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• Origins of yeast for lager traced back to 15th century Bavaria

  11-08-2015 23:51 via
  
  A team at the University of Wisconsin-Madison used state-of-the-art sequencing techniques to pinpoint the origin s of the yeast used in today's award-winning lagers.
  
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• Could you be hit by an earthquake? Map reveals almost HALF of Americans live in areas at risk from devastating tremors

  11-08-2015 23:37 via
  
  The states with the highest populations exposed are California, Washington, Utah, Tennessee, Oregon, South Carolina, Nevada, Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois, according to data by the USGC.
  
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• Why you should ALWAYS slice meat against the grain

  11-08-2015 23:04 via
  
  The video, by Cooks Illustrated, explains how by cutting against the grain, muscle and tissue fibers are shortened making them easier to chew through.
  
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• Why you should ALWAYS slice meat against the grain: Video reveals the science behind keeping steaks tender

  11-08-2015 22:25 via
  
  The video, by Cooks Illustrated, explains how by cutting against the grain, muscle and tissue fibers are shortened making them easier to chew through.
  
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• Nipper phone charger powers your phone using AA batteries

  11-08-2015 20:52 via
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The gadget, called Nipper, does not include a built-in battery, but instead uses AA batteries that can be bought just about anywhere in the event of an emergency.
  
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• New 'yolk and shell' battery could charge your smartphone in 6 minutes

  11-08-2015 20:47 via
  
  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tsinghua University in Beijing have overcome problems of using aluminium in lithium ion batteries to produce the new technology.
  
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• OnePlus 2 'iPhone killer' goes on sale but you'll need an invite to buy one: £239 device boasts a powerful camera and fingerprint sensor for HALF the cost of Apple's handset

  11-08-2015 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The OnePlus 2 handset (pictured) starts at £239 in the UK and $329 in the US. However, only the larger, 64GB £289 ($389) model is available today from the OnePlus website.
  
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• Jackdaws recognise different human faces and can even identify a person

  11-08-2015 19:39 via
  
  In an experiment, researchers at Cambridge University discovered jackdaws were able to distinguish between two masks worn by a person.
  
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• Has Queen Nefertiti been found behind Tutankhamun's tomb?

  11-08-2015 19:09 via
  
  Dr Nicholas Reeves, an English archaeologist at the University of Arizona, says he made the discovery after analysing high-resolution radar scans of the walls of Tutankhamun's grave.
  
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• Athletes suspended after doping retests

  11-08-2015 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  IAAF retests from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships return "adverse findings" for 28 athletes tested for doping.
  
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• Showgoers app syncs Netflix accounts to let you watch films with long-distance loved ones

  11-08-2015 18:21 via
  
  San Francisco-based developer Alan Jones created Chrome extensionShowgoers to allow two Netflix accounts to synchronise so users can watch movies together wherever they are.
  
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• Far from bird-brained! Jackdaws recognise different human faces and can even identify a person they have seen before

  11-08-2015 18:17 via
  
  In an experiment, researchers at Cambridge University discovered jackdaws were able to distinguish between two masks worn by a person.
  
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• 'Shudder' over Australia carbon plan

  11-08-2015 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How does Australia's pledge on carbon emissions compare in the run-up to the Paris climate summit?
  
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• Now that's crocodile rock! Deadly reptiles SING to each other like birds...and dinosaurs may have done the same

  11-08-2015 16:28 via
  
  Zoologists at the University of Vienna found that alligators and crocodiles vibrate the air in their vocal tracts in the same way as birds and humans to produce deep calls to mark out their territory.
  
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• Lettuce in SPAAACE: Captive ISS 'nauts insist orbital veg is 'awesome'

  11-08-2015 16:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  'One giant leaf for mankind' quips puntastic NASA VID  As promised, astronauts aboard the International Space Station have eaten the first ever "fresh food grown in the microgravity environment of space" - "Outredgeous" red romaine lettuce.…
  
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• Bartending 'beerbots' work together to take orders and deliver drinks

  11-08-2015 15:59 via
  
  Researchers from MIT's CSAIL in Cambridge converted their lab into a small ‘bar’ with a PR2 robotic bartender (pictured) and two four-wheeled Turtlebot ‘waiter’ robots.
  
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• A robot uprising we can approve of! Team of bartending 'beerbots' work together to take orders and deliver drinks

  11-08-2015 15:47 via
  
  Researchers from MIT's CSAIL in Cambridge converted their lab into a small ‘bar’ with a PR2 robotic bartender (pictured) and two four-wheeled Turtlebot ‘waiter’ robots.
  
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• 'Hearing aid' mimics how the brain processes sound using 'cocktail party effect'

  11-08-2015 15:25 via
  
  Researchers from Duke University, North Carolina have built a device that uses metamaterials to work out which direction sounds are coming from, thereby separating multiple voices.
  
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• Why does coffee make you go to the loo? Video reveals what happens in your stomach

  11-08-2015 15:10 via
  
  The Washington-based American Chemical Society's video explains that it may be coffee’s acidic nature that has an impact on some people’s stomachs and causes them to want the toilet.
  
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• Has Queen Nefertiti's burial chamber been found?

  11-08-2015 14:53 via
  
  Dr Nicholas Reeves, an English archaeologist at the University of Arizona, says he made the discovery after analysing high-resolution radar scans of the walls of Tutankhamun's grave.
  
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• Panspermia theory claims life on Earth may have arrived here from outer space

  11-08-2015 14:47 via
  
  Biologists at the University of Washington in Seattle have claimed there is a 'pretty good' case for life having evolved on Mars before being carried to Earth by comets or meteorites.
  
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• Why does coffee make you poo? Video reveals what happens in your stomach

  11-08-2015 14:37 via
  
  The Washington-based American Chemical Society's video explains that it may be coffee’s acidic nature that has an impact on some people’s stomachs and causes them to want the toilet.
  
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• OnePlus 2 'iPhone killer' goes on sale but you'll need an invite to buy one: £239 device boasts a powerful camera and fingerprint sensor for HALF the cost of Apple's handset

  11-08-2015 13:44 via
  
  The OnePlus 2 handset (pictured) starts at £239 in the UK and $329 in the US. However, only the larger, 64GB £289 ($389) model is available today from the OnePlus website.
  
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• Russian cosmonauts clean ISS windows in a 6-hour spacewalk 250 miles above Earth

  11-08-2015 12:55 via
  
  A pair of Russian cosmonauts have cleaned the windows of the International Space Station (ISS), floating 250 miles (400 km) above the Earth's surface (pictured).
  
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• Perseids meteor shower will peak this week with 100 shooting stars every HOUR

  11-08-2015 12:47 via
  
  Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere will be treated to up to 100 shooting stars an hour, with the best viewing of Perseids from 11pm local time onwards in the darkest part of the sky.
  
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• Rare bumblebee numbers grow in UK

  11-08-2015 12:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A second attempt to reintroduce an extinct bumblebee to the UK is proving successful, conservationists say.
  
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• Extreme cleaning! Russian cosmonauts shine ISS windows in a six-hour spacewalk 250 miles above the Earth

  11-08-2015 12:36 via
  
  A pair of Russian cosmonauts have cleaned the windows of the International Space Station (ISS), floating 250 miles (400 km) above the Earth's surface (pictured).
  
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• Get set for the stellar light show of the year! Perseids meteor shower will peak this week with 100 shooting stars every HOUR

  11-08-2015 12:15 via
  
  Viewers in the Northern Hemisphere will be treated to up to 100 shooting stars an hour, with the best viewing of Perseids from 11pm local time onwards in the darkest part of the sky.
  
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• VIDEO: Top tips to view a meteor shower

  11-08-2015 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Skywatchers are in for a dazzling display as the annual Perseid meteor shower reaches its peak on Wednesday.
  
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• What a shower: METEORS will BLAZE a FIERY TRAIL across our skies

  11-08-2015 11:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  One for The Bumper Book of Astronomical FLOPS, then The BBC is pulling its annual trick of promising skygazers a "dazzling display" of Perseid meteors this week, as the Earth passes through the trail of debris left by Comet Swift-Tuttle.…
  
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• Mobile-geddon! From cash to cameras, smartphones are killing off our everyday essentials

  11-08-2015 11:37 via
  
  Suffolk-based futurist Dr Ian Pearson believes handsets are becoming the new Swiss Army knife because they offer users multiple tools in a small space.
  
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• Get thee behind me, Satanic mills! Robert Owen's Scottish legacy

  11-08-2015 11:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Inside the works of Scotland's industrial revolutionary Geek's Guide to Britain  The European Route of Industrial Heritage marks New Lanark as an anchor point in the global development of textiles and architecture, and so it is.…
  
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• Why is Japan restarting Sendai reactor?

  11-08-2015 09:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why is Japan restarting the Sendai reactor?
  
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• Google creates Alphabet: best reactions

  11-08-2015 08:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We look at some of the reaction to Google's announcement that it's creating a parent company called Alphabet.
  
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• Why cat clips rule the internet

  11-08-2015 08:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Why are cats so popular on the net?
  
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• Guide: How cats rule the internet

  11-08-2015 08:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Cats are some of the most searched for things on the internet, but why are they so popular?
  
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• Scientist claims to have discovered Queen Nefertiti's burial chamber

  11-08-2015 07:53 via
  
  Dr Nicholas Reeves, an English archaeologist at the University of Arizona, says he made the discovery after analysing high-resolution radar scans of the walls of Tutankhamun's grave.
  
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• What the Earth would look like without oceans

  11-08-2015 07:02 via
  
  Following half a century of research collating 15,000 samples from ships, the University of Sydney's School of Geosciences has developed an unprecedented impression of the world.
  
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• Boffins: The universe is DOOMED and there's nothing to be done

  11-08-2015 07:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Your existential dread is entirely justified, but perhaps a trillion years premature Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were are going out. Don't worry, though: the heat death of the universe is still hundreds of trillions of years away.…
  
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• Google's new boss from humble roots

  11-08-2015 06:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With Google creating its own parent company, Alphabet, there’s a bit of moving about in the Google boardroom.
  
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• Take THAT, Tesla: Another Oz energy utility will ship home batteries

  11-08-2015 04:48 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ergon sees the writing on the PowerWall The Tesla PowerWall announcement is having an effect in Australia, but perhaps not the one Elon Musk predicted: utilities are moving to head it off with their own solar/storage offerings.…
  
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• Has Queen Nefertiti been found? Scientist claims to have discovered a secret door to her burial chamber in Tutankhamun’s tomb

  11-08-2015 03:35 via
  
  Dr Nicholas Reeves, an English archaeologist at the University of Arizona, says he made the discovery after analysing high-resolution scans of the walls of Tutankhamun's grave.
  
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• Google rebrands under Alphabet to control its growing businesses

  11-08-2015 03:21 via
  
  Google Inc is changing its
  operating structure by setting up a new company called Alphabet Inc, which will include the search business and a number of
  other units.
  
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• What happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke?

  11-08-2015 02:27 via
  
  Two teams of archaeologists have uncovered artefacts, such as pottery and jewellery, that may help reveal how'lost colonists' disappeared from a sandy outpost on Roanoke Island.
  
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• VIDEO: Emails get self-destruct option

  11-08-2015 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A New York-based start-up says it has a solution to keep emails private - self destructing them.
  
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• Google Inc to become Alphabet Inc in shakeup

  11-08-2015 02:05 via
  
  Google Inc is changing its
  operating structure by setting up a new company called Alphabet Inc, which will include the search business and a number of
  other units.
  
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• VIDEO: A live stream of sexist comments?

  11-08-2015 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Do cutting edge video apps leave women vulnerable?
  
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• Sellafield robots do our dirty work

  11-08-2015 01:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech cleaning up Sellafield's toxic waste
  
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• Google to launch $50 handset as Android One 'didn't meet expectations'

  11-08-2015 00:57 via
  
  Though no details have been released about the new version, coming 'in the next few weeks', Google's South East Asia managing director Rajan Anandan said it will be priced between $31 and $47.
  
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• The universe is DYING: Astronomers unveil stark new evidence

  11-08-2015 00:54 via
  
  Energy generated by the galaxies is only half what it was two billion years ago - and fading steadily, according to the results of a survey using seven of the world's most powerful telescopes.
  
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