A photographic enthusiast spotted an antique bit of optical kit in a Parisian thrift shop. When he bought the apparatus he was told that it came with 50 glass-plate pictures.
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Hovering in space up to 250 miles above the surface of our planet, astronauts on the International Space Station can see our fragile home as few others will ever have the chance.
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Migraines are not caused by the constriction and dilation of blood vessels, but rather they begin as a problem of brain excitability - and the female brain has an 'intrinsic excitability', researchers from UCLA claim.
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Media attention from the Facebook buyout has fuelled to the photo app's meteoric rise, with the number of users soaring by 10million in just 10 days.
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Lincoln's new MKZ features a huge plate that moves backwards at the touch of a button, pleasantly exposing front and back seat passengers to the elements.
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The rare phenomenon occurs when cold air and warm air collide, and light is 'bent' so that objects can appear to be floating in the air... or hidden by a false horizon.
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Gameshow hosts - such as Bruce Forsyth and Davina, pictured - hold such 'prescriptive power' that contestants are willing to do anything they tell them, a study claims.
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Humans evolved worrying alongside intelligence - perhaps as a defense mechanism in a dangerous world where early humans had to fight for survival, say New York researchers.
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Radar images from Earth appear to show that it's intact.If no other solution is found, a high-resolution imaging satellite, Pleiades, will scan the craft on Sunday.
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The Pentagon has placed an order with Innovega for lenses which focus 3D battlefield information from drones and satellites directly into people's eyeballs.
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The enormous space rock was found in China's Xinjiang Province in 2000. Inside, translucent golden crystals gleam among a silvery honeycomb of nickel-iron.
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Versions of Angry Birds Space - the new version of the hit puzzle game - are infected with malicious software that allows cyber-criminals full control of infected handsets.
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Scientists have revealed the brutal procedure used by a cat breeder 2,000 years ago to slaughter and mummify a kitten which was given as a sacrifice to the gods.
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Ogaki Kyoristu Bank said the machines will be installed at 10 banks and a drive-through ATM. They will be the first biometric ATMs that don't require a card at all.
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Andre Kuipers installed 'Nightpod' - a motorised camera that compensates for the hurtling speeds of the ISS, by tracking points on Earth's surface. The results are some of the most spectacular pictures ever taken from space.
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