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​Microsoft announced classroom-centric software and hardware at its education event today. The stars of the show? The Windows 10 S operating system and the all-new Surface Laptop.

​​Scientists have recently confirmed that a unique species of monitor lizard, initially described in the early 19th century, is still alive and well on the island of New Ireland. It is said to be "the only large-growing animal endemic to the island that has survived until modern times."​

Canada's Rewild Homes recently completed this tidy tiny house on wheels that has a very livable looking layout suitable for one or two people. For those looking for maximum freedom, the Blue Heron is also off-grid ready and packs a solar system, batteries, and composting toilet.

Hanging art sounds like one of the easiest home projects around, but in reality, things can get pretty complex – especially if you're hanging multiple pieces. Now, Absolut Art has launched a Kickstarter campaign for a device that will make the project as simple as pouring yourself a vodka tonic.

Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity suborbital spacecraft took to the skies over the Mojave desert in an unpowered flight test of the ship's feather re-entry system. The glide test is the fourth independent flight of the craft designed to carry paying passengers on brief excursions to the edge of space.

A team of University of Arizona researchers led by Kate Su have used NASA's Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) flying observatory to take a closer look at a system 10.5 light years away and discovered it has a familiar general structure.

Consumer-grade 3D scanners tend to only handle small items, or scan with a low resolution. Now Fraunhofer has unveiled its new 3D scanner that uses infrared rays to capture objects and people in more detail, snapping up to 36 three-dimensional images per second.

There may be an unexpected upside to being relatively forgetful – you might be able to enjoy things for longer. A new study has found that people with a higher-capacity memory tend to get bored faster, due to the fact that they remember experiences in more detail and feel more satiated by them.

One of the most instantly recognisable​ hot-rods of all time is to be auctioned by RM-Sothebys in Santa Monica on June 25. Though the design is located somewhere near the intersection of art and automobiles, it is likely to be shunned by both camps on the auction block.

The Nikon D7500 looks set to appeal to enthusiast photographers with its 20.9-megapixel sensor, 4K video recording, and wireless capabilities. However, it's not the only high-end APS DSLR on the market. Here, we compare the specs and features of the Nikon D7500 and the rival Canon 7D Mark II.

Over the last 20 years we've discovered over 3,600 exoplanets, and some of these are far crazier than we could've imagined. Suddenly Earth seems pretty boring, so let’s take a quick tour of some of the most bizarre exoplanets that have been spotted so far.

A team at the University of Adelaide has been working to create an AI system that can predict a person’s lifespan just by studying images of their organs, and its early results show its predictions are just as good as a human doctor.