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• Step into a universe far, far away: Lucasfilm reveals virtual reality of new Star Wars film

  12-06-2015 23:54 via
  
  A new 'x labs' at Industrial Light & Magic is developing two systems, one using headsets and one using projectors to create an augmented reality room based on the scenes from the film.
  
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• Supersonic car Bloodhound SSC's parachute tested on a Jaguar

  12-06-2015 23:47 via
  
  World land speed record holder Andy Green tested Bloodhound SSC's parachute system on a Jaguar F-TYPE R Coupé driven on a track at a former RAF base in Bentwaters, Suffolk.
  
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• Damehood for former EC science chief

  12-06-2015 23:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After her post was controversially axed, the former chief scientific advisor to the European Commission, Anne Glover, is made a Dame.
  
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• YouTube to launch video gaming site

  12-06-2015 22:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube is to launch a dedicated site and app for gaming in an attempt to take on Amazon-owned streaming service Twitch.
  
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• One more reason to order takeout: Adding salt to a high fat diet can help you LOSE weight, claims study

  12-06-2015 22:46 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Iowa discovered that giving an increased level of salt to mice on a high-fat diet caused them to put on less weight over a period of 16 weeks.
  
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• Jordan stone tools 45,000 years old show earliest division of labour in humans

  12-06-2015 22:41 via
  
  Thousands of stone tools unearthed from a cave in Jordan have revealed the first bosses emerged 45,000 years ago.
  
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• Space map that reveals our place in the universe may be about to get bigger

  12-06-2015 22:36 via
  
  Dr Brent Tully from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu has begun mapping out an even greater concentration of galaxies, known as the Shapley Supercluster.
  
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• The first production line: Experts find 45,000 year old stone tools showing earliest division of labour in humans

  12-06-2015 22:05 via
  
  Thousands of stone tools unearthed from a cave in Jordan have revealed the first bosses emerged 45,000 years ago.
  
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• YouTube to launch Gaming app to take on Amazon's Twitch

  12-06-2015 21:33 via
  
  YouTube is seeking to win over gamers with a new dedicated site an app, announced ahead of next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
  
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• Cryobot testing in Alaska could scour Europa's oceans for alien life

  12-06-2015 21:22 via
  
  The robotic 'cryobot' is designed to tunnel down through thick ice caps and penetrate subterranean seas, and is undergoing tests on the Matanuska glacier in Alaska.
  
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• Polar bears eating DOLPHINS and global warming may be to blame

  12-06-2015 21:19 via
  
  The strange behaviour seen in the Norwegian Arctic may be due warmer waters causing the dolphins to find their way north earlier in the year, researchers have claims.
  
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• Twitter will TIP OFF suspects being investigated by NSA

  12-06-2015 21:16 via
  
  The social media giant will keep an investigation secret only if compelled to do so by a court, it has emerged.
  
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• You are here: The incredible map that reveals our place in the universe may be about to get bigger

  12-06-2015 21:14 via
  
  Dr Brent Tully from the University of Hawaii in Honolulu has begun mapping out an even greater concentration of galaxies, known as the Shapley Supercluster.
  
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• YouTube to launch app, site dedicated to gaming

  12-06-2015 20:57 via
  
  YouTube is seeking to win over gamers with a new dedicated site an app, announced ahead of next week's Electronic Entertainment Expo.
  
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• BlackBerry may put Android system on new phone device

  12-06-2015 20:36 via
  
  BlackBerry will probably use Android on a slider phoneto be released this autumn, two sources told Reuters. The move is seen as an acknowledgement its own handsets failed to win mass appeal.
  
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• NASA find alien planet with an Earth-like stratosphere

  12-06-2015 20:35 via
  
  Nasa scientists in Maryland studied the exoplanet Wasp-33b (shown). They found that it had a stratosphere high in its atmosphere, where the temperature gets hotter as the altitude increases.
  
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• Grisly images show polar bears eating DOLPHINS for the first time - and scientists say global warming may be to blame

  12-06-2015 20:32 via
  
  The strange behaviour seen in the Norwegian Arctic may be due warmer waters causing the dolphins to find their way north earlier in the year, researchers have claims.
  
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• Supersonic car bid put back to 2016

  12-06-2015 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bloodhound Super-Sonic Car is not going to get into the desert this year to break the world land speed record because of a delay in its rocket development programme.
  
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• The robo-squid with a laser weapon that could blast its way through icy oceans to find alien life

  12-06-2015 20:26 via
  
  The robotic 'cryobot' is designed to tunnel down through thick ice caps and penetrate subterranean seas, and is undergoing tests on the Matanuska glacier in Alaska.
  
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• Breast tissue grown in a LAB could yield breakthrough cancer treatment

  12-06-2015 20:18 via
  
  Researchers at Helmholtz Centre for Health and Environmental Research in Munich grew a new mammary gland network (illustrated) to understand how the glands regenerate.
  
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• True speed of cliched sayings revealed in handy table

  12-06-2015 20:14 via
  
  The list was compiled at the University Campus Suffolk. It compared speeds of clichés such as 'lightning fast' and 'a bat out of hell'. Top place went to the speed of light, at 300,000,000 metres p/s.
  
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• CAT ownership could give you schizophrenia and affect mental health

  12-06-2015 20:14 via
  
  The parasite toxoplasma gondii, which can be passed from cats to humans, could play a role in the development of schizophrenia, scientists from the Stanley Medical Research Institute said.
  
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• Losing one night's sleep causes your body to age prematurely

  12-06-2015 20:10 via
  
  Participants in Los Angeles underwent experimental partial sleep deprivation over four nights. Blood samples were then taken to assess gene expression in cells linked with ageing.
  
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• Can the divestment movement tame climate change?

  12-06-2015 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Does dumping fossil fuel investments make any sense?
  
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• Grizzly images show polar bears eating DOLPHINS for the first time - and scientists say global warming may be to blame

  12-06-2015 19:53 via
  
  The strange behaviour seen in the Norwegian Arctic may be due warmer waters causing the dolphins to find their way north earlier in the year, researchers have claims.
  
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• BlackBerry may put Android system on new device - sources

  12-06-2015 19:53 via
  
  BlackBerry will probably use Android on a slider phoneto be released this autumn, two sources told Reuters. The move is seen as an acknowledgement its own handsets failed to win mass appeal.
  
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• Chinese Pika facing extinction as people try to keep them as pets

  12-06-2015 19:37 via
  
  Li Weidong, who discovered the ili pika in Jinghe County in 1983, says he has been asked to capture and breed the animal to sell as pets, but warns that captivity would likely kill the pikas.
  
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• The alien planet with a 'SUNSCREEN' layer: Earth-like stratosphere detected around the hottest world ever found 

  12-06-2015 19:07 via
  
  Nasa scientists in Maryland studied the exoplanet Wasp-33b (shown). They found that it had a stratosphere high in its atmosphere, where the temperature gets hotter as the altitude increases.
  
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• Breast tissue grown in a LAB could yield breakthrough cancer treatments: Cells could unlock clues about the regenerative powers of mammary glands

  12-06-2015 19:07 via
  
  Researchers at Helmholtz Centre for Health and Environmental Research in Munich grew a new mammary gland network (illustrated) to understand how the glands regenerate.
  
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• Is a drop of a hat faster than the blink of an eye? Table reveals the TRUE speeds of popular and clichéd sayings

  12-06-2015 18:03 via
  
  The list was compiled at the University Campus Suffolk. It compared speeds of clichés such as 'lightning fast' and 'a bat out of hell'. Top place went to the speed of light, at 300,000,000 metres p/s.
  
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• Beauty sleep DOES exist: Losing just one night's slumber causes your body to age prematurely - and could put you at risk of disease

  12-06-2015 17:59 via
  
  Participants in Los Angeles underwent experimental partial sleep deprivation over four nights. Blood samples were then taken to assess gene expression in cells linked with ageing.
  
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• Inflatable habitat will give astronauts a place to sleep while exploring moon

  12-06-2015 17:16 via
  
  The concept was devised by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. It was designed to give astronauts more time on the surface. The tent could let them 'camp' overnight (shown) and explore.
  
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• Theme parks of the future will be VIRTUAL: VR headsets and robots will let users explore digital zoos, rides and shops

  12-06-2015 17:07 via
  
  The zoo (illustrated) and theme park could open in China as soon as 2017 and would also include a virtual museum and aquarium, which would also use virtual reality technology.
  
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• Sam Cossman takes pictures of active lava lakes with drones and heat-proof suit

  12-06-2015 16:29 via
  
  This incredible photos were taken by filmmaker Sam Cossman and his team and shows his harrowing journey into the Vanuatu's Marum crater - one of only seven lava lakes on the planet.
  
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• Apple music set to be DOUBLE the price in the UK as in the US

  12-06-2015 16:10 via
  
  The standard price for individuals in the UK for Apple Music (pictured) will be £9.99 a month for access to 30 million songs, live radio and an artist-led social media platform.
  
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• The Fore People ate human brains and developed resistance to alzheimer's

  12-06-2015 15:59 via
  
  The Fore People in Papua New Guinea used to be cannibals (file photo shown), eating the brains and flesh of the dead. This caused an epidemic, but may have also made them resistance to kuru.
  
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• Brain scans show where we store information and scientists could read our minds

  12-06-2015 15:50 via
  
  Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University scanned the brains of participants (pictured) as they learnt about the diet and habitat of eight different animals.
  
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• Christopher Columbus' Martellus map reveals more secrets

  12-06-2015 15:37 via
  
  Researchers at Yale University used a technique called multispectral imaging to uncover the hidden information that Columbus had at his fingertips.
  
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• Apple's iOS 9 'App thinning' will give your phone's storage a boost

  12-06-2015 15:26 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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• The Jurassic problem in Jurassic World

  12-06-2015 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Jurassic problem in Jurassic World
  
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• Columbus' map reveals more secrets: Scans uncover new locations and written passages on Martellus Atlas

  12-06-2015 14:33 via
  
  Researchers at Yale University used a technique called multispectral imaging to uncover the hidden information that Columbus had at his fingertips.
  
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• VIDEO: K-pop stars perform as holograms

  12-06-2015 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The theatre in Seoul which allows you to see pop stars perform as holograms
  
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• Does cannibalism hold the key to Alzheimer’s? Tribe that feasted on human brains developed disease resistance

  12-06-2015 14:24 via
  
  The Fore People in Papua New Guinea used to be cannibals (file photo shown), eating the brains and flesh of the dead. This caused an epidemic, but may have also made them resistance to kuru.
  
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• Apple continues to rip off 'Treasure Island' Britain: Music service is set to cost DOUBLE in the UK than America

  12-06-2015 14:23 via
  
  The standard price for individuals in the UK for Apple Music (pictured) will be £9.99 a month for access to 30 million songs, live radio and an artist-led social media platform.
  
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• Philae may have been found in these new images of comet 67P

  12-06-2015 14:22 via
  
  The European Space Agency has revealed their best candidate so far for the Philae lander. Images in December show a bright object that wasn't there weeks earlier (shown) which could be the probe.
  
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• Academics horrified at 'dumbing down' of Shakespeare as work is retold in EMOJI

  12-06-2015 14:11 via
  
  The OMG Shakespeare series, branded 'absolutely disastrous' by academics, takes the Bard's original prose and replaces it with slang, text speak and emoticons.
  
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• Sam Cossmann takes pictures of active lava lakes with drones and heat-proof suit

  12-06-2015 14:10 via
  
  This incredible photos were taken by filmmaker Sam Cossmann and his team and shows his harrowing journey into the Vanuatu's Marum crater - one of only seven lava lakes on the planet.
  
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• The moment an idea is 'filed' in the brain: Scans pinpoint where we store new information - and it could let scientists read our minds

  12-06-2015 14:05 via
  
  Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University scanned the brains of participants (pictured) as they learnt about the diet and habitat of eight different animals.
  
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• Yolo Juliet, Macbeth's #killingit: Academics horrified at 'dumbing down' of Shakespeare as the Bard's greatest works are retold in EMOJI 

  12-06-2015 13:28 via
  
  The OMG Shakespeare series, branded 'absolutely disastrous' by academics, takes the Bard's original prose and replaces it with slang, text speak and emoticons.
  
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• Twitter to remove 140-character limit from Direct Messages next month

  12-06-2015 12:59 via
  
  The change was announced on Twitter's developer community, but the site insisted it wouldn't impact public tweets. It is expected to launch in July, but an exact date hasn't been revealed.
  
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