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• Russian rocket burns up over Siberia

  16-05-2015 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Russian rocket carrying a Mexican satellite malfunctions and burns up over Siberia soon after launch on Saturday, Russia's space agency says.
  
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• Spectacular images show thousands of spiders using their silk to fly

  16-05-2015 05:33 via
  
  A Goulburn resident took to Facebook this month to report his horror after millions of baby spiders appeared to be falling onto his property from above.
  
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• Watch the incredible lopsided explosion of a star: Blasts from a supernova provide new insights into how black holes form

  16-05-2015 03:26 via
  
  Computer simulations had predicted stellar explosions such as this were lopsided – and now observations by Nasa have confirmed that theory for the first time.
  
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• Watch America evolve: Animated map shows 400 years of county boundary changes in just 30 seconds

  16-05-2015 03:26 via
  
  The animation, by the Newberry Library in Chicago, highlights the rapid growth of the country, as well as the political and social concerns that have shaped the landscape.
  
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• Two daily glasses of orange juice 'boosts elderly brainpower': Significant improvements can be seen in less than two months, research shows 

  16-05-2015 03:26 via
  
  A research team from Reading University asked 37 healthy volunteers to drink 500ml – around two glasses, or nearly a pint – of orange juice every day for eight weeks.
  
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• Step inside the secret robot house

  16-05-2015 02:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robot house sleepover at the home that hums
  
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• Arctic pollution rules 'not enough'

  16-05-2015 02:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New guidelines are passed to prevent pollution from ships passing through polar waters, but environmentalists are calling for tougher measures.
  
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• Claims hackers are using Starbucks app to buy gift cards

  16-05-2015 02:04 via
  
  Starbucks drinkers have been warned to check their account amid claims hackers have used the firm's app, which can be linked to a credit card,to siphon money from customer's accounts.
  
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• VIDEO: Spending the night with robots

  16-05-2015 01:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Zoe Kleinman stays overnight at a home packed with different types of robots and sensors in London.
  
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• Watch the DIY jet powered go-kart speed down a runway: Inventor claims his flame-throwing car can reach 60mph

  16-05-2015 01:13 via
  
  Lincolnshire-based DIY inventor Colin Furze created his jet-kart by stretching a go-kart's chassis by 4.9ft (1.5 metres) in order to fit the massive jet engine.
  
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• Scientists develop new method to determine whether cocaine has been ingested

  16-05-2015 01:13 via
  
  A British-led team has created a new method which can determine whether the drug has been ingested, rather than just touched.
  
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• The metal that brought you cheap flights

  16-05-2015 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The metal that brought you cheap foreign holidays
  
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• Do you believe in pure evil? Researchers say our views can decide whether we back the death penalty for criminals

  16-05-2015 00:13 via
  
  Those who believe in pure evil were far more likely to support sentences for criminals like the death penalty and life imprisonment, researchers found.
  
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