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• Never be alone in a picture again: Selfie ARM make it look as if you're holding hands in pictures

  28-04-2015 23:56 via
  
  Created by New Mexico artists Aric Snee and Justin Crowe,the pair say it offers a far better experience than using a straight stick.
  
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• Fire breaks out near Chernobyl plant

  28-04-2015 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firefighters battle blaze in woods near Ukraine's disused Chernobyl nuclear plant, the site of the worst nuclear disaster in history.
  
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• From a zebrafish's inner ear to crystals forming in caffeine: Nikon reveals the winners of its 'World in Motion' contest

  28-04-2015 23:40 via
  
  First place went to a video created by the Center for Genomic Regulation in Barcelona which shows microscopic footage of how fish sense water movement using their 'inner ear'.
  
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• Tech firm uses pole dancing ROBOTS to attract people in Shoreditch

  28-04-2015 23:23 via
  
  The dancers are made out of old car parts and were designed by British artist Giles Walker, with their moves controlled by a computer. There are on show in London as part of a technology event.
  
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• Twitter stock tumbles after earnings come out early

  28-04-2015 22:49 via
  
  The San Francisco social media company which was scheduled to report its results after the market closed on Tuesday has now officially released the earnings.
  
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• Forget booth babes: Tech firm uses pole dancing ROBOTS to attract people

  28-04-2015 22:49 via
  
  The dancers are made out of old car parts and were designed by British artist Giles Walker, with their moves controlled by a computer. There are on show in London as part of a technology event.
  
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• Robot swarm surrounds car and works in unison to move it

  28-04-2015 22:10 via
  
  The swarm of robots, collectively called Avert, are the creation of a European consortium led by the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece.
  
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• Watch the creepy robot swarm that can move a CAR: Tiny machines surround wheels and work in unison to lift vehicles

  28-04-2015 21:44 via
  
  The swarm of robots, collectively called Avert, are the creation of a European consortium led by the Democritus University of Thrace in Greece.
  
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• Russian space agency races to fix out of control spacecraft M-27M

  28-04-2015 21:26 via
  
  Progress M-27M appears to have suffered a series of telemetry problem moments after launch at 3:09 a.m. EDT (07:09 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  
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• US Army tests self guided 'smart bullets' that grant perfect accuracy

  28-04-2015 21:18 via
  
  The bullets have a real-time guidance system to track target, and can change their course if needed. they are being tested at an Arlington military research facility.
  
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• Unlock your phone with your EAR with sensor that turns body parts into biometric password

  28-04-2015 21:00 via
  
  Researchers at Yahoo Labs in California have created a sensor that can recognise the shape of your ear or any other body part you want to access your device (shown).
  
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• Network of salty lakes found under Antarctica may shed light on climate change

  28-04-2015 20:35 via
  
  Scientists led by the University of Tennessee detected the subsurface by using a hoop-like electromagnetic sensor suspended beneath a helicopter to map the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
  
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• Future technology uses sight, sound, smell, touch and tastes to toy with your emotions

  28-04-2015 20:26 via
  
  Researchers at the University of Sussex have found it is possible to trigger emotions in people by using air to caress their hands in different ways (pictured) and now hope to exploit smell and taste.
  
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• Pooper snoopers do CSI: Dog wardens to use DNA tests on dropping to track owners who don't pick up after their pets

  28-04-2015 20:21 via
  
  The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham wants dog owners to submit a DNA sample from the inside of the animal which can then be used to track and fine those who don't clean up after them.
  
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• Watch the U.S. Army test self guided 'smart bullets' they say could let ANYONE hit a moving target with perfect accuracy

  28-04-2015 19:35 via
  
  The bullets have a real-time guidance system to track target, and can change their course if needed. they are being tested at an Arlington military research facility.
  
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• Watch a twisting solar flux on the sun: Stunning video reveals winding 'rope' of magnetic field causing a flare

  28-04-2015 19:35 via
  
  Research led by a scientist at the New Jersey Institute of Technology has revealed the first high-resolution footage of a solar flux 'rope' (shown) taking shape on the sun.
  
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• Unlock your phone with your EAR: Sensor turns any body part into a biometric password

  28-04-2015 19:35 via
  
  Researchers at Yahoo Labs in California have created a sensor that can recognise the shape of your ear or any other body part you want to access your device (shown).
  
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• Russian space agency races to fix out of control spacecraft

  28-04-2015 19:35 via
  
  Progress M-27M appears to have suffered a series of telemetry problem moments after launch at 3:09 a.m. EDT (07:09 GMT) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
  
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• Solar Corona mystery of superhot 'nanoflare explosions' solved

  28-04-2015 19:18 via
  
  Scientists in Indiana have revealed a new theory for the solar corona mystery.
  Millions of mini explosions called nanoflares are taking place on the sun (shown) every second and heating it.
  
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• What lies beneath: Network of salty lakes found under Antarctica may shed light on climate change - and even life on Mars

  28-04-2015 18:31 via
  
  Scientists led by the University of Tennessee detected the subsurface by using a hoop-like electromagnetic sensor suspended beneath a helicopter to map the McMurdo Dry Valleys.
  
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• Forget 3D, the future of TV is 9D: Technology uses sight, sound, smell, touch and five tastes to toy with your emotions

  28-04-2015 18:31 via
  
  Researchers at the University of Sussex have found it is possible to trigger emotions in people by using air to caress their hands in different ways (pictured) and now hope to exploit smell and taste.
  
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• Solar corona mystery SOLVED: Millions of superhot 'nanoflare explosions' occur on the sun every second

  28-04-2015 18:30 via
  
  Scientists in Indiana have revealed a new theory for the solar corona mystery.
  Millions of mini explosions called nanoflares are taking place on the sun (shown) every second and heating it.
  
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• Landslide fears after Nepal quakes

  28-04-2015 17:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Nepal earthquake and its aftershocks have probably triggered many landslides, scientists warn.
  
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• Watch a battery EXPLODE and release jets of molten liquid into the air: Thermal images capture what happens when a cell overheats

  28-04-2015 17:14 via
  
  Researchers from University College London subjected two commercial Li-ion batteries to external heat and used thermal imaging (pictured) to observe the internal structure.
  
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• Forget passwords! Now there's a CARD that unlocks your phone

  28-04-2015 17:14 via
  
  The credit card-sized gadget called the Salt card (pictured), also locks devices as soon as a user moves out of range at a distance of 10ft (three metres), according to its Chicago-based creators.
  
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• Amazon: 1% of trees store 50% carbon

  28-04-2015 17:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 1% of all the tree species in the Amazon rainforest account for half of the carbon locked in the region, a study estimates.
  
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• Vatican urges action on climate

  28-04-2015 16:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Vatican Science Academy urges politicians to end their "infatuation" with a form of economic growth that is ruining the Earth.
  
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• Yahoo tests ears as phone ID system

  28-04-2015 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yahoo Labs develops a way of identifying smartphone owners by their ears, fists and palms.
  
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• Nepal earthquake highlights how Earth's newest supercontinent is forming

  28-04-2015 16:32 via
  
  The earthquake disaster in Nepal has highlighted how Earth's land masses are in the process of forming a new supercontinent - dubbed Amasia (illustrated), according to one researcher.
  
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• Audi creates DIESEL from air and water - and its 'fuel of the future' is already powering a car driven by a German minister

  28-04-2015 16:32 via
  
  German car manufacturer Audi has built a new plant in Dresden that uses renewable energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into 'blue crude' oil, which canbe refined into 'e-diesel'.
  
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• Did life begin in underwater volcanoes? Hot sea vents spontaneously produce building blocks needed for organisms to develop

  28-04-2015 16:29 via
  
  Chemists at University College London say hyderothermal vents (a stock image is shown) could have spontaneously produced the organic molecules necessary for life.
  
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• Instagram's emoji search bans the AUBERGINE due to rude connotations

  28-04-2015 16:00 via
  
  When people try to search for the aubergine (pictured), or eggplant, emoji using a hashtag on the California-based app no posts appear - even though there are posts that have been tagged with it.
  
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• Peculiar caterpillar with erupting 'tentacles' found in Peru

  28-04-2015 15:17 via
  
  An entomologist captured the bizarre behaviour of the caterpillar with four strange tentacle-like appendages (pictured) protruding from its abdomen in the Peruvian Amazon.
  
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• VIDEO: Polar bear settles into new Highlands home

  28-04-2015 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Victoria the polar bear is settling into her new home in the Highlands as keepers hope they will hear the pitter patter of tiny feet if a suitor is found.
  
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• Seat installed in supersonic car

  28-04-2015 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Land-speed record-holder Andy Green sees the installation of the seat he will use in the 1,000mph Bloodhound Super Sonic Car.
  
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• Instagram's emoji search bans the AUBERGINE: App censors use of the vegetable due to its rude connotations - but guns and drugs are allowed

  28-04-2015 14:44 via
  
  When people try to search for the aubergine (pictured), or eggplant, emoji using a hashtag on the California-based app no posts appear - even though there are posts that have been tagged with it.
  
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• Reptile death match: X-rays reveal a Burmese python devouring an alligator whole before its body digests the sharp-toothed prey

  28-04-2015 14:03 via
  
  Biologists at the University of Alabama took daily X-ray images of a Burmese python after it swallowed an alligator. After three days, the alligator's soft tissue had been digested by powerful stomach acid.
  
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• 'Jesus' birds walk on water by slapping their feet up to 20 times a second

  28-04-2015 14:03 via
  
  Biologists at Harvard University found Clark's Western grebes (pictured) slap their flattened feet hard onto the surface of the water up to 20 times a second to generate lift that stops them from sinking.
  
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• Blendtec tests the Apple Watch in Will it Blend?

  28-04-2015 13:20 via
  
  Can you blend the Apple Watch into a fine dust? That question has been answered by Utah-based company Blendtec's popular YouTube series (shown) ‘Will it Blend?'
  
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• Will it blend? Video reveals the Apple Watch being pulverized in an industrial blender

  28-04-2015 13:11 via
  
  Can you blend the Apple Watch into a fine dust? That question has been answered by Utah-based company Blendtec's popular YouTube series (shown) ‘Will it Blend?'
  
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• Mechanical monsters set to wage war in the playground: Spider-like robot toys shoot 'lasers' and stomp on demand

  28-04-2015 13:11 via
  
  Computer scientists in Bristol have created the ‘world’s first gaming robots’ called Mecha Monsters (pictured), which can be programmed to perform new tricks.
  
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• Valve shuts down paid 'mod' system

  28-04-2015 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Angry gamers have forced Valve to end an initiative that let people who make modifications or "mods" for games get paid for their work.
  
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• Now THAT'S holy water! 'Jesus' birds walk on the surface of ponds by slapping their feet up to 20 times a second

  28-04-2015 11:33 via
  
  Biologists at Harvard University found Clark's Western grebes (pictured) slap their flattened feet hard onto the surface of the water up to 20 times a second to generate lift that stops them from sinking.
  
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• VIDEO: Technology speeds up air ambulance

  28-04-2015 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spencer Kelly climbs aboard London's air ambulance to see how technology is helping speed up response times.
  
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• Ikea reveals its vision for the kitchen in 2025

  28-04-2015 10:17 via
  
  The Swedish furniture maker is currently displaying a concept model of its future kitchen in Milan, which it says could someday cater to a resource-limited society.
  
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• VIDEO: New York turns lights off for birds

  28-04-2015 10:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The state of New York is to turn off non-essential lights in state-run buildings to help migrating birds navigate routes in spring and autumn.
  
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• Teenager Collin Burns breaks Rubik's Cube world record in just 5.25 SECONDS 

  28-04-2015 09:45 via
  
  Teenager Collin Burns smashed the Rubik's Cube world record at an official event in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, shaving a fraction of a second off the record.
  
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• X-37B craft will fly next month using an 'experimental propulsion system'

  28-04-2015 09:31 via
  
  The X-37B is due to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral on May 20 and will use a new electric propulsion system when in orbit.
  
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• Shelves that double as a fridge and tabletops that cook your food: Ikea reveals its vision for the kitchen in 2025

  28-04-2015 03:52 via
  
  The Swedish furniture maker is currently displaying a concept model of its future kitchen in Milan, which it says could someday cater to a resource-limited society.
  
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• Top secret X-37B craft will fly next month using an 'experimental propulsion system', reveals the US Air Force

  28-04-2015 03:31 via
  
  The X-37B is due to launch atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral on May 20 and will use a new electric propulsion system when in orbit.
  
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