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• Watch the incredible Koenigsegg One ‘megacar' set new speed record (and it was only practising for a record attempt)

  17-06-2015 23:53 via
  
  The Swiss car smashed the existing production car record by accelerateing from standstill to 0-300kmh, and back down to zero again, in just 17.95 seconds.
  
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• Could barren worlds someday host alien life? Computer models hope to reveal how Earth-like planets may evolve over time

  17-06-2015 23:20 via
  
  The models, by scientists at Cornell University, explore how UV radiation from other planets' nearby suns may affect the habitability of these worlds.
  
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• Alexandra Mislin's study finds that men get ahead by chatting before deals

  17-06-2015 22:54 via
  
  The secret to sealing the deal could be smalltalk - at least for men, researchers say. They say the gender differences are because people expect women to be more communicative, so don't reward them.
  
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• Canada government websites hacked

  17-06-2015 22:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Multiple Canadian government websites have been brought back online after they went dark for several hours in a hacking attack.
  
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• Always make small talk before negotiating: Study finds men get ahead by chatting before deals 

  17-06-2015 22:22 via
  
  The secret to sealing the deal could be smalltalk - at least for men, researchers say. They say the gender differences are because people expect women to be more communicative, so don't reward them.
  
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• Is this the end of changing rooms? App creates a virtual reality fitting service for shoppers to ‘try on’ clothes

  17-06-2015 22:03 via
  
  The app, being developed by the University of Technology, Sydney, will generate a composite image of a person's form and then allow that person to 'try on' items of clothing.
  
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• First breathtaking footage of Earth from cameras on ISS revealed for Google Maps

  17-06-2015 21:46 via
  
  Vancouver-based Urthecast has launched the first ever, full-colour HD videos of Earth – showing London, Boston and Barcelona - at an incredible 3.2ft (1 metre) resolution.
  
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• Project Loon will see Google's giant balloons connect remote parts of world to internet

  17-06-2015 21:45 via
  
  Since it launched the balloons on a test flight from New Zealand two years ago, Google has made huge strides in the project proving that it can keep its balloons aloft for months.
  
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• Large 'walking' bat roamed New Zealand's ancient rainforest 16m years ago

  17-06-2015 21:44 via
  
  Palaeontologists found the fossilised remains (pictured) of a new bat species near Central Otago on New Zealand’s South Island, which was a vast prehistoric body of water.
  
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• Bodies pinned in graves suggest Ancient Greeks feared the walking dead

  17-06-2015 21:43 via
  
  An archaeologist from the University of Pittsburgh says there is evidence from an ancient Greek cemetery in Sicily of the dead being weighed down with rocks to prevent them rising from their graves.
  
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• Apple iWatch finally goes on sale in stores around the world TODAY

  17-06-2015 21:33 via
  
  Apple said customers can now reserve an Apple Watch online and pick up at their nearest Apple Store in UK, Germany, France, US, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong and Japan.
  
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• Universities start to prohibit smartwatch technology to stop cheaters

  17-06-2015 21:33 via
  
  Two universities in Australia have banned smartwatches from exams. One bans watches altogether, while the other allows them on desks. Shown is a stock image of an exam hall.
  
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• Nasa uncovers permanent lopsided cloud that could solve mystery of glow

  17-06-2015 21:30 via
  
  Astronomers say the massive dust cloud increases in density when annual events like the Geminids meteor shower spew shooting stars.
  
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• Uber dealt employee blow by US ruling

  17-06-2015 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Uber driver in California is deemed an employee, not a contractor, in a ruling that could mean higher costs for the app-based taxi service.
  
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• Jurassic World palaeontologist wants to create dinosaurs from chickens

  17-06-2015 21:24 via
  
  Dr Jack Horner, a professor at Montana State University, is trying to reverse engineer chickens (stock image)into dinosaurs because extracting DNA from dinosaurs 'will always fail'.
  
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• International Space Station tour reveals the cramped conditions astronauts endure

  17-06-2015 21:06 via
  
  Italian Esa astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti created an interactive panoramic (shown) of the ISS. It was made by putting together 14 fish-eye images of the Columbus Space Laboratory.
  
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• Study: A third of global groundwater basins are overstressed

  17-06-2015 21:04 via
  
  Satellite data show people are overdrawing water from some of the world's largest groundwater basins - and a third of them could be close to collapse.
  
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• Google Maps goes LIVE: Satellite firm reveals first breathtaking colour footage of Earth from high resolution cameras on the ISS

  17-06-2015 20:53 via
  
  Vancouver-based Urthecast has launched the first ever, full-colour HD videos of Earth – showing London, Boston and Barcelona - at an incredible 3.2ft (1 metre) resolution.
  
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• Google-owned Nest launches HD camera

  17-06-2015 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new camera can sense movement in a user's home and alert them via their smartphone. The firm also updated its existing products.
  
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• Single-celled bug uses camera-like 'eye' to fine prey despite having no brain

  17-06-2015 20:18 via
  
  The tiny single celled plankton Erythropsidinium (pictured) has one tiny camera-like 'eye' for detecting light and biologists now believe it can use this to hunt, despite not having a brain.
  
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• Prehistoric 'Batman' discovered: Large 'walking' bat roamed New Zealand's ancient rainforest 16 million years ago

  17-06-2015 20:06 via
  
  Palaeontologists found the fossilised remains (pictured) of a new bat species near Central Otago on New Zealand’s South Island, which was a vast prehistoric body of water.
  
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• Ancient Greeks believed in ZOMBIES: Bodies pinned in graves with rocks and jars suggest civilisation feared the walking dead

  17-06-2015 20:01 via
  
  An archaeologist from the University of Pittsburgh says there is evidence from an ancient Greek cemetery in Sicily of the dead being weighed down with rocks to prevent them rising from their graves.
  
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• Apple Watch finally goes on sale in stores around the world TODAY

  17-06-2015 19:23 via
  
  Apple said customers can now reserve an Apple Watch online and pick up at their nearest Apple Store in UK, Germany, France, US, Australia, Canada, China, Hong Kong and Japan.
  
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• Smartwatches BANNED from exam halls: Universities start to prohibit technology to stop cheaters 

  17-06-2015 19:18 via
  
  Two universities in Australia have banned smartwatches from exams. One bans watches altogether, while the other allows them on desks. Shown is a stock image of an exam hall.
  
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• The dawn of the 'Chickensaurus': Jurassic World palaeontologist wants to create dinosaurs from chickens

  17-06-2015 19:00 via
  
  Dr Jack Horner, a professor at Montana State University, is trying to reverse engineer chickens (stock image)into dinosaurs because extracting DNA from dinosaurs 'will always fail'.
  
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• Could YOU live on the International Space Station? Interactive ISS tour reveals the cramped conditions astronauts endure aboard the orbiting laboratory

  17-06-2015 18:54 via
  
  Italian Esa astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti created an interactive panoramic (shown) of the ISS. It was made by putting together 14 fish-eye images of the Columbus Space Laboratory.
  
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• Project Loon could go commercial next year: Google's giant balloons set to connect remote parts of the world to the internet

  17-06-2015 18:02 via
  
  Since it launched the balloons on a test flight from New Zealand two years ago, Google has made huge strides in the project proving that it can keep its balloons aloft for months.
  
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• The single-celled bug with the world's most extraordinary eye: Tiny predator uses organ to see its prey despite having no brain 

  17-06-2015 17:36 via
  
  The tiny single celled plankton Erythropsidinium (pictured) has one tiny camera-like 'eye' for detecting light and biologists now believe it can use this to hunt, despite not having a brain.
  
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• Escaped tiger kills man in Georgia

  17-06-2015 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tiger that killed a man and wounded another after escaping from a flooded zoo in Georgia has been shot dead, the Georgian interior ministry says.
  
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• Has YOUR Samsung phone been hacked? 600 MILLION handsets at risk

  17-06-2015 16:28 via
  
  Mobile security firm Nowsecure revealed the flaw. The risk comes from a pre-installed keyboard that allows an attacker (illustrated) to remotely execute code as a privileged (system) user.
  
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• Has YOUR Samsung phone been hacked? 600 MILLION handsets vulnerable to security flaw that lets hackers take photos and read texts

  17-06-2015 16:11 via
  
  Mobile security firm Nowsecure revealed the flaw. The risk comes from a pre-installed keyboard that allows an attacker (illustrated) to remotely execute code as a privileged (system) user.
  
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• Bioenergy 'can deliver cleaner future'

  17-06-2015 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A global bioenergy assessment concludes that biofuels could provide up to a third of the world's transport fuel needs by the middle of the century.
  
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• Discovery of ancient galaxy could reveal how our cosmos was born

  17-06-2015 15:58 via
  
  Scientists using a telescope in Chile found an extremely bright galaxy. Called CR7 (illustrated), it contains so-called Population III stars that formed more than 13 billion years ago.
  
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• VIDEO: 'How HoloLens will change your world'

  17-06-2015 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft's Kudo Tsunoda speaks to Rory Cellan-Jones about HoloLens, the company's augmented reality venture.
  
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• Calculator reveals the likelihood of a robot stealing your job in the future

  17-06-2015 15:18 via
  
  The calculator, (pictured) created by NPR, is based on a study by the University of Oxford, which explored how susceptible certain jobs are to computerisation.
  
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• Real Jurassic World will cost $23bn plus an extra $12bn to run it for each year

  17-06-2015 15:08 via
  
  Fans of Jurassic World have calculated how much it will cost to build a real life dinosaur theme park on an island off the coast of Costa Rica using estimates from real life theme parks and zoos.
  
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• New foods, faces and religious symbols among 37 additions to emoji 'alphabet'

  17-06-2015 15:04 via
  
  The Unicode Consortium in California has revealed new emoji. They include a popping bottle (shown), a robot, a unicorn head and religious symbols.
  
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• Will YOUR job be stolen by a robot? Calculator reveals the likelihood of a droid sitting at your desk in the future

  17-06-2015 14:55 via
  
  The calculator, (pictured) created by NPR, is based on a study by the University of Oxford, which explored how susceptible certain jobs are to computerisation.
  
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• Apple in news app blogger row

  17-06-2015 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bloggers say they have been invited to join Apple's news app by email and will be automatically bound to its terms unless they opt out.
  
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• Sony fail to dismiss hacking action

  17-06-2015 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nine former employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment gain permission to sue the company for negligence over last year's cyber hack.
  
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• Want to build a real Jurassic World? It'll cost you $23 BILLION - plus an extra $12 billion to run it for each year

  17-06-2015 13:59 via
  
  Fans of Jurassic World have calculated how much it will cost to build a real life dinosaur theme park on an island off the coast of Costa Rica using estimates from real life theme parks and zoos.
  
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• Time to toast the champagne emoji! New foods, faces and religious symbols among 37 additions to the iconic 'alphabet'

  17-06-2015 13:57 via
  
  The Unicode Consortium in California has revealed new emoji. They include a popping bottle (shown), a robot, a unicorn head and religious symbols.
  
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• E3: Nintendo 'willing to take risks'

  17-06-2015 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The games maker says it is still willing to take 'risks'
  
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• Microsoft shows off a HOLOGRAPHIC Minecraft using HoloLens

  17-06-2015 13:45 via
  
  Microsoft demoed new features of its HoloLens technology at E3, the world’s largest annual video game conference, held in Los Angeles.
  
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• VIDEO: YouTube to launch Twitch gaming rival

  17-06-2015 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube announces it is to launch a dedicated section devoted to gaming, and many suspect it could topple Twitch's crown.
  
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• VIDEO: Tokyo man takes giant tortoise for walkies

  17-06-2015 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japanese man Hisao Mitani takes his pet, giant African tortoise for a walk on the streets of Tokyo.
  
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• Minecraft goes HOLOGRAPHIC: Microsoft debuts the game on HoloLens, revealing a 3D city rising from a coffee table

  17-06-2015 13:13 via
  
  Microsoft demoed new features of its HoloLens technology at E3, the world’s largest annual video game conference, held in Los Angeles.
  
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• Red Sea's rumbles were because of a six-mile-deep faultline

  17-06-2015 13:09 via
  
  Geologists at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia used 3D seismic mapping to unravel the mysterious noises that echo around Egypt's seaside resorts (pictured) in the Abu Dabbab region.
  
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• Black holes are NOT deadly and we wouldn't notice if one swallowed Earth

  17-06-2015 13:07 via
  
  A scientist at Ohio State University propsed a 'fuzzball' theory. It says that the surface of a black hole is not a destructive inferno. Instead it creates imperfect copies of everything it touches (illustrated).
  
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• Mystery of the Red Sea's rumbles solved: Six-mile-deep faultline is responsible for strange 'cannonball' booms on Egyptian coast

  17-06-2015 12:36 via
  
  Geologists at the King Saud University in Saudi Arabia used 3D seismic mapping to unravel the mysterious noises that echo around Egypt's seaside resorts (pictured) in the Abu Dabbab region.
  
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