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Two auctions at the extremities of the world on consecutive days last weekend highlight the importance of the internet in the modern elite auction process.

The unmanned Rosetta probe has revealed that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko has a daily water cycle that, according to ESA, keeps it "alive."

Minis have not been that mini for some time now. Similarly, the firm's description of its new Clubman as a "shooting brake" ​also feels like poetic license. Nonetheless, it's designed for everyday and long-distance usage and looks both practical and comfortable for those purposes.

Scientists have created a nanoscale wrench that has an opening of about 1.7 nanometers, roughly a hundred-thousand-times smaller than the width of human hair.

Foster + Partners has designed some of the most famous buildings in the world and, if one of its recent designs is anything to go by, it may soon have buildings on other planets, too. The firm has designed a shelter for up to four astronauts on Mars that would be 3D printed by a fleet of robots.

While it's important for all of us to stay hydrated, it's particularly important for athletes. That's why a Virginia-based startup has created SMRT Mouth. It's a mouthguard that measures the wearer's hydration levels, and alerts coaches if they're getting too low.

A Super Blood Moon is on the horizon. On the 27th of September, if the weather stays clear, stargazers around the globe are in for a treat. But if you want to photograph it, you’ll need to do a bit of planning. And thinking.

First-person action titles sound like a perfect fit for VR, but their fast-paced movement can lead to nausea. In one of the coolest VR demos we've seen so far, Epic Games showed a brilliant workaround.

Since launching its "bass you can feel" technology on Kickstarter in 2013, StudioFeed has integrated the SubPac system in Peugeot's Fractal concept car and added an extra dimension to a VR-enhanced premiere of Jurassic World. Now it's aiming to put some bottom end on your back with the SubPac M2.

A study conducted by Dartmouth College has delved further than ever before into the authenticity of the infamous backyard photograph of John F. Kennedy assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Specifically, the team analyzed Oswald's pose in the picture – something that's long been a point of controversy.

A consumer hyperspectral camera known as the HyperCam may one day allow use to see if fruit is ripe, or to identify people based on their veins patterns. It could even find its way into our smartphones.

​Perhaps you sleep on a memory foam mattress. Well, in the future, a similar material could be used to create artificial body parts. Researchers at Cornell University recently used their new "elastomer foam" to build a functioning fluid pump that looks and works like a human heart.​