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• Eating a high fiber diet CAN help you live longer, researchers say

  12-01-2015 23:42 via
  
  Chinese researchers say fiber could lower the risk of chronic diseases including heart disease, stroke, diabetes and several types of cancer.
  
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• Watch the engine that will power the biggest rocket ever made fire up: Nasa tests key part of giant 384 foot tall rocket that could take man to Mars

  12-01-2015 23:15 via
  
  The SLS is set to become the largest rocket ever built, dwarfing the rockets that took man to the moon and paving the way for manned missions to Mars, and it has been fired up in Mississippi.
  
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• China's spacecraft enters orbit to plan for possible mining mission

  12-01-2015 22:15 via
  
  The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter successfully entered an eight-hour orbit around the moon, the nationa's state media has reported (artist's impression pictured)
  
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• Carrot Hunger app uses beacons to 'shout' at you to move away from food

  12-01-2015 22:10 via
  
  Carrot Hunger (pictured) is the latest in a line of 'sadistic' apps designed to motivate people to get fit and lose weight from Pennsylvania developer Brian Mueller.
  
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• The Xiami Facebook phone that could have toppled Apple and Google

  12-01-2015 21:47 via
  
  Mark Zuckerberg and Xiaomi Inc CEO Lei Jun have discussed a potential investment by Facebook in China's top smartphone maker.
  
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• Obama calls for stronger data privacy

  12-01-2015 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Barack Obama has unveiled new proposals on how consumers' personal data is handled.
  
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• One big step for China: Nation successfully enters lunar orbit ahead of a possible mission to mine the moon

  12-01-2015 21:26 via
  
  The service module of China's unmanned test lunar orbiter successfully entered an eight-hour orbit around the moon, the nationa's state media has reported (artist's impression pictured)
  
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• This test show's you what Facebook is revealing about your personality

  12-01-2015 21:07 via
  
  More than 86,220 Facebook users completed a 100-item personality questionnaire. The results were then linked to Likes on the social network, by researchers from Cambridge University.
  
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• Fish have a SIXTH SENSE to detect flows of water around them

  12-01-2015 20:42 via
  
  New York researchers say the sensory organs detect both movement and vibration in the water.
  
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• Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk sign open letter on AI dangers

  12-01-2015 20:20 via
  
  The letter, published by the Boston-based Future of Life Institute, warns that scientists should seek to head off risks in artificial intelligence that could wipe out humanity.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy A7 looks uncannily like the iPhone 5

  12-01-2015 20:16 via
  
  Samsung's latest Android handset, the Galaxy A7 has been revealed - and it looks just like the iPhone 5.
  
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• New Horizon probe to carry Clyde Tombaugh's ashes to Pluto

  12-01-2015 19:36 via
  
  The remains of American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh have travelled 3.67 billion miles on Nasa's New Horizon's space probe towards the icy world that he discovered in 1930.
  
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• Step away from the fridge, fatty! Calorie-tracking app uses beacons to know when you're near food - and 'shouts' at you to move away

  12-01-2015 19:22 via
  
  Carrot Hunger (pictured) is the latest in a line of 'sadistic' apps designed to motivate people to get fit and lose weight from Pennsylvania developer Brian Mueller.
  
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• METRE-WIDE 'immortality' fungus discovered in China

  12-01-2015 19:18 via
  
  The oval specimen was discovered in near Hezhou city, in China's south-west Guangxi province. In traditional Chinese medicine it is believed to possess many health giving benefits.
  
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• Volcanoes ARE cooling Earth and have reduced temperatures and tropical rainfall

  12-01-2015 19:11 via
  
  Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have found that eruptions from past 20 years have contributed to a 'pause' in global warming.
  
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• Sharks aren't as primitive as we think, fossil reveals

  12-01-2015 19:10 via
  
  Researchers from the University of Oxford and Imperial College London have suggested that modern sharks shed their bony skeletons early in their evolutionary history.
  
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• 'Play virtual, live real' plea to gamers

  12-01-2015 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mother of murdered teenager warns of online threats
  
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• Microsoft reveal plans for new Perfect Dark and Blast Corps titles

  12-01-2015 17:59
  
  MICROSOFT STUDIOS creative director Ken Lobb has revealed the tech giants plans to bring back a huge range of classic games in the future.
  
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• Volcanoes ARE cooling Earth: Aerosols from small eruptions have reduced global temperatures and tropical rainfall

  12-01-2015 17:52 via
  
  Scientists at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California have found that eruptions from past 20 years have contributed to a 'pause' in global warming.
  
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• New terror data laws needed, says PM

  12-01-2015 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  David Cameron has promised a "comprehensive piece of legislation" to close the "safe spaces" used by suspected terrorists to communicate online with each other.
  
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• Mystery of Siberia's throat singing solved

  12-01-2015 17:31 via
  
  Scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Saint Petersburg, have found that people living in the Altai mountains in southern Siberia have uniquely shaped vocal cords.
  
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• Hackers 'disable extremist website'

  12-01-2015 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hacking group Anonymous claim responsibility for disabling an extremist website based in France.
  
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• Scientists use human cells to grow a fully-functional small intestine inside mouse

  12-01-2015 16:52 via
  
  Scientists from Children's Hospital Los Angeles have created tissue-engineered small intestine tissue that replicates key aspects of a functioning human intestine. Small intestine's duodenum is pictured.
  
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• Xbox One and PS4: Elder Scrolls Online release date leaked

  12-01-2015 16:43
  
  THE official Xbox One and PS4 release dates for the Elder Scrolls Online have been leaked.
  
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• VIDEO: Elephant goes on rampage in Thai park

  12-01-2015 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An elephant in Thailand is caught on camera as it goes on the rampage in Thailand.
  
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• Human gut grown inside a MOUSE: Scientists transplant cells to grow fully-functional small intestine tissue

  12-01-2015 16:15 via
  
  Scientists from Children's Hospital Los Angeles have created tissue-engineered small intestine tissue that replicates key aspects of a functioning human intestine. Small intestine's duodenum is pictured.
  
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• Chimpanzees use 'drum solos' to tell fellow primates who and where they are

  12-01-2015 16:07 via
  
  Biologists at the University of York studied chimps in the Budongo Forest in Uganda and discovered that males had unique drumming styles that they tended to use when moving around the forest.
  
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• Has CES got too big to succeed?

  12-01-2015 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Has CES lost its focus?
  
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• Mystery of the mile-wide ring in Antarctica

  12-01-2015 15:58 via
  
  German scientists with the Alfred Wegener Institute spotted the 2km (1.24 mile) wide crater in the ice shelf and found it matched locations of a meteorite spotted in the area in 2004.
  
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• Phones 4U Auction: Apple, Samsung and Sony stock under the hammer

  12-01-2015 15:52
  
  A second auction from Phones 4U stock includes Apple, Samsung and Sony products all going for bargains prices.
  
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• Forensic 'holodeck' recreates crimes in 3D

  12-01-2015 15:50 via
  
  The low-cost setup was devised by forensic experts from the University of Zurich and uses an Oculus Rift headset, OptiTrack optical tracker and Autodesk 3DS Max software.
  
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• Dogs that lie on their backs while playing are being AGGRESSIVE, not submissive

  12-01-2015 15:27 via
  
  Upon studying videos of dogs playing, scientists at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta and the University of South Africa, Pretoria found that none of the rollovers were submissive.
  
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• Smart mirrors lets you virtually try on clothes and order drinks

  12-01-2015 15:05 via
  
  Memory Mirror (pictured), or MemoMi, was founded by California-based Salvador Nissi Vilcovsky. It is the latest interactive mirror that blurs the line between online and high-street shopping.
  
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• What will a bar of the future look like?

  12-01-2015 14:59 via
  
  MailOnline predicts drinks tasted by robots, paid for with embedded chips and delivered to you table by drones. It may sound futuristic, but these technologies are already under development.
  
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• Leaked Apple mould is latest image of the 12.2inch 'iPad Pro'

  12-01-2015 14:47 via
  
  The mould photo (pictured) is said to have been taken at Apple manufacturer Foxconn's factory in China. It approximately measures 12 inches x 8.7 inches x 0.27 inches.
  
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• Back in business! GTA 5 returns to dominate rivals Advanced Warfare and FIFA 15 in charts

  12-01-2015 14:43
  
  THE stats are in, and it's all looking pretty rosy for Rockstar's top selling title, GTA 5.
  
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• Samsung and 4K TVs were the stars of CES 2015

  12-01-2015 14:36 via
  
  London-based Hotwire’s Insights and Analytics team analysed tweets posted using #CES015. One in three tweets mentioned Samsung - double the mentions of second place Panasonic.
  
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• SpaceX capsule docks with ISS

  12-01-2015 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The privately built Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station carrying a much needed cargo of supplies.
  
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• Watching another person shiver causes our body temperature to plummet, study finds

  12-01-2015 14:26 via
  
  Scientists from the University of Sussex, said copying a person in this way helps us empathise with them. It’s believed that ‘mirror neurons’ in the brain are behind the phenomenon.
  
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• The end of fitting room queues? Smart mirrors lets you virtually try on clothes and order drinks

  12-01-2015 14:01 via
  
  Memory Mirror (pictured), or MemoMi, was founded by California-based Salvador Nissi Vilcovsky. It is the latest interactive mirror that blurs the line between online and high-street shopping.
  
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• Microsoft hits out at Google team

  12-01-2015 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has been criticised by Microsoft after the search giant publicised a security flaw in Windows - which some said put users at risk.
  
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• New species of marine reptile found

  12-01-2015 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new species of marine reptile that lived about 170 million years ago is identified from fossils found on the Isle of Skye.
  
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• Google doodle honours Kenyan pupil

  12-01-2015 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google creates a doodle to honour a Kenyan who holds the world record for being the oldest person to have enrolled in primary school.
  
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• Don't roll over Beethoven! Dogs that lie on their backs while playing are being AGGRESSIVE, not submissive

  12-01-2015 13:20 via
  
  Upon studying videos of dogs playing, scientists at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta and the University of South Africa, Pretoria found that none of the rollovers were submissive.
  
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• Experts pledge to control AI work

  12-01-2015 13:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists including Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk sign a letter pledging to ensure artificial intelligence research benefits mankind.
  
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• VIDEO: Election role for hash tags and tweets?

  12-01-2015 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A run-down of some of the biggest political hashtags that have made the news, and some that did not.
  
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• Forensic 'holodeck' recreates crimes in 3D: Oculus Rift system could help judges and jurors explore scenes during trials 

  12-01-2015 12:46 via
  
  The low-cost setup was devised by forensic experts from the University of Zurich and uses an Oculus Rift headset, OptiTrack optical tracker and Autodesk 3DS Max software.
  
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• Mystery of the mile-wide ring in Antarctica: Enormous scar may be crater from house-sized meteorite that hit Earth in 2004

  12-01-2015 12:27 via
  
  German scientists with the Alfred Wegener Institute spotted the 2km (1.24 mile) wide crater in the ice shelf and found it matched locations of a meteorite spotted in the area in 2004.
  
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• Rare shark birth captured on camera

  12-01-2015 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Divers capture what they believe to be the first photograph ever taken of the live birth of an oceanic shark.
  
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• Dolphin-like reptile ichthyosaur lived 170million years ago in seas around what is now Isle of Skye 

  12-01-2015 12:22 via
  
  This monster lived 170 million years ago, not in Loch Ness, but in a warm shallow sea around what is now the Isle of Skye and has been identified as a new species of 'ichthyosaur'.
  
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