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• Can coffee enhance cannabis' high? Study reveals how marijuana's effect can change based on how much caffeine you've drunk

  09-06-2015 23:29 via
  
  A study by the Integrative National Institute on Drug Abuse in Baltimore found that drinking lots coffee while smoking marijuana can cause people to become more addicted to the drug.
  
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• Audi boss warns Google's self driving cars could monitor where you are to sell ads

  09-06-2015 22:33 via
  
  'A car is one's second living room today,' Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler (pictured) said on Tuesday at a business event in Berlin attended by Google Chairman Eric Schmidt. 'That's private.'
  
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• The grave of Sleeping Beauty discovered: 2,000-year-old Ethiopian site reveals a ‘beautiful' woman seeming to sleep on her side - and staring into a mirror

  09-06-2015 21:50 via
  
  The ancient grave was found in a six-week excavation of the city of Aksum in northern Ethiopa alongside 'extraordinary' artefacts dating from the first and second centuries.
  
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• Why you don't need a gym membership to get healthy: Taking the stairs can be as good for you as a workout, study says

  09-06-2015 21:08 via
  
  Small amounts of exercise such as taking the stairs can add up to be as beneficial as going to the gym for a 30 minute workout, researchers have found.
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner and how hormone therapy enables a man to become a woman

  09-06-2015 20:52 via
  
  The video was produced by Washington-based American Chemical Society and details how hormones are used in the body, and they are manipulated during gender transition.
  
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• Your birth month DOES determine if you'll get sick: Researchers reveal the ailments you are most at risk from

  09-06-2015 20:45 via
  
  The Columbia University study indicated April babies at highest risk of angina, November bronchitis and ADHD.
  
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• What REALLY lives on the hands of an eight-year-old: Microbiologist grows cultures found on her son’s palms

  09-06-2015 20:24 via
  
  The photo was captured by Tasha Sturm, a microbiologist in California,who took a handprint from her eight-year-old son after he had been playing outside.
  
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• Are signs of life on Mars hiding in GLASS? Deposits found in impact craters on the red planet may contain organic material

  09-06-2015 19:54 via
  
  Researchers from Brown University used satellite data to detect the deposits of glass within impact craters on Mars. They might provide a window into the possibility of past life on the red planet.
  
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• 'Blood cells' found in dino fossils

  09-06-2015 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered what appear to be the remnants of red blood cells and connective tissue in 75 million-year-old dinosaur fossils.
  
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• Han Solo shot first confirmation as Star Wars script unearthed in Canada

  09-06-2015 19:31 via
  
  A librarian at University of New Brunswick found the script in the library's science fiction archives and it shows what went down in the cantina confrontation between Han Solo and Greedo.
  
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• Blood and skin cells found on 75-million-year-old dinosaur bones: Tissue was extracted from fossils left in storage for a century

  09-06-2015 19:16 via
  
  Scientists at Imperial College London found red blood cells and collagen-like fibres (pictured) on eight fossils that had been left in storage at the Natural History Museum in London for 100 years.
  
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• Planes may soon have SELF-HEALING wings: Breakthrough material clots like blood to help surfaces repair themselves

  09-06-2015 18:40 via
  
  Chemists at the University of Bristol say theircompound could also be used to make self-healing mobile phone screens and hardy nail polish, as well as airplane wings that repair themselves.
  
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• It's official! Bluebells are England's favourite wildflower - but they are under threat from a tougher Spanish variety

  09-06-2015 18:23 via
  
  More than 7,000 people voted in the survey by Wiltshire-based charity Plantlife. While the cultivated variety of rose is England’s national flower, its wild cousin, the dog rose, came a mere 14th.
  
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• Spotting a solar storm 24 hours in advance: Breakthrough tool could help prevent energy blowouts and blackouts on Earth

  09-06-2015 18:18 via
  
  Details of the technique - developed by a team ledImperial College London and a space scientist at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre - were published in the journal Space Weather.
  
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• Are you getting enough? Apple adds feature to iOS 9 that lets you track your sex life

  09-06-2015 17:46 via
  
  Apple announced its HealthKit update, which includes the ability to track sex, periods and UV exposure, at its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday.
  
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• Chimpanzees display human trait of confidence when they think they are correct

  09-06-2015 17:45 via
  
  Chimps were tested at Georgia State University. If the answer was correct, they received a reward. When the chimp was confident it was correct, it would move to the room faster.
  
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• VIDEO: Storm chasers film anti-cyclonic tornado

  09-06-2015 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US storm chaser has captured footage of a large anti-cyclonic tornado swirling over fields in Colorado.
  
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• Aumeo analyses your hearing to personalise how music is played

  09-06-2015 17:29 via
  
  The Hong Kong entrepreneurs behind Aumeo (app and device pictured) are seeking $40,000 (£26,000) on Indiegogo to pay for the mass manufacture of the product.
  
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• Take a flight around Ceres: Dawn spacecraft offers close-up video tour of the pockmarked dwarf planet

  09-06-2015 17:29 via
  
  Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California has used 80 images taken by its Dawn spacecraft as it has orbited the dwarf planet Ceres to create a spectacular flyover video.
  
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• Active cities 'boost bottom lines'

  09-06-2015 17:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cities that actively promote physical activities enjoy increased economic activity and reduced healthcare and crime costs, research suggests.
  
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• VIDEO: Remains of T-Rex cousin go on show

  09-06-2015 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fossilised skeleton of a meat-eating Jurassic dinosaur found on a south Wales beach is put on show for the first time.
  
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• Physicists demonstrate how time can seem to run BACKWARDS

  09-06-2015 16:26 via
  
  Physicists at the Australian National University conducted an experiment using lasers that showed whether an atom would appear as a particle or a wave could be determined by an event later in time.
  
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• Baidu to launch self-drive car

  09-06-2015 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese web giant Baidu will launch its own self-driving car in the second half of this year, it has confirmed.
  
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• Does the future affect the PAST? Physicists demonstrate how time can seem to run BACKWARDS

  09-06-2015 16:02 via
  
  Physicists at the Australian National University conducted an experiment using lasers that showed whether an atom would appear as a particle or a wave could be determined by an event later in time.
  
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• Automated cameras record Serengeti life

  09-06-2015 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of automated cameras capture day-to-day animal life in the Serengeti of Tanzania.
  
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• Laid back personality type linked to poor timekeeping

  09-06-2015 15:22 via
  
  A Psychologist from San Diego State University, said multitaskers tend to be late (illustrated with a stock image) when compared to others.
  
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• BT announces 4K channel from August

  09-06-2015 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BT announces Europe's first 4K channel and pricing for next season's Champions League football matches
  
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• Snapchat lets users switch cameras while recording video

  09-06-2015 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snapchat users can now switch between front and back cameras while recording video.
  
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• Unseen Amelia Earhart video from final flight shows her posing for photos

  09-06-2015 14:51 via
  
  Unseen footage shot by the brother of Earhart's official photographer in California in March 1937 shows the adventurer looking more playful than the public persona she sometimes projected.
  
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• Fossil of Jurassic carnivorous dinosaur unearthed near Penarth in Wales

  09-06-2015 14:43 via
  
  Described as the ‘find of a life-time’ the bones (pictured) of the 100 million-year-old theopod dinosaur were discovered on Lavernock beach near Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
  
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• Apple gives back gigabytes: iOS 9 'app thinning' feature will finally give your phone's storage a boost

  09-06-2015 14:24 via
  
  'App thinning' will be supported on Apple's iOS 9 and later models. It ensures apps use the lowest amount of storage space by 'slicing' it to work on individual handsets (illustrated).
  
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• LightSail spacecraft has deployed giant 344 square foot solar sail

  09-06-2015 14:24 via
  
  The Planetary Society in California has confirmed its LightSail prototype has deployed its Mylar sail. Fragmented pictures sent back by the spacecraft show the giant sheet has successfully unfurled.
  
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• A REAL Welsh dragon! Fossil of meat-eating dinosaur that terrorised Wales 200 million years ago unearthed

  09-06-2015 13:47 via
  
  Described as the ‘find of a life-time’ the bones (pictured) of the 100 million-year-old theopod dinosaur were discovered on Lavernock beach near Penarth in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales.
  
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• LightSail has deployed: Giant solar spacecraft unfurls sail that could enable it to cruise across the solar system

  09-06-2015 13:44 via
  
  The Planetary Society in California has confirmed its LightSail prototype has deployed its Mylar sail. Fragmented pictures sent back by the spacecraft show the giant sheet has successfully unfurled.
  
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• The chemistry of Caitlyn: Video reveals how hormone therapy enables a man to become a woman

  09-06-2015 13:29 via
  
  The video was produced by Washington-based American Chemical Society and details how hormones are used in the body, and they are manipulated during gender transition.
  
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• Did humans wipe out the woolly mammoths to use their bones for fuel?

  09-06-2015 13:06 via
  
  Archaeologists at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow say they have found evidence that woolly mammoths provided meat, fuel and materials for weapons and ornaments.
  
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• Apple's Move to iOS helps Android users switch brands

  09-06-2015 12:28 via
  
  Move to iOS (pictured) is a free app built into Apple's iOS 9 software, unveiled at its Worldwide Developer Conference in San Francisco yesterday.
  
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• FurzoToasto is a knife that doubles up as a TOASTER

  09-06-2015 12:26 via
  
  British inventor Colin Furze created the 'FurzoToasto' knife (pictured) in his garage, which uses an electrical current to heat the red-hot blade.
  
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• Did early Europeans wipe out the mammoth? Gravettian people gorged on roasted meat and used bones as fuel, study reveals

  09-06-2015 12:26 via
  
  Archaeologists at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Krakow say they have found evidence that woolly mammoths provided meat, fuel and materials for weapons and ornaments.
  
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• The knife that doubles up as a TOASTER: Searing hot kitchen 'lightsaber' instantly chars bread

  09-06-2015 12:02 via
  
  British inventor Colin Furze created the 'FurzoToasto' knife (pictured) in his garage, which uses an electrical current to heat the red-hot blade.
  
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• Cyber-thieves cash in from malware

  09-06-2015 12:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber-thieves can reap a return of almost 1,500% when they invest in ransomware, suggests a study by a security firm.
  
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• Seaplane using eco-fuel could carry 2k passengers and wouldn't need airport

  09-06-2015 11:43 via
  
  Experts at Imperial College have revealed a radical 'single wing' seaplane that could carry upto 2,000 passengers on trips across the ocean.
  
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• Jurassic dinosaur goes on display

  09-06-2015 11:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fossilised skeleton of a meat-eating Jurassic dinosaur found on a south Wales beach is revealed to the public.
  
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• EE's GoPro rival offers built-in 4G

  09-06-2015 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EE is to sell its own 4G-enabled action camera and "viewfinder watch" that can stream footage to the internet.
  
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• Household Hacker builds homemade air conditioner for only $8

  09-06-2015 10:42 via
  
  A handy video from Household Hacker shows how to build a makeshift air conditioner using just $8 worth of supplies - one Styrofoam cooler, two dryer vents, and an old household fan.
  
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• The secret to happiness? Scientists reveal the four simple steps

  09-06-2015 10:17 via
  
  Created by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the programme uses a series of exercises, such as the 5-3-2 technique, that helps train people's minds into choosing happiness.
  
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• Have we finally unlocked the secret to happiness? Scientists reveal the four simple steps that will banish the blues

  09-06-2015 04:51 via
  
  Created by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, the programme uses a series of exercises, such as the 5-3-2 technique, that helps train people's minds into choosing happiness.
  
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• Nasa forced to address radical claims a giant asteroid will soon destroy humanity

  09-06-2015 02:40 via
  
  According to the radical rumours, the asteroid would strike near Puerto Rico triggering earthquakes and tsunamis sometime between between 22 to 28 September this year.
  
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• Students 'cannot text and learn'

  09-06-2015 02:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students distracted with mobile phone messages are not learning as effectively, says research.
  
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• VIDEO: The drone that can climb walls

  09-06-2015 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a wall climbing drone could be used to inspect difficult to reach places like wind turbines
  
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