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• Captain Kidd's lost treasure, a 50kg ingot, discovered off the coast of Madagascar

  07-05-2015 23:51 via
  
  Soldiers have been guarding the 50kg bar on Sainte Marie Island, Madagascar, after it was brought ashore by divers led by US underwater archaeological explorer, Barry Clifford.
  
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• Watch the 8ft robot that can sort and FOLD your clothes

  07-05-2015 23:26 via
  
  Named Dextrous Blue, the robot has been built by researchers at the University of Glasgow who believe robotic cleaners could become a reality in as little as ten years.
  
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• US Army developing 'invisibility suit' and will begin trials in 18 months

  07-05-2015 23:09 via
  
  Army bosses in Virginia have requested firms developing 'stealth fabrics' to get in touch - and is hoping to test the first prototypes within 18 months.
  
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• Finally! Scientists unveil an 8ft robot that can sort and FOLD your clothes

  07-05-2015 23:09 via
  
  Named Dextrous Blue, the robot has been built by researchers at the University of Glasgow who believe robotic cleaners could become a reality in as little as ten years.
  
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• Facebook studies news feed balance

  07-05-2015 22:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Our own choices stop us from reading ideologically challenging content more than Facebook's algorithms, according to a study by company researchers.
  
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• US Army is developing 'invisibility suit' for soldiers - and say it will begin trials in just 18 months

  07-05-2015 22:16 via
  
  Army bosses in Virginia have requested firms developing 'stealth fabrics' to get in touch - and is hoping to test the first prototypes within 18 months.
  
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• Pirate Capt Kidd's 'treasure' found

  07-05-2015 22:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Underwater explorers in Madagascar say they have found what is thought to be the treasure of notorious Scottish pirate Captain William Kidd.
  
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• New Roswell photos prove 'beyond any doubt' that ET exists claim UFO specialists

  07-05-2015 22:07 via
  
  The images allegedly reveal the remains of an alien found dead in New Mexico, and were taken by Bernard A Ray between 1947 and 1949 on a Kodachrome film.
  
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• Satellite map shows 15,000 aircraft as they travel around the planet

  07-05-2015 21:50 via
  
  The map shows how space agencies have better detection in the much more densely trafficked airspace of the US, Western Europe and Southeast Asia, rather than areas such as Africa.
  
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• Is this evidence of alien life? New Roswell photos prove 'beyond any doubt' that ET exists, claim UFO specialists

  07-05-2015 21:42 via
  
  The images allegedly reveal the remains of an alien found dead in New Mexico, and were taken by Bernard A Ray between 1947 and 1949 on a Kodachrome film.
  
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• Google HQ could be built using ROBOTS if it ever gets planning permission

  07-05-2015 21:34 via
  
  Google plans to use flexible robotic cranes called crabots (illustrated) to construct its new headquarters, but has suffered a planning permission setback in Mountain View, California.
  
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• Image reveals a super star cluster 'like a dinosaur egg about to hatch'

  07-05-2015 20:19 via
  
  Scientist have used a telescope in Chile to observe a globular cluster in the process of formation (shown) - a region that will form millions of new stars. Until now, this process had never been seen.
  
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• Spotify set to take on YouTube with online web video site

  07-05-2015 20:09 via
  
  It is believed the Swedish firm's new service could be revealed at a special event in New York on the 20th.
  
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• The Void merges VR technology with real objects to create world's first 'holodeck'

  07-05-2015 19:54 via
  
  Utah-based The Void is building virtual reality theme parks, with the first expected to open in Utah next year. Players wear a VR headset and walk around a virtual environment (shown).
  
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• Spotify set to take on YouTube: Streaming service to to launch online web video site - and it wont just be music videos

  07-05-2015 19:45 via
  
  It is believed the Swedish firm's new service could be revealed at a special event in New York on the 20th.
  
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• Crab ancestor's 500 million year-old brain hints at how heads first evolved

  07-05-2015 19:45 via
  
  The fossils have enabled a researcher from the University of Cambridge to identify a key point in the evolutionary transition from soft to hard bodies in the early ancestors of arthropods (pictured).
  
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• Apple's designs for your DNA: iPhone owners may be asked to take part in 'groundbreaking' genetic research projects 

  07-05-2015 19:45 via
  
  Apple is reportedly working with medical researchers from University of California San Francisco and Mount Sinai Hospital in New York to exploit its new ResearchKit platform.
  
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• Bracelet believed to be the oldest ever found suggests ancient humans used drills

  07-05-2015 19:43 via
  
  The 40,000-year-old bracelet was discovered alongside human remains in a cave in Siberia. Scientists claim it could have been made so precisely with tools similar to our modern drills.
  
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• Amazon makes toy section neutral with 'boy' and 'girl' search filter removed

  07-05-2015 19:19 via
  
  The online retail giant has deleted the ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ buttons from its online menu, which is designed to help shoppers choose which toys to buy.
  
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• US phone data collection 'illegal'

  07-05-2015 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US appeals court rules that bulk collection of phone records by the National Security Agency is illegal.
  
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• Do you dare step inside the virtual reality THEME PARK? The Void merges VR technology with real objects to create the world's first 'holodeck'

  07-05-2015 19:03 via
  
  Utah-based The Void is building virtual reality theme parks, with the first expected to open in Utah next year. Players wear a VR headset and walk around a virtual environment (shown).
  
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• Germany 'cuts help' for NSA searches

  07-05-2015 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Germany's intelligence agency, the BND, is cutting down the level of spying it carries out for the US, according to German media reports.
  
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• Sexting, super silk and the election: Podcast 217

  07-05-2015 18:53
  
  
  Listen this week for an entertaining 45-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, Liat Clark and James Temperton.By: Liat Clark, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon makes toy department gender neutral: 'Boy' and 'girl' search filter removed from online market

  07-05-2015 18:40 via
  
  The online retail giant has deleted the ‘boy’ and ‘girl’ buttons from its online menu, which is designed to help shoppers choose which toys to buy.
  
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• Alibaba shares jump as revenues rise

  07-05-2015 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba rise 7% after it reports a strong rise in revenues and appoints a new chief executive.
  
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• Pregnant woman's mobile phone 'may startle the foetus', study finds

  07-05-2015 17:21 via
  
  Unborn children are startled by noises coming from mobile phones or beepers - but it is not clear what effect this has on their health, doctors from Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, New York, said.
  
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• Google HQ could be built using ROBOTS... if it ever gets planning permission: LinkedIn is awarded lion's share of Bayshore plot

  07-05-2015 17:17 via
  
  Google plans to use flexible robotic cranes called crabots (illustrated) to construct its new headquarters, but has suffered a planning permission setback in Mountain View, California.
  
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• Wireless Flyte lightbulb LEVITATES and lasts up to 22 YEARS

  07-05-2015 16:46 via
  
  Designed by New York-born Simon Morris, Flyte is being funded on crowdfunding site Kickstarter and will eventually go on sale for around £260 ($395).
  
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• Google boss sets sights on developing autonomous plane

  07-05-2015 16:46 via
  
  Dave Vos, the head of Google's experimental Project Wing, has said that passenger aircraft should be controlled by drones rather than human pilots as it would improve safety.
  
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• Teenager passes sat-nav driving test

  07-05-2015 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new driving test, which looks at how well drivers use sat-nav, is being tested in the UK.
  
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• Life on earth created by cycles of freezing and thawing forming genetic material

  07-05-2015 16:29 via
  
  Chemists in Cambridge found that large RNA molecules will self-assemble in the kind of conditions that might have existed around geothermal pools like the one above four billion years ago.
  
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• Chevrolet fits parental controls in its Malibu model

  07-05-2015 16:21 via
  
  The Malibu's Teen driver mode, developed in Detroit, Michigan, sounds an alarm of a pre-set speed limit is exceeded and tells parents how their teenager drives and if they have any near misses.
  
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• Swatch is making a smartphone 'super battery' battery that lasts six MONTHS

  07-05-2015 16:13 via
  
  Swiss watch maker Swatch claims to be working on a revolutionary battery. CEO Nick Hayek (pictured) said their ultimate goal was to make one that lasts six months.
  
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• Following the Paleo Diet? Then you should really be a CANNIBAL:  Ancestors feasted on fellow humans for protein boost

  07-05-2015 16:13 via
  
  Darren Curnoe, a Human evolution specialistat UNSW Australia points out the scientific inaccuracies with the palaeolithic diet based on eating like primitive man.
  
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• Did frosts lead to life on Earth? Cycles of freezing and thawing causes basic genetic material to form

  07-05-2015 16:13 via
  
  Chemists in Cambridge found that large RNA molecules will self-assemble in the kind of conditions that might have existed around geothermal pools like the one above four billion years ago.
  
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• VIDEO: Ants may hold key to search and rescue

  07-05-2015 15:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ant behaviour may hold the key to developing for more effective techniques for search and rescue.
  
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• VIDEO: My life as an internet conman

  07-05-2015 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber fraud is thriving in Ghana - "David" speaks to the BBC.
  
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• UK 'must tackle email epidemic'

  07-05-2015 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A former government adviser says employers must tackle a "macho culture" of workers feeling under pressure to check emails outside office hours.
  
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• Surge in US 'brain-reading' patents

  07-05-2015 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There is a dramatic rise in the number of technology patents filed that relate to reading brainwaves.
  
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• Would you get on a SELF-FLYING JET? Google boss sets sights on developing autonomous plane

  07-05-2015 14:59 via
  
  Dave Vos, the head of Google's experimental Project Wing, has said that passenger aircraft should be controlled by drones rather than human pilots as it would improve safety.
  
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• Water and life may be common on alien planets

  07-05-2015 14:59 via
  
  University of Warwick scientists studied a distant white dwarf star 530 light-years away and found it had huge amounts of water - suggesting alien planets (illustrated) may have oceans like Earth)
  
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• US Army is developing virtual soldiers

  07-05-2015 14:24 via
  
  Experts from the US Army Research Laboratory and the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologiesare working on what they call ‘a flexible multi-modal human-robot dialogue’.
  
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• Now that's a light bulb moment! Wireless Flyte LEVITATES and lasts up to 22 YEARS

  07-05-2015 14:16 via
  
  Designed by New York-born Simon Morris, Flyte is being funded on crowdfunding site Kickstarter and will eventually go on sale for around £260 ($395).
  
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• Rise of the VIRTUAL soldier: US Army is developing avatars to teach human fighters leadership skills and counsel troops

  07-05-2015 13:56 via
  
  Experts from the US Army Research Laboratory and the University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologiesare working on what they call ‘a flexible multi-modal human-robot dialogue’.
  
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• CO2 levels reach monthly record

  07-05-2015 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Global carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have reached a new monthly record of 400 parts per million, according to scientists.
  
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• Dashcam footage accepted by insurers

  07-05-2015 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Most UK insurance companies will now accept dashboard camera footage in disputed claims - but few will offer a discount on premiums for using one.
  
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• The car with a TEEN safe mode: Chevrolet fits parental controls in its Malibu model

  07-05-2015 12:41 via
  
  The Malibu's Teen driver mode, developed in Detroit, Michigan, sounds an alarm of a pre-set speed limit is exceeded and tells parents how their teenager drives and if they have any near misses.
  
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• Are giant CURTAINS of water erupting on Saturn's moon Enceladus? 'Phantom jets' on the surface may be an optical illusion

  07-05-2015 12:41 via
  
  Scientists in Arizona say our views of jets on Enceladus are wrong. They say these are simply 'folds' in much larger curtain eruptions taking place on the surface (shown in green).
  
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• Bloodhound Diary: 'Speed bumps' on the way to 1,000mph

  07-05-2015 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who said building a 1,000mph car would be easy?
  
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• Nintendo's first profit in four years

  07-05-2015 11:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japanese videogame maker Nintendo makes its first annual operating profit in four years, beating its forecast as well as the market's.
  
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