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• Made to Measure Blinds infographic reveals the snoozing habits of world's most successful people

  17-02-2015 23:14 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The infographic, created by Berkshire-based Made to Measure Blinds, reveals the sleep habits of people such as Barack Obama, Margarate Thatcher and Winston Churchill.
  
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• 'Priceless' trove of 2,000 gold coins is found off the coast of Israel 

  17-02-2015 22:42 via
  
  The largest treasure trove ever discovered off Israel's Mediterranean coast has been uncovered by scuba divers who won't get a penny.
  
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• What are the mystery 'alien' balls found on the ocean floor?

  17-02-2015 22:09 via
  
  Scientists from the Geomar Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research in Germany have stumbled on the largest patch of these mysterious manganese nodules ever found in the Atlantic.
  
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• Flip phones sales grow faster in Japan than smartphones

  17-02-2015 22:08 via
  
  New figures reveal Japanese shipments of traditional flip-phones rose in 2014 for the first time in seven years while smartphone shipments fell.
  
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• Two thirds of the world's mobile dating app users are MEN

  17-02-2015 22:06 via
  
  The report, compiled by London-based research firm GlobalWebIndex, also found that six per cent of web users currently use a location-based dating app and the majority are 16 to 34-year-olds.
  
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• Sony reveals $840 Glass rival - as Google abandons project

  17-02-2015 21:20 via
  
  Sony today released its take on Google Glass - a set of thick, black glasses complete with a black control cable - all for $840.
  
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• Sony reveals $840 Glass rival - as even Google admits smart specs don't work and sends its version back to the drawing board 

  17-02-2015 20:43 via
  
  Sony today released its take on Google Glass - a set of thick, black glasses complete with a black control cable - all for $840.
  
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• Meet the 33 Americans who could live on MARS and never return

  17-02-2015 20:40 via
  
  Mars One project - which aims to send people to live on Mars - has whittled down its shortlist of candidates from more than 200,000 to just 50 men and 50 women, a third of them Americans.
  
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• Photographer captures glow of Portuguese man o' war as they hunt for fish at night

  17-02-2015 20:27 via
  
  Photographer Matthew Smith captured the bluebottles (pictured) on camera at Bass Point Cove in New South Wales, Australia.
  
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• MyChai transforms a cup of cold water into a steaming brew at the flick of a switch

  17-02-2015 20:24 via
  
  Design student Uttara Ghodke, from India, has invented a pocket sized, battery-powered stick that can heat water and infuse tea automatically. She hopes to sell the MyChai device for £35.
  
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• Headphone-wearing millennials are deaf to the sounds of nature

  17-02-2015 20:23 via
  
  Kurt Fristrup, a scientist with the US National Park Service, said our obsession with wearing earphones to block out life around us could create a ‘learned deafness’ and a ‘generational amnesia’.
  
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• King Henry VIII almost had a seventh wife but decided she was too feisty new book claims 

  17-02-2015 20:20 via
  
  The monarch considered divorcing his sixth bride Catherine Parr to walk down the aisle with duchess Katherine Willoughby, pictured, a new book claims.
  
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• The five Britons who could live on MARS and never return

  17-02-2015 20:17 via
  
  The five British candidates are all under the age of 35 and hope to be chosen to be among the final crew of four, who will eventually be selected for a 'one-way ticket' to the red planet.
  
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• Are YOU a megalomaniac? Twitter tool analyses language you post to reveal your hidden personality traits

  17-02-2015 19:43 via
  
  A tool developed by UK-based Dr Sandra Scott and Apothic Wine analyses 3,500 messages posted on Twitter and claims to reveal whether you are passionate, materialistic, mischievous or an egoist.
  
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• Apple is awarded another virtual reality headset patent that looks like Samsung's VR

  17-02-2015 19:26 via
  
  The patent (pictured) is called 'Head-mounted display apparatus for retaining a portable electronic device with display' and was filed by the Californian firm in September 2008.
  
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• Colour-blind aid for Warcraft game

  17-02-2015 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Blizzard, the makers of World of Warcraft, is to introduce a feature to help gamers with colour blindness.
  
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• Galaxy S6 warnings surface over battery life issues

  17-02-2015 18:40
  
  FEARS have been raised over the battery life of Samsung's soon-to-be launched Galaxy S6 smartphone.
  
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• Amazing video captures moment the immune system takes down a parasitic worm

  17-02-2015 17:54 via
  
  The timelapse footage (pictured) was captured by researchers at UC San Francisco over a period of 80 minutes. It shows white blood cells from a mouse attacking a Caenorhabditis elegans.
  
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• Thank JELLYFISH for your brains!

  17-02-2015 17:24 via
  
  Scientists at Penn State University traced the evolution of genes that enabled neurons to send electrical signals and found they first appeared around 600 million years ago.
  
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• When white blood cells ATTACK: Amazing video captures moment the immune system takes down a parasitic worm

  17-02-2015 17:20 via
  
  The timelapse footage (pictured) was captured by researchers at UC San Francisco over a period of 80 minutes. It shows white blood cells from a mouse attacking a Caenorhabditis elegans.
  
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• Thank JELLYFISH for your brains! Electrical signals in nerve cells first evolved in 600-million-year-old ancestor

  17-02-2015 17:07 via
  
  Scientists at Penn State University traced the evolution of genes that enabled neurons to send electrical signals and found they first appeared around 600 million years ago.
  
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• Digital skills crucial, says report

  17-02-2015 16:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Children should be taught "digital literacy" as a core skill alongside maths and English, says a report by a House of Lords committee.
  
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• Creating Cold

  17-02-2015 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The men who made the world a cooler place to live
  
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• Forget fat pants! This robotic ZIPPER knows when you've eaten too much and automatically undoes to make space for your belly

  17-02-2015 16:40 via
  
  The Zipperbot (pictured) was designed by MIT researcher Adam Whiton.It uses optical sensors to automatically open and close, as well as motion sensors to detect and respond to movement.
  
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• iPhone tricks: 9 things you didn't know your Apple smartphone could do

  17-02-2015 16:16
  
  CHECK out the top 10 tricks to help get the most from your iPhone.
  
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• Apple's mysterious minivans caught on camera in California AND Florida

  17-02-2015 16:00 via
  
  The Californian footage shows a silver people-carrier driving down a street in Palo Alto. The Florida recording (pictured) was filmed in Coral Springs and uploaded by Apple Insider.
  
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• Apple's mysterious minivans caught on camera: Sightings in California and Florida offer more clues about the 'Titan' project

  17-02-2015 14:57 via
  
  The Californian footage shows a silver people-carrier driving down a street in Palo Alto. The Florida recording (pictured) was filmed in Coral Springs and uploaded by Apple Insider.
  
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• Beauty of the beast: Photographer captures alien-like glow of Portuguese man o' war as they hunt for fish at night

  17-02-2015 14:44 via
  
  Photographer Matthew Smith captured the bluebottles (pictured) on camera at Bass Point Cove in New South Wales, Australia.
  
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• VIDEO: Camera catches Mexican volcano blast

  17-02-2015 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A webcam recorded the dramatic moment the Colima Volcano in western Mexico
  
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• King Henry VIII almost had a seventh wife but decided she was too feisty and he couldn't be bothered after his first six marriages failed, new book claims 

  17-02-2015 14:16 via
  
  The monarch considered divorcing his sixth bride Catherine Parr to walk down the aisle with duchess Katherine Willoughby, pictured, a new book claims.
  
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• The electronic TEABAG: £35 MyChai transforms a cup of cold water into a steaming brew at the flick of a switch

  17-02-2015 13:51 via
  
  Design student Uttara Ghodke, from India, has invented a pocket sized, battery-powered stick that can heat water and infuse tea automatically. She hopes to sell the MyChai device for £35.
  
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• Robins' nighttime singing probed

  17-02-2015 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new project at Glasgow University aims to help resolve why robins are up all night singing in cities.
  
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• Barbie gets internet connection

  17-02-2015 13:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mattel, the toy firm behind iconic doll Barbie, is to make a smart version of the doll that will chat to children.
  
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• EastEnders character Tamwar to tweet

  17-02-2015 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Actor Himesh Patel, who plays Tamwar on EastEnders, will make UK soap history by live tweeting throughout the programme's 30th anniversary week.
  
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• Generation disconnect: Headphone-wearing millennials are deaf to the sounds of nature - and missing out on their calming effects

  17-02-2015 13:25 via
  
  Kurt Fristrup, a scientist with the US National Park Service, said our obsession with wearing earphones to block out life around us could create a ‘learned deafness’ and a ‘generational amnesia’.
  
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• Sony takes orders for smart glasses

  17-02-2015 13:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A developer edition of Sony's augmented reality glasses will go on sale in ten countries in March, the tech giant has announced.
  
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• Penguins can't taste fish! Flightless birds can only taste salty and sour

  17-02-2015 13:12 via
  
  Penguins lost three of the five basic tastes—sweet, bitter and the savoury, meaty taste known as umami—more than 20 million years ago, Michigan researchers have found.
  
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• Meet the five Britons who could live on MARS... and never return: Mission reveals final longlist for first manned journey to the red planet in 2025

  17-02-2015 13:05 via
  
  The five British candidates are all under the age of 35 and hope to be chosen to be among the final crew of four, who will eventually be selected for a 'one-way ticket' to the red planet.
  
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• Apple ditched health sensors from its Watch after they failed to work on hairy arms

  17-02-2015 12:51 via
  
  The Californian firm is said to have experimented with sensors that measured conductivity of the skin to track stress levels, but they didn’t perform consistently on people, with hairy arms or dry skin’.
  
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• Modern life is wearing out ROBINS: Blue light in neon signs is preventing birds from sleeping

  17-02-2015 12:25 via
  
  Davide Dominoni, of Glasgow University said that light from street lamps, takeaway signs and homes is disrupting the birds’ biological clocks.
  
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• Meet the five Britons who could live on MARS: Mission reveals final longlist for first manned journey to the red planet in 2025

  17-02-2015 12:19 via
  
  The five British candidates are all under the age of 35 and hope to be chosen to be among the final crew of four, who will eventually be selected for a 'one-way ticket' to the red planet.
  
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• Are wildfires COOLING Earth? Forest blazes make the landscape reflect sunlight to reduce global warming, study finds

  17-02-2015 11:54 via
  
  Researchers at Woods Hole Research Centre in Massachusetts found that forest fires can cause significant cooling by increasing the amount of sunlight reflected off the landscape.
  
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• 'Bionic leaf' converts sunlight into liquid fuel that could one day power your car

  17-02-2015 11:35 via
  
  The technology was created by biologists from Harvard University. It produces hydrogen from solar energy, which is then fed to a bacterium and engineered to make isopropanol.
  
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• Stunning new images reveal the UNDERNEATH of an iceberg

  17-02-2015 10:12 via
  
  The images from the U.S. Antarctic Program show an overturned iceberg in Iceberg Alley, a region in the western Weddell Sea.
  
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• Hacker creates 3D map of Wi-Fi signal strength around the home

  17-02-2015 09:56 via
  
  Maryland-based YouTuber, Charles Lohr, explains in his video how he built the device using a chip, LED light, 3D software and a CNC milling machine.
  
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• Infectious diseases will spread faster because of climate change, claims scientist

  17-02-2015 09:17 via
  
  This is according to Nebraska-based zoologist, Professor Daniel Brooks, who warns humans will face new illnesses as climate change brings humans into contact with different pathogens.
  
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• Rosetta probe takes stunning close up images of the comet 67P

  17-02-2015 08:40 via
  
  Rosetta passed within just four miles (6 km) of the surface of the comet on Valentine's Day in the first dedicated close flyby of the mission, according to Esa mission control in Darmstadt.
  
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• Hubble's star refuses to fade

  17-02-2015 06:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hubble's star refuses to fade away
  
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• What your Wi-Fi looks like: Hacker creates 3D map of signal strength around the home

  17-02-2015 03:27 via
  
  Maryland-based YouTuber, Charles Lohr, explains in his video how he built the device using a chip, LED light, 3D software and a CNC milling machine.
  
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• How global warming is making us ILL: Infectious diseases will spread faster because of climate change, claims scientist

  17-02-2015 02:22 via
  
  This is according to Nebraska-based zoologist, Professor Daniel Brooks, who warns humans will face new illnesses as climate change brings humans into contact with different pathogens.
  
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