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• Archaeologists discover mummified pre-Inca BABY at historic site in Peru 

  20-03-2015 23:39 via
  
  These are the mummified remains of a pre-Inca baby that were discovered ahead of a new road building project by archaeologists on a barren hillside outside Peru's capital of Lima.
  
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• The $99 ringcam you can rent to capture your proposal

  20-03-2015 22:52 via
  
  The ringcam has a built in wide angle lens, and can simply be plugged into a computer to download the footage.
  
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• Why men REALLY prefer big bottoms: Scientists say evolution is key

  20-03-2015 22:35 via
  
  Texas experts found the 'theoretically optimal angle of lumbar curvature,' a 45.5 degree curve from back to buttocks, allowed ancestral women to better support, provide for, and carry out multiple pregnancies.
  
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• The $99 ringcam you can rent to capture your proposal: Jewelry box with built in hidden camera revealed

  20-03-2015 22:26 via
  
  The ringcam has a built in wide angle lens, and can simply be plugged into a computer to download the footage.
  
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• Apple reveals the secret fitness lab it has been using for TWO YEARS to develop watch

  20-03-2015 22:21 via
  
  ABC News was given access to Apple's hidden facility, revealing it is full of Apple employees wearing complex fitness monitoring masks and even have special hot and cold rooms.
  
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• Can Porsche drive up Blackberry sales with $2,000 luxury phone?

  20-03-2015 21:58 via
  
  The Porsche Design P'9983 Graphite smartphone from Canadian firm BlackBerry boasts a hand wrapped leather back and 'glass-like' keys.
  
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• Did easyJet flight from Manchester get the best view of the solar eclipse?

  20-03-2015 21:53 via
  
  Passengers on board easyJet flights to Iceland didn't need to worry about clouds blocking their view as they watched the first solar eclipse of the century take place from the sky this morning.
  
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• Apple set to bring apps to your TV with new set top box to be revealed in June

  20-03-2015 21:29 via
  
  The firm is planning to to unveil its new device at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, just weeks after dropping to price of its current box from $99 to $69.
  
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• Why men REALLY prefer big bottoms: Scientists say preference is down to evolution - and reveal the perfect rear has a 45.5 degree curve

  20-03-2015 21:09 via
  
  Texas experts found the 'theoretically optimal angle of lumbar curvature,' a 45.5 degree curve from back to buttocks, allowed ancestral women to better support, provide for, and carry out multiple pregnancies.
  
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• Google did skew its own results, FTC report claims

  20-03-2015 21:03 via
  
  The 160 page report, which was obtained by The Wall Street Journal in New York, suggests that Google's algorithms were biased and it was demoting competitors' services.
  
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• Apple reveals the secret fitness lab it has been using for TWO YEARS to develop its movement tracking watch

  20-03-2015 20:22 via
  
  ABC News was given access to Apple's hidden facility, revealing it is full of Apple employees wearing complex fitness monitoring masks and even have special hot and cold rooms.
  
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• Researcher reveals how your 'complex' password may be easy to crack

  20-03-2015 19:56 via
  
  Experts from hosting firm WP engine analysed 10 million passwords to reveal the top 50 most-used passwords as well as the top 10 colours, superheroes and verbs used for login details.
  
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• Did easyJet flight from Manchester get the best view of the eclipse? Pilot takes a detour to allow lucky passengers to grab these extraordinary images of the event

  20-03-2015 19:39 via
  
  This morning at around 8.24am the Moon began to move between us and the Sun, with the eclipse peaking at around 9.30am.
  
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• Can Porsche drive up Blackberry sales? Firms reveals $2,000 luxury phone made of 'hand wrapped leather'

  20-03-2015 19:28 via
  
  The Porsche Design P'9983 Graphite smartphone from Canadian firm BlackBerry boasts a hand wrapped leather back and 'glass-like' keys.
  
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• Meet Greedo the catfish: Ugly bug-eyed species named after Star Wars character

  20-03-2015 19:11 via
  
  Biologists from Auburn University named the new catfish Peckoltia greedio after the bounty hunter Greedo who appears in the Star Wars films. It has large dark eyes, a suckermouth and bristles.
  
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• Buy your own personal handheld flamethrower: Petrol-powered $699 XM42 shoots fire 25 feet - and it's LEGAL

  20-03-2015 18:51 via
  
  The flamethrower (shown) was designed by Cicinnati-based Ion Productions and fires a stream of flaming fuel up to 25ft (7.6 metres) from the nozzle. This can be used to clear snow or light bonfires.
  
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• Children who start school later are better performers, claims study - but they are also more likely to commit crime in their teens

  20-03-2015 18:51 via
  
  Researchers from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, claim their study is the first to ink dropping out of school, and crime (stock image).
  
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• Cloud cover over Britain means millions didn't get to see the solar eclipse

  20-03-2015 18:46 via
  
  This morning at around 8.24am the Moon began to move between us and the Sun, with the eclipse peaking at around 9.30am.
  
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• Apple set to bring apps to your TV with new set top box to be revealed in June - and it could even control your home

  20-03-2015 18:38 via
  
  The firm is planning to to unveil its new device at its annual World Wide Developers Conference in San Francisco, just weeks after dropping to price of its current box from $99 to $69.
  
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• McCann 'troll' suicide conclusion

  20-03-2015 18:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A coroner concludes McCann Twitter 'troll' Brenda Leyland killed herself.
  
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• Google DID skew its search results: Report reveals tech firm favoured its own services over its rivals

  20-03-2015 18:21 via
  
  The 160 page report, which was obtained by The Wall Street Journal in New York, suggests that Google's algorithms were biased and it was demoting competitors' services.
  
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• Mars One is not a scam and we WILL go to the red planet, CEO Bas Lansdorp insists

  20-03-2015 18:20 via
  
  CEO of Dutch company has responded to criticism of Mars One. Bas Lansdorp (pictured) said claims people paid their way in were not true and they would go to the red planet.
  
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• Is YOUR password 'adgjmptw'? Researcher reveals how your 'complex' log in details may be easier to crack than first thought

  20-03-2015 17:55 via
  
  Experts from hosting firm WP engine analysed 10 million passwords to reveal the top 50 most-used passwords as well as the top 10 colours, superheroes and verbs used for login details.
  
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• Sinkholes threaten banks of Dead Sea: Thousands of pits open up as salt lake dries up due to overuse of water

  20-03-2015 17:41 via
  
  Environmental campaigns estimate that around 3,000 sinkholes have appeared along the Dead Sea on the border of Israel and Jordan as the salt lake evaporates by four feet every year.
  
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• Scores charged in paedophile inquiry

  20-03-2015 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 260 people are charged with offences following a National Crime Agency operation targeting suspected paedophiles.
  
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• Rosetta's comet is spinning down

  20-03-2015 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comet being observed by Europe's Rosetta satellite is very gradually spinning down, most probably because its jets of gas and dust are acting like braking thrusters.
  
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• Pebble 'smartstrap' turns the Time watch into a PHONE

  20-03-2015 16:16 via
  
  The Californian watchmaker has published 3D printing files to encourage designers to build their own 'smartstraps'. An example strap is Spark.io's 'cellular kit' (shown).
  
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• Music videos make teens believe their peers are more sexually active than they are

  20-03-2015 16:06 via
  
  Researchers from Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium found that watching sexual music videos made boys more sexually active and more likely to watch more of the shows.
  
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• Not just a solar eclipse! Today sees THREE astronomical phenomena take place as the supermoon and spring equinox align

  20-03-2015 15:11 via
  
  While people in the UK were treated to an eclipse, other events took place. Today marks the spring equinox, when day and night is roughly equal, and a supermoon (shown).
  
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• UC Berkeley engineers reveal technique for folding clothes perfectly

  20-03-2015 15:11 via
  
  Engineers at the University of California Berkeley assessed folding techniques as part of their research to develop a robot that can do domestic chores and sort the laundry.
  
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• Music TV linked to rise in teenage sex - and the videos make teens believe their peers are more sexually active than they are

  20-03-2015 15:10 via
  
  Researchers from Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium found that watching sexual music videos made boys more sexually active and more likely to watch more of the shows.
  
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• The Bios Urn turns ashes of loved ones into plants

  20-03-2015 14:50 via
  
  The Bios Urn (pictured) has been developed by Barcelona-based estudimoline. Relatives can choose which tree they want including pine, gingko, maple, oak and ash.
  
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• 'What a show!': Scientists in Svalbard begin to pore through solar eclipse data to solve the mystery of the sun's corona

  20-03-2015 14:35 via
  
  A team of scientists travelled to Svalbard (pictured) to observe the solar eclipse. Using an array of instruments they studied the sun's corona to work out why it is so much hotter than the surface.
  
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• VIDEO: Eclipse images captured on camera

  20-03-2015 14:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of people watched the solar eclipse across the UK and northern Europe.
  
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• Possible fatty acid detected on Mars

  20-03-2015 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fatty acid might be among organic molecules discovered on Mars by Nasa's Curiosity rover.
  
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• The science of FOLDING CLOTHES: Robotics engineers reveal technique for packing garments into neat squares

  20-03-2015 14:06 via
  
  Engineers at the University of California Berkeley assessed folding techniques as part of their research to develop a robot that can do domestic chores and sort the laundry.
  
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• Did YOU feel an eerie wind during the solar eclipse?

  20-03-2015 13:33 via
  
  Partial solar eclipse was accompanied by 'eerie' change in the wind according to some reports, although most people in Britain found their view obscured by cloudy skies.
  
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• Google thwarts legal threat in US

  20-03-2015 13:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google narrowly escaped being prosecuted by the US government in 2012 over its dominance of the search market, reports the Wall Street Journal.
  
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• What were the mystery black spots seen during the solar eclipse?

  20-03-2015 13:27 via
  
  People in the UK were treated to a partial solar eclipse this morning. But several observers spotted some strange black dots on the sun (shown). These were sunspots, caused by magnetic fields.
  
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• How did YOUR pets respond to the eclipse?

  20-03-2015 13:25 via
  
  Twitter users across the UK said that birds fell silent during the eclipse this morning and that some pets started howling and behaved strangely in the dimmed light.
  
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• Now THAT'S the tree of life! Biodegradable urns turn ashes of loved ones into plants

  20-03-2015 13:17 via
  
  The Bios Urn (pictured) has been developed by Barcelona-based estudimoline. Relatives can choose which tree they want including pine, gingko, maple, oak and ash.
  
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• Still fancy those sausages? Moritz the pig completes a jigsaw puzzle all by himself

  20-03-2015 13:03 via
  
  Moritz the pig in Berlin, Germany has solved a complex puzzle. The pig did it without any help from a human. In a video (shown) the pig puts coloured shapes into a wooden block.
  
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• Facebook hoax suicide ends in arrest

  20-03-2015 12:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man who posted a fake suicide threat on Facebook ends up being arrested and put in a psychiatric institution for nearly three days.
  
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• Moritz the pig solves puzzle suggesting they're more intelligent that we thought

  20-03-2015 12:47 via
  
  Moritz the pig in Berlin, Germany has solved a complex puzzle. The pig did it without any help from a human. In a video (shown) the pig puts coloured shapes into a wooden block.
  
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• Elephant rib shows early signs of prehistoric BUTCHERY: Animal residue found on ancient tools unearthed in Israel

  20-03-2015 12:35 via
  
  The remains (shown) were discovered in Revadim, Israel. The researchers said the handaxe was prehistoric man's 'Swiss army knife' capable of cutting and breaking down bone and tough sinew.
  
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• VIDEO: Charles: US must lead on environment

  20-03-2015 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Prince of Wales has urged the United States to show stronger leadership on the protection of the environment, as Nicholas Witchell reports.
  
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• Did YOU feel an eerie wind during the solar eclipse? Onlookers report wind dropping and birds falling silent

  20-03-2015 12:17 via
  
  Partial solar eclipse was accompanied by 'eerie' change in the wind according to some reports, although most people in Britain found their view obscured by cloudy skies.
  
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• Ceres: Possible plume hints at active world

  20-03-2015 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Crunch time for theories on Ceres
  
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• What were the mystery black spots seen during the solar eclipse? Observers see sunspots as Europe is treated to rare phenomenon

  20-03-2015 12:14 via
  
  People in the UK were treated to a partial solar eclipse this morning. But several observers spotted some strange black dots on the sun (shown). These were sunspots, caused by magnetic fields.
  
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• How did YOUR pets respond to the eclipse? Birds fell silent and cats 'went nuts' but all was quiet at London Zoo

  20-03-2015 12:01 via
  
  Twitter users across the UK said that birds fell silent during the eclipse this morning and that some pets started howling and behaved strangely in the dimmed light.
  
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