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• How do US cities get rid of snow?

  09-02-2015 23:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snowploughs in US cities are running out of space
  
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• Bizarre quantum experiment suggests time can run backwards 

  09-02-2015 22:47 via
  
  Professor Kater Murch from Washington University found that the initial state of a quantum particle could be determined based on whether scientists knew its future outcome.
  
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• The grinning galaxies: Hubble telescope spots giant smiley face in space

  09-02-2015 22:19 via
  
  Officially known as galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849, it resembles the smiling face emoji.
  
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• The Freezer-Wave freezes food and drinks at the flick of a switch

  09-02-2015 21:11 via
  
  The Freezer-Wave (pictured) was designed by Emma Maskery from Peterborough and recently won the Odd Invention Challenge. A prototype was built by inventor Colin Furze.
  
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• Stars 300,000 light-years-away provide glimpse of Milky Way's neighbour Galaxy X

  09-02-2015 20:51 via
  
  Scientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York say the discovery could help verify our understanding of how the universe began from primordial matter.
  
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• Doomed stars found at nebula's heart

  09-02-2015 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At the centre of a mysterious nebula, astronomers discover two stars locked in such a tight orbit that they will eventually merge and explode.
  
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• Have astronomers pinpointed Galaxy X? Pulsating stars 300,000 light-years-away provide glimpse of Milky Way's neighbour

  09-02-2015 20:27 via
  
  Scientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York say the discovery could help verify our understanding of how the universe began from primordial matter.
  
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• How ice crystals and algae can cause snow to look red and blue 

  09-02-2015 20:14 via
  
  Snow might normally appear white - but it can also appear red and blue. In the Alps in Europe, snow can appear red (shown) due to a type of algae, which reflects red light but absorbs others.
  
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• Scientists create way of measuring time that loses just one second every 16BN years

  09-02-2015 20:12 via
  
  Japanese physicists have created optical lattice clocks, made with super-cooled atoms and laser beams, that are 1,000 times more precise than the most accurate atomic clocks currently used.
  
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• Study finds too much choice confuses the brain and splitting potential purchases is key

  09-02-2015 20:10 via
  
  Georgia researchers say the key to good shopping it to split potential purchases into smaller groups.
  
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• The world's most accurate clock: Optical lattice clock loses just one second every 16 BILLION years

  09-02-2015 20:00 via
  
  Japanese physicists have created optical lattice clocks, made with super-cooled atoms and laser beams, that are 1,000 times more precise than the most accurate atomic clocks currently used.
  
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• The perfect shopping strategy revealed: Study finds too much choice confuses the brain - and splitting potential purchases into groups is key

  09-02-2015 19:55 via
  
  Georgia researchers say the key to good shopping it to split potential purchases into smaller groups.
  
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• Facebook will soon tag you in photos AUTOMATICALLY with DeepFace feature

  09-02-2015 19:39 via
  
  DeepFace (pictured) uses technology designed by an Israeli startup called face.com. Facebook bought the startup in 2013 and developed the recognition tool at its Artificial Intelligence lab.
  
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• Snow isn't all white: How ice crystals and algae can cause it to look red and blue 

  09-02-2015 19:36 via
  
  Snow might normally appear white - but it can also appear red and blue. In the Alps in Europe, snow can appear red (shown) due to a type of algae, which reflects red light but absorbs others.
  
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• Scientists find our planet's inner core has ANOTHER core of its own

  09-02-2015 19:31 via
  
  Geologists at the University of Illinois used seismic waves from earthquakes to reveal that the Earth's inner core is made of two sections with iron crystals that point in different directions.
  
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• Japan opens Henn-na Hotel run by ROBOTS that will welcome guests

  09-02-2015 19:30 via
  
  When the first guests check into at Henn-na Hotel in Nagasaki this July, they will be greeted by 10 eerily lifelike robots who will do everything from carrying luggage and cleaning, to translating.
  
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• Dark matter is found in the Milky Way's core: Elusive substance discovered for the first time in the inner part of our galaxy

  09-02-2015 19:20 via
  
  Scientists, led by the Technical University of Munich, said the rotation of stars and gas in the heart of the Milky Way cannot be explained without the presence of dark matter in the universe.
  
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• Netflix launches service in Cuba

  09-02-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Internet movie and television streaming service Netflix launches in Cuba, as diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba thaw.
  
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• Journey to the very centre of the Earth: Scientists find our planet's inner core has ANOTHER core of its own

  09-02-2015 18:11 via
  
  Geologists at the University of Illinois used seismic waves from earthquakes to reveal that the Earth's inner core is made of two sections with iron crystals that point in different directions.
  
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• Facebook will soon tag you in photos AUTOMATICALLY: Social network starts rolling out DeepFace feature

  09-02-2015 18:03 via
  
  DeepFace (pictured) uses technology designed by an Israeli startup called face.com. Facebook bought the startup in 2013 and developed the recognition tool at its Artificial Intelligence lab.
  
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• Anonymous takes IS accounts offline

  09-02-2015 17:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hacking group Anonymous claims responsibility for taking social media accounts with links to extremists offline.
  
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• FAULTY towers? Japan opens hotel run by ROBOTS that will welcome guests, carry bags and even clean your room

  09-02-2015 17:49 via
  
  When the first guests check into at Henn-na Hotel in Nagasaki this July, they will be greeted by 10 eerily lifelike robots who will do everything from carrying luggage and cleaning, to translating.
  
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• Hooked on Facebook? Why not live there?

  09-02-2015 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsbeat may have found the perfect place for Facebook addicts to live. The social media giant may be building its own town.
  
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• Chernobyl's nuclear threat continues: Fires spread radiation in Europe

  09-02-2015 16:49 via
  
  Following three forest fires in Ukraine (stock image), scientists at the Norwegian Institute for Air Research measured radiation levels. They said the fires caused radiation to be released over Europe as smoke.
  
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• Ice age glaciers didn't just carve out the landscape, they made Earth's crust THICKER too, study reveals

  09-02-2015 16:37 via
  
  UK researchers say lower sea levels caused by glaciers (stock image shown) made the crust thicken. During ice ages sea levels could be much lower, allowing more magma to leak out.
  
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• Meteor streaks across English Channel off the coast of Devon

  09-02-2015 16:36 via
  
  Experts say the fireball, filmed by a beach-side webcam, appears to expand and contract like a small meteor breaking apart in the atmosphere.
  
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• US government builds 'Memex' search engine for the dark net

  09-02-2015 15:49 via
  
  Virginia-based Darpa wants to use Memex to uncover human trafficking rings by searching for patterns in the number of online sex adverts being posted from certain regions, for example.
  
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• Transition flying car takes off from a runway but still fits inside your garage

  09-02-2015 15:40 via
  
  A US firm has created a road-legal airplane called the Transition (shown). It seats two and can drive on both roads and take to the air. The car has foldable wings so it can be stored in your garage.
  
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• Could skin from DEAD people heal wounds faster? Cadaver tissue effectively treats burns and ulcers

  09-02-2015 15:17 via
  
  A team of researchers led by Ardeshir Bayat, a bioengineer at the University of Manchester, demonstrated that skin from cadavers is more effective at healing wounds than artificial skin.
  
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• Chick grown inside a TRANSPARENT egg

  09-02-2015 14:56 via
  
  Scientists in Beijing have created a see-through eggshell (shown). They grew a bird embryo for 17 days - three days before it hatched. It is the first time the method has been done in a lab.
  
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• Raspberry Pi 2 is 'camera shy'

  09-02-2015 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest version of Raspberry Pi's credit-card-sized budget computer reboots itself when exposed to camera flashes, users find.
  
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• Scouring the DEEP WEB: US government builds 'Memex' search engine to catch cyber criminals lurking in the net's deepest recesses

  09-02-2015 14:43 via
  
  Virginia-based Darpa wants to use Memex to uncover human trafficking rings by searching for patterns in the number of online sex adverts being posted from certain regions, for example.
  
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• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the TRANSITION: Two-seater flying car takes off from a runway but still fits inside your garage

  09-02-2015 14:21 via
  
  A US firm has created a road-legal airplane called the Transition (shown). It seats two and can drive on both roads and take to the air. The car has foldable wings so it can be stored in your garage.
  
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• Is your Samsung Smart TV eavesdropping on PRIVATE conversations?

  09-02-2015 14:10 via
  
  In its privacy policy, the South Korean firm warns users that if their conversations contain 'sensitive information', this will be captured and transmitted to a third party.
  
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• Alleged 'swatter' arrested in US

  09-02-2015 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An American man alleged to have been involved in several "swatting" incidents has been arrested in the US.
  
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• Social media ban for 9/11 post vicar

  09-02-2015 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A vicar who posted a link to an article that blamed Israel for the 9/11 attacks is banned from using social media for six months.
  
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• Is your TV eavesdropping on PRIVATE conversations? Samsung warns users its smart sets can capture every word

  09-02-2015 13:47 via
  
  In its privacy policy, the South Korean firm warns users that if their conversations contain 'sensitive information', this will be captured and transmitted to a third party.
  
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• VIDEO: Nasa reveals far side of the Moon

  09-02-2015 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Using nearly five-years worth of mapping data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, NASA has to provided a view of the moon from the side the cannot be seen from earth.
  
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• Ban racists from social media - MPs

  09-02-2015 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media users who spread racial hatred could be banned from Twitter and Facebook, MPs suggest in a report on anti-Semitism in the UK.
  
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• The science of LOLLIPOPS: Scientists reveal that it takes 2,500 licks to reach the centre of an average lolly

  09-02-2015 13:22 via
  
  Mathematicians at New York University placed candy of different sizes in flows of slow moving water and watched how they dissolved. They calculated it takes around 1,000 licks to dissolve 1cm of lollipop.
  
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• Watch a chick grow inside a TRANSPARENT egg: Scientists create see-through shell to study how a bird embryo develops

  09-02-2015 12:54 via
  
  Scientists in Beijing have created a see-through eggshell (shown). They grew a real avian embryo for 17 days - three days before it hatched. It is the first time the method has been done in a lab.
  
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• Are humans to blame for the mammoth's demise?

  09-02-2015 12:45 via
  
  Researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society in Germany, analysed bones, teeth and mammoth ivory from between 30,500 and 22,000 years ago.
  
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• South Korean woman attacked as she sleeps by her VACUUM CLEANER!

  09-02-2015 12:30 via
  
  A South Korean woman got a rude awakening when she left her robot vacuum to do the cleaning up while she took a nap. She had to call emergency services to rescue her from the device.
  
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• Samsung warns about 'listening' TV

  09-02-2015 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung is warning people about discussing personal information in front of their smart television set.
  
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• Are humans to blame for the mammoth's demise? Hunting caused numbers to plunge 30,000 years ago, study claims

  09-02-2015 11:33 via
  
  Researchers from the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Nature Research Society in Germany, analysed bones, teeth and mammoth ivory from between 30,500 and 22,000 years ago.
  
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• Snapchat selfie 'unmasked killer'

  09-02-2015 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Pittsburgh teenager who killed a classmate is tracked down after sending a friend a Snapchat selfie of him posing with the body, police say.
  
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• It's a microwave, but not as you know it! Appliance freezes food and drinks at the flick of a switch

  09-02-2015 11:20 via
  
  The Freezer-Wave (pictured) was designed by Emma Maskery from Peterborough and recently won the Odd Invention Challenge. A prototype was built by inventor Colin Furze.
  
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• Scientists take to the stage

  09-02-2015 10:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists take to the stage on climate change
  
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• VIDEO: 'Pinhole selfie' camera unveiled

  09-02-2015 09:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artist Ignas Kutavicius has created a head-mounted camera that produces a 'pinhole selfie'
  
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• 'I put troll in jail using PlayStation'

  09-02-2015 09:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mike's a troll hunter, tracking down people who get their kicks dishing out vile abuse on social media. He says once unmasked, most trolls are just "sad cases".
  
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