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• Inside Google's Jupiter network in Georgia

  20-08-2015 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm has revealed how the intricate maze of computers that process Internet search requests, showYouTube video clips and distribute email for millions of people works.
  
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• 'Pooductive' app lets people sitting on the toilet chat anonymously to other bathroom users

  20-08-2015 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called Pooductive, the app was originally launched via Kickstarter, but failed to raise enough funds - and has now been released for free to raise awareness for water and hygiene charities.
  
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• Ashley Madison hackers the Impact Team release second batch of records

  20-08-2015 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hackers dump SECOND, even bigger batch of Ashley Madison records with taunting message to millionaire founder of 'cheating dirtbag' site.
  
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• Are you a dominant front-fastener, or a submissive back-clasper? How the way you put on your BRA reveals intimate details about your personality

  20-08-2015 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patti Wood, a body language and behavior expert who teaches at Emory University in Atlanta, explains that the way you put on your bra correlates with four distinct personality types.
  
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• The dark heart of the Milky Way revealed: Stunning new images show ‘scars’ from black hole at centre of our universe

  20-08-2015 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captured by the X-ray satellite XMM-Newton, the images reveal enormous X-ray emitting bubbles, tens of light years across, creating giant cavities in the gas, dust and plasma.
  
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• The dark heart of the Milky Way revealed: Stunning new images show ‘scars’ in black hole at centre of our universe

  20-08-2015 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captured by the X-ray satellite XMM-Newton, the images reveal enormous X-ray emitting bubbles, tens of light years across, creating giant cavities in the gas, dust and plasma.
  
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• Researchers say SEAWATER was key to diamond formation

  20-08-2015 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say some of the rich diamond deposits in the Northwest Territories were formed as a result of ancient seawater streaming into the deep roots of the continent.
  
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• Wanderlust reveal the world's top ten star gazing spots

  20-08-2015 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Staunton River State Park in Virginia, Natural Bridges National Monument, Utah, and the Zselic National Landscape Protection Area in Hungary took the top three places.
  
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• Human brain behaves like a rat lost in a maze, Professor James Knierim finds

  20-08-2015 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are unravelling how the human brain recognises familiar faces and why sometimes it makes mistakes, by studying rats in a maze.
  
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• Cornell scientists reveal how to tell if your partner is about to cheat on you

  20-08-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found there are actually a series of subtle linguistic clues that predict when a betrayal is coming - but say we almost always miss them.
  
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• Man exploits animals far more than any other creature on Earth

  20-08-2015 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Victoria in Canada study found that humans exploit fish populations 14 times more aggressively than marine predators such as sharks and killer whales.
  
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• Humans are 'unique super-predator'

  20-08-2015 20:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new study confirms humans' status as a unique super predator, and points to ways our impacts on other species could be lessened.
  
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• Check Whatsapp from your desktop: Firm finally opens up its web app to iPhone users

  20-08-2015 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users who have the app on their iPhone can now visit web.whatsapp.com in Google Chrome and scan the QR code to chat with friends from their computer.
  
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• Why we're smarter than CHICKENS: Loss of a protein fragment led to a superior human brain

  20-08-2015 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Toronto in Canada believe a process called alternative splicing is the reason why humans evolved to have the largest and most complex brain among vertebrates.
  
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• California is SINKING by two inches a month, Nasa reveals

  20-08-2015 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vast areas of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than in the past as massive amounts of groundwater are being pumped during the state’s historic drought.
  
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• July Earth's hottest month on record

  20-08-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  July was the hottest month on Earth since records began in 1880, according to US scientists.
  
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• UK troops to tackle ivory poaching

  20-08-2015 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British troops are on their way to Gabon on the west coast of Africa to tackle an increase in ivory poaching.
  
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• Ashley Madison, CCTV: Podcast 231

  20-08-2015 19:00
  
  
  Listen this week for an entertaining 45-minute look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, Katie Collins and James Temperton.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• California is SINKING: Groundwater pumping during the drought is causing areas to sink by two inches a month

  20-08-2015 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vast areas of California's Central Valley are sinking faster than in the past as massive amounts of groundwater are being pumped during the state’s historic drought.
  
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• Awkward! Why you think you recognise strangers in the street: Human brain behaves like a rat lost in a maze

  20-08-2015 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University are unravelling how the human brain recognises familiar faces and why sometimes it makes mistakes, by studying rats in a maze.
  
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• Swimming pool to link London towers

  20-08-2015 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 25m swimming pool linking the tops of two 10-storey towers is to be built in London.
  
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• Robots to capture ocean life images

  20-08-2015 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pair of pioneering robots going on voyage to capture images of ocean life off the coast of Pembrokeshire.
  
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• Gas giant cores actually built from shedloads of gravel

  20-08-2015 17:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  'Pebble-accretion' theory points to rapid formation of Saturn and Jupiter New research has lent weight to the idea that the cores of gas giants, such as Saturn and Jupiter, were quickly formed from billions of small pebbles, rather than a smaller number of more substantial rocks over an extended period of time.…
  
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• MasterCard trials facial recognition technology to verify payments

  20-08-2015 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MasterCard's 'Selfie Pay' technology is being put through its paces in a trial taking place at First Tech Federal Credit Union in California.
  
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• Relax! The world will NOT end next month: Nasa denies rumours of a massive asteroid impact bringing worldwide destruction

  20-08-2015 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has issued an exasperated statement in response to viral internet rumours that an asteroid is due to impact off the coast of Puerto Rico between 15 and 28 September.
  
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• Ashley Madison - who did the hack?

  20-08-2015 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Questions still surround the identity of the hackers who are behind the massive Ashley Madison data breach - and it may need loose talk to uncover the perpetrators.
  
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• Vomitting robot shows how quickly norovirus spreads though the AIR

  20-08-2015 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at North Carolina State University and Wake Forest University designed to vomiting robot (shown) to explore how the norovirus spreads so quickly.
  
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• Uber's background checks missed 25 criminals including a murderer

  20-08-2015 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber has come under fire after a complaint filed by the San Francisco district attorney's office claims 25 drivers with criminal records were allowed to drive for the taxi service.
  
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• Emoji 'alphabet' is about to get 38 more images including selfie and bacon

  20-08-2015 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The nominations are in for new additions to the emoji alphabet as part of the 2016 update including a selfie, a dancing man to accompany the dancing woman and even a facepalm.
  
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• Antiques in spaaaaace! Retired space shuttles cannibalised for parts

  20-08-2015 15:41 via go.theregister.com
  
  NASA's financial issues mean museum pieces are being ripped apart for ISS spares NASA’s budget woes have forced it to consider sending museum pieces into space.…
  
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• Shark-baiting experiment aims to catch GREAT WHITES in British waters

  20-08-2015 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists will drag a whale carcass behind a boat rigged with cameras with the aim of capturing a a great white shark (stock image) feeding on camera in the Irish Sea.
  
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• Fitness and activity monitors give inaccurate readings study reveals

  20-08-2015 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Iowa State University tested four consumer fitness bands and found that they struggled to accurately measure exercise levels when the user sat still or during strength training.
  
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• Smartphone sales 'fall in China'

  20-08-2015 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphone sales record their first year-on-year drop, according to research firm Gartner, but Huawei and Apple buck the trend.
  
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• Is this the world's most unstoppable vehicle? 'Marauder' can smash through walls, survive landmines and comes fitted with anti-ballistic armour as standard

  20-08-2015 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Marauder, described as being the world's most unstoppable vehicle, was pictured being put through its paces at a testing facility outside Pretoria in South Africa.
  
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• Could our fear of fracking be appeased with CO2 sequestration?

  20-08-2015 14:46 via go.theregister.com
  
  Those related eco-problems? They're not a thing, apparently A plan to use CO2 to replace the water used in controversial energy technique fracking has been met with a mixed reception by experts contacted by The Register.…
  
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• Mars rover takes low-angle 'selfie'

  20-08-2015 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US space agency has issued another of the "selfie" portraits acquired by its Curiosity rover on Mars, but this one is taken from a much lower angle.
  
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• Are GREAT WHITES lurking in British waters? Shark-baiting experiment aims to catch apex predator feeding on camera

  20-08-2015 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists will drag a whale carcass behind a boat rigged with cameras with the aim of capturing a a great white shark (stock image) feeding on camera in the Irish Sea.
  
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• Is your fitness tracker LYING to you? Activity monitors give inaccurate readings for many forms of exercise, study reveals

  20-08-2015 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Iowa State University tested four consumer fitness bands and found that they struggled to accurately measure exercise levels when the user sat still or during strength training.
  
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• Ashley Madison hack map reveals locations of subscribed men and women

  20-08-2015 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Searchable databases of namesand sexual fantasies linked the data hack had to shut down within minutes of going live because they could not cope with demand, MailOnline can reveal.
  
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• Did a supernova trigger the birth of the solar system? Shockwaves may have triggered formation and rotation of planets 

  20-08-2015 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington have shown how a supernova explosion gave our solar system its spin, without which there would be no planets.
  
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• Ashley Madison leak fallout deepens

  20-08-2015 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Data from the Ashley Madison breach floods on to the web
  
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• Shop with a SELFIE! MasterCard trials facial recognition technology to verify payments

  20-08-2015 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MasterCard's 'Selfie Pay' technology is being put through its paces in a trial taking place at First Tech Federal Credit Union in California.
  
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• Stephen Hawking voice and speech synthesiser released by Intel online

  20-08-2015 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intel, the company behind the innovative software that allows Cambridge astrophysicist Stephen Hawking to speak, has released the program online so that others can benefit from the system.
  
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• Uber accused over driver vetting

  20-08-2015 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cab firm Uber is accused by California district attorneys of not doing enough to check the backgrounds of people it employs as drivers.
  
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• Keep flowers fresh by treating them to vodka, bleach, lemonade or aspirin

  20-08-2015 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Want to know the secret to keep your flowers fresh for longer? Give plants vodka to sustain them mouthwash, to preserve the colour and lemonade, to make them perky.
  
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• Volcanic lightning, 600-mile-long clouds and mesmerising ocean sinkholes: Infographic highlights the world's weirdest and most wonderful natural phenomena

  20-08-2015 10:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With plenty of little-known spots to see, Visit IOM has created a handy guide to consult before embarking on your next holiday - particularly, if you want to be guaranteed a sighting of some all-natural rarities.
  
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• Turtle makes escape from the jaws of a salt-water crocodile in Kakadu

  20-08-2015 08:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An extremely fortunate turtle in the Northern Territory has managed an unlikely and death-defying escape from the jaws of a four-metre salt water crocodile.
  
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• Curiosity rolls over onto Martian WET PATCH, takes satisfied selfie

  20-08-2015 07:49 via go.theregister.com
  
  That felt soooo good, say mission boffins, as rover's drill finally gets hard again The Curiosity Rover has found the wettest patch of ground it's yet observed on Mars.…
  
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• Women gamers: Your industry needs you

  20-08-2015 07:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gaming chief says he wants more women to work in the industry
  
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• Carbon fibres made from air

  20-08-2015 06:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chemists discover a way to take carbon dioxide from the air and make carbon nanofibres, a valuable manufacturing material.
  
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