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• Breakups hurt women more in the short term but men NEVER recover, researchers claim

  06-08-2015 23:57 via
  
  Women reported higher levels of both physical and emotional pain. However, researchers said that, over time, they came put stronger - while men simply moved on and never fully recover.
  
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• The injection that can instantly cure drug addicts

  06-08-2015 23:19 via
  
  Scripps researchers found a single injection of early drug candidate called blebbistatin cured animals. Researchers hope to first use the drug to treat meth addicts.
  
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• Marvin Minsky says artificial intelligence could someday be religious

  06-08-2015 23:00 via
  
  Researchers from various fields say the laws of computer science mean robots could someday believe in God, but this won't necessarily make them kind to humanity.
  
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• Will artificial intelligence be religious? Researchers say robots could someday be converted to a faith

  06-08-2015 22:40 via
  
  Researchers from various fields say the laws of computer science mean robots could someday believe in God, but this won't necessarily make them kind to humanity.
  
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• Most embarrassing #fieldworkfail mistakes revealed on Twitter

  06-08-2015 22:22 via
  
  From inadvertently eating cheetah faeces to accidentally exchanging saliva with dead animals, the hundreds of tweets show research can be full of amusing blunders.
  
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• Scientists reveal most embarrassing mistakes with #fieldworkfail

  06-08-2015 21:41 via
  
  From inadvertently eating cheetah faeces to accidentally exchanging saliva with dead animals, the hundreds of tweets show research can be full of amusing blunders.
  
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• RollJam $30 'universal car remote' that could give hackers access

  06-08-2015 21:29 via
  
  The hacker behind the project says it will open cars from Chrysler, Daewoo, Fiat, GM, Honda, Toyota, Volvo, Volkswagen Group, Clifford, Shurlok, and Jaguar.
  
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• Forget the naughty step, reasoning is the best way to tackle tantrums

  06-08-2015 20:40 via
  
  Scientists at the National University in the US studied how 102 parents dealt with their children when they were naughty and found the naughty step was one of the least effective approaches.
  
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• ROBO-TENTACLE with mind of its own wields deadly electrical power – turns on Tesla car

  06-08-2015 20:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Shutdown your brain for a sec and enjoy Vid  Tesla may be more bluster than business, but you can't help but admire the fact that it is constantly pushing car engineering.…
  
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• Nasa say El Nino may bring relief to California, but it could cause 'mayhem' elsewhere

  06-08-2015 20:19 via
  
  Nasa scientists claim conditions in the Pacific Ocean are now stronger than they were in the summer of 1997, when a massive El Niño was brewing.
  
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• Why it IS easier to work out to music - it dulls the pain

  06-08-2015 20:08 via
  
  Listening to our favouritemusic makes the brain release natural painkilling chemicals called opioids – the same family of drugs as heroin and morphine, found research from McGill University.
  
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• LG reveals it WILL sell flip phone mobile with 3MP camera in US and UK

  06-08-2015 19:53 via
  
  Called the LG Wine Smart, the handset has a 3.2-inch colour touch screen and runs Android Lollipop 5.1. It also has physical buttonsand a 3.2mp camera, and is expected to cost around $170 (£109).
  
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• Are climate scientists doom-mongering? Ocean acidification research is FLAWED

  06-08-2015 19:43 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Western Australia have reviewed 465 studies on ocean acidification and found just 27 used 'appropriate experimental design'.
  
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• Apple reveals 11 MILLION people have signed up for a free trial of its music streaming service after just a month

  06-08-2015 19:32 via
  
  Eddy Cue, Apple's senior vice president of Internet software and services said the firm was 'thrilled' with the number - even though it is just over half of the 20 million paying customers Spotify has.
  
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• El Nino is getting stronger! Monster weather system may bring relief to California, but it could cause 'mayhem' elsewhere, says Nasa

  06-08-2015 19:29 via
  
  Nasa scientists claim conditions in the Pacific Ocean are now stronger than they were in the summer of 1997, when a massive El Niño was brewing.
  
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• AI decodes Islamic State strategy

  06-08-2015 19:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers in the US have used artificial intelligence to better understand the military strategy of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria.
  
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• Robots deployed to cater to hotel guests' needs and navigate the lift

  06-08-2015 19:10 via
  
  The Crowne Plaza San Jose-Silicon Valley hotel in the U.S. and the Aloft Hotels brand of Starwood Hotels are both utilising androids in the hospitality sector, both created by Savioke.
  
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• Deadly frogs use their heads as SPEARS to deliver toxin that can kill 80 people

  06-08-2015 19:07 via
  
  Biologists only realised the two species of frog, which live in the Brazilian rainforest, were venomous after getting on the wrong end of their spines while collecting the amphibians.
  
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• Samsung, Google and LG take action to prevent major Android bug

  06-08-2015 18:46 via
  
  The Stagefright bug, discovered by researchers in San Francisco, seems to have changed some phone makers' policies for security breaches.
  
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• VIDEO: Phones overtake laptops for going online

  06-08-2015 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphones have edged ahead of laptops for the first time as the preferred devices for connecting online in the UK, according to a report by Ofcom
  
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• GoFish 'GoPro for fishing' camera attaches to a line to film underwater

  06-08-2015 17:19 via
  
  Houston-based brothers Ryan and Brandon Austin have developed the GoFish Cam that attaches to a line and can work at depths of 150 metres to reveal the moment a fish takes a bait.
  
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• Now that's a fisheye lens! 'GoPro for fishing' camera attaches to a line to capture all the action beneath the water

  06-08-2015 17:04 via
  
  Houston-based brothers Ryan and Brandon Austin have developed the GoFish Cam that attaches to a line and can work at depths of 150 metres to reveal the moment a fish takes a bait.
  
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• Samsung, Google and LG take action to prevent another Stagefright: 'Mother of all Android bugs' scares smartphone makers into rolling out monthly security updates

  06-08-2015 17:00 via
  
  The Stagefright bug, discovered by researchers in San Francisco, seems to have changed some phone makers' policies for security breaches.
  
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• Facebook launches live video for celebs

  06-08-2015 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media firm will be in competition with Meerkat and Periscope with live video launching on its Mentions app.
  
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• Security experts hack Tesla car

  06-08-2015 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security researchers at the Def Con hackers' conference reveal another car's vulnerability to attack.
  
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• Fast-growth fish risks overlooked

  06-08-2015 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of global fish populations suggests fast-growth fish species are more vulnerable to population collapses than previously thought.
  
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• Human brain auto-tunes colours as they become more abundant through the seasons

  06-08-2015 15:37 via
  
  Scientists at the University of York’s Department of Psychology set out to explore why 'unique' yellow is so stable and the factors that make it change.
  
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• Mystery of how Saturn's beautiful rings formed has been solved

  06-08-2015 15:24 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Leicester have calculated particles in the rings appear to have repeatedly aggregated together and broken apart to produce more smaller particles than larger ones.
  
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• Software shows what the world looks like to bees and lizards

  06-08-2015 14:55 via
  
  The camera technology was developed by scientists at the University of Exeter and shows that dandelions look bright pink to bees and leaves a vibrant orange to lizards.
  
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• The seasons affect the way we see COLOUR: Human brain auto-tunes hues as they become more abundant

  06-08-2015 14:32 via
  
  Scientists at the University of York’s Department of Psychology set out to explore why 'unique' yellow is so stable and the factors that make it change.
  
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• Mystery of how Saturn's rings formed solved: Rock and ice repeatedly smashed together to create planetary wonder

  06-08-2015 14:23 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Leicester have calculated particles in the rings appear to have repeatedly aggregated together and broken apart to produce more smaller particles than larger ones.
  
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• Leak suggests Uber 'losing millions'

  06-08-2015 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Financial documents, allegedly from car-share start-up Uber, suggest the firm is running at losses of several million dollars each quarter.
  
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• Earth's mini-moons are easy targets for asteroid exploration

  06-08-2015 13:51 via
  
  Dr Robert Jedicke spoke about capturing one of Earth's 'mini-moons' as a short cut to exploring as asteroid on August 3 at a meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Hawaii.
  
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• Does Earth have SEVERAL moons? Space rocks that hop in and out of orbit could provide easy targets for asteroid exploration

  06-08-2015 13:42 via
  
  Dr Robert Jedicke spoke about capturing one of Earth's 'mini-moons' as a short cut to exploring as asteroid on August 3 at a meeting of the International Astronomical Union in Hawaii.
  
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• Lightning is so powerful it changes the atomic structure of rocks

  06-08-2015 13:40 via
  
  Geologists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that lightning bolts hit with such force they create a wave of pressure that alters the atomic structure of rocks.
  
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• Are hackers helping or harming us?

  06-08-2015 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Should we fear or respect the people that are increasingly finding flaws in the devices and gadgets all around us?
  
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• HAM IN SPAAAAAACE! ISS astronaut contacted by Gloucestershire bloke in garden shed

  06-08-2015 12:54 via go.theregister.com
  
  Sadly, wife hates hobby ‘with a passion’ Radio ham Adrian Lane was able to send his "73" (ham lingo for "best regards") to an American astronaut as the International Space Station passed over Gloucestershire.…
  
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• Lightning is so powerful it changes the atomic structure of rocks: Bolts pack a punch similar to a NUCLEAR BOMB or meteor impact

  06-08-2015 12:48 via
  
  Geologists at the University of Pennsylvania have discovered that lightning bolts hit with such force they create a wave of pressure that alters the atomic structure of rocks.
  
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• VIDEO: Can ocean currents map MH370 debris?

  06-08-2015 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ocean experts have said a video modelling of ocean currents predicted that the wreckage of MH370 would be discovered near the remote French Indian Ocean island of Reunion.
  
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• PALE BACKSIDE of lovely Luna flits past in imagery from 1 MILLION miles out

  06-08-2015 12:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  The view from Ell-One A million miles out in deep space far beyond the Moon's orbit, closer in to the Sun, lies the L-1 Lagrange point. Here sits the DSCOVR spacecraft with its EPIC instrument pointed back at Earth. NASA has just released some EPIC images, showing the moon zipping past in front of Earth.…
  
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• CydeKick Pro transforms your bicycle into a mains-free phone charger

  06-08-2015 12:17 via
  
  The Cydekick Pro generates, stores and delivers power to your phone, and its makers say it does this without any extra mechanical friction so you won't notice it as you pedal.
  
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• Mood glasses designed by Bence Agoston simulate psychedelic hallucinations of LSD

  06-08-2015 12:08 via
  
  An artist from Bucharest, Hungary, created ‘Mood’ spectacles that simulate hallucinations using patterned lenses, which can be rotated to create optical illusions.
  
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• Could humans soon have superpowers like the Fantastic Four? Lockheed Martin reveals how we could one day gain invisibility and super-stretchiness

  06-08-2015 11:13 via
  
  Scientists at American aerospace company Lockheed Martin say carbon nanotubes, reconfigurable polymers and light bending materials could mimic the Fantastic Four's powers.
  
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• The glasses that make you feel like you're on DRUGS: Bizarre Mood specs simulate psychedelic hallucinations of LSD

  06-08-2015 11:11 via
  
  An artist from Bucharest, Hungary, created ‘Mood’ spectacles that simulate hallucinations using patterned lenses, which can be rotated to create optical illusions.
  
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• Internet, movies and books saying how sex 'ought to be' putting couples under pressure

  06-08-2015 08:56 via
  
  Many couples find the steamy antics in Fifty Shades of Grey more intimidating than inspiring, a new survey for Relate, the relationship charity, found.
  
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• VIDEO: Nasa photographs moon's 'dark side'

  06-08-2015 08:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Deep Space Observatory satellite has captured composite images of the moon from a million miles away.
  
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• Kicking up a skink over mining

  06-08-2015 08:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The animals scuttling mines in Australia
  
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• Fitbit sees revenue more than triple

  06-08-2015 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wearable technology company Fitbit sees its revenue beat expectations and more than triple to $400m (£256m) in the second quarter.
  
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• The X-37b's big brother revealed: Boeing bags $6.6m contract to design reusable XS-1 robot spaceplane that will launch secret spy satellites and space weapons

  06-08-2015 05:53 via
  
  The small, planelike craft  is known as the  XS-1. It is hoped the craft could quickly launch small satellites that could defend against the growing threat of Russian and Chinese space weapons.
  
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• Will debris solve MH370 mystery?

  06-08-2015 05:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The long-running mystery of flight MH370
  
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