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• SpaceX scrubs launch that could change the way we get to space: Mission to land rocket on a barge delayed by weather

  13-04-2015 23:18 via
  
  Liftoff of the 208ft (63 metre) tall Falcon 9 rocket was scheduled for 4:33pm EDT/2033GMT fromFlorida. Low clouds and oncoming showers have now delayed the attempt until tomorrow.
  
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• Researchers to drill below the Chicxulub crater in Mexico to find out if asteroid killed off dinosaurs

  13-04-2015 23:18 via
  
  Texas researchers plan to drill 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface of the Chicxulub crater in Mexico to try and answer the question of how the dinosaurs died out.
  
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• Apple Watch sells a million in a day

  13-04-2015 22:19 via
  
  An estimated 957,000 American shoppers ordered Apple Watches on Friday, a Silicon Valley tracking firm has claimed.
  
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• The best map of dark matter EVER: High-definition diagram reveals clumps of the mystery particles - and could explain how galaxies form 

  13-04-2015 22:00 via
  
  University of Manchester researchers have revealed an HD dark matter map (shown). It shows clumps of mystery particles across 0.4 per cent of the sky. The goal is to eventually map 12.5 per cent.
  
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• Researchers to drill 5,000 feet below the surface of the Chicxulub crater in Mexico to bid to find out if massive asteroid killed off the dinosaurs

  13-04-2015 21:57 via
  
  Texas researchers plan to drill 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface of the Chicxulub crater in Mexico to try and answer the question of how the dinosaurs died out.
  
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• Mystery of 'alien' flashes deepens: Infrared images of Ceres suggest two bright spots on the dwarf plant have different origins

  13-04-2015 21:56 via
  
  The images were revealed by Houston-based Nasa as part of the first colour map of Ceres, showing variations in surface materials, and revealing the diverse processes that helped shape it.
  
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• Dark matter map yields first results

  13-04-2015 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A huge effort to make a map of dark matter, the invisible stuff holding galaxies in place across the cosmos, releases its first batch of results.
  
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• Turing's notebook sells for $1m

  13-04-2015 20:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 56-page scientific notebook compiled by World War Two Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing sells for $1m at a New York auction.
  
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• The maths problem set for Singapore teenagers that has left people across the world stumped 

  13-04-2015 20:43 via
  
  A maths problem set for 14-year-olds in Singapore has gone viral as people were baffled by the logical reasoning question, set in the Singapore and Asian Schools Maths Olympiads.
  
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• SpaceX capsule set to blast off to ISS with the first space espresso machine - and hopes its rocket with land itself on a barge

  13-04-2015 20:43 via
  
  Liftoff of the 208ft (63 metre) tall Falcon 9 rocket is scheduled for 4:33pm EDT/2033GMT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. Nasa says there is a 60 per cent chance it will take off.
  
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• Apple Watch sells a million in a day: US buyers flocked to the watch as Apple ramps up production of its smart timepiece

  13-04-2015 20:43 via
  
  An estimated 957,000 American shoppers ordered Apple Watches on Friday, a Silicon Valley tracking firm has claimed.
  
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• Giving humans a helping hand: Heavy-lifting robot works alongside factory workers by tracking their movements

  13-04-2015 20:42 via
  
  The robot, (pictured) engineered by a company in Coventry, uses vision technology called iRVision to keep an eye on humans and automatically stopsif it touches a flesh-and-blood operator.
  
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• From Titanic to Apple TV, the moments PREDICTED decades before they occurred

  13-04-2015 20:33 via
  
  The list was compiled by futurist and author Byron Reese to celebrate the launch of his new website iForetold. It also includes predictions about the internet, Great Fire of London, and credit cards.
  
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• Man cracks open huge chicken egg to find ANOTHER INSIDE

  13-04-2015 20:15 via
  
  US YouTube user Elman511 cracked open the over-sized egg (pictured left) that was laid by one of his hens, exclaiming: ‘The big egg has another normal egg in it!’
  
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• Exoplanet HD 189733b has temperature of 5,400°F with gusts of 620mph

  13-04-2015 20:15 via
  
  Swiss researchers measured the temperature of 'Hot Jupiter' HD 189733b (artist's illustration shown). They found the temperature reaches up to 3,000°C in the atmosphere.
  
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• Is email killing off the art of conversation? Most messages replies contain just five words finds biggest ever study of email

  13-04-2015 20:12 via
  
  Study by Yahoo Labs and the University of Southern California studied 16 billion emails sent by two million users over the course of several months and found our email habits fit into distinct patterns.
  
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• Google's next project? Boosting your battery life: Tech giant sets up 'secret' lab to focus on getting more from your gadgets

  13-04-2015 20:06 via
  
  Reports claim the Californian firm is the latest to set up a team dedicated to boosting how long phones, tablets and electric cars can run for, lead by battery expert Dr. Ramesh Bhardwaj.
  
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• Nasa's GoPro footage taken by astronauts on International Space Station walk revealed

  13-04-2015 19:48 via
  
  Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts captured incredible images of earth from 250 miles away while carrying out maintenance work on the International Space Station
  
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• Maps reveal which countries have the most endangered mammals

  13-04-2015 19:48 via
  
  London-based The Eco Experts created the maps using World Bank's World Development Indicator for deforestation and biodiversity. Sumatran tigers endangered in Indonesia are pictured.
  
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• Evidence of liquid water on Mars

  13-04-2015 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Curiosity rover has found that water can exist as a liquid near the Martian surface.
  
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• Hot and windy on HD 189733b! Exoplanet has temperature of 5,400°F with gusts of 620mph

  13-04-2015 18:54 via
  
  Swiss researchers measured the temperature of 'Hot Jupiter' HD 189733b (artist's illustration shown). They found the temperature reaches up to 3,000°C in the atmosphere.
  
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• Has nasa found proof of liquid water on Mars? Red planet may still have water 'close to the surface' Curiosity rover finds

  13-04-2015 18:54 via
  
  Dutch researcher analysed data from Nasa's Mars rover Curiosity, and found a type of salt on the surface - and say it could mean there is liquid water 'close to the surface'at some times of the year.
  
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• Eggstraordinary! Video shows man cracking open a giant chicken egg only to find ANOTHER INSIDE

  13-04-2015 18:28 via
  
  US YouTube user Elman511 cracked open the over-sized egg (pictured left) that was laid by one of his hens, exclaiming: ‘The big egg has another normal egg in it!’
  
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• Animals on the brink of extinction: World maps reveal the countries with the most endangered mammals

  13-04-2015 18:28 via
  
  London-based The Eco Experts created the maps using World Bank's World Development Indicator for deforestation and biodiversity. Sumatran tigers endangered in Indonesia are pictured.
  
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• Price of '.sucks' investigated

  13-04-2015 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The authority that decides which letters a web address is allowed to finish with is concerned at the high charges for the new '.sucks' name.
  
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• VIDEO: Japan's green pledge falls short

  13-04-2015 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan is offering to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 20% by 2030 - falling short of its earlier Kyoto Agreement pledge.
  
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• Nasa release stunning GoPro footage taken by astronauts on walk of International Space Station

  13-04-2015 17:37 via
  
  Astronauts Barry Wilmore and Terry Virts captured incredible images of earth from 250 miles away while carrying out maintenance work on the International Space Station
  
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• Are burgers bad for your child's BRAIN? High fat diet dulls their working memory and slows reaction times, study claims

  13-04-2015 17:04 via
  
  University of Illinois researchers gave 150 children a pattern game designed to test cognitive flexibility, and found that those who ate fatty food had slower reaction times.
  
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• Warmer seas 'will change British diet'

  13-04-2015 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warming seas will push traditional fish and chips off the British menu, a study suggests.
  
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• Warmer seas 'may change fish menus'

  13-04-2015 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warming seas will push traditional fish and chips off the British menu, a study suggests.
  
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• 'Rainbow' dunes from space cast across the Saharan sands

  13-04-2015 16:31 via
  
  The image was taken by Nasa's Landsat 7 satellite. Its shows 'ribbons' of sand and patterned stripes in an area known as the Erg Chech, a desolate sand sea in southwestern Algeria.
  
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• Mass dolphin stranding in Japan triggers earthquake fears

  13-04-2015 16:31 via
  
  Japanese officials have attempted to dismiss rumours of an impending earthquake as 'unscientific' and experts believe the whales may have suffered an infection or were avoiding a predator.
  
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• 'Rainbow' dunes captured from space: Stunning stripes of light and shadow seen cast across the Saharan sands

  13-04-2015 16:13 via
  
  The image was taken by Nasa's Landsat 7 satellite. Its shows 'ribbons' of sand and patterned stripes in an area known as the Erg Chech, a desolate sand sea in southwestern Algeria.
  
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• Dwarf Ceres captured in colour

  13-04-2015 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US space agency's Dawn mission to Ceres has released its first colour map of the dwarf planet.
  
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• Mass dolphin stranding triggers earthquake fears: Mystery as 160 melon-headed whales wash up on Japanese beaches

  13-04-2015 15:29 via
  
  Japanese officials have attempted to dismiss rumours of an impending earthquake as 'unscientific' and experts believe the whales may have suffered an infection or were avoiding a predator.
  
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• Ancient grave of noblewoman suggests her 'lover' was sacrificed

  13-04-2015 15:04 via
  
  Two skeletons were discovered to be lying on top of one another in a tomb dating to the 5th century, in Hwangnam-dong, a neighbourhood of Gyeongju City in South Korea.
  
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• Spoiler alert! Or how to avoid them

  13-04-2015 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With the latest Game of Thrones episodes online before broadcast, here's a few tips if you don't want to know what happens next.
  
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• Podcast 'patent troll' faces setback

  13-04-2015 14:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crowd-funded campaign claims victory after patent authorities invalidate rights granted to a company that sought payments from podcasters.
  
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• Tomb of a noblewoman and her 'lover' unearthed: Ancient grave hints that man was sacrificed so they could lie together for eternity

  13-04-2015 14:39 via
  
  Two skeletons were discovered to be lying on top of one another in a tomb dating to the 5th century, in Hwangnam-dong, a neighbourhood of Gyeongju City in South Korea.
  
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• I'm Up Alarm app rings until you scan a barcode in another room

  13-04-2015 14:39 via
  
  New York based app developer Michael Smagon claims the I'm Up Alarm will help those who struggle to get out of the bed in the morning by sounding an alarm until they scan a QR code.
  
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• Scientists design lotus leaf-inspired packaging that repels liquids

  13-04-2015 13:55 via
  
  Called Toyal Lotus (right), the technology is inspired by lotus leaves. German maker Toyo Aluminium has teamed up with Japan's Morinaga Milk Industry to bring it to consumers.
  
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• Paleontologists identify differences in dinosaur male and female tail bones

  13-04-2015 13:55 via
  
  Palaeontologists from the University of Alberta studied a fossil of two oviraptors (pictured), which was discovered in Mongolia, to work out that males seen to have longer 'chevron' bones.
  
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• Are spy satellites being disguised as SPACE JUNK?

  13-04-2015 13:55 via
  
  The claim was made by the commander of Russian Space Command. Oleg Maidanovich said someone was hiding satellites as space junk (artist's illustration of a satellite shown).
  
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• New macaque species discovered after scientists notice unusual shape of its penis

  13-04-2015 13:33 via
  
  Chinese scientists discovered the new species of macaque living in the remote highland forests of Medog in south east Tibet, but warn it is already threatened by illegal hunting.
  
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• Winston Churchill's secret war lab contained aircraft carrier made from ICE

  13-04-2015 13:07 via
  
  In World War Two, a top-secret weapons lap called 'Churchill's Toyshop' operated initially out of London to develop weapons to beat the Nazis, including an aircraft made of ice (shown).
  
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• 'Romeo and Juliet' fossils reveal dinosaur sex: Paleontologists identify differences in male and female tail bones

  13-04-2015 13:07 via
  
  Palaeontologists from the University of Alberta studied a fossil of two oviraptors (pictured), which was discovered in Mongolia, to work out that males seen to have longer 'chevron' bones.
  
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• Never lick the yoghurt lid again! Scientists design lotus leaf-inspired packaging that repels liquids

  13-04-2015 13:07 via
  
  Called Toyal Lotus (right), the technology is inspired by lotus leaves. German maker Toyo Aluminium has teamed up with Japan's Morinaga Milk Industry to bring it to consumers.
  
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• Are spy satellites being disguised as SPACE JUNK? Russian official makes bold claim - but won't say who is behind it

  13-04-2015 13:07 via
  
  The claim was made by the commander of Russian Space Command. Oleg Maidanovich said someone was hiding satellites as space junk (artist's illustration of a satellite shown).
  
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• New monkey species discovered after scientists notice unusual shape of its penis

  13-04-2015 12:40 via
  
  Chinese scientists discovered the new species of macaque living in the remote highland forests of Medog in south east Tibet, but warn it is already threatened by illegal hunting.
  
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• From the sinking of the Titanic to the launch of Apple TV: The historic moments that were PREDICTED decades before they occurred

  13-04-2015 12:40 via
  
  The list was compiled by futurist and author Byron Reese to celebrate the launch of his new website iForetold. It also includes predictions about the internet, Great Fire of London, and credit cards.
  
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