How your field of view affects speed perception: Incredible optical illusion reveals removing objects from your peripheral vision tricks the brain into thinking it is…

Read More Optical illusion reveals how field of view affects speed perception

Pompeii’s ancient drains are STILL in working order and will be used again to empty rainwater into the sea 2,300 years after they were built…

Read More Pompeii's ancient drains to be used 2,000 years AFTER it was built

NASA astronaut Christina Koch gives an ecstatic thumbs up as she touches down safely in the desert in Kazakhstan after record-breaking 328-day stint aboard the…

Read More Record-breaking US astronaut returns to Earth after 328 days in space

Scientists believe cancer may be triggered by viruses meaning thousands of lives could be saved by a vaccine. Jabs could be developed to attack 11…

Read More Cancer vaccine could save thousands every year as triggers of disease found

Stunning images reveal the aftermath of a ‘fight’ between two stars that resulted in a violent collision and may foreshadow the eventual fate of our…

Read More Stunning image reveals the aftermath of two stars' collision

Just like humans, stars are born and they die in space, often at the hands of their stellar neighbours. Smaller stars like our Sun are…

Read More Space shock: A cannibalised star’s remains are on display in this stunning photograph

February’s Full Moon arrives this week just one month after the beautiful January Wolf Moon. Sometimes known as the Snow Moon or the Bone Moon,…

Read More Supermoon 2020: What is a Supermoon? How big will the Snow Moon turn this weekend?

Windows 10 search function goes down leaving users unable to look for apps or other files on their PC A search bar in Windows 10…

Read More Windows 10 search goes down leaving users unable to query search bar

Superbugs are a growing concern for scientists as bacteria are rapidly adapting to modern medicine faster than new antibiotics are created. The World Health Organization…

Read More Weaponised virus: Scientists bioengineer an artificial virus to wipe out lethal superbugs

The Yellowstone caldera spreads beneath the states of Wyoming, Montana and Idaho and gets its chilling nickname as a supervolcano due to its ability to…

Read More Yellowstone volcano: ‘First signs’ supereruption on way revealed amid overdue claims

Vanishing Arctic sea ice is making it difficult for polar bears to survive as they are forced to fast on land for long periods of…

Read More Vanishing sea ice makes it difficult for polar bears to survive

The Snow Moon is the second of this year’s 12 named Full Moon phases. The Full Moon will arrive this weekend a month after the…

Read More Snow Moon 2020: When is the February Supermoon? What is the meaning behind its name?

A family have been left baffled after spotting a crow apparently frozen in the air on the school run. Mum Kayleen Bowman, shared the bizarre…

Read More Bird filmed ‘frozen’ mid-air with beak ‘still moving’ by stunned dad

A small crack has opened up in the magnetosphere – the layer of the Earth’s atmosphere which reflects solar particles. Although the phenomenon is relatively…

Read More Space weather: Crack opens in Earth’s magnetic shield allowing for stunning auroras

The International Meteor Organisation (IMO) received almost 100 reports of a bright fireball illuminating the skies on February 3. Those in the northwest of the…

Read More Asteroid news: Watch as asteroid EXPLODES over UK and Europe

Around 1.8MILLION Britons live in high-risk flood areas and 90,000 new-build homes will be built on these danger spots by 2025, report claims Report by The…

Read More Around 1.8MILLION Britons live in high-risk flood areas

The explosion at Chernobyl’s nuclear power station in Ukraine on April 26, 1986, killed 31 people and resulted in the mass evacuation and abandonment of…

Read More Chernobyl news: Fungi discovered in nuclear reactor which EATS radiation

Flaw in Philips Hue smart bulbs opened up home networks to being being HACKED, research finds A flaw exposed the home networks of those using…

Read More Philips Hue flaw opened up home networks to being being HACKED

If you’re a fan of stargazing, make sure you book this Sunday morning off in your diary. In the early hours of February 9, a…

Read More Super Snow Moon will appear this weekend – what it is and how you can see it

LG Electronics PULLS OUT of the world’s biggest mobile phone exhibition over coronavirus fears as organisers implement a ‘no handshake policy’ to protect attendees The…

Read More LG Electronics PULLS OUT of MWC over coronavirus fears

It’s often portrayed as a ‘safer’ alternative to smoking, but a new study may put you off reaching for that e-cigarette. The study, by doctors…

Read More Teenage girl suffers ‘life-threatening’ throat swelling ‘linked to vaping’

An AI helps uncover secret sketches by Leonardo da Vinci, which were previously hidden beneath layers of paint on the canvas of ‘Virgin on the…

Read More AI helps discover 'hidden' drawings by Leonardo da Vinci

Why gardeners should NOT leave cake and crisps on bird tables: ‘Junk food’ stops sparrows absorbing nutrients from their natural diet of seeds and mealworms,…

Read More Why gardeners should NOT leave cake and crisps on bird tables

Scientists find living relative of a tortoise subspecies thought to have gone extinct in 2012 on island in the Galápagos A newly discovered tortoise bodes…

Read More Scientists find living relative of tortoise thought to be extinct

Penguins have the same vocal patterns as HUMANS: Birds use short calls for regularly used ‘words’ but make longer sounds when trying to attract a…

Read More Penguins may have the same vocal patterns as HUMANS

‘Clever’ cuttlefish have strong food preferences just like humans and will resist filling up on crab for lunch if they know there’s shrimp for dinner…

Read More Cuttlefish will eat less crab if they know there's shrimp for dinner

The potentially cataclysmic rock, dubbed Asteroid 2002 PZ39, measures nearly 3,280ft (one kilometre) across. The asteroid is also racing towards us at speeds of more…

Read More Asteroid alert: NASA tracks a 1KM rock big enough to WIPE OUT continent on Earth approach

A new vacancy has opened up for what may be many people's dream job. Online marketplace OnBuy.com is hiring the company's first ever Intimate Customer…

Read More You can earn £38k a year to stay at home and test out sex toys

The pup, who has been named Kevin after the Minions character of the same name, was born in Central Thailand and was one of two…

Read More ‘Real-life cyclops’ puppy shocks owners after being born with ONE EYE ‘it’s a lucky sign’

Gibraltar’s status has been a point of contention between the UK and Spain since the military outpost seceded to Britain in the 18th century. With…

Read More Nostradamus prediction: Spain to take back Gibraltar if shock prophecy of war comes true