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• Fifteen thousand U.S. government workers -including White House staff - among 37 million cheating spouses identified in hack of Ashley Madison adultery dating site 

  19-08-2015 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of cheating spouses working in the highest quarters of the U.S. government have been identified today in a major global hack of adultery dating site Ashley Madison.
  
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• How well does your toddler talk? Researchers say vocabulary at age TWO can predict future success in school 

  19-08-2015 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children entering kindergarten with higher reading and maths achievements more likely to go to college, own homes, be married and live in good neighbourhoods as adults.
  
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• Microsoft Internet Explorer patch to fix bug that lets hackers take control released

  19-08-2015 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flaw allows an attacker to hijack control of your computer via Internet Explorer – just by visiting a boobytrapped webpage.
  
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• The science of the Martian: Nasa reveals the technologies that allow Matt Damon to survive on the red planet in blockbuster movie

  19-08-2015 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite the action takes place 20 years in the future, Nasa is already developing many of the technologies that appear in the Ridley Scott film starring Matt Damon.
  
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• SpaceLiner could travel between Europe and Australia in under 90 minutes

  19-08-2015 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German Spaceliner project would mean a journey between Europe and the U.S. would be reduced to just over 60 minutes - at a price.
  
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• Update now! Microsoft releases 'critical' patch for Internet Explorer to fix bug that lets hackers take control of any windows machine 

  19-08-2015 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flaw allows an attacker to hijack control of your computer via Internet Explorer – just by visiting a boobytrapped webpage.
  
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• Probe pinpoints blood clot locations

  19-08-2015 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new probe sticks to blood clots so they "light up" in a PET scan, and could eventually save time during treatment of stroke and related conditions.
  
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• VIDEO: Japan launches rocket bound for ISS

  19-08-2015 21:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan has successfully launched an unmanned spacecraft bound for the International Space Station.
  
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• Spider that can FLY despite having no wings discovered in South America

  19-08-2015 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of scientists working in Peru and Panama have discovered the nocturnal spider that is able to glide and steer in mid-air, displaying remarkable agility for an arachnid.
  
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• What's so special about Samsung Pay?

  19-08-2015 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung launches its mobile wallet service Samsung Pay, boasting that it will work with more payment terminals than Apple's rival facility.
  
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• Hypersonic passenger planes could be a reality by 2030: Rocket-propelled SpaceLiner could carry 100 passengers and travel between Europe and Australia in under 90 minutes (at a price)

  19-08-2015 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German Spaceliner project would mean a journey between Europe and the U.S. would be reduced to just over 60 minutes - at a price.
  
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• Warp speed could be a reality in the next 100 years: Star Trek-like travel between galaxies is possible, claims astrophysicist

  19-08-2015 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is according to Professor Geraint Lewis from the University of Sydney who claims the idea of warp speed has been proven possible in Einstein's theory of relativity.
  
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• Boffins raise five-week-old fetal human brain in the lab for experimentation

  19-08-2015 20:10 via go.theregister.com
  
  Frankenstein still some way off, but DARPA's keen A scientific team in Ohio has managed to raise the most complete human brain yet, and plan to use it for testing drugs and trying to understand autism.…
  
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• Hawking's speech tech released

  19-08-2015 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Software that helps Prof Stephen Hawking to speak via a computer has been published online by Intel, the company that created it.
  
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• 'Rainbow' vein of legendary Blue John Stone that has graced tables at Buckingham Palace discovered: Unique sample is the first of its kind to be found in 150 years

  19-08-2015 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new variety of a semi-precious stone has been discovered in Treak Cliff Cavern in the Peak District. It is the first time in 150 years that a new variant of Blue John Stone has been found.
  
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• 'Coal error' skewed China CO2 data

  19-08-2015 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Confusion over the types of coal being burned in China's power stations means its carbon emissions have been overestimated, say researchers.
  
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• Hummingbirds use their tube-like tongues as tiny pumps to extract nectar from flowers

  19-08-2015 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Connecticut researchers studied 18 hummingbird species to find that the brightly-coloured bird’s tongue acts like a tiny pump thanks to two skinny tubes.
  
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• Fossil teases its Android Wear watch: Traditional-looking wearable will launch in autumn alongside bracelets

  19-08-2015 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Android Wear watch (pictured) was unveiled at the Intel Developer’s Forum in Shenzhen, China along with two other ‘connected’ accessories.
  
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• Japans 'White Stork' soars heavenwards to ISS

  19-08-2015 18:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Resupply mission space truck safely off the ground Japan earlier today successfully launched its Kounotori 5 ("White Stork 5") ISS resupply vehicle from Tanegashima Space Center.…
  
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• Extinctions can speed up evolution and introduce useful adaptations in walking robots

  19-08-2015 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin used a walking robot simulation (pictured) to show that mass extinctions could speed up evolution, leading to useful new adaptations.
  
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• 800-year-old crucifix engraved with a Hebrew talisman unearthed in Wales

  19-08-2015 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Malcolm Corfield, 63, found the inch-longcrucifix buried in Newport, Wales. The charm is in fantastic condition with a Hebrew inscription clearly reading 'Ate gebir leilam adonal'.
  
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• Are mass extinctions a GOOD thing? Die-offs can speed up evolution and introduce useful adaptations in walking robots

  19-08-2015 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientists at the University of Texas at Austin used a walking robot simulation (pictured) to show that mass extinctions could speed up evolution, leading to useful new adaptations.
  
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• Hackers leaked online HUGE Ashley Madison data clients list including UN and Vatican staff

  19-08-2015 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a dark web post entitled 'Time's Up!' hackers today dumped a 9.7 gigabyte file with email addresses, usernames, passwords and credit card transactions of users.
  
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• AUDIO: Mumsnet founder's 'Swat attack' shock

  19-08-2015 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Justine Roberts tells the BBC that a police swat team had turned up at her house as the result of a malicious prank.
  
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• Mumsnet founder suffers 'swat attack'

  19-08-2015 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parenting site Mumsnet resets its users' passwords after a series of attacks, which involved armed police being called out to its co-founder's home.
  
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• Lightning strikes wipe Google data

  19-08-2015 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has said data was wiped from discs at one of its data centres in Belgium - after the local power grid was struck by lightning four times.
  
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• VIDEO: Hackers publish details from affairs site

  19-08-2015 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Names and details of more than 30 million people that use a site that facilitates extra-marital affairs are leaked onto the internet.
  
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• Pet DRONE goes on sale: Mini aircraft on a leash lets you take selfies to new heights

  19-08-2015 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Zurich-based inventor has designed a drone on a leash to make UAVs more 'friendly' and to increase safety for those nearby. Its leash design means it will be able to bypass strict laws on UAVs.
  
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• James Bond could drive electric Aston Martin that's taking on Tesla

  19-08-2015 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aston Martin, based in Gaydon, Warwickshire,has confirmed it is working on an all-electric version of its four-door Rapide (original pictured) which is intended to go on sale in two years’ time.
  
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• Colossus veteran flies a drone over Bletchley Park

  19-08-2015 14:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  No reports of bandits in the area, fortunately An operator of Colossus, the world’s first electronic computer, returned to her wartime workplace to fly a drone this week.…
  
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• Do YOU look like a hero? Tall, 35-year-old, masculine-looking men are more likely to be perceived as dominant ... and cast in films

  19-08-2015 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of St Andrews digitally altered the faces of men and asked participants' opinions of them, finding height and masculinity increased with perceived dominance.
  
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• Phone-brella keeps users dry while texting in the rain thanks to its C-shaped handle

  19-08-2015 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South Korean company kt design re-imagined the humble umbrella with a C-shaped handle that hooks over the wrist leaving users' hands free for texting and surfing the web on a smartphone.
  
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• ISS Astronauits capture rare 'red sprite' thunderstorm above Mexico

  19-08-2015 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vibrant flash of red light called a red sprite (pictured) was part of a storm that struck parts of Mexico in early August.
  
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• 'Female Viagra' is approved in the US: Drug dubbed the 'pink pill' boosts women's libido - but carries side-effects including fatigue and fainting

  19-08-2015 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Addyi, the first prescription drug designed to boost sexual desire in women, has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration, a milestone long sought by the pharmaceutical industry.
  
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• Look away now arachnophobes! Enormous spider that can FLY despite having no wings discovered in South America

  19-08-2015 12:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of scientists working in Peru and Panama have discovered the nocturnal spider that is able to glide and steer in mid-air, displaying remarkable agility for an arachnid.
  
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• Comet impacts cook up 'soup of life'

  19-08-2015 12:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New lab results show how collisions between comets and planets can make the molecules that are the essential building blocks of life.
  
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• You can stand under my PHONE-brella: Design keeps users dry while texting in the rain thanks to its C-shaped handle

  19-08-2015 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South Korean company kt design re-imagined the humble umbrella with a C-shaped handle that hooks over the wrist leaving users' hands free for texting and surfing the web on a smartphone.
  
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• University of Urbino psychologist says 10 minutes of eye contact can make you HALLUCINATE

  19-08-2015 11:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giovanni Caputo of the University of Urbino in Italy conducted the experiment in a dimly-lit room where 20 volunteers were asked to stare into each other’s eyes continuously for 10 minutes.
  
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• Why do driverless car makers have this insatiable need for speed?

  19-08-2015 11:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's all about volume and the maps, man Worstall on Wednesday  I get the point of driverless cars: once they actually work they're going to be great for everyone except the recreational driver, and it wouldn't be a surprise to find the technology being made mandatory for use on some of the public road network some decades down the line.…
  
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• VIDEO: Art that reacts to human singing

  19-08-2015 09:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exhibition exploring the relationship between human physiology and vibrations of the voice
  
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• Vlogger advert guidelines published

  19-08-2015 06:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New guidelines for video bloggers who enter marketing relationships with brands are published by the Committee of Advertising Practice.
  
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• Have we underestimated our ancestors?

  19-08-2015 06:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Evidence from a variety of sources suggests that the first people to resettle Britain after the Ice Age were more sophisticated than we could have imagined.
  
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• Walk Wings gadget converts shoes into skates using retractable rubber wheels

  19-08-2015 05:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Each Walk Wing attaches to the user’s existing footwear using a heel strap, toe cover, and a ratcheting ankle strap. The four rubber wheels fall into place by sliding a lever at the back of each bracket.
  
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• Russian space mission that sent dogs into orbit marked by Science Museum exhibition 

  19-08-2015 05:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On August 19 1960, Belka and Strelka made history by circling the Earth 18 times on the Soviet Korable-Sputnik 2 spacecraft - paving the way for cosmonaut Yuri Gararin.
  
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• Human brain grown in a LAB that could help Alzheimer's research

  19-08-2015 05:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brain 'organoid' was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about the size of a pencil eraser. It is comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus.
  
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• Republicans tend to be married and have better relationships than left wing voters

  19-08-2015 05:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Virginia examined surveys of 236,000 voters and found 67 per cent of those on the right were 'very happy' in their marriages compared to 60 per cent on the left.
  
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• 1.85m year old little finger bone that could rewrite human evolution

  19-08-2015 05:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery of the little finger bone in Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania pushes back in time a key step in our evolution from tree-climbing foragers to tool-wielding hunters, scientists say.
  
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• Onean electric surfboard lets you glide across still water without need for waves

  19-08-2015 05:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The electric surfboard designed by a Spanish firm called Onean has a motor on board to allow surfers to glide over smooth water at sea, or on lakes and canals.
  
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• How climate change has shaped DOGS

  19-08-2015 05:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancestors of dogs living in North America 40 million years ago resembled small mongooses and were ambush predators much like modern many cats.
  
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• Great white sharks have developed a taste for OTTERS

  19-08-2015 05:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California's sea otters are endangered and the shark attacks are becoming a worrying trend as more than 50 per cent of dead otters washed up now show signs of great white shark bites.
  
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