Dogs may possess the ability to recognise facial features from photographs – a skill previously thought to be exclusive to humans and some primates.

A study by researchers at the University of Helsinki in Finland used eye movement tracking to see if they look at familiar and strange faces differently.

Their eye movements were measured while they watched images of familiar humans faces and dogs being displayed on the computer screen, as well images from dogs and humans that the canines had never met.

Are you in need of a good rest over the festive period? Then this could be the perfect gift to discreetly slip into your other half’s Christmas stocking.

Scientists claim a specially designed ring for the little finger can reduce snoring.

When the £30 ($50) ring was tested, it was found to help 85 per cent of wearers who snored less often and less loudly – meaning their partners also got a better night’s sleep.

A motion-tracking device that can ‘see’ through walls without using a camera could change the face of video gaming.

Researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed the 3D motion tracker which uses radio waves to mark a person’s location.

The device can plot moves and even follow gestures, meaning that a person can switch a light off in a separate room just by raising their arm.

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A family in Williamsburg is set to move into a home constructed out of shipping containers.

The three-story home in Brooklyn’s hottest neighborhood is made from 21 shipping containers and is currently under construction.

Though not the first home to be made of shipping containers, even in Williamsburg, it has multiple unique design elements that set it apart from other container homes.

Revolutionary design: The unusual design takes it’s cues from the neighborhood around it, the architects say read more