Hubble Space Telescope takes stunning snap of spiral galaxy called NGC 5728 which has brightly-illuminated ‘celestial eye’ caused by gas and dust swirling a... read more
Depression could soon be treated by zapping your brain, results from pioneering experiments suggest. Scientists in California performed deep brain stimulation... read more
US Air Force’s ultra-secretive X-37B plane has now spent 500 days in orbit as part of its latest heavily-classified mission The U.S. Air Force’s secreti... read more
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger are DOWN: Social media apps crash for frustrated users worldwide First reports of problems with the social ... read more
The apple gets its ‘dimple-like cusp’ and shape as a result of different rates of growth between the bulk and the stalk, according to a new mathemat... read more
Imagine a driverless bus that stopped just for you and was configured exactly how you needed it. That’s the concept behind the Citroën Skate, the French ... read more
Four amateur astronauts, who last month became the first all-civilian crew ever to orbit the Earth, have received their ceremonial wings from SpaceX. The Inspir... read more
If you’ve ever been left confused by a mysterious transaction on your bank statement, a new report suggests it could well be evidence of your child’... read more
Jeff Bezos in front of Blue Origin’s space capsule Dubbed the ‘NewSpace’ set, Jeff Bezos, Sir Richard Branson and Elon Musk all say they were ... read more
A swarm of 88 near-Earth asteroids hidden in the debris that produces the Taurid Meteor Shower comes from the breakup of a single comet just 20,000 years ago, a... read more
Around 3,760 tonnes of plastic debris – the equivalent weight of eight jumbo jets – are currently floating in the Mediterranean, a new study has revealed. R... read more
Mature trees can boost the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) they absorb, a new study shows, which is ‘good news’ in the fight against climate change.Â... read more
A Barbie doll designed to look like European Space Agency astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti, has been sent on a zero-gravity flight. The trip on the ‘vom... read more
El Salvador has started mining bitcoin using energy from a volcano, according to President Nayib Bukele. The former businessman, who was elected in 2019, tweete... read more
Hold on to your old gas guzzler! Keeping older vehicles a year longer instead of trading them in for all-electric models REDUCES the carbon footprint of cars by... read more
X marks the spot! Marie Antoinette’s secret love letters to the Swedish count Axel von Fersen during the French Revolution finally revealed by X-ray scans The... read more
A geoglyph of a bull discovered in Siberia dates back more than 4,000 years, making it twice as old as the famed Nazca lines of Peru and a millennia older than ... read more
Archaeologists in Greece say a 14th-century Byzantine warrior survived a broken jaw by having it wired shut — most likely with gold. The man’s skull was... read more
A bright light streaked across the night sky over parts of Georgia and Florida last night, which was followed by a sonic boom that rattled homes in the area. Ma... read more
Stunning carvings of human figures and heads have been uncovered at what is considered to be one of the most important settlements of the Neolithic period. The ... read more
The UN has developed a new tool that reveals the location of all floods on Earth since 1985, which it says will help officials in planning for future disasters... read more
As well as causing death and destruction, a study suggests natural disasters can put people at a greater risk of developing dementia. Using health and survey ... read more
