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• Study reveals how more than half the world DOESN'T kiss

  14-07-2015 23:42 via
  
  The study, by the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, found that, out of 168 cultures from around the world, only 46 per cent of them kiss in the romantic sense.
  
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• Human civilisation is 'unsustainable' unless we begin protecting Earth's plant life

  14-07-2015 23:16 via
  
  Researchers have issued a chilling warning that life on Earth is unsustainable for humans unless there are major changes.
  
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• The regions that don’t kiss: Study reveals how more than half the world DOESN'T smooch - and some even find it disgusting

  14-07-2015 23:04 via
  
  The study, by the University of Nevada in Las Vegas, found that, out of 168 cultures from around the world, only 46 per cent of them kiss in the romantic sense.
  
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• Japanese weather satellite captures what Earth REALLY looks like

  14-07-2015 22:59 via
  
  Japan's Himawari-8 will be used to capture an image every minute to track weather far more accurately. This image, taken in multiple wavelength bands, shows Earth's natural colour.
  
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• cSound software can reveal exactly how blood is flowing around the body

  14-07-2015 22:39 via
  
  Dr Bijoy Khandheria from Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee described animations by the cSound software as similar to 'opening up someone's chest and watching their heart beat.'
  
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• Watch a heart beat in 'extreme 4D': Revolutionary software can reveal exactly how blood is flowing around the body

  14-07-2015 22:02 via
  
  Dr Bijoy Khandheria from Luke's Medical Center in Milwaukee described animations by the cSound software as similar to 'opening up someone's chest and watching their heart beat.'
  
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• Geographers offer advice on how to survive the Pacific Northwest earthquake

  14-07-2015 21:42 via
  
  The killer quake along Cascadia, a fault line which runs from Cape Mendocino, California, to Vancouver Island, Canada, is 72 years overdue, according to peer-reviewed studies.
  
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• Lumos helmet has brake lights and indicators to make cyclists' intentions clear

  14-07-2015 20:58 via
  
  Inventors in Boston, Massachusetts, came up with the Lumos helmet that boasts integrated brake lights, indicators and distinctive front lights too.
  
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• Would you eat pond scum? Protein-rich powder made from duckweed could help feed the world

  14-07-2015 20:41 via
  
  Lentein powder (pictured) made by Parabel in Abu Dhabi, is 68 per cent protein as well as containing fibre.
  
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• Kilogram could get new accurate definition following breakthrough

  14-07-2015 20:27 via
  
  Scientists have cracked a way of calculating the exact number of atoms in 1kg of silicon which may replace the cylinder of metal held in a safe in Paris that is currently used to define the kilogram.
  
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• VIDEO: Probe's photo of dwarf planet Pluto

  14-07-2015 20:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The New Horizons probe has reached Pluto after a 10 year journey of three billion miles (4.8 billion km).
  
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• Could roads made from PLASTIC spell the end of potholes?

  14-07-2015 19:43 via
  
  Dutch company VolkerWessel plan to make roads from recycled plastic and claim the surfacecould withstand more extreme temperatures than asphalt, between -40C and 80C.
  
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• Human's dexterous hands have actually evolved LESS than the great apes

  14-07-2015 19:00 via
  
  The findings, by researchers at the University of Stony Brook in New York, challenges beliefs that our hands played a key role in our success as a species.
  
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• Are humans more primitive than chimps? Our dexterous hands have actually evolved LESS than the great apes

  14-07-2015 17:23 via
  
  The findings, by researchers at the University of Stony Brook in New York, challenges beliefs that our hands played a key role in our success as a species.
  
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• Large Hadron Collider discovers particle that has eluded scientists since the 1960s

  14-07-2015 16:47 via
  
  The previously unseen class of particle was first predicted to exist in the 1960s but has eluded physicists it was by Cern's LHCb experiment at the Large Hadron Collider in Switzerland.
  
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• Facebook's 'Moneypenny' could help you buy goods online using Messenger

  14-07-2015 16:46 via
  
  Employees briefed on the project claim the site is developing a concierge-style system that will help Facebook users find and buy products online.
  
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• Cocaine abuse affects areas that control emotions and decision making

  14-07-2015 16:32 via
  
  After 13.5 months of abstinence, women who were previously dependant on stimulants had less grey matter volume in their brains, experts at the University of Colorado found.
  
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• Are Shrek, Homer Simpson and Porky Pig making children FAT?

  14-07-2015 15:48 via
  
  The first study of its kind led by experts at the University of Colorado found children are more likely to eat high-calorie foods after watching seemingly overweight cartoon characters.
  
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• Carnivorous plant uses SONAR to coax bats to roost inside it to eat their poo

  14-07-2015 15:44 via
  
  Using acoustic reflectors the Nepenthes hemsleyana plant guides bats towards it through the jungle in Borneo. It absorbs nitrogen from their poo, while the bats' get a cool place to roost safe from parasites.
  
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• Google and Mozilla pull the plug on Adobe Flash

  14-07-2015 15:38 via
  
  Leaked documents from an Italian cyber group recently revealed Adobe Flash has at least three serious vulnerabilities that lets hackers take over anyone's computer.
  
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• VIDEO: Rory has Apple Pay teething troubles

  14-07-2015 15:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's technology correspondent uses Apple Pay to buy a coffee - but only after facing initial problems using the new mobile wallet service.
  
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• Nasa spacecraft speeds past Pluto

  14-07-2015 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft has made the first visit to Pluto, approaching within 12,500km of the icy world.
  
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• 'Unhackable' Turing phone made of 'liquid metal' and encrypts information

  14-07-2015 14:45 via
  
  San Francisco-based Turing Robotic Industries says its Turing Phone enables a protected communications network to keep private information private.
  
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• Apple Pay launches in the UK meaning you can pay with your phone

  14-07-2015 14:24 via
  
  More than 250,000 locations across the UK will accept the contactless payment service (pictured) from today, including M&S, Boots and on the London transport network.
  
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• Namibia's fairy circles images reveal astonishing extent of baffling grass rings

  14-07-2015 13:58 via
  
  Pictured from the air by photographer Thomas Dressler, the vast scale of the patches of bare earth that scar the grassy Namib desert becomes clear. Scientists are now trying to unravel the mystery.
  
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• Are Shrek, Homer Simpson and Porky Pig making children FAT? Overweight cartoon characters encourage young people to gorge on junk food, study warns 

  14-07-2015 13:54 via
  
  The first study of its kind led by experts at the University of Colorado found children are more likely to eat high-calorie foods after watching seemingly overweight cartoon characters.
  
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• Gravity artist uses island as canvas

  14-07-2015 13:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rock-balancing artist showcases his unusual gravity-defying creations on the Isle of Man.
  
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• Mobile phone text alert sound 'can divert our attention as much as reading it'

  14-07-2015 12:56 via
  
  Researchers from Florida State University found that push notifications (illustrated) significantly divert our attention from a task in hand.
  
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• Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft falls silent during flyby of Pluto

  14-07-2015 12:55 via
  
  The Nasa spacecraft is due to fly within 7,750 miles of Pluto at 12.49pm BST (7.59am EDT), but scientists must wait 22 hours before hearing if the mission has been successful.
  
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• Apple Pay launches in the UK: Customers can now use their phone to pay for goods...but not all cards are accepted yet

  14-07-2015 12:39 via
  
  More than 250,000 locations across the UK will accept the contactless payment service (pictured) from today, including M&S, Boots and on the London transport network.
  
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• Drunk personality types from the Nutty Professor to the Mary Poppins

  14-07-2015 12:22 via
  
  University of Missouri-Columbia psychologists identified four types of drunk personalities: The Hemingway, the Nutty Professor, the Mary Poppins and the Mr Hyde.
  
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• CLIMATE CHANGE could be solved by women as they produce less pollution than men

  14-07-2015 11:52 via
  
  A study by researchers at Lund University in Sweden have found that women produce 70 per cent less carbon dioxide than men when it comes to driving and other forms of transport.
  
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• Volcanoes off the coast of Sydney may have split Australia and New Zealand apart

  14-07-2015 11:22 via
  
  The calderas off the coast of Sydney are believed to have formed 50 million years ago when supercontinent Gondwana was splitting up into the regions of Australia and New Zealand.
  
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• VIDEO: How an anti-poaching camera works

  14-07-2015 10:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The camera partly developed by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) to catch poachers
  
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• Warming 'worst case' must be studied

  14-07-2015 09:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate change risks should be assessed in the same way as threats to national security according to a new report.
  
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• Hadron Collider discovers new particle

  14-07-2015 09:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of a new particle called the pentaquark.
  
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• NASA's New Horizons probe finds Pluto is bigger than predicted

  14-07-2015 01:55 via
  
  Pluto, once considered the ninth and outermost planet of the solar system, is bigger than thought, with a diameter of about 1,473 miles (2,370 km), some 50 miles (80 km) wider than previous predictions.
  
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• 24 new geoglyphs including giant Llamas and flames at Peru's Nazca Lines

  14-07-2015 01:40 via
  
  Japanese archaeologists have discovered 24 new geoglyphs on the Nazca Plateau in Peru that were created two centuries earlier that the giant images that the region is famous for.
  
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• The science behind stinky feet: Video reveals the processes that cause a nasty stench, and how to stop it 

  14-07-2015 01:27 via
  
  The video, by the American Chemical Society, explains how the bacteria that live on your skin and in your shoes eats your sweat, producing an acid by-product that reeks.
  
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• Man City's vision of the future

  14-07-2015 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Man City's tech vision for players and fans
  
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• The prosthetic arm built with LEGO: Designer creates artificial limb that allows kids to make their own attachments 

  14-07-2015 00:02 via
  
  Carlos Arturo Torres Tovar, of Umeå University in Sweden, has designed a prosthetic arm that is compatible with Lego to help improve the confidence of children living with artificial limbs.
  
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