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• Orion in the nude: Nasa takes covers off historic spacecraft as is begins to analyse Mars test capsule

  16-01-2015 23:56 via
  
  Nasa's Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center has had its back shell panels been removed to reveal the incredibly complex systems inside.
  
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• Hackers say Hollywood gets Blackhat right

  16-01-2015 23:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the Blackhat film gets the internet right
  
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• Will the iPhone 7 have a pop out joystick?

  16-01-2015 23:06 via
  
  A newly unearthered patent application granted to Apple reveals the Cupertino firm's plans for a spring loaded home button that pops up to become a joystick when needed.
  
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• US news sites hacked on Twitter

  16-01-2015 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Twitter accounts of the New York Post and United Press International (UPI) have been hacked with fake tweets on economic and military news.
  
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• Rosetta will prompt image rethink

  16-01-2015 22:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The way some images have been drip-fed from the European Space Agency's Rosetta mission at Comet 67P should prompt a rethink on data policies, the organisation's chief says.
  
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• Does your FACE give away signs of autism?

  16-01-2015 22:43 via
  
  3D face scanning of children can help spot features that point to early signs of autism, Missouri researchers have found.
  
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• Beagle 2 images reveal Colin Pillinger's probe DID land on Mars

  16-01-2015 21:51 via
  
  The UK Space Agency says the ill-fated craft (illustrated), which vanished while attempting a Christmas Day landing on the planet in 2003, has been found close to its intended landing site.
  
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• Elon Musk tweets images of SpaceX's Falcon 9 landing

  16-01-2015 21:31 via
  
  The images show the rocket approaching the barge in Florida following its launch on Saturday. After it fails to reduce its speed, the rocket is seen crashing at an angle and exploding.
  
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• The bizarre legless giant amphibian found in Cambodia: New species can grow to 1.5m in length and is NOT a snake

  16-01-2015 20:29 via
  
  The grey-brown creature, called Ichthyophis cardamomensis, was found in Cambodia's southwest Cardamom Mountains, an area under threat from habitat loss.
  
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• Be My Eyes app helps blind people 'see'

  16-01-2015 20:10 via
  
  The Be My Eyes app (pictured) was developed by Hans Jørgen Wiberg from Denmark. It uses the iPhone's VoiceOver feature, which lets blind people use the device using synthetic speech.
  
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• 2014 WAS the hottest year on record

  16-01-2015 20:10 via
  
  Nasa scientists in New York claim their analysis of surface temperature measurements suggests a long-term warming of the planet, illustrated with a stock image.
  
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• Gene that destroys unhealthy cells found to extend the life of flies by 60 per cent

  16-01-2015 20:09 via
  
  Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland gave fruit flies an extra gene called 'azot' and found it caused them to grow more slowly and kept them healthier.
  
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• Kepler finds three Earth-like worlds orbiting a nearby star

  16-01-2015 19:53 via
  
  The outermost planet orbits in the 'Goldilocks' zone - a region where surface temperatures could be moderate for water and life to exist, according to University of Arizona astronomers.
  
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• It's official! 2014 really WAS the hottest year on record: World temperatures climbed to the highest they had been in 134 years

  16-01-2015 19:30 via
  
  Nasa scientists in New York claim their analysis of surface temperature measurements suggests a long-term warming of the planet, illustrated with a stock image.
  
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• Destiny: Bungie reveal Hard Mode for Crota's End is ready

  16-01-2015 19:02
  
  BUNGIE have revealed the Hard Mode for Crota's End Raid in Destiny is ready to be launched.
  
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• Have scientists found the 'Elixir of Youth'? Gene that destroys unhealthy cells found to extend the life of flies by 60 per cent

  16-01-2015 19:00 via
  
  Researchers at the University of Bern in Switzerland gave fruit flies an extra gene called 'azot' and found it caused them to grow more slowly and kept them healthier.
  
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• The app that helps blind people 'see': Be My Eyes lets sighted users read signs and direct the visually impaired live video chats

  16-01-2015 18:58 via
  
  The Be My Eyes app (pictured) was developed by Hans Jørgen Wiberg from Denmark. It uses the iPhone's VoiceOver feature, which lets blind people use the device using synthetic speech.
  
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• Phablets and truckers: Tech round-up

  16-01-2015 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Watch the best of the week's technology news
  
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• VIDEO: Google Glass - what next? In 45 secs

  16-01-2015 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What next for tech giant Google?
  
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• 2014 confirmed as warmest on record

  16-01-2015 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 12 months of 2014 were the warmest on record, with global temperatures 0.68C (1.24F) above the long-term average, say US government scientists.
  
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• Shell shock solved: Scientists pinpoint brain injury that causes pain, anxiety and breakdowns in soldiers

  16-01-2015 17:23 via
  
  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, discovered a honeycomb pattern of broken nerve fibres in the brains of veterans that survived IED attacks.
  
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• HTC One M9: The first big smartphone of 2015 is set to be unveiled

  16-01-2015 17:13
  
  WE'RE just weeks away from the first big smartphone launch of 2015, HTC have revealed.
  
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• What's involved in cyber war games?

  16-01-2015 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What's involved in testing critical systems?
  
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• What a cheek! X-ray footage shows a hamster stuffing its face pouches with nuts

  16-01-2015 17:00 via
  
  The footage (pictured) will appear on the BBC’s ‘Pets - Wild at Heart’ series, which airs in the UK on BBC One on 21 January. Cheek pouches can expand to hold half the animal’s body weight.
  
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• 'Islamist cyber attacks' hit France

  16-01-2015 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Media sites suffer outage a day after the French government warns of cyber attacks, although it is unclear whether the two are linked.
  
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• Game Wire: Xbox One's Mass Effect exclusive, slimmed down PS4, Mirror's Edge 2 for 2015

  16-01-2015 16:17
  
  THE Express brings you the top video game rumours from around the World Wide Web, including the talk of Mass Effect 4 being an Xbox One exclusive and a new slimmed down PS4.
  
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• Most of us can be tricked into believing we have committed a crime, study reveals

  16-01-2015 15:52 via
  
  Psychologists from the University of Bedfordshire found adults could be convinced in three hours, that they had assaulted someone (stock image) when they were younger.
  
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• Phil Spencer: Xbox team working hard to bring gaming to Windows 10

  16-01-2015 15:29
  
  THE Xbox team are working hard to bring gaming to Windows 10 according to division head, Phil Spencer.
  
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• Tycoon proposes Texan 'Hyperloop'

  16-01-2015 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A test track for a futuristic transport system known as the Hyperloop could be built in Texas, according to billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk.
  
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• How false memories could land you in jail: Most of us can be tricked into believing we have committed a crime, study reveals

  16-01-2015 14:59 via
  
  Psychologists from the University of Bedfordshire found adults could be convinced in three hours, that they had assaulted someone (stock image) when they were younger.
  
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• Comet Lovejoy's dazzling path across the night's sky captured in time-lapse video

  16-01-2015 14:57 via
  
  Amateur astronomer Steve Sidentop,took 100 images of Comet Lovejoy over a two hour period as it passed over his home in Grayson, Georgia, in the United States.
  
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• Historical thesaurus reveals how 800,000 English words have evolved

  16-01-2015 14:51 via
  
  The Historical Thesaurus, created by the University of Glasgow, features 800,000 words from 1,000 years of the English language. More than 230 linguists have spent 50 years compiling the list.
  
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• New species of sulphate breathing bug found deep under ocean crust

  16-01-2015 14:51 via
  
  The microbes, which have yet to be named, exist in massive undersea aquifers — networks of channels in porous rock beneath the ocean where water continually churns, California researchers say.
  
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• Xbox Live: Xbox One issues resolved as Xbox 360 continues to be plagued with problems

  16-01-2015 14:38
  
  XBOX Live services are continuing to struggle on the Xbox 360 as limitations experienced by Xbox One users seemed to have been resolved.
  
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• Dolfi uses ultrasonic soundwaves to blast dirt from your laundry inside your SINK

  16-01-2015 14:32 via
  
  The German-designed device (pictured, main) can be used on any fabric, including cotton, silk, lace and even cashmere, and uses 80 times less energy than a standard washing machine.
  
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• Forget the Hyperloop! Plan for vacuum tube travel between UK and the US unveiled - but is it just a pipe dream?

  16-01-2015 14:08 via
  
  Manchester-based think tank, IPPR North, believes that technological advantages could make the dream of a transatlantic train journey a reality and transform the economy in the north of England.
  
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• End of the washing machine? Dolfi gadget uses ultrasonic soundwaves to blast dirt and clean your dirty washing

  16-01-2015 13:57 via
  
  The German-designed device can be used on any fabric, including cotton, silk, lace and even cashmere, and uses 80 times less energy than a standard washing machine.
  
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• UK man arrested over Sony hack

  16-01-2015 13:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK man has been arrested in connection with the attacks on the PlayStation and Xbox platforms over Christmas.
  
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• Climate change and extinctions have put Earth into a 'danger zone' for humanity

  16-01-2015 13:21 via
  
  Climate change and high rates of extinctions s are pushing the Earth into a 'danger zone' for humanity, a scientific report card about mankind's impact on nature has concluded.
  
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• VIDEO: The geese that fly over Mt Everest

  16-01-2015 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tracking study reveals the secrets of the Himalayan flight of the bar-headed goose, the world's highest bird migration.
  
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• New geological epoch began with testing the atomic bomb, experts claim

  16-01-2015 13:10 via
  
  A working group led by a University of Leicester scientist has proposed that July 16, 1945 should mark the start of the Anthropocene epoch.
  
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• Apple patent lets you access any biometric sensors using prints stored online

  16-01-2015 13:06 via
  
  The patent was filed by the Californian tech giant in July 2013 and awarded yesterday. The files (pictured) detail a system that would let users store their fingerprints on iCloud.
  
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• Migrating geese save energy by dipping lower when air gets thinner

  16-01-2015 12:56 via
  
  Experts at Bangor University have long been puzzled how bar-head geese (pictured) fly to 24,000 feet (7,300m) or more as they cross the Himalayas.
  
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• How to say: Xiaomi

  16-01-2015 12:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How do you pronounce China's Apple?
  
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• World's oldest rocks reveal lethal properties of air 4 billion years ago

  16-01-2015 12:27 via
  
  Geologists at McGill University in Canada studied rocks around Hudson Bay in Quebec and found the air when the rocks formed contained 20% of today's oxygen levels.
  
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• Dawn of the ANTHROPOCENE: New geological epoch began with testing the atomic bomb, experts claim

  16-01-2015 12:09 via
  
  A working group led by a University of Leicester scientist has proposed that July 16, 1945 should mark the start of the Anthropocene epoch.
  
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• VIDEO: Xiaomi: 'Others copy our best ideas'

  16-01-2015 12:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Celia Hatton meets Xiaomi's Hugo Barra and asks him about a firm many outside China have never heard of.
  
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• Wind adds resilience to UK energy

  16-01-2015 12:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Installing more wind turbines will make the UK's energy market more resilient to price shocks in the global fossil fuel markets, an independent report concludes.
  
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• Migrating geese fly to high altitudes like 'rollercoaster': Birds save energy by dipping lower when air gets thinner

  16-01-2015 12:00 via
  
  Experts at Bangor University have long been puzzled how bar-head geese (pictured) fly to 24,000 feet (7,300m) or more as they cross the Himalayas.
  
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• Experience what it's REALLY like to fight on the front line: Army uses Oculus Rift to recruit new members

  16-01-2015 11:30 via
  
  The headset (stock image) will let wearers experience some of the tasks carried out by reservists, and is being used for the first time at recruitment events in London and Manchester today.
  
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