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• Scientists chase an AVALANCHE: Images capture the dramatic moment waves of snow crash down a Swiss mountainside

  03-02-2015 23:52 via
  
  The full-scale avalanche in Vallee de la Sionne, near Sion in Switzerland, was triggered by scientists using explosives as part of an experiment to help them to understand and model avalanche motion.
  
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• Riding Light video takes viewers from the sun's surface to Jupiter in 45 minutes

  03-02-2015 23:02 via
  
  Riding Light is a 45-minute short film created by a Los Angeles animator that attempts to recreate what it would be like to hitch a ride on the back of a photon.
  
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• How the universe will end and the process may have already started

  03-02-2015 22:04 via
  
  Munich-based group. Kurzgesagt, has put together a video explaining how the world could end in three leading theories dubbed the big crunch, the big rip and the big freeze.
  
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• Video uncovered by Uncensored claims to provide proof 'there WERE aliens in Area 51'

  03-02-2015 21:59 via
  
  New Zealand-based magazine, Uncensored has done a frame-by-frame analysis and says it is authentic. However, it is in fact from the 2006 film Alien Autopsy starring Ant and Dec.
  
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• Scientists discover organism that hasn't evolved for more than 2 BILLION years

  03-02-2015 21:14 via
  
  Palaeobiologists have found microscopic fossils in Western Australia that are identical to bacteria living in the deep sea mud off the west coast of South America.
  
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• Did YOU see a 'halo' surrounding the moon last night?

  03-02-2015 21:14 via
  
  Observers around the UK snapped images of a 'moon ring' last night (picture shown). The amazing phenomenon occurs when light from the moon reflects off ice crystals in the atmosphere.
  
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• Is this new footage from Roswell? Video uncovered by UFO magazine claims to provide proof 'there WERE aliens in Area 51'

  03-02-2015 20:12 via
  
  New Zealand-based magazine, Uncensored has done a frame-by-frame analysis and says it is authentic. However, it is in fact from the 2006 film Alien Autopsy starring Ant and Dec.
  
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• TextBlade keyboard for phones and tablets has eight keys and learns what you want to write

  03-02-2015 19:46 via
  
  TextBlade (pictured) was designed by California-based WayTools. The three pieces are held together by magnets - including two rows of smart keys and a wrist rest.
  
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• Is the future of space NUCLEAR? Nasa is developing new rockets to send astronauts to new corners of the solar system

  03-02-2015 19:40 via
  
  Nasa engineers are planning to build a new nuclear powered spacecraft called Copernicus (pictured) that could half the time it takes to travel to Mars.
  
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• Taking turns in the driving seat: Migrating birds alternate who leads the tiring v-formation to save energy

  03-02-2015 19:35 via
  
  An international team of experts led by Oxford University studied 14 juvenile Northern bald ibis (Geronticus eremita) migrating from Salzburg in Austria to Orbetello in Italy (pictured).
  
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• US adds rules for intelligence data

  03-02-2015 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Data about US individuals gathered "incidentally" during intelligence operations must be deleted immediately under new rules.
  
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• Will travelling to Mars give us the body of an elderly person?

  03-02-2015 19:11 via
  
  French scientists have been testing the effects of microgravity on Earth. They found that long-duration missions to Mars (artist's illustration shown) could affect the immune system.
  
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• Does facial recognition tech work?

  03-02-2015 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Does facial recognition tech work?
  
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• MPs say yes to three-person babies

  03-02-2015 18:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the creation of babies with DNA from two women and one man, in a historic move.
  
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• Will travelling to Mars give us the body of an elderly person? Spaceflight ages the immune system, study claims

  03-02-2015 17:40 via
  
  French scientists have been testing the effects of microgravity on Earth. They found that long-duration missions to Mars (artist's illustration shown) could affect the immune system.
  
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• Environmentally-friendly 'C-fu' made from mealworms could help feed the world

  03-02-2015 17:37 via
  
  Students from Cornell University and the Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada, created C-fu, which is designed to help feed the world’s growing population.
  
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• Sky launching Ultra HD 4K box this summer as BT ready high definition football coverage

  03-02-2015 17:00
  
  SKY are set to launch a new Ultra HD 4K box this summer.
  
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• Mystery of the virus paralysing children in the US

  03-02-2015 16:22 via
  
  Doctors investigating a cluster of children in Colorado suffering from paralysis in their limbs have identified a virus called enterovirus D68 as a possible culprit.
  
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• Uber teams up with roboticists to build self-driving cars

  03-02-2015 16:02 via
  
  Uber is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University to develop 'autonomous technology'. The news came on the same day Bloomberg said Google was working on a rival.
  
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• Mystery of the virus paralysing children in the US: Rare bug related to polio may have caused more than 100 unexplained cases

  03-02-2015 15:58 via
  
  Doctors investigating a cluster of children in Colorado suffering from paralysis in their limbs have identified a virus called enterovirus D68 as a possible culprit.
  
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• Neanderthals suffered from psoriasis and Crohn's disease, says study

  03-02-2015 15:56 via
  
  Geneticists at the University at Buffalo in New York compared the DNA of Neanderthals (pictured), Denisovans, chimpanzees and modern humans to look for common faults.
  
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• REVEALED: Chelsea beat league rivals Man Utd and Arsenal in the race for deadline day sway

  03-02-2015 15:54
  
  HEAT maps visualising Twitter conversations throughout the 24 hour window of Deadline Day have been revealed to show the huge spike caused by the signing of Juan Cuadrado by Chelsea.
  
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• Foodsniffer analyses chemicals emitted by food to tell you whether it's safe to eat

  03-02-2015 15:44 via
  
  The Lithuanian-designed gadget uses sensors to 'smell' temperature, humidity, ammonia and dangerous organic compounds present in food and then sends the results to a user's smartphone.
  
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• How to fold a record-breaking paper plane: Maker reveals aerodynamic secrets

  03-02-2015 15:42 via
  
  John Collins and Joe Ayoob hold the record for the farthest flight by a paper aircraft. Their ‘Suzanne’ model flew 226 feet 10 inches (69.14 metres) in 2012 in California.
  
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• Bloodhound Diary: A couple of sticky issues

  03-02-2015 15:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gluing together components of the world's fastest car
  
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• Prehistoric American hunters used spear-throwers to kill mammoths 

  03-02-2015 15:33 via
  
  Scientists at the Thompson Rivers University in Canada studied prehistoric stone spear points for distinctive fractures that show they used tools to help them hurl their weapons.
  
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• War of the self-driving taxis? Uber announces plans to build fleet of autonomous cars as Google refuses to deny rumours that it's working on a taxi rival

  03-02-2015 15:11 via
  
  Uber is partnering with Carnegie Mellon University to develop 'autonomous technology'. The news came on the same day Bloomberg said Google was working on a rival.
  
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• 'Revenge porn' site owner convicted

  03-02-2015 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kevin Bollaert ran one site hosting compromising pictures and another charging the subjects to have them removed.
  
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• Cindy Crawford and Ashton Kutcher among celebrities who are ENGINEERS

  03-02-2015 14:45 via
  
  The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in London has shared a list of celebrities who have studied engineering and science to highlight the breadth of appeal of engineering.
  
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• Neanderthals suffered from psoriasis too: DNA study suggests ancient human cousins suffered from 'modern' diseases

  03-02-2015 14:40 via
  
  Geneticists at the University at Buffalo in New York compared the DNA of Neanderthals (pictured), Denisovans, chimpanzees and modern humans to look for common faults.
  
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• End of the use-by date? Foodsniffer analyses chemicals emitted by food to tell you whether it's safe to eat

  03-02-2015 14:23 via
  
  The Lithuanian-designed gadget uses sensors to 'smell' temperature, humidity, ammonia and dangerous organic compounds present in food and then sends the results to a user's smartphone.
  
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• How to fold a record-breaking paper plane: Maker reveals aerodynamic secrets - and   offers $1,000 to anyone who can fly his design further than him

  03-02-2015 14:23 via
  
  John Collins and Joe Ayoob hold the record for the farthest flight by a paper aircraft. Their ‘Suzanne’ model flew 226 feet 10 inches (69.14 metres) in 2012 in California.
  
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• The Taj Mahal's gardens align with the SUN

  03-02-2015 14:06 via
  
  An Italian researcher has found the Taj Mahal (shown) was built to align with the rising and setting sun at certain times of year. During the solstices the sun rises and sets in the corners.
  
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• KeyMe app lets you copy a key in seconds using a PHOTO

  03-02-2015 13:52 via
  
  KeyMe is a New York-based digital locksmith. The app (pictured lets homeowners scan and store their keys in the cloud, share scans with family and friends, and order postal duplicates.
  
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• Google and Uber may become rivals

  03-02-2015 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber announces plans to research driverless cars while a report claims Google is considering launching a lift-hailing service
  
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• Not just a pretty face! Cindy Crawford and Ashton Kutcher among the unlikely celebrities to be revealed as ENGINEERS

  03-02-2015 13:03 via
  
  The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering in London has shared a list of celebrities who have studied engineering and science to highlight the breadth of appeal of engineering.
  
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• Is this the oldest living species on Earth? Scientists discover organism that hasn't evolved for more than 2 BILLION years

  03-02-2015 12:59 via
  
  Palaeobiologists have found microscopic fossils in Western Australia that are identical to bacteria living in the deep sea mud off the west coast of South America.
  
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• Drug-delivery engineer wins £1m prize

  03-02-2015 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pioneer of medical technologies that have benefited millions of people is the latest winner of the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering.
  
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• Lost chunk of historic computer found

  03-02-2015 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Efforts to recreate one of the earliest computers are aided by the recovery of a part of the original machine, which had been bought to create bookshelves.
  
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• Obama seeks to raise Nasa funding

  03-02-2015 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Obama seeks to raise funding for Nasa in the Fiscal Year 2016 to $18.5bn (£12.3bn).
  
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• The Taj Mahal's gardens align with the SUN: Four corners of Indian complex were built in line with the winter and summer solstices

  03-02-2015 12:13 via
  
  An Italian researcher has found the Taj Mahal (shown) was built to align with the rising and setting sun at certain times of year. During the solstices the sun rises and sets in the corners.
  
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• Copy a key in seconds using a PHOTO: App lets you order a new key for your house in the post - but is it secure?

  03-02-2015 11:40 via
  
  KeyMe is a New York-based digital locksmith. The app (pictured lets homeowners scan and store their keys in the cloud, share scans with family and friends, and order postal duplicates.
  
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• Broadband funds unbalanced, MPs say

  03-02-2015 11:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A voucher scheme which helps companies access faster broadband should be extended to rural areas, according to a group of MPs.
  
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• Birds take it in turns to lead

  03-02-2015 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Like cyclists in a peloton, birds solve their flocking dilemma by taking it in turns, research reveals.
  
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• 'Innocent' on police photos database

  03-02-2015 10:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police forces have uploaded up to 18 million "mugshots" to a facial recognition database, many of them of innocent people, Newsnight learns.
  
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• Warning over new Facebook malware

  03-02-2015 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security experts warn Facebook users to beware updating a fake Flash player which pops up during a preview of a pornographic video.
  
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• Book cover studies your face and will only open if your expression is neutral

  03-02-2015 10:26 via
  
  Amsterdam design studio, Moore, has created a book jacket that uses an integrated camera and facial recognition system to scan the reader's face and recognise prejudice.
  
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• 2016 budget puts Nasa on track to reach Mars in the 2030s

  03-02-2015 09:59 via
  
  The $18.5 billion budget request also includes funding for a mission to Jupiter's moon Europa, according to Nasa's administrator, Charles Bolden (pictured) speaking in Florida.
  
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• Safer Internet Day 2017: how to stay safe from online spies

  03-02-2015 09:32
  
  Start with your web browser: HTTPS Everywhere is an easy-to-install browser extension that makes sure your browser will always use encrypted web services, wherever they are available
  By: Keren ElazariContinue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: MPs to vote on three-person babies

  03-02-2015 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPs will hold a crucial vote on Tuesday to decide whether to allow the creation of babies using DNA from three people.
  
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