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• Nasa tests Space Launch System engine that could send humans to Mars

  13-08-2015 22:48 via
  
  Nasa is conducting the penultimate hot fire test of an RS-25 engine. The test will take place in Mississippi at 5pm ET and will look at ill look at how the engine performs at different thrust levels.
  
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• US weather event WILL hit the West coast and it will be the biggest since records began

  13-08-2015 22:22 via
  
  Dubbed the 'Godzilla El Niño' or 'Bruce Lee El Niño', the weather event looks set to bring more rain and tropical cyclones to the Pacific Southwest since records began in 1950.
  
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• Asda to increase price it pays for milk

  13-08-2015 22:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Asda is to increase the price it pays its milk supplier to "a level that will assist farmers during the current crisis", the supermarket says.
  
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• Human Brain Mapping brain scans reveal strong couples share each other's joy

  13-08-2015 21:26 via
  
  Researchers in Canada found happily married women were more sensitive to their husband’s unexpected positive emotions than to their negative ones.
  
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• VIDEO: First look at Samsung Galaxy Note 5

  13-08-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC reporter Michelle Fleury goes hands-on with the Galaxy Note 5 at a press event in New York City.
  
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• VIDEO: First look at Samsung's new phones

  13-08-2015 21:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC reporter Michelle Fleury goes hands-on with the Galaxy Note 5 and Samsung S6 Edge Plus at a press event in New York City.
  
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• The secret to a lasting marriage? Being happy for one another! Brain scans reveal how strong couples share each other's joy

  13-08-2015 21:14 via
  
  Researchers in Canada found happily married women were more sensitive to their husband’s unexpected positive emotions than to their negative ones.
  
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• Conspiracy theories are so 'romanticised' that believers are willing to ignore factual errors

  13-08-2015 21:07 via
  
  Researchers from Winchester University asked 802 American participants to read what they called a ‘short mock news article about a fictitious political scandal in Canada’.
  
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• Samsung launches Galaxy S6 edge+ phablet

  13-08-2015 20:51 via
  
  Samsung unveiled its larger Galaxy S6 Edge+ handset in London, which bears some resemblance to the iPhone 6 Plus, as well as another phablet - the Note 5.
  
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• Chinese miners unearth 100m year-old marbled stones that looks like PORK LOINS

  13-08-2015 20:20 via
  
  Stunned iron ore miners in northwest China were flabbergasted when they accidentally dug up several spectacular 100 million year-old Jurassic stones that resemble pork loins this week.
  
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• Harvard student loses Facebook internship after building Harry Potter-inspired app that pointed out the site's privacy flaws

  13-08-2015 20:15 via
  
  Aran Khanna's app - called Marauder's Map in tribute to the Harry Potter books - showed that users of Facebook Messenger could pinpoint the exact locations of people they were talking to.
  
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• UK museum may hold Zimbabwe bones

  13-08-2015 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK museum says it may hold Zimbabwean human remains, but cannot confirm if they are the "skulls of beheaded heroes" referred to by President Mugabe.
  
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• PawSquad lets pet owners make video calls with consultants

  13-08-2015 19:37 via
  
  The PawSquad service allows pet owners to book online consultations with qualified veterinarians who can offer advice and preliminary diagnosis of their pet's problems (pictured).
  
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• Chinese cave graffiti reveals 500-year tale of disaster, conflict and CANNIBALISM

  13-08-2015 19:29 via
  
  Seven droughts between 1520 and 1920 are documented in the graffiti, found in the a cave in the Qinling Mountains of central China which tells of starvation and social unrest spanning centuries.
  
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• From UFOs to JFK: Conspiracy theories are so 'romanticised' that believers are willing to ignore factual errors to boost their argument

  13-08-2015 19:26 via
  
  Researchers from Winchester University asked 802 American participants to read what they called a ‘short mock news article about a fictitious political scandal in Canada’.
  
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• It WAS humans who killed off mammoths: Spread of mankind coincides with extinction of ice age beasts, claims study

  13-08-2015 18:59 via
  
  Scientists at the University of Exeter and the University of Cambridge claim to have found the definitive answer for what caused woolly mammoths and other ice age giants to become extinct.
  
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• Treasure trove of warrior jewellery unearthed in Russia: Ancient grave belongs to woman who worshipped fire 2,000 years ago

  13-08-2015 18:49 via
  
  The female fighter was a Sarmatian, a people who worshipped fire and whose prominent role in warfare was seen as an inspiration for the Amazons of Greek mythology.
  
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• Samsung launches Galaxy S6 Edge+ phablet with curved screen, 16MP camera and Samsung Pay

  13-08-2015 18:43 via
  
  Samsung unveiled its larger Galaxy S6 Edge+ handset in London, which bears some resemblance to the iPhone 6 Plus, as well as another phablet - the Note 5.
  
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• Intelligence and longevity 'is down to good genes' as smart people live longer

  13-08-2015 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the London School of Economics found by analysing twins that 95 per cent of the link between intelligence and lifespan is down to a person's genetics, not the choices they make in life.
  
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• Samsung Pay rolls out to HSBC, first direct and M&S Bank customers

  13-08-2015 18:00
  
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• Samsung Pay has finally launched in the UK

  13-08-2015 18:00
  
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• Video games festival opens in Dundee

  13-08-2015 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 10,000 people are expected to attend Scotland's biggest annual video games festival, which has opened in Dundee.
  
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• 'Skype for vets' service could spell the end of expensive bills: PawSquad lets pet owners make video calls with consultants

  13-08-2015 17:35 via
  
  The PawSquad service allows pet owners to book online consultations with qualified veterinarians who can offer advice and preliminary diagnosis of their pet's problems (pictured).
  
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• Chinese cave graffiti reveals 500-year tale of disaster, conflict and CANNIBALISM: Ancient inscriptions also offer grim predictions of the future

  13-08-2015 17:30 via
  
  Seven droughts between 1520 and 1920 are documented in the graffiti, found in the a cave in the Qinling Mountains of central China which tells of starvation and social unrest spanning centuries.
  
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• Samsung unveils two big smartphones

  13-08-2015 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung unveils two new large smartphones, but causes surprise by deciding not to sell one of them - the Galaxy Note 5 - in Europe.
  
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• VIDEO: How to avoid being 'cyber-flashed'

  13-08-2015 16:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out how to avoid being "airdropped" unsolicited nude photographs.
  
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• Smallest black hole ever found at the centre of a galaxy reveals how they form

  13-08-2015 16:07 via
  
  Astronomers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, studied X-ray emissions to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf disk galaxy called RGG 118 (pictured).
  
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• Not so supermassive after all! Smallest black hole ever found at the centre of a galaxy reveals clues about how they grow

  13-08-2015 15:57 via
  
  Astronomers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, studied X-ray emissions to measure the mass of a supermassive black hole at the heart of a dwarf disk galaxy called RGG 118 (pictured).
  
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• VIDEO: Perseid shower in 45 seconds

  13-08-2015 15:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stargazers captured the dazzling display of the annual Perseid meteor shower as it reached its peak on Wednesday night. BBC News viewers sent in their photos.
  
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• How network coverage varies across the UK revealed by Ofcom

  13-08-2015 15:26 via
  
  The online map of the UK enables mobile phone users to check their signal coverage across EE, Vodafone, Three and O2. It has been launched by regulator Ofcom.
  
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• Woman wears Fitbit while having sex

  13-08-2015 15:22 via
  
  Reddit user Jess, from the US, wore her Fitbit wristband during sex to monitor her heart rate creating a graph. She was curious about how it would change and decided to share the results.
  
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• Prime Meridian of the World's exact location of 0 degrees longitude is out by 100m

  13-08-2015 14:55 via
  
  The Prime Meridian (pictured) at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich was originally agreed at a meeting in Washington in 1884, but the telescope used to measure it was out of alignment.
  
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• Wireless Armour boxer shorts claim to protect your package from Wi-Fi signals

  13-08-2015 14:50 via
  
  The cotton in Wireless Armour underwear (pictured), designed by London-based physician Joseph Perkins, is woven with a mesh of silver that shields wearers from electromagnetic radiation.
  
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• Flexible iSkin sensors let you control gadgets by with your skin

  13-08-2015 14:47 via
  
  A team of computer scientists from Germany built flexible stickers made of silicone that would act as input interfaces for mobile devices so users can answer calls using their skin.
  
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• Human body generates enough electricity to fuel an iPhone in 70 hours

  13-08-2015 14:15 via
  
  The calculations were made by Philadelphia-based Gizmodo journalist Maddie Stone claims. Although she does stress there is no current way to harness this electricity.
  
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• Fossils reveal cats drove 40 species of canines to extinction in North America

  13-08-2015 13:58 via
  
  A team of scientists from Sweden, Brazil and Switzerland studied 2,000 fossils of ancient canids to reveal that the introduction of felids from Asia had a devastating impact on diversity in the dog family.
  
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• Butterflies and damselflies strike symmetrical poses as they rest on flowers

  13-08-2015 13:55 via
  
  Photographer Mauro Maione captured the images of insects as they rested on flowers in the meadows of Castelli Romani Park, close to Rome.
  
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• Intelligence and longevity 'is down to good genes' as smart people live longer

  13-08-2015 13:44 via
  
  Scientists at the London School of Economics found by analysing twins that 95 per cent of the link between intelligence and lifespan is down to a person's genetics, not the choices they make in life.
  
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• Ofcom releases coverage checker

  13-08-2015 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ofcom has created an online tool that lets people see what kind of mobile coverage they should be getting.
  
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• Ancient Egyptian animal mummies revealed at Manchester Museum exhibition

  13-08-2015 13:19 via
  
  From bandaged crocodiles to cats entombed in wooden effigies (pictured), a new exhibition at Manchester Museum seeks to unravel the mystery of animal mummies.
  
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• Touchjet Wave TV adapter turns your TV into a giant touchscreen for £63

  13-08-2015 12:57 via
  
  The Touchjet Wave, designed in San Francisco, clips onto the top of sets with a screen size of between 20 and 80 inches and uses infrared sensors to detect finger movements on the screen.
  
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• Olympic drug ban for ESL gamers

  13-08-2015 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Competitive video gamers will be tested for the same drugs banned at the Olympic Games under a new scheme by the Electronic Sports League.
  
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• Tianjin blasts 'on seismic scale'

  13-08-2015 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The force of the explosions in the Chinese port city of Tianjin were so vast they "alarmed" China's National Earthquake Network.
  
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• Twitter ditches DM character limit

  13-08-2015 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter's removing the 140-character limit on Direct Messages to let users "express themselves" more freely.
  
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• Baroness Susan Greenfield slammed over claims internet damages children's brains

  13-08-2015 12:30 via
  
  Baroness Susan Greenfield (pictured), a leading neuroscientist at Oxford University, as been attacked by colleagues who have accused her of 'misleading' the public with some of her claims.
  
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• Russia blocks Reddit drug chatter

  13-08-2015 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia has blocked access to some parts of social news site Reddit for "promoting" use of banned substances.
  
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• Turn your entire BODY into a touchscreen: Flexible iSkin sensors let you control gadgets by poking and stroking your skin

  13-08-2015 11:56 via
  
  A team of computer scientists from Germany built flexible stickers made of silicone that would act as input interfaces for mobile devices so users can answer calls using their skin.
  
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• How the Meridian is in the WRONG place: Exact location of 0 degrees longitude is out by 100m (putting it in Greenwich Park by a bin)

  13-08-2015 11:53 via
  
  The Prime Meridian (pictured) at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich was originally agreed at a meeting in Washington in 1884, but the telescope used to measure it was out of alignment.
  
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• Police investigate 'cyber-flashing'

  13-08-2015 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police are investigating a 'new' crime of cyber-flashing on the transport network after a commuter received an indecent image on her iPhone.
  
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• Lenovo cuts jobs as profits halve

  13-08-2015 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese computer and smartphone maker Lenovo announces 3,200 job cuts as it reports a halving of quarterly profits.
  
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