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​Freedivers – those people who dive to great depths without an air supply – typically have to use masks instead of less bulky, more hydrodynamic goggles. A group of Italian entrepreneurs have set out to change that, however, by designing goggles that take on water as they go deeper.

Dubbed “Haarlem Shuffle,” this floating home is located on the Spaarne River in Haarelm, Netherlands. The 210-sq m (2,260-sq ft) home stretches over two levels and is designed to offer the occupants privacy while also capitalizing on natural light.

The shape of future sports motorcycles evolved considerably over the last few days as the world's leading sportsbike manufacturers and MotoGP contenders evaluated new aerodynamic fairings at the second last test of the MotoGP pre-season at the Chang International Circuit at Buriram, Thailand.

According to the fossil record, plants migrated from the sea onto land about 420 million years ago, but that story is patchy at best. New research has wound back the evolutionary clock to determine that plants likely invaded dry land much earlier, about 500 million years ago.

Researchers have grown human eggs from their earliest stages to maturity in a laboratory for the very first time. The achievement offers a future for women at risk of infertility, either through illness or medical treatment, to be able to store immature eggs for later fertilization.

Astronomers at the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) have calculated that the Andromeda galaxy is roughly the same size as the Milky Way.

It's common knowledge that a drink or two can lower inhibitions and result in people becoming aggressive and violent. Researchers from the University of New South Wales in Australia are asking why, using MRI scans to trace which part of the brain controls aggression.

No longer just tough shells for your noggin, the humble bicycle helmet has recently been kitted out with high-tech gadgets. Now an Australian startup named Cyclevision has revealed the Edge, a helmet sporting front- and back-facing cameras to let riders watch for danger or record their adventures.

Construction is set to get underway on an enormous eco-resort on the coast of Vietnam after the development was given approval by the Vietnamese government. Designed by design studio Chapman Taylor, the epic resort will encompass seven hotels providing a total of 7,000 rooms.

Now you can have your wonder material and eat it, too. The lab of James Tour at Rice University has demonstrated a way to etch graphene onto food like bread and potatoes, as well as materials like cardboard and cloth, where it could then act as an RFID tag.

A new study has calculated there is more than 15 million gallons of toxic mercury trapped in the permafrost north of the equator. That's around 10 times the mercury emissions produced by humans over the past 30 years and researchers are understandably concerned about the effects it could have.

A day after SpaceX's Falcon Heavy blasted into space, the private spacefaring company has posted some spectacular images of the launch, as well as updating the status of the Tesla Roadster that acted as ballast payload.