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• Being away from your mobile phone can ruin your concentration, boost your blood pressure and even make you feel sick

  08-01-2015 23:42 via
  
  Missouri researchers found the further away they moved phones, the poorer mental performances in simply puzzle solving tests became.
  
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• Turbulent past of Andromeda suggests the Milky Way's calm is 'unusual'

  08-01-2015 23:04 via
  
  Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz found Andromeda's stars are more disordered than those of our galaxy, probably as a result of clashes with smaller galaxies.
  
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• Computer program 'perfect at poker'

  08-01-2015 22:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Canada create a computer program that they say is the perfect poker player - never making a mistake.
  
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• Apple iPhone and iPad owners have spent half a BILLION dollars on apps in 2015

  08-01-2015 22:39 via
  
  The Cupertino firm also said New Year's Day 2015 marked the single biggest day ever in App Store sales history.
  
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• Appy new year, Apple! New Years Day was biggest ever for iOS app sales - and consumers have spent half a BILLION dollars already in 2015

  08-01-2015 21:57 via
  
  The Cupertino firm also said New Year's Day 2015 marked the single biggest day ever in App Store sales history.
  
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• Researchers say cold weather can keep us THIN

  08-01-2015 21:48 via
  
  Californian researchers say cold weather could help covert bad white fat into 'good' brown fat.
  
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• Panasonic's virtual mirror can point out your flaws and what products improve them

  08-01-2015 21:47 via
  
  Panasonic has unveiled its virtual mirror at the CES show in Las Vegas, which it hopes could soon be in department stores around the world.
  
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• ChihiraAico the robot hostess talks, sings and motions with her hands

  08-01-2015 21:47 via
  
  Tokyo-based Toshiba unveiled its entertaining but chillingly realistic ChihiraAico robot (pictured) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
  
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• The 'Uber' for India's tourist guides

  08-01-2015 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can India's 'Uber for tour guides' survive controversy?
  
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• Apple Watch's online demo lets you virtually play with it's features

  08-01-2015 20:47 via
  
  The interactive watch (pictured), designed by India-based app Pipes, is modelled on official images released by Apple, and lets people see how their messages, emails and homescreen will look.
  
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• Mirror, mirror, on the wall - who ISN'T the fairest of them all? Smart mirror can point out all your flaws (and exactly what products to buy to improve them)

  08-01-2015 20:33 via
  
  Panasonic has unveiled its virtual mirror at the CES show in Las Vegas, which it hopes could soon be in department stores around the world.
  
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• The plus side to minus temperatures: Researchers say cold weather can keep us THIN

  08-01-2015 20:27 via
  
  Californian researchers say cold weather could help covert bad white fat into 'good' brown fat.
  
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• The 21st century GEISHA: Creepily realistic robot hostess talks, sings and even motions with her hands

  08-01-2015 20:10 via
  
  Tokyo-based Toshiba unveiled its entertaining but chillingly realistic ChihiraAico robot (pictured) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
  
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• 'Stellar clock' predicts how old suns are by how fast they turn

  08-01-2015 19:44 via
  
  Researchers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Maryland can now accurately measure the spin speed of stars that are more than one billion years old.
  
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• Monkeys can be taught to recognise their reflections and could help Alzheimer's patients

  08-01-2015 18:43 via
  
  Scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences trained the monkeys to recognise their own reflection by sitting them in front of a mirror (pictured) and shining laser light on their faces.
  
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• Scientists calculate the optimal lash length to prevent dry and dusty eyes

  08-01-2015 18:38 via
  
  Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology studied eyelash length (stock image shown). They say they should not be longer than a third of your eye, or they will let too much air over your eyes.
  
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• Game Wire: Xbox One slimming down, GTA 6 release date - location update, Battlefield 4 DLC

  08-01-2015 18:26
  
  THE Express looks at the top video game rumours from around the world-wide-web this week.
  
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• Are your eyelashes making you ILL? Scientists calculate the optimal lash length to prevent dry and dusty eyes - and the same research could help Mars rovers

  08-01-2015 18:13 via
  
  Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology studied eyelash length (stock image shown). They say they should not be longer than a third of your eye, or they will let too much air over your eyes.
  
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• Security cameras in Bucharest capture space rock blaze across sky

  08-01-2015 18:10 via
  
  At 3:05am local time, several security cameras throughout the city of Bucharest captured the incredible sight of the space rock lighting up the urban area for several seconds.
  
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• Strange metal found in shipwreck may be proof of Atlantis

  08-01-2015 17:35 via
  
  Marine archaeologists found 39 ingots of a metal they believe is orichalcum, the red metal that Plato claimed was found on the lost island of Atlantis, on the seabed 1,000 feet from the town of Gela, Sicily.
  
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• Apple App Store users facing price hike

  08-01-2015 17:25
  
  AN APPLE app store price hike is set to hit users this week due to the changing VAT and exchange rates across Europe.
  
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• Test drive the Apple Watch BEFORE it's released: Interactive online demo lets you virtually play with the wearable's features

  08-01-2015 17:11 via
  
  The interactive watch (pictured), designed by India-based app Pipes, is modelled on official images released by Apple, and lets people see how their messages, emails and homescreen will look.
  
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• Universal sues over prison mixtapes

  08-01-2015 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Universal has taken aim at companies that create mixtapes for prisoners in its latest piracy fight.
  
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• Call of Duty Advanced Warfare: The new content and rewards coming to PS3 and Xbox 360

  08-01-2015 16:51
  
  CALL OF DUTY fans on the Xbox One, PC and PS4 are getting exclusive daily supply drop challenges for Advanced Warfare, Sledgehammer Games have confirmed.
  
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• Prehistoric humans bite may have been far more powerful than our own

  08-01-2015 16:47 via
  
  Researchers at the Max Plank Institute in Germany and George Washington University found the teeth of sea otters have a similar structure to fossilised teeth from early humans.
  
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• VIDEO: Bill Gates drinks 'faeces water'

  08-01-2015 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bill Gates has drunk a glass of water made from human faeces, to showcase technology he said could provide clean water in the developing world.
  
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• Birds crash into planes and trucks because they have no traffic sense, study finds

  08-01-2015 16:30 via
  
  Scientists from the US Department of Agriculture's National Wildlife Research Centre in Ohio, Indiana State University and Purdue University used virtual reality to investigate how birds avoid vehicles.
  
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• THE TOP CHOICE! Rio Ferdinand backs Man Utd ace in joining Real Madrid stars in FIFA TOTY

  08-01-2015 16:22
  
  RIO FERDINAND has backed Manchester United star Angel Di Maria to be included in FIFA 15's Ultimate Team of the year alongside Manchester City's Sergio Aguero.
  
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• Artists create metal helmets to give you 360° vision of a hammerhead shark

  08-01-2015 16:03 via
  
  Irish artists Clearly Connolly, who are based in Paris, created a series of hand-crafted aluminium helmets (pictured) that explore ‘the mysteries of visual perception' in humans and animals.
  
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• Wearable tech vanishes at CES

  08-01-2015 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wearables try to shed their geeky look
  
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• Hongshan people that lived 2,400 years before the first dynasty lived ACROSS China

  08-01-2015 15:37 via
  
  The findings made by researchers from the Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences could mean that China's culture is around 6,000 years old.
  
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• Nasa reveals massive Eta Carinae star system in amazing 3D models

  08-01-2015 15:29 via
  
  Scientists at the American Astronomical Society in Seattle revealed their new findings for the Eta Carinae system (shown). Located 7,500 light-years from Earth it consists of two starts in orbit.
  
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• Netflix: VPN crackdown claim 'false'

  08-01-2015 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company denies it has hardened its policy towards VPNs but says it remains opposed to them.
  
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• REVEALED: Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard spotted in LA Galaxy shirt for the first time

  08-01-2015 15:09
  
  LA GALAXY fans have been given their first look at Liverpool legend Steven Gerrard donning the MLS club's shirt for the first time this week.
  
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• US military is developing SILENT motorcycles

  08-01-2015 14:18 via
  
  The 'Silent Hawk' is a hybrid engine dirt bike for use in reconnaissance missions. It is based on the RedShift MX bike and is being developed by Virginia-based Logos Technologies and Darpa.
  
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• Ukraine blames Russia for German hack

  08-01-2015 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ukraine points the finger at Russia for German hack attack but do they have any evidence for the claims?
  
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• VIDEO: Upgrade to in-flight entertainment?

  08-01-2015 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Panasonic has shown off a concept of a new in-flight entertainment system at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
  
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• It's official: 2014 was the hottest year on record - and 10 of the warmest have been since 1998

  08-01-2015 13:23 via
  
  The Japan Meteorological Association says 2014 is the hottest year on record (data shown) - 0.27°C above the average from 1981 to 2010, and 0.63°C above the 20th Century average.
  
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• Charger that powers up your mobile phone in 30 SECONDS unveiled at CES 2015

  08-01-2015 13:14 via
  
  StoreDot (pictured), developed at Tel Aviv University, can take a phone’s battery from zero to fully charged in 30 seconds using a breakthrough in nanotechnology.
  
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• Snakes didn't lose their necks as they evolved from their ancestors

  08-01-2015 12:59 via
  
  Palaeontologists at Indiana University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln examined regional differences in the shapes of individual vertebral bones in snakes, lizards, alligators and mice.
  
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• Nasa planet hunter claims 'We'll find an exact Earth replica in 15 years'

  08-01-2015 12:28 via
  
  WEB EXCLUSIVE: Dr Mather from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland explained how the upcoming we could find potentially habitable planets.
  
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• Talking to babies boosts their ability to make friends and learn, psychologists claim

  08-01-2015 12:20 via
  
  Psychologists at Northwestern University, Illinois and New York University say talking to babies is important because it allows them to pick people to communicate with.
  
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• VIDEO: Light rays: The future of wi-fi?

  08-01-2015 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists develop a way of transmitting data using light rays and work on a single pixel camera which sees things the human eye cannot.
  
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• Hissstory re-written: Snakes didn't lose their necks as they evolved form their ancestors - mammals and birds just GAINED them

  08-01-2015 12:09 via
  
  Palaeontologists at Indiana University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln examined regional differences in the shapes of individual vertebral bones in snakes, lizards, alligators and mice.
  
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• We'll find an exact Earth replica in 15 years, claims Nasa planet hunter

  08-01-2015 12:06 via
  
  WEB EXCLUSIVE: Dr Mather from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland explained how the upcoming we could find potentially habitable planets.
  
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• The vase modelled on your FACE: 3D printed Fahz rotates to reveal hidden profiles of your loved ones

  08-01-2015 11:34 via
  
  The concept came about when Nick Desbians. from New York, was asked to create an unusual gift for his wife on Mother’s Day. Dubbed ‘Fahz’, he is hoping to raise $10,000 (£6,600) on Kickstarter
  
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• The future of drones is up in the air

  08-01-2015 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What is the future for drones?
  
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• Is VR about to become a reality?

  08-01-2015 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why VR is not ready for the mainstream
  
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• Explosive stellar tussle revealed

  08-01-2015 04:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astrophysicists studying the unstable "stellar monster" Eta Carinae unveil fresh insights and a 3D model of the destructive maelstrom at its heart.
  
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• Samsung forecasts 37% profit fall

  08-01-2015 03:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Korea's Samsung Electronics has forecast a 37.4% fall in quarterly operating profit from a year earlier.
  
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