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Space travel causes genes to behave like fireworks

It’s been more than a year since now-retired astronaut Scott Kelly returned to Earth after 340 days living on the International Space Station. And, in the mon... read more

YouTube blogger posts hands-on video with iPhone X

A glimpse of the Apple iPhone X has been revealed several days before the big release by a YouTube blogger. Brooke Amelia Peterson claims to have picked up the... read more

Whitney Port gained 40 pounds during her pregnancy

She welcomed her son Sonny Sanford with husband Tim Rosenman on July 27. And three months after giving birth, Whitney Port spoke honestly about her post baby bo... read more

Satellite image of scars left by California’s wildfires

More than 8,000 homes have burned in dozens of wildfires in Northern California, and as firefighters continue to fully contain the fires, NASA has released a ne... read more

Paul Weitz, who piloted NASA’s orbiting ‘Skylab,’ dies

Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has died. He... read more

Google AI is binge watching YouTube to learn about humans

Google is using YouTube to help artificial intelligence understand how humans behave. The firm hopes that by binge-watching 57,600 YouTube clips of 80 different... read more

YouTube star tells twin she is going to sell her virginity

An 18-year-old who was fed up with her identical twin sister constantly pressuring her to have sex extracted the best revenge when she convinced her sibling tha... read more

The plants that NASA says you need in your bedroom

City dwellers today spend an average 90 per cent of their time indoors – but experts from the Royal Horticultural Society say that ‘bringing the outdoor... read more

YouTube star befriends man with Down syndrome stealing car

Most people would be furious if they thought they had seen their car getting stolen. So all credit to this Aussie legend, whose reaction to discovering a man wi... read more

Femail rounds up easy Halloween eye make-up looks

Halloween is just over a week away and if you’re still waiting for costume inspiration to strike, you have two options: Brave the crowds at the Halloween ... read more

‘Pay with Google’ launches to speed up online checkouts

‘Pay with Google’ has launched for Android users worldwide to speed up online checkouts on mobile devices. Normally, users would have to fill out mu... read more

Chad Johnson goes shirtless in ex’s throwback video

Love blossomed for him in the Celebrity Big Brother house when he fell for now-girlfriend Sarah Harding. But Chad Johnson, 30,  has risked upsetting his Girls ... read more

Watch the amazing moment the moon photobombs the sun

NASA’s sun-monitoring spacecraft has captured the remarkable moment the moon carried out a lunar transit, effectively photobombing the sun. The moon blocked o... read more

Google Pixel 2 XL has serious screen burn-in issues

It was launched to much fanfare earlier this month, but the Google Pixel 2 XL is facing complaints just weeks after it was released for testing. Screen burn-in ... read more

Nasa has a spacecraft cemetery where it buries satellites

Nasa has a ‘spacecraft cemetery’ where it buries used satellites by crashing them into a remote region in the Pacific Ocean. ‘Point Nemo’... read more

Rebecca Black says she received death threats over Friday

The teenage voice behind Friday, playfully dubbed the world’s most annoying song, has revealed the more sinister abuse she received after sweeping the int... read more

NASA mission discovers ‘twisted solar wind’ on Mars

An invisible magnetic ‘tail’ shaped unlike any other in the solar system is trailing behind Mars, NASA has discovered. While other planets, such as Venus an... read more

Would you fly on a plane with ‘superbendy’ wings?

NASA is testing a radical ‘bendy wing’ plane design that could soon mean passengers planes use far less fuel on long flights. The strange design dum... read more

NASA astronauts replace blurry camera on robot arm

Astronauts went spacewalking Friday to provide some necessary focus to the International Space Station’s robot arm. The main job for commander Randy Bresn... read more

NASA releases 3D map of Mars with images taken by rover

If you’re curious to know what it’s like to walk on Mars now is your chance with a new 3D map that allows you to explore the red planet from your de... read more

NZ extreme eater goes through an entire jar of Nutella

It’s hard to come by an individual who isn’t partial to the occasional helping of deliciously smooth hazelnut spread. But one women has taken her ap... read more

Lyft gets $1bn from Google to rev up challenge to Uber

New funding gives Lyft a valuation of $11 billion Comes as Uber has been left reeling from a series of missteps and scandals  Funding round was led by CapitalG... read more

Ex of Marilyn Monroe photographer sues Google

The ex-girlfriend of late legendary photographer Bert Stern has filed a suit against Google after she received threats from a woman pretending to be the artist&... read more

Amateur sculptor creates scarily realistic Pennywise model

Novice sculptor creates terrifying clown model from Stephen King’s ‘It’  Nicholas Brown produced the bust in ten days after teaching himself ... read more