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The U.S. military lost contact with an unmanned hypersonic test aircraft shortly after its launch, defence officials have revealed.

Scientists at the Search for Extra-terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) Institute use 42 giant radio dishes in northern California to look for distant transmissions, but their quest for extra-terrestrial life was threatened after a lack of funding jeopardised the programme.

Daisy Lowe is the September cover girl for the infamous Playboy magazine.

It seems UFOs are a hot topic at the moment, with sightings coming in from the U.S. and UK this week. Surely this is not merely a result of the silly season of news caused by the House of Commons' recess. Perhaps we are finally making contact with another world. Perhaps we are being invaded. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

Infrared sensors on the lips of Vampire bats allow the animals to locate blood vessels in their prey, scientists have discovered.

Kim Kardashian took the opportunity to feature to full effect for new World's Most Beautiful magazine photo shoot.

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is beginning the first of it four intensive research orbits, with its initial run around the Vesta asteroid scheduled to begin on 11 August.

PacketVideo has filed a patent infringement complaint against music streaming service Spotify.

As further information emerges following Amy Winehouse's untimely death, the issue of whether addicts should be vaccinated to help them recover remains largely unresolved.

A Mexican judge on Tuesday sentenced a 14-year-old U.S. citizen to three years in prison for homicide, kidnapping and drug and weapons possession.

A tribute concert dedicated to the late legend Michael Jackson will take place in Cardiff, revealed several members of his family.

Law enforcement agencies in the U.S., U.K. and Netherlands have arrested 20 suspected members of the hacker collective Anonymous.

For his involvement in Google's 2005 Android Inc. takeover Oracle has submitted a formal request asking the U.S. District Court to depose Google co-founder and CEO Larry Page.

Arnold Schwarzenegger makes an anxious return to the big screen, with new western movie The Last Stand.

In keeping with its recent slew of patent infringement allegations, iPad and iPhone maker Apple has hit its Galaxy S2 and Desire making competitors Samsung and HTC with a fresh batch of complaints seeking to block the pair's U.S. imports.

he royal couple have boarded an overnight flight back to London as their visit to Canada followed by two days in California came to an end.

Just after announcing its latest complaint against Samsung, it has been revealed that Apple has been denied its request to force Amazon to stop using the "Appstore" title for its digital download shop.

iPhone and iPad maker Apple has filed another complaint, this time to the U.S. International Trade Commission attempting to block the import of Samsung smartphones and tablets.

President Barack Obama will answer questions about the economy and jobs Wednesday during his first Twitter town hall meeting.But the president, known for his oft- lengthy responses to the shortest of questions, will not be confined to Twitter's 140-character limit. He is verbally answering questions from Twitter users, who were urged to use the hashtag #AskObama.

Is the Virgin Atlantic pilot strikes a sign of things to come for the embattled airline?

As a part of its ongoing patent infringement battle with Samsung and its Galaxy range of devices, Apple has filed a new preliminary injunction to the U.S. District Court seeking to block the release of several of Samsung's forthcoming smartphones.

Samsung has dropped one of its countersuits against Apple in the two company's ongoing patent infringement war.

Google could be sued for scooping up data from open wi-fi networks after a US court ruling.

Andy Hertzfeld, who has been working at Google since 2005, is responsible for the interface on Google+, and was given the opportunity to be the main design lead on the project.

Newscorp have long been known to be ready to sell the struggling site and the sale price was just 6% of the $580m (£360m) it paid for the then biggest name in social media in 2004 - and was well short of the $100m (£62m) it was reportedly looking for.

Virgin Atlantic pilots have voted overwhelmingly to strike over a four per cent pay increase. The strike, which has mass support amongst pilots, had a turnout of 94 per cent with 97 per cent voting in favour of industrial action. It is a significant blow to British travellers who will no doubt face holiday chaos this summer. The strike will affect key routes flown by Britain's, including Florida, the Caribbean, the Far East and Australia. The first walk out is expected this July.

A lawsuit filed this week has revealed that a fortnight before the initial hack on Sony's PlayStation Network, the company fired several employees of the unit responsible for its network security.

Dramatic rise in UK applicants to US universities

As Sony looks to rebuild its tattered public standing after the recent PSN-hack the company used its E3 press conference on Monday to highlight a raft of new additions.

The E.coli outbreak sweeping Europe is the deadliest on record: 22 people have died and there have been over 2,000 reported cases in nine countries.