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• Satellite image of IS destruction

  28-08-2015 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A French satellite system pictures a pile of rubble where the ancient Temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra in Syria used to stand.
  
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• 3D scans reveal a new species of millipede in stunning detail

  28-08-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists took X-rays of the specimen from different angles, and then compiled them to create a 3D model of the millipede, named Ommatoiulus avatar.
  
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• Scientists discover terraced crater caused by slab of water ice on Mars

  28-08-2015 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The terraced crater formed because shock waves from the impact that created it moved at different speeds through rock and ice, according to scientists at the University of Arizona.
  
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• Bronze Age urn with cremated bones inside discovered under moorland path

  28-08-2015 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workers building a path at the Roaches Nature Reserve, near Leek in Staffordshire, hit the urn with a pick axe. They found it still contained charcoal and cremeated bones.
  
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• The algorithm that can learn to copy ANY artist: Neural network can recreate your snaps in the style of Van Gogh or Picasso

  28-08-2015 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers fed their system a series of old masters - and it turned a modern day snap into perfect pictures in the style of some of the world's best known paintings.
  
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• Octopuses seen to hurl shells and debris at rivals during fights to protect territory

  28-08-2015 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marine biologists from the US, Australia and Canada have captured the gloomy octopus (Octopus tetricus) in Jervis Bay, Australia, using its siphons to throw things at each other (pictured).
  
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• Inside an 'ALIEN': Incredible 3D scans reveal a new species of millipede in stunning detail

  28-08-2015 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists took X-rays of the specimen from different angles, and then compiled them to create a 3D model of the millipede, named Ommatoiulus avatar.
  
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• Bronze Age urn with the cremated bones still inside discovered under moorland footpath at nature reserve 

  28-08-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workers building a path at the Roaches Nature Reserve, near Leek in Staffordshire, hit the urn with a pick axe. They found it still contained charcoal and cremeated bones.
  
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• Magical objects and clay tablets suggest ruins belong to Sparta

  28-08-2015 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The palace had around 10 rooms and its ruins (pictured) was discovered near the village Xirokambi Lakonia, which is located close to Sparta in southern Greece.
  
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• Satellite revisits Hurricane Katrina

  28-08-2015 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK-built satellite delivered the first orbital picture to US disaster response coordinators following Hurricane Katrina. Ten years on, a British spacecraft has re-imaged the Mississippi Delta.
  
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• FYF socks is made from material 15 times stronger than steel

  28-08-2015 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FYF socks have been created by the Swiss Barefoot Company in Landschlacht, Switzerland. They are woven from a super-strong fabric called Dyneema which is tear and abrasion resistant.
  
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• Octopuses under fire! Cephalopods seen to hurl shells and debris at rivals during fights to protect their territory

  28-08-2015 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marine biologists from the US, Australia and Canada have captured the gloomy octopus (Octopus tetricus) in Jervis Bay, Australia, using its siphons to throw things at each other (pictured).
  
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• Facebook hits one billion users in a single day: Mark Zuckerberg reveals one in seven people on earth used the social network on Monday

  28-08-2015 19:42 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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• Pentagon funding new high-tech venture

  28-08-2015 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defense Secretary Ash Carter says the Pentagon is funding a new venture to develop cutting-edge electronics and sensors that can flex and stretch with Silicon Valley firms.
  
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• Has Defra shown badger culling works?

  28-08-2015 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pallab Ghosh assesses the evidence for the decision to extend the cull of badgers to control TB in cattle.
  
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• Ashley Madison founder steps down

  28-08-2015 17:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder and chief executive of the Ashley Madison extra-marital affair website, Noel Biderman, steps down following data hack.
  
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• Interview with Mars One hopeful reveals the mission is already affecting her relationships

  28-08-2015 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sue Ann Pien (pictured) from Los Angeles, told MailOnline that being a candidate has is already affecting her relationships and she's working her way through a bucket list.
  
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• Has the lost palace of Sparta been found? Magical objects and clay tablets suggest ruins belong to Ancient Greece's most famous civilisation

  28-08-2015 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The palace had around 10 rooms and its ruins (pictured) was discovered near the village Xirokambi Lakonia, which is located close to Sparta in southern Greece.
  
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• The sports socks that can replace your SHOES: Footwear is made from material 15 times stronger than steel

  28-08-2015 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FYF socks have been created by the Swiss Barefoot Company in Landschlacht, Switzerland. They are woven from a super-strong fabric called Dyneema which is tear and abrasion resistant.
  
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• Cute Maratus personatus spider enchants internet with bizarre mating ritual dance

  28-08-2015 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Maratus personatus, discovered last month at Cape Riche in Western Australia, performs a flamboyant dancing routine as a means for males to woo a female mate.
  
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• Maps show how a Tsunami in the Mediterranean would endanger 130 million lives

  28-08-2015 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Bologna in Italy modelled the impact of earthquakes off the coasts of Sicily and Crete. They found waves would spread across the Med within minutes.
  
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• See through the eyes of someone who's colourblind

  28-08-2015 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images released byProfessor Jay Neitz, of the University of Washington, show how people with colour blindness may struggle to pick out uncooked meat or read certain fonts.
  
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• Flu virus, IFA 2015: Podcast 232

  28-08-2015 15:10
  
  
  Listen this week for an entertaining look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, James Temperton and Daniel Culpan.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Boeing laser shoots drone from sky

  28-08-2015 15:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boeing says it has successfully shot a drone out of the sky using a high-powered laser during a test.
  
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• What kind of person would take a one-way trip to the red planet? Exclusive interview with Mars One hopeful reveals the mission is already affecting her relationships

  28-08-2015 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Sue Ann Pien (pictured) from Los Angeles, told MailOnline that being a candidate has is already affecting her relationships and she's working her way through a bucket list.
  
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• Could parts of Europe be lost like Atlantis? Maps show how a Tsunami in the Mediterranean would endanger 130 million lives

  28-08-2015 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Bologna in Italy modelled the impact of earthquakes off the coasts of Sicily and Crete. They found waves would spread across the Med within minutes.
  
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• Instagram images no longer all square

  28-08-2015 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Instagram is allowing its 300 million users to post landscape and portrait videos and pictures, as well as squares, for the first time.
  
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• Adorable arachnid enchants internet with bizarre mating ritual dance

  28-08-2015 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Maratus personatus, discovered last month at Cape Riche in Western Australia, performs a flamboyant dancing routine as a means for males to woo a female mate.
  
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• Badger cull extended into Dorset

  28-08-2015 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The badger cull is to be extended into Dorset following pilots in Gloucestershire and Somerset, the government announces.
  
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• See through the eyes of someone who's colourblind: Remarkable images show how everyday tasks such as cooking meat can be a struggle

  28-08-2015 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images released byProfessor Jay Neitz, of the University of Washington, show how people with colour blindness may struggle to pick out uncooked meat or read certain fonts.
  
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• Only a THIRD of scientific studies can be replicated: Experts fail to repeat the findings of the majority of psychology papers

  28-08-2015 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of researchers led by the University of Virgina set out to repeat 100 experiments published by leading psychology journals to see how often they would get the same results.
  
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• Key Inmarsat rocket flight under way

  28-08-2015 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A rocket launches from Kazakhstan carrying the spacecraft needed by London-based Inmarsat to complete its new £1bn global telecommunications network.
  
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• Lizard Squad 'copycats': Teens arrested

  28-08-2015 13:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six teenage boys have been arrested on suspicion of using software from hackers who claim they disrupted Xbox and PlayStation last Christmas.
  
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• Neanderthals' Spanish cave suggests they had HOT WATER and one bedroom

  28-08-2015 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A concave hole (pictured) in the Abric Romaní site, near Barcelona, suggests Neanderthals may have heated rocks and used them to produce hot water 60,000 years ago.
  
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• Apple's Siri teases fans about iPhone 6S launch when they for hints 

  28-08-2015 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Another response included:'I bet you were one of those kids who snuck downstairs to open presents early, weren't you?'. The launch event will be in San Francisco on 9 September.
  
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• It’s no longer hip to be square! Instagram rolls out portrait and landscape views

  28-08-2015 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To change the format of an image, users can tap the format icon to adjust the orientation to landscape (left) or portrait (right) instead of square. The update is available of iOS and Android.
  
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• Neanderthals liked their creature comforts too! Spanish cave suggests our ancient cousins had HOT WATER and one bedroom

  28-08-2015 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A concave hole (pictured) in the Abric Romaní site, near Barcelona, suggests Neanderthals may have heated rocks and used them to produce hot water 60,000 years ago.
  
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• 'Why don't you check a rumours blog?': Apple's Siri playfully teases fans about iPhone 6S launch when they ask it for hints 

  28-08-2015 10:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Another response included:'I bet you were one of those kids who snuck downstairs to open presents early, weren't you?'. The launch event will be in San Francisco on 9 September.
  
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• Pictures show IVF child from first few cells to bonny little Jaycie

  28-08-2015 09:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An incredible set of photos document Jaycie Jones life from the very first moments when she was no more than cells in an IVF lab in Nottingham to a scan just a month before her birth.
  
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• 827k cars break down every year after ignoring warning light

  28-08-2015 09:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fuel gauges are not precise instruments - even in the most modern cars, the technology is relatively basic: the level in the tank is measured by a float, like the ballcock in a lavatory cistern.
  
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• Vine adds Snap to Beat and Shazam-style song searches to bring more tools to the app

  28-08-2015 08:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snap to Beat helps people lay never-ending tracks over clips, while a Shazam-style feature reveals the songs being played over other people's Vines.
  
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• Disney Infinity 3.0 review: The Force is waning

  28-08-2015 07:47
  
    Another year, another entry for Disney's living toys megalith. The big hook for this third instalment is the arrival of Star Wars characters to the shared universe, with the starter kits being themed around the Clone Wars era.
  Along with figures of the youthful Anakin Skywalker and his Padawan Ahsoka Tano, the base set comes with the 'Twilight of the Republic' story pack. It's a decent length adventure in its own right, with a now-familiar blend of linear pla
  
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• Buzz Aldrin developing plan to begin colonies on Mars by 2040

  28-08-2015 04:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronaut Buzz Aldrin is teaming up with Florida Institute of Technology to develop a 'master plan' for humans to colonize Mars by the 70th anniversary of him landing on the Moon in 1969.
  
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• VIDEO: Knut died of autoimmune illness

  28-08-2015 03:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say they can now explain what happened to Knut, the famous polar bear that drowned at Berlin Zoo in 2011.
  
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• Rosetta probe spots Comet 67P being buzzed by boulder

  28-08-2015 03:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Was it a random neighbourhood space rock? Or something breaking off the comet? The European Space Agency (ESA) has spotted a boulder buzzing Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko.…
  
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• Watch Boeing test new 'silent strike' laser weapon small enough to fit in a suitcase

  28-08-2015 03:05 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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• New analysis reveals Shigir Idol is more ancient than first thought

  28-08-2015 02:58 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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• Knut the polar bear cub collapsed and died of a rare form of brain disease

  28-08-2015 02:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists led by the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) say four-year-old Knut (pictured) was suffering from 'anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis'.
  
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• Scientists discover a bigger version of the Great Barrier Reef underwater

  28-08-2015 02:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers recently explored the 'Wilsons Promontory Marine National Park' reef off the southern Australian coast to discover stunning corals, colourful sponges and a thriving fish life.
  
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• Facebook hits billion users in a day

  28-08-2015 01:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook boasts a new record, with more than a billion people using the social network on a single day this week.
  
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