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• Mummified kestrel reveals Ancient Egyptians used birds of prey as offerings

  03-09-2015 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient Egyptians bred birds of prey to mummify as offerings to the gods in large numbers, researchers have found.
  
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• #Stupidcommonnames reveals ridiculous terms for plants and animals

  03-09-2015 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Animals and plants have scientific names but are typically given 'common' names that make it easier for everyday people to recognise and talk about them, but many are inaccurate or misleading.
  
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• Super Yacht Sub 3 comes with leather seating and a Bluetooth stereo

  03-09-2015 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch submersible builder U-Boat Worx has designed the Super Yacht Sub 3 (pictured) to be carried on super yachts. It can carry three people to a depth of up to 984 feet (300 metres).
  
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• Samsung teases supertablet to take on iPad Pro Apple could reveal next WEEK

  03-09-2015 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is rumoured to be revealing a supersized iPad next week. Now it seems Samsung has tried to steal its thunder by teasing an extra large tablet at its Gear S2 launch event at IFA, Berlin.
  
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• Chimpanzees who attacked drone with a STICK took 'deliberate action'

  03-09-2015 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Arnhem TV station has lost one of its expensive drones after a chimpanzee managed to knock it out of the sky with a stick as it was filming.
  
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• Saturn's outer ring is an oddball may have debris of a pulverised moon

  03-09-2015 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientist's at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California used data from the Cassini space probe and found Saturn's outer A ring (pictured) behaves different from the others.
  
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• Panda cub waves at camera during public debut in China

  03-09-2015 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tiny baby panda, yet to be named, was introduced to the public at a press conference on September 1. The cub (pictured) won the hearts of millions with a graceful wave at the camera during the event.
  
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• Samsung teases super-sized tablet to take on iPad Pro Apple could reveal next WEEK

  03-09-2015 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is rumoured to be revealing a supersized iPad next week. Now it seems Samsung has tried to steal its thunder by teasing an extra large tablet at its Gear S2 launch event at IFA, Berlin.
  
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• Can a computer spot the next top model? Scientists create an algorithm that scours Instagram to find the best new talent

  03-09-2015 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Indiana University say they have created an algorithm that can predict the popularity of new faces to the world of modelling with over 80 per cent accuracy.
  
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• Cats are more independent than dogs and don't miss you when you're gone

  03-09-2015 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Lincoln have found that cats don't see their owners as a source of security in the same way dogs do, making them much more independent and less reliant.
  
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• SafeTrek app calls the police if you're in danger

  03-09-2015 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SafeTrek was developed by students at the University of Missouri after finding many of their classmates felt unsafe when walking home at night.
  
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• Chimpanzees who attacked drone with a STICK took 'unique and deliberate action' say researchers

  03-09-2015 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Arnhem TV station has lost one of its expensive drones after a chimpanzee managed to knock it out of the sky with a stick as it was filming.
  
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• Saturn's outer ring is an oddball: Part of debris disk is younger than the rest and may be the remains of a pulverised moon

  03-09-2015 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientist's at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California used data from the Cassini space probe and found Saturn's outer A ring (pictured) behaves different from the others.
  
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• Would YOU be microchipped? Kaspersky implants chip in man's hand that could one day be used to pay for goods and even unlock his home

  03-09-2015 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A volunteer attending security firm Kaspersky’s conference at the IFA event in Berlin had a chip implanted into his hand that can unlock his phone.
  
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• Face it, your cat doesn't care about you: Felines are more independent than dogs and don't miss you when you're gone, study reveals

  03-09-2015 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Lincoln have found that cats don't see their owners as a source of security in the same way dogs do, making them much more independent and less reliant.
  
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• The app that calls the police if you're in danger: SafeTrek directs emergency services to your location if you let go of your phone

  03-09-2015 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SafeTrek was developed by students at the University of Missouri after finding many of their classmates felt unsafe when walking home at night.
  
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• Forget #cuteoff, scientists are now filling Twitter feeds with #stupidcommonnames: Hashtag reveals the most ridiculous terms for plants and animals

  03-09-2015 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Animals and plants have scientific names but are typically given 'common' names that make it easier for everyday people to recognise and talk about them, but many are inaccurate or misleading.
  
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• Your very own Star Wars droid! BB-8 robot is controlled by a mobile phone and even creates 'holographic' videos

  03-09-2015 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sphero have created a pocket-sized version of BB-8 from the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens. The toy is described as a ‘sharp witted, agile little droid'.
  
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• Brit school claims highest paper plane launch crown

  03-09-2015 15:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  35,043m drop finally breaks PARIS Vulture 1 record PICS+VID  It's official: El Reg has finally relinquished its highest-altitude paper plane launch Guinness World Record, almost five years since the Paper Aircraft Released Into Space (PARIS) Vulture 1 triumphantly swooped to earth from 27,310m.…
  
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• Iguana 29 has caterpillar tracks to travel over land and sea at the press of a button

  03-09-2015 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The state-of-the-art speedboat (pictured), from Caen-based Iguana Yachts, can travel at 40 knots before being transformed into a 'tank' in three seconds, at the touch of a button.
  
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• Forget super yachts, try a super-SUB: Luxury $2.35 million submarine comes with leather seating and a Bluetooth stereo

  03-09-2015 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch submersible builder U-Boat Worx has designed the Super Yacht Sub 3 (pictured) to be carried on super yachts. It can carry three people to a depth of up to 984 feet (300 metres).
  
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• Samsung unveils its fitness tracker for SLEEP

  03-09-2015 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, unveiled at the IFA tech show in Berlin, is a flat disk with a contactless sensor that slips under the mattress to take readings.
  
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• Samsung unveils SmartThings kit that lets you remotely monitor your house

  03-09-2015 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The kit, unveiled at tech show IFA in Berlin, comprises a hub and four sensors - a motion sensor, multi-sensor, presence sensor and a smart outlet.
  
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• Motorola debuts revamped Watch: Moto 360 2 now comes in two sizes

  03-09-2015 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The male version is available in both 42mm and 46mm sizes. The female version, and the sport model are only available in 42mm. All three were unveiled at IFA in Berlin.
  
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• Feeling blue makes you SEE GREY, psychologists find

  03-09-2015 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Rochester in New York researchers found that people who felt sad were less accurate in identifying colours on the 'blue-yellow axis'.
  
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• Hiroshima Cat Street View map lets you explore city through the eyes of a cat

  03-09-2015 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are two routes you can take through the region from the shopping district, to the area of Senkoji Park, with Buddhist temples, shrines and its so-called Cat Pathway.
  
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• Au oh, there's gold in them thar server farms, so lead the way

  03-09-2015 13:06 via go.theregister.com
  
  You can also scrabble for Cu, Al, Fe, Ta, Tn, Si, Nd, OK? All these servers that we pack into the data centres have a limited life span, they're made of metal, metals even, and scrap metal has a value. So, what's the stuff that's in there and how much is it worth? As metal that is, once it's done its job of pumping the electrons around?…
  
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• Scientists vastly underestimate how many trees there are on planet Earth

  03-09-2015 11:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are more than three trillion trees worldwide - around eight times more than some previous estimates - according to the study led by researchers at Yale University in the US.
  
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• Video shows ants appearing to form 'death spiral' around ringing Apple iPhone

  03-09-2015 11:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video on YouTube shows ants forming a circle around a ringing iPhone, triggering claims the vibrating handset causes the ants to alter their normal behaviour.
  
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• The £200 smart home: Samsung unveils its SmartThings kit that lets you control lights, temperature and remotely monitor your house using just one app

  03-09-2015 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The kit, unveiled at tech show IFA in Berlin, comprises a hub and four sensors - a motion sensor, multi-sensor, presence sensor and a smart outlet.
  
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• King Arthur was just a Scottish general who lived most of his life in Strathclyde

  03-09-2015 11:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Andrew Breeze, from the University of Navarre in Spain, claims Arthur was a general rather than a monarch, who fought most of his battles in southern Scotland and northern England.
  
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• Chris the sheep 'sets new record'

  03-09-2015 07:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An overgrown sheep dubbed Chris, found wandering near Australia's capital, sets an unofficial world record for the heaviest fleece.
  
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• BEELION-dollar lasso snaps, NASA mapper blind in one eye

  03-09-2015 06:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  'You got the warranty card?' 'I thought you had it!' The “spinning lasso” antenna attached to NASA's SMAP satellite, launched in January, has stopped functioning and can't be recovered.…
  
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• Boffins learn to send boredom-beating suggestions to smartphone-fondlers

  03-09-2015 02:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  What fresh hell is this? Your smartphone will become even more of a pest, if researchers from Telefonica and the University of Stuttgart have their way: they want to detect when you're bored, and get the phone to push content at you.…
  
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• 'CT Scans' of the Earth's interior reveal how Hawaii and Iceland were born

  03-09-2015 02:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seismologists have produced the first sharp, three-dimensional scan of Earth's interior that show exactly how volcanic island chains like Hawaii, Samoa and Iceland were created.
  
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• Fossils suggest animals and not a meteorite wiped out planet's first 'Ediacarans' microbes

  03-09-2015 01:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of fossils over 500 million-years-old insouthern Namibia has revealed how hungry, complex critters caused the Earth's first extinction, by eating all the Ediacarans.
  
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• Kim Kardashian and Kanye West have the right idea according to experts

  03-09-2015 01:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of experts claim that a unique name can impact a child's personality, causing them to think of themselves as special, daring and unconventional.
  
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• UC Santa Barbara physicist fire up 'photon drive' the DE-STAR

  03-09-2015 01:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To simulate a laser's ability to deflect an asteroid, researchers directed a laser onto the target until it glowed white hot, producing a 'rocket engine' using the asteroid itself as the propellant.
  
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• Nasa’s Curiosity rover spots strange geological feature on Mars

  03-09-2015 01:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ‘floating spoon’ was discovered by member offers an insight to the strangely calm Martian environment, which can create delicate geological features.
  
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• Physicist Chad Orzel reveals the science of how his handset emerged unscathed

  03-09-2015 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chad Orzel, a science author from New York, describes how static friction helped keep his phone intact after he accidentally left it on his car roof on the drive home.
  
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• Seal pups recognise their mothers' voices and differentiate in Antarctic colonies

  03-09-2015 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from University of Paris-Sud have found the seal pups listen out and identify their mother’s vocal pitch from a distance and then use other components of the vocal signature at closer range.
  
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• Apple's TV box will cost $149 and let you search for movies and TV shows ANYWHERE

  03-09-2015 00:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The much anticipated new TV box will cost $149 and will be able to search multiple online services, it has been claimed by Buzzfeed.
  
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• Atlas V rocket launches secure military satellite in perfect weather conditions

  03-09-2015 00:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this morning at 6:18 in perfect weather.
  
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• Emissions 'far above' 2C target

  03-09-2015 00:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say that global efforts to cut carbon are far short of what's needed to avert dangerous climate change.
  
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