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Listen to the first marsquake ever recorded: NASA's InSight detects likely tremors on the

A robot stationed on the red planet has, for the first time, detected what’s thought to be a ‘marsquake.’ NASA’s InSight lander has been listening for faint rumbles beneath the surface since December, when it placed its seismometer down to begin the groundbreaking mission. In what scientists have hailed an exciting milestone, the InSight team says the lander measured and recorded a seismic signal on April 6, its 128th Martian day using its Seismic Experiment for Interior Structure (SEIS) instrument.

German scientists create see-through human ORGANS in step toward 3D-printed body parts

Researchers in Germany have created transparent human organs using a new technology that could pave the way to print three-dimensional body parts such as kidneys for transplants. Scientists led by Ali Erturk at Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich have developed a technique that uses a solvent to make organs such as the brain and kidneys transparent. The organ is then scanned by lasers in a microscope that allows researchers to capture the entire structure, including the blood vessels and every single cell in its specific location.

Facebook is taking on a multi-billion dollar charge that's tied to the Federal Trade Commission's investigation into the firm's privacy debacles. The fine is estimated to be between $3 billion and $5 billion.

An Amazon team charged with auditing Alexa users' commands can see users' latitude and longitude coordinates, allowing them to easily discover their addresses, a new report has claimed.

Researchers say powerful, artificially-intelligent surveillance systems capable of tracking your every move may have an unlikely kryptonite: a simple printable patch.

Chagas disease, which can lead to heart failure and severe gastrointestinal complications in extreme cases, is transmitted by the insect Triatoma sanguisuga, which typically bites people on the face.

Samsung develops 'throwable' vase that doubles as a fire extinguisher to put out small blazes in seconds

While Samsung may recently be more famous for creating fires (exploding phones, anyone?) one of the company's newer inventions is looking to put them out. At first glance, the Firevase, as the company has aptly dubbed the device, looks just like any other -- a translucent red tube of PVC with a hollow center compartment to house flowers or other plants. What separates the vase from other decorative containers according to Samsung, is its ability to save lives.

Two US programmers have used AI to create a model for producing heavy metal music around the clock and have already produced 10 albums using the AI band dubbed Dadabots.

Researchers from the University of the Highlands and Islands Scotland have successfully test flown a large scale aircraft using 'variable-buoyancy propulsion.

NatWest is launching Britain's first biometric bank card designed to offer improved security to customers. It will verify card payments using the owner's fingerprint.

A new invention from Boston Children's Hospital successfully drove itself to the heart valves of pigs that needed to be fixed, moving just as quickly and accurately as human surgeons, study reveals.

Archaeologists discover fossil human poop containing remains of venomous snake (including

Archaeologists have discovered what’s thought to be the first known example of an ancient human who consumed an entire venomous snake – fangs and all. In a one-of-a-kind discovery at the Conejo Shelter in Texas, researchers recovered the bones, scales, and a single fang of a viper from fossilized human feces. The remains of the precarious meal date back to roughly 1,500 years ago, and researchers suspect it was part of a ritual or ceremony.

A California-based startup is gearing up to launch the world's first-ever breathalyzer capable of detecting both marijuana and alcohol in the field, but skeptics say the tool has some serious flaws.

Researchers from the University of California tested on five volunteers who have electrodes already in their brain as a treatment for epilepsy and found the technology worked.

A study by Tilburg University in the Netherlands found participants who were happy in their marriage were less likely to die within an eight-year period.

Researchers at Ghent University in Belgium say the risks of mycotoxins on astronauts in the stressful conditions of space remains a mystery.

See the far side of the moon like never before: China releases stunning new images

China 's Chang’e 4 lander and Yutu 2 rover have captured new images on their successful mission to explore the far side of the moon as the duo looks to extend their study to a fifth lunar day. On the moon, the cycle of day and night is nearly 30 Earth-days in total, with each lasting about two weeks long. The new images captured from the rover, Yutu 2 and released this month, offer up more of the mission's journey after a first round of pictures was released after their arrival on the 115-mile wide Von Kármán Crater in January.

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Astronomer warns that solar storms could one day DEVASTATE every electrical device on

Juan Carlos Casado from Spain snapped a beautiful aurora that lit up the night sky of Iceland in a swirl of green that has been chosen as a NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day.. Although aurora are usually harmless, a strong enough gust of solar wind hitting the Earth could have devastating effects — including bringing down power and communication networks. One such storm recorded back in 1859 knocked out telegraph networks globally, causing telegraph pylons to spark and giving operators painful electric shocks.

Snapchat beat Wall Street targets and saw four million more users log on to the platform every day than it did at the end of 2018.

Facial recognition technology at airports is being called into question after a viral Twitter exchange highlighted the privacy concerns associated with the systems.

Trump spent much of the Tuesday meeting questioning Dorsey about why he had lost some Twitter followers and suggesting the platform is politically biased, a source said.

Researchers in the UK used statistical analyses on hundreds of alleged sightings of sea monsters that had been documented going back as far as the early 19th Century.

Researchers from the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia and the New York University have used genetic and biochemical methods to study human taste cells grown in a dish.

Scientists at the University of Bristol found the polar regions of Titan are beleaguered with a huge cold air cap that sits over the poles in winter.

A patent was filed in the US and would rely a multitude of detectors dotted around a station or vehicle to pick up on and signals form a phone and block them.

Salmon catches have dropped to their lowest level since records began in 1952, according to official Scottish Government figures.

The moment Japan's Hayabusa2 probe BOMBS an asteroid with a baseball-sized explosive to create a crater that it can collect samples from

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have released footage of when they launched a small explosive at the distant Ryugu asteroid to create a crater in the space rock. The aim was to collect samples to unlock clues to the origin of the solar system and life on Earth.

Researchers in Finland found that British people were happy to exchange hugs and kisses with friends and close relatives but would ban strangers from more than a handshake.

Scientists from California said three of the seven whales washed up on the shoreline starved to death as they were found with little body fat and empty stomachs. The others were hit by boats.

Alphabet Inc's Waymo said on Tuesday it had chosen a factory in Detroit to mass produce self-driving cars, looking to the historical heart of the auto industry to build the vehicles of the future.

A researcher from York St John University claims players who turn up to training in the wrong type of gear are mocked in the dressing room. Benjamin Mendy of Manchester City is pictured.

The U.S. Department of Defense's most advanced research and development arm is calling upon engineers and scientists to help develop robots capable of repairing satellites in space.

To access the new sticker, shoot a photo in Instagram Stories, then swipe up to view the sticker tray. From there, select the Quiz sticker and then type out your question in the prompt section.

Tokyo is using facial recognition in an unexpected way - to serve up targeted ads to taxi passengers as they're ferried to their destination, based on their age and gender.

Dreams of dishing laundry duty to an in-house robot just got a little less hopeful with the company behind the automated laundry assistant, Laundroid, filing for bankruptcy, effectively putting the its bot to bed.

Tesla releases new video of its self-driving software in action after claiming it will have one million autonomous cars on the road by 2020

A new video shows Tesla's full self-driving technology in use out in the wild. In the nearly two-minute clip, a Tesla can be seen stopping at intersections, driving down highways and suburban roads, navigating exit ramps and changing lanes, all without the driver ever touching the wheel. The vehicle travels at about 45 miles per hour on average throughout the clip and is even able to put itself in park when it finishes navigating the route.

Google will pave the way for commercial drone deliveries in the U.S. after getting the green light from the FAA. The precedent is a major step in the U.S. where regulators have been slow to adopt.

After testing the feature in 37 cities, the e-commerce giant is officially launching in-garage delivery for Prime members, which lets deliverymen securely place their package inside the user's garage.

Professor Malcolm Sperrin - director of medical physics at Oxford University hospitals - explained studies that link mobiles and cancer are often carried out on mice that are exposed to extremely high levels of radiation.

A study conducted by researchers from the University of California has found that the Greenland, home to Earth’s second-largest ice sheet, is melting six times faster than it was in the 1980's.

The Earth's geomagnetic field shields our planet from the ravages of the solar wind and cosmic rays that would otherwise strip away the vital upper atmosphere.

The system, which warns other motorists of dangerous roads, will be coming to Volvo vehicles across Europe and the UK after being introduced in Sweden and Norway in 2016.

Now, researchers have used state-of-the-art physical models to better explore the strength of both the permafrost carbon feedback and the surface albedo feedback in warming climates.

The wealthy have higher levels of pesticides in their bodies –because they play golf. They also have more mercury in their systems because they eat a lot of seafood - said leading scientist briefing MPs.

Ancient wasp found in amber dating back 100 million years has frightening Dracula-like

The amber in which the wasp (left) was trapped was extracted from mines located in the Hukawng Valley of Kachin Province in Myanmar and was studied by scientists in Moscow. The insect has a complex set of features that make up its mouth that includes a long jaw, sharp teeth and flaps either side. They also have ten segments making up each of their antenna (bottom right), a unique feature that places them as the third subfamily of wasps belonging to the serphitoid, say scientists.

This March 7, 2019, photo shows a smart shelf area at Walgreen's in Chicago. Walgreens, which has more than 8,000 drugstores, installed cooler doors with cameras and sensors at six locations in Chicago, New York, San Francisco and Bellevue, Washington. Instead of the usual clear glass doors that allow customers to see inside, there are video screens that display ads along with the cooler's contents. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)

Companies are pitching retailers to bring the technology into their physical stores as a way to better compete with online rivals like Amazon that are already armed with troves of info on their customers.

Researchers from the University of Washington found that blind individuals were better at picking up sound frequencies as well as sound movement due to differences in two areas of the brain.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The grisly images show the 4,500-pound creature splattered in blood while the front of its prey remains locked between its jaws in Japan.

Professor Guido Pennings, from Ghent University in Belgium, said men who donated decades ago could be contacted by children they didn't know they had, which could be upsetting.

The report finds that three-quarters of land surfaces have been 'severely altered' by mankind including through deforestation

Biodiversity loss and global warming are closely linked, according to the 44-page Summary for Policy Makers, which distills a 1,800-page UN assessment of literature on the state of Nature.

Research led by Dr Zhong Lin Wang from the Georgia Institute of Technology used an 'energy harvester' wrapped around the heart that generates electricity from movement.

Scientists from the University of California, Los Angeles hope that by coaching patients to observe the positive things around them, they will be more motivated to plan fun activities.

Crisp packets, plastic bottles and other items carelessly thrown away by visitors to Drumpellier Country Park, near Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire pepper the land around the nest.

Photographer documents gender stereotypes as studies show how kids' perception can be

Photographer JeonMee Yoon is using books, toys, clothing and more to capture the pervasiveness of kids' color-coded gender roles. In an illustrative photo series, Yoon, a South Korea -based photographer, conveys the ubiquity of a simple and often unspoken rule: blue for boys and pink for girls. Children selected in Yoon's work -- a group from New York, New Jersey, and Seoul whom she was given permission to photograph -- were also photographed five and 10 years later in the third iteration of the project.

Archaeologists have found evidence of a massacre which took place in the 17th century. According to legend, it started when a boy accidentally hit another boy in the eye during a game of darts.

Experts from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology studied more than 870 youngsters aged six to 12, as well as their parents and teachers, to make the finding.

The tool will block screen shots from being captured if fingerprint authentication is enabled. This feature is expected to be rolled out globally for Android soon.

Britain smashed its record for the longest spell without generating electricity from coal over the weekend. Using gas, nuclear, wind, solar, imports, biomass and hydro instead.

Elon Musk said he's 'very confident' that Tesla will have autonomous robotaxis on the road as soon as next year and could remove the steering wheel and pedals from its vehicles by 2021.

A new study finds that despite concerns over the amount of packaging used in popular meal delivery services like Blue Apron and HelloFresh, the services had a lower overall carbon footprint.

At Tesla's first-ever Autonomy Day with investors, Elon Musk revealed it has developed what it says is the 'best chip in the world' that will allow its cars to achieve full self-driving capabilities.

Mental health applications geared towards helping people with addiction and depression are harvesting potentially sensitive user information with little disclosure according to a new study.

Did SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule EXPLODE? Leaked footage claims to show the mysterious 'anomaly' that left Cape Canaveral test pad engulfed in smoke and flames

A grainy video posted to Twitter and deleted shortly after claims to show the moment SpaceX's Crew Dragon test went disastrously wrong on Saturday. The firm was attempting a static-fire test of the abort system on its new capsule when it suffered an undisclosed 'anomaly' that sent plumes of dark orange smoke billowing into the air all around the site at Florida's Cape Canaveral. While SpaceX and NASA have both remained tight-lipped about what exactly went wrong, the leaked footage – if real – suggests the issue was serious.

The findings help explain how about 2 metres of DNA can be packaged in each of our cells (David Davies/PA)

Researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Padova in Italy studied the process by creating computer models of DNA with knots and links.

Experts at the University of Florida and the US Department of Agriculture wanted to find out which, if any, offered natural resistance to the fall armyworm, a caterpillar that often damages lawns.

FILE - In this May 16, 2018, file photo, an adult peregrine falcon circles near its nest on a ledge overlooking Lake Mead in Temple Bar, Ariz. A Nevada state wildlife biologist is finding that not even the fastest bird on Earth can escape mercury contamination. Joe Barnes tells the Las Vegas Review-Journal the toxic element is turning up in feathers of peregrine falcons from coast to coast, including at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. (Andrea Cornejo/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

The toxic element is turning up in feathers of peregrine falcons from coast to coast, including at Lake Mead National Recreation Area, says Department of Wildlife biologist Joe Barnes.

Threatened: Lemurs in Madagascar's Vohibola forest are in danger of being wiped out by poaching and logging

Researchers from the Lemur Conservation Network warn that poachers threaten the existence of Lemurs in Vohibola, one of the last primary forests in eastern Madagascar.

In a recent tweet, the SpaceX and Tesla CEO said technology from his latest company, Neuralink, will be 'coming soon.' Musk has yet to offer up any details on when or how the tech will come to fruition.

A security researcher found that a popular WiFi hotspot app was storing passwords for private networks on an unsecured database. The app has been downloaded by thousands of users.

Samsung has pressed pause on the release of its new $2,000 folding phones. The tech giant is delaying the release of the Galaxy Fold until 'at least next month,' after repeated display issues.

Researchers at the D'Or Institute for Research and Education in Brazil found showing people real-time scans of their brain activity while completing a mental task boosted their brain power.

Look up tonight! Lyrid meteor shower will peak to bring more than a dozen 'shooting stars'

The Lyrid meteor shower is returning for its annual dance across night skies, and despite a brighter-than-usual moon, stargazers can still follow a few steps to make sure they get the best glimpse. According to NASA , the peak of the annual meteor shower will take place tonight into tomorrow, which coincides with a bright waning gibbous moon — a phase that comes very close to being a full moon.

Experts say it is a a sign of the Chinese firm's growing ambitions to become a key supplier to the sector for self-driving technology.

So can any DIY products help with female hair loss instead? Dr Sharon Wong, a consultant dermatologist who specialises in hair loss at London Bridge Hospital, reviews a selection.

The 3D device, EpiWear, was built by Rice University students in a bid to get around the downsides of EpiPens, which can have lethal consequences.

Google is trying to cut out the 'middle man' by disallowing logins from embedded browsers -- a move they will add an extra layer of cyber security.

Melodic songs such as the Beach Boys' Good Vibrations and The Cure's Close to Me can drive away morning sluggishness, according to new research by scientists.

Netflix is making it easier for users to unwind with their favorite show after a long day of work. 'Random Play' lets users click on a thumbnail of their show and a random episode will play.

Code spotted in Instagram's Android app shows that the firm could be getting rid of like counts on posts. Instead, only the original poster would be able to see how many users like their photo.

The firm now offers a free, ad-supported streaming plan that lets users play music for free on their Echo device. Users can access more than two million songs through the new service.

The £2MILLION all-electric Pininfarina Battista hypercar is unveiled in New York

A prototype was unveiled last month and now it has been formally launched at an off-site event at the Javits Center for the New York International Auto Show. Its creators say the Battista will be 'the world's first luxury electric hyper GT' and 'the most powerful road-legal car ever designed and built in Italy' when it goes into production next year, with a claimed range of 280 miles. The Pininfarina Battista reaches 60mph (100km/h) quicker an F1 car, passes 180mph (290km/h) before an F-16 fighter jet does and will keep going all the way to a top speed of 217mph (350kmh/hr) courtesy of its electric motors being fed by a 120 kWh battery.

Uber's autonomous vehicle unit has raised $1 billion from a consortium of investors including SoftBank, giving the company a much-needed funding boost for its pricey self-driving ambitions.

FILE- In this May 1, 2018, file photo, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivers the keynote speech at F8, Facebook's developer conference, in San Jose, Calif. Federal regulators are reportedly considering seeking some kind of oversight over Mark Zuckerberg's leadership of Facebook over the social network giant's mishandling of users' personal information. The Washington Post reported Friday, April 19, 2019 that discussions between Facebook and Federal Trade Commission officials about its data-handing lapses have touched on holding the CEO personally accountable. Zuckerberg controls a majority of Facebook's voting stock. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Discussions between Facebook and Federal Trade Commission officials about data-handing lapses have touched on holding the CEO personally accountable, The Washington Post reported.

BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) will be the latest in a string of legacy messaging app to go the way of the dinosaur according to a blog post from the app's overseers, Emtek.

As part of NASA's study of the effects of long spaceflights on the human body, Christina Koch will spend 328 days in space She arrived at ISS on March 14 and is expected to remain February 2020.

No policy has been created to protect carbon storage in the ocean, which is Earth’s largest carbon sink, explains Heidi Pearson, from the University of Alaska Southeast.

California-based scientists went through a vast a catalogue of data and found 1.81 million earth tremors. Equating to 495 a day and one every 174 seconds.

Users of Amazon's Fire Stick and Google's Chromecast will be happy to know that a fight limiting their capability to use flagship apps from both companies has been put to rest.

A NASA announcer declares 'And we have liftoff of the Antares NG-11 but mission to the ISS,' Facebook's auto-captions conveyed, 'And we have liftoff of the guitarist G 11 mission to the ice sets.'

NASA releases stunning Hubble images and immersive video of Southern Crab Nebula

NASA has released new, breathtaking images of the Southern Crab Nebula in honor of the Hubble Space Telescope's upcoming 29th anniversary. The Southern Crab Nebula, named after its resemblance to its northern counterpart the Crab Nebula, is distinctive due to its 'peculiar' hourglass-shaped structure, according to the European Space Agency (ESA).

Researchers from Boston University said every extra hour of exercise on top of the recommended 250-minute weekly average could wipe an extra year off someone's brain age.

The FBI - and other US law enforcement agencies - have been using the Next Generation Identification-Interstate Photo System since 2015.

Underwater cameras and microphones recorded sounds and interactions between the dolphins at fish market in the Brazilian town of Mocajuba.

The bizarre discovery comes as an accidental discovery by scientists at Chicago's Field Museum who were trying to find an easier way to tell different species apart.

Facebook said Thursday that millions of Instagram passwords have been exposed. Users' credentials were stored in plain text on its site, leaving them searchable by Facebook employees.

Experts with the Smithsonian Channel constructed and test-drove their very own chariot to find out just how risky the races really were.

The next generation of iPhones will likely emphasize a slew of new camera features to entice current and future customers, according to one of the top Apple analysts.

Uber said it was rolling out new safety features to help riders avoid fake drivers, two weeks after the murder of a college student who got into her killer's car mistakenly believing it was her ride.

Crusaders married local women, had families and their sons fell in battle

A total of 25  skeletons dating back to the 13th century have been found at a burial pit in Sidon, Lebanon and all were males who died had broken bones and skulls. Three of these people who met a gruesome death were Europeans from all over the continent,   four were near Easterners and two individuals had mixed genetic ancestry, suggesting they were the descendants of mixed relationships between Crusaders and near Easterners.

The Department of Homeland Security said it plans to expand its application of facial recognition from just 15 airports to 97% of all passengers across the country by 2023.

Twenty years ago, archaeologists found the ruins of a brewery in Peru from the Wari Empire. From studying the drinking vessels they found that they were used to drink a beer-like beverage.

By Stephen NellisApril 18 (Reuters) - Apple Inc is notorious for keeping what happens in its laboratories a closely guarded secret. But the iPhone maker...

Researchers from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam found quirky names, such as Daenerys don't look or resemble most names from the real world and are often not picked up by technology.

Deep-learning was trained using more than half a million Google street view images of London taken across 156,581 postcodes in the capital and applied to Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds.

Governments and companies across the world are planning to launch a new generation of satellites capable of monitoring green house gas emissions with unparalleled granularity.

Rates of depression and suicide are far higher in the rural US than in urban areas. Researchers at the University of New South Wales gave at-home brain stim to rural patients - but experts warn of dangers.

US Scientists have found that giving astronauts goggles to wear could prevent damages to their eyes by counteracting pressure changes as a result of being in lower gravity in space.

Scientists discover a pointless knee bone called the fabella is making a comeback

Researchers from London say it has experienced a resurgence in the last century - going from being found in 11.2 per cent of the global population in 1918 to 39 per cent in 2018. This 3.5-fold increase has baffled scientists who say further studies are needed to find out if it serves any purpose or if it will join the list of useless, vestigial human organs along with the coccyx bone and the appendix. Improvements in nutrition made humans bigger which meant the bone - which is embedded in a tendon behind the knee - has been growing.

Members of the Singaporean researcher team say that the added pressure of China's single-child policy and the desire of parents to have a boy compounded the problem.

A US medical specialist in hyperthyroidism has refuted claims that the Mona Lisa had hyperthyroidism. He says the yellowing of her skin is simply the discolouration in the painting.

A gold and silver coins hoard was found by four treasure hunters with a metal detector in a field in Buckinghamshire and includes 12 rare full gold coins from the time of the Black Death.

Users of Android devices will be able to choose their browsers and search engines from five options starting today. The EU hit Google with a $1.68 billion fine last month.

A shipwreck dates back to the year 1188 and was likely used to carry cargoes such as timber, stones, or even beer. The research team, from Norway, used 3D scanning to examine the timber.

Despite its name, there is no actual colour change to the appearance of the lunar surface but gets its moniker because it coincides with the blooming of a pink wildflower.

Scientists at the University of Liverpool found people who have dogs are more likely to exercise even if they're not with their pet at the time, and the effects are topped up by regular walks with the pooch.

The Cygnus capsule should arrive at the ISS on Good Friday, in time for Easter. The station's six residents will be tucking into smoked turkey, pork chops and asparagus on Easter Sunday.

The FIRST type of molecule formed in the universe after the Big Bang is found

The discovery was made using a telescope which is carried up into the Earth's atmosphere — above its signal-damping effects — by a special aeroplane. The finding — led by researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy — brings to the end a search for the molecule which began back in the late 1970s.

This 2018 photo provided by the University of New Hampshire shows a ground nesting bee pollinating a flower in New Hampshire. The species is one of 14 declining wild bee species identified in a study published in April 2019 by researchers at the university. The new study has found that more than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinating fruits and vegetables across New England are on the decline. (University of New Hampshire/Molly Jacobson via AP)

More than a dozen wild bee species critical to pollinizing everything from blueberries to apples in New England are on the decline. This poses a risk to major crops and food supply, researchers say.

Amazon has struggled to make inroads against Chinese e-commerce giants such as Alibaba and JD.com

Amazon plans to close down its online retail operations that cater to consumers in China in an apparent admission of defeat to local e-commerce rivals such...

Paleontologists at Ohio University have discovered the fossils of a new species of an apex predator that existed 22 million years ago and was larger than a polar bear in a drawer in Kenya.

Radiocarbon dating of a bone (pictured) unearthed at Fishbourne Roman Palace, West Sussex, shows the rabbit was alive in 1AD.

A research team led by Yale School of Medicine obtained the pigs' brains from abattoirs and placed them in a system they created called BrainEx.

A Japanese tech firm is using deep learning to teach machines how to bring order to the chaos of a child's bedroom which is difficult for them because they find it hard to identify random objects.

The 'Lunar Library' was created by the Arch Mission Foundation, based in LA, for the purpose of preserving humanity's 'precious knowledge and biological heritage' well into the future.

The FCC said it has 'observed an increase' in the number and marketing of these devices and is now threatening to fine up to $150,000 for consumers, marketers and retailers that operate them.

Stunningly clear aerial image of the UK taken by NASA astronauts

Astronauts aboard the ISS have captured an incredible image of the UK and its surrounding waters while the craft was in low orbit on the 26th February at exactly 9.25am. The spacecraft's altitude was 246 miles (396.328 km) away from Earth - about the same distance it takes to drive from central London to Manchester by car.

Scientists estimate the distant world as a radius of about 2.7 times Earth’s, and may be home to a substantial atmosphere.But, its atmosphere would be much colder than our own.

Red meat may be safe to eat up to seven weeks after it was produced, research suggests. The UK study could revolutionise the industry by allowing for much longer use-by dates.

Instagram meme accounts have formed the 'IG Meme Union Local 69-420' to advocate for fellow content creators. They say the site profits from their work but gives 'little job security' for them.

Assassin´s Creed Unity features a lifelike recreation of Notre Dame (Ubisoft)

French publisher Ubisoft featured a painstaking recreation of the landmark in its 2014 game Assassin's Creed Unity, which is set in Paris during the French Revolution.

A total of 113 samples were analysed from the site of Aşıklı Höyük in central Turkey and revealed a boom in the numbers of humans, sheep and goats around 8,000 BC.

Researchers from the Groningen University in The Netherlands used LOFAR, which is made up of thousands of antennas spread across northern Europe, to make the finding.

In this Dec. 4, 2018, photo a couple rides scooters near the White House in Washington. Electric scooters are overtaking station-based bicycles as the most popular form of shared transportation outside transit and cars. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Riders took 38.5 million trips on electric scooters in 2018, eclipsing the 36.5 million trips on shared, docked bicycles, according to report by National Association of City Transportation Officials.

It's unclear how exactly Facebook envisions people using the assistant, but it could potentially be used on the company's Portal video chat smart speakers or its the Oculus headsets.

Astronomers confirm a THIRD planet in the Kepler-47 binary star system

The planet is between Neptune to Saturn in size, larger than the other two, and has a temperature of around 336°F (169°C), San Diego State University experts report. The planet could not be detected before because, until recently, its orbit had not caused the planet to appear to pass between the host star and the Earth.

Researchers say they've successfully created a more powerful computer-like human cell that could eventually be used to help monitor one's health or even fight against cancer and other illnesses.

The Samsung Galaxy Fold smartphone is seen during a media preview event in London, Tuesday April 16, 2019. Samsung is hoping the innovation of smartphones with folding screens reinvigorates the market. (AP Photo/Kelvin Chan)

Journalists who received the phones to review before the public launch say the Galaxy Fold screen started flickering and turning black before completely fizzling out.

The Event Horizon Telescope (a worldwide network of radio telescopes) could soon produce a video of a black hole in motion after producing the first image last week.

Avi Loeb, a Harvard scientist who previously claimed 'Oumuamua may have been an alien spacecraft, looked at the data and claims the 2014 meteor came from another star system.

Netflix has revealed that it will reveal global data on its viewing figures in the coming months. The company has never revealed figures before apart from Bird Box.

Apple has held talks with at least four companies as possible suppliers for next-generation lidar sensors in self-driving cars, evaluating the technology while also still working on its own lidar unit.

Experts from Monterey Bay Aquarium set about to see what happens in the rare cases when sharks and orcas end up occupying the same waters.

According to the Royal Museums Greenwich, the full moon will reach its peak little after noon, at 12.12pm BST, though it will not be easy to see until dusk.

A firefighting ROBOT named Colossus helped 400 firefighters battle the Notre Dame blaze from inside

Colossus, which is both fire-resistant, water-proof, and capable of carrying up to 1,200 pounds not only helped to stop the fire before it completely razed the structure, but reduced the need for fire fighters to enter the church where they would be in danger from falling debris. At the time, the cathedral was only 15 to 30 minutes away from being completely burned to the ground, reports say.

Age restrictions on viewing adult videos and images, the first in the world, will come into effect on July 15, Digital Minister Margot James said. Sites that do not face being blocked to UK users.

Scientists from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre has produced a heat map of Earth's 'skin' surface layer by satellite imaging that show rising surface temperatures between 2003 and 2017.

Experts from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP) in Bethesda, Maryland, said In an open letter that they are concerned because the fossil will no longer be available for study.

Sir James Bevan of the UK Environment Agency said climate change was 'much more important' than Brexit and it was time to focus on tackling climate change.

(South Downs National Park/PA)

Only two per cent of the UK were able to gaze at ‘truly dark skies’ while 57 per cent struggled to count more than 120 stars, the research by Campaign to Protect Rural England found.

A study by the University of Western Australia found that women were better at identifying cheating men while men were not able to do the same for women during the same test.

Wormholes, famously theorized and depicted throughout history as being shortcuts between time and space, may indeed exist.

Scientists from Auburn University in Alabama say that domestic cats allowed to roam freely could be picking up all sorts of viral and bacterial infection from the outdoors.

3D laser scans of Notre Dame Cathedral captured by late historian could be used to save

The key to rebuilding Notre Dame in the wake of a devastating fire could rely on a perfectly mapped digital copy created by using laser technology. In 2015 the late architect Andrew Tallon -- who died last year of brain cancer at the age of 49 -- successfully and painstakingly captured every detail of Paris' Notre Dame cathedral by employing a mix of laser technology and digital photography. Using more than 1 billion points of data Tallon was able to bring the cathedral to life in what is the most accurate rendering of the building ever made.

The arrest of Wikileaks founder and dissident Julian Assange has precipitated a deluge of cyberattacks according to the Ecuadorian government.

Sony has teased the first details around its next-generation PlayStation. The console will include an upgraded CPU and GPU that supports ray tracing, as well as 3D audio and 8K graphics.

Researchers identified the parasites as the cause of death for three pygmy rattlesnakes at Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge in DeLeon Springs, Florida. And, it could spread through the US.

A guide wearing a space suit stands at an entrance to "Mars Base 1" in the Gobi desert in China

A Mars base simulator has opened today to 100 school students on a five-hour tour. The camp sits in the middle of China's Gobi desert and plans open to tourists in the next year.

Scientists have engineered creative ways to capture the energy of nearly all of nature's most fundamental forces; from water and wind, to solar, and now for the first time ever, snow.

The revelation reported by NBC News was based on 4,000 pages of highly sensitive Facebook internal documents largely spanning 2011 to 2015 that were leaked to a British journalist.

One of Scotland’s historic castles, strongholds Fort George could be at risk because of the effects climate change including coastal corrosion and rising sea levels.

Researchers from the University of Oxford and the University of Tennessee looked at why some animals eat their young.

Terrifying robo-dogs now travel in PACKS: Boston Dynamics releases footage of 10 bots working together to haul a truck

Boston Dynamics' robots can do more than just walk, jump and climb stairs. In a new video, the company demonstrated just how powerful its Spotpower robot dogs have gotten, as a pack of them are shown pulling a truck across a parking lot. All it takes is 10 of the advanced robots to drag a vehicle that's in neutral gear.

A NASA asteroid scientist wants to build a new telescope known as the Near-Earth Object Camera (NEOCam) to look for dangerous asteroids like those that wiped out the dinosaurs.

Scientists have discovered liquid blood inside the carcass of an extinct foal preserved for 42,000 years in the Siberian permafrost, it was announced today.

A study from the University from the University of Lancaster claims that being bullied in secondary school leads to unemployment later on in life.

Microsoft could be entering the wireless headphone market. The Surface Buds are being developed as part of a secret project, codenamed 'Morrison' and could launch later this year.

The catastrophe notably ravaged amphibian and reptile species, and is thought to have created the environmental space that would ultimately allow new groups — including the dinosaurs — to evolve.

The test launch was conducted near the town of Pereslavl-Zalessky, in Russia's Yaroslavskaya Oblast state, 150 miles northeast of Moscow.

Amazon says it has 'made progress' in removing counterfeit listings from its site, but still faces continued complaints from sellers and consumers about fake products.

Experts from the Marine Biological Association in Plymouth studied data taken from the Continuous Plankton Recorder between 1957 and 2016 to make the finding.

The first AI-created sport: Researchers unveil six-player 'Speedgate' created by combining rules of 400 other games

Conjuring up unique ways to test the limits of the body through sport is about the most human exercise that people can engage in That's exactly artificial intelligence is joining in on the fun.

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found that exposure to alcohol and sex in the media resulted in more positive perceptions towards drinking, sex and smoking.

Tiny pieces of polymer, 5mm in size, were found on mountains in the Pyrenees between France and Spain. The plastic litter was transported there by the wind.

A senior executive at Chinese tech giant Huawei has said it has not spoken with Apple about supplying the company with its 5G phone chips despite the CEO saying it was 'open' to the venture.

A male cat from Cheshire called has had surgery on a blocked urethra that removed his penis and created a new opening that is making him 'pee like a girl', says the vet who performed the procedure.

Elon Musk's rocket company managed to make history on Thursday when it landed three boosters back on Earth. However, as the center core was being towed back, it fell into the ocean.

Stargazers around the world will be treated to a spectacular display of a full pink moon on Good Friday but the lunar event, which happens every Spring, will not actually be that colour.

Fishers deploy thousands of miles of netting and line in the world's oceans everyday. It is inevitable that these nets will ensnare not only the fish they were lain out for but also other species as well.

The flaw relies on '.MHT' files, which is a file type used for web pages that are saved on Internet Explorer. As a result, when users open a malicious file, it automatically opens in Internet Explorer.

CGI influencer Lil Miquela makes her Coachella debut: Animated social media personality with 1.5 million Instagram followers interviews artist J Balvin

Computer-generated model and social media presence, Lil Miquela, hit Coachella this week, adding music journalism to her list of accolades and continuing the festival's tradition of blurring the line between technology and the tangible. In an extended interview at this year's Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the computer animated model and social influencer picked the brain of reggateon singer J Balvin about grunge music, language, and more. 'It's nice to meet you, finally,' said Balvin in the interview. 'I've been looking everywhere, but it's just hard to see you.'

Apple has set aside over $500 million on its soon-to-launch gaming service. Arcade is set to arrive this fall and will let users play exclusive games ad-free on mobile, desktop, and Apple TV.

Hungarian researchers have reignited the debate over life on Mars with a new study into a meteorite they claim contains fossils belonging to bacteria from billions of years ago on the red planet.

Experts led by Uppsala University in Sweden analysed DNA taken from the remains of 24 humans found in five megalithic burial sites in northern and western Europe.

The social media giant is currently testing a new feature that combines posts from the News Feed and Facebook Stories into a single, swipeable carousel at the top of your dashboard.

Fully autonomous vehicles may still technically be on the horizon, but according to CEO Elon Musk, Tesla's dominance of the market is already 'game, set, and match.'

Lyft has removed thousands of electric bikes from city streets. Electric bikes have so far been pulled from New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.

Scientists studying air in the French Pyrenees have found microplastics being deposited daily from a region 60 miles away.

Doctor Mehdi Benna, of NASA, Washington and her team has suggested that small meteors which crash into the moon cause it to leak water from the lunar subsoil into the lunar exosphere.

ESA releases footage of rocket's upper stage breaking apart in orbit a DECADE after launch as top U.S. military official warns space junk poses a serious threat to Earth

New footage of debris from an Atlas V Centaur rocket's upper stage soaring through space nearly ten years after its launch has highlighted the ever-growing concerns over space junk. The European Space Agency today shared a look at the fragments captured just last month by the Deimos Sky Survey, revealing an estimated 40 to 60 pieces that could each be larger than a foot (30 cm) in size. It comes as one the United States' top military officials warned that one of Earth's biggest space-borne threats may in fact be the 'junk' left over from decades of missions.

Titan is the only body in the solar system beyond Earth on the surface of which liquid matter can be stable. Similar on the's water cycle Earth, Titan has a methane 'hydrological cycle'.

It landed in Antarctica and could shed new light on the origins of the solar system. It was named LaPaz after the ice field it was found in and the meteor contains a sliver of comet.

Researchers from University College London analysed genome-wide data from six Mesolithic and 67 Neolithic individuals found in Britain, dating from 8500 to 2500 BC.

Researchers from the University of York wanted to find out why modern human faces are so different to our now extinct ancient ancestors.

Arunas L. Radzvilavicius, Postdoctoral Researcher of Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania, writes that empathy might be the reason why we are able sustain cooperation in society.

Researchers from the UK, Finland and Sweden have looked at how our brains regulate emotions like anger and curiosity when we are dreaming at night.

The organisation behind Israel's first mission to the moon that failed last Thursday says that meetings are already underway to land another Israeli craft and complete the mission.

Research conducted by a team of European scientists suggests our need to keep up to date on a range of subjects is beginning to overwhelm our brain's capacity to focus.

Declassified spy plane photos taken in the 50s and 60s expose hidden archaeological spots

Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University used the images, taken from 70,000 feet (13.2 miles / 21km) above the Earth. The images have revealed details including prehistoric mass-kill hunting traps in eastern Jordan (left), irrigation systems of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in northern Iraq (top right), as well as images of the Syrian city of Allepo before war ravaged it (bottom right).

Although researchers are excited by the sightings in Cape Cod Bay, the numbers of new young are still painting a worrying picture of the North Atlantic right whale's future.

Anthrax and smallpox spores preserved in thawing Siberian permafrost in mass animal graves for 2,500 years could be 'revived' and lead to a global viral endemic, warn scientists.

Singapore has seized its biggest-ever haul of Pangolin scales belonging to around 38,000 of the endangered animals hidden among packets of frozen beef last Wednesday.

Conservationists say there are now only three other known members of the species left

The Yangtze giant softshell turtle, believed to be more than 90 years old, died in Suzhou Zoo, just outside Shanghai, just a day after officials made a last-ditch effort at artificial insemination.

Because of a feature associated with the security app, Find My iPhone, a new report says tens of thousands of fully functioning iPhones donated every year end up being scrapped for parts.

Facebook shipped tens of thousands of controllers for its new Oculus headsets with 'inappropriate easter eggs' making light of the company's privacy disasters.

Forward-leaning scientists and researchers say advancements in society's computers and biotechnology will go straight to our heads — literally.

After launching from California’s Vandenberg Air Force base atop a Falcon 9 rocket in 2021, the DART craft is expected to reach the object Didymos in October 2022 ahead of its planned collision.

Falcon Heavy flies again: Watch the incredible moment SpaceX lands THREE boosters back on Earth after successfully completing the second-ever flight and first commercial mission of its megarocket

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket successfully took its second flight ever on Thursday afternoon, when it lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida carrying Lockheed Martin's Arabsat 6A communications satellite. As if that weren't exciting enough, SpaceX also managed to make history by landing three boosters back on Earth for the first time. Just minutes into the launch, the giant rocket's central core landed safely on SpaceX's offshore barge in the Atlantic Ocean, dubbed 'Of Course I Still Love You,' while the two side boosters landed back on pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Landing Zone 1 and 2.

A study claims that most people have a similar idea of which colours they would associate with certain vowels. 'O' and 'u' were  more associated with darker colours while 'i', 'e' and 'a' were lighter.

Scientists at the University of Milan have predicted there could be 162 million plastic particles across the entire Forni glacier in south-east Switzerland based on a sediment study looking for microplastics.

Google's database, dubbed Sensorvault, contains records of the locations of hundreds of millions of smartphone and other devices which law enforcement officials in the US have been trawling.

When activated, the robot simulates real human motions in order to identify, pick up and deliver bite-sized food items using its fork, adapting its technique depending on the morsel in question.

Facebook could be planning to fold Messenger back into the 'big blue app.' It would mean that users wouldn't have to leave the Facebook app in order to review their chats.

Experts from the University of Surrey looked at the concept of ‘absolute mobility’, the proportion of people earning more than their parents, and found that the financial crash was the biggest factor.

Instagram users may want to be extra careful about what they share on their Stories. A number of users began noticing strangers' Stories showing up at the top of their feed, sparking privacy concerns.

The Amazon show is set in the near future when we can share emotions, thoughts and what we see with our eyes on a social network embedded in our brains.

Black hole revealed this week is spewing jets of material more than 1,000 light-years into

Scientists are beginning to pick apart the data surrounding the supermassive black hole at the center of Messier 87 – an object historically revealed this week as the first black hole ever directly imaged. It sits 55 million light-years from Earth, and is estimated to have a staggering mass of about 6.5 billion times that of the sun. Observations from NASA’s Chandra and NuSTAR satellites now reveal it’s also ejecting high-energy particles at nearly the speed of light, spewing material for than 1,000 light-years.

A study led by the University of Alicante and the University of Upsala in Sweden, found the presence of rival males makes the sperm faster, more competitive and allows it to function better.

Self-assembling DNA material capable metabolising and organising itself have been made in a lab in Cornell University.

During early encounters with the Inca Empire, Spanish conquistadors reported the locals periodically sacrificed various animal species in large numbers in modern-day Peru.

Carolyn Ross, a food science professor at Washington State University, created the salt mix, which contains less sodium chloride, with a team of colleagues.

PIcture posed by a model of a woman texting on her phone whilst driving (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Hampshire and Thames Valley police have unveiled a new device which can detect when motorists are using their mobile phones while driving.

Information about Uber's finances were made public as part of an IPO filing ahead of going public on the New York Stock exchange.

The image (pictured) was created by Dr Jean-Pierre Luminet, then a young researcher at The French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), in 1979.

NASA has announced a new round of funding for 18 futuristic projects that could help propel humans further into our solar system and beyond, including a smart suit and Venus landers.

See Beresheet's final image: Israel FAILS to land lunar spacecraft on the moon after

Israel’s attempt to become the first country to land a private spacecraft on the moon has ended in failure. The Beresheet spacecraft began experiencing problems shortly after it began its descent, despite a promising start in which it sent back a selfie at just 22 kilometers from the surface. Mission control confirmed just minutes later that it had lost contact with the lander after resetting the main engine in effort to address an issue and get it all working again.

A drill that will spearhead the search for life on Mars was put through its paces using a vehicle resembling a soapbox derby contraption.

The ancient workshop is thought to date back to the 18th Dynasty, during the reign of Amenhotep III – King Tut’s grandfather. The sphinx and hundreds of hieroglyphic fragments were found at the site.

The battery-powered devices about the size of a small cooler and can deliver packages autonomously, but for now, they'll be accompanied with a human while they're being tested out.

On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno's cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission's 17th flyby of the gas giant.

A study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison wrapped the e-bandage around the chests of rats who had a cut on their backs. This caused the wound to heal in just three days versus 12 in others.

First found in China, it has caused significant problems in other areas it has invaded. It can form dense mats of up to 1,500 mussels per square metre – which can suffocate scallops and oysters.

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have studied thousands of species of animals and birds to work out where reservoirs of contagious, mosquito-borne viruses could be.

The startup, called Humu, uses machine learning to parse through employee data and then 'nudges' workers to help them improve in areas that might make their work lives better.

Ford created a futuristic-looking dog kennel that uses noise-cancellation panels and the carmarker's active noise control technology to create an insulated environment for pets.

It was the ultimate speed battle between man and nature as Felipe Massa took on a peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on planet Earth. The falcon is capable of speeds of up to 217mph.

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 5, 2015 file photo, rush hour traffic fills the 6 October bridge over the Nile River in Cairo, Egypt. Uber is launching a new minibus service on Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018, in traffic-mad Cairo, Egypt's capital and the ride-sharing U.S. giant's fastest-growing market. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Uber launched a new minibus service on Tuesday in traffic-mad Cairo, Egypt's capital and one of the U.S. ride-sharing giant's fastest-growing markets.

Footage of the colour-changing octopus was captured by a free-diver as he swam in the crystal clear waters in the French Riviera.

Australian scientists found sharks incubated in tanks that simulate temperatures in 2100 became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the  right, a process known as lateralization.

Most visitors think of New York's Parks as the only place to find trees. However, a new study found New York City has  over 5 million 'forested natural areas' along with 666,000 street trees.

The underwater skeletons of 185 wooden ships, referred to as ghost vessels, were deliberately sunk or have been left to decompose for hundreds of years in the Potomac River, Maryland, US.

McLaren have given Formula One fans their take on what the future of the sport looks like as they presented the 2050: the MCLExtreme, a futuristic race car built and designed for the future.

A researcher from Princeton University in New Jersey has found that testosterone levels and masculine features are directly related to the perception of a man's talent.

A new pair of hovershoes unveiled at the Consumer Electronics Show, called Motokicks, could soon replace your scooter, bike and skateboard - just don't try to take them for a spin in the rain.

An accidental discovery by Harvard academics has now found that a slightly different version of RNA may have been the key ingredient allowing for life on Earth to blossom.

Dr Dombard and his colleagues presented a possible solution to this problem at the American Geophysical Union meeting in Washington, DC, this week.

Ed Dentel, 46, of Richmond, Virginia, was diagnosed with an irregular heartbeat - known as atrial fibrillation - after his Apple Watch alerted him that something was wrong on Thursday.

Passengers could receive their Amazon deliveries on HS2 trains, a manufacturer has claimed (HS2/PA)

Ilford-based company Bombardier Transportation is developing technology which would enable click-and-collect services on board.

Michelle Vall, 53, of Blackpool found the artefact under six inches of mud while holidaying at Loch Lomond. The signet ring is in perfect condition and is believed to be worth up to £10,000.

Archaeologists believe they have found the final resting place of Antony and Cleopatra in the ancient city of Taposiris Magna, around eighteen miles from Alexandria in Egypt.

Fifteen Gallic amphoras were found half submerged in the sand and were first spotted by two scuba divers outside the city of Portofino in late November last year.

The jacket alerts the rider to dangers around them and the helmet projects vital information, such as their speed, revs and a rear view camera on the visor to make you feel like Iron Man on a bike.

Military chiefs planned to use the explosives, codenamed Blue Peacock (pictured), to devastate Soviet forces if they forced the western Allies into retreat during an invasion of Europe.

US sportswear giant Nike has teased its first self-lacing basketball trainers, which the company has suggested will be controllable from a smartphone.

A Russian historian claims the French Emperor ordered decoys to be sent to a fictional burial site 40 miles from the actual location during his retreat from Moscow in 1812.

NASA says the incredible image is 'the largest panoramic view of the fire and fury of star birth in the distant universe.' The images uses ultraviolet light to create a never-before seen image.

A team of University of Bristol researchers used scanning electron microscopy to quantify melanosome extracts from the feathers of 97 species of modern birds with iridescent plumage.

Hess was captured by 1941 in Scotland after parachuting into the UK and tried at Nuremberg and later imprisoned at Berlin's Spandau prison.

Price beats the previous world record for a British coin by more than £200,000. Only 20 of the 'Vigo' five guinea pieces were minted, to celebrate the theft of American gold form the Spanish fleet.

The enormous predator, known as 'Deep Blue', was first seen by diver and photographer Mark Mohler and Kimberly Jeffries on Sunday last week nine miles from the coast off the Hawaiian island of Oahu.

The spacecraft completed its 16th close flyby of the giant planet this past October, revealing some of our best glimpses yet at its fascinating atmospheric processes.

The findings, by researchers at the University of Oxford, could help predict a sportsman's performance - and the rate of his decline - over his career.

San Francisco based Earth imaging company Planet Lab has launched a record number of satellites into space which combined can photograph the entire landmass of the world.

Gadgets on show this week at the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas include the Y-brush, which cleans your teeth in just ten seconds.

The FlexPai is billed as the world's first foldable smartphone by its developer Royole and has a super flexible screen which can be bent from the middle.

French startup Neural Up demonstrated its incredible relaxation technology in Las Vegas this week at CES. The patented acoustic technology aims to 'enhance your emotional balance.'

Experts say the stellar ‘tantrum’ could provide a window into the birth of potentially habitable exoplanets, revealing how huge events shake up the material orbiting distant stars.

Researchers from the University of Washington say lessons from the Great Dying have major implications for the fate of today's warming world.

China's Chang'e 4 spacecraft has brought vegetable seeds and silkworm eggs in a small tin to the moon. Researchers hope the seeds will grow to blossom on the moon in 100 days.

UberAir will make its debut in the American cities of Los Angeles and Dallas in 2023, and is hoping the taxis may fly in British skies in the next decade.

A trial is starting in August which will see customers leave their car in a drop-off zone before summoning a robot through a designated app. It will be at Gatwick's South Terminal long-stay car park.

The study has revealed new insight on the potential abundance of Jupiter-sized young planets in other corners of the Milky Way, and suggests our solar system may not be unique.

Dozens of winners of the Nobel Prize have written to UK Prime Minister Theresa May and European Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker setting out their concerns.

Archaeologists at University College London discovered that the bones in the feet of Neolithic cattle demonstrated distinctive wear patterns, indicative of exploitation as 'animal engines'.

Researchers at the Dolphins Plus Marine Mammal Responder in Key Largo, Florida, played videos on a TV screen through underwater windows.

A new investigation into the genome of Asian populations has spotted the footprint of a long-ago hominid that appears to have been cross-bred from two different species of human ancestor.

The striking artefacts were found at the mysterious site in Abermagwr, Wales, which has fascinated archaeologists for years. Romans were previously thought to have had little interaction with locals.

Former Israeli Air Force pilot Alon Getz helped design the new cutting-edge technology as part of his start-up company RideOn. It is being trialed in Austria.

Byton kicked off CES 2019 by revealing the souped up interior of its M-Byte vehicle, complete with additional displays – including a touchscreen in the middle of the steering wheel.

Anjou unveiled a tabletop device that can print any picture on your nails in 30 seconds. The firm demo'ed at CES, showing how users can choose from 500 designs or upload their own images.

Unlimited Tomorrow's new lower-cost method for creating high-tech prosthetics aims to make the devices much more accessible to amputees around the world – especially children.

Researchers at the University of Manchester spent more than 10 years constructing the supercomputer, which they have dubbed SpiNNaker.

Formed between July and September 2018, the huge impact smashed through the ice at the planet's southern ice cap, sending debris into a unique pattern.

The ancient funeral practice took place when people feared the person would rise from the dead and infect people, experts revealed.

A new Boulder study claims Operation Pocket Money, a plan to deploy 11,000 sea mines off the coast of North Vietnam to cut off naval supply routes to the region, was scuppered by the storm.

The 'heartland hyperloop' would run along the I-70 corridor, the major highway traversing Missouri, and would connect Kansas City, Columbia and St. Louis.

Archaeologists developed a programme to save endless hours in the restoration of historical items. Trials were conducted on Byzantine art from Cyprus.

Ovie, a Chicago-based start-up, claim to 'make it easy for you to track what's in your fridge and waste less'. The containers have coloured discs that tell you when food is going out of date.

This combination of images provided by NASA shows a series of photographs made by the New Horizons spacecraft as it approached the Kuiper belt object Ultima Thule on Jan. 1, 2019. (NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute via AP)

The movie was put together from photos taken New Year's Eve and New Year's Day as the spacecraft made its closest approach, but not sent back to Earth until recently.

This illustration provided by Carbon Engineering in October 2018 shows one of the designs of the company's air contactor assemblies to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Carbon Engineering acting chief scientist David Keith, a Harvard University professor, said "in the long-term, carbon removal will make sense to reduce atmospheric carbon burden, but only once emissions have been brought near zero. The idea that humanity might continue huge fossil emissions while simultaneously balancing them with removal is nutty _ you plug the leaks before bailing the boat." (Carbon Engineering via AP)

The report from the National Academy of Sciences says technology to 'suck up' greenhouse gases has gotten better, and climate change is worsening.

The largest technology show in the world kicked off yesterday in Las Vegas with an amazing set of innovations on display including a smart cat bowl, an electric skateboard and a motorised suitcase.

New pictures released this week show construction underway on the test vehicle of the SpaceX ship that could one day bring humans tourists to Mars. Musk says he is aiming for test flights this spring.

The video reveals the 3500ft borehole into Mercer Subglacial Lake, a hydraulically active lake that lies more 1000m beneath the Whillans Ice Plain on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet.

Engineers at the University of Washington have revealed the RoboFly had taken its first untethered flaps earlier this year, and now say it could fly itself within five years.

USC researchers believe the find is the result of a fearsome shark six feet long leaping into the air to try and take down the much larger pterosaur with a wingspan of 18 feet.

One of the most cataclysmic events in the universe has been detected by Australian astronomers despite barely making a ripple through earth.

Chang'e-4 took off from the Sichuan, south-west China at 6:30 GMT, with the launch declared a success. It will perform a 'soft-landing' and land on the moon after a 27 day journey through space.

Ancient human ancestors settled in Northern Africa 2.4 million years ago, new archaeological evidence reveals. Early hominins and their material culture have previously been traced to East Africa.

The European Space Agency revealed it has signed up rocket maker ArianeGroup to develop plans for a moon base that could be used to mine material from the lunar surface.

Everything from autonomous 'people-movers' to a VR experience that lets users battle Iron Man from the backseat of a car was on display at the world's largest tech trade show.

At CES, Intel demonstrated its tech in the Hoobox Robotics’ Wheelie 7 kit, which can be retrofitted to existing motorized chairs to give the rider control using only their facial expressions.

Souza, who was the Chief Official White House photographer for U.S. Presidents Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama, used Apple's new iPhone XS to take these shots for Dailymail.com.

Gorillas at Bristol zoo have demonstrated the ability to knowingly cheat at a game in order to win. Scientists say they've seen 'seen a lot of cheating behaviour' from the animals.

Researchers say the next supercontinent will form in 200-250m years. The most likely is Novopangea, where the Americas collide with the Antarctica, and into the already collided Africa-Eurasia.

Called SB>1 Defiant, the radical craft is being built by Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky - and has been revealed for the first time. It will fly twice as fast as current helicopters.'

Astronomers are now picking a favourite telescope and the four different ideas are competing to be built in the 2030s.

Unlike other pet treadmills on the market, the pricey system, debuted at CES in Las Vegas, is equipped with LED lights to motivate your cat into exercise, and allows you to set fitness goals.

The huge tank is being stress tested at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama.

China has also revealed it is planning to go back to the moon later this year with the Chang'e-5 lander following the phenomenal success of the ongoing Chang'e-4 mission.

Experts from British Columbia University in Canada believe they are likely to be caused by the left overs of an exploding star - or supernova - or a a supermassive black hole.

Harley-Davison showed off its first ever electric motorcycle at CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Pre-orders for the $29, 799 vehicle are now open in the US, and it should begin shipping by fall 2019.

International eco-charity Greenpeace was one of the first environmental organisations to jump on the trending hashtag, sharing two photographs that highlight the effect of Amazon deforestation.

The moon rock was brought back to Earth for analysis but now 48 years on from the 1971 mission, experts have now claimed that the rock was a fragment from our planet.

Divers have been studying wreckage off the coast of Buka Island, 100ft below the ocean surface and say they have found a piece of glass that 'shares some consistencies' with landing lights from Earhart's plane.

Experts from Northwestern University studying a celestial object called AT2018cow have concluded it may be the first time the formation of a new black hole or neutron star has been captured.

       

All around the world... and beyond

British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.

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British photographers Fiona Rogers and Anup Shah captured apes in Indonesia and Borneo - and highlighted how human our evolutionary cousins are.

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