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• Instagram hopes to take on Snapchat with new messaging service 

  01-09-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new features mean Instagram users can share pictures directly with one friend or a group of people and send back text responses or pictures
  
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• World's most powerful digital camera revealed: 3.2 GIGAPIXEL machine will be mounted on space telescope 

  01-09-2015 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It would take 1500 high-definition television screens to display just one image from the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope's 3.2-gigapixel camera.
  
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• Online messages are MORE romantic than a phone call

  01-09-2015 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When writing romantic emails, people add more positive content, perhaps to compensate for the medium's inability to convey vocal tone, according to a Indiana University study.
  
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• Enigma of the trees that resist wildfires

  01-09-2015 21:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists reveal the secrets behind the trees that can resist wildfires.
  
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• 'Grey swan' superstorms could ravage areas from Florida to Dubai

  01-09-2015 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Grey swan' cyclones will become more frequent in the next century for parts of Florida, Australia, and cities along the Persian Gulf, researchers say.
  
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• Google gets a makeover as firm unveils a new animated logo

  01-09-2015 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google says its new, rounded logo is designed to combine ‘the mathematical purity of geometric forms with the child-like simplicity of schoolbook letter printing.’
  
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• Look out! Forecasters warn El Nino could be strongest ever recorded and will last until January

  01-09-2015 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The current El Nino could turn into one of the strongest on record, experts from the World Meteorological Organization have warned.
  
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• The 'god particle' gets clear: New results from Large Hadron Collider reveals more

  01-09-2015 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), have greatly increased what physicists know about the Higgs boson (Professor Peter Higgs pictured).
  
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• Spanish Armada's lost sailors may be in unmarked plot in Northern Ireland

  01-09-2015 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists are planning a geophysical survey of a large unmarked plot in an old graveyard at Dunluce, in a bid to establish if it was used as a mass burial site for the Armada victims.
  
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• Scientists discover protein that makes ice cream melt more slowly

  01-09-2015 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee developed the method of producing a new protein known as BsIA, which could enable ice cream to stay frozen for longer.
  
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• Men who pay for prostitutes are more likely to commit rape

  01-09-2015 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles interviewed 200 men and they found parallels between those who used them and those who commit sex offences.
  
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• The supermoon total lunar eclipse beckons

  01-09-2015 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Supermoon' lunar eclipse (not shown) will be visible to observers in North and South America as well as Africa, western Asia, the eastern Pacific Ocean region and Europe on September 28.
  
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• Google gets a makeover: Firm unveils a new, animated logo (and it looks like the old one redrawn by a child)

  01-09-2015 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google says its new, rounded logo is designed to combine ‘the mathematical purity of geometric forms with the child-like simplicity of schoolbook letter printing.’
  
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• 54-propeller 'Swarm' flying machine can keep a man airborne

  01-09-2015 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Video footage of the drone (pictured) shows a man hovering in the craft at around 15 feet (seven metres) off the ground in an unidentified field in the UK.
  
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• Female orangutans go wild for chubby cheeks

  01-09-2015 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany studied the different fortunes of chubby-cheeked males and those less well-endowed.
  
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• Climate event 'among strongest'

  01-09-2015 19:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year's El Nino weather phenomenon could be one of the strongest on record according to the World Meteorological Organization.
  
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• Do the Spanish Armada's lost sailors lie buried in this cemetery? Unmarked plot in Northern Ireland may be a mass grave

  01-09-2015 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists are planning a geophysical survey of a large unmarked plot in an old graveyard at Dunluce, in a bid to establish if it was used as a mass burial site for the Armada victims.
  
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• One cool discovery! Scientists discover protein that makes ice cream melt more slowly

  01-09-2015 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Universities of Edinburgh and Dundee developed the method of producing a new protein known as BsIA, which could enable ice cream to stay frozen for longer.
  
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• Men who pay for prostitutes are more likely to commit rape: Sex workers seen as disposable by many who use them

  01-09-2015 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles interviewed 200 men and they found parallels between those who used them and those who commit sex offences.
  
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• Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it's a SUPER DRONE! 54-propeller 'Swarm' flying machine launches man into the skies

  01-09-2015 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Video footage of the drone (pictured) shows a man hovering in the craft at around 15 feet (seven metres) off the ground in an unidentified field in the UK.
  
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• Forget chiselled cheekbones and a strong jaw, females go wild for chubby cheeks... if you're an ORANG-UTAN

  01-09-2015 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Max Planck Institute in Germany studied the different fortunes of chubby-cheeked males and those less well-endowed.
  
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• Behold! The supermoon total lunar eclipse beckons: Rare event will give the night sky an eerie glow later this month

  01-09-2015 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Supermoon' lunar eclipse (not shown) will be visible to observers in North and South America as well as Africa, western Asia, the eastern Pacific Ocean region and Europe on September 28.
  
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• Giant prehistoric HYENAS may have prevented spread of early humans into Europe

  01-09-2015 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologists at the Autonomous University of Barcelona say a ferocious scavenger called Pachycrocouta brevirostris would have dominated western Europe 1.4-1.2 million years ago.
  
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• Giant sea scorpion which prowled ancient oceans revealed

  01-09-2015 16:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Fossilised remains of 'bizarre' predatory beast uncovered in Iowa Scientists have unearthed the remains of a "bizarre" monster sea scorpion which 460 million years ago prowled the oceans covering what is now North America.…
  
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• Is this Tumat Dog's brother? Another 12,400-year-old puppy carcass is unearthed

  01-09-2015 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts believe the animals could be from the same litter and probably died in a landslide or burrow collapse in the Ust-Yansky district of northern Russia's Sakha Republic.
  
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• Apple wants to put smoke detectors into iPhones to alert emergency services

  01-09-2015 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The design would give the iPhone, iPad, Macbooks and even the Apple Watch a built-in smoke detector that could alert authorities of a fire. The system was detailed in a patent accepted yesterday.
  
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• Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2015 finalists

  01-09-2015 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These incredible finalist entries wowed the judges, who had the difficult task of sifting through 42,000 pictures. The top 100 will be displayed in London - then they will embark on a six-continent tour.
  
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• 2k-year-old stone podium discovered could be Jerusalem's Stone of Claims

  01-09-2015 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists with the Israel Antiquities Authority found the 'unique' stone pyramid on the main street through ancient Biblical City of David, which was used by pilgrims passing through the city.
  
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• Falcon 9 fireworks display grounds SpaceX

  01-09-2015 15:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  No launches on the roster for another couple of months The SpaceX launch schedule has been knocked back by a couple of months as a result of the loss of its Falcon 9 CRS-7 mission rocket on 28 June, it has revealed.…
  
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• fUCI concept bike boasts smartphone docking station, solar panels and built-in lock

  01-09-2015 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robert Egger, creative director of California-based bike manufacturer Specialized has put smart technology at the heart of a new design called the fUCI that deliberately flouts regulations.
  
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• Google's self-driving cars WON'T have windscreen wipers

  01-09-2015 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google confirmed its cars (pictured) are not designed with windscreen wipers at a question and answer session at Thinkery – a children’s museum in Austin, Texas.
  
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• Viewpoint: Uncomfortable realities of big game hunting

  01-09-2015 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trophy hunting has been the subject of much media attention, but is a blanket ban really the answer?
  
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• Oldest known case of LEUKAEMIA found in 7k-year-old skeleton in Stuttgart-Mühlhausen

  01-09-2015 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence of blood cancer was found in the 7,000-year-old skeleton (pictured), which was discovered in the Neolithic graveyard of Stuttgart-Mühlhausen in Germany.
  
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• Public services respond less and are ruder to people with 'black-sounding' names

  01-09-2015 12:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Institute for the Study of Labour in Germany sent 19,000 emails to pubic authorities in the United States from two white sounding and two black sounding names.
  
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• Man's dopelganger hallucination rveals how our brains construct a sense of 'self'

  01-09-2015 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 21-year-old waiter living in Zurich, Switzerland, being treated for seizures, tried to kill himself after coming face to face with his double (stock image of a doppelganger shown).
  
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• Are you a victim of email racism? Public services respond less and are ruder to people with 'black-sounding' names

  01-09-2015 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Institute for the Study of Labour in Germany sent 19,000 emails to pubic authorities in the United States from two white sounding and two black sounding names.
  
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• Scientists are set to uncover the secrets of Doggerland

  01-09-2015 11:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in Bradford and Nottingham are using 4D technology to research how Britain’s ‘Atlantis’ was colonised and inhabited for 6,000 years, before being lost to the North Sea.
  
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• 'Majority' of UK contactless tills are now limitless for Apple Pay purchases

  01-09-2015 10:43
  
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• Zen approach to Himalayan warming

  01-09-2015 08:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Buddhist country of Bhutan has won plaudits for its approach to tackling climate change, says Matt McGrath.
  
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• All pixels go: World's biggest sky-gazing camera gets final sign-off

  01-09-2015 06:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Construction starts on LSST's 3.2 gigapixel monster cam Having won its final funding approval during 2014, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope has now been granted government approval to start construction.…
  
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• All pixels go: world's biggest camera gets final sign-off

  01-09-2015 06:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Construction starts on LSST's 3.2 gigapixel monster cam Having won its final funding approval during 2014, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope has now been given Department of Energy approval to start construction.…
  
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• Obama in plea for climate deal

  01-09-2015 05:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  President Obama pushes for a global deal on cutting carbon emissions, saying it is time "to protect the one planet we've got while we still can".
  
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• Samsung reveals the Round Gear S2 it hopes will take on Apple

  01-09-2015 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called the Gear S2, it has a round face, and will come in several versions - including one with its own SIM card to make calls without the need for a phone.
  
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• Land Rover technology projects camera images onto rear-view mirror

  01-09-2015 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Land Rover is developing technology that effectively allows drivers to see through the caravan or trailer they are towing, by combining feeds from cameras on wing mirrors and rear of the trailer.
  
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• The 5ft-long scorpion that terrorised the seas 460 million years ago

  01-09-2015 01:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 150 fossil fragments of the new eurypterid species (illustrated) were excavated from the upper layer of the Winneshiek Shale in northeastern Iowa.
  
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• Nasa hits out at UFO hunters who say they have found strange creatures on Mars

  01-09-2015 01:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ashwin Vasavada, a Nasa scientist who works on the Mars rover project, blames the sightings on a trick of the mind, known pareidolia – the psychological response to seeing familiar objects in random places.
  
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• Apple to let you talk to your TV and take on the Xbox with new gadget

  01-09-2015 01:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Apple TV is also believed to have a touchpad remote control, and will have support for wireless gamepads. It is expected to go on sale in October, according to 9to5mac.
  
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• 90% of seabirds have eaten plastic as experts warn about growth of rubbish in water

  01-09-2015 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Commonwealth and Scientific Research Organisation in Tasmania, found the highest area of impact is in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand.
  
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• Apple have signed engineer from Microsoft' HoloLens project

  01-09-2015 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster says the firm has acquired firms and has hired a key engineer responsible for the HoloLens, Microsoft's augmented reality headset.
  
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• Shocking figures reveal 90% of seabirds have eaten plastic: Experts warn about the 'exponential' growth of rubbish in water

  01-09-2015 00:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Commonwealth and Scientific Research Organisation in Tasmania, found the highest area of impact is in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand.
  
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