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• Legal high that mimics ecstasy could help stop people from boozing

  31-12-2014 20:31 via
  
  The drug, known as MEAI was developed by the inventor of mephedrone but now Professor David Nutt from Imperial College London hopes to use it to to remove people's desire to drink.
  
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• The biggest threat to humanity? The INTERNET

  31-12-2014 20:31 via
  
  The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) project has been set up in Cambridge to monitor artificial intelligence and technological advances.
  
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• New frog 'gives birth to tadpoles'

  31-12-2014 20:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A species found on an Indonesian island has become the first frog ever seen giving birth to tadpoles, rather than laying eggs.
  
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• What if other planets took the moon's place?

  31-12-2014 19:23 via
  
  A YouTube user from Alabama has illustrated planets in the sky (Saturn shown). They illustrated how the planets would look in the moon's position, revealing just how large some of them are.
  
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• Filmmaker creates Indiana Bones and the Raiders of the Lost Bark using a puppy and kittens

  31-12-2014 19:11 via
  
  Zach King from Portland, Oregon, spent several days filming his Boxer puppy Indy, using cardboard, glue and Duct tape to create costumes and props.
  
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• Best of 2015: GTA 5 Online Heists, Advanced Warfare Zombies and Halo 5: Guardians

  31-12-2014 18:47
  
  2015 is shaping up to be a pretty exciting year in gaming and here at the Express we're listing what we're most excited for.
  
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• Save thousands on plane tickets with new website, before it gets banned

  31-12-2014 16:47
  
  TWO MAJOR companies are suing Skiplagged.com, a new website that helps passengers save thousands on plane tickets.
  
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• Eagle simulation can go backwards and forwards in 'cosmic time'

  31-12-2014 16:18 via
  
  Researchers at Durham University in the UK and Leiden University in the Netherlands have made an entire simulation of the universe (shown) that could solve mysteries such as dark matter.
  
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• Taxidermy expert reveals the gruesome ins and outs

  31-12-2014 16:00 via
  
  For centuries, animals have been preserved for sport, religion or tradition. Taxidermy grew in popularity in the UK during Victorian times, and it has seen a resurgence recently.
  
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• Large Hadron Collider could soon find dark matter, claims scientist

  31-12-2014 15:50 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dr Monica Dunford helped detect the Higgs boson at Cern in Switzerland in 2012, but says finding dark matter (illustrated) using the Large Hadron Collider could be even more important.
  
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• Half-male half-female northern cardinal with bizarre split plumage spotted in Illinois

  31-12-2014 15:31 via
  
  The half red and half grey bird, which has the plumage of both sexes in a condition known as bilateral gynandromorphism, was first spotted on Rock Island in Illinois in 2008.
  
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• Football Manager 2015: SI talk Xbox One and PS4 release and reveal top tip for new players

  31-12-2014 15:01
  
  THE EXPRESS talk to Sports Interactive's Miles Jacobson about the future of Football Manager and whether the major hurdles facing a release on the PS4 and Xbox One can ever be overcome.
  
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• The lonely life of the half-male half-female bird: Northern cardinal with bizarre split plumage spotted in Illinois

  31-12-2014 14:22 via
  
  The half red and half grey bird, which has the plumage of both sexes in a condition known as bilateral gynandromorphism, was first spotted on Rock Island in Illinois in 2008.
  
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• Can YOU solve the mystery of UVB-76?

  31-12-2014 13:56 via
  
  A Russian radio station has played a buzzing sound on frequency 4625 kHz (shown) for four decades. Every few months it is interrupted by a voice relaying a coded message.
  
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• Legal high that mimics ecstasy could help stop people from boozing: Party drug is patented for use as binge mitigation agent

  31-12-2014 13:20 via
  
  The drug, known as MEAI was developed by the inventor of mephedrone but now Professor David Nutt from Imperial College London hopes to use it to to remove people's desire to drink.
  
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• Uber offers tips on how to avoid surge pricing on New Year's Eve

  31-12-2014 13:02 via
  
  For those that choose to use a ride sharing app like Uber and manage to get a ride on New Years Eve, they may be charged over seven times the normal amount of a cab fare.
  
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• Samsung unveils Milk VR app for Gear VR headset

  31-12-2014 12:55 via
  
  The unveiling follows the release of Milk Video and Milk Music. The company's $199.99 virtual reality headset was officially launched in September and a full-on public roll out is expected in early 2015.
  
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• Nasa to hack 'amnesiac' Mars rover

  31-12-2014 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Mars rover Opportunity is suffering from memory loss - but Nasa thinks a software hack may save it.
  
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• Mystery cloud G2 near the Milky Way's black hole

  31-12-2014 12:11 via
  
  Astronomers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany have provided a new theory for a gas cloud spotted in orbit around the supermassive black hole (illustration shown) at the Milky Way's core.
  
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• Britain's first mobile phone call is recreated 30 years after it was made

  31-12-2014 11:21 via
  
  Michael Harrison, son of Vodafone’s first chairman, used a handset weighing just over 11lbs (5kg) to make the first mobile call in the UK from Parliament Square in London, 30 years ago.
  
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• The biggest threat to humanity? The INTERNET: Experts raise concerns about the web's potential to incite violence, bring down governments and wipe us out

  31-12-2014 10:57 via
  
  The Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER) project has been set up in Cambridge to monitor artificial intelligence and technological advances.
  
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• A dirty mind is a SHARPER mind: Sexual thoughts boost memory, expert claims

  31-12-2014 10:55 via
  
  Grand Master of Memory, Ed Cooke, who is based in Hackney, London, rude – and violent – thoughts are more memorable and can be linked with other information to help you recall it (stock image).
  
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• Google looks back at 2014 trending topics with New Year's Eve 2014 Google Doodle

  31-12-2014 10:38
  
  GOOGLE is celebrating New Year's Eve in style with a doodle that highlights some of the most searched for trends of 2014.
  
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• What science stories will be big in 2015?

  31-12-2014 10:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A year of speed, space, soil and big bangs ahead
  
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• A science news preview of 2015

  31-12-2014 10:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A year of speed, space, soil and big bangs ahead
  
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• VIDEO: New Year Honour for hedgehog carer

  31-12-2014 10:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many people on the New Year's Honours list are familiar faces, but the vast majority of those named are more used to living out of the spotlight.
  
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• 'Hi Dad, Mike here': Britain's first mobile phone call is recreated 30 years after it was made - on a handset that weighs 11lbs

  31-12-2014 09:57 via
  
  Michael Harrison, son of Vodafone’s first chairman, used a handset weighing just over 11lbs (5kg) to make the first mobile call in the UK from Parliament Square in London, 30 years ago.
  
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• Skin implant replaces the Pill: New chip lasts for 16 years and can be turned off by remote control when you want to conceive 

  31-12-2014 09:21 via
  
  Scientists have invented an electronic chip that when slipped under the skin releases daily doses of contraceptive, freeing a woman from the need to remember to take the pill.
  
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• How the UK coped with the millennium bug 15 years ago

  31-12-2014 01:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the UK coped with the millennium bug 15 years ago
  
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• January Sales: GAME launch Xbox One and PS4 deals, Playstation Plus free titles revealed

  31-12-2014 01:15
  
  The January Sales are nearly upon us and GAME are leading the charge with their own range of cut price deals on PS4 and Xbox One titles.
  
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• Images reveal men and women react differently to cigarettes

  31-12-2014 01:13 via
  
  Yale researchers say even though the same pleasure and satisfaction response occurs, it does so in different ways - and in different parts of the brain.
  
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• Year in tech: Most read of 2014

  31-12-2014 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The most read tech stories of 2014
  
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• Apple patents smart digital stylus that can capture handwriting and drawings

  31-12-2014 00:37 via
  
  The 'Communicating stylus' application outlines a pen that uses accelerometers, wireless communication hardware and onboard storage to transfer hand-written notes and drawings to a tablet or phone.
  
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