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Panasonic introduces service ROBOTS to Tokyo Narita Airport - and if the trial goes well they could appear at the 2020 Olympics 

NEW Panasonic's HOSPI service robots (pictured) are now being trialled both at Narita International Airport in Tokyo, and at the nearby ANA Crowne Plaza Narita hotel. The robots will take part in a five-day trial at the airport, during which time customers will be asked to answer a questionnaire about the practicality of using the robot.

NEW The gadget, which perform tasks through simple voice commands, has become the focus of annoyance to Alexas across the globe – because that is precisely the name to which the device answers.

NEW Amazon's surprise success with its Echo speakers and Alexa smart assistant sets up a long-term battle with Apple and Alphabet Google for primacy in the connected household.

NEW Google is using historical parking data to warn users about the parking situation at their destination. Users just plug their destination into the parking difficulty icon to see a score of 'limited', 'medium' or 'easy'.

In this undated photo made available by NASA, from left, veteran astronaut Virgil Grissom, first American spacewalker Ed White and rookie Roger Chaffee, stand for a photograph in Cape Kennedy, Fla. During a launch pad test on Jan. 27, 1967, a flash fire erupted inside their capsule killing the three Apollo crew members. (NASA via AP)

NEW On Friday's anniversary, the hatch that trapped Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee inside their capsule at the launch pad finally went on display at Florida's Kennedy Space Center.

NEW A Japanese technology company, NTT Resonant, has invented a robot designed to dish out love advice. The system, called Oshi-el, can show sympathy, suggest a solution to the problem.

NEW Microsoft Corp's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, following another quarter of results that beat Wall Street's expectations.

Experts at California-based Intel Security provided the tips on the back of a UK survey which found that almost half of parents have no idea what their children are looking at online (stock image).

Researchers from the London School of Economics and University College London say this may be because people from poorer backgrounds are less likely to ask for a pay rise.

Kodak says it’s bringing back Ektachrome film

Ektachrome was phased out in 2012 but among professional filmmakers there has been a ‘resurgence’ in sales, New York-based Kodak has revealed. Ektachrome has a particular look with very fine grain, good contrasts and clean colours. Pictured are some examples of images taken with the iconic film between the 1950s and 1970s. From top left clockwise; a group of young girls in Romania, the New York skyline, a group of people reading a review in New York, a close-up of the lunar roving vehicle, a girl having her face licked by a fawn in Maine, and a woman on the beach in Lebanon.

Researchers from the Salk Institute of Biological Studies in San Diego and The Catholic University of Murcia in Spain have created human-pig embryos for the first time.

Facebook has announced it now supports the FIDO U2F security key, available globally, which it says will make it 'impossible' for hackers to gain remote access to accounts.

Archaeologists have discovered more than 25 skeletons in the centre of the Cambridge University campus, and expect to discover dozens or more in the coming weeks.

The images, obtained by VentureBeat, show two models, with 5.8- and 6.2-inch QHD Super AMOLED screens that cover 83 percent of their front panels.

This McDonald's maths puzzle is baffling Facebook

The tricky puzzle was posted on Facebook by Butuan, Philippines-based Keril. So far over 1,500 people have attempted to solve the puzzle, with varying results. The key to solving the puzzle lies in remembering the fundamental rules in maths about the order to do multiplication and addition in.

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Medieval Winchester skeleton reveals how leprosy spread

The skeleton of a medieval leprosy victim found in one of Britain's earliest known hospitals has shed light on the history of the disfiguring disease. The remains of a young man were found in the St Mary Magdalen leprosarium near Winchester, Hampshire. Researchers suggests the man was a religious pilgrim who may have caught the disease while travelling around Europe. They also discovered that, at least in his death, he was given a traditional pilgrim burial and was not treated as an outcast. The man was not from the Winchester area and possibly Spanish because of the rare find of a scallop shell buried with him (inset).

New measurements of the Hubble Constant have revealed a discrepancy between the new number and other recent estimates, and researchers say 'new physics' could be at play.

Time crystals have a structure that repeats in time as they are ‘kicked’, much like the way Jell-O jiggles when it is tapped, according to the researcher from UC Berkeley.

Dog lovers everywhere are now able to sniff out a whole community of dogs and borrowers using a new app called Bark'N'Borrow (pictured). The monthly subscription fee is $4.99.

Researchers based at the University of Southampton and Portsmouth University have discovered a 70 million year-old fossil of a massive flying reptile in Romania that could eat its prey whole.

Francis Ford Coppola is developing an interactive, psychological horror videogame based on 'Apocalypse Now,' and is asking the public to contribute $900,000 toward the cost of making it.

Google parent Alphabet Inc posted fourth-quarter profit below analysts' estimates on Thursday, raising concerns that growth in the company's powerhouse advertising business may be slowing.

Facebook will test adds in Messenger with a small test group in Australia and Thailand. The ads will appear below the user’s most recent conversation in the form of cards that have swipeable interfaces.

Swedish researchers say they have analysed tiny grains from the Toba eruption 74,000 years ago to pinpoint the processes that lead to a megaeruption.

Two-mile crack is found in the Arizona desert: Giant fissure in the earth is spotted for the first time using drone technology 

A huge two mile-long crack has been discovered in the desert in Arizona. Drone footage uploaded to YouTube by the Arizona Geological Survey (AZGS) shows the massive fissure splitting the desert's surface in the Tator Hills area of southern Pinal County. The film shows people dwarfed by the crack as they stand next to the edge, as the drone flies over the wide open crack which extends farther into the earth then the eye can see.

Researchers from the University of Glasgow played a variety of songs to a group of pets at a rehoming centre in Dumbarton, Scotland.

Researchers from the University of Florida mapped the genome of 398 varieties of tomatoes untouched by the damage to flavour caused by human intervention.

A new analysis of two groups of jumping spiders from North America and Australia has revealed that they use different mechanisms to see colour, after independently evolving the ability.

'Rogue' Twitter accounts for the EPA, NASA, and HHS and more have been created by employees from government agencies that are concerned with Donald Trump's approach to science.

Speaking at the Surface Naval Association national symposium in northern Virginia, Rear Admiral Ronald Boxall said that testing of a 150-kW laser weapon could happen soon.

The study, by researchers at New York University, the University of Illinois, and Princeton University, found just a year earlier, at the age of five, there is no difference between the sexes (stock image).

Twitter is killing Moments, but is replacing it with an even simpler searching option.Called ‘Explore’, the new tab helps users easily find news, what’s trending and what’s popular now.

Is a doomsday asteroid on its way to Earth?

The strange object, named 2016 WF9, was discovered last year. Self-proclaimed Russian astronomer Dr Dyomin Damir Zakharovich said it is heading straight towards our planet. Nasa said the mysterious object will safely pass Earth at a distance of nearly 32 million miles (51 million kilometres) next month.

In the study, published to Physical Review Letters, researchers from National Taiwan University and École Polytechnique in France explain the method that could soon put the paradox to rest.

A professor at Michigan State University found that students spent, on average, more than a third of class time searching nonacademic website and were more likely to receive low exam scores.

According to a report from Tokyo-based Sony Mobile and futurology firm Futurizon, the rise of the self-portrait photos will continue and will be applied to technology in practical terms.

The creepy app was discovered by California-based cyber-security experts, Zscaler, who describe it as 'a well-crafted piece of spyware we're calling SpyNote RAT.'

The new system helps map out the paths of coronal mass ejections or CMEs, before they reach Earth where they can can impact satellites in space or interfere with radio communications.

A Tunisian startup pulled inspiration from hummingbirds for its new wind turbine design. Developed by Tyer Wing, the turbine has flapping wings that move in a figure-eight motion.

Experts from the British Museum say the treasure dates from the mid to late 6th century, and forms the burial assemblage of a high-status medieval Kentish woman. It was found in Stowting, Kent.

Draper Labs collaborated with the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Maryland to create the dragonfly cyborgs that can pollinate flowers when commanded and be used in surveillance operations.

European space Agency reveal plan for lunar TEMPLE

It could be a temple like no other - and with a view that really is out of this world. The European Space Agency has revealed plans for a lunar temple to be built alongside mankind's first outpost on the moon. The 50m high dome, close to a planned moonbase near to the moon's south pole, would give the first settlers 'a place of contemplation'. 

Russia's space agency said on Wednesday it had ordered extra checks to be made on its Proton-M rockets, meaning it might be forced to delay some satellite launches this year.

A mathematician from Cardiff University claims naturally occurring acoustic-gravity waves (AGWs) could react with a tsunami in a way that forces its energy to spread out, reducing its height.

The droid, which began working in Xiangyang yesterday, can catch jaywalkers and 'tell them off'. Authority hoped that the robot could help correct Chinese people's bad habits.

New research by the University of Southampton found drivers took up to 25.7 seconds when distracted to respond to a command to take over from the car’s computer.

The University of Utah has unveiled a pair of smart glasses that automatically adjust to what the person is seeing, which means they no longer have to switch between reading and prescription glasses.

Amazon has set sail for the high seas and is now shipping goods from Chinese merchants to US warehouses. The firm has been booking space on open cargo ships to transport its goods.

Experts believe the houses were originally located on a street, which has not survived as a reservoir was built in the park during the Second World War. The dig was undertaken in Priory Park.

The announcement was made during the unveiling of the Soyuz TMA-19M spacecraft that took Major Peake into space, which is now on display at the Science Museum in London.

UFO hunters spot 'giant Iron Man' robot on martian surface

A UFO hunter claims to have spotted ‘an Iron Man robot’ hitchhiking on Comet 67P. Scott C Waring found the bizarre sighting while examining images of from the European Space Agency. Waring is calling it an Iron Man-like robot as it has a center chest circle, just like the Marvel character (right inset). The conspiracy theorist has also claimed that there is a lion face etched in one of the rocks and another sculpture, which were 'made by intelligent beings’.

NASA and the US Geological Survey have released satellite images showing the impact of deforestation in the region around Gombe National Park in Tanzania.

Blackberry has now confirmed in a tweet that it will formally unveil the device on February 25th, just before the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

The University of Michigan found phantom vibrations are linked to smartphone dependency and personality. Those who experience them more frequently were found to be emotionally unstable.

Researchers at the Australian National University have created a Star Wars inspired hologram device that creates the highest quality holographic images ever achieved.

Apple's release notes reveal a new feature for the Apple Watch - Theater Mode. Included in the watchOS 3.1.3,it disables the raise to wake function so users do not both others while at the movies.

Researchers from Goldsmiths, University of London looked into the links between naturist activities and how satisfied the participants' felt with their bodies and their lives in general.

The mission has suffered a major setback when European space ministers gathered in Switzerland in December for a regular policy and budget meeting, rejected funding for AIM.

Researchers from University of Washington and Alabama State University found gene expression not only continues, but increases in hundreds of cells after an organism has died.

Engineers design old and obese crash-test dummies

Crash-test dummies are aging and packing on the pounds to better reflect the American population. Engineers at Humanetics and researchers at the University of Michigan have unveiled two new models that they believe better reflect society - an overweight 70-year-old female dummy (left) and a 273-pound obese dummy (middle) that is 106 pounds heavier than the previous design.The changes were brought on after doctors reported that the crash-test dummies looked nothing like their patients, as they all have military physiques (right).

Musk tweeted today that he aims to begin digging within the next ‘month or so’ in efforts to take on the notorious Los Angeles gridlock. The idea was first revealed in a series of tweets last month.

A video sent to DailyMail.com appears to show leaked cases for the Samsung Galaxy S8 and the S8 Plus. The cases suggest that both handsets will wireless charge and have the S Pen.

The University of Georgia looked at the relationship between overconfidence and personality and found narcissistic bosses often make 'catastrophic mistakes' because of distorted judgement.

It’s hoped that the research, by Kyoto University in Japan, will help scientists to get a deeper understanding of cats and their relationship with humans.

In this Sunday, Jan. 15, 2017 photo, USDA Forest Service researchers Paul Schaberg, left, and Lindsey Rustad, right, examine the aftermath of a manufactured ice storm at the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in Woodstock, N.H. A team of scientists sprayed water on the trees the night before as part of a study designed to examine the effects of ice on northern forests. (AP Photo/Holly Ramer)

Government scientists are creating the artificial ice storms in New Hampshire's White Mountain National Forest in a bid to better understand how they form - and how they can be predicted.

Apple users globally can use the new feature by installing the latest version of WhatsApp on their device. The messages will be placed in a queue and automatically sent as soon as the user goes online.

California-based Netflix announced the global update in a tweet today, which allows Android members to download episodes and films to their device's SD card.

This is what the world looks like to the colourblind

Images released from Colblindor, a blog run by Daniel Flück from Zurich, give an idea what the four types of colour blindness people experience actually look like. Approximately one in 20 people suffer from colour blindness, a condition that makes the world a duller place. But if you have not got the condition, it might be difficult to imagine how the world looks through someone else's eyes. Pictured are how colours look for three different types of the condition. 'Normal vision' is shown top left as a reference.

Apple has introduced the feature in the first beta of macOS 10.12.4 today. Night Shift will likely be released to the public globally in early spring

Check Point, a California-based online security firm, has warned Android users about the clever virus, which is 'hidden' in apps on the Google Play store.

As the cold weather continues, moderate air pollution levels are expected in London, the South East, Midlands, North West and Yorkshire, according to Government officials.

Boeing has unveiled the bright blue spacesuit that astronauts will wear aboard the CST-100 Starliner spacecraft. The 20 pound spacesuit is far lighter than other launch-and-entry suits.

China has approved a $168 million plan (1.15 billion yuan) to modify the country’s weather, potentially bringing more rain and snow across an area almost double the size of France.

Samsung is allegedly hoarding all of the Snapdragon 835 chips. A new report found that the chips will not be available until the Galaxy S8 debuts in April - leaving other firms with last year's chip.

New research, led by psychologists at the University of Cambridge, found differences in the brain's anatomy are linked to different behaviour traits.

Researchers at the University of Kansas have found that broader smiles in marketing pictures are perceived as warmer but less competent than those with slight smiles.

Meet ET, the 100 million year old 'alien' insect

Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered a 100-million-year-old insect preserved in amber - and it looks a lot like ET.Its features are so odd and unique that researchers placed in into a new scientific order of insects. There are already about 1 million known species of insects on Earth and more that have yet to be discovered, and every species of insect has been placed in 31 existing orders - but now there's a new one.

Scientists discovered the object this past Friday, and they say it will be a ‘close shave’ when the asteroid passes within 162,000 miles of Earth. It will approach just before midnight (ET) on Tuesday.

This handout photo taken on March 26, 2016 and released by NASA shows a perspective of the northeast coastline of Greenland, one of the world¿s two great ice sheets, whose melting could contribute to rising sea levels ©Handout (NASA/AFP/File)

The report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) set the 'extreme' scenario of global average sea level rise by 2100 to 8.2 feet (2.5 meters), up half a meter from 2012.

Researchers have revealed a virtual reality simulation that can help people comes to terms with death, teaching them how to become 'disconnected' from their physical bodies.

Georgetown and the University of California, have found a hack the embeds demonic voices in YouTube clips in order to control voice assistants in smartphones - and humans can't hear them.

IBM has released its '5 in 5 list', which consists of innovations designed to make the invisible world visible. The technology could help improve farming, spot mental diseases and more.

Researchers have managed to recreate the slime of the hagfish, and say it could do everything from create ultratough wetsuits for special forces divers to being used as shark repellent.

The American Chemical Society released a video that explains the chemistry of the universe by exploring a single cup of coffee, as it has more power than just giving you a pleasant morning buzz.

Five teams have qualified to compete in a $30 million Google-backed competition to land and operate robotic spacecraft on the surface of the moon. Contestants have until Dec 31 for launch.

Celebrity spotting test 'super-focuses' your brain

Researchers at Duke University have identified a part of the brain that lets you 'superfocus' on your environment and ignore distractions. The researchers performed functional magnetic resonance imaging brain scans on people who where shown images of famous Hollywood men with names written on them, and the names were correct only half of the time. The researchers found that the more often they paired a face with the wrong name, for example, Leonardo DiCaprio’s face with the names Pitt, Cruise, or Hanks, participants became better at identifying the face and ignoring the names.

Satellite data suggests the 2015 quake reduced Everest's peak - which officially stands at 8,848 metres (29,029 feet) above sea level - by anywhere between a few millimetres and an inch.

A fire famously broke out in 1967 while the astronauts - Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee - were sitting on the launchpad during a test run in Cape Canaveral.

Users can now choose between Alexa, Echo, Amazon and Computer to wake up their smart speaker - letting the smart assistant operate in the same way as Star Trek's computers.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) and his wife Priscilla Chan pledged $3 billion over the next decade to help banish or manage all disease ©John MACDOUGALL (AFP/File)

Meta's AI can analyze insights across millions of papers, finding connections and patterns at scales and speeds impossible for humans to match unassisted, its makers claim.

The concept, dubbed Cycler, is based on technology available today, and could take people to asteroids and Mars. It's the work of Montreal-based designer, Charles Bombardier.

Apple's Find My iPhone app is due to receive a global update today that will let users locate their AirPods, if they are in Bluetooth range of any iOS devices.

Bizarre video claims to show a UFO off the coast of Algeria 'sucking water' from the ocean using strange funnels

The clip was recorded on a mobile phone, and was posted on Ohio-based YouTube channel, Secureteam10, who regularly post supposed UFO sightings. The waterspout seen in the video is a phenomenon that appears fairly regularly in nature. But the waterspout itself is not what has peaked the UFO hunters' interests. Instead, they say an object in the sky around the waterspout could be a UFO.

The Facebook Stories feature is first being trialled in Ireland, but is expected to be rolled out in more countries in the coming months.

Computer scientists and mathematicians have a love of maze-generating algorithms.There are techniques for escaping from mazes, but first you need to be sure what kind of maze it is.

In November, Apple vowed to fix a global technical issue for the iPhone 6s by providing a replacement battery. But it has now denied rumours that it will be extending that exchange program to the iPhone 6.

Researchers from McMaster University in Hamilton have excavated 123 individuals from four cemeteries near the remains of a medieval Christian monastery in Sudan.

French astronaut Thomas Pesquet has taken some spectacular photos of Earth from space. And he recently showcased the beauty of North America's Rocky Mountains.

The 'dark web' are pages that are hosted by web servers using the anonymous web protocol called Tor. Its original purpose was for good, but has also been used by criminals.

On Tuesday the rogue employee at the South Dakota park posted a series of messages about climate change, an issue President Donald Trump has referred to as a 'hoax'.

A study from Portland State University found that that men with lower education tend to view women who don't take their husband's last name as less committed to the marriage.

An expert from the University of Maryland reveals features and technology that could be used in President Donald Trump's official handset - and disabling Twitter is one of them.

The global scam sends users an email, appearing to be from Netflix, which ask them to update their membership details. The email includes a link that shows a fake log-in page.

The incredible image was captured by the JunoCam imager on Nasa's Juno spacecraft on December 11, 2016, as the spacecraft performed a close flyby of the gas giant planet.

The footage shows a 25 mile-long (40km) crack in the Brunt Ice Shelf that appears to be a few feet deep. In some areas, the crack has split into two, leaving behind small islands of ice.

A new mathematical tool developed by a researcher at Rockefeller University has revealed the rhythm of electrical activity in the brain as it responds to external stimuli, illustrated in colorful diagrams.

The Crystal Cabin Awards have shortlisted 85 contenders for accolades for their futuristic plane cabin designs. Teams in Brazil, Austria and the US have come up with innovative concepts.

In a new puzzle devised by Playbuzz , users are asked to spot what number is missing from a sequence of numbers going from one to 49.

The images are fresh evidence that the ancient era when these sediments were deposited included some drying after wetter condition.

The hybrid animal was created by scientists from Stanford University in California and the University of Tokyo. The same technique could one day be used in humans.

A raw image shared on NASA’s Mars Science Laboratory site reveals an unusual, dimpled grey rock with a metallic luster laying on the ground in the Mount Sharp region of Mars.

Chevrolet has unveiled a life-sized Batmobile made up of more than 340,000 LEGOS. Standing 9 feet tall and spanning 17 feet long, the cape crusader's car took 222 hours to design and 1,833 to build.

These incredible pictures reveal the strange assortment of plans developers have had to house people or alleviate traffic in the centre of London.

Researchers have observed chimps in Comoé National Park, Ivory Coast, sticking branches into holes in trees to harvest droplets of drinking water.

The ice spikes form when water freezes, but temperatures are not cold enough and there is a breeze. People across the UK have posted pictures of ice spikes appearing in their gardens, on Twitter.

Researchers based at University of Turku in Finland have identified a new species of wasp which has a behind that looks like an ant's head. The wasp was originally collected in Peru.

Dubbed Planet Nine, the elusive world is believed by many to be responsible for the strange shaped orbits of objects in the outer realms of the solar system, but it is yet to be seen.

Hanson Robotics has built an Artificial Intelligence minibot that talks, walks and looks like famed physicist Albert Einstein. The robot can solve math problems and even hold a conversation.

The US Army's 'hoverbike' has hit the skies to show off its capabilities. Hailed the 'Amazon on the battlefield' the joint tactical aerial resupply vehicle will be used to delivery supplies to the battlefield.

Satellite images taken 19 years apart have revealed a massive crater created by the Bogoslof volcano in Alaska, that has taken out about a third of the island's landmass.

'Was that a San Diego #earthquake?' one Twitter user asked at 3.25pm. Another said that she had heard a 'loud a** boom and then I felt an earthquake'.

People around the world have been complaining on Twitter and Reddit about strange pictures appearing on their phones. Possible explanations have ranged from hacking, to accidental photos of magazines.

The puzzle, which comes from a new book by London-based Alex Bellos, requires you to transform two triangles made from six matches into four triangles, by moving just two matches.

This optical illusion, posted to Playbuzz, features a group of men who are about to engage in a duel. It is claimed that only one per cent of the population will be able to spot the hidden assassin.

Researchers from the Rikkyo University in Tokyo studied the mysterious bow-shaped stationary patch, after it was spotted in December 2015.

Researchers at the Medical University of Vienna asked 156 participants to rate dark humour cartoons. The people who enjoyed the jokes performed highly on tests for verbal and non-verbal intelligence.

Researchers from GUARD Archaeology have excavated the Trusty's Hill Fort in Dumfries and Galloway, and believe this could be the elusive kingdom of Rheged.

Researchers from the University of California, Riverside, used 3D-cameras to study the antagonistic predator-prey system between the rattlesnake and kangaroo rat in New Mexico.

Subjects were fitted with advanced crew escape suits as they carried out tests to determine how well they could see the display and controls as the craft vibrated atop the Space Launch System.

Known as Wolf 1061c, the planet sits right within the habitable zone, and is close enough for scientists to conduct ongoing studies, researchers from San Francisco State University say.

The video, which was filmed in the African Savannah, will be shown as part of tomorrow's episode of the BBC documentary Spy in the Wild at 8PM GMT.

At the Sun Temple in Colorado, constructed around AD 1200, researchers from Arizona State University have discovered a slew of sophisticated shapes that are still familiar today.

John Craddick, from Wolverhampton,said he was sitting with a friend, teaching him how to use the Nasa live feed when he spotted the object on Friday 20 January.

The claim has been made by a YouTube channel called Secure Team based in Cleveland, Ohio. A video created by the group zooms in on a mountainous region of the South Pole to show a disc-shaped object.

The Elysium motorhome is the brainchild of Furrion, a US company that makes luxury tech products. It is a gadget-lover's paradise, with widescreen TV's, a smart toilet and a marine-grade audio system.

Massive chunks leftover from the formation of the planets may have been to blame, creating craters on Mars and the moon, and ancient scars that have since been erased from Earth’s surface.

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2016, file photo, Kansas City Royals' Jarrod Dyson yawns as he waits to field balls during spring training baseball practice in Surprise, Ariz. Researchers say they¿ve documented an unseen drag on major league baseball players that can wipe out home field advantage, make pitchers give up more home runs, and take some punch out of a team's bats. The culprit: jet lag. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Researchers say they've documented an unseen drag on major league baseball players that can wipe out home field advantage and ruin a team's chances.

A researcher from Nottingham Trent University reveals six cosmic catastrophes that could have the potential to destroy Earth including high energy solar flares and an asteroid impact.

Designed by Yan Law, from Hong Kong, the see-through cat bowls are selling on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter. The invention, is made of an acrylic bowl attached to metal wires.

Southern Californians saw a rare cloud formation made for a unique daytime sky. The atmospheric phenomenon is a strange cloud formation of fallstreak, or hole-punch, clouds.

Humans have a much longer and wider penis than other great apes. Even the largest of gorillas, more than twice as heavy as a human, has a penis just two and half inches long when erect.

Called 'Neopalpa donaldtrumpi', it was discovered hidden in the collections if the Bohart Museum of Entomology at the University of California. It is native to southern California and Baja Mexico.

The 5-mile-wide moon named Daphnis orbits within the Keeler Gap, and its gravity causes the edges to wave in both the horizontal and vertical directions, according to NASA.

It is claimed that only one in eight highly perceptive people can see the fox before he eats the geese in this old-fashioned optical illusion, but can you spot him?

It looks like a camera trick or optical illusion is being used, but this stick figure magically comes to life without any of this help. The question is how?

Caleb Scharf, an astronomer at Columbia University in New York suggests that if material from Mars could carry organisms on it, it is possible that we are Martian).

It’s hoped that the high-resolution, ultra-precise images from GOES-16 will allow forecasters to spot severe weather events with far more accuracy, making for better warnings.

Global brands including FedEx, Carrefour and F1, have hidden symbols within their logos, in a bid to make their brands as memorable as possible.

A stunning new map from Imgur user Fejetlenfej shows the complex network of rivers and streams in the contiguous United States, highlighting the massive expanse of basins across the country.