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• Would YOU let a stranger reply to your text? Textie allows people to crowdsource responses to tricky messages

  27-05-2015 23:37 via
  
  Textie, created by Perth-based Cam Sinclair, lets people upload messages send to their phone. Textie then asks the site's member to formulate a response, with members voting for the best reply.
  
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• Why you should always go FOURTH in an interview

  27-05-2015 23:37 via
  
  Researchers from Old Dominion University inVirginia found decision-making takes around five minutes for the first interviewee and increases to around eight minutes by the fourth applicant.
  
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• Apple's operations boss Jeff Williams drops hint firm IS working on electric vehicle

  27-05-2015 23:37 via
  
  Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams (pictured) has dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car.
  
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• Apple to take on Google Now: iOS 9 set to include 'Proactive' smart assistant app

  27-05-2015 23:13 via
  
  Proactive will 'leverage Siri, Contacts, Calendar, Passbook, and third-party apps to create a viable competitor to Google Now' according to blog 9to5Mac.
  
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• Oxford 'sex-crazed' nun among 90 skeletons dug up near Medieval priory

  27-05-2015 22:47 via
  
  The skeleton of one lady at Littlemore Priory was found face down, and researchers believe she may have been one of the infamous 'sinner nuns' who forced the nunnery to shut down in 1524.
  
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• 'The car is the ultimate mobile device': Apple's operations boss drops biggest hint yet firm IS working on an electric vehicle

  27-05-2015 22:38 via
  
  Apple's operations chief Jeff Williams has dropped the biggest hint yet that the firm is developing a car.
  
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• Robots learn to recover from damage in minutes

  27-05-2015 22:38 via
  
  Researchers from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris and the University of Wyoming created robots (pictured) that adapt and recover from injury in less than two minutes.
  
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• New android on google's agenda

  27-05-2015 22:38 via
  
  Google is expected to unveil the new version of its Android operating system as well as discuss driverless cars and virtual reality atits annual I/O conference in San Francisco.
  
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• 'Astromice' study finds that space travel damages skin but makes hair grow faster

  27-05-2015 22:18 via
  
  Belgian scientists studied three mice that survived a mission to the ISS. They found that the mice suffered thinning of the skin in three months and faster hair growth (stock image shown).
  
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• Why you should always go FOURTH in an interview: Hiring managers will give you more time to impress, says study

  27-05-2015 21:51 via
  
  Researchers from Old Dominion University inVirginia found decision-making takes around five minutes for the first interviewee and increases to around eight minutes by the fourth applicant.
  
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• Forget the megayacht - here's the FLYING yacht: Concept reveals boat with a top deck that transforms into a jet plane

  27-05-2015 21:24 via
  
  The Russian designer behind the project believes the luxury craftwill take to the water - and the skies - in 2050.
  
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• Need a concentration boost? Just look at this picture for 40 seconds: Researchers say even just looking at a green roof can improve your brainpower

  27-05-2015 21:14 via
  
  Researchers say that simply looking at nature from your desk for 40 seconds can boost your brainpower. Even people looking at a picture of screen of a meadowlike green roof saw an effect.
  
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• Are YOU a super multitasker? Take the online test that could reveal if your brain is wired for organisation

  27-05-2015 21:14 via
  
  The test, by Oregon-based Silver Bay Labs, follows research that found real multitaskers – those who can carry out multiple tasks with equally well – make up just two in 100 people.
  
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• SpaceX cleared for US military launches

  27-05-2015 21:12 via
  
  Billionaire Elon Musk's firm SpaceX has won long-waited approval from the US Air Force to launch military satellites.
  
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• CBS 'probably' in Apple TV deal

  27-05-2015 21:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of CBS says the US TV network will 'probably' sign a deal with Apple TV.
  
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• Is this the world's oldest MURDER case? 430,000-year-old skull was struck twice before being dumped in the 'Pit of Bones'

  27-05-2015 20:30 via
  
  The nearly complete skull (pictrured) was found on the site of Sima de los Huesos in Spain. It shows two penetrating lesions on the frontal bone, above the left eye
  
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• Humans will be left 'defenceless' by killer drones: Flying AI robots pose a serious threat to our lives, expert warns

  27-05-2015 20:30 via
  
  The warning came from a professor at the University of California. He said that deadly drones were the 'endpoint' of autonomous weapons (image from Terminator shown).
  
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• Up to 99% of Everest's glaciers could be gone by 2100

  27-05-2015 20:29 via
  
  Glaciers in the Everest region (file photo shown) could shrink at least 70 per cent or even disappear entirely by the end of the century as a result of climate change, scientist have said.
  
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• Robots learn to recover from damage in minutes: Machines with 'wounded limbs' adapt like animals to carry on walking

  27-05-2015 19:43 via
  
  Researchers from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris and the University of Wyoming created robots (pictured) that adapt and recover from injury in less than two minutes.
  
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• Mysterious fossils reveal new species of early HUMAN: Thick-jawed hominid lived alongside 'Lucy' 3.4 million years ago

  27-05-2015 19:43 via
  
  Scientists at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History have named the new species, which was discovered in Afar, Ethiopia, as Australopithecus deyiremeda.
  
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• Medieval scandal uncovered in Oxford: 'Sex-crazed' nun in a bizarre position among 90 skeletons dug up near priory

  27-05-2015 19:43 via
  
  The skeleton of one lady at Littlemore Priory was found face down, and researchers believe she may have been one of the infamous 'sinner nuns' who forced the nunnery to shut down in 1524.
  
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• Space travel damages skin but makes hair grow FASTER: 'Astromice' study discovers the lesser-known impacts on astronauts 

  27-05-2015 19:38 via
  
  Belgian scientists studied three mice that survived a mission to the ISS. They found that the mice suffered thinning of the skin in three months and faster hair growth (stock image shown).
  
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• BMX racers benefit from drone tech

  27-05-2015 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Great Britain Cycling Team's BMX squad is being given access to a technology developed by defence firm BAE Systems to aid its Olympics training.
  
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• Robots adapt to damage in seconds

  27-05-2015 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers develop robots that adapt to damage in less than a minute, instead of the many hours needed by traditional self-learning systems.
  
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• The government's data law - an attack on encryption?

  27-05-2015 18:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prepare for another long battle over proposed data monitoring powers
  
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• More than HALF of households now own a tablet - and one in ten toddlers have a device of their own

  27-05-2015 17:45 via
  
  According to research by London-based Ofcom, most children over five share a tablet (iPad pictured) with another member of their family, but a third have one of their own.
  
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• Mice in space develop thin skin

  27-05-2015 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of three mice that spent 91 days on the International Space Station finds abnormalities in their skin.
  
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• Are your children naughty? They may have the 'CEO gene': Genetic sequence linked to mild rule breaking is found in good leaders

  27-05-2015 17:22 via
  
  Psychologists from Kansas State University discovered the influence of a gene called DAT1, which when found in children, leads to 'mild' bad behaviour (illustrated in a stock image).
  
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• AdBlock Plus wins again in court

  27-05-2015 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The makers of an advert-blocking browser plug-in defeat a second attempt to ban their product this year.
  
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• 'Dementor' wasp among 139 new species

  27-05-2015 16:42 via bbc.co.uk
  The 'Dementor' wasp named after the Harry Potter creature is just one of many new species discovered in the Greater Mekong.
  
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• Screentendo app turns ANY site into a playable Mario level

  27-05-2015 15:55 via
  
  A London-based developer has created Super Mario code for Macs. Called Screentendo, it uses a window to change a website into 'blocks'. Mario can then be controlled around the stage (shown).
  
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• UK ISPs to block eBook piracy sites

  27-05-2015 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's biggest broadband providers will shortly start blocking seven of the most popular websites used by eBook pirates.
  
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• Lamborghini Urus will have 600 horsepower and a lightweight shell

  27-05-2015 14:40 via
  
  Called the Urus, the sleek but tall car (pictured) is expected to be built in Italy, having been rumoured to be put into production for years. It is expected to go on sale in 2017.
  
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• New powers to monitor internet use

  27-05-2015 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New laws to give police and spies greater powers to monitor internet use are in the Queen's Speech - but campaigners say it is the return of the "snooper's charter".
  
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• Lamborghini gears up to launch a sporty 4x4: 'Super athlete' Urus will have 600 horsepower and a lightweight shell

  27-05-2015 14:29 via
  
  Called the Urus, the sleek but tall car (pictured) is expected to be built in Italy, having been rumoured to be put into production for years. It is expected to go on sale in 2017.
  
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• Forget ink, this pen lets you write with wine and beer - but only if you're willing to waste alcohol

  27-05-2015 14:29 via
  
  An Oregon-based designer has created a pen that sucks up liquid. Called the Winkpen, it does not need to use regular ink to write. Instead, any liquid with a staining property such as wine (shown) can be used.
  
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• Active volcano Mount Nyiragongo crater reveals lakes of lava

  27-05-2015 14:29 via
  
  Italian geologist Francesco Pandolfo travelled to Africa to study the volcanic activity on Mount Nyiragongo. He abseiled into the crater to examine the lake of molten lava that sits on top of it.
  
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• Into hell: Photos capture smouldering lakes of lava and shifting crust INSIDE the crater of active volcano Mount Nyiragongo

  27-05-2015 14:09 via
  
  Italian geologist Francesco Pandolfo travelled to Africa to study the volcanic activity on Mount Nyiragongo. He abseiled into the crater to examine the lake of molten lava that sits on top of it.
  
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• Brain surgery's earliest patients revealed

  27-05-2015 14:09 via
  
  The images, found at Yale University, show Dr Harvey Cushing's patients between 1900-1930.The collection includes haunting images of babies with distended skulls and scar-filled heads.
  
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• Ancient Egyptian techniques to preserve human legs copied by modern scientists

  27-05-2015 13:40 via
  
  Researchers from the Democritus of Thrace in Xanthi, Greece, took daily scans and samples to study how the tissue changed (pictured) as they copied ancient Egyptian techniques.
  
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• Remains of dead stellar gas seen in the distant constellation Horologium

  27-05-2015 13:12 via
  
  Astronomers in Australia have spotted a galaxy devouring others. NGC 1512 (seen in the middle), 38 million light-years away, is 'eating' a smaller dwarf galaxy, but may have eaten others before.
  
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• 'Cannibal galaxy' spotted devouring nearby stars: Remains of dead stellar gas seen in the distant constellation Horologium

  27-05-2015 12:58 via
  
  Astronomers in Australia have spotted a galaxy devouring others. NGC 1512 (seen in the middle), 38 million light-years away, is 'eating' a smaller dwarf galaxy, but may have eaten others before.
  
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• Apple TEXT bug can cause handsets to freeze and reboot

  27-05-2015 12:58 via
  
  The message (pictured and partly obscured) contains the words ‘Power’ as well as some Arabic and Marathi characters and the Chinese character meaning 'redundant'.
  
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• Child sex abuse loophole to be shut

  27-05-2015 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK proposes to punish people who live-stream videos of child abuse over the internet in the same way it does those who offer pre-recorded clips.
  
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• Alarm clock wafts aromas of espresso and the seaside wake you up gently

  27-05-2015 12:08 via
  
  The SensorWake alarm (pictured), invented by a French teenager, is designed to be an effective, but more relaxing way to wake up.
  
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• Hyundai first to add Android Auto system to its latest car models

  27-05-2015 11:36 via
  
  Drivers must have a 2015 Sonata with navigation, which is an optional feature, and the South Korean firm said it will make Android Auto (pictured) available to other models 'soon.'
  
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• Wake up and smell the coffee: Alarm clock wafts aromas of espresso and the seaside to rouse you gently in less than two minutes

  27-05-2015 11:28 via
  
  The SensorWake alarm (pictured), invented by a French teenager, is designed to be an effective, but more relaxing way to wake up.
  
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• Android Auto has arrived: Hyundai is the first manufacturer to add the in-car system to its latest models

  27-05-2015 11:20 via
  
  Drivers must have a 2015 Sonata with navigation, which is an optional feature, and the South Korean firm said it will make Android Auto (pictured) available to other models 'soon.'
  
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• VIDEO: Turning Van Gogh into virtual reality

  27-05-2015 10:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An American artist has turned Van Gogh's The Night Cafe into an immersive virtual reality experience.
  
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• What Google, Apple and 17 other brands were called before they were 'famous'

  27-05-2015 10:33 via
  
  While a name isn't enough to sink a brand on its own, several of the biggest shed some puzzling titles before becoming worldwide hits. Best Buy, for instance, was called Sound of Music until 1983.
  
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