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• Having a ‘work personality’ can make people like you less: Study reveals how shutting off emotions can ruin relationships

  24-08-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Oregon have found that people who fake or hide their emotions are seen as more socially distant and indifferent to others' feelings.
  
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• Inside the Great Pacific Garbage Patch that spans hundreds of miles

  24-08-2015 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The crew of the Ocean Cleanup ventured to areas of the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch', a swirling mass of human-linked debris spanning hundreds
  of miles of open sea.
  
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• Comet 67P sings as 'particles blasting from it causing vibrations'

  24-08-2015 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris-based European Space Agency (Esa) compared the song to the way waves are produced when a hose fills with water, and these oscillations are what makes the comet 'sing'.
  
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• Russian cave where GIANT LIONS were sacrificed discovered

  24-08-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The find (skull bones pictured) was made in the Ural Mountains and is reported to be the largest-ever discovery of remains of the extinct creature that was 25 per cent larger than today's African lions.
  
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• Victorian Tempest Anderson's pictures from around the world

  24-08-2015 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victorian volcano-chaser Tempest Anderson, from York, spent decades of his life hunting down and documenting the world's most dangerous volcanoes. His work has finally been digitised.
  
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• Girls make friends for making out but LOSE them if they have sex

  24-08-2015 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the attitudes to 11-16 year olds reveals a double standard of attitudes to sex.
  
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• The Moon once had fountains of FIRE from lava eruptions

  24-08-2015 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US scientists have found traces of carbon in volcanic glass collected from the Apollo missions, and say this volatile gas may have caused fountains of fire on the moon.
  
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• Greenland glacier sheds chunk of ice that covers MANHATTAN

  24-08-2015 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is estimated that the Jakobshavn glacier in western Greenland glacier lost a total area of 12.5 sq km in just two days in August.
  
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• Manhattan-sized iceberg splits from glacier – and spotted FROM SPACE

  24-08-2015 22:19 via go.theregister.com
  
  Big enough to bury New York City borough under 300m of ice Pic  One of Earth's biggest icebergs ever seen has been discovered by orbiting satellites. The huge freeze-blob was just carved from Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier, and slid into the ocean.…
  
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• European Space Agency spots Greenland glacier calving massive iceberg

  24-08-2015 22:19 via go.theregister.com
  
  Big enough to bury Manhattan under 300m of ice Satellites monitoring the Earth have spotted one of the biggest icebergs ever seen as Greenland's Jakobshavn Glacier vomited a huge chunk of ice into the ocean.…
  
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• Manuscript claims Jesus married could be authentic

  24-08-2015 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study of the papyrus' ink by Columbia University has undermined evidence the document was written by the same author who may have forged a fragment from the canonical Gospel of John.
  
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• Fastest moving glacier in the world sheds record breaking chunk of ice big enough to cover MANHATTAN in a 300m thick frozen slab

  24-08-2015 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is estimated that the Jakobshavn glacier in western Greenland glacier lost a total area of 12.5 sq km in just two days in August.
  
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• The moon once had fountains of FIRE: Scientists discover what caused mysterious lava eruptions on the lunar surface

  24-08-2015 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US scientists have found traces of carbon in volcanic glass collected from the Apollo missions, and say this volatile gas may have caused fountains of fire on the moon.
  
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• Medieval bones discovered close to historic Hertford castle

  24-08-2015 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The human bones, which included a femur, ribs and a jaw, (pictured) were uncovered by engineers working for National Grid in Hertford, less than 350 yards from the town's medieval castle.
  
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• Google Nexus leaks show handset's strange 'periscope' protusion

  24-08-2015 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubbed the 'periscope phone' because of its strange shape, the handset also features a fingerprint sensor and a large 5.7inch screen.
  
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• Huge gold reserves are hiding in reservoirs of water within active volcanoes

  24-08-2015 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists have found underground reservoirs in the Taupo Volcanic Zone in New Zealand could contain millions of dollars worth of silver and gold. The Champagne Pool hot spring is pictured.
  
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• Want a better marriage AND sex life: Get your husband to look after the kids, say scientists

  24-08-2015 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers discovered that if men take up more of the child-care duties, splitting them equally with their female partners, couples are more satisfied with relationships and sex lives.
  
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• Researchers sample enormous oceanic trash vortex ahead of clean-up proposal

  24-08-2015 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The crew of the Ocean Cleanup ventured to areas of the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch', a swirling mass of human-linked debris spanning hundreds
  of miles of open sea.
  
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• Midweek days have weaker identities than Monday and Friday

  24-08-2015 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists from the universities of Lincoln, York and Hertfordshire created an experiment to test how people’s mental representations of days of the week are constructed.
  
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• Florida scientists discover how to 'switch off' cancer

  24-08-2015 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In exciting experiments, Mayo Clinic researchersmade cancerous breast and bladder cells benign again. And they believe many other types of cancer should be in their grasp.
  
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• Soyuz footage shows astronauts flung around during Earth landing

  24-08-2015 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three astronauts including European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti are shown being thrown around inside the Soyuz capsule as they touched down on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
  
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• Scientists claim that an iron bar can make 'decisions'

  24-08-2015 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese scientists have explained how an iron barcould in theory pick out a slot machine with favourable odds using using ‘tug-of-war-dynamics’ (TOW).
  
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• Women are more likely to seek a divorce over housework chores

  24-08-2015 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Stanford University said women asked for a divorce 69 per cent of the time as, inspired by feminist thinking, they became fed up with the lack of gender equality in their marriage.
  
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• Do inanimate objects THINK? Scientists claim that an iron bar can make 'decisions'

  24-08-2015 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese scientists have explained how an iron barcould in theory pick out a slot machine with favourable odds using using ‘tug-of-war-dynamics’ (TOW).
  
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• Back to Earth with a BUMP: Soyuz capsule footage shows astronauts flung around their cabin as they land on planet Earth

  24-08-2015 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three astronauts including European Space Agency's Samantha Cristoforetti are shown being thrown around inside the Soyuz capsule as they touched down on the steppes of Kazakhstan.
  
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• Men, start pulling your weight! Women are more likely to seek a divorce because they they get fed up with having to do all the housework

  24-08-2015 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Stanford University said women asked for a divorce 69 per cent of the time as, inspired by feminist thinking, they became fed up with the lack of gender equality in their marriage.
  
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• White Stork mates with ISS, delivers bundles of resupply joy

  24-08-2015 17:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Japan's space truck arrives at orbiting outpost Japan's space truck Kounotori 5 ("White Stork 5") today successfully docked with the International Space Station (ISS), bearing 4.5 tonnes of scientific kit and supplies.…
  
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• Blunt umbrella 'sings' and sends its location to a smartphone if left behind

  24-08-2015 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Zealand brand Blunt created the super-strong umbrella, which has a 'Tile' Bluetooth chip hidden in a specially designed pocket in the canopy.
  
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• Mystery of why 67P 'sings' solved: Streams of charged particles blasting from the comet are causing vibrations around icy rock

  24-08-2015 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paris-based European Space Agency (Esa) compared the song to the way waves are produced when a hose fills with water, and these oscillations are what makes the comet 'sing'.
  
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• People are at their most spiritual in the morning, study claims

  24-08-2015 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Connecticut used data from the ongoing SoulPulse study, which collects data using participants' smartphones, to show people are spiritual in the morning.
  
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• 'Suicides' over Ashley Madison hack

  24-08-2015 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two individuals associated with the leak of Ashley Madison customer details are reported to have taken their lives, police in Canada say.
  
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• Sasquatch hunter MK Davis claims to have video footage of the mysterious creature

  24-08-2015 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bigfoot hunter MK Davis spotted the dark figure in footage he filmed while walking with friends in Bluff Creek in California. He claims the creature appears to be struggling with some kind of bag.
  
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• Victorian pioneer Tempest Anderson's pictures from around the world 100 years before the Instagram generation

  24-08-2015 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Victorian volcano-chaser Tempest Anderson, from York, spent decades of his life hunting down and documenting the world's most dangerous volcanoes. His work has finally been digitised.
  
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• Greenland glacier sheds big ice chunk

  24-08-2015 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists are studying a big mass of ice that has broken off the Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland.
  
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• Sacred cave where GIANT LIONS were sacrificed 60,000 years ago discovered in Russia

  24-08-2015 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The find (skull bones pictured) was made in the Ural Mountains and is reported to be the largest-ever discovery of remains of the extinct creature that was 25 per cent larger than today's African lions.
  
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• Beware, your lock screen passcode probably isn't very secure: 75% of us start secret patterns from a corner, study reveals

  24-08-2015 13:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A graduate of the Norwegian University of Science and Technology sampled 4,000 user-generated Android lock patterns to identify common patterns and habits.
  
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• Social network Eter9 learns your personality to post onlinef after you die

  24-08-2015 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eter9, designed by Portuguese programmer Henrique Jorge, uses artificial intelligence to learn about its users from their posts to generate a virtual 'counterpart' to post when they are offline.
  
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• The dirtiest areas of an aeroplane revealed

  24-08-2015 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline Travel highlights eight areas on a plane that can be the difference between holiday happiness and holiday nightmare.
  
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• Pokemon championships duo arrested

  24-08-2015 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men due to compete in the event have been arrested at the venue after firearms, ammunition and a hunting knife were found in their car.
  
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• iPhone battery that lasts a WEEK

  24-08-2015 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Loughborough-based Intelligent Energy made the hydrogen-powered fuel cell for the iPhone 6 but has not commented on rumours it is working with Apple to boost its phones' battery lives.
  
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• The phone battery that lasts a WEEK: Tiny fuel cell powered by hydrogen boosts the life of an iPhone for up to seven days

  24-08-2015 12:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Loughborough-based Intelligent Energy made the hydrogen-powered fuel cell for the iPhone 6 but has not commented on rumours it is working with Apple to boost its phones' battery lives.
  
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• Is YOUR iPhone taking blurry photos? Apple launches scheme to replace faulty iSight cameras for free

  24-08-2015 11:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has said that 'a small percentage of iPhone 6 Plus' handsets contain a faulty component in the iSight camera that can cause photos to look blurry.
  
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• Veterinary scientist casts doubt on dog shaming internet trend

  24-08-2015 09:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adelaide Veterinary scientist Doctor Susan Hazel said studies show canines don't feel or display guilt, and that the sorrowful eyes are a means of staying out of the doghouse.
  
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• VIDEO: Stems: A new music format

  24-08-2015 09:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LJ Rich gets to grips with the new stems music format
  
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• VIDEO: Exploring England's coastal wildlife

  24-08-2015 07:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wildlife in the British countryside has been exhaustively catalogued, but the same is not true for wildlife off the coast.
  
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• Recipe for a successful first date? Don't order a salad and pay the full bill (and make sure it is at least £50) 

  24-08-2015 00:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research by New York founded TGI Friday's also found that 27 per cent of men find it attractive when women get ‘hands-on’ and ‘stuck in’ to their food by ordering messy dishes such as burgers or ribs.
  
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• Aerial pictures show US and European tectonic plates in Iceland pulling apart

  24-08-2015 00:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dramatic terrain in Iceland - the join between two tectonic plates - is popular with tourists who can explore the natural wonder on land and underwater.
  
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