An image taken by a Japanese satellite launch on 7 October 2014 has snapped the true colour of planet Earth (shown). The image from the Himawari-8 weather satellite shows Earth's natural colour.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Stevenage says driverless cars (shown) will make roads safer. For every 10,000 human errors, a computer makes one.

Rice University scientists in Texas have created an ultra-thin imaging device (shown). Called copper indium selenide (CIS) it is just one atom thick but could be used to make very thin cameras.

A French artist has created a depiction of futuristic 'sex robots' (shown). The bizarre - and creepy - images reveal the 'innards' of androids. They include artificial organs and a mechanical spine.

Scientists at the American Geophysical Union in San Francisco say they may have spotted waves on Titan (illustration shown). Radar data from Cassini suggests there are tiny ripples on the moon.

Research led by Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia tested the intelligence of crows. It was found they could solve a task that involved picking similar - but not matching - shapes (shown).

Aberdeen University researchers have set a new record for the deepest fish ever found (shown). It was spotted 26,722ft down in the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean.

Washington-based Microsoft has released a preview of Skype Translator (shown). It lets people of different languages talk to each other on video calls.

SpaceX was planning to land a Falcon 9 rocket on a barge (shown) at Cape Canaveral in Florida today. But the launch has been delayed until Tuesday 6 January due to an issue with one of the engines.

A study led by New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science says two-thirds of our mammalian rivals went extinct with the dinosaurs (asteroid impact illustrated), ultimately allowing us to thrive.

Scientists in Massachusetts and Texas have revealed a spectacular light show taking place in two colliding galaxies (shown), NGC 2207 and IC 2163, 130m light-years away.

A scientist from the Max Planck Institute in Germany says a star could have a closer encounter with Earth 'soon' - in cosmic terms - which will send comets into the solar system (illustrated)

A type of cloud first photographed in Iowa could soon be added to the International Cloud Atlas. Called undulatus asperatus (shown) it would be the first new cloud type since 1951.

Esa in Paris has confirmed that its Venus Express spacecraft (illustrated left) has died. The probe had been orbiting Venus (top right) for eight years since 2006 - far exceeding its planned lifetime.

Michigan State University scientists have claimed that domestic violence can affect children in early life, even if the abuse is suffered while they're still in their mother's womb (stock image shown).

Belgian researchers have used magnets to make beer less foamy (stock image shown). Applying a magnetic field made antifoaming agents more effective, preventing CO2 from being stored.

A New York-based study says kids need more unstructured entertainment. Giving them access to games like Minecraft (shown) can inhibit their development of social skills, it claims.

Nasa scientists in California have revealed evidence for life on Mars (shown). They claim methane spikes on the planet could be produced by bacteria - and there is no better explanation, yet.

The return of three astronauts to the ground in Kazakhstan is shown from inside the Soyuz capsule. The short clip reveals the heat shield burning away (shown) as the capsule makes its way home.

Hong Kong-based Brando has released a larger version of a Rubik's cube (shown). Each of its six sides have a huge 169 coloured tiles - 1,014 in total. That's 18 times more than the original's 54.

Munich-based BMW has unveiled technology that can park your car. It uses four lasers on the car to create a virtual map of the car park. Speaking into a watch (shown) will then park or retrieve the car.

A Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientist says life in the universe (stock image shown) may be common. Dr Jeremy England's theory suggests atoms will always pick an organic path.

For ￡60 ($94), backers of the Kent-based project have the opportunity to buy space on memory discs that will be sent to the moon. The mission is currently ￡597,039 towards its ￡600,000 goal

University of Leeds researchers have claimed sea levels could rise more quickly due to supraglacial lakes, which could cause Greenland's ice (shown in image) to slip into the sea more rapidly.

Researchers at Darmstadt University of Technology in Germany say robots (illustration shown) cannot be moral. In a study, they claim the famous 'trolley problem' prevents such action being programmed.

The Max Planck Institute in Germany has revealed the true colour of 67P (shown). The image, taken by combining different filters, reveals what the comet would look like to the human eye.

UK-based Jaguar Land Rover have unveiled a smart concept car. It uses cameras to make certain parts of the car 'transparent' when a driver looks in a certain direction (image shown).

China is planting huge strips of trees to stop the Gobi Desert (illustration shown). For decades the desert has been advancing and causing serious dust storms in key cities such as Beijing.

A Viking collection (shown), found in North Yorkshire, has been restored. Called The Bedale Hoard, it includes a neck collar, two silver arm rings, 29 silver ingots and gold rivets.

Santa will have to overcome the laws of science when he makes his journey around the world from the North Pole on Christmas Eve (illustration of Santa and his reindeer shown).

Research led by Leiden University in the Netherlands has found particles in other galaxies that could be dark matter (illustrated). ‘It could usher in a new era in astronomy,’ said Dr Ruchayskiy.

A video posted to YouTube shows a black object floating above the Statue of Liberty in New York (shown). In the video the object moves across the screen before staying still.

The project, which included researchers from the University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute, decoded the genetic fingerprint of 45 species including the woodpecker and flamingo.

Speaking at a conference in New York, chief content officer Theodore Sarandos said Netflix would unveil 20 shows in the next five years for the popular digital platform (stock image shown).

Iowa is to allow residents to display their driver's license on their phone (shown). Beginning next year all their details will be available in a free app, kept secure using pin verification.

AI expert Dr Rasmussen from the University of South Denmark has warned of the rise of technology. Companies like Facebook and Google could rob us of our identity (stock image shown)

Washington-based Boeing has revealed how to get to Mars. In a video they have outlined the six steps (shown) needed to land and return. These include the Orion spacecraft and an inflatable heat shield.

SpaceX is planning to land a rocket at Cape Canaveral on Monday. The first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket (shown) will attempt to touch down on a barge after launching a Dragon capsule into space.

A probe will drill 330ft (100 metres) below the surface to look at whether it will be possible to someday have observatories on the moon, according to Kent based engineer and financial backer David Iron.

Scientists in Arizona have found an explanation for sand dunes on Titan (shown). They say the moon's winds occasionally reverse and increase in speed twice every Saturn year - 30 Earth years.

Croatian programmer Gordon Ugarkovic has improved Cassini's images. He added colour and touched up the snaps to reveal new details. The images include the moons Titan and Dione (shown).

Scientists have proposed a radical new theory of time for the universe. UK physicist Dr Julian Barbour and others say there are two arrows of time that formed at the Big Bang (illustrated).

Vladimir Lipunov, of Moscow State University, said the space rock, named '2014 UR116', could cause an explosion 1,000 times greater than the 2013 impact of a bus-sized meteor in Russia.

Researchers at Princeton University say abandoned wells (shown) in Pennsylvania are emitting natural gas. And as many as three million nationwide could be leaking.

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed a method to detect hazardous gases and pollutants. The NFC chips could even tell when food in a fridge (stock image shown) is off.

Nasa's Orion spacecraft uses IBM PowerPC 750FX chips - the same as in Apple's 2003 iBook G3 - to survive harsh radiation. Yesterday it was returned to shore in San Diego by the USS Anchorage.

The Jerusalem Nano Bible company says they've made the world's smallest Bible (shown). The silicon wafer chips measure just 0.19 inches (4.76mm) on each side and could fit on your fingernail.

National Geographic UK has created a large Rube Goldberg Machine (shown). The contraption begins with a simple Newton's Cradle, but it quickly escalates to bigger and bigger designs.

A series of images have revealed how a combined US Navy and Nasa team recovered the Orion spacecraft onto the USS Anchorage (shown). The future Mars-bound vehicle splashed down on Friday.

The UK Met Office says the chance of warmer weather in Europe is predicted to increase due to climate change. Warm summers and heatwaves (UK shown in 2003) will increase ten-fold, they say.