A bark shield (inset, right) dated by radiocarbon to the iron age between 395-255BC has been reconstructed and analysed by researchers at the University of York. It was stiffened with wooden straps and had a rim and wooden handles, showing signs of being painted and scored with red chequerboard decoration. Scientists reconstructed the shield (left) and say bark used instead of metal or solid timber would have made it much lighter and given soldiers more speed and movement.
Professor Andria Rogava of Tbilisi, Georgia, built the towers in his office (some small ones of which are pictured bottom right) , finding that friction and balancing forces alone can keep the bizarre structures (top right) standing. He has even succeeded in creating a thin, nine-story tower made up of just 25 balls (left) — and could go higher still.
As a result of a compromised port, hackers could steal a wide range of data, including your texts, emails, photos and contacts, among other things.
Due to the high levels of omega-3 fatty acids, the tissue works as both an anti-inflammatory and an antibiotic, helping skin heal and protect itself from infection. They also require no sedation.
Scientists say they have vastly improved duration limits on ultra-high-speed cameras fast enough to track pulses of light. New technology more than doubles previous iterations.
Software company Panic, best known for developing products for Mac and iOS, has made its foray into hardware with a $149 handheld gaming device dubbed Playdate.
The amount of ice layered into deposits of sand are so great, scientists say, that if it were melted down, the liquid would form a planet-wide layer of water about 5 feet deep. Research has implications on not only how Mars looks today, but also how the red planet's climate may have, in the past, been conducive to life as we know it on Earth
Fruit and vegetables will stay fresh for up to three times longer thanks to a new 'natural and edible' coating hailed as a breakthrough against food waste.
The tech giant signed an agreement this week with the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), a UK watchdog, that it would be 'clearer and more upfront' with users in the future.
The clarity of Lake Tahoe's cobalt blue water improved last year from its worst level in a half-century after weather and runoff returned to more normal conditions at the alpine lake.
The internet giant is currently conducting a study as part of Amazon Body Labs that seeks to 'learn about diversity among body shapes' by collecting 3D scans of participants' bodies.
Robot dogs have come along way from the days of being tipped over by humans. A surprising new video shows off just how advanced the four-legged droids have become, as a 'HyQReal' robo-dog can be seen dragging an airplane that weighs a whopping 3 tons across the Geneva Airport in Italy. HyQReal was created by researchers at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) as a device designed to support humans in emergency situations.
Starting next week people in Queensland state will be able to use the Uber app to book a two-person submarine and take a tour of the underwater World Heritage site.
In a nearly unanimous vote, US Senators voted to pass the TRACED Act, which threatens to slap scammers with heavy fines of up to $10,000 for each robocall they make.
A University of Washington team may have developed a novel solution to help reduce the force of impact on a launch craft.
NASA announced the first contract to build power and propulsion systems for the lunar 'Gateway,' a small spaceship that will act as a layover for astronauts on lunar missions.
As if the world of deep-faked pictures and video wasn't scary enough, researchers from Samsung's AI center in Moscow have demonstrated an algorithm that can fabricate videos using only one image. In a video demonstration and a paper published in the pre-print journal ArXiv, the researchers show the capabilities of what is described as 'one-shot' and 'few-shot' machine learning.
NASA has released a remarkably detailed image showing a view of the Earth transitioning from day into night. Sweeping views of the planet can be seen, as well as the Earth's 'shadow line,' a rare sight wherein the division between night and day can be viewed by the naked eye. The stunning photo was shot on Monday by astronaut Christina Koch aboard the International Space Station.
NASA scientists in the US took measurements of its chemical composition and say the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen is similar to in Earth's oceans and could explain how water came to our planet.
Researchers from the University of Maryland made the finding after altering the material's cell structure with hydrogen peroxide. Potentially, this could negate the need for domestic climate control.
Psychiatrist Professor Marco Catani, of Kings College London, reviewed extensive tales and anecdotes about his life and behaviour before he made his conclusion.
Scientists at the University of Illinois have produced fuel for the first time using artificial photosynthesis which involves water, carbon dioxide and visible light.
The 85 million American families that have pets are at a greater risk of developing IBS than are non-animal lovers, according to new East Tennessee State University research.
University of Exeter scientists studied insects to see if age affected their appeal - and found younger males have a harder time enticing females back to their burrows.
In 1959, Yellowstone National Park shook violently for about 30 seconds. Geophysicists suggest that between June 2017 and March 2018 3,000 small quakes were a result of the earthquake.
The team of scientists, from France's Aix-Marseille Université, made the extraordinary discovery - comprising of 388 samples - in South America's Atacama Desert.
igh-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk's SpaceX company launched a Falcon 9 rocket from Florida on Thursday on a mission to carry the first batch of five dozen small satellites into low-Earth orbit for his new Starlink internet service. The rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at about 10:30pm marking a milestone in a global enterprise aimed at generating cash for Musk's larger ambitions in space.
More than 2,000 pre-schools in China use robots which take photos of children's hands to spot signs of illness and slow the spread of illnesses, but experts in the UK are sceptical.
New figures from the Office for National Statistics show recent internet use among those aged 65 and older and Denmark and Luxembourg as Europe's top nations.
Composed of bones of various dodo specimens found on the bird's past home of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, the skeleton being sold at Christie's London was assembled in the 19th century.
Whether you're studying for an exam or revising for a presentation, this quiz from Tutor House promises to reveal the best learning method to maximise the information you retain.
In a demonstration a new algorithm developed by Nvidia -- a project that is aptly dubbed 'Petswap' -- shows how an AI can take the concept of an animal and extrapolate to envision other animals.
Zuckerberg argued that breaking up the company might mean fewer resources to curb harmful online content and election interference and improve privacy and the portability of personal data.
She was first unearthed from the Funadomari shell mound, on Rebun Island off Hokkaido's northern coast back in 1998 and experts are still learning more about her.
James Smalley, an engineer at Upstate NY-based machining firm PMI Industries, is accused of falsifying at least 38 inspection reports for parts used by Elon Musk's rocket company.
The shocking video reveals the secret film of plastic that lines the interior of most aluminium cans, used to block chemical reaction between aluminium and acid in the fizzy drink. The acid reacting with the aluminium creates aluminium phosphate with excess levels of the aluminium compound having been associated with bone and brain disorders.
NASA has launched the final stage of a four-year effort to develop a national traffic management system for drones, testing them in cities for the first time beyond the operator's line of sight.
A study by Exeter University says that the 'genetic identity' of wolves is being threatened because they are mating with the increasing free-roaming dog population , creating wolf-dog hybrids.
It is the first time they've been seen killing tortoises, adding further evidence of their intelligence. The scenes were recorded by scientists in a national park in Gabon, West Africa.
More than four-hundred students were observed for the study, which took place in Croatia and was conducted by research scholars from Oxford Brookes University.
The wearable device would be able to determine a user's emotional state just by the sound of their voice, as well as advise the wearer on how to interact more effectively with others.
Israeli news reported that desktop users of the app saw a money bag symbol appear alongside the Star of David and the dollar sign when they typed the Hebrew word for 'Jew'.
The system will use self-driving electric vehicles capable of transporting up to 16 people, and the company plans to start construction in September, with plans to open by December 2020.
The vision represents Finlaggan, Inner Hebrides, in the early fifteenth century - a time when it was the administrative and ceremonial centre of the Lordship of the Isles.
The technology for the Skyborg program, which would see drones like the Valkyrie (bottom right) support jets like the F-15 (top) and F-35 (bottom left) is being developed by the US Air Force Research Laboratory, in collaboration with aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Lockheed Martin.
Students from Stanford University's Student Robotics club have created a robot dog that can backflip and even dance. Its creators have also put all the plans for making the robot yourself online.
In the studies, led by researchers from the University of Bath, shoppers wore eye-tracking glasses that recorded where they looked while they browsed a store.
France's National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), was tasked with clarifying the origin of the numerous tremors, which shook the tropical island of Mayotte, wedged between Africa and Madagascar.
A destructive species of caterpillar which decimates the hedgerows of Britain's upper classes has now spread to all UK countries and tops the pest'most wanted' list.
Researchers from the University of Southampton have forecast a worldwide move towards smaller animals over the next 100 years while bigger, slow-lived species are likely to fall victim to extinction.
The team of researchers, from the Agricultural Research and Rural Extension Company, in southern Brazil, are hoping to identify the ideal grass length for livestock to feed on.
Researchers working in the murky waters of the northern Gulf Coast have located the wreck of the last ship known to bring enslaved people from Africa to the United States.
A report describes how Amazon installed screens at many of its warehouse workers' stations that allow employees to turn tasks like assembling orders and moving items into competitive games.
The viral video was shaed around the world and showcases the phenomenon of supercooling which lets water remain liquid below its freezing point.
Israeli researchers raised a glass Wednesday to celebrate a long-brewing project of making beer and mead using yeasts extracted from ancient clay vessels -some over 5,000 years old.
Industries in northeastern China have spewed large quantities of an ozone-depleting gas into the atmosphere in violation of the Montreal Protocol agreement.
Researchers in Australia have built the first plate tectonic reconstruction of the Game of Thrones continent, using evidence of geological processes from the stunning landscapes in the show.
Researchers analysed data from all CPR attempts made by emergency services in one part of the Netherlands between 2006 and 2012.
Amazon will continue to sell its controversial facial recognition software to law enforcement and other entities after a failed shareholder vote aimed at reeling the company's practices in.
A team of anthropologists from the University of Kent made the discovery that chimpanzees can cross roads from hidden cameras during an eight-month study in the African country.
A U.S. Department of Defense spokesperson reportedly confirmed the Pentagon's interest in UFO's, citing the agency's investigation of 'unidentified aerial phenomena.'
Now, users can call 911 in the Lyft app if there's an emergency, while a new design in the app will make the driver's license plate easier to view than before.
Self-driving delivery vehicles may be getting closer to becoming a reality, but Ford believes there's one leg of the process that could be further solved by robots. Ford's autonomous delivery robot robot is capable of lifting packages that weigh 40lbs, so it can deliver your pizza, Amazon package or groceries straight to your doorstep.
The company said customers be notified of software updates that may affect performance. It comes as part of a new agreement with Britain's Competition and Markets Authority.
By detecting these kinds of behaviors, it could help caregivers or doctors better ascertain if an elderly or disabled individual has an undiagnosed health condition.
Asteroid 1999 KW4 is not one but two objects, consisting of a larger space rock measuring about 1.3 kilometers wide (.8 mile) and a small companion that orbits it. It will be closest on May 25.
A recent SpaceX online application suggests the next round of launch for the prototype rocket is being planned in Texas and will test the Raptor engine to a maximum altitude of 16,400ft.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is funding research that could give a future generation of soldiers the power to control machines and weapons with their minds.
Apple is updating its 'butterfly' keys on its MacBook laptops with a new type of material. The US tech giant is also extending its keyboard repair service in the latest product launch.
Microfossils of a spore excavated in the wilderness of the Canadian Arctic are thought to represent the oldest known fungus on Earth, according to scientists.
The forest of Borth used to stretch for two to three miles along the shore between Ynys-las and Borth on the Welsh coast before it was buried under layers of peat, sand and saltwater.
A nimble robot inspired by bush babies can now bounce three times its own height in a single leap. Launched in 2016, engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, originally built Salto (saltatorial locomotion terrain obstacles) to jump at 1.75 metres per second. Now, it's been enhanced with a string of new features, which see it reach new heights while navigating obstacle courses and strolling through the streets.
The firm announced the Honor 20 and 20 Pro, but neither phone has a confirmed release date in the UK.
Major British-based chip designer ARM and EE and Vodafone are suspending business with China’s Huawei to comply with US regulations amid security concerns regarding the company.
DJ Khaled and US-based firm Waze are partnering up to feature the rapper's voice on the sat-nav app today.
The first UK-wide 5G mobile network will launch at the end of this month, as EE announces it will go live on May 30.
NASA will use an electron beam to stencil the submitted names onto a silicon chip with lines of text smaller than one-thousandth the width of a human hair.
Short spells in space and leads to early-onset arthritis, a first-of-a-kind study from the Henry Ford Hospital, Michigan, adds to a growing body of research about the health effects of spaceflight has found.
Google's lead regulator in the European Union, Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner, opened its first investigation into the search giant over its use of people's data for advertising purposes.
Researchers from Hampden-Sydney College in the US found that the hair-like tissue in the jaws of baleen whales is better at trapping microplastics than oil in the ocean.
D.J. Soto has been running what’s said to be the first virtual reality church , where gamers from all walks of life are invited to ‘learn about God, faith, and science.’ It exists entirely in the virtual realm, offering hour-long streams every Sunday for an online congregation made up of equal parts robots and human avatars. And, it’s even a place for those looking to be cleansed of their sins. A bizarre new video shared this week by YouTuber Syrmor shows what it’s like to be baptized in VR, complete with an audience of cartoon characters and an anime girl ‘immersed in divine love.’
University of Queensland physicist Tyler Neely and colleagues made the tiny art by cooling rubidium gas to just a few billionths of a degree above absolute zero, the coldest temperature possible.
The 'Moms + Marijuana' project at the University of Washington School of Medicine is the latest in a string of studies racing to deliver some concrete information as cannabis use increases all over.
NASA's next trip to the moon will entail 37 separate launches over a decade and culminate in the construction of a moon base by 2028 say leaked documents that detail the agency's 'Artemis' plan.
Scientists from the Macau University of Science and Technology in China have suggested that the heavily- cratered far side if the moon is the result of a collision with a dwarf planet.
A new study that surveyed 1,000 voters, people who cast their ballots for President Donald Trump in a 2016 race against candidate Hilary Clinton were twice as likely to keep their choice 'secret.'
Alex Stamos, who left his post as chief security officer in 2018, said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg should 'give up some of that power' and make way for a new chief executive.
TikTok is planning to take on Spotify and Apple with a music streaming service that could debut in the coming months. The unnamed service will first launch in emerging markets like India.
During a presentation by Sony Interactive Entertainment, an executive showed off the PlayStation 5's super fast load times, thanks to an all new solid state drive built into the device.
An amateur photographer captured the breadth and versatility of icebergs from his vantage in what's known as 'iceberg alley.' In a series of images from his home in Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, photographer Mark Gray documented a processions of icebergs as the drifted by in the Labrador Sea through his personal Twitter account. About 400 to 800 icebergs make it to the coast of Newfoundland every year but in some exceptional cases more than 2,000 have been recorded during one banner season in 1984.
If machines had similar characteristics, they'd be able to navigate more effectively in dangerous environments, experts from Indiana's Purdue University say.
According to writer Sam Biddle, the Intercept spoke with an anonymous source at US-based Facebook who produced confidential documents detailing the data sharing.
Staff from the University of Vienna performed a cognitive bias test on the Gothic-looking animals, which monitored their reactions to neutral stimuli.
Researchers from the University of Cambridge found that we rely on the brain’s ability to break up the continuous stream of information received by sensory input into distinct chunks.
Consumer Reports examined a set of accounts and found that a significant number didn't have the ability to toggle off Face Recognition, a feature that automatically users in tagged photos.
According to writer Sam Biddle, the Intercept spoke with an anonymous source at US-based Facebook who produced confidential documents detailing the data sharing.
A Tokyo police smartphone app to scare off molesters has become a smash hit in Japan, where women have long run the gauntlet of groping on packed rush-hour...
The British network provider's issues have now been resolved. EE said: ' 'some customers experienced intermittent problems making calls on 4G' but these are now fixed.
A team of scientists from Manchester University have found chemical traces of red pigment in a mouse that lived millions of years ago, the first time this was detected in an ancient fossil. The extinct creature - nicknamed 'Mighty Mouse' by the research team - had brown to reddish fur on its back and sides and had a tiny white tummy.
San Diego-based startup TuSimple said its self-driving trucks will begin hauling mail between USPS facilities in Phoenix and Dallas to see how the nascent technology might improve delivery times.
Scientists from the US and UK have analysed pollen fossils that trace the oldest cannabis plants back 28 million years ago on the Tibetan Plateau around Qinghai Lake 10,700ft above sea level
Scientists from the University of Cambridge studied ten Agta groups in the Philippines and found hunter-gatherers spend 20 hours a week getting food, 10 hours more than hunter-gatherers.
Researchers at the Southwest Research Institute in Texas found the traces and said they are 'very different from most icy objects explored previously by spacecraft'.
According to a report in Nature, a draft of new code in the country's civil law explicitly lists human genes and embryos as protected personal rights for the first time ever.
Eoin Keary, CEO of cyber-security firm Edgescan, told MailOnline that this hammer-blow could spell 'the beginning of the end' for Chinese tech giant Huawei.
Researcher Anurag Sen discovered the database which contains personal contact information of 'prominent food bloggers, celebrities and other social media influencers.'
On Monday, the search giant revealed the second-generation of its heads-up display glasses that feature a new design, an improved camera and processor, as well as a slew of other updates.
Facebook on Monday gave a detailed look into some of the projects being undertaken by its AI researchers at its Menlo Park, California-based headquarters, many of which are aimed at making robots smarter.Among the machines being developed are walking hexapods that resemble a spider, a robotic arm and a human-like hand complete with sensors to help it touch.
They are known to eat almost anything they can, including dolphins, sea turtles and even humans. A team at Mississippi State University has now added sparrows and doves to this extensive list.
Experts have found that the Mussaurus patagonicus - dubbed the Mouse Lizzard - became mobile in the same way as human beings, albeit some 200 million years ago.
Security researchers have discovered the app, called VidMate, hijacks smartphones by running invisible ads, subscribing users' to paid apps without their consent and exposing personal data.
The forum OGusers, a popular hacking community, has been hacked by a rival group who revealed email addresses, passwords and private messages of 113,000 users.
This month astronaut Anne McClain ran a hardware test of NASA's 'Astrobees' one of three robotic assistants launched to the International Space Station in April.
The Bonobo species also protected their sons from other males during copulation, the team from the Max Planck Institute in Germany said.
Report from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials shows increase in their use over the last few years, reflecting rapid adoption of the technology.
Bizarrely, this information is already available to people, although most are probably unaware because the 'Purchases' function is largely unknown.
The University of Bristol has released a statement distancing itself from a piece of research claiming a researcher cracked the mysterious Voynich manuscript.
Researchers from the Netherlands set out to assess the impact of blue, smartphone-emitted light in the evenings on the sleep patterns of young people in their own homes.
Previously, Le Grand K was defining mass against which kilos were measured. Instead, scientists will measure the kilogram via the Kibble balance
An international study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science analyzed melting ice sheets in Greenland and the Antarctic - and the resulting sea level rise.
Archaeologists from the Australian National University and colleagues have catalogued 137 new jars, found across 15 freshly-identified sites, in remote and mountainous forest.
Robert Felce made the discovery from the site at the rocky Dollar Cove at Gunwalloe, on Mount's Bay near Helston, Cornwall.
The move follows a ten-month trial in three Morrisons stores in Skipton, Guiseley and St Ives where the amount of loose fruit and veg bought by customers increased by an average of 40 per cent.
Images of Pluto have revealed the presence of an equatorial basin, under which may lie an ocean. Japan-led research may explain an ocean could have survived until today without freezing solid.
NASA geoscientist Daniel Moriarty and colleagues discussed the possibility of future moonbases during a Reddit 'ask me anything' session on May 16, which focused on the upcoming 2024 moonshot.
A German has conducted its first successful flight of its electric five-seater air taxi. Lilium, based in Munich, lew an unmanned test flight of its vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) system in early May. The jet has 36 engines which allow it to take off vertically, and has a maximum top speed of 80mph (300 kmph) and a range of 80 miles. According to the tech firm, its flying taxi would allow users to travel from London to Manchester in less than an hour.
The jaw bone (main) was found on a farm in southern Iowa with a row of teeth still intact. The owners of the farm have donated the mastodon (inset) fossil to the University of Iowa.
A WWF report claims that 17 bee species are considered 'extinct' in the East of England, with another 25 under threat and 31 under concern.
Sheryl Sandberg has pushed back on claims that Facebook should be broken up in the wake of a string of scandals. Instead, she called for greater government regulation of internet companies.
According to Iain Boyd, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan, the Pentagon's sudden interest has little do do with aliens.
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a wearable patch which works as a ‘personal thermostat’ that could provide personalised cooling and heating.
US telecom giants say they've finally stopped collecting their customers' location data and sharing it with third parties, one year after investigations found users could easily be tracked.
A barrister specialising in technology law has set up a new platform which will measure posts for sentiment via algorithms which scan through content online.
The Department for Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs announced today that the Asian Longhorn Beetle, native to China, has been completely eradicated in the UK.
Simon Forman (inset, top right) and his protégé Richard Napier (inset, bottom right) paraded through Elizabethan England professing to be able to heal people of anything from witchcraft to 'bloody flux'. Consultation of the stars and a plethora of absurd treatments, including pigeon slippers, deer dung and boiled crab, were prescribed to patients. The pair left behind notes on every one of their 80,000 cases, but it was written in almost illegible writing (main) and has long remained a mystery. Researchers at the University of Cambridge have now deciphered the texts and placed some of the bizarre records online.
University of Tübingen researcher Alba Motes-Rodrigo and colleagues had presented a troop of chimpanzees living in Norway's Kristiansand Zoo with buried food and a selection of sticks.
California-based Google's Translatotron converts one language into another, for example Spanish to English, without the need for a text-based process.
Amazon has led a funding round in British online food delivery company Deliveroo, pitting itself against Uber Eats, and Just Eat which have already seen a drop in its shares.
Now a study by British and Swedish scientists of Swedish twins found the choice of getting a dog is heavily influenced by an individual's genetic make-up and is inherited.
Longtime video game console rivals Microsoft and Japanese firm Sony announced an alliance to improve their platforms for streaming entertainment content.
Deliveries will include 'fresh Finnish pastries, meatballs for two, and a range of other meals and snacks' that can be delivered in minutes and will serve as a test in urban centers.
Future French bulldogs may not suffer with the same chronic breathing problems as modern-day animals do. Scientists discovered a DNA mutation that could be behind their problems.
Physiological responses driven by fear help humans make critical decisions and stay on our toes, especially when it comes to situations like driving. Microsoft researchers have built on this to improve their AI.
Residues of food was found inside 500-year-old pottery at the medieval town of West Cotton in Northamptonshire. Analysis revealed the normal folk dined on stews made with mutton and beef as well as leafy vegetables - with cabbage and leek a favourite. They would have dined on bread and so-called 'white meats' - a term used by peasants which included butter and various cheeses. Poor people couldn't afford finer delicacies like fish but the presence of oats and barley proves they had access to carbohydrates, likely in the form of bread.
Researchers at the University of Virginia examined the link between social class and overconfidence.
Dubbed 'Car Thing,' it plugs into a vehicle's cigarette lighter and allows users to turn on their favorite playlist, song or artist hands-free while they're preoccupied on the road.
As reported by CNBC, former recruiters for the company say that recent controversies like Cambridge Analytica, which exposed 87 million users' data, have caused candidates to decline jobs.
Based on feedback from user surveys, Facebook says it will begin prioritizing posts in the News Feed from people you have ‘close relationships’ with. It will also boost the 'most worthwhile' links.
Scientists analyzing 800 million measurements collected by an array of satellites since 1992 have found the Pine Island and Thwaite’s Glaciers are now losing ice at a rate five times faster than in past.
An investigation by Georgetown Law claims the NYPD is misusing facial recognition by running photos of celebrities and digitally-doctored images to comb for criminals.
Researchers from Curtin University in Perth have found that the canary yellow glass famously used to make a scarab that is part of King Tut's Pectoral was created by a meteorite impact.
Throughout the next six months, the selected partners, which include some of the biggest names is aerospace engineering, will design various elements of its Artemis mission in 2024.
Remains found in 1,000-year-old chests in Winchester Cathedral (top left, top right) are thought to be those of Queen Emma (bottom), wife of two Anglo-Saxon kings, including Canute (inset, left). Her importance was such that she was the first queen whose portrait was painted by artists (inset, right) and immortalised in court records. She was betrothed to King Ethelred The Unready and upon his death, married his successor, King Canute, author of one of the country's most lasting legends. Canute is popularly known by the story that he tried to teach his advisors the limits of his power by instructing them to carry him to the beach. The King then ordered the tide to stay out. The bones will go on display as part of an exhibition of the Cathedral's history, Kings and Scribes, which will open later this month, of which Queene Emma (artist's recreation, top middle) features prominently.
Facebook's head of cybersecurity policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, announced the firm's detection of the influence campaign during a press conference on May 16, 2019.
The Australian islands were once named as having the best beachesin the country but are now littered with tonnes of rubbish including toothbrushes and flip-flops
Archaeologists in Cambodia claim to have found the remnants of nearly 100 previously undiscovered ancient temples buried in the jungle in the Samphu Borak area.
Scientists including those from Sheffield has compared the DNA of dozens of bedbug species and concluded that bedbugs evolved 100 million years ago when the dinosaurs roamed
Stanford's Department of Energy worked with researchers from Rutgers University to produce the auditory result.
New Huawei-made phones will not have access to apps such as Gmail, Google Maps and the Google Play store, dealing a huge blow to the Chinese tech firm's expansion.
Nissan said on Thursday it would, for now, stick to self-driving technology which uses radar sensors and cameras, avoiding lidar or light-based sensors because of their high cost and limited capabilities.
A SpaceX launch already scrubbed once due to inclement weather was postponed again nearly 24 hours later on Thursday, this time for 'about a week,' in order to update satellite software.
Written by Victoria Asare-Archer and directed by Mathias Chelebourg, Doctor Who: The Runaway allow fans of the long-running science fiction show to become the Doctor's latest travelling companion by donning a VR headset.
Computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have taught an artificial intelligence agent how to do something that usually only humans can do by taking quick glimpses around a room.
The lumps of 10,000-year-old chewing gum were unearthed from an archaeological site called Huseby-Klev, located on the west coast of Sweden.
A new image captured by NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) on April 22 shows a fresh impact site on a region of the moon called Sea of Serenity.
Customers who have regularly paid to use Adobe's Photoshop software have been politely threatened with litigation for using older versions.
Users will have to pay a little extra to take advantage of the new tool, called 'Quiet Mode,' is only available for Uber Black and Uber Black SUV premium rides, which are more expensive.
Less than a month after the postponement of the Galaxy Fold, the company says it has resolved two issues with the device, one of them leading reviewers to destroy the phones disaply.
A misconfiguration in the key's Bluetooth pairing protocols made it possible for a hacker who is within 30 feet of the user to either communicate with the security key or the device it's paired with.
The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has put out a call for more information on developing an algorithm that can be trained to identify targets by visually analyzing security camera footage.
A farmer found the haul when digging on his land in the south of Russia near the Caspian Sea. It is a burial mound dating back up to 2,000 years and contains the remains of a high-ranking nomadic'royal'. The chieftain (left) was buried with his head raised as if on a pillow and wearing a cape adorned with gold plagues. Other discoveries include along the skull of a 'laughing' man with an artificially deformed egg-shaped cranium (bottom right) and pieces of jewellery (top right).
In a demonstration from researchers at Northeastern University in Boston, a software defined radio successfully tricks a simulated plane into thinking that the aircraft is traveling off-course.
Scientists have now calculated where they expect each of these craft to end up throughout the course of their respective journeys, starting with our nearest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri.
Researchers from University College London analysed dental evolutionary rates across different hominin species, focusing on early Neanderthals.
The animal, which has been named Alcmonavis poeschli , was unearthed in Schaudiberg quarry, near Mörnsheim, in southern Germany's Altmühl Valley.
Users will now be directed to a 'credible public health resource' when they conduct a search using specific keywords associated with vaccines, Twitter said on Tuesday.
A new proposal from FCC Chairman Ajit Pai could allow carriers like AT&T; and Verizon to roll out call-blocking tools by default for consumers. The FCC will vote on the proposal at a meeting on June 6th.
It is one of a range of patches issued by the US-based computing giant to fix systems it has since stopped supporting, such as Windows 7 and XP.
The social network is introducing a stricter `one strike´ policy to prevent terrorist and violent Facebook Live broadcasts such as that from the terrorist attack in Christchurch
A series of tracks created roughly 14,000 years ago has revealed stunning new insight into the ways ancient humans explored dark, potentially treacherous cave systems during the Stone Age. Researchers say at least 180 hand and footprints line the clay-rich floor of Italy’s cave of Bàsura in the famous Toirano caves, indicating ancient humans crawled barelegged through low tunnels as they searched for food and even explored for fun. The group that left behind these tracks thousands of years ago included a total of five individuals, from adults to children as young as three years old, who navigated the dark pathways using wooden sticks as torches.
Archaeologists studied fish bones from ancient ponds in the Amazon basin and found the main species to be those adapted to stagnant and shallow waters common during long droughts in the region
Archaeologists found the 2,600 year old castle in the North Sinai province. It was a mud brick structure with 16 towers and could have formed a main gate to Egypt's eastern border.
The company said the technical issue has now been resolved and the customers in the UK will be compensated but details of how they will be refunded have not been released.
A study measured tiny nanoparticles of pollution within house in four British towns and cities and compared them to outside to find that indoor spaces were more than three times more polluted.
The UK Environmental Agency, which began exploring the potential of the technique seven years ago, will be rolling out DNA-based monitoring programmes in 2020.
The Future of Food Report portrays long-term analyses of food and agricultural systems all over the world and predicts what we might be consuming in the decades to come.
Cambridge University scientists found that as temperatures increase, trees grow faster - but they also tend to die younger.
Scientists from the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, injected volunteers (pictured) with either E.coli or a placebo before asking others how sick they looked two hours later.
The Chinese tech giant is bringing bendy screen technology to a totally new gadget, releasing what it's calling the 'world's first foldable PC.' Users can fold it in half to read their favorite book in bed, unfold it and stand it up using the built-in kickstand to watch their favorite videos hands-free, or use it as a full-screen tablet to take notes during a meeting at the office.
Match announced today that it is beginning to roll out a new service called AskMatch which allows its paid users to chat on the phone with one of the company's dating 'experts.'
Google said on Tuesday it will also start placing ads with image galleries in search results and show ads in new spots on Google Maps, increasing opportunities for advertisers.
The FTC opened an investigation into Facebook's data dealings after it was revealed last Match that some 87 million users' data had been harvested and shared with Cambridge Analytica.
The NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center issued a storm watch earlier this week for Wednesday into Thursday and has since extended the forecast into Friday.
Departments will need to get board approval to continue using or acquiring technology. The legislation bans municipal use but not personal, business or federal government use of face ID technology.
NASA has revealed its upcoming moon mission, which is currently tied to an ambitious 2024 deadline, will be led by both male and female astronauts for the first time.
Researchers looked at millions of rides in San Francisco that took place between 2010 and 2016 -- pre and post Uber and Lyft -- looking at factors like the number of vehicle miles traveled and delays.
The next-day service will cover 220,000 popular items from diapers and non-perishable food items to toys and electronics. It will require a minimum order of $35 and expects to come to 75% of the US.
Researchers from the Institute for Human & Machine Cognition in Florida have created a robot that uses a planning algorithm to balance its way across an uneven path of cinder blocks. The video shows the robot, called Atlas, carefully moving across a balance beam using body control, much like a human would. It was created using LIDAR, a system that uses a pulsed laser to measure the distance between objects, in order to step correctly on the narrow terrain.
Building off of a concept introduced by physicist Gerard O'Neill – who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton – the Blue Origin founder outlined habitats that could hold cities.
NASA is investigating how best to respond to the possibility of an asteroid or a comet colliding with Earth in fictional situations.
On stage, Bezos took the wraps off a massive model of what will be the firm’s first lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon. The event kicked off at 4 p.m. in Washington D.C, and was not live streamed.
In a profanity-laden tirade from one of TV's most famous liaisons of science and learning, viewers were dealt a stark warning about the disastrous effects of climate change.
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket successfully took its second flight ever on Thursday afternoon, when it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center carrying Lockheed Martin's Arabsat 6A satellite.
The Beresheet spacecraft began experiencing problems shortly after it began its descent, despite a promising start in which it sent back a selfie at just 22 kilometers from the surface.
A drill that will spearhead the search for life on Mars was put through its paces using a vehicle resembling a soapbox derby contraption.
The ancient workshop is thought to date back to the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Amenhotep III – King Tut’s grandfather. The sphinx and hundreds of hieroglyphic fragments were found at the site.
The battery-powered devices about the size of a small cooler and can deliver packages autonomously, but for now, they'll be accompanied with a human while they're being tested out.
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.
The research from the consumer watchdog Which? comes as the UK prepares for the London Marathon this weekend and found the Garmin's Vivosmart 4 was named the least reliable.
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.
Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have studied thousands of species of animals and birds to work out where reservoirs of contagious, mosquito-borne viruses could be.
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.
Footage of the colour-changing octopus was captured by a free-diver as he swam in the crystal clear waters in the French Riviera.
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.
McLaren have given Formula One fans their take on what the future of the sport looks like as they presented the 2050: the MCLExtreme, a futuristic race car built and designed for the future.
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.
A new pair of hovershoes unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, called Motokicks, could soon replace your scooter, bike and skateboard - just don't try to take them for a spin in the rain.
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.
Dr Dombard and his colleagues presented a possible solution to this problem at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, DC, this week.
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.
Michelle Vall, 53, of Blackpool found the artefact under six inches of mud while holidaying at Loch Lomond. The signet ring is in perfect condition and is believed to be worth up to £10,000.
Archaeologists believe they have found the final resting place of Antony and Cleopatra in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, around eighteen miles from Alexandria in Egypt.
Fifteen Gallic amphoras were found half submerged in the sand and were first spotted by two scuba divers outside the city of Portofino in late November last year.
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.
US sportswear giant Nike has teased its first self-lacing basketball trainers, which the company has suggested will be controllable from a 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.
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.
Hess was captured by 1941 in Scotland after parachuting into the UK and tried at Nuremberg and later imprisoned at Berlin's Spandau prison.
Price beats the previous world record for a British coin by more than £200,000. Only 20 of the 'Vigo' five guinea pieces were minted, to celebrate the theft of American gold form the Spanish fleet.
The enormous predator, known as 'Deep Blue', was first seen by diver and photographer Mark Mohler and Kimberly Jeffries on Sunday last week nine miles from the coast off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
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.
The findings, by researchers at the University of Oxford, could help predict a sportsman's performance - and the rate of his decline - over his career.
San Francisco based Earth imaging company Planet Lab has launched a record number of satellites into space which combined can photograph the entire landmass of the world.
Gadgets on show this week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas include the Y-brush, which cleans your teeth in just ten seconds.
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.
French startup Neural Up demonstrated its incredible relaxation technology in Las Vegas this week at CES. The patented acoustic technology aims to 'enhance your emotional balance.'
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.
China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft has brought vegetable seeds and silkworm eggs in a small tin to the moon. Researchers hope the seeds will grow to blossom on the moon in 100 days.
UberAir will make its debut in the American cities of Los Angeles and Dallas in 2023, and is hoping the taxis may fly in British skies in the next decade.
A trial is starting in August which will see customers leave their car in a drop-off zone before summoning a robot through a designated app. It will be at Gatwick's South Terminal long-stay car park.
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.
A new investigation into the genome of Asian populations has spotted the footprint of a long-ago hominid that appears to have been cross-bred from two different species of human ancestor.
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.
Former Israeli Air Force pilot Alon Getz helped design the new cutting-edge technology as part of his start-up company RideOn. It is being trialed in Austria.
Byton kicked off CES 2019 by revealing the souped up interior of its M-Byte vehicle, complete with additional displays – including a touchscreen in the middle of the steering wheel.
Anjou unveiled a tabletop device that can print any picture on your nails in 30 seconds. The firm demo'ed at CES, showing how users can choose from 500 designs or upload their own images.
Unlimited Tomorrow's new lower-cost method for creating high-tech prosthetics aims to make the devices much more accessible to amputees around the world – especially children.
Researchers at the University of Manchester spent more than 10 years constructing the supercomputer, which they have dubbed SpiNNaker.
Formed between July and September 2018, the huge impact smashed through the ice at the planet's southern ice cap, sending debris into a unique pattern.
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.
The 'heartland hyperloop' would run along the I-70 corridor, the major highway traversing Missouri, and would connect Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis.
Archaeologists developed a programme to save endless hours in the restoration of historical items. Trials were conducted on Byzantine art from Cyprus.
Ovie, a Chicago-based start-up, claim to 'make it easy for you to track what's in your fridge and waste less'. The containers have coloured discs that tell you when food is going out of date.
The movie was put together from photos taken New Year's Eve and New Year's Day as the spacecraft made its closest approach, but not sent back to Earth until recently.
The report from the National Academy of Sciences says technology to 'suck up' greenhouse gases has gotten better, and climate change is worsening.
The largest technology show in the world kicked off yesterday in Las Vegas with an amazing set of innovations on display including a smart cat bowl, an electric skateboard and a motorised suitcase.
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. Musk says he is aiming for test flights this spring.
The video reveals the 3500ft borehole into Mercer Subglacial Lake, a hydraulically active lake that lies more 1000m beneath the Whillans Ice Plain on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.
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.
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.
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.
The European Space Agency revealed it has signed up rocket maker ArianeGroup to develop plans for a moon base that could be used to mine material from the lunar surface.
Everything from autonomous 'people-movers' to a VR experience that lets users battle Iron Man from the backseat of a car was on display at the world's largest tech trade show.
At CES, Intel demonstrated its tech in the Hoobox Robotics’ Wheelie 7 kit, which can be retrofitted to existing motorized chairs to give the rider control using only their facial expressions.
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.
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.
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.'
Astronomers are now picking a favourite telescope and the four different ideas are competing to be built in the 2030s.
Unlike other pet treadmills on the market, the pricey system, debuted at CES in Las Vegas, is equipped with LED lights to motivate your cat into exercise, and allows you to set fitness goals.
The huge tank is being stress tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.
China has also revealed it is planning to go back to the moon later this year with the Chang'e-5 lander following the phenomenal success of the ongoing Chang'e-4 mission.
Experts from British Columbia University in Canada believe they are likely to be caused by the left overs of an exploding star - or supernova - or a a supermassive black hole.
Harley-Davison showed off its first ever electric motorcycle at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Pre-orders for the $29, 799 vehicle are now open in the US, and it should begin shipping by fall 2019.
International eco-charity Greenpeace was one of the first environmental organisations to jump on the trending hashtag, sharing two photographs that highlight the effect of Amazon deforestation.
The moon rock was brought back to Earth for analysis but now 48 years on from the 1971 mission, experts have now claimed that the rock was a fragment from our planet.
Divers have been studying wreckage off the coast of Buka Island, 100ft below the ocean surface and say they have found a piece of glass that 'shares some consistencies' with landing lights from Earhart's plane.
Experts from Northwestern University studying a celestial object called AT2018cow have concluded it may be the first time the formation of a new black hole or neutron star has been captured.
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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