Next year it will deploy for sea trials before most likely heading to the Gulf, where it will take the the F-35B Lightning II jet to battle.
Recently translated texts dating back 1,700 years reveal the ancient spells that called upon gods and demons in hopes to attain love, sex, and power. Researchers have uncovered numerous magical formulas which may once have been used in hopes to tamper with fate, requiring a person simply add the name of their target in order to lay a curse. The spells are just a small part of an expansive collection of Egyptian papyri discovered more than 100 years ago in the city Oxyrhynchus.
Nasa researchers came to the conclusion after combining data on sea surface temperature, land form and ocean depth to study the physical processes on sea ice cover.
The University of Texas found that people tend to compare their partner to others in the dating pool and are dissatisfied in their relationship -- even if they fit their ideal preferences of a perfect match.
Douglas Vakoch, president of the San Francisco-based non-profit group, 'Messaging Extraterrestrial Intelligence International', says current signals to ET are too simplistic.
According to bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari, rather than being violently wiped out by robotic beings, humankind may become 'eternally useless' due to the increasing capabilities of AI.
The RAZR flip phone was first introduced in 2004. Now, new owner Lenovo is expected to unveil an updated, Android powered version of the phone next month.
Female candidates who gave personal information raised their chance of being hired by 30 to 40 percentage point, according to a study, by Vanderbilt University in Tennessee.
The phrase 'I only have two hands' is no longer an excuse with a new human-machine hybrid.
Researchers have unveiled a wrist-worn joint device that transforms into extra fingers, allowing the wearer to carryout 'tri-manual tasks'.This gripper-like robot consists of 11 motors linked together using LEGO parts -- each one designed with 180 degrees of motion range. The device can assist you with writing one-handed notes or help you open a door while you unlock simultaneously.
The latest update from Apple, iOS 9.3.2, turned some 9.7-in iPad Pros into useless paperweights. Today the firm has removed the update and said those affected should contact Apple Support.
A seemingly new prompt requires users to enter a passcode if the device hasn't been unlocked using its passcode in six days, and the Touch ID hasn't been used within the last eight hours.
Pilot error is the most common causes for aircraft crashes, followed by equipment failures and bad weather (pictured) explains Simon Ashley Bennett, from the University of Leicester.
A study from the University of California shows you're more likely to be asked on a second date if you have gender-stereotypical genes - for dominance in men, and submissiveness in females.
Elements like gold were created when mind-bogglingly dense neutron stars crushed into each other (artist's impression shown), according to research by MIT's Kavli Institute, in Massachusetts.
New research from the University of Toronto suggests that people who take regular selfies overestimate their own attractiveness and likeability and are seen as vain.
You may not realize it, but lurking in your kitchen cupboard is a recipe for disaster. Corn starch, flour and sugar, common household items, are known to combust if thrown on an open flame -- but just how flammable are they?
With a torch, squeeze bottle and the three items, DailyMail.com hit the streets of Brooklyn, New York to see how dangerous your kitchen really is and found that sugar is the biggest threat.
The electric motorcycle is made from tiny aluminum alloy particles using a 3D printer, and can go 37 miles on a single charge. 50 motorbikes will be made costing $56,000 each. The frame weighs just 13 pounds, about 30 percent less than conventional e-motorbikes.
Google and IMAX are developing a virtual reality camera in collaboration. This will enable filmmakers and content creators to deliver 3D 360-degree content to audiences worldwide.
Researchers at the University of Exeter has shown that burying beetles (pictured) evolve different shaped genitals, in response to the males' desire to have more sex than the females.
Between 2009 and 2014, three vicious Nile crocodiles have been captured in south Florida. Researchers believe the three crocs were released by unlicensed smugglers.
Hatchling turtles face an uphill battle from birth as they fight their way out of nests under a layer of sand. Scientists have discovered that by digging together, hatchlings can save precious energy
Palaeontologists at the Natural History Museum in London have found that the Stegosaurus, which had huge spiked tails and armoured plates on their backs, had a bite similar to modern herbivores.
Scientists have found that the sound of babies crying will do more than just grab our attention. Instead it may actually alter the activity of our brains, making it harder to pay attention and focus.
A team digging at the site of an ancient cemetery, near Llangefni in Anglesey, have unearthed medieval graves (pictured) and artefacts of 'national importance.'
The missing 12 letters from a gene on chromosome 17 were spotted in a study of genomes and clinical data across the population of Iceland, reports a study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Tim Cook is hoping shoppers will take another bite of the Apple when they see the company's brand new San Francisco store, which was unveiled Thursday, 15 years after the opening of the first Apple Store. And with a bold new design that's either revolutionary or gimmicky, depending on your point of view, he - and company design chief Jony Ive - are certainly not pulling any punches. The store, located in the city's popular Union Square shopping area, makes a big impression straight away with a pair of 42-foot-high glass doors that are so vast they take 10 full minutes to open every morning. And that's just the outside.
This ambitious architectural masterpiece is called Casa Brutale and will now become reality some 5,249ft above sea level on a cliff in Lebanon
The biggest increase was in Africa due to improvements in care for children and the better availability of medicines, including those for malaria and AIDS, the World Health Organization said
University of Bristol has developed a circuit design that charges your phone, while it is in your smartwatch. Called PowerShare, it enables power transfer interactions on mobile devices.
According to research from Stanford University and the University of Oxford, supercharged 'divisive' primaries can either help or harm a party nominee depending on the degree of attention they attract.
To help find more effective laundry techniques while continuing to consider the environment, researchers in the UK have now identified the six chemicals that contribute to laundry's unpleasant smell.
US companies Netflix and Amazon could be forced to make French, German and even Estonian films and TV shows by the EU, in proposals that have been exposed by a series of leaks.
The laptops run a version of Google's Chrome browser instead of an operating system like Windows - but until now have been unable to download apps.
An octopus was filmed playing tug of war with a robot conducting maintenance underwater, off the Canadian coast in the Pacific Ocean, shot by Connecticut-based ocean exploration team Nautilus.
An international team, led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, used gravitational lensing to obtain multiple snapshots of the stars which lay behind a distant galaxy cluster, more than 13 billion light years from Earth (pictured). They used an instrument on the 10-metre telescope at the Keck Observatory in Hawaii, where the observations were captured.
Scientists in Leeds have uncovered the secret of the Eastern Wood frog (pictured), and how it can freeze and thaw which could hopefully lead to improvements in IVF.
Research suggests that 'earworms' - that experience of having music stuck in your head - are commonplace. however, researchers have now revealed how to get rid of them.
Despite a temporary ban on funding for these projects in the US, some researchers have been able to continue their work, implanting human stem cells into animal embryos to create 'hybrids.'
Star-AL is designing a man-made meteor shower that can be seen all over Tokyo during the games. The pyrotechnics show, dubbed 'Sky Canvas', will be visible from an area of over 120 miles
A team at Arizona State University has been cooking up new ways to make edible super capacitors to power a camera and medical devices from inside the human body (pictured).
Climate data released by Nasa has confirmed that last month was the hottest April on record (illustrated). The US space agency showed global temperatures were 1.11C higher than average.
The space fence is due to become operational from Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands in 2018. It will operate in frequencies 1,000 times higher than its predecessor.
Palaeontologists Natural Sciences Museum of La Pampa in Argentina said the bird was the largest Pelagornithid specimen ever found (pictured). The bird was a toothy ancestor of the albatross.
The University of Bristol has just brought 'The Force' alive. The team has developed three device that use acoustic levitation in order to levitate small particles in mid-air. The main device, called GauntLev or Gauntlet of Levitation, is designed like a glove that moves objects over the palm of the wearer's hand or between fingers in a pinching position.The other two configurations of this technology that use the same acoustic levitation are the 'Sonic Screwdriver' and 'Ultra Tongs'., which allow for less contact than the glove. The team developed this technology in order for people to handle dangerous materials and adrift objects in zero-g environments without contact or constrictions.
Researchers at the University of Sydney in Australia found humans have an upper limit on the number of close friends we each can have - and it has remained the same for thousands of years.
A Florida-based brewery has created a smart new way to prevent the devastating impact discarded plastic has on marine wildlife by creating edible beer rings.
A British company has launched software to link banks accounts to a wristband (shown) that administers electric shocks when their balance falls below a certain level in an effort to curb spending.
A new study, led by researchers at University College London, have identified four genes that control the shape of our noses and help to explain why they can vary so much between populations.
Experts at Jodrell Bank observatory in Cheshire say a proposed housing development will mean radio interference from household appliances playing havoc with their instruments.
These so-called 'revenge porn' sites house images of now-spurned former partners who once voluntarily posed in a sexually provocative in private with someone they thought they could trust.
Astronomers from the University of Cambridge have discovered evidence of icy comets orbiting a nearby alien sun in a solar system 160 light years from Earth.
Officials warned yesterday that people living in remote areas would be required to make a 'reasonable' financial contribution towards their connection, which could cost thousands.
Scientists have come up with an aerial microbot nicknamed the RoboBee (pictured). It has the ability to perch on surfaces like leaves (bottom left) much like a real insect, dramatically reducing the amount of energy needed to power these mini flying robots. It weights around the same as a real bee (bottom right).
The protective coating would cover the car's hood, front bumper and front side panels, keeping the pedestrian from 'bouncing off' the car until it stopped moving.
A hacker claims to have 117million Linkedin log-in account details and has put them up for sale on the dark web, an illegal marketplace full of cyber criminals.
A recent patent suggests what most iOS owners have been hoping for -- an all-screen iPhone. Apple describes technology that ditches the home button and places the sensor under the display.
The new capabilities were unveiled by Clay Bavor, the head of Google's VR project, and the annual IO event in San Francisco.
The test will simulate a 9.0 magnitude quake along the Cascadia Subduction Zone, followed by a tsunami that could create waves more than 50ft-high.
Starting Sunday, the red planet will be one of the brightest objects in the night sky for skywatchers around the world, and it will reach its closest distance to Earth in the days to follow.
Fast.com checks personal internet connections -- for both cellular and broadband. Netflix says if users are paying more for what the tool measures they should discuss the results with their provider.
Researchers in Denmark found that males nursery web spiders who didn't present their mates with a gift were more likely to end up eaten, while those who did were allowed more time for copulation.
The images taken by the Sentinel-2A satellite, were captured between December 2015 and April 2016. Combined, they show clear skies over 11.67 million square miles of land. The image totals 32 TB of data and shows about 20 per cent of the total land area in the world. Each of the roughly vertical strips in the image measures 180 miles wide. Presented at the recent Living Planet Symposium in Prague, Czech Republic, this is the first mosaic of Africa generated through Esa's Climate Change Initiative Land Cover project.
An international group of scientists, comprising the UK, Australia, New Zealand and the US, made the predictions based on measurements of Totten Glacier in the Antarctic (pictured).
Astronomers at the University of Southampton detected a star orbiting a white dwarf 730 light years from Earth, which has stripped so much material from the star it has turned into a brown dwarf.
Microsoft announced today that it is selling Nokia's feature phone business, while Nokia revealed that one of the purchasing companies has rights to develop devices under its name.
Google has unveiled a new messaging app it hopes will be able to take on Facebook's Messenger and Snapchat with new AI features. It can even analyse pictures and suggest a response.
Dubbed 'Trip Tracker', the feature pushes out notifications when the journey starts and lets users see the entire trip using a live map. The service is available globally.
Called Swiftmoji, the keyboard uses the firms predictive AI technology to automatically suggest the right emoji based on what you've typed. It is available on Google Play for beta testers.
Oregano is being fed to cattle by researchers at Aarhus University in Denmark in the hope that it will reduce the methane they produce. Methane is 23 times more harmful to the atmosphere than CO2.
Packing more into the day increases the opportunity to learn new things, stimulating and challenging the brain, claim University of Texas researchers.
Uber has released a picture of its self-driving prototype. A hybrid Ford Fusion has been transformed into an autonomous vehicle, fully equipped with a variety of sensor, radars and high-resolution cameras. Uber has chosen Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for its testing site, which will start in the next coming weeks.
Most of Britain's major banks have signed up to Google's contactless payment system, which will work in many high street shops and on London's transport network.
The giant coloured cloud of gas was snapped by the ESO based in Garching, Germany. Researchers say it demonstrates the cycle of birth and death of stars in the universe (pictured).
Researchers at Stanford University in California, have been able to track subtle changes in genes (illustrated) over just a few thousand years, and link them to physical traits across the population.
Kids sacrifice good grades in math and English if they spend a lot of time multitasking on different devices such as smartphones and TV, according to new research.
The breakthrough could lead to new materials for windows, and is even strong enough to use in cars. To create the transparent wood, researchers chemically removed lignin from wood.
A recent study in the United States found that people commonly exhibit a phenomenon known as 'unethical amnesia' when recalling memories that they are not proud of, making them less vivid.
Led by the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester, the project set out to finish the work which Turing started before his death in 1954 based on sunflowers (illustrated).
Biologists at the University of Nebrasca-Lincoln have found the ogre-faced spider Deinopis spinosa uses its enlarged eyes to help it pinpoint its insect prey on the ground at night.
It has long been thought Mars was home to a vast ocean 3.4 billion years ago (artist's impression pictured). But the evidence for shorelines did not support the theory, since it showed the shores were elevated and distributed rather than distributed consistently (shown inset). But a team based in the US, including the Planetary Science Institute in Tucson, have used advanced imaging techniques combined with numerical simulations to demonstrate two separate meteorite impacts caused tsunamis reaching as high as 120 metres (394ft) on the planet. This will have created the elevated shorelines.
Researchers from Nottingham Trent University focused on how connected people felt to certain groups, measuring the impact this had on their happiness and life satisfaction (stock image).
Scientists at the American Chemical Society have revealed that chewing gum does not remain in your stomach for seven years when swallowed, but passes out within one or two days.
Engineers at the University of Sheffield have created small cubic modules that can swim independently through tight spaces before joining together to create larger robot.
Peter Lohr, 70, claims to have found five large metal objects in a cave in the Jonas Valley in Thuringia state, of which at least two are 'atomic bombs'.
Experts at MIT and Oxford University say far fewer locations than expected were needed. They warn it is 'extremely simple for people with very little technical knowledge' to find out where you are.
Apple released an update this week to fix a few bugs, but instead unleashed new ones on iPad Pro. The iOS 9.3.2 has been found to lock the 9.7-inch tablets after the update is installed.
According to new simulations, Nasa researchers estimate a planet could exist in an orbit around either of Alpha Centauri's binary stars for a billion years, given the right conditions.
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a spider-like drone that can cling to walls and even perch on the ceiling. It is equipped with 'micro-spines' which create an opposing grip.
US and Australian military researchers have conducted a successful test of an experimental hypersonic engine in Woomera, south Australia, bringing the technology a step closer. The rocket (pictured) reached an altitude of 172 miles and a target speed of 7.5 times the speed of sound. Researchers working on the project say they hope to build an aircraft that could travel the 10,000 mile journey between London and Sydney in just two hours, and London to New York in 35 minutes.
FindFace, a new website invented by Russian designers, uses a new algorithm to identify anyone from their profile picture using only a photograph, with 70 per cent accuracy.
Most women can recall the embarrassing times their tampon failed them. Now my.Flow has designed a smart tampon that tells you to change it. And connects to a period monitor with a 12in string.
Researchers from he University of Western Australia tagged 40 green turtle hatchlings with miniature acoustic transmitters (pictured) to track their movements.
The Blackwing drone is stored in a three inch tube, and uses existing systems submarines use for acoustic countermeasures. Once airborne, the shell falls apart and the drone unfurls its wings.
The study by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts was originally aiming to track down dust associated with a possible planetary collision.
Anthony Levandowski left Google earlier this year to pursue his vision at Otto, a San Francisco startup the he co-founded with two other former Google employees and another robotics expert.
US-based researchers designed a two-week experimental study to investigate the extent to which phones intrude on people's lives, and found one in ten people check their phone during sex.
Drones can now be refuelled during long military missions, without having to return to base, as engineers develop a way to refuel them mid-air using a second drone as a tanker (pictured).
Nasa has revealed this incredible Hubble Space Telescope image of Mars, taken to show off the incredible effect the seasons have on the red planet. It reveals bright, frosty polar caps, and clouds above a vivid, rust-colored landscape. The Hubble Space Telescope view was taken on May 12, 2016, when Mars was 50 million miles from Earth, and reveals details as small as 20 to 30 miles across.
Apple released iTunes 12.4 this week, which is said to give it 'a simpler design' - although internet users seem to disagree. It reintroduces the forgotten sidebar, adding more menus for users.
Apple's next generation of devices could be powered by wireless charging technology. A report reveals that the company has recently hired a slew of employees with expertise in this area.
A crystal decanter with a plunger to pump out air (pictured)has been created by a pair of London-based brothers who wanted to find a way of keeping wine fresh after opening a bottle.
In a new study, scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, compared Europa's potential for producing hydrogen and oxygen with that of Earth's.
Geologists at the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources have found distinct shapes found in mudstone deposits in China may be the remains of early eukaryotic life.
A start-up in San Francisco, California is behind the synthetic wine, which is round 85 per cent water, 13 per cent ethanol, and two per cent flavour compounds, glycerin, sugar and tannins.
New research from the American National Academies of Science reveals that many promises for the controversial technology have not been fulfilled.
A team at Stanford University in California used phone metadata to join the dots and identify key information about the phone's user (stock image).
Melanie Rees, 41, (inset) was walking her dog along Morfa Beach in Port Talbot, South Wales, when she discovered a huge 11ft-long carcass (main picture). Beachgoers were left puzzled after the mystery creature was found on the sand. Mrs Rees and her husband Mike, 47, are used to seeing jellyfish and other small creatures washed up on the sand - but never anything this big. No one has been able to identify what it once was.
Researchers in Pennsylvania sequenced the giraffe (pictured) genome for the first time, along with its closest relative the okapi (inset), and found the long neck took between 15 and 20 million years to evolve.
If selfie sticks weren't already irritating enough for the rest of us, the new Unreal selfie stick (pictured), which is a promotional stunt, brings the studio wherever you take it.
Omate, a Chinese firm, has designed Wherecom S3 for senior citizens. The device looks like a smartwatch, but is equipped with an SOS button that sends out an alarm in times of need.
The faint galaxy, 30 million light-years from Earth, contains the lowest level of heavy chemical elements ever observed. This means it has an elemental make-up very close to that of the early universe.
Sitting at a desk all day can wreak havoc when it comes to posture. Here, Suzanne Snodgrass, physiotherapy professor at Newcastle University gives her top tips for avoiding a hunchback.
The site, headquartered in San Francisco, California, suggests the 'European' group contained offensive comments and some were said to be racist.
The California-based tech giant Apple has announced an update to its GarageBand software, to include Chinese instruments and Chinese language localisation throughout the app.
Scientists created maps to reveal the rate at which New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding areas are sinking. Conducted 2009-2012, the study found some areas experienced a 2 inch drop each year.
Images released by NASA show dramatic changes in the world's environment over time. The images appear to support the organisation's fear of global warming and show incredible glaciers being replaced with greenery and mountain ice caps disappearing. One pair of images show the imposing Northwestern Glacier in Alaska snaking down to the sea, where blocks of ice float (top left) and then 65 years later no traces left (bottom left). Another striking image features the imposing Pedersen Glacier in Alaska in 1917 (pictured top right) and then a huge expanse of greenery exposed by the retreating ice huge in 2005 (pictured bottom right). Satellite images also show how snow and ice have disappeared from mountains such as Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Myrdalsjökull in Iceland. Another features a huge crack appearing in a glacier in Antarctica.
The discovery was made in tiny glass beads called spherules, found in north-western Australia in an area known as Marble Bar, which were formed from vaporised material from the asteroid impact.
Scientists in New York have modelled the different locations planets would have to be around different types of stars for liquid water, and how long they could stay habitable for.
Scientists have issued a dire warning that the Great Barrier Reef could be effectively killed off within two weeks by just one catastrophic coal spill.
Eight of the 12 (67%) achieved full remission after a week and were temporarily liberated from their demons, the Lancet study found.
Researchers at West Point found that students who were permitted to use laptops in class performed worse than those who did not - and those with higher initial GPAs were most heavily affected.
Engineers at Sentient Science are building 'digital clones' that can actually replace testing on the real item - and are already using the system in the new F35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Renders leaked by last week suggest Apple is ditching headphone jacks for its iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus. But recent images reveal a laser autofocus module near the camera and flash.
The sound of a mother's voice (illustrated by a stock picture) causes children's brains to light up with activity, researchers from Stanford University School of Medicine in California have found.
It took New Horizons 10 years and 3 billion miles to reach Pluto - and now it has it's sights set on a new target. The probe is currently exploring Kuiper Belt, a chilly expanse that holds trillions of mysterious objects leftover from the early solar system. Today, Nasa released an image it took of 1994 JR1, a 90-mile-wide (145-km-wide) Kuiper Belt object which orbits more than 3 billion miles (5 billion km) from the sun. The inset graph shows the variations in the brightness of light reflected from the object's surface - to determine JR1's rotation period of 5.4 hours.
Researchers at University College London (UCL) said we should all consider spending a bit more time getting dirty to relieve stress (stock image shown).
More than 50 agencies are now using 'StarChase' GPS projectiles, which can be launched from the grille of a police cruiser and stick to the fleeing car to deploy tracking technology.
A Harvard study has revealed pure green light significantly reduces the light sensitivity, that is a frequent symptom of migraine headaches, paving the way for special sunglasses to block all but a band of green light.
A 'person familiar with the matter' said Twitter might stop counting photos and links towards the character limit in tweets. Right now users have a 140-cap and links and photos take up 23 and 24 characters.
A total of five floating 6MW turbines will be tethered to the bottom of the seabed 16 miles (25km) off the coast of Peterhead in deeper water than any other development around the coast of the UK.
DVLA is working on a smartphone version of the UK driving licence, which will appear in Apple's Wallet app. A 'protocol' version (pictured right) was uploaded to twitter by DVLA's CEO.
Researchers at the University of Exeter have found that a group of ocean bacteria (pictured) called Pelagibacterale form a feedback loop that helps to keep the planet cool.
Researchers at Hadassah Hebrew University report a rare case in which they were treating a patient for a form of epilepsy when he had a religious experience in which he saw God (illustrated).
Mount Chimborazo claims Mount Everest's title as world's highest mountain. When measuring from the equator, Chimborazo rises the highest at about 3,967 miles, according to researchers who have taken GPS measurements from the summit. Everest by comparison does not even make the cut for the Earth's top 20 highest mountains, at 3,965 miles from the planet's centre.
Research led by UC Santa Cruz investigated the properties of the jelly found under the skin of sharks, rays and skates, that helps them detect electric fields to help find their prey.
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology found air pollution from East Asia has been majorly contributing to the falling oxygen levels in the Pacific Ocean for decades.
The remains of the rare building (pictured) was discovered on the site of Guildhall Feoffment school, which itself was built on an 11th century road system in Bury St Edmunds.
You can feel pain inside your stomach, but it never itches. It is one of the differences between pain and itching that scientists from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore are trying to understand.
After a decade and a half of observation using the Chandra space telescope, Washington-based Nasa has released a movie showing the evolution of a star (pictured) that exploded 450 years ago.
More than half of children have the phobia. Now, Toronto scientists have found it is down to how frightened their parents are - in other words, whether they 'share their pain'.
The Carpool app will use Waze's navigation system to work and match them up with people looking for a ride in the same direction - and only charge passengers a fee to cover gas costs.
If you spend more time watching Netfilx than you do with your friends - you're not alone. Statistics reveal fans spend twice as much watching Netflix than with friends and 6 times more than exercising.
Towering statues, golden jewellery and hieroglyphic tablets that were feared to have been lost forever have been reclaimed from the sea and will be go on display in a major exhibition at the British Museum. The treasures belong to the sunken cities of Heracleion and Canopus, built on the shifting ground of the Nile delta, which are now buried beneath 10ft (3 metres) of silt. Photographs released today offer a sneak peek inside the highly anticipated exhibition, which opens on Thursday.
The system, dubbed the Pilot, which is devised by a company in New York, comprises two earpieces to be worn by two people who don't speak the same language.
From moaning less to watching cute kitten videos on YouTube, these tips are proven to unlock your inner Einstein, making you smarter, more productive and more creative...
Physicists from Texas used advanced astronomical software to accurately date poet Sappho's 'Midnight Poem,' which describes the night sky over Greece more than 2,500 years ago.
A book named 'The Secret of Everyday Stuff' by a London-based author, rounds up the strangest facts about food, from the mispronunciation of 'orange' to why Marmite could lead to world peace.
A new study shows rough and tumble play can be good for young children emotionally because it teaches them to release their competitive instincts and how to control their aggression.
Auto industry experts used focus groups in Atlanta, Denver and Chicago to estimate that an additional two trillion miles will be traveled on the roads thanks to self-driving vehicles.
California-based Google could be hit with a record fine by authorities in the European Union over claims it has promoted its shopping service in internet searches at the expense of rivals.
Researchers from the University of Newcastle, NSW, are hailing their world-first scanning helium microscope as a game-changer because it does not damage samples like previous microscopes.
During a recent clean-up along the A48 in the Forest of Dean, campaigners found crisp packets that were 33 years old, which meant they had been thrown out of car windows some 1,716 weeks ago. Disturbingly, even though the crisps would have been eaten when Margaret Thatcher was in power, the packets looked no more than a few days old. You might have thought this litter could constitute some sort of rubbish record, but you would be wrong. Plastic bags and bottles could potentially last hundreds, thousands or even millions of years without decomposing, according to scientists.
The system created at Purdue University would let officials see locations and angles of the CCTVs used in parking garages, college campuses, national parks, highways, and other public spaces.
The South Korean tech giant has filed patent for a patent for a smartwatch that projects a 'screen' onto a user's hand and forearm, giving them more space to use apps, for example.
Scientists at Oxford University have created a unique hybrid material based on the structure of spiders' webs. Neither fully liquid or solid, the unique structure could be used for new biotechnology.
Amazon is taking its Dash Button one-step further. AWS IoT Button combines Amazon's Web Services and the Internet of Things that allows developers to program it into a 'Do Anything' button.
The Darpa 'Upward Falling Payloads' pods will hold naval drones on the sea bed for years at a time. If a threat emerges nearby, the pods are simply released remotely, and float to the surface.
The material was found in relatively young rocks both from Baffin Island, off the coast of northern Canada, and from the Ontong-Java Plateau in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Solomon Islands.
A debate has erupted over the correct answer to the problem, which reads: 9 - 3 ÷ 1/3 + 1. It originally went viral in Japan, where it emerged that only 60 per cent of adults could get the right answer.
No names were released, but other data like location and username were published which - giving enough clues to figure out users' identities.
Construction to a Roman subway line has unearthed an ancient military neighbourhood buried beneath the city. As builders continue construction nearby, archaeologists on site are working to recover the artefacts contained within the barrack's expanse of 39 rooms, which include ornate mosaics (top right). The dig also revealed a collective grave (bottom right), containing numerous skeletons and a bronze bracelet.
Engineers at Harvard University have developed 3D holograms using nanostructured silicon (pictured) to make the images sensitive to a property of the light called polarisation.
Google has had a cheeky dig at humourless officials in the British government who objected to naming a new research vessel Boaty McBoatface by calling its new artificial intelligence tool Parsey McParseface.
For the past few months, California-based Google has been feeding novels to a neural network with the hopes of improving its conversation abilities, now a selection of its poems have been published.
Two separate research groups, from Michigan and Uppsala universities have identified diseases in dogs that are also known in humans, including a rare form of hypertension and a tumour. Stock image.
Valery Spiridonov (pictured), 31, from Russia, who hopes to become the first human to undergo a head transplant has begun selling branded clothes, mugs and iPhone cases to raise funds for the surgery.
Harvard researchers looked at almost 75,000 female church-goers. They found women who regularly attended church had fewer depressive symptoms and were more likely to be married.
Researchers at Max Planck Institute in Germany studied the structure of bacteria Pseudomonas syringae, a that can induce ice to form at higher temperatures and make it rain (pictured).
Didi, formerly known as Didi Kuaidi, is China's largest ridesharing service, and the tie up may serve as a way for Apple to get to know the Chinese market ahead of a long-rumoured expansion.
More than 3000 years ago, the flourishing Bronze Age civilizations of the eastern Mediterranean suddenly met their downfall. The Trojan War erupted as one of the final events culminating an era of chaos which one archaeologist has named 'World War Zero,' plunging the region into a Dark Age soon after. And, it was all begun by a mysterious and powerful civilization which came to be known as the 'Sea Peoples,' a new theory from Luwian Studies suggests.
A 15-year-old boy from Quebec who was reported to have discovered an ancient Mayan city in satellite images of the Mexican jungle may merely spotted an old cornfield, experts say.
The patent was granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, and says the clothing can stimulate the nervous system in a way to cheer the wearer up or calm them down.
The Syncytin-1 protein boosts the growth of the placenta and also helps embryos implant in the womb, researchers at the University of Sheffield have discovered.
The elaborately decorated tombs (one shown), in Luxor, belong to the royal butlers of Queen Hatshepsut and King Ramses II who ruled around 3,500 years ago.
An atmospheric measuring station at Cape Grim in Tasmania (pictured) is expected to a record carbon dioxide concentration of 400 parts per million (ppm) on or around this day.
IBM Research and Singapore's Institute of Bioengineering, Nanotechnology have created a new macromolecule that attacks viruses using three approaches.
Aircraft fragments found on beaches in South Africa and Mauritius are 'almost certainly' from missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370, according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau.
Researchers from College of William & Mary in Virginia used the 'sonic net' to reduce the presence of birds near airports by 82 per cent.
A Franco-Italian aerospace manufacturer is developing an airship that could be the eye in the sky for government agencies. Called Stratobus, this 100-meter-long autonomous blimp is said to be a mix 'between a drone and a satellite'. Thales Alenia Space is designing this ship for both civil and military applications, with a focus on surveillance and environmental management. Stratobus can hover 20 kilometres in the air, which allows for a view range of about 500 kilometres, over its theater of operations and in the lower layer of the stratosphere, which offers sufficient density to provide lift for the balloon. It will also soar high into the stratosphere, reaching altitudes of 20,000 meters.
SpaceX has managed to land three rockets from space back on Earth - two on sea and one on land. Now, Hangar 39A at Cape Canaveral in Florida is filling up with a collection of Falcon 9 boosters.
Objects as small as a fleck of paint can become a hazard once they reach orbital speeds of up to 22,000 mph (34,500 km/h). 'Glad [the window] is quadruple glazed,' said Peake.
IBM's voice-recognition AI ROSS,' powered by the Watson supercomputer, has just landed a position at New York law firm Baker & Hostetler handling the firm's bankruptcy practice.
Researchers from the University of Hawaii at Mnoa estimate that there is a nine percent chance of this happening in the next few decades, and say the damage would total roughly $40 billion.
Earlier this week, roughly 150 scientists, lawyers, and entrepreneurs met in secrecy at Harvard Medical School in Boston to discuss the possibility of creating an entirely synthetic human genome.
The striking face-on spiral galaxy NGC 6814 lies at a distance of about 66 million light years and is about 75,000 light years across - or around half the size of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The image is a composite shot comprised of two separate images taken by the Cassini probe in July 2008 from a distance of roughly 243,578 miles (392,000 km) from Saturn.
Australian primate expert Dr Cyril Grueter travelled to Rwanda to learn more about the feeding patterns of female mountain gorillas, but instead learnt that they regularly engage in same-sex behaviour,
The objects (pictured left) including thousands of coins (top right) and rare bronze statues, had been on an ancient merchant vessel 1,600 years ago and were due to be melted down when the ship sank outside the port of Caesarea, Israel (shown underwater right) . They were recovered by two Israeli divers, who came across it around two weeks ago. The artefacts, which included a bronze lamp depicting the sun god Sol and a figurine of the moon goddess Luna, were preserved on the sea bed after spilling out of the ancient ship.
Shares of Apple sank below $90 for the first time in nearly two years amid fears the company is running out of ideas that can rival the success of its iPod and iPhone devices. The iPhone 6s is shown.
Researchers from Uppsala University studied the behaviour of seed beetles (pictured) to claim there are some genetic benefits to the practice.
A report claiming that Apple plans to scrap music downloads from the iTunes store in two years or even 'the next three to four' has been refuted by Tom Neumayr, an Apple spokesperson.
The find at the 75m long Mäanderhöhle cave in Bavaria was hailed as a major breakthrough, with hundreds of lines found to form patterns believed to be fertility symbols.
A research team led by a Penn State University astrophysicist have found a formation of four planets with orbits so carefully timed it keeps their system stable.
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden used an artificial starry sky to test the beetle's ability to navigate. A dung beetle dancing on dung is pictured.
An animation created by a climate scientist at the University of Reading has the potential to transform how people view climate change by revealing just how much the Earth has warmed.
Researchers at New York University and Georgetown University assessed the success of the Fambul Tok reconciliation programme following Sierra Leone's civil war.
Ancient tree stumps and logs (pictured left), preserved by peat and sand, are now clearly visible along a 200 metre stretch of coastline at Low Hauxley near Amble, Northumberland. The forest once stretched over a land bridge that connected Britain to Europe known as Doggerland. It gradually flooded as glaciers from the last ice age melted and geological activity saw it dip below sea level. But this meant the ancient forest has been perfectly preserved in a layer of peat. They are now being gradually revealed by the tides as the ocean washes away the sand (pictured top right and bottom right). Scientists say they have found preserved footprints left by humans and animals among the trees.
A new 3D animation released this week by the NOAA shows the path of deep, cool water as it makes its way eastward - a 'slow-motion wave' that could signify a developing La Niña.
The destroyer, constructed at Bath Iron Works, in Maine, is built for battles on open sea and to support troops close to the shore and its angular shape makes it 50 times more difficult to detect.
A University of Edinburgh study people over 60 years of age who took regular foreign holidays fared best. - as did farmers, who spent the most time in the sun.
Skeptics claim to have spotted a smartphone in the footage of a Mike Tyson boxing match from 1995, although detractors claim it may simply be an early digital camera.
Prashant Bagdia, a computer science student in Warangal, India, says his friend was faced with the toughest conundrum yet during a recent campus placement interview with Microsoft.
A study, led by researchers in New York, has found that in some cases, the mother's faulty mitochondria can slip through the net during the process (illustrated).
Artificial intelligence software developed by researchers in Baltimore can predict a person's age with 84 per cent accuracy. They trained the system using 60,000 blood samples.
Research from Cambridge's Department of Zoology has identified genes that allow some birds to produce red pigment. The colour red is used in the animal kingdom to attract a mate.
While such technology is undoubtedly wonderful, what worries me is that we have all become too dependent on it.
The experiment, created an extremely cold gas trapped in a laser beam, known as a Bose-Einstein condensate, replicating the experiment that won the 2001 Nobel Prize.
Young adults who reported higher social media use throughout the day had 2.2 times the risk of reporting body image and eating concerns, the University of Pittsburg study found.
The inventor behind Nohbo solid shampoo balls (pictured), a 16-year-old from Florida, claims they are ideal for travelling, enabling travellers to pack what they need without leaks.
While it has impressive speed, the Tesla Model S P85D may prove too expensive, with a suggested retail price of around $100,000. It has a range of 230 to 253 miles before it needs charging.
Neuroscientists at at Duke University in North Carolina studied five separate surveys of more than 1,700 people to identify particular patterns of memory.
Snapchat could be changing the order that its 100 million users see photos and videos. This comes shortly after Facebook updated their platform so content most relevant was seen first.
Archaeologists in east London are unearthing the theatre, which is referred to in Henry V as 'this wooden O', and discovering it has some unusual features.
A revolutionary form of surgery which uses a state-of-the-art robot (pictured) to remove tumours has treated more than 350 patients in its first 18 months in a hospital in Wales.
Google is today sharing the first thousand ultra-high resolution images taken by its 'Art Camera' of works by global artist's including Pissarro, Signac, Rembrandt, Van Gogh and Monet.
Evolutionary psychologist Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa proposes that sexual fluidity arose in women as a mechanism for reducing conflict and tension among co-wives in polygynous marriages.
Over 60,000 people have weighed in just two days, with half saying the emoji are three different monkeys, and the other half saying they are made by one monkey posed three ways.
A team at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland conducted a detailed case study of the slow solar wind to determine how it is made, back on the sun.
WhatsApp beta testers were given a peak of a new feature. The latest Android option gave some users the choice between 'Audio Call' and 'Video Call'. However, the new feature has been removed.
An international team of researchers led by the University of Southern California, found 74 genes which were related to a person's level of education (stock image).
Researchers from the University of Houston asked volunteers to drive under 'normal conditions', while being 'absent-minded', while feeling emotional and while texting. Stock image.
At $100million each, F-35 stealth fighters are among most expensive military planes in history, but they have been plagued with problems during development and testing.
A team in the Czech Republic has discovered a complex type of single celled organism which lack mitochondria (pictured).
A statement issued by the Australian National University said 'the world's oldest hafted axe' - one with a handle - had been found in Western Australia. But these claims have now been called into question.
Samuel Perry, of the University of Oklahoma said people who watch porn more than once a week tend to become more religious. Stock image.
They say that children are smarter than you think, but now it turns out they are rather good at lying too. Parents probably do not know it when their children are fibbing to them, a study has found.
Xiaomi announced a new smartphone with a 6.44-inch display. Dubbed Mi Max, the new smartphone has a sleek, all metal ultra-slim design and will launch in China next week, starting at $229.
Researchers from London's Imperial College Business School, found lower income US neighbourhoods have worse mobile phone coverage than wealthier areas (map pictured).
Anthropologists have discovered stone tools and extinct animals bones in an underwater sink hole under the Aucilla River, near Tallahasse in Florida, which have been dated to 14,550 years ago.
The Mountain View-based firm said the desktop version of WhatsApp (stock image) will bring more functionality and will sync with the mobile app to keep users updated.
The breakthrough was made by Dr Hamdi Mbarek and Professor Dorret Boomsma from the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Stock image pictured.
This new image, released by Nasa's Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn, shows the changes in shape of the 'F' ring, caused by the gravity of its neighbouring moons Prometheus and Pandora.
Researchers from Imperial College London analysed official documents from the devastating event to conclude plague was spread between humans more than rats in Eyam, Derbyshire 350 years ago.
A new device (pictured) from New York based researchers uses a camera and a screen to hide what is behind the camera, that changes along with the angle it is viewed at.
The headset (pictured) is made from corrugated cardboard folded to form a no-frills enclosure. A mobile phone is then slotted in to act as a display.
Georgia Institute of Technology reveals that if the frontal cortex doesn't expect to see an object while transforming information into sight, it will blot it from consciousness -- out of sight, out of mind.
Called Wi-Fi Sense, it was designed to easily let people share wifi passwords with friends, but was described as 'an accident waiting to happen' by security experts. T
Researchers in Austria and Hungary used lasers to measure tree movements and found their branches dropped by up to four inches during the night before rising again in the morning.
The new study, led by researchers at Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, showed that the healthiest measurement has increased by 3.3 BMI points since the 1970s.
Research by retail analysts Mintel found that on virtually every question, women were more likely to report having suffered various ailments than their male counterparts.
The Californian web giant said its Tilt Brush VR app enables users to paint in their own virtual studios and create 3D works of art within a virtual world (pictured).
The space station (pictured) passed a significant milestone in its lifetime this week, completing its 100,000th orbit around Earth.
Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, said a hormone called ghrelin that's produced in anticipation of a meal, has a negative effect on decision making.
A Slimming World poll of more than 1,200 British dieters revealed the men and women to have been in denial for an average of five years and seven months, piling on the piles in the meantime.
Russia is preparing to test a nuclear missile which is so advanced it could get past Nato defences and destroy a huge area within seconds of launching. The RS-28 Sarmat will be deployed in 2018.
Researchers at the University of Lancaster were inspired to design the bizarre looking 'emotion detector' (pictured) by the Voight-Kampff machine in Blade Runner.
Researchers from the Australian National University have said the axe (pictured) dates to between 46,000 and 49,000 years ago, shortly after people first arrived in Australia.
Astronaut Jeff Williams is lucky enough to enjoy the beauty of 16 sunrises a day from the International Space Station. He tweeted out the 33-second clip on Friday - and it quickly went viral.
Dr Jacqueline Boyd, a lecturer in animal science at Nottingham Trent University, has explained just how dogs like Pero (pictured) can navigate long distances in an article for The Conversation.
The eight technology projects are part of Nasa's Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) Program, with each receiving as much as $500,000 for a two-year study.
The social network has never specified how trending articles are selected, but long implied it was generated by an impartial algorithm.
The South Downs National Park in England has been named as the world's newest 'international dark sky reserve' that will see the area protected from light pollution to enable better star gazing.
Botox makes a person unable to replicate expressions they observe, and blocking this subtle response can make it difficult to understand the emotional meaning, a SISSA study found.
Geneticists at Nottingham University have found that the genetics of modern domesticated camels has been shaped by the ancient trade routes the animals helped to transport goods along.
The X-37B space plane launched from Florida on May 20, 2015. Theories have ranged from it being a space bomber to a clandestine probe on a mission to 'take out' spy satellites.
Sundar Pichai took to the stage at a giant outdoor amphitheatre holding 7,000 next to Google's Silicon Valley HQ to unveil a raft of new products including a smart speaker and messaging app.
Researchers from James Cook University in Queensland and Uppsala University in Sweden have found that coral bleaching (pictured) can have dramatic repercussions for small fish.
Geneticists, including scientists at the University of Uppsala, have found the first DNA evidence supporting theories that Stone Age farmers migrated back from Europe 3,000 years ago.
Apple's latest patent describes an integrated iPad case. Images show it could display notifications or media controls for watching movies and transform into a Wacom-style drawing pad.
The University of Maryland in College Park found keeping secrets causes people to become more social than normal. It also changes the types of words they use in messages.
The bright flash spotted in Portland, Maine - but visible from several states early Tuesday - was apparently left by a meteor burning up as it passed through the earth's atmosphere.
Siri CEO and co-founder Dag Kittlaus gave a live demonstration today at TechCrunch Disrupt NY, revealing Viv's ability to handle complex questions through natural conversation.
The survey of 2,000 British adults for London-based juice company Innocent, said 30 per cent of those polled check their phone at least every 30 minutes.
UCLA has developed an optical clock that measures intervals to 270 quintillionths of a second. Measuring just 1 cubic centimeter, the system is small enough to fit in the traditional silicon chip.
Researchers from Auto Insurance Center tapped into social media to understand drivers' frustrations across the US. They found Hawaii was the state most prone to road rage.
There's fear the growing wildfire could double in size and reach a major oil sands mine and even the neighboring province of Saskatchewan.
Scientists in Massachusetts said all potential volatile molecules should be considered as possible signs of life, instead of the few that can be seen in Earth's atmosphere.
NOAA forecasters say the major overhaul of their system dramatically improves the accuracy of their forecasts, and allows them to see hourly forecasts for the next five days.
Ripplebuds, designed by South Korean electronic engineer Dusik Shin, are set to ship in September and will be available to buy for $129 (£89) for the mono version or $179 (£125) for stereo model.
The grey shape (circled) is seen emerging from the left and walking calmly across the tarmac, seemingly unaware of any human presence. The footage was filmed at an unknown location.
Palaeontologists led by the Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa have identified a new species of spiky headed dinosaur (illustrated).
A group of scientists in Pittsburgh, US, have discovered how the cells in our nose work together to smell, and they think the process is surprisingly simple.
Developed by Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, SkinTrack uses a ring that generates electrical signals along with a sensing band attached to a watch.
Aalto University in Finland made the discovery after compared the performance of gamers using touchscreens, and others using buttons, when playing games that require accurate timing.
Experts say the artifacts are proof Washington's army made camp there for several months in the winter of 1777, a year before reaching their well-known refuge at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
One of our closest black holes began a short but intense outburst after 25 years of silence last summer, and physicists used a telescope in the Canary Islands to watch it.
According to a recent study Netflix conducted and published on their blog, the company explains how it has designed the thumbnails of shows to appeal to viewers.
The firm will provide a grant of $800,000 to a partnership including Gavi, a group providing vaccines to poor countries, and Zipline International for drone flights in Rwanda starting in August.
A US judge in Illinois rejected a request by Facebook to toss out a civil suit accusing it of violating privacy with face-recognition software to help 'tag' people in pictures.
After years of being told to keep changing your computer password at regular intervals the geeks have changed their minds. Cyber experts CESG say you are better off keeping the same password.
Scientists at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona have found four fragments of RNA that appear to be specific to humans and may have shaped how our species evolved. Stock image.
After analysing variations in the depth of the ocean floor (plotted), researchers from the University of Cambridge were able to reconstruct the mantle's movements.
Political prisoner Eustache Dauger's 30-year stay in French prisons has finally been explained by Paul Sonnino, a professor of history at the University of California.
Scientists from the University of Washington are testing the effects of a drug called rapamycin on dogs to see if it will slow down the aging process. So far, dogs have shown improved heart function.
Scientists from Dartmouth College used brain scans (pictured left) to monitor if it is possible for us to be able to let go of negative memories.
Nasa's video shows several different views of the Mercury transit from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, which was launched in 2010 to study the sun's solar atmosphere.
The 'state of the world's plants' report by the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG) Kew in London reveals 2,034 new species of plant were found in 2015. The sundew found via Facebook is shown.
The Ohio State University found an link between someone's view on Fifty Shades of Gray and sexism. Those who think it is romantic show levels of ambivalent, benevolent and hostile sexism.
The StimRelieve Halo system consists of a tiny implant inserted into the forehead, just under the skin, and a battery which clips to the ear and sends electric pulses to it wirelessly.
Geneticists in Barcelona are pointing to transfer RNA (tRNA), which shuttles the building blocks of proteins to the assembly line, as the reason for a stall in the genetic code's evolution.
Researchers in the US have come up with a totally new way to keep track of Greenland's ice sheet, by measuring the vibrations caused by waves crashing down on the ice.
The solar-powered aircraft flew 975 miles (1,570km) from Phoenix in Arizona to Tulsa in Oklahoma with Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard at the controls, completing the 11th leg of its 21,700 mile journey.
A KFC store in Shanghai, China is adding a modern twist to its traditional brand. Patrons can order fried chicken from Dumi, a voice activated robot that is smart enough to handle order changes.
The 'polyphasic' method is a new way to schedule your rest, by breaking your nightly sleep into chunks rather than one long rest. Converts say it led them to better sleep quality.
Researchers at at Queen's University, Australia, have shown off a prototype handset that's flexible and shows holograms that can viewed without 3D glasses or a dedicated headset.
Scientists based in Norway claim women are most interested in their sister's partner benefiting the whole family. The team asked 133 pairs of sisters to describe their perfect other-half.
According to the team, led by researchers at Tel Aviv University, understanding these limitations could help companies and social groups which rely on social influence for action (stock image).
The default setting on the Californian firm's app lets users stream around three hours of TV shows and movies per gigabyte of data. But this can be personalised.
Researchers led by the Eastern Ontario Research Institute studied children to see if their sleeping patterns changed or if there were any differences in their daily activities. A werewolf is illustrated.
Making a tiny pinhole with the hands and looking through it results in a crisp image without the need for glasses, according to a video by MinutePhysics, a Montana-based YouTube channel.
Researchers found the average US gamers is in fact aged 43 and married with children, while the over-70s are the group most likely to have more than ten downloaded to their phone.
In April, an Anglo Saxon cemetery of 150 graves was unearthed in Bulford, Wiltshire. Now, another cemetery has been discovered with 55 graves, just 7 miles (11km) away in Tidworth, Wiltshire.
The Amazon Video Direct tool (pictured) is included in the Washington-based firm's Prime Video at no additional charge.
Hulu today confirmed its service would launch in 2017, while B loomberg claims YouTube is also working on a service called Unplugged for release next year.
An international team of researchers, led by has made a 3D map (pictured) of 3,000 galaxies 13 billion light years from Earth, and found that Einstein's general theory of relativity is still valid.
A space company in Atlanta is working on a space habitat (pictured) for putting humans into a state of deep sleep, and Nasa has just awarded the project $500,000 (£350,000) to take it to the next stage.
The Savant aircraft - named the 'Sandoval Silver State Seeder' - fired off two silver-iodide flares during its 18 minute flight at Hawthorne Industrial Airport.
UC Berkeley found a fox squirrel will flick its tail in frustration. Researchers observed this when a squirrel met a locked box with a nut inside. They say it helps it find new ways to solve problems.
An international team of researchers is hoping to uncover more about the life and death of Leonardo da Vinci (portrait pictured), born in Florence, by using modern molecular techniques.
EXCLUSIVE: The infographic, created by Windsor-based British Gas, shows the carbon footprint of different countries (pictured) and the energy mix of fossil fuels they use.
Physicists at the University of Maryland have presented results from Nasa's probes (pictured), which includes detailed look into the interaction between magnetic fields of Earth and the sun.
Max Galka from New York created the map in an effort to remind everyone that 'the US is a nation of immigrants'. One dot on the animation represents 10,000 people.
Newly discovered fossils found in China's Yunnan Province have helped researchers to shed more light on how the strange hammerhead reptile (illustrated) fed.
Cnoc An Rath, Bute has been listed as an important archaeological monument since the 1950s, but the significance of the area has been unclear for decades.
Researchers found the chemicals in exhaled breath match human emotion. The team used measurements to tell people's reaction to films and types of scene showing on the screen.
New K2 results place 2007 OR10 as the largest unnamed body in our solar system and the third largest of the current roster of about half a dozen dwarf planets.
Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) replicated one of Otto Lilienthal's historical gliders to understand how the craft would have flown, and gain insight on his fatal crash.
Opera Software, based in Norway, claims its new version of its browser for laptops has a 'power save mode' that can reduce the drain it has on batteries compared to Google Chrome.
Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have built a foldable robot (pictured) using dried pig intestine that can crawl through the stomach.
Dr Mike McCulloch, a scientist at Plymouth University, says something known as 'Unruh radiation' may be behind the bizarre performance of drive, that appears to defy the laws of physics.
The landmark discovery was made by experts at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge who examined a wooden coffin donated to it by archaeologists in 1907.
Strange mounds called surales cover an expanse of 26,000 square miles on the floodplain of the Orinoco river in Columbia and Venezuela and have baffled scientists for more than 70 years.
The news follows nearly a year of speculation after British Egyptologist, Nicholas Reeves, said he found signs of a hidden doorway in King Tut's tomb in Luxor.
A new theory from scientists in Texas suggests dark matter could be made of something totally different to first thought, which has huge implications on the evolution of the universe.
Martian researchers believes Iapetus is an alien Death Star, like the one in the Star Wars films. He suggests the structure is two pieces that were once welded together to from a massive alien base.
The seconds-long test run in Las Vegas featured what appeared to be a blip of metal gliding across a small track before disappearing into a cloud against the desert landscape.
The film (pictured) works by mimicking the properties of perfect skin and is elastic, invisible, durable and moisturising, according to the team of researchers at MIT.
A photo shared by a Facebook user in Australia appears to show a frog with a disturbingly huge penis, but there's just one problem - frogs don't have penises. Experts suggest it is a partially formed leg.
The tricky challenge has been set by Massachusetts-based engineering firm Draper, in order to find the best way to track changes in aerial imagery (pictured).
A recent study conducted by Intrepid Travel provides a glimpse into the growing technology addiction across the US, revealing many would be willing to give up their friends for a month to have WiFi.
An expert at the Southern California Earthquake Centre warned the San Andreas fault is 'locked, loaded and ready to go' and could cause havoc in Los Angeles (illustrated).
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.
The 15th-century maps, made in Lübeck, Germany between 1486 and 1488, illustrate the end of days and how each stage of terror plays out. They tell of an Antichrist, the rise of Islam and Judgement Day.
The study by Vanderbilt University in Nashville found that the observations of KIC 8462852 were tainted by the inconsistent use of telescopes on Earth.
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