Elon Musk’s Starship prototype is beginning to take shape. New pictures released this week show construction underway on the test vehicle of the SpaceX ship that could one day bring humans tourists to Mars. The latest images provide a clearer view of the two components previewed by Musk at the end of last month, showing engineers in cherry-pickers at work on the nose cone and another large piece of the system.
The rover, dubbed Yutu-2, (pictured, left) drove off its lander's ramp and onto the exterior of the moon's far side roughly 12 hours after the Chinese spacecraft carrying it came to rest. The three five-metre-long antennas for the low-frequency radio spectrometre on Chang’e-4 were in position as the rover (graphic, bottom right) ventured further into the unknown on the far side of the moon. The lunar explorer Chang'e 4 touched down yesterday at 10.26am (2.26am GMT) local time and took an incredible never-before-seen 'close range' photo from the surface (shown top right) in a global first. The pioneering mission demonstrates China's growing ambitions to rival the US as a space power. Engineers and scientists at China's often secretive space agency celebrated as the multi-billion pound military-run programme was successful in its landing. China has hopes of a crewed space station by 2022, and of eventually sending humans to the moon.
Researchers from the University of Rochester found the transfixing qualities in Monet's art may have something to do with science and the ways in which our brain interprets color.
A new lawsuit filed by the city of Los Angeles alleges the Weather Channel misled millions of users into allowing it to access their data, then profited off it in the process.
The complex outlook raises a challenge for Apple as it looks to revive its China fortunes after weakness there sparked a drop in its global sales forecast, knocking $75 billion from its valuation.
Shensheng Wang, a PhD candidate in psychology at Emory University, explains the latest research on schadenfreude and why it appears to be so closely linked to empathy.
The world's largest tech conference has apparently learned a big lesson about gender equity. CES, the huge annual consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas, caught major flak from activists in late 2017 when it unveiled an all-male lineup of keynote speakers for the second year in a row. Although it later added two female keynoters , the gathering's 'boys' club' reputation remained intact.
Though it’s been centuries since the phenomenon occurred, researchers say the deep Pacific appears to lag behind the waters closer to the surface, and is still responding to the Little Ice Age.
A survey of Australians found that elected officials caught out lying were perceived in a negative light - whatever their original view of the politician may have been.
The probe, Chang’e 4, is symbolic of the growth of the Chinese space program and the capabilities it has amassed, writes Wendy Whitman Cobb for The Conversation.
EDWARD LUCAS: If ever there was a metaphor for the Communist super-power’s obsessive secrecy and soaring global ambition, then this audacious secret mission provides it.
Among the flying car innovations on display at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas will be prototype designs from Toyota and aerospace and automotive start-ups like NFT. Talk of flying cars is growing with designs from Cartivator, left, who are looking to launch a flying car in time for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Other international firms are working on their own prototypes including European aircraft maker Airbus, top right and car-hailing company Uber, bottom right.
Researchers from Swansea University hope their project will lead to an AI that learns what traits matter the most - and that could even advise people on how to make themselves more attractive
The message which warns people not to upgrade to 'WhatsApp Gold' - a fictional update which is itself a scam - and urges them to click an infected link.
Samsung's next phone may ditch the notch. A leaked photo claims to show the 5.8-inch 'Beyond 1' version of the upcoming phone, which features an all-screen design and a 'hole-punch' in the display
In a video released by state arms manufacturer Norinco, the deadly aerial bomb was airdropped by a H-6K strategic bomber onto a plain, producing a gigantic ball of fire and black smoke.
A new video obtained by noted leaker Evan Blass claims to show Xiaomi's yet-to-be-released smartphone featuring a bendable screen that folds out into three panels. When users no longer want it to be a tablet, the phone's outer panels handily fold into themselves, transforming the device into a standard-sized smartphone.
A Russian historian claims the French Emperor ordered decoys to be sent to a fictional burial site 40 miles from the actual location during his retreat from Moscow in 1812 (top right). Viacheslav Ryzhkov says the famed 'Napoleon Lake', Semlevo, in the Smolensk region was a fraud, while the real loot was carted off to Lake Bolshaya Rutavech (left) near his hometown of Rudnya. It was Napoleon himself who ordered decoy convoys to be sent towards Lake Semlevo to distract Alexander I's forces. The historian claims Napoleon had some of the treasure melted into ingots before it was packed off on 400 wagons accompanied by 500 cavalry and 250 members of Napoleon's elite Old Guard.
Astrophysicists at Durham University, UK, said the collision between the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Milky Way will not happen for two billion years.
Dr Nancy Chabot, project scientist for DART and planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland said that the launch is expected to be 2021.
AutoHaul has been developed by a mining corporation and is being used to transport iron ore from the mines to ports 500 miles away (800 km) in Western Australia.
Researchers at University College London (UCL) found girls tend to spend more time on social media – and also experience worse psychological effects from doing so.
The leak, which saw data from hundreds of politicians, including Mrs Merkel, posted on Twitter last month, affects all parties in parliament except the far-right Alternative for Germany.
Shenzhen-based Huawei, whose P-series handsets compete with Apple's iPhones, on December 31 wished followers a 'Happy 2019' in a tweet marked with 'via Twitter for iPhone'.
With technology changing how and where we work, property developers are tapping artificial intelligence to create more sustainable workplaces to help staff work more efficiently and comfortably.
Researchers from Penn State university in Pennsylvania have found a way to eradicate the use of E-numbers to preserve food by finding a natural antioxidant in wheat, rye and barley.
China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft has brought plants and animals to the moon after successfully landing on the far side of the natural satellite of Earth yesterday. As well as radiation monitoring and mineralogical experiments, Chang'e-4 probe (left) contains potato seeds, silkworm eggs and arabidopsis seeds - plants related to cabbage and mustard that are commonly used by biologists as a model for how plants behave in different environments. The seeds and eggs are being kept in a small cylindrical tin (right) and are expected to grow inside the 0.8L container in 100 days.
Changes in stalagmite chemistry from caves have now linked the collapse of the Akkadian Empire to climate change in Mesopotamia.
Researchers say the ancient fortress was built to defend a port on the Red Sea coast, with three large courtyards and numerous structures that housed workshops and stores.
Scientists claim this improved life expectancy may be because they are genetically more resilient to hardship than those who perished at the hands of the German military during World War Two.
André Kuipers, 60, a Dutch astronaut, accidentally dialled 911 from the International Space Station and sent a security team rushing through NASA's Houston base to investigate.
Segway is branching out from its eponymous 'personal transporters' with a lineup of autonomous delivery robots, called Loomo, and next-generation scooters called the Model Max.
China's Chang'e-4 spacecraft has landed on the dark side of the moon, according to state media. Soon after touching down, it transmitted the first 'close range image's of the moon's far side.
Scientists from Wroclaw in Poland have developed the CoolMen, a cooling testicle pouch worn on a waistband which, they claim, boosts sperm production by lowering the testicles' temperature.
DoorDash is teaming up with General Motors to test using self-driving cars to deliver meals and groceries. The partnership, announced on Thursday, will take place in San Francisco.
What appears to be the world's first naval rail gun has been pictured on a Chinese naval warship at sea. A photo (top right) taken and posted by a defence blogger has emerged on Chinese social media, claiming to show the Type 072II Yuting-class tank landing ship Haiyang Shan (bottom right) at sea with what looks like an electromagnetic railgun mounted on its bow. It's not the first time the hypersonic superweapon has been spotted on the Haiyang Shan after photos (left) first emerged in early 2018.
A new study suggests dark matter, the invisible material that makes up about 27 percent of all matter, can be heated up and moved around by processes that occur within galaxies.
The tech giant began working with the agency in early 2018 on Rekognition, its controversial facial recognition technology.
Apple shares plunged over 8 percent today as Wall Street was rattled by the Silicon Valley giant's shock revenue warning. The news has wiped off approximately $59 billion from Apple's value.
China-based researcher Wish Wu was scheduled to present a talk entitled 'Bypass Strong Face ID: Everyone Can Deceive Depth and IR Camera and Algorithms' at a conference in Singapore.
It seems that, without overdoing it, eggs do offer some protective benefits in moderation to prevent and stabilize diabetes, a new Finnish study concludes.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has stopped selling shares of the company after a nosedive in stock prices in the fourth quarter of 2018, and already dumping 30.4m shares, worth about $5.6b.
Researchers examined the cartilage from six species of sharks at a range of ages, including the dusty shark, the porbeagle, the great white shark, the shortkin mako and the common thresher shark.
Rates of depression and suicide have soared among US teenagers in recent years. Evidence suggests smartphones play a role. Scientists want to use phones to detect mental health crises.
Hyundai has released an early image of the Elevate, showing a vehicle with four driven wheels attached to robotic legs with knees and hips. It looks like it's been taken from a Star Wars scene. It will be revealed next week along with a pair of Suzukis (right) that look to defy the Jimny SUV's cute image.
Tesla made about 9,300 more vehicles than it delivered last year, raising concerns among industry analysts that inventory is growing as demand for the company's electric cars may be starting to wane.
Los Angeles has released an earthquake warning app that could give residents precious seconds to drop, cover and hold on in the event of a quake. ShakeAlertLA is available for download.
The yield of many staple crops could be boosted by 40% by the new process that adjusts the way they turn sunlight into energy, potentially feeding hundreds of millions of more people.
A new species of treefrog has been discovered in a remote and largely unexplored area of the eastern Andes. The frog has an extraordinary claw-like thumb which scientists say is used for defence.
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of this pivotal moment in science, the UN has proclaimed 2019 to be the International year of the Periodic Table.
Apple is likely to pull some iPhone models from its German stores after Qualcomm posted security bonds to enforce a court order banning the sale of those iPhone models in the country.
Debra Thompson posted a five-minute clip on YouTube, saying: 'I'm not a nut'. Filmed on Christmas Eve, the footage shows a red disc-like object hovering in the sky as Debra narrates.
PepsiCo is to start making deliveries at the University of the Pacific in Stockton. Students will be able to order chips, water and other snacks from the roaming bot.
Rolls-Royce has revealed plans for a record breaking elecrtic plane capable orf reaching 300mph. Called Accel, the firm hopes it will take to the skies next year to claim a world record. The current record for an all-electric plane, set by Siemens in 2017, is 210 mph - which the Accel could smash.
Hackers have taken control of Google Chromecast smart TV devices around the world in a stunt to raise awareness of cyber security and to promote YouTuber PewDiePie.
Experts from the University of Nottingham say silver was used as the main currency 25 years earlier than thought they found lead pollution, a by-product of making the metal, in ice cores.
It's been more than four months since crew first discovered the hole in the Russian Soyuz spacecraft, but just how it got there still remains a mystery.
In a DNA study on horse remains collected from more than 350 Viking Age graves, researchers found all but one of the animals were male. Researchers say it was likely a symbol of status and power.
According to the radical new model proposed by a team of researchers at Uppsala University, our universe is positioned on the edge of an expanding bubble, driven by dark energy.
Researchers at a biotech firm co-founded by a Stanford University scientist found that young mouse blood reverses brain aging - and now they are trying young human blood to treat Parkinson's.
Researchers from the University of Liverpool say overweight dogs, like humans, are at risk from cancer, high blood pressure and heart and kidney problems.
EXCLUSIVE: She may look adorable. But Hatty's chubby frame has left her at a heightened risk of type 2 diabetes. The Norfolk Terrier, who lives in Northamptonshire, tips the scales at a hefty 2st 9lbs.
In a final press briefing held Thursday afternoon, NASA released the latest image of the rust-colored object in the Kuiper Belt, showing our first look at Ultima Thule in stereo. When video with 3D glasses, the image captured by the Long-Range Reconnaissance Imager shows the best view yet of its three-dimensional shape. The team also revealed new insight on the search for anything in Ultima’s vicinity; so far, they haven’t found any signs of rings or moons, nor evidence of an atmosphere.
The Cybic Legend is being unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas and comes equipped with Amazon's Alexa digital assistant.
The remains of a woman who lived 5,900 years ago have been found in what is now Nicaragua. The rare discovery is the oldest known burial in Lower Central America, according to researchers.
The hijacked accounts hadn't tweeted for several years, but suddenly began tweeting in a noticeably different tone, in some cases praising Allah or retweeting propaganda from other accounts.
Portsmouth researchers named the Klobiodon rochei, it means 'cage tooth', in reference to its huge, fang-like teeth – up to 26mm long.
Apple has been granted a series of patents that signals it's interested in developing a 'smart fabric' of some kind. It could be capable of measuring blood pressure, heart rate and respiration.
Kai-Fu Lee told Dailymail.com the world of employment was facing a crisis 'akin to that faced by farmers during the industrial revolution.'
The annual convention will see the likes of Sony, Samsung, LG and others reveal new gadgets, while topics such as AI, autonomous vehicles and 5G connectivity are expected to be prominent
The app, called 'Weather Forecast - World Weather Accurate Radar,' has been siphoning off data from users, including their locations, email addresses and their device's unique identifier number.
A blanket of unusual clouds formed over Sydney on Tuesday in the latest of a string of bizarre weather events in the last few weeks. Awestruck observers along the New South Wales coast shared photos of the ominous sight, revealing oddly clumped dark clouds rippling across the sky. Though uncommon, experts say the phenomenon is no cause for worry; the distinctive 'lumpy' clouds are known as mammatus clouds, and form in association with storm-causing cumulonimbus clouds.
Snowball Earth 700 million years ago saw the planet freeze over and erode much of the crust. It then washed into oceans and was forced into the mantle via subduction zones between tectonic plates.
Scientists at Yale University have discovered that an old antibiotic can be retooled into a liquid form to stop Alzheimer's-causing protein binding in the brains of mice and restore their memories.
Professor Lewi Stone, a mathematical biologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel, used train records to estimate that 15,000 Jews were killed every day over the course of three months in 1942.
The chief executive of the Holocaust Educational Trust described anti-Semitism on social media as `pretty relentless´.
Tesla shares fell after the electric car maker delivered fewer-than-expected Model 3 sedans in the fourth quarter and cut prices for all its vehicles in the US.
Using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile, Japanese researchers saw a warped disk around an infant protostar that formed just several tens of thousands of years ago.
Premium channels from Showtime,Starz and Noggin will be available to viewers of the Roku Channel, a free video service offered to owners of Roku streaming video devices.
From the cheapest pedometer to £400 smart watches, a dazzling array of fitness 'wearables' on the UK market claim to do everything from count the number of steps you take to analyse how you sleep.
A Chinese spacecraft has made the first-ever landing on the far side of the moon (bottom, middle), state media have announced. The lunar explorer Chang'e 4 touched down (footage captured bottom left) at 10.26am (2.26am GMT) local time and took an incredible never-before-seen 'close range' photo from the surface (shown main) in a global first. The pioneering mission demonstrates China's growing ambitions to rival the US as a space power. Engineers and scientists at China's often secretive space agency (bottom, right) celebrated as the multi-billion pound military-run programme was successful in its landing. China has hopes of a crewed space station by 2022, and of eventually sending humans to the moon. The far side of the moon faces away from Earth and is relatively unexplored. Unlike the near side that always faces the earth, it is mountainous and rugged.
Canadian researchers used a wind tunnel to measure the lift and drag generated by 12 different gull wing shapes.
New research has claimed that one in three motorists currently in the market for an electric car has an expectation for their next vehicle to cover a minimum of 300 miles between charges.
Research into a rare outbreak of bubonic plague in 20th Century Britain found that it was actually people that led to the disease spreading - not rats (stock).
Scientists from the US and Germany found adults are willing to make less beneficial decisions in order to spite another. Chimps and babies are more logical.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US granted Google a waiver to operate the Soli sensors at higher power levels than currently allowed.
Bug-fighting chemicals in manuka honey could be destroyed by prolonged exposure to heat, such as during shipping or even sitting in shop windows on the UK's high streets.
The neural network was trained to transform aerial images into street maps. Researchers discovered that details omitted in the final photo reappeared when they told it to revert back to the original image.
Published in the journal Nature Plants last month, the report claims scores of the ancient baoab trees, some of which are up to 3,000 years old, are now dying because of rising global temperatures.
Mexican archaeologists have found the first temple of the Flayed Lord(main image), a pre-Hispanic fertility god depicted as a skinned human corpse (right). Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History said the historic find was made during recent excavations of Popoloca Indian ruins in Puebla state. Experts found two skull-like stone carvings, (inset) believed to be used to 'plug' holes where skins were placed following the rituals, and a stone statue depicting the god, Xipe Totec.
Similar 'woebots' including one called 'Ellie' (pictured) have already been tested on US Army soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
An estimated five million people are preparing to take part in the Dry January exercise across Britain this month.
Waymo's self-driving minivans have been the target of violent attacks during tests outside of Phoenix, as some residents object to the rise of autonomous cars in their neighborhood.
Users on Twitter were angry for what they said was the American military’s making light of the use of destructive weapons, including thermonuclear bombs, during a festive time.
Capping a tumultuous year for Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg said in his year-end message that he was 'proud of the progress we've made' in addressing the social media giant's problems.
Research carried out by Australian scientists has uncovered that special immune cells have the power to put melanoma tumours 'to sleep', stopping them from spreading.
He may be better known as Queen's lead guitarist, but Dr Brian May also holds a doctorate in astrophysics - and today revealed a song he wrote for NASA.
A leaked video claims to show off Nokia's yet-to-be-released Nokia 9 Pureview. In it, the phone can be seen featuring a whopping five cameras on the rear panel, as well as a nearly 6-inch 'PureDisplay.'
Starting next year, jetpack racing will no longer be the stuff of science fiction. JetPack Aviation, the company behind the first commercially available jetpack, is now crossing another historical moment off its list, as it prepares to launch the world's first jetpack racing league in 2019. To mark the announcement, the firm has released a video showing a test flight between two jetpack-wearing pilots.
Some Android apps have been sharing data with Facebook without users' knowledge. In some cases, they were sharing data with the social media giant even if users' didn't have a Facebook account.
Twinning lets users upload a photo of themselves to a database, which then generates a celebrity lookalike. However, any of the photos can be publicly accessed via code in Popsugar's website.
The first deliveries of Model 3s to European customers are expected in February and March, but UK customers are expected to get their vehicles by mid-2019.
The state-of-the-art lenses will be turned on from January 1 on Anzac Parade in Sydney's east - and at the test site in Prospect on the M4 motorway.
The Chinese authorities have not released the exact location of the facility to the public, but it is believed to be in the Huazhong region.
Environmentalists claim the rubbish, found at Worbarrow Bay in Dorset, included three 25-litre drums of used engine oil. They claim this could have 'decimated' the local environment.
Two hackers managed to trick a vein scanning system just by using a simple wax hand. In doing so, they were able to bypass scanners manufactured by Hitachi and Fujitsu.
'The biggest hurdles to Mars settlement are not technical but psychological,' said Dr Federico Caprotti, of the University of Exeter.
Humanity has finally captured its first clear look at an object in the faraway Kuiper Belt. NASA revealed the first images and science data from this week's historic flyby in a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Far from the blurry 'bowling pin' we saw with New Horizons' first look when it beamed its signal home early morning on January 1, the new images reveal Ultima Thule is snowman-shaped red world with two distinct lobes - one stacked atop the other.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp in Menlo Park, California, is beginning to implement adverts in the status feature of WhatsApp.
From deleting old apps to using multi factor authentication, Elissa Redmiles of the University of Maryland reveals how to stay safe online in 2019.
The beetles are called drogoni, rhaegali and viserioni - Latin versions of Drogon, Rhaegal and Viserion. Two can be found in Colombia and Ecuador, while rhaegali is in the French Guiana.
Researchers have revealed a radical AI system that can 'copy' a fingerprint, raising major questions over the security of phones and other devices that rely on them.
Susan Jones, an entomologist at Ohio State, said the app was needed because there's a lot of misinformation out there about the critters.
Since the first known outbreak struck 120 people in 2014, acute flaccid myelitis has returned every other year, in greater and greater numbers - and 2020 could be set to be the worst yet.
Dramatic footage of China's latest lightweight battle tank participating a live-fire drill has emerged. The Type 15 tank was designed to safeguard the country's plateau regions, such as Tibet.
The unusual sounds were detected at a remote research station by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). An antennae underneath Earth's field picked up the signal (Stock).
A radical new mini space shuttle has been given the go-ahead by NASA. Called the Dream Chaser, its maker Sierra Nevada Corp hopes it could begin to deliver cargo to the International Space Station beginning in 'late 2020'. Now, NASA has given the go-ahead for full production of the craft to begin following a series of tests.
After the unveiling event this month to show off the first LA’s tunnel, engineers have pointed out that it bears semblance to the side-friction roller coasters that started to phase out in the early 1900s.
The choose-your-own-adventure movie is the first of its kind for Netflix, which has only previously attempted the interactive style in kids’ programs, and comes with five possible endings.
Chain restaurants Sweetgreen and Dig Inn in the US have already stopped accepting cash. Starbucks and UK pubs are also moving towards card and contactless.
Fortnite's developer's, Epic Games, are based in Chapel hill, North Carolina and it has rolled-out 14 fireworks at three locations on the map.
Scientists from Sussex University have found that in driving simulators, spraying a pleasant, calming smell at drivers reduced the number of accidents.
Grants totalling £26.6million will fund projects including the development of tiny devices to repair cracks in pipes without the need to dig up roads.
Kelly Thomas, 23, and Jeff Marquis, 35, are two of the first patients in the world able to walk after being paralyzed thanks to implanted devices that 'reconnects' the spine with the brain.
2018 was the year when technology's dystopian potential became clear, from Facebook's role enabling harvesting of personal datato a seemingly unending series of tech revelations
Tesla has given a glimpse into what it takes to build a Model 3. In a new video, titled 'How a Model 3 gets made,' the electric carmaker breaks down the general assembly process in a 48-second timelapse. The skeleton of a Model 3 can be seen moving through Tesla's complicated assembly line, with both humans and machines installing each of its 10,000 parts before it's ready to hit the road.
The claims come from Professor Lynne Boddy, a fungal ecologist at Cardiff University and a member of the British Mycological Society.
The researchers at the University of Montreal in Canada said that their findings could lead to the development of better preventative measures to nip delinquency in the bud - from infancy.
Gloucestershire-based WWT sent 21 Madagascar pochards to spend a week in the safety of the world's first floating aviaries on Lake Sofia in the north of Madagascar.
Israeli startup firm AntiToxin uncovered the funding connection by studying apps removed from the Google Play store for signposting illegal groups.
Ian Hamilton, a lecturer in mental health and addiction at the University of York, said the evidence to show the tee-total month works is weak.
The WAND, developed by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, is wireless and autonomous. It can stimulate and record simultaneously - meaning it can adjust itself in real-time.
Months after launching face lenses designed for cats, Snapchat has expanded the tool to include dogs. Pet filters are marked in the regular carousel with a small blue paw-print.
In its review of the year, the charity said this year's 'winners' were many bats and butterflies, species who have suffered huge drops in numbers in recent years.
Experts say any life there could raise hopes of finding similar organisms deep inside Mars or on the ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The pool of water, known as Subglacial Lake Mercer location shown inset), measures nearly 62 square miles, was discovered more than a decade ago through satellite images but has never been explored.
The year 2018 revealed some incredible views of Earth, the planets and the cosmos, taken from our planet looking out into the cosmos as well as from satellites, telescopes and other spacecraft.
Researchers from University Hospital Caracas in Venezuela found injecting pure alcohol (ethanol) into a man's prostate could shrink it by 35 per cent and reduce urination.
Experts at the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) analysed DNA from 161 student volunteers.
Cynthia Kartey, a PhD student from the University of Sheffield, found useful products can be made from chemicals extracted from pine needles when processed using heat and solvents.
SpaceX boss Elon Musk is now arguing that his Twitter rant this past summer was nothing more than a 'schoolyard spat on social media' that no reasonable reader took seriously.
On the night of January 20-21, the full moon will bring a total lunar eclipse, which will cause Earth’s satellite to take on an eerie red glow in an effect that’s come to be known as the Blood Moon.
A Grauer's gorilla's chances of being born with harmful mutations that cause fused digits have soared in the last 100 years, according to a genetic study from Uppsala University.
All patients in England should be able to have a consultation with their GP by video link within five years, the Health Secretary announced last night.
Activity in an Arctic climate pattern could send the polar vortex barreling towards more southern latitudes to envelop parts of North America, Europe, and Asia. The phenomenon has led to extreme winter weather in recent years, including record low temperatures in the US back in 2014 and last year’s ‘Beast from the East’ in the UK. While there’s still time for things to change, the models currently suggest a split in the high-altitude polar vortex will ring in the New Year, creating the potential for ‘more severe winter weather’ in the Eastern US in the weeks to follow.
On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno's cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission's 17th flyby of the gas giant.
In a letter to investors, CEO Tim Cook outlined why Apple was forced to lower its projected revenue to $84 billion - down from a range of $89 billion to $93 billion it called out in its previous earnings.
An Instagram video shows Bezos entering the Aspen store, called Kemo Sabe, atop a quarter horse named Bean before he takes off his cowboy hat and waves it in the air, flashing a big smile.
Popular online bulletin board Pinterest is getting ready for a stock market debut early next year at a valuation of $12 billion or more, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrapped the e-bandage around the chests of rats who had a cut on their backs. This caused the wound to heal in just three days versus 12 in others.
First found in China, it has caused significant problems in other areas it has invaded. It can form dense mats of up to 1,500 mussels per square metre – which can suffocate scallops and oysters.
The startup, called Humu, uses machine learning to parse through employee data and then 'nudges' workers to help them improve in areas that might make their work lives better.
Ford created a futuristic-looking dog kennel that uses noise-cancellation panels and the carmarker's active noise control technology to create an insulated environment for pets.
It was the ultimate speed battle between man and nature as Felipe Massa took on a peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on planet Earth. The falcon is capable of speeds of up to 217mph.
Uber launched a new minibus service on Tuesday in traffic-mad Cairo, Egypt's capital and one of the U.S. ride-sharing giant's fastest-growing markets.
Australian scientists found sharks incubated in tanks that simulate temperatures in 2100 became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the right, a process known as lateralization.
Most visitors think of New York's Parks as the only place to find trees. However, a new study found New York City has over 5 million 'forested natural areas' along with 666,000 street trees.
The underwater skeletons of 185 wooden ships, referred to as ghost vessels, were deliberately sunk or have been left to decompose for hundreds of years in the Potomac River, Maryland, US.
A researcher from Princeton University in New Jersey has found that testosterone levels and masculine features are directly related to the perception of a man's talent.
An accidental discovery by Harvard academics has now found that a slightly different version of RNA may have been the key ingredient allowing for life on Earth to blossom.
The New Horizons probe was slated to reach the uncharted heart of the Kuiper Belt at 12:33 a.m. Eastern - but NASA did not receive confirmation it was a success until 10:30am this morning.
Dr Dombard and his colleagues presented a possible solution to this problem at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, DC, this week.
Twitter is bringing back the chronological timeline for good. Now, users can toggle between viewing the newest tweets first and seeing the top tweets first by clicking the sparkle button in the app.
Ed Dentel, 46, of Richmond, Virginia, was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat - known as atrial fibrillation - after his Apple Watch alerted him that something was wrong on Thursday.
Ilford-based company Bombardier Transportation is developing technology which would enable click-and-collect services on board.
The jacket alerts the rider to dangers around them and the helmet projects vital information, such as their speed, revs and a rear view camera on the visor to make you feel like Iron Man on a bike.
Military chiefs planned to use the explosives, codenamed Blue Peacock (pictured), to devastate Soviet forces if they forced the western Allies into retreat during an invasion of Europe.
NASA says the incredible image is 'the largest panoramic view of the fire and fury of star birth in the distant universe.' The images uses ultraviolet light to create a never-before seen image.
A team of University of Bristol researchers used scanning electron microscopy to quantify melanosome extracts from the feathers of 97 species of modern birds with iridescent plumage.
The spacecraft completed its 16th close flyby of the giant planet this past October, revealing some of our best glimpses yet at its fascinating atmospheric processes.
Students in China have designed self-flying Net Gear drones that would pick up a distress signal then race to the site of the fire before unfolding a net pulled tight the centre for the person to leap onto.
In a report released ahead of a climate summit in Poland, the World Meteorological Organisation pointed out that the 20 warmest years on record have been in the past 22 years.
The FlexPai is billed as the world's first foldable smartphone by its developer Royole and has a super flexible screen which can be bent from the middle.
Experts say the stellar ‘tantrum’ could provide a window into the birth of potentially habitable exoplanets, revealing how huge events shake up the material orbiting distant stars.
Researchers from the University of Washington say lessons from the Great Dying have major implications for the fate of today's warming world.
The study has revealed new insight on the potential abundance of Jupiter-sized young planets in other corners of the Milky Way, and suggests our solar system may not be unique.
Dozens of winners of the Nobel Prize have written to UK Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker setting out their concerns.
Archaeologists at University College London discovered that the bones in the feet of Neolithic cattle demonstrated distinctive wear patterns, indicative of exploitation as 'animal engines'.
Researchers at the Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder in Key Largo, Florida, played videos on a TV screen through underwater windows.
The striking artefacts were found at the mysterious site in Abermagwr, Wales, which has fascinated archaeologists for years. Romans were previously thought to have had little interaction with locals.
Researchers at the University of Manchester spent more than 10 years constructing the supercomputer, which they have dubbed SpiNNaker.
The ancient funeral practice took place when people feared the person would rise from the dead and infect people, experts revealed.
A new Boulder study claims Operation Pocket Money, a plan to deploy 11,000 sea mines off the coast of North Vietnam to cut off naval supply routes to the region, was scuppered by the storm.
Driving solely controlled by the brain, a morphing chassis and a cockpit that would look at home in a fighter jet: this is racing giant McLaren's vision for the future of motor-racing - the MP4-X F1 concept.
The 'heartland hyperloop' would run along the I-70 corridor, the major highway traversing Missouri, and would connect Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis.
The report from the National Academy of Sciences says technology to 'suck up' greenhouse gases has gotten better, and climate change is worsening.
Even if the eye-watering price of £2.1m wasn't a stumbling block, you can't have one, as every example to be built has already been reserved by a deep-pocketed buyer.
Data from Space-Track.org allowed Corby-based electronic company RS Components to analyse just how many bits of debris are currently orbiting Earth and which country they belong to.
From enormous 'construction workers' and helpful personal shoppers to shelf stackers and postmen, here are some of the latest breakthroughs in robotics presented at the summit in Tokyo.
On the back of the quiz, opticians have said if you can’t spot the subtle difference, it does not mean you have a colour vision deficiency, which affects almost three million Britons.
American Anne McClain, Canadian David Saint-Jacques and Russian Oleg Kononenko successfully took off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Monday on their way to the ISS.
Engineers at the University of Washington have revealed the RoboFly had taken its first untethered flaps earlier this year, and now say it could fly itself within five years.
USC researchers believe the find is the result of a fearsome shark six feet long leaping into the air to try and take down the much larger pterosaur with a wingspan of 18 feet.
German researchers stunned the medical and scientific world by replacing a baboon's heart (right) with a pig's heart (left). The operation kept the animal alive for 195 days.
One of the most cataclysmic events in the universe has been detected by Australian astronomers despite barely making a ripple through earth.
Chang'e-4 took off from the Sichuan, south-west China at 6:30 GMT, with the launch declared a success. It will perform a 'soft-landing' and land on the moon after a 27 day journey through space.
The average person in Europe now uses 3,000−5,000 litres of water per day, researchers claim, and this interactive map shows the regions that are most severely affected by water shortages.
Academics tested the fragments and found that they 'show characteristics inconsistent with ancient origin and therefore will no longer be displayed at the museum,' the Washington institution said.
A 30-second timelapse video shot by the billionaire tech mogul shows his point of view from a walk down the entire length of the rapid-transit tunnel underneath LA.
A fascinating new video has shown what it looks like from a self-driving Tesla sedan's point of view as it navigates a windy road. The footage is sourced from the car's on-board Autopilot computer.
More than half of American women share their beds with humans or dogs, and a third sleep with cats, according to a Canisius College study. People and cats are equally disruptive, but dogs make us comfy.
The Osiris-Rex spacecraft entered orbit Monday around the asteroid Bennu, 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) from Earth, and the smallest celestial body to be orbited by a spacecraft.
The empires of Ancient Greece and the Romans produced many marble sculptured which are synonymous with the long-ago era. Researchers now believe they were originally coloured.
'Every time we take a picture,' Surhud More, an astronomer at the University of Tokyo told the Washington Post, 'there is this possibility that Planet Nine exists in the shot.'
The competition is run annually by the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management, a London based charity dedicated to water and environmental management.
Research at a farming site in central Anatolia, in what is now Turkey, has uncovered a very detailed picture of the human diet which included extensive knowledge of dairy farming.
Ancient human ancestors settled in Northern Africa 2.4 million years ago, new archaeological evidence reveals. Early hominins and their material culture have previously been traced to East Africa.
Researchers led by conservationists from the Galapagos Whale Shark Project looked at whale sharks near Darwin Island, in the far north of the Galapagos Archipelago.
Archaeologists found the ornately-decorated burial site in Cumae, a ruined city in modern Italy which was among the first ancient Greek settlements in western Europe.
On Thursday, many Instagram users woke up to find the layout of their feed had been completely overhauled. And, they’re not happy. Instagram now says it was supposed to be a small test.
NASA, which is based in Washington, DC, released a photograph taken by its Insight spacecraft shortly after it landed on Mars, showing part of the probe and the Martian surface in the distance.
Tokyo-based developers from Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Institute say the robot could replace workers assembling ships and aircraft.
The extremely rare lucky charm was discovered at a previously unexplored site in Þjórsárdalur valley in south Iceland.
Anthony Levandowski, a former Uber engineer, claims to have completed the longest coast-to-coast trip across the US in a semi-autonomous vehicle, driving from San Francisco to New York City.
The cancelled launch of the Delta IV Heavy rocket in Southern California left residents scrabbling for an explanation to explain the bizarre cloud formation.
The pink and yellow sandstone object, designed to resemble a human face was discovered in a field in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Scientists at the University of Texas at Austin identified nearly two dozen new species of microbe, many of which gobble up greenhouse gases and other waste to survive and grow.
The 110 million-year-old tracks were found in Jinju Innovation City in South Korea. Researchers say each footprint measures just 1 cm long, suggesting the tiny raptor's legs were the size of matchsticks.
Souza, who was the Chief Official White House photographer for U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, used Apple's new iPhone XS to take these shots for Dailymail.com.
Gorillas at Bristol zoo have demonstrated the ability to knowingly cheat at a game in order to win. Scientists say they've seen 'seen a lot of cheating behaviour' from the animals.
Astronomers from the university of Leeds were investigating the surrounding rotating disc of gas and dust and detected a faint object just beyond a young star 40 times larger than our sun.
Rachael Neal, 28, credits her waterproof iPhone 8 Plus for helping save her life as she and her friends were stranded in the open sea off the coast of remote Okinawa Island in Japan earlier this year.
The guide, created by analyst Robert Szucs, 31, from Birmingham, shows every river basin represented by a different colour, which is contrasted with a dark, black background.
New research from the University of Edinburgh suggests humans had a sophisticated knowledge of the stars as long as 40,000 years ago.
The eight limestone coffins were found in the same pyramid as King Amenhoth II located in Dahshur, near the Great Pyramids of Giza west of capital Cairo.
Researchers say the next supercontinent will form in 200-250m years. The most likely is Novopangea, where the Americas collide with the Antarctica, and into the already collided Africa-Eurasia.
Elon Musk boasts the car will be able to hit 0-60mph in just 1.9 seconds - and has revealed footage of the first road tests of the car with customers.
Juno is in a highly-elliptical 53-day orbit around the planet and has revealed some of our best glimpses yet of its fascinating atmospheric processes.
Called SB>1 Defiant, the radical craft is being built by Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky - and has been revealed for the first time. It will fly twice as fast as current helicopters.'
Footage of a gruelling seven hour, 45 minute spacewalk, two Russian cosmonauts - Sergei Prokopyev and Oleg Kononenko - were forced to use knives to uncover the source of the leak.
The European Space Agency's Mars Express has returned an incredible new series of images showing the Korolev crater, a 50 mile (82 km) wide feature in in the northern lowlands of Mars.
A 2000-year-old figurine depicting 'Cernunnos', the Celtic god of nature, life and the underworld was found in farmland by archaeologists on the National Trust's Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire.
An asteroid shaped like a hippopotamus was spotted 1.8 million miles away from Earth. Observatories from California, West Virginia and Puerto Rico combined to take radar images of the rock.
The SpaceX boss tweeted an image this week showing the first two parts of what will soon be the ‘test hopper.' Musk's aerospace company is working on a prototype for his Starship plans.
The amazing martian footage, which shows the passing of light on the martian surface, was posted on NASA InSight's Twitter account.
Constructed from red bricks, the egg-shaped cooling chamber was discovered during redevelopment work at London's landmark Regent's Crescent.
Cosmonaut Sergei Prokopyev said Russian law enforcement is examining samples he and Oleg Kononenko collected during a December 12 spacewalk in an effort to find out what caused it.
According to new research led by archaeologist Maya Hoole from the Achavanich Beaker Burial Project, Ava died around 4,350 years ago as opposed to 3,700 years ago as previously thought
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.
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