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• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg reveals a billion people used social network on Monday

  27-08-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family,' Mark Zuckerberg posted to his own page on the site.
  
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• Why men find thinner women attractive, scientists say

  27-08-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men find thinner women attractive because they associate their body shape with youth, fertility and a lower risk of disease, according to a study by the University of Aberdeen.
  
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• Hubble image captures the Twin Jet Nebula spewing out cosmic clouds

  27-08-2015 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stretched out like iridescent butterfly wings, the image reveals the incredible complexity of the bipolar nebula’s two shimmering lobes 5,560 light-years away.
  
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• Facebook's billion user day: Mark Zuckerberg reveals one in seven people on EARTH used social network on Monday

  27-08-2015 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'On Monday, 1 in 7 people on Earth used Facebook to connect with their friends and family,' Mark Zuckerberg posted to his own page on the site.
  
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• Why men find thinner women attractive: Scientists say 'evolutionary fitness' makes slimmer females more appealing

  27-08-2015 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men find thinner women attractive because they associate their body shape with youth, fertility and a lower risk of disease, according to a study by the University of Aberdeen.
  
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• Watch Boeing test radical new 'silent strike' laser weapon small enough to fit in a suitcase but powerful enough to blast a drone out of the air

  27-08-2015 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Compact Laser Weapon System can be assembled in 15 minutes, and then destroy targets from up to 22 miles away with an an energy beam of up to 10 kilowatts.
  
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• Has Tri Alpha Energy worked out how to harness fusion power

  27-08-2015 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tri Alpha Energy says it's developed a machine that can hold hot plasma steady at 10 million degrees Celsius (18 million degrees Fahrenheit) for five milliseconds.
  
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• Ashley Madison was developing 'What's Your Wife Worth' app

  27-08-2015 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Set to be called 'What's Your Wife Worth,' mockups of the app were leaked in emails from founder Noel Biderman, and show a dollar amount next to women based on their rating.
  
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• A 'butterfly' in space: Stunning Hubble image captures the Twin Jet Nebula spewing out cosmic clouds at 620,000mph

  27-08-2015 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stretched out like iridescent butterfly wings, the image reveals the incredible complexity of the bipolar nebula’s two shimmering lobes 5,560 light-years away.
  
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• Apple's iPhone 6s and new Apple TV to be revealed on September 9th

  27-08-2015 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has confirmed a 'special event' in San Francisco on September 9th, where it is expected to unveil its next generation iPhone and a new Apple TV box.
  
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• Neurotic people are more likely to be imaginative and creative

  27-08-2015 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at Kings College London found that creative thinkers, such as Woody Allen (stock image) tend to be neurotic worriers. Other people considered to be geniuses are also neurotic.
  
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• Ashley Madison was developing 'What's Your Wife Worth' app that gave women on the site a rating and a dollar value

  27-08-2015 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Set to be called 'What's Your Wife Worth,' mockups of the app were leaked in emails from founder Noel Biderman, and show a dollar amount next to women based on their rating.
  
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• Has a secretive California firm worked out how to harness fusion power? Tri Alpha Energy reveals a 'reactor breakthrough'

  27-08-2015 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tri Alpha Energy says it's developed a machine that can hold hot plasma steady at 10 million degrees Celsius (18 million degrees Fahrenheit) for five milliseconds.
  
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• Samsung patents eye-tracking technology to ZOOM in if it sees you squinting

  27-08-2015 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South-Korean electronics giant Samsung has revealed a system that uses facial recognition and eye-tracking technology to detect if a viewer is having trouble seeing what is on the screen.
  
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• Rude drivers lose out to competent male motorists when it comes to impressing women

  27-08-2015 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by London-based Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) shows bad driving such as road rage 'reduced attractiveness by 50 per cent'.
  
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• Apple's iPhone 6s and new Apple TV to be revealed on September 9th: Firm sends out invites for San Francisco event

  27-08-2015 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has confirmed a 'special event' in San Francisco on September 9th, where it is expected to unveil its next generation iPhone and a new Apple TV box.
  
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• VIDEO: Kids pressured to buy in-game extras

  27-08-2015 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  Moshi Monsters and Bin Weevils are in trouble with the Advertising Standards Authority for pressuring kids into making in-game purchases.
  
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• SoundCloud to be sued over royalties

  27-08-2015 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS) says it will pursue SoundCloud "through the courts" for unpaid royalties.
  
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• 20 per cent of samples of 'ground meat' sold in the US contain HORSE

  27-08-2015 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chapman University in California analysed 48 samples of meat, and found 10 to be mislabeled. Of those 10, nine had additional animal included and one sample was mislabeled completely.
  
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• Are you a worrier? Chances are you're a GENIUS: Neurotic people are more likely to be imaginative and creative

  27-08-2015 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at Kings College London found that creative thinkers, such as Woody Allen (stock image) tend to be neurotic worriers. Other people considered to be geniuses are also neurotic.
  
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• Woman gets cash for gadget allergy

  27-08-2015 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman in France has won a disability grant after telling a court she suffers from an allergy to electromagnetic radiation from gadgets.
  
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• Never struggle to read subtitles again! Samsung patents eye-tracking technology to ZOOM in if it sees you squinting at the TV

  27-08-2015 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South-Korean electronics giant Samsung has revealed a system that uses facial recognition and eye-tracking technology to detect if a viewer is having trouble seeing what is on the screen.
  
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• Boy racers beware! Rude and aggressive drivers lose out to competent male motorists when it comes to impressing women

  27-08-2015 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by London-based Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) shows bad driving such as road rage 'reduced attractiveness by 50 per cent'.
  
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• Russian billionaire Andrey Melnichenko builds Sailing Yacht A to be world's biggest yacht 

  27-08-2015 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £292 million ($451 million) Sailing Yacht A, which is being constructed in Nobiskrug, Germany, is 468ft (143 metres) long and has three masts that are taller than Big Ben's tower.
  
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• Social media 'must rethink autoplay'

  27-08-2015 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After users were exposed to videos of the murders of two journalists, MPs say the sites must make their autoplay functions safer.
  
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• Lockheed Martin developing successor to the U-2 spy plane 

  27-08-2015 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lockheed Martin's Skunk Works headquarters in Palmdale, California,is designing the next-generation, high-altitude and long-endurance (HALE) of the U-2. It will be 'optionally manned'.
  
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• Government plans steep cuts in solar

  27-08-2015 15:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says it plans to significantly reduce subsidies paid to small scale green power installations.
  
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• World's oldest wooden statue is TWICE as old as the pyramids: New analysis reveals Shigir Idol is more ancient than first thought

  27-08-2015 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the Berlin Archaeological Institute have found the famous Shigir Idol, discovered in Siberia in 1890, is 1,500 years older than previously thought.
  
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• Mystery of Knut's death is finally solved: Polar bear cub collapsed and died suddenly due to a rare form of brain disease

  27-08-2015 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists led by the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) say four-year-old Knut (pictured) was suffering from 'anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis'.
  
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• YouTube user Ed Kern captures a mantidfly eating a fly in video

  27-08-2015 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mantidfly, which looks as if it escaped from a sci-fi film, was held captive in Utah by a YouTube user who filmed the animal eating a small fly while holding it in its praying mantis-like front legs.
  
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• Knut polar bear death riddle solved

  27-08-2015 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say Knut, the famous polar bear that drowned at Berlin Zoo in 2011, had a type of autoimmune inflammation of the brain that is also recognised in humans.
  
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• The stuff of nightmares! Insect that looks like a wasp but crawls like a praying mantis is captured devouring a fly (after ripping off its prey's legs)

  27-08-2015 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mantidfly, which looks as if it escaped from a sci-fi film, was held captive in Utah by a YouTube user who filmed the animal eating a small fly while holding it in its praying mantis-like front legs.
  
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• Who was Scotland's 'Rhynie Man'? Dig may FINALLY find out

  27-08-2015 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a bid to yield answers to the mystery of Aberdeenshire’s ‘oldest man’, a team of archaeologists has embarked on a dig at the site near Rhynie.
  
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• Cracking down on dog muck: Councils start using DNA tests to catch owners that let pets foul in streets and parks

  27-08-2015 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Local authorities in the UK, Spain, Italy and the US have introduced DNA testing for dog waste left on the streets, which is compared against a genetic database of registered animals.
  
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• Cardiff university astronomers capture galaxies morphing over billions of years

  27-08-2015 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cardiff University observed around 10,000 galaxies (selection shown) currently present in the Universe using a survey of the sky created by the Herschel Atlas and Gama projects.
  
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• Unravelling the mystery of how galaxies evolve: Astronomers witness how star clusters morph over billions of years

  27-08-2015 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cardiff University observed around 10,000 galaxies (selection shown) currently present in the Universe using a survey of the sky created by the Herschel Atlas and Gama projects.
  
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• VIDEO: Check-ups for homeward-bound orangutans

  27-08-2015 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thailand has been carrying out health checks on 14 orangutans, in preparation for their repatriation to Indonesia.
  
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• Space paparazzo captures bipolar butterfly

  27-08-2015 12:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's complicated. Hubble snap reveals the Twin Jet Nebula's interactions The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a striking portrait of nebula PN M-29 – less prosaically dubbed the "Twin Jet Nebula", or "cosmic butterfly" if you're feeling particularly poetic.…
  
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• Who was Scotland's 'Rhynie Man'? Dig aims to finally identify the mysterious 1,500-year-old axe-wielding Pict immortalised in stone

  27-08-2015 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a bid to yield answers to the mystery of Aberdeenshire’s ‘oldest man’, a team of archaeologists has embarked on a dig at the site near Rhynie.
  
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• How bad dates can damage your immune system: Horrible hook-ups release hormones that cause spots, depression and flu-like symptoms

  27-08-2015 10:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos found that, chemically, the stress of bad dates can lead to an increase in cortisol and testosterone levels in the body.
  
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• VIDEO: Could airships make a comeback?

  27-08-2015 09:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The airship could be making a come-back with the potential to transport very heavy cargo
  
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• The washing away of Cajun culture

  27-08-2015 09:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why Cajun culture is being washed away
  
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• French woman gets €800 a month for electromagnetic-field 'disability'

  27-08-2015 08:55 via go.theregister.com
  
  Liberté, égalité, électrosensibilité Despite dispute over the very existence of the syndrome, it has emerged that a French court has recognised a 39-year-old woman’s disability claim for “hypersensitivity to electromagnetic waves”.…
  
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• The beauty of CANCER: Researchers reveal 3D models of tumours

  27-08-2015 07:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They incredible videos reveal the growth, mutation and evolution of lethal tumours.
  
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• Not noticing memory problems found to be sign of the onset of dementia 

  27-08-2015 02:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When you lose your car keys and then go upstairs only to forget why, it’s easy to fear your memory is fading. Butthese ‘senior moments’ should be welcomed.
  
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• The Earth's mantle could cause massive earthquakes

  27-08-2015 02:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by the University of Southern California and the University of Utah, found movement in the mantle pushes up on the overlying rock in the crust, causing tremors,
  
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• Are fish oil pills to keep your brain young just CODSWALLOP?

  27-08-2015 02:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After tracking the patients for five years, investigators at Harvard Medical School and National Institute of Health in Maryland, found no evidence that omega-3 supplements help maintain memory.
  
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• 'SexyCyborg' hides Wi-Fi testing tools inside her HEELS

  27-08-2015 01:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shoes contain drawers that hide equipment for hacking into secure systems, such as malicious flash drives and a penetration testing drop box.
  
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• YouTube Gaming to take on Amazon’s Twitch with dedicated app and site

  27-08-2015 01:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move by Google-owned YouTube takes direct aim at Twitch, the gaming-centric streaming video site acquired by Amazon last year for nearly $1 billion.
  
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• You may have APHANTASIA if you can't count sheep or imagine loved ones' faces

  27-08-2015 01:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research was carried out when 21 people contacted Professor Adam Zeman from the University of Exeter after reading his previous research and realising they had never been able to imagine.
  
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