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• Your friends are probably more popular than you - especially if you're an extrovert, claims study

  06-04-2015 23:39 via
  
  Researchers at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire say this is because outgoing people connect more often with fellow extroverts, their networks are more heavily weighted with extroverts.
  
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• Free apps can kill your battery, boost your bill and fill your phone

  06-04-2015 23:39 via
  
  The USC researchers found that free apps drain your phone's battery faster, cause it to run slower and use more data.
  
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• How white skin evolved in Europeans: Pale complexions only spread in the region 8,000 years ago, study claims

  06-04-2015 23:19 via
  
  A study by Harvard University in Massachusetts found Europeans looked dramatically different to many of the fair skinned populations that live there today.
  
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• Diet enemy 'voice' that tells you to keep eating found by scientists

  06-04-2015 23:19 via
  
  The research, led by the University of Michigan, focused on POMC neurons, which are a structure called the hypothalamus, that send and receive signals to regulate appetite.
  
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• How white skin evolved in Europeans: Pale complexions only developed in the region 8,000 years ago, study claims

  06-04-2015 22:36 via
  
  A study by Harvard University in Massachusetts found Europeans looked dramatically different to many of the fair skinned populations that live there today.
  
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• A dieter's worst enemy: Scientists find 'voice' in the brain that tells you to keep eating - and they could someday silence it

  06-04-2015 22:36 via
  
  The research, led by the University of Michigan, focused on POMC neurons, which are a structure called the hypothalamus, that send and receive signals to regulate appetite.
  
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• Will 'golden' California turn brown?

  06-04-2015 21:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How will California enforce its strict water rules?
  
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• Google X founder says soon our personalities will be shared online

  06-04-2015 21:18 via
  
  Computers may soon be able to transmit the complexities of human personalities, the Stanford professor who originally set up Google's X laboratory has claimed.
  
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• Turkey lifts Twitter block for image

  06-04-2015 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media restrictions are lifted in Turkey as sites comply with a court order to stop sharing images of a prosecutor being held at gunpoint.
  
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• Is this evidence of alien life near Earth? Controversial scientist says he has found organisms 25 miles above the planet

  06-04-2015 20:54 via
  
  The radical claims was made by Dr Milton Wainwright from Sheffield University, who claims the organisms test positive for DNA, and may have been sent by alien beings to seed life on Earth.
  
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• Founder of Google's secret lab predicts we will be able to share our PERSONALITIES online 

  06-04-2015 20:54 via
  
  Computers may soon be able to transmit the complexities of human personalities, the Stanford professor who originally set up Google's X laboratory has claimed.
  
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• Egyptian jewellery and pottery recovered from looted tomb in Israel

  06-04-2015 19:38 via
  
  A collection of 3,000-year-old items (pictured) have been recovered by archaeologists from an underground cave near Kibbutz Lahav in Israel.
  
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• Phone battery that charges in 1 minute created at Stanford University

  06-04-2015 19:15 via
  
  The aluminium battery (pictured) was created at Stanford University. It is said to be the first high-performance aluminium battery that is 'fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive'.
  
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• Children concentrate better by shutting down parts of the brain they don't need

  06-04-2015 19:15 via
  
  Researchers from the University of California measured blood flow in the brain of participants and found those with a lower level of activity in areas such as the frontal cortex learned the fastest.
  
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• Egyptian jewellery and pottery recovered from looted tomb: 3,000-year-old artefacts were overlooked by hapless thieves

  06-04-2015 18:24 via
  
  A collection of 3,000-year-old items (pictured) have been recovered by archaeologists from an underground cave near Kibbutz Lahav in Israel.
  
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• Aliens may be the size of POLAR BEARS: Formula calculates extraterrestrials have a mass of 650lbs (if they exist, of course)

  06-04-2015 18:24 via
  
  A cosmologist at the University of Barcelona Institute of Cosmos Science believes aliens (stock image) may be larger than humans and could live on a planet with lower population densities.
  
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• VIDEO: Fumes in world's filthiest city, Delhi

  06-04-2015 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Sanjoy Majumder reports from Delhi, considered by the World Health Organization to be the most polluted city in the world last year.
  
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• Why aliens may be the size of POLAR BEARS: Formula calculates the mass of extraterrestrials to be more than 650lbs (if they exist, of course)

  06-04-2015 17:35 via
  
  A cosmologist at the University of Barcelona Institute of Cosmos Science believes aliens (stock image) may be larger than humans and could live on a planet with lower population densities.
  
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• Want to learn a new skill? Think like a child: Young people concentrate better by shutting down parts of the brain they don't need

  06-04-2015 17:35 via
  
  Researchers from the University of California measured blood flow in the brain of participants and found those with a lower level of activity in areas such as the frontal cortex learned the fastest.
  
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• Phones could soon be charged in less than a MINUTE: Experts build superfast and flexible power pack out of aluminium

  06-04-2015 17:35 via
  
  The aluminium battery (pictured) was created at Stanford University. It is said to be the first high-performance aluminium battery that is 'fast-charging, long-lasting and inexpensive'.
  
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• Google plans to let you use your phone abroad for FREE

  06-04-2015 16:47 via
  
  The tech giant is said to be in talks with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa to let users make calls and send texts in any country at no extra cost, similar to Three's Feel at Home scheme.
  
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• How emotions transform mundane events into strong memories

  06-04-2015 16:24 via
  
  Psychologists at New York University have been trying to gain an understanding about how the brain stores memories for emotionally neutral events that gain significance through subsequent experience.
  
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• Google plans to let you use your phone abroad for FREE: Tech giant is in talks with Three to help abolish roaming costs

  06-04-2015 16:24 via
  
  The tech giant is said to be in talks with Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa to let users make calls and send texts in any country at no extra cost, similar to Three's Feel at Home scheme.
  
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• macro photographs capture the the details of butterfly wings

  06-04-2015 15:23 via
  
  The stunning photos (sunset moth shown) were taken by 51-year-old Linden Gledhill from Staffordshire. He used a trinocular-reflecting light microscope with a Canon EOS 5D mark II on the top.
  
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• Want to boost your memory? Think about how an event made you FEEL: Recalling everyday information is easier when linked to an emotion

  06-04-2015 15:12 via
  
  Psychologists at New York University have been trying to gain an understanding about how the brain stores memories for emotionally neutral events that gain significance through subsequent experience.
  
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• Africa is the lightning capital of the world, according to a detailed Nasa map

  06-04-2015 15:12 via
  
  A Nasa map (shown) has revealed which parts of the world experience the most flashes of lightning ever year - with the Democratic Republic of Congo topping the list.
  
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• Turn your phone into a Game Boy with a Hyperkin case

  06-04-2015 14:49 via
  
  The attachment (pictured) was originally devised as part of an April Fool's joke by the LA-based video game developer Hyperkin, but it has now announced it is making the case a reality.
  
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• Rainforests are being destroyed but the Earth is getting GREENER

  06-04-2015 14:49 via
  
  The world's vegetation has expanded despite the destruction of rainforests (stock image) thanks to tree-planting in China, forest regrowth in former Soviet states and more lush savannas.
  
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• Wake 'personal sunrise' alarm uses beams of light and sound to wake you up

  06-04-2015 14:26 via
  
  The Wakē alarm (pictured) is the invention of a firm in Los Angeles, California, which and creates a ‘personal sunrise’ and emits focused ultrasonic waves to wake up each person in bed individually.
  
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• Take a guided tour of the Apple Watch

  06-04-2015 14:26 via
  
  The first four videos have been released on the Californian firm's site including an introduction to the main features, plus how to use the Messages app, customise the face,and use digital touch.
  
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• VIDEO: Mother's sorrow at Facebook lockout

  06-04-2015 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We know who owns the photos, messages etc that we used to store in photo albums and paper diaries, but what happens to content posted online when someone passed away?
  
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• Shocking! Africa is the lightning capital of the world, according to a detailed Nasa map from 1995 to 2013

  06-04-2015 14:00 via
  
  A Nasa map (shown) has revealed which parts of the world experience the most flashes of lightning ever year - with the Democratic Republic of Congo topping the list.
  
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• 'Pocket-sized' Greenstone lets you message friends WITHOUT a signal

  06-04-2015 14:00 via
  
  Called Greenstone, it was designed by San Francisco-based Open Garden. It acts like a beacon or a booster to help messages move around so-called wireless mesh networks.
  
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• Turn your phone into a Game Boy: Hyperkin case adds Nintendo's iconic controls to your handset - and lets you play old games

  06-04-2015 13:12 via
  
  The attachment (pictured) was originally devised as part of an April Fool's joke by the LA-based video game developer Hyperkin, but it has now announced it is making the case a reality.
  
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• Rainforests are being destroyed by the Earth is getting GREENER: Researchers reveal huge expansion in world's trees

  06-04-2015 12:49 via
  
  The world's vegetation has expanded, driven by expanded forests in China (pictured) adding nearly 4 billion tonnes of carbon to plants above ground in the decade since 2003, Australian researchers say.
  
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• Google Gmail hit by software glitch

  06-04-2015 12:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gmail users around the world see errors and safety warnings after Google forgets to update a key part of the messaging software.
  
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• Never get woken up by your partner's alarm again! 'Personal sunrise' clock uses beams of light and sound to rouse couples one at a time

  06-04-2015 12:03 via
  
  The Wakē alarm (pictured) is the invention of a firm in Los Angeles, California, which and creates a ‘personal sunrise’ and emits focused ultrasonic waves to wake up each person in bed individually.
  
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• Agro-hacked food at smart allotment

  06-04-2015 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can tech deliver a bumper crop on Click TV's smart allotment?
  
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• Take a guided tour of the Apple Watch: Videos reveal how to use the apps, crown and digital touch

  06-04-2015 11:17 via
  
  The first four videos have been released on the Californian firm's site including an introduction to the main features, plus how to use the Messages app, customise the face,and use digital touch.
  
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• Arachnophobia evolved from cavemen when spiders were much more poisonous

  06-04-2015 11:17 via
  
  Dating back hundreds of thousands of years, the instinct to avoid arachnids developed as an evolutionary response to a dangerous threat, academics have suggested.
  
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• 'Revenge porn' site owner jailed

  06-04-2015 11:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The operator of a 'revenge porn' website has been sentenced to 18 years in jail in America.
  
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• Pocket-sized 'chatroom' lets you message friends even if you don't have signal: Greenstone creates offline networks

  06-04-2015 11:04 via
  
  Called Greenstone, it was designed by San Francisco-based Open Garden. It acts like a beacon or a booster to help messages move around so-called wireless mesh networks.
  
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• Are you a GENIUS? Find out with a few of the most fiendish brain-teasers ever 

  06-04-2015 07:32 via
  
  A book designed to discover clever people in the 1930s has been republished and is full of tricky questions and brain-teasers. The answers can be found at the bottom of the page.
  
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• Scared of spiders? That's so primitive: Urge to flee is part of deep-rooted instinct evolved from cavemen when creatures were much more poisonous

  06-04-2015 03:02 via
  
  Dating back hundreds of thousands of years, the instinct to avoid arachnids developed as an evolutionary response to a dangerous threat, academics have suggested.
  
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• VIDEO: Could tech help save the bee?

  06-04-2015 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech which could help to unlock the secrets of the hive.
  
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