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Picking what you think is a ripe, juicy peach from your fruit bowl - only to discover its mouldy and furry underneath - may soon be a thing of the past. Scientists have developed a fruit bowl fitted with a sensor that monitors the levels of a chemical released during the fruit's ripening process. When these levels of the chemical (called ethylene) increase, it acts as a trigger that the fruit is beginning to rot and the system lights up to alert the owner that the fruit must be eaten soon. Jagjit Chodha designed the fruit bowl that can reduce food waste by alerting users their produce is beginning to rot. It was inspired by statistics that show 440,000 tonnes of fruit is wasted each year from homes in the UK Chodha's fruit bowl has a sensor attached, pictured, that monitors ethylene levels released during fruit's ripening process. When these levels increase it acts as a trigger that the fruit is beginning to rot and the system lights up to alert the user MADE

Facebook has announced that it will not be deleting any more mastectomy photos from the site. The social network has continually come under fire for removing post-surgery images of breast cancer survivors, but now it acknowledges how sharing these can 'help raise awareness'. The long-awaited policy update comes after 21,362 people signed a Change.org petition simply titled: 'Facebook: Stop censoring photos of men and women who have undergone mastectomies.' Victory: Facebook has announced that it will not be deleting any more mastectomy photos from the site It was launched by Scorchy Barrington, 53, from New York who is currently battling Stage IV breast cancer. She hailed the news as a 'victory' adding that 'from now on, these powerful visual testaments to the real impact of breast cancer. . . will be welcomed on Facebook, as they should be.'    More... Kathy Ireland, the world's wealthiest model, is set to get even richer as she launches

Next time you settle down for a spot of Lego with your children, take a proper look at the faces on the figures. Because while you may remember life in Legoland as being perfectly content, these day things are a little more fraught. A study has revealed that the faces of Lego characters are getting angrier. In the past, they all had a standard enigmatic smile. But this has changed as more sets are designed to tie in with films, often featuring battles between good and evil. Lego characters are slowly getting angrier, say researchers who found that since the product launched in 1975, the proportion of angry faces has been rising. For the first 11 years after Lego was introduced, all characters were happy 'Lego themes have been increasingly based on conflicts [such as Pirates or Harry Potter]. Often a good force is struggling with a bad one,' say the researchers Christopher Bartneck, of New Zealand's University of Canterbury, has published research showing that

A third of honeybee colonies did not survive the winter following last year’s wash-out summer, a survey of beekeepers has revealed. The level of colony losses across England is more than double what it was last year, up to 34% from 16% in 2012, the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA) said. The results reflect poor weather last summer, which frequently prevented honeybees from foraging and gathering pollen, and reduced the amount of food available from flowering plants, as nectar production is temperature dependent. A third of honeybee colonies did not survive the winter following last year¿s wash-out summer As a result there was inadequate nutrition for bees, especially during late summer when the specialised bees which take the colony through winter are born.  The poor weather also hit mating for new virgin queens, causing their colonies to die out.   More... The stars that follow day and night: Scientists discover new class of 'pulsating' constellation that gets li

Mobile phones have become an unexpected threat to a rare breed of bird. A number of mobile apps mimicking the song of the elusive nightjar are diverting the birds from the  nesting. Now, Dorset Wildlife Trust is launching an online campaign to raise awareness after several incidents were reported of visitors to Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour using the mobile apps. A number of mobile apps mimicking the song of the elusive nightjar (pictured) are diverting the birds from the nesting Visitors to the nature reserve have used apps imitating the unusual 'churring' call of the nightjar to attract the elusive birds so they can be photographed more easily. The app mimics the distinctive call of the male nightjar, and is usually the only way to know if the birds are about. THE ELUSIVE NIGHTJAR Nightjars are usually 28cm long Average wingspan: 60cm Average weight: 83g Can live up to 11 years Protected in the UK  Migrate annually  to UK from Africa in April-May Found in Englan

A previously unclassified type of star that gets lighter and darker over a fixed time period has been discovered. Scientists have long known of 'pulsating' stars that vary in luminosity but these new heavenly bodies get lighter and darker at periods of between two and 20 hours. They were found in a stellar cluster - NGC 3766, in the constellation of Centaurus - located 7,000 light years from Earth by the European Southern Observatory using the La Silla Observatory in Chile. A seven-year study found 36 of the 3,000 stars displayed the tiny variations in brightness. The 20-million-year-old stars, hotter and brighter than our sun, do not fit into any known category of pulsating star and are as yet unnamed. Stars hide your fires: A new type of variable star in the Centaurus constellation has been discovered by a group of European Space Observatory astronomers at La Silla Observatory, Chile How the brightness of these stars changes depends in complex ways on the properties

Under the cover of darkness, Claude slips through the back door of an unknown home and enters the kitchen. As its unsuspecting owners sleep inside, the intruder pads over the terracotta flagstones with barely a sound. He knows what he is looking for and he knows how to get it. He’s done this before. But it isn’t jewellery or electronics that Claude’s after – it’s food. Scroll down for video Lilly the cat at the BBC's feline HQ in Shamley Green, Surrey. Lilly is one of the stars of BBC's Horizon documentary, The Secret Life of the Cat. The makers of the show fitted 50 cats with highly sensitive GPS collars and miniature 'cat cams' that recorded their every move When the cat's away: The BBC Two show followed 50 cats like Thomas, pictured, around the leafy Surrey village of Shamley Green during one week in April Because Claude isn’t just any old burglar. He’s a cat burglar – quite literally. An eight-year-old grey and white tom, he likes chasing mice, sitti