude (PC1) and longitude (PC4). The map top right shows how the groups are split around Britain and Ireland. Pictured left is an artistic rendering of Vikings on a ship. The Vikings left their genetic footprint in Ireland when they invaded the island, launching their first attack in 795 AD by raiding an island monastery.

Academics at Cambridge University say British honeybees are competing with wild bumblebees for food and are spreading disease through shared flowers, suggesting their numbers should be cut.

Facebook users are in a frenzy after many attempted to log on today only to find the site is down. The outage appears to be affecting users around the world.

Apple has managed to keep its self-driving car effort 'Project Titan' under wraps. But the California DMV recently hinted that the tech giant has added 24 new cars to its autonomous vehicle fleet.

The Harvard study asked 750 internet users from 60 countries to listen to 14-second excerpts from different types of songs. They found they knew what type of songs they were, regardless of culture.

Reddit user who revealed disturbing AI that can make fake porn videos using celebrities' faces has now launched an app so ANYONE can do it

Last month, it was discovered that reddit users have been creating fake celebrity porn using machine learning technology. Now, users have created FakeApp, an easy-to-use app that allows pretty much anyone to put celebrity faces onto porn actresses' bodies. Emma Watson, Daisy Ridley, Gal Gadot and Katy Perry are a few stars that have been featured in the doctored videos.

One of the top names in trance music, Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren - here at a 2016 event in Miami - is one of the top name disc jockeys invited to the February 7 zero gravity party aboard a modified Airbus A310

Bringing a new meaning to dancing on air, a nightclub operator is throwing a party in zero gravity, with top DJs playing in an aircraft used to train astronauts.

Twitter may soon release a Snapchat-style video sharing tool that makes it easier than ever for people to share video clips in real time. Twitter has made many design and product updates to the app.

Lawrence Krauss, who manages the Doomsday Clock in Washington DC said the new 'time' of two minutes to midnight is the closest the planet has been to an apocalypse since 1953.

Sophia the robot, who was created by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics two years ago, divided opinion with her appearance on this week's Stylist - her first British fashion magazine cover shoot.

Scientists at Washington University claim mosquitoes can learn to associate a particular odor with an unpleasant mechanical shock, such as being swatted.

Images of fit, toned bodies, such as that of Jennifer Lopez, are all over social media - and it seems they are  also changing our definition of 'beauty', according the University of Missouri-Kansas City,

In this Nov. 2017 photo provided by Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck is pictured with his "Humanity Star" in Auckland, New Zealand. Beck, the founder of the company that this week launched the first rocket into orbit from New Zealand said on Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018, that he had deployed a secret satellite he believes will be the brightest object in the night sky and which he hopes will remind people of their precarious place in a vast universe. (Rocket Lab via AP)

Peter Beck, the New Zealander who founded Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab, says he used most of the space aboard his test Electron rocket to house his unusual 'Humanity Star'.

A shark's attempt to eat crocodile poo is a find for the Poozeum - a centre in Florida specialising in fossilised poop, or coprolites.

Scientists calculate carbon footprint of eating SANDWICHES

The team from the University of Manchester calculated the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 eq) – a standard unit for measuring carbon footprints – for the snacks. The ready-made 'all-day breakfast' sandwich containing egg, bacon and sausage was found to be the worst offender. It produces the equivalent of 1,441 grams of CO2 – which is the same as driving a car for 12 miles. Other top offenders were ham and cheese (1,350g); prawn and mayonnaise (1255g); egg and bacon (1182g); ham salad (1119g) and cheese Ploughman's (1,112g).

University of Glasgow and Heriot-Watt University researchers explain how new camera technologies could allow us to see inside the body and behind doors with the help of lasers.

Cyber security technology produced by Kaspersky Lab, based in Moscow, Russia, is installed on computers around the world in a range of sensitive sectors including finance and energy.

Sky customers will soon be able to get all 270 channels over fibre-optic broadband – in a move that could signal the beginning of the end for the satellite dish.

Greenpeace, based in Amsterdam, is calling for a sanctuary area covering 700,000 square miles (1.8 million sq km) to be set up in the Antarctic to keep species including whales and penguins safe.

The woman's body was uncovered in Basel in 1975 during renovation works to the city's Barüsser Church. She was Anna Catharina Bischoff, a distant grandmother of the Foreign Secretary.

In this Nov. 2017 photo provided by Rocket Lab, Rocket Lab founder and CEO Peter Beck is pictured with his "Humanity Star" in Auckland, New Zealand. Beck, the founder of the company that this week launched the first rocket into orbit from New Zealand said on Wednesday, Jan 24, 2018, that he had deployed a secret satellite he believes will be the brightest object in the night sky and which he hopes will remind people of their precarious place in a vast universe. (Rocket Lab via AP)

Peter Beck, the New Zealander who founded Huntington Beach-based Rocket Lab, says he used most of the space aboard his test Electron rocket to house his unusual 'Humanity Star'.

Not only are robots used to decide our access to insurance, loans and credit risk, they may also be influencing our employment prospects, medical treatment and tax affairs.

Many parents believe giving their children sips of wine or beer will teach them to drink responsibly. But a six-year study by the University of New South Wales has revealed this is a myth.

Two Earth-like planets with enough water and heat for life to flourish are found in a solar system that looks similar to our own 39 light years away

Two planets in a solar system that looks similar to our own could have the right conditions for life to flourish. The planet are located in the Trappist-1, a system with seven worlds orbiting a dwarf star 39 light years away. Since Nasa first announced its discovery of Trappist-1, many have argued life could exist there.  Now, scientists believe Earth-like planets d and e are likely to have water and enough heat to harbour life (inset). Shown here is an artist's impression of what the planets could look like.

The study, by London's Royal Veterinary College, looked at the level of athleticism required by animals to survive in the savannah of northern Botswana.

In the first study of its kind a team from Ruhr-University Bochum analyzed 2,000 embraces at a German airport, and other embraces between strangers.

A recent study revealed women experience far more brain activity than men during sexual arousal. FEMAIL spoke to scientists around the world for a guide on the science of attraction.

A study from the University of China found that those who take cruise vacations experience positive mental and emotional health benefits up to six months after disembarking.

An international team of researchers found that people who have higher levels of psychopathy tend to benefit and flourish under supervisors who often behave in problematic ways.

The U.S. Army is looking for innovative scientists to whip up a prototype design for futuristic, next-generation combat wear for soldiers inspired by the nano suit worn in the Iron Man films.

This photo provided by the Dan Smalley Lab at Brigham Young University in January 2018 shows a projected image of researcher Erich Nygaard in Provo, Utah. Scientists have figured out how to manipulate tiny nearly unseen specks in the air and use them to produce images more realistic than most holograms, according to a study published on Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2018, in the journal Nature. (Dan Smalley Lab, Brigham Young University via AP)

Scientists have figured out how to manipulate nearly unseen specks in the air and use them to create 3-D images that are more realistic and clearer than holograms, according to a new study.

Silicon Valley has made enormous strides with self-driving car technology, but experts warn that drivers are being lulled into a false sense of security. Plus, automakers like GM and Tesla might be held liable.

Cute monkey clones created in China in world first

Two monkeys (top left image) have followed in the footsteps of Dolly the Sheep by becoming the world's first primates to be cloned from transferred DNA. Identical long-tailed macaques Zhong Zhong (right image) and Hua Hua (bottom left image) were born eight and six weeks ago respectively at a laboratory in China. The aim of the scientists was to pave the way for populations of genetically uniform monkeys that can be customised for ground-breaking research into human diseases. The success marks a watershed in cloning research and raises major ethical questions. The cloning of monkeys will be seen by some as a step toward the creation of human clones. The breakthrough was made by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Neuroscience in Shanghai.

An unsettling new map visualizing the latest data from the US Geological Survey has revealed Beverly Hills is at greater risk from earthquakes than previously thought.

The lens is the creation of the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea and alerts the wearer if their levels are too high by turning off a tiny embedded LED light.

The scanning device will pick up on biomarkers that indicate abnormal cell growth, according to comments made by Rajeev Suri at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

In the latest bizarre marriage of modern technology and porn, CamSoda has unveiled ‘virtual intercourse with real people,’ which uses VR, ‘teledildonics,’ and high-tech RealDolls.

Standout features in the software update include a new set of Animoji, an ARKit update, and the ability to view personal health records Apple's iOS 11.3 will launch globally this spring.

Tinder's iOS and Android apps are still lacking basic encryption so your photos could appear in someone else's photostream experts from Tel Aviv-based security firm Checkmarx have revealed.

MIT-trained tech wizards have invented a real-life version of the Weasley's clock, which mimics the movements of friends and family using GPS.

Found in the Brazilian Amazon, Megapropodiphora arnoldi sports an enormous pair of front legs, while its four remaining limbs are relatively small.

Tiny worm-like robots that can crawl and swim could one day be used to deliver medicine INSIDE the body

We may soon have teeny tiny robots crawling throughout our bodies to deliver drugs. German scientists have developed a rubbery robot that they hope will be used for medicine in the future. The researchers believe the millirobot could be used for targeted drug delivery inside the human body or to improve minimally invasive surgical procedures.

The £119.99 ($129) Echo Spot (pictured) created by Seattle-based company Amazon, doubles up as a 'smart alarm', and the glorified clock's camera will be facing directly at the user's bed.

After 11 years, Google's ambitious space race to the Moon will end without a winner. Five remaining teams were competing to land a robot on the moon, but no one will claim the $30 million grand prize.

Researchers from the New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) looked at two late-stage horse embryos in the lab and found that their hooves are formed of five distinctly toe-like lumps.

Speaking at an event in New York, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, 48, said that once testing is complete, customers will have the option to ride with a normal driver or with one of Uber's automated cars.

Paul Chodas, manager of Nasa's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena has said there is 'zero' chance of the asteroid colliding with Earth (stock image).

Ming-Chi Kuo, who works for Taipei City-based firm KGI Securities says the 5.8-inch phone will have the same design as the current model but with a more powerful chip (iPhone X, stock image).

While it’s not known to be transmissible to humans, a recent study led by Canadian researchers found that macaques could get the disease after consuming infected meat, sparking fresh fears.

Your brain may be the best predictor for whether or not you're a musician, a new study finds. Scientists studied brain activity from musicians and non musicians to look at how they responded to music.

2,000 artefacts in Norway give insight into mountain life

Archaeologists focused on Jotunheimen and the surrounding mountain areas of Oppland, which include Norway's highest mountains at 8,690 feet (2649m). Included in their finds is a ski with preserved binding from from AD 700 (right) -  only the second one to be preserved globally - as well as a Bronze Age shoe from 1300 BC (left). Researchers (inset) have surveyed the edge of the contracting ice and recovered artefacts of wood, textile, hide and other organic materials.

At least four natural disasters events have jolted the Pacific Rim since Monday morning, including a 7.9 magnitude earthquake in Kodiak, Alaska;.

In order to receive the maximum pay out of around $55billion (£39billion), Tesla will have to become six times bigger than German car giant Volkswagen over the next decade.

Apple could soon release a brand new, 13-inch laptop to replace the aging MacBook Air. It's been ten years since Apple first released the MacBook Air and many believe a redesign is long overdue.

After months of delays, SpaceX finally performed the static fire test of its Falcon Heavy megarocket. Live video shows the 'world's most powerful rocket' roaring to life, setting the stage for liftoff.

Self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun has shifted his gaze to the skies, as his Silicon Valley online school Udacity launches what it calls the first 'nanodegree' in flying car engineering.

Amazon has launched its AI-powered checkout-free supermarket after more than a year of testing. The smart-store still has some kinks to work out, with some customers accidentally shoplifting.

'Flixable' is a Netflix search engine that lets you scan and narrow down your TV and film choices in a matter of minutes for both the US and UK versions of the streaming service.

In an article for The Conversation, Dr Peter Ellis and professor Darren Griffin from the University of Kent discuss the implications of the disappearance of the Y chromosome.

Face of 9,000 year-old Mesolithic girl is reconstructed

The incredible new reconstruction was unveiled at the Acropolis Museum on Friday, by a team of researchers from the University of Athens. But, as some have noted, 'Dawn' doesn't look very happy. Scientists reconstructed her face to show what people looked like in the Mesolithic period, around 7,000 BC. And, according to the experts, this included more 'masculine features' – for both men and women.

A team of veterinary researchers at University of California at Davis have discovered why your dog may decide to eat its own or others feces. The reason is partly tied to their wolf ancestors.

Instagram is rolling out two new features that will take your Stories to the next level. GIF stickers are available on the app today. And in the next few weeks, it will support photos and videos of any layout.

How well students perform in exams may largely depend on genes linked to intelligence (PA)

Genes we are born with account for more than half the differences in intelligence between people, a new study from the University of Edinburgh has shown.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy static fire test could be coming 'no earlier than' Wednesday. The static fire test will be the first time that all of Heavy's 27 Merlin engines will be fired at once.

In an article for The Conversation, James McCue, lecturer in psychology and criminology at Edith Cowan University outlines some of the tools at a parent's disposal.

The annual Freedom in the World report ranks nations according to civil liberties and political rights with each country placed in one of three categories: 'Free', 'Partly free' and 'not free'.

The billionaire's tunnel-digging firm 'The Boring Company' has presented its plans to build a 6.5-mile (10.5 km) shaft under Culver City, California, at a council meeting.

FILE - In this July 15, 2017, file photo, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk responds to a question by Nevada Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval during the closing plenary session entitled "Introducing the New Chairs Initiative - Ahead" on the third day of the National Governors Association's meeting in Providence, R.I. Tesla says it's put together a 10-year compensation package for Musk that pays him based on certain market cap and operational milestones he hits - otherwise he gets nothing. The electric vehicle maker says Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018, its market cap would have to grow to $650B for Musk to fully vest. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia, File)

Elon Musk will remain at Tesla under a 10-year, all-or-nothing pay package that demands massive growth. As part of the deal, Tesla must grow in $50 billion leaps, to a $650 billion market capitalization

Gruesome footage shows how killer centipedes murder and eat mice 15 times their size using powerful spasm-inducing toxins that paralyse their victims in just 30 SECONDS

A centipede's spasm-inducing venom is so powerful, it can rapidly paralyse much larger prey.  Now, a new gruesome video shows just how effective its venom is in killing a mouse that is 15 times its size. The footage shows a venomous golden headed centipede murdering the rodent in just 30 seconds. Researchers from the Kunming Institute of Zoology in China identified a toxin that gives the centipedes this deadly ability, which they call 'Ssm Spooky Toxin'.

At launch, the feature is limited to Official Stories created by celebrity users like Rhianna, Our Stories, related to specific events such as music festivals, and Search Stories that appear in search.

The new Apple HomePod will be available in white and space grey on the Apple Store app and on the Apple website from 9th February in the US, UK and Australia.

The earthquake of magnitude 8.2, hit 157miles (256km) southeast of Chiniak, Alaska at a depth of 6.2miles (10km) at 9.31am GMT on Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Scientists found that rocks in the area around Georgetown, 250 miles (400km) west of Cairns, Queensland, were more like rock deposits found in Canada than any in Australia.

Abdulrahman Alcharbati (pictured), of Sunderland, is accused of posted several propaganda videos, including those of executions and children being brainwashed to fight.

Flicks aim to give CGI artists and code writers the tools to make sure videos in apps run smoothly. The new unit of time was unveiled by Facebook's California-based subsidiary Oculus VR.

The video focuses on a clip from the International Space Station’s live feed, showing a view over our planet – and, a mysterious glow can be seen emanating from the bottom right corner.

Dr Subhash Kak, a computing expert at Oklahoma University, says the world will sink into despair as humanity loses its purpose in life as a third of people will become unemployed.

Israeli scholars decipher Dead Sea Scroll

The scroll refers to a 364-day calendar and a festival that marks the changing of the seasons celebrated by an ancient Jewish sect, according to academics from the University of Haifa. The 60 or more tiny fragments of parchment (left) bearing encrypted Hebrew writing had previously been thought to come from a variety of different scrolls. But now academics have found the pieces all fit together to make just one scroll. The Dead Sea Scrolls (bottom right) have fascinated scholars and historians since the ancient texts were found around 70 years ago scattered within a series of caves in the West Bank (top right).

Prime Minister Theresa May will warn that as machines swoop in to carry out more jobs they must also be taught how to make ethical decisions in a major speech in Davos later this week.

The report by the University of Washington issued Tuesday wrestles with the potential pros and cons of the vapor-emitting devices which have been sold in the US for more than a decade.

General Sir Nick Carter, Chief of the General Staff, warned of Russia's 'eye-watering' military capabilities as he laid bare the scale of the threat Britain faces posed by Vladimir Putin.

Mother-of-five Dee Dee, a rare Bornean orangutan, gave birth last month at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo in Florida. Touching pictures show the primate kissing her newborn and cradling her.

Dr Jeffrey M Farber, a professor of food safety at the University of Guelph, explains how salad gets infected, whether you should wash your leaves, and what kinds of salad to look out for to stay safe.

SpaceX was expected to complete a test fire of the Falcon Heavy's 27 engines on Monday, but the ongoing government shutdown has postponed any launches until further notice.

A huntsman spider became the hunted when on Monday morning a video emerged of a wasp carrying away the huge arachnid inside a Sydney bathroom.

London-based wellness expert Sloan Sheridan-Williams revealed how to maximise your holiday time by using just 14 days of annual leave in April to get a total of 24 days off work.

Some like it hot! Drone footage offers an epic birds-eye view of Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano lava flow with HIKERS walking alongside it 

Amazing footage of lava flowing from Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano was captured on a drone in the past week. The video shows people hiking within throwing distance of the stream where the active lava flows. However, reports show that due to the ongoing eruption of Kilauea Volcano both at the summit and from the Pu‘u ‘O‘o vent, areas of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park have been closed off for visitor safety.

Scientists have found that cleaning the air could warm the earth, cause extreme weather and other climate effects. It could cause the earth to become half a degree to 1 degree warmer.

Researchers from Portland State University argue that scientists should consider the possibility that viruses may be thriving in places beyond Earth, and may even be key in finding alien life.

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley and Bar-Ilan University in Israel found that wives, sisters and mothers tend to 'nag' their kin the most, due to their emotionally investment.

Intel Corp has asked computer makers to stop rolling out a set of faulty patches it issued to fix security flaws in its chips and instead start testing an updated version.

University of Michigan researchers have developed a pair of prototype glasses that could prevent motion sickness in self-driving vehicles, using light that mimics the car's activity.

Waymo, Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit, would start testing its self-driving vehicles in Atlanta, it said on Twitter on Monday. The firm has over eight years of testing under its belt so far.

An expert from Nationwide Children's Hospital in Ohio explains how Tide Pods burn organs as they travel through the body, injuring nearly 40 people who partook in the viral challenge so far this year.

The Scout browser is the creation of London-based smartphone creator Santok Limited, who launched its children’s smartphone Monqi in October 2017.

Amazon to debut cashier-less store in downtown Seattle

The 'Amazon Go' shop has no checkouts and instead works by tracking what users buy with AI-powered cameras. The grocery store on the bottom floor of the company's Seattle headquarters allows shoppers to scan their smartphone with the Amazon Go app at a turnstile, pick out the items they want and leave. If someone passes back through the gates with an item, their associated account is charged. The convenience-style store opened to Amazon employees on December 5, 2016 in a test phase. But there have been challenges, according to a person familiar with the matter. These included correctly identifying shoppers with similar body types, the person said.

Playbuzz has published an 'encrypted' test in which players must choose the correct spelling from two different versions of the same word. But certain letters have been replaced by numbers.

Scientists have developed an electronic skin that allows users to manipulate virtual objects, even without seeing or touching them. It looks like a band-aid or a tattoo, but it can do a lot more than that.

The quiz is part of the UK government-backed 'Take Five to Spot Fraud Week' which aims to raise awareness about the dangers crooks and fraudsters pose to our cash.

Bas Lansdorp, founder and CEO of the Mars One project based in the Netherlands, claims that humans will be living on Mars by 2031 and will one day live on Venus and a moon of Jupiter.

Spotted hyenas have been spotted in Gabon for the first time in 20 years

A spotted hyena has been sighted in a Gabon national park for the first time in 20 years, conservationists said Friday, the latest large predator to have returned to the region.

The skull, which was found in Langport in Somerset, was reported to the police and analysed. Months of tests revealed that it belonged to a woman aged 45 or older during the late Iron Age.

A study of 44 cats by Queen´s University, Belfast researchers found that male cats showed a preference for using their left paw, while females were more inclined to use their right paw.

At just 18 months old, young children can show biological evidence of added stress. New research by the University of Oregon shows this can be down to a unique connection between cells.

That's one way to pass the time: Hilarious footage shows a cosmonaut riding a VACUUM CLEANER through the space station

Anton Shkaplerov was the commander of the Soyuz MS-07 spaceflight last month which took him and two other astronauts, Scott Tingle from the US and Japan's Norishige Kanai, to the ISS. He was in a light-hearted mood when he shared a video of himself flying around the ISS on board a vacuum cleaner, saluting the camera (bottom left) and stretching out his arm like Superman (top left and right). During the routine clean-up of the space ship, he decided to try the precarious form of transport for himself (bottom right). And a video of his test flight, filmed by a colleague, is now proving popular online after the cosmonaut shared it on Twitter.

Speaking in a televised interview at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, 45, said that AI is 'one of the most important things that humanity is working on'.

For the first time engineers from the University of Bristol have shown it is possible to trap objects larger than the wavelength of sound in an acoustic tractor beam.

Researchers led by the University of St Andrews recorded how long wild-caught crows took to extract food from a range of naturalistic tasks, using either hooked or non-hooked tool designs.

Scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey have found that suddenly halting so-called 'solar geoengineering' would have a severe impact on the planet.

This dejecting footage shows a dolphinfish with a stomach full of plastic objects after a fishermen slit it open. The fish was caught by a fisherman off the coast of Costa Rica.

Facebook warned that it could offer no assurance that social media was good for democracy, but it said it was trying what it could to stop alleged meddling in elections by Russia or anyone else.

Disinterest in China is the main reason the iPhone X (pictured) could be cancelled as reports have revealed interest in the phone has hit record lows, according to Taipei City-based firm KGI Securities.

The find was reported by Apple expert Filipe Espósito, based in Londrina, Brazil, who discovered Homepod icons with microphone off symbols in the developer build of iOS 11.2.5.

Nasa begins testing probe that will 'touch the sun'

Experts from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland lowered the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) into a 40 foot (12 metre) tall thermal vacuum chamber. The chamber simulates the harsh conditions that the spacecraft will experience on its journey through space, including near-vacuum conditions and severe hot and cold temperatures. The craft is scheduled to launch in July 2018 aboard a Delta IV Heavy launch vehicle.

The scientists, from San Diego State University in California, say young people would lead happier lives if they spent more time exercising and seeing friends face-to-face (stock image)

The new feature on the Menlo Park-based messaging app is hoped to stop the spread of scam texts, after several high profile fraudulent messages tricked global users.

Studies have revealed that extensive use of smartphones can alter the function of the brain. Louise Atkinson revealed how to overcome smartphone addiction in a new book.

Tim Cook talked at Harlow College in Essex, U.K., for the Friday announcement that 70 institutions across Europe will use Apple's Everyone Can Code.

A giant mushroom-shaped cloud rises into the air from Mayon volcano, where Philippine volcanologists have raised the alert level one notch higher than the initial warning scientists issued last week

A giant mushroom-shaped cloud shot up from the Philippines' most active volcano on Monday, turning day into night as it rained ash on communities where tens...

An ancient piece of pottery found in a cave in Burgos, Spain, links early human populations there with other ancient groups in Europe for the first time.

Audi has recalled 127,000 of their luxury cars after authorities suspected they had been fitted with emissions-cheating devices.

Anna Maxted shared her experience of trying to regain control of her imagination by using Georgia Foster's 3 Minute Anxiety Fix and Virginia Alexandra's breathing tutorials.

Images show power of ocean waves to hurl boulders

Ocean waves are so powerful, they have the ability to move giant boulders from the shoreline and throw them inland. Geoscientists from Williams College in Massachusetts studied the effect of unusually powerful storms during the winter of 2013 to 2014 on the western coast of Ireland. Incredible before and after images (pictured) taken by the research team involved reveal their movement, as well as new chunks formed by smashing waves. By comparing the new positions with previous observations, scientists realised that some of the rocks had even been thrown clear of the ocean, on to cliffs above. The study examined boulder deposits on the coast of the Aran Islands - Inishmore, Inishmaan and Inisheer - in Galway Bay and Annagh Head in County Mayo, some 80 miles (130 km) north.

Angry iPhone X users have taken to Apple's online forums complaining that they cannot answer calls on the device that costs more than £1,000.

A high street DNA test claims it can tell you which diet is most likely to work based on your genetic make-up. At £59, the myDNA test is relatively affordable compared to £120 priced rivals.

The error, which was spotted by an undertaker, was one of 278 serious incidents in morgues that came to light between 2014 and 2016, a freedom of information request has uncovered.

Oxfam used the billionaires' list compiled by Forbes magazine, which is topped by American business magnate and Microsoft founder Bill Gates on £62.1billion.

The Doberman managed to travel from Huddersfield in West Yorkshire down to Birmingham on its own. He was believed to be a stray until vets discovered a microchip registered to a practice 113 miles away.

ROB WAUGH reviews Google's new £159 language-translating headphones and despite being impressed that they work, he advises customers to give them a miss.

Clayton Hall, a ‘green’ electricity plant in Lancashire, has been generating misery for months – by shrouding thousands of nearby homes in a stinking fog of poisonous gas.

Sevenoaks District Council in Kent are considering creating the first 'green' crematorium which deep freezes remains to -200C before they are pulverised into powder.

Samsung patent shows bezel-less phone without ugly notch

Samsung (shown left) may have discovered a solution to the iPhone X's (shown right) ugly notch problem. In a patent, Samsung shows off a prototype smartphone that has two holes drilled into the top of the screen. The phone is almost entirely bezel-free, using the holes to embed a camera, a speaker and other sensors.

According to a report from DefenseOne, the blast would cause over 150,000 deaths if dropped over the capital city Honolulu – and, experts say an even more devastating ‘firestorm’ would follow.

A team of NASA and MIT researchers study Mercury's position to determine that the sun is getting older and losing mass, causing its gravitational pull of the solar system to weaken.

Meteorite hunters who flocked to Detroit from across the U.S. after a meteor exploded are finding the fragments. Most of the fragments landed in Hamburg Township.

Social media companies Facebook , Twitter and Google's YouTube have greatly accelerated their removals of online hate speech, reviewing over two thirds of complaints within 24 hours.

It’s not exactly what a woman looking to start a family would want to hear. But there are few things more likely to put a man off the idea of sex than his partner trying to conceive, a study has found.

LG has applied for a patent for a foldable phone that could transform into a hybrid tablet. The Korean device maker filed the patent in July 2017, but the filing has just now been made public.

Tesla is taking the wraps off its Model 3 sedans and debuting the car at showrooms on the East Coast. Customers who shelled out $1,000 for its first affordable sedan can finally see it this weekend.

Researchers from Australia have found that a common building material known as oolitic limestone is made up of tiny spheres of mineralized microbes, dating back as far as 340 million years ago.

The ‘Segway of the sky’ that ANYONE can fly: French Flyboard inventor Franky Zapata reveals new Ezfly hoverboard that uses jet thrusters to zoom you through the air at 80mph

Footage of the gadget in action, filmed in Texas in October 2017, shows a number of riders (pictured) taking the controls as they zoom up and away, putting the Ezfly through its paces over a lake. Ezfly is the creation of Frenchman Franky Zapata, who first hit the headlines with his Flyboard device that uses a water jetpack to propel users into the air. To control the Ezfly, you stand on a small base board which is equipped with a series of jet thrusters. You then hold on to two handgrips that extend from the base on long poles. Once airborne, you steer with your body weight, much like a Segway.

Two men want Google to stop linking their names to internet information referring to past criminal convictions in a landmark case on the 'right to be forgotten'.

California based picture sharing app Instagram has launched a feature that sends a notification to a user if someone screenshots their story.

Workers completing the £370million renovations on Buckingham Palace uncovered old cigarette packets and a newspaper clipping from nearly 130 years ago.

Greenhouse gases, pollution and warming oceans are all contributing to the destruction of the reefs, and Erik Solheim says countries must take responsibility to save them.

The discovery was made by local hill walker Michael Chambers, who came across the chamber among massive boulders on Bengorm Mountain in the Nephin Beg range.

Amazon raised the monthly fee for the U.S. version of its fast-shipping and video-streaming service Amazon Prime by $2 on Friday, making the case for subscribers to upgrade to an annual plan.

The technology could one day generate entire animated movies based on a screenplay, the Microsoft researchers, based in Redmond, Washington, claim.

The operator of Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant says a long telescopic probe has successfully captured images of some melted fuel inside one of its three damaged reactors.

Horrific aftermath of a terrifying ‘ice tsunami’ in Alaska

With blizzards raging at up to 100 miles per hour (160kmh), the pack of 52 musk oxen (left) in the Bering Land Bridge in Alaska, were literally buried alive, leaving only a few tufts of hair poking out (bottom right). During the violent storm, these hardy creatures - which managed to survive the last Ice Age - descended to the water but were quickly trapped and frozen by the rising tide (top right). During the dramatic event, the water rose rapidly and chunks of sea ice were driven up to a mile inland.

The default setting for the global feature is 'on' - meaning your closest friends can know exactly when you've been scrolling through their feeds if you have the latest version of the app.

Researchers at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, Australia, say we should change the definition of adolescence as many are choosing to delay the responsibilities of adulthood (stock).

NASA conducted another test of its RS-25 engine flight controller at Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. A 3D printed part of the engine was tested again during the 365-second test.

Brad Smith, president of the Redmond, Washington firm, and AI researcher Harry Shum have written a book detailing their predictions for the future of AI, including machines that think like us.

The 2018 BD asteroid was discovered at 08:24 UTC on 18th January by Catalina Sky Survey - just seven hours before it flew past (stock image).

Users from across the globe reported that the keyboard in Facebook Messenger's iOS app repeatedly froze, making conversations difficult.

A string of almost 250 earthquakes has rumbled Reno, Nevada, since January 11. Dr Ken Smith, a seismologist at the University of Nevada, Reno, says it indicates a larger one is on the way.

A stillborn baby emerged from its young mother 10 days after she had died. Funeral director staff in South Africa's southern Eastern Cape province saw the newborn between her legs in the coffin.

Crash test dummies! The REAL PEOPLE who volunteered to be strapped into a car and smashed into trees and other cars in Germany 

Disturbing footage has re-emerged of real people being used as crash test dummies in 1970s Germany. The footage shows people being violently thrown around by cars in their seats during simulation car crashes. It also shows people hitting other cars with passengers inside (pictured bottom right), as well as hitting stationary objects such as trees (pictured left). Pictured top right is a man sitting in a car seat with a seat belt strapped on for a simulation of a real car crash.

A study published in a journal from the American Chemical Society found that a compound called ouabain could be used to target proteins that are key for sperm fertility. And, it would be reversible.

Initial tests in Nevada on a compact nuclear power system designed to sustain a long-duration NASA human mission on the inhospitable surface of Mars have been successful, officials say.

Researchers from the College of William & Mary have discovered a species of worm that produces males, females, and hermaphrodites. In reproduction, they say it strays from the rules.

Stanford researchers have developed an AI that can predict when a patient will die with up to 90 percent accuracy. The team behind the work says it could vastly improve end-of-life care.

The system can directly detect and characterize life on other planets. It uses existing technology, and has already been tested in the Canadian high Arctic, which has similar conditions to Mars.

Rocks that crashed into our planet brought with them crucial elements our world uses to sustain life, but nobody has been sure when it happened.

A field full of the unusual snow rollers was discovered in Glassford, South Lanarkshire, by Eunice Clarke on Tuesday.

Men with high levels of testosterone are likely to enjoy artists like Bryan Adams (pictured) whereas men with less testosterone favour classical music, according to researchers from Nagasaki University.

Huge glowing ball over northern Siberia sparks UFO fears

Russia has been hit by a wave of reports of a giant UFO in the sky last night with spectacular pictures of an enormous glowing ball illuminating northern Siberia. While the source of the light remains unclear, some have suggested that it was the the trace of a rocket launched by the Russian military that caused this extraordinary phenomenon in the night sky. The light pattern may come from reflection of the sun in fuel leaking from the rocket.

Business accounts will allow them to set up automatic greetings, see statistics about their messaging and set up a profile page with hours of operation and other information.

Researchers from CTF, Service Research Centre at Karlstad University in Sweden have found that open plan offices are counter-productive and bad for staff morale (stock).

The Met Office found that global temperatures for 2017 were 1°C (1.8°F) warmer than pre-industrial levels, and 0.38°C (0.78°F) warmer than the long term average.

New research suggests that unusually high temperatures and levels of humidity in Kazakhstan in 2015 led to an outbreak of a bacterial disease, causing a mass die-off of 200,000 saiga antelope.

In a fiery Facebook post, Yann LeCun, director at the social media giant's New York city AI research centre, claimed Sophia is a 'sophisticated puppet' that is not as intelligent as it seems.

By mixing nutrients and a fungus called Trichoderma reesei, researchers at Binghamton University found that cracking in the concrete would spur production of calcium carbonate.

Meet Jann Horn, 22, from Germany, who discovered a fundamental flaw in Intel computer chips by accident while leafing through thousand-page processor manuals for a project he was working on.

Researchers from Dartmouth College in New Hampshire have cast doubt on more than a million decisions made in court based on the likelihood of a criminal reoffending.

Amazon narrows list of cities for its second HQ to 20

Amazon's current headquarters is in Seattle, Washington, but it has been contemplating a second hub for months. After receiving pitches from 238 cities, it narrowed down the list to 20 on Thursday. They are;Atlanta Austin, Boston, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Indianapolis, Los Angeles, Miami, Montgomery County, Md., Nashville, Tenn., Newark, N.J., New York City, Northern Virginia, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Raleigh, N.C., Toronto, Washington, D.C

Watch Party could make watching videos more intimate as comments will not get lost, according to Palo Alto-based Facebook engineer Fidji Simo who announced the new feature.

A new study led by the Australian National University has found the building blocks of Buckingham Palace (pictured) and many other iconic buildings were made by microbes.

The Jahai hunter-gatherers living in Malay find odours just as easy to name as colours and unlike most modern humans (stock image) they have not lost their sense of smell.

A scientist from Virginia-based conservation experts the Primate Specialist Group has identified a monkey with a striking white moustache as a new species.

Researchers from the University of Exeter used a new modelling method to examine how much the Earth's average surface temperature go up if the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is doubled.

The paper-based creations, which gamers build themselves, hark back to the roots of the 129-year-old company, founded in 1889 in Kyoto, which originally sold playing cards.

Tim Cook, CEO of the Cupertino-based firm, says that the slowdown feature was introduced to prevent unexpected shutdowns and not to force users to upgrade, as has been suggested,

YouTube, based in San Bruno, California, has said it is removing so-called Tide Pod Challenge videos because they encourage 'dangerous activities' that carry severe risk of harm.

How to time your life to perfection

The great jazz trumpeter Miles Davis once said: ‘Time isn’t the main thing. It’s the only thing.’ How very true. Our entire lives are dominated by decisions about when we should do things — from the small to the very big. When to have a cup of coffee. When to change job. When to get married. When to retire. Yet most of these decisions are made on the basis of little more than hunches, habits and guesswork. But it needn’t be like that. Perfect timing is a science. Indeed, research findings that I have analysed from across the world offer very useful help in the way we make decisions.

The 1886 sketches, which both depict Montmartre hill in Paris, have been confirmed as van Gogh pieces after extensive research by experts at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam.

Just as the surface of oceans on Earth lie at an average elevation that we call 'sea level,' Titan's seas also lie at an average elevation, according to research from Cornell University.

The footage, taken in 1960 as part of a news report, shows a nurse operating some 'High-Tec' baby care equipment in a state-of-the-art nursery in Budapest, Hungary, which was run by the Communist-regime at the time.

Monday's DY7014 service from JFK to London Gatwick shaved 53 minutes off the expected flight duration thanks to strong tailwinds over the Atlantic.

Researchers from the University of Manchester have found that microwaves in Europe account for almost eight million tonnes of CO2 pumped into the atmosphere.

Brooke Aldrich, a UK conservation expert based in Peru claims film depictions of the animals, often 'smiling' or dressed in human clothes, are misleading and potentially harmful.

The boys were spotted in distress in rough seas off Lennox Head in northern New South Wales on Thursday morning. They were saved by a drone in the world's first rescue of its kind.

Annie Jordan, from Plymouth, shared her four-year-old daughter's homework on Facebook, writing: 'Right please someone tell me what the last one is, because I literally don’t have a clue!'

Remote Greek island was once covered in complex monuments

Excavations around the remote Greek island of Keros (top right image) have revealed the technological prowess of the small group of Greeks who lived there 4,500 years ago. Researchers found the remains of massive terraced walls, staircases (right image) and giant gleaming structures on a tiny islet that was once attached to Keros. The structures were built using 1,000 tons of stone, turning the headland, which measures just 500 ft (150 m) across, into a single, giant monument. Archaeologists also found the remains of early metalwork, including a mould for making copper daggers (bottom right). The researchers say the remains make the island one of the most impressive archaeological sites of the Aegean Sea during the Early Bronze Age.

Fresh warnings have been issued over a WhatsApp scam that tricks users into paying a 'subscription'. The scam, which first surfaced last year, charges users 99p to renew their subscription.

The chart is the latest popular data visualization from the Data Duo, displaying the time it would take for frostbite to occur under different conditions, using bright colours and an interactive layout.

The 2002 AJ129 asteroid is set to hurtle past our planet on the 4th February at around 2,615,128 miles (4,208,641km) away - which is relatively close in space terms (stock image).

The meteor that lit up the night sky over Michigan on Tuesday didn't actually cause the earthquake that was reported at the exact same time.

Facebook told the Committee it was 'preventing recruitment by disrupting the underlying ideologies that drive people to commit acts of violence' - but was told efforts are not enough by Senators.

Twitter may notify users whether they were exposed to content generated by a suspected Russian propaganda service, a company executive told U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday.

Apple released a statement on Wednesday, saying they will contribute $350billion to the U.S. economy over the next five years.

After residents of Hawaii were alerted with a missile threat on January 13, Pornhub revealed there was a decline in pageviews until they were alerted it was a false alarm and traffic skyrocketed.

Rare rainbow clouds stun locals in Darwin

Residents of Darwin, Australia, witnessed clouds with a rainbow lining this week. The rare phenomenon occurs when sunlight diffracts through a high density of ice crystals which bend the light creating a stunning colors. Pictured is an image of the phenomenon, shared on Facebook by Louise Bowden. Pictured top left is a close-up of the phenomenon, posted on Facebook by Fiona D. Prentice.

Loup Venture co-founder Gene Munster made the claim in a report highlighting eight predictions for the technology industry in 2018.

SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell said the Falcon 9 rocket 'did everything correctly' Sunday night and suggestions otherwise are 'categorically false.'

The joke pictures were posted online today after it was revealed French officials are considering loaning the treasured piece of medieval art to Britain for the first time.

Music Magpie has revealed the items with the highest current trade-in values - and all you need is six crucial pieces to make more than £500, including a Star Wars boxset.

Bitcoin reached $15,017 (£11,071) making up for its New Year slump, after it emerged Thiel's California-based firm, Founders Fund, bought around $15 to $20 million (£11 - 14.7m) of the currency.

Researchers from Edge Hotel School at the University of Essex found cutting the spud diagonally increases its surface area by 65 per cent and makes it extra crispy.

The clip, taken as part of a newsreel in 1955, is taken in a Bell Labs office in San Francisco, and features a woman sat down at a huge computer desk with a dial-up phone and two small screens.

A Rome family court dealing with the mother's divorce from the teen's father, ruled in the 16-year-old's favour and she must also remove all information and photos of her son on Facebook.

A new animated reconstruction of Robert Burns reciting one of his poems has been created to mark the anniversary of his birth. (LJMU/PA)

Liverpool John Moores University Face Lab, the University of Dundee and Dimensional Imaging in Glasgow worked with poet Rab Wilson to create an animation of Burns performing To a Mouse.

In this, Dec. 20, 2017 photo, Jennifer Rocca, left, a teacher librarian at Brookfield, Conn., High School, left, works with Ariana Mamudi, 14, a freshman in her Digital Student class. The required class teaches media literacy skills and has the students scrutinize sources for their on-line information. (AP Photo/Stephen Dunn)

Lawmakers want schools to incorporate media literacy - including the ability to evaluate and analyze sources of information - into lesson plans.

A just-discovered feature of the Google Arts and Culture app uses facial recognition to match selfies with famous artworks. More comedic comparisons are being shared on social media.

A disturbing new trend of inappropriate cartoons specifically designed to entice children to click on dangerous videos is sweeping YouTube with many appearing the 'suggested' videos list.

According to Sinolink analyst Zhang Bin, shipments could be as low as 35 million in first quarter – roughly 10 million less than previously estimated. Apple will also slash sales forecast to 30 million units.

Undated handout photo issued by Bristol Zoo Gardens of two Lord Howe Island stick insect, as keepers at the zoo are celebrating after breeding the world´s rarest stick insect.

Bristol Zoo's effort to save Lord Howe Island stick insects (pictured) from extinction began in 2015, when 300 eggs arrived from Melbourne Zoo in Australia.

Luciana Vega, an 11-year-old aspiring astronaut was revealed as the 2018 doll of the year on Thursday while 20 girls filled the Good Morning America studio wearing NASA jumpsuits.

New figures from Bloomberg show that the world's 500 richest people saw their wealth expand this year from $4.4 trillion to more than $5.3 trillion.

The glowing meteor was spotted in Durham, Northumberland, Yorkshire, Whitley Bay, Tyne and Wear and other places in the North of England and in Scotland.

After designing and building the drone in just three months, Boeing says it has already put the vehicle through flight tests at its research centre in St Charles, Missouri.

Professor David Nutt of Imperial College says alcosynth will be the new booze within 10 or 20 years, it's said. The man-made alternative has the same effects but doesn't damage your health.

Supersonic passenger travel, which died out with the Concorde's demise in 2003, will make a comeback by mid-2020s if three U.S.-based companies can make jets quiet and efficient enough.

In the episode ‘Metalhead,’ Black Mirror explores what could happen if machines turned on us, revealing a terrifying quest for survival in a world where robo-dogs can outrun and outsmart humans.

The picture was taken in July on Salisbury plain and shows six British Army snipers camouflaged in the greenery. The Household Cavalry tweeted the challenge on Christmas Day.

Security researchers at Google's Project Zero computer security analysis team in Mountain View, California, discovered the two flaws in conjunction with academic and industry experts.

Researchers from the National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse in Maryland found marijuana increases signal connectivity in regions of the brain that have been linked to psychosis.

The craft has been developed by BAE Systems, in conjunction with the University of Manchester, who has announced the successful completion of the first phase of flight trials.

The quiz has left internet users from around the world scratching their heads. The challenging questions test your numerical and linguistic skills, and ability to problem solve.

Two Canadian amateur explorers discovered 15,000-year-old caves just 30 feet underneath the surface of Montreal, it was revealed on Tuesday.

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.

An interactive app created by Leicester-based company EarthSense lets you type in your postcode and receive a rating from one to six, with one being the least polluted, based on nitrogen dioxide levels.

The Detroit-based motoring firm's Cruise AV will be a rebranded version of GM's Chevrolet Bolt EV (pictured), which will do away with the need for a backup driver.

My Domaine has compiled a guide to the most regularly misused emojis - and you'll think twice before sending the building with a heart that looks like a hospital to an ailing friend.

Created at the University of Sussex, fluid inside the device is made from a graphene emulsion which conducts electricity and can measure changes in breathing and blood pressure.

During an onstage interview with Engadget at CES, creator Matt McMullen explained the sexbot’s face is designed for versatility. And, he swapped Harmony's face to reveal Solana.

Research company Flashlight, which released the report, said the situation is so worrying that one American bank has banned buying flights in Russia using its reward scheme.

The 'AI child' created by Mountain View-based researchers from Google is proof machine-made programmes are now more accurate than ones created by humans.

Experts at the University of California, Berkeley, tracked the path of singular thoughts through people's minds as they underwent open brain surgery.

Archaeologists have uncovered the 250-year-old kitchen of Thomas Jefferson's enslaved chef, James Hemings, who introduced mac and cheese into US culture.

A group of divers dedicated to the study of subterranean waters discovered that two caves off the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico they previously thought were separate are actually connected.

The International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to fly over the UK at around 4:40 pm GMT (11:40am ET) on December 19, and will appear as a bright streak in the night sky.

The Lancaster inflicted such damage of Germany it was described by Sir Arthur Harris, head of Bomber Command as 'the greatest single factor in winning the war'.

The Exo-K9 exoskeleton is a 3D printed mask for dogs with injuries to their jaw. It was developed by veterinarians and biomedical engineering students at the University of California, Davis.

A revolutionary aircraft that transformed the capability of the RAF, the Spitfire rightly became a symbol of national defiance, turning what could have been Britain’s darkest hour into our finest.

The bands of vasts swirling cloud formations that travel at about 129,000 mph (60 km/s) over the gas giant planet's surface are clearly visible in the amazing image

The incredible 26-inch Revolve wheel that collapses like an umbrella, allowing riders to have the benefits of a full-sized wheel while saving as much as 60 percent space when needed.

British spy agencies are to use computer algorithms to keep tabs on 20,000 former terror suspects because they don't have the manpower to physically watch all of them at once.

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have tested a new tool on a sample of 400 apps, and found that several banking apps had a critical vulnerability.

The space rock which floated into our solar system has withstood the intense heat of the sun because it is coated in a special crust, a new study from the University of Belfast suggests.

Feast your eyes on some of the best pictures that Dutch pilot and photographer Christiaan van Heijst took in 2017 as he flew from continent to continent.

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.

The company behind the technology, Shanghai-based Yitu Technology, said Dragonfly Eye scans images from the country's national database. It is currently being used in Shanghai.

The rebuttal was made in the first public response to the video, released on Monday, issued by the San Francisco-based firm, which says that the accusations it makes are factually inaccurate.

This project was made using data from Nasa’s Chandra X-ray satellite, based at the Smithsonian's Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Monday night's rare 'wolf moon' - promised to be one of the biggest and brightest supermoons of the year - has lit up the sky across the United States following its appearance across Europe and Asia.

Stunning footage of peccaries in Arizona captured what appears to be mourning, as a herd repeatedly visited the body of a dead peccary, sniffing it, nuzzling it, and protecting it.

The Morgan EV3 is an all-electric three wheeler weighing less than 1,102 pounds. It uses a 20 KWH lithium battery, and will have a range of 120 miles and a top speed of 83 mph.

These close-up shots of Jupiter (pictured) were taken during a Nasa space probe and capture swirling clouds in the planet's northern and southern hemispheres.

Scientists from Santa Clara-based Nvidia have combined a pair of artificial intelligence system to generate photo-realistic faces of 'fake' celebrities.

The images and video were created by researchers from Durham University, using the skull of the skeleton that was found in Durham in 2013.

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.

Scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope, a ‘virtual Earth-sized telescope,' expect to spot the edge of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy in 2018.

The man, from Grass Valley, California had been posting in an online forum speculating about the delivery dates for the vehicle before Tesla stepped in to deliver it within days.

Speaking at a conference, Jeff Ashby, is director of safety and mission assurance for Jeff Bezos's space firm Blue Origin, said the firm is 'a year out' from human flights.

The vast rocket, which is ultimately three Falcon 9 rockets linked together, will have the combined thrust to eventually launch 140,000 pounds (63,500kg) of cargo into orbit.

The intersex Pacific spadenose shark was caught in a fishing trawl in the southern Taiwan Strait, and landed at Xiamen, China, earlier this year.

A hilarious video from Useless Duck Company has revealed the ‘Donald Trump Handshake Robot,’ which aims to mimic the unpredictable nature of the president’s notorious handshake.

Dogger Bank, 78 miles (125 km) off the East Yorkshire coast, has been identified as a potential shallow and windy building site for the £1.3 billion ($1.75 billion) project.

Chinese firm 90Fun has unveiled its Puppy 1 suitcase equipped with a custom auto-following chip and Segway’s self-balancing technology to prevent falling over. And, Segway unveiled Loomo.

The vast 'anti-robot' can hit a top speed of roughly 20 miles per hour (32kmh) – and despite its imposing size, it’s nearly silent when it moves, say its creators from Elkhart-based firm Furrion.

The talking humanoid robot, which is modelled after Audrey Hepburn, was designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics, which claims Sophia can hold a conversation with humans.

Experts at Breakthrough Listen used the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia to study the only known repeating FRB ever discovered (artist's impression).

Virgin Hyperloop One completed a third phase test at its DevLoop track in Nevada, where its hyperloop pod was able to reach dizzying speeds of 240 miles/hour (387 km/hour).

The laser weapon will be fitted to the ship later this year as a 'technology demonstrator' officials said. It paves the way for laser weapons to be integrated across the Navy fleet.

Virgin Galactic's latest glide test saw VSS Unity sent up from California's Mojave Air and Space Port attached to a twin-fuselage White Knight carrier airplane.

Psychasec exhibitors dressed in all white sold the idea of immortality at CES, in a plan to upload human consciousness to ‘human sleeves.’ The booth promotes the Netflix show Altered Carbon.

       

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