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• Growing old can actually BOOST your brainpower: Study finds some areas of our brain do not peak until our fifties

  11-03-2015 23:32 via
  
  MIT researchers say rather than peaking in our twenties, in fact some areas do not reach their full potential until we grow old - in some cases in our fifties.
  
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• Mps reveal how self-driving vehicles rapidly navigate busy roads

  11-03-2015 23:13 via
  
  Here, the maps division the Finnish group Nokia, has developed technology that allows a car to 'see' the road in high definition with what they claim to be 10-20 cm precision.
  
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• Could this be a cure for HIV? Scientists find a way to cut out the virus from infected areas with 'cellular scissors'

  11-03-2015 23:05 via
  
  A team of researchers at Salk's Gene Expression Laboratory in California, has been customising a defence system used by bacteria and training this scissor-like machinery to recognise the HIV virus.
  
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• Images show a cat's rough tongue, how a greenfly sees and a colourful mouse brain

  11-03-2015 22:16 via
  
  Twenty scientific pictures and illustrations have been selected as the winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2015 by a panel of nine judges.
  
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• Conspiracy theorists claim to see a 'mushroom cloud' on Mars

  11-03-2015 22:04 via
  
  French site UFOvni Disclosure has created a short film showing the 'cloud of smoke' (circled) on Mars which it claims could be either a nuclear explosion or extra-terrestrial methane.
  
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• Saturn's moon Enceladus's underground oceans contain hydrothermal activity

  11-03-2015 22:03 via
  
  Saturn’s moon Enceladus has shown signs of hydrothermal activity - similar to that in deep oceans on Earth, Washington researchers for Nasa said.
  
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• Apple hit by online service faults

  11-03-2015 22:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple resolves an internal fault that prevented several of its online services from working.
  
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• Facebook to face US class action over children's online purchases

  11-03-2015 21:57 via
  
  Facebook must face a nationwide class-action lawsuit seeking to
  force it to provide refunds when children
  spend money without permission, a California federal judge said today.
  
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• World's oldest jewellery made from eagle claws was worn by human relatives 130k years ago

  11-03-2015 21:25 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Kansas and the Croatian Natural History Museum have found cut marks and polishing on eagle talons found at site in Croatia that suggest they were strung into a necklace or bracelet.
  
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• Amazing images show a cat's rough tongue, how a greenfly sees, killer cells hunting for disease and colourful mouse brain

  11-03-2015 21:05 via
  
  Twenty scientific pictures and illustrations have been selected as the winners of the Wellcome Image Awards 2015 by a panel of nine judges.
  
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• Did Neanderthals invent BLING? World's oldest jewellery made from eagle claws was worn by human relatives 130,000 years ago

  11-03-2015 21:03 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Kansas and the Croatian Natural History Museum have found cut marks and polishing on eagle talons found at site in Croatia that suggest they were strung into a necklace or bracelet.
  
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• Scientists pinpoint 1610 as the start of the Anthropocene era

  11-03-2015 21:03 via
  
  Scientists at University College London pinpointed 1610 because of the impact felt by an irreversible transfer of crops and species between the New and Old worlds.
  
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• 360-million-year-old tetrapod may have looked similar to a crocodile

  11-03-2015 20:58 via
  
  Scientists from the University of Bristol scanned the fossilised remains of Acanthostega gunnari to create a 3D computer model to reveal the shape of the tetrapod's skull.
  
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• Apple to add 'vibrating' touchscreen that knows how hard you are pressing

  11-03-2015 20:47 via
  
  Apple's next iPhone will know exactly how hard you are pressing it, and will have new 'smart' features to take advantage of that, it has been claimed.
  
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• Nasa tests its thunderous Mars rocket booster for the first time in video

  11-03-2015 20:36 via
  
  Nasa has tested one of the boosters for the Space Launch System in Utah. That static-fire test (pictured) took place at 3:30pm GMT and lasted 126 seconds.
  
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• Apple's Watch is more independent than first thought

  11-03-2015 20:26 via
  
  Apple confirmed the storage rumours to fan site 9to5Mac but the company has not responded to MailOnline's request for more information. All three Watch models will ship with 8GB of total storage.
  
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• Beavers can stay on their Devon riverbank after blood tests confirm they are disease-free

  11-03-2015 20:06 via
  
  The animals were captured earlier this week and given blood tests. Their clear results mean they should be released into the wild the River Otter by the end of the month.
  
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• Aerial Bold needs people to hunt for letters on Earth using satellite images

  11-03-2015 20:06 via
  
  The project was set up by German designer Benedikt Groß and geographer Joey Lee. The Aerial Bold tool lets people scour Mapbox images to find letters, numbers and characters in the landscape.
  
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• Did an ancient nuclear war kill life on Mars? Conspiracy theorists claim to see a 'mushroom cloud' on the red planet 

  11-03-2015 19:59 via
  
  French site UFOvni Disclosure has created a short film showing the 'cloud of smoke' (circled) on Mars which it claims could be either a nuclear explosion or extra-terrestrial methane.
  
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• SBYKE a bike-scooter-skateboard hybrid lets kids and adults 'ski' down the road

  11-03-2015 19:48 via
  
  Two Californian inventors have come up with a new type of transport. The Sbyke (shown) is a mix of a bike, scooter and a skateboard. A smaller version costs £99.95 and a bigger version is £159.95.
  
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• Patches released for Freak flaw

  11-03-2015 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft and Apple join Google in releasing patches for Freak, a software bug that weakened web browser-based encryption.
  
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• The force is strong in the iPhone 6s: Apple to add new 'vibrating' touchscreen that knows how hard you are pressing

  11-03-2015 19:24 via
  
  Apple's next iPhone will know exactly how hard you are pressing it, and will have new 'smart' features to take advantage of that, it has been claimed.
  
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• Women are most attracted to military heroes, study claims

  11-03-2015 19:20 via
  
  A study by the University of Southampton says women prefer war heroes (stock image shown). They are also attracted to other heroic professions like being a fireman.
  
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• The year humans caused irreversible damage to Earth: Scientists pinpoint 1610 as the start of the Anthropocene era

  11-03-2015 19:17 via
  
  Scientists at University College London pinpointed 1610 because of the impact felt by an irreversible transfer of crops and species between the New and Old worlds.
  
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• The ancient lobster as tall as Usain Bolt: 6ft 5in crustacean ate food like a whale and had 'limbs' on its head

  11-03-2015 19:14 via
  
  The remains of the two-metre (6.5ft) prehistoric creature (illustrated) were unearthed in Morocco. It lived 480 million years ago and like modern day whales, filtered seawater to trap tiny particles of food.
  
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• Skull sheds light on transition from water to land: 360-million-year-old tetrapod may have looked similar to a modern crocodile

  11-03-2015 19:09 via
  
  Scientists from the University of Bristol scanned the fossilised remains of Acanthostega gunnari to create a 3D computer model to reveal the shape of the tetrapod's skull.
  
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• Facebook slammed after advertising funeral directors to a CANCER patient

  11-03-2015 19:05 via
  
  Austrian consultant Daniel Kapp, 46, was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month and was shocked when Facebook began showing him 'insensitive' adverts (pictured) that he couldn't remove.
  
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• The Age of Man 'started in 1610'

  11-03-2015 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New dates for the start of the Anthropocene - the geological age of humans - have been proposed by scientists.
  
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• NINE dwarf galaxies discovered orbiting the Milky Way and they could be 99% dark matter

  11-03-2015 18:59 via
  
  University of Cambridge astronomers have found new nine dwarf galaxies in orbit around the Milky Way (composite image shown). They are the first to be discovered orbiting the Milky Way in a decade.
  
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• Apple's Watch is more independent than first thought: Apple confirms wearable comes with 2GB of storage for music and photos

  11-03-2015 18:55 via
  
  Apple confirmed the storage rumours to fan site 9to5Mac but the company has not responded to MailOnline's request for more information. All three Watch models will ship with 8GB of total storage.
  
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• Apple's iTunes and App Store down leaving customers unable to purchase songs and apps

  11-03-2015 18:17 via
  
  Frustrated App Store and iTunes users have taken to Twitter to complain they are currently unable to download songs and apps from Apple's sites.
  
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• Watch Nasa test its thunderous Mars rocket booster for the first time - with temperatures hot enough to melt sand into glass

  11-03-2015 18:14 via
  
  Nasa has tested one of the boosters for the Space Launch System in Utah. That static-fire test (pictured) took place at 3:30pm GMT and lasted 126 seconds.
  
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• VIDEO: Nasa tests enormous rocket booster

  11-03-2015 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At a site in the Utah desert, in the US, Nasa test-fires the biggest rocket ever made, part of its Space Launch System which is expected to pave the way for manned missions to Mars.
  
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• Long live the beavers! Family of wild animals can stay on their Devon riverbank after blood tests confirm they are disease-free

  11-03-2015 17:36 via
  
  The animals were captured earlier this week and given blood tests. Their clear results mean they should be released into the wild the River Otter by the end of the month.
  
  Read more

• Can you find Earth's hidden alphabet? Project needs people to hunt for letters on our planet using satellite images

  11-03-2015 17:32 via
  
  The project was set up by German designer Benedikt Groß and geographer Joey Lee. The Aerial Bold tool lets people scour Mapbox images to find letters, numbers and characters in the landscape.
  
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• Cornwall takes off on space missions

  11-03-2015 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cornwall is set to become a training centre for space mission operators with a new course at Goonhilly earth satellite station.
  
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• Would you ride the SBYKE? Daft bike-scooter-skateboard hybrid lets kids - and adults - 'ski' down the road

  11-03-2015 16:55 via
  
  Two Californian inventors have come up with a new type of transport. The Sbyke (shown) is a mix of a bike, scooter and a skateboard. A smaller version costs £99.95 and a bigger version is £159.95.
  
  Read more

• Facebook slammed after advertising funeral directors to a CANCER patient: Promotions appeared after sufferer Googled disease

  11-03-2015 16:53 via
  
  Austrian consultant Daniel Kapp, 46, was diagnosed with prostate cancer last month and was shocked when Facebook began showing him 'insensitive' adverts (pictured) that he couldn't remove.
  
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• Minecraft ban reports investigated

  11-03-2015 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Minecraft owner Microsoft is investigating reports the Turkish government is preparing to ban the game, the BBC understands.
  
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• Redundancy can make you less trusting for a decade, study claims 

  11-03-2015 16:26 via
  
  The study was carried out by the University of Manchester. They found being made redundant (stock image shown) made people less willing to trust others, even many years later.
  
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• Is Vincent Van Gogh's Sunflowers at risk of fading away?

  11-03-2015 16:25 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Antwerp found that red lead pigment used by Vincent van Gogh has been fading as a rare lead-based mineral as formed in the paint and reacts with carbon dioxide in the air.
  
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• Sarah Brightman's gruelling training regime to become an astronaut revealed

  11-03-2015 16:16 via
  
  In one shot the singer is shown strapped into a harness, while in another the 54-year-old is filmed inside a hyperbaric chamber at the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Centre in Moscow.
  
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• Reusable paper Rocketbook lets you upload scribbles to the CLOUD using an app

  11-03-2015 16:05 via
  
  The creator of Rocketbook, from Cambridge Massachusetts, says musings written inside the notebook in pen can be uploaded to the cloud via an app using image recognition.
  
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• Cheap 'Apple Watch' copies on sale

  11-03-2015 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartwatches that mirror the Apple Watch's design and graphics are being sold via a site run by China's Alibaba.
  
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• What is war good for? Getting a DATE: Women are most attracted to military heroes, study claims

  11-03-2015 15:32 via
  
  A study by the University of Southampton says women prefer war heroes (stock image shown). They are also attracted to other heroic professions like being a fireman.
  
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• How much has Apple lost since iTunes has been down? Customers unable to purchase songs and apps may have cost the company millions

  11-03-2015 15:02 via
  
  Frustrated App Store and iTunes users have taken to Twitter to complain they are currently unable to download songs and apps from Apple's sites.
  
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• Not so lonely after all! Incredible NINE dwarf galaxies discovered orbiting the Milky Way - and they could be 99% dark matter

  11-03-2015 14:58 via
  
  University of Cambridge astronomers have found new nine dwarf galaxies in orbit around the Milky Way (composite image shown). They are the first to be discovered orbiting the Milky Way in a decade.
  
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• Vine films ISS orbit as it soars across the UK and Scandinavia

  11-03-2015 14:53 via
  
  ISS crew member Samantha Cristoforetti filmed the Vine from on board the ISS last night. The six-second loop shows the station orbiting over the UK and Scandinavia (shown).
  
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• Mystery of how chameleons change their colours solved

  11-03-2015 14:48 via
  
  Researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, said chameleons change colour using a lattice of microscopic crystals in skin cells called iridophores.
  
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• The Milky Way is 50% BIGGER than we thought

  11-03-2015 14:40 via
  
  Astronomers in New York have revised the size estimate for our galaxy. They now say the Milky Way (shown) is 150,000 light-years wide, not 100,000 light-years.
  
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