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• How much do YOU know about science? Take the interactive test researchers used to find the average American only gets a C grade

  10-09-2015 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pew Research Centerquizfound Americans got eight of twelve correct. Questions includewhat kind of waves are used in phones to interpreting a scatterplot graph.
  
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• New Horizons sends back Pluto images that reveal 'bewildering array' of features

  10-09-2015 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'If an artist had painted this Pluto before our flyby, I probably would have called it over the top — but that's what is actually there,' said New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern.
  
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• Smart drugs that can tell doctors if you haven't taken them get FDA go ahead

  10-09-2015 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the technology could be especially useful in mental illnesses and memory disorders where patients often don't take their medication.
  
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• Google turns your phone into a credit card with Android Pay in battle with Apple

  10-09-2015 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was thought the payment system would launch alongside Google’s Marshmallow operating system, expected in October, but Google revealed it actually launches today.
  
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• VIDEO: Japan plagued by natural disasters

  10-09-2015 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The widespread flooding in north-east Japan is just the latest in a recent run of natural disasters to affect Japan.
  
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• Humans are wired to save energy and make our movements as streamlined as possible

  10-09-2015 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, from Vancouver’s Simon Fraser University, implies that despite all our efforts in the gym, our nervous systems are subconsciously working against us.
  
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• Your lover's soft skin is an illusion created by your brain to enhance sex

  10-09-2015 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London scientists believe the phenomenon exists to enhance sexual relationships through touch.
  
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• Mystery of Basque origins solved: Spanish minority's DNA hints they descended from early Stone Age farmers

  10-09-2015 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study is based on the analysis of eight Stone Age human skeletons (one pictured) discovered in El Portalón cave in Atapuerca, northern Spain.
  
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• 'Unsent letter' to aliens planned

  10-09-2015 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A group of 20 UK researchers decides to compose a message to aliens - but they are split over whether such a message should be sent into space.
  
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• Nuclear warheads would heat Mars to make it more Earth-like, claims Elon Musk

  10-09-2015 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, California, hypothesised Mars could be heated up quickly by dropping nuclear weapons over its poles and said he would like to visit the red planet one day.
  
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• Google turns your phone into a credit card: Android Pay launches in battle with Apple

  10-09-2015 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was thought the payment system would launch alongside Google’s Marshmallow operating system, expected in October, but Google revealed it actually launches today.
  
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• Paper by FiftyThree review: an instant iPhone classic

  10-09-2015 19:33
  
    WIRED's verdict on the new iPhone version of Paper by FiftyThreeBy: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Palm-sized MOTHS flocking to the UK and you can attract them with tobacco

  10-09-2015 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Convolvulus hawkmoth (pictured) has been sighted widely across the UK in recent weeks and typically migrates from Europe to Britain.
  
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• China aims to land a probe on the moon's far side: Chang'e 4 mission aims to study rocks and could pave the way for a telescope

  10-09-2015 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zou Yongliao of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' moon exploration department in Beijing, shared the plans which involve studying geological conditions on the moon’s far side.
  
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• Your lover's skin isn't as soft as you think: Sensation is an illusion created by your brain to enhance sex, study reveals

  10-09-2015 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London scientists believe the phenomenon exists to enhance sexual relationships through touch.
  
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• Could BOMBING Mars make it habitable?Nuclear warheads would heat the red planet to make it more Earth-like, claims Elon Musk

  10-09-2015 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX, California, hypothesised Mars could be heated up quickly by dropping nuclear weapons over its poles and said he would like to visit the red planet one day.
  
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• Invasion of the giant MOTHS: Palm-sized insects are flocking to the UK - and you can attract them to your garden with tobacco and wine

  10-09-2015 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Convolvulus hawkmoth (pictured) has been sighted widely across the UK in recent weeks and typically migrates from Europe to Britain.
  
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• Ocean plants 'can help freeze clouds'

  10-09-2015 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say secretions from tiny ocean plants could play a significant role in the formation of ice in clouds.
  
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• ISS astronaut captures incredible images of Earth, moon AND Venus

  10-09-2015 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shots were taken by astronaut Scott Kelly on board the International Space Station. The first image (pictured) was taken at 4.42pm yesterday and the second was taken 12 hours later.
  
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• Record-breaking cosmonaut returns to Earth tomorrow

  10-09-2015 16:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  Departing the ISS, Gennady Padalka will have spent 879 days in space International Space Station Expedition 44 commander Gennady Padalka is due to depart the orbiting outpost tomorrow, when he'll have clocked up a record total of 879 days in space.…
  
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• Record-breaking cosmonaut comes back down to Earth

  10-09-2015 16:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  Gennady Padalka spent 879 days in space living on the ISS lab International Space Station Expedition 44 commander Gennady Padalka is due to depart the orbiting outpost tomorrow, when he'll have clocked up a record total of 879 days in space.…
  
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• Tinder's new 'SUPER LIKE' lets users single out those they're especially keen on

  10-09-2015 15:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users of Tinder, based in California, will be able to 'swipe up' once a day to indicate they are particularly attracted to someone, when the service is rolled out globally later this year.
  
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• Medical Research Councils claims editing genomes holds huge potential

  10-09-2015 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The group of international experts, based out of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, met in Manchester last week to discuss the technology.
  
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• Sweden's Stockholmstag computer predicts when transport will be disrupted

  10-09-2015 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using years of historical data, a data scientist working with Sweden's Stockholmstag transport firm devised the algorithm to help traffic control centres manage congestion.
  
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• Amazon Fire Phone scrapped after poor sales from its launch

  10-09-2015 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Seattle-based company launched its first smartphone in June last year but now Amazon's website shows the Fire Phone is 'currently unavailable'.
  
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• Apple developers give a sneak peek at the new symbols coming to iOS 9.1

  10-09-2015 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Californian Unicode Consortium released the emoji in June and Apple has now incorporated some of these symbols into iOS 9.1. Other additions include a weightlighter and mosque.
  
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• Siri is questioned about last night's Apple iPad and iPhone launch

  10-09-2015 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When asking Siri if 'anything interesting happened today', it pokes fun at the language used during last night's conference in San Francisco.
  
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• Hitachi hires machine manager for its warehouse workers

  10-09-2015 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The program (not shown) is designed to boost efficiency in warehouses in Japan, but for some, the invention may be a step towards a future where humans are controlled by robotic overlords.
  
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• Finance firms targeted by cyber gang

  10-09-2015 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Banks, media groups and gaming firms are being hit with extortion demands by a cyber gang who threaten to knock them offline unless they pay up.
  
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• ALIENS on CERES? Nope – it's just dwarf's tucked away MOIST BITS

  10-09-2015 13:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  Mysterious bright spots were probably ice after all The presence of an alien base on Ceres has seemingly been ruled out by NASA, which has released an improved image of mysterious bright spots on the asteroid belt dwarf planet.…
  
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• ALIENS on CERES? Nope – it's just dwarf's hidden MOIST BITS

  10-09-2015 13:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  Mysterious bright spots were probably ice after all NASA has released an improved image of mysterious bright spots on Ceres which appears to rule out the presence of an alien base on the asteroid belt dwarf planet.…
  
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• Uber dealt blow over driver status

  10-09-2015 12:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber's ongoing legal row with drivers who claim they are wrongly classified as contractors heats up as possible precedents emerge.
  
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• Oldest rickets case in Neolithic woman

  10-09-2015 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The earliest known case of rickets in the UK has been identified in a 5,000-year-old skeleton found in Scotland.
  
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• Steve Jobs would not approve of new iPad Pro with a $100 'pencil'

  10-09-2015 11:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The larger iPad (pictured) was announced by Apple boss Tim Cook at an event in California. Steve Jobs famously once said if a company makes a stylus for a tablet, then 'they blew it'.
  
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• Apple unveils iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, iPad Pro and new Apple TV box

  10-09-2015 11:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has launched its iPhone 6s and 6s Plus alongside a giant iPad called the iPad Pro and an upgraded Apple TV that can run apps at a 'special event' in San Francisco.
  
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• Homo naledi, a new species of human discovered in South African cave

  10-09-2015 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named Homo naledi, the species has been assigned to the genus Homo, to which modern humans also belong. The remains were discovered in South Africa's Gauteng province.
  
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• VIDEO: Is Homo naledi a new missing link?

  10-09-2015 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered a new human-like species in a cave in South Africa.
  
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• 'Genetic modification of embryos is essential': Report claims editing genomes holds huge potential and shouldn't be feared

  10-09-2015 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The group of international experts, based out of John Hopkins University in Baltimore, met in Manchester last week to discuss the technology.
  
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• New human-like species discovered

  10-09-2015 10:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in South Africa have discovered a new human-like species, which could change ideas about our early relatives.
  
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• GM embryos 'essential', says report

  10-09-2015 09:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is "essential" that the genetic modification of human embryos is allowed, according to a global group of scientists, ethicists and policy experts.
  
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• Campaigner urges rethink on fracking

  10-09-2015 08:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Environmentalists should keep cool heads over fracking, says Bryony Worthington - Friends of the Earth's former climate campaigner and now Labour shadow energy minister.
  
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• Apple iPad Pro and Pencil sees fans create hilarious memes

  10-09-2015 06:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After CEO Tim Cook presented the new range of devices at a special event in San Francisco, fans immediately expressed their opinions online.
  
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• Are aliens spreading through the universe like a DISEASE?

  10-09-2015 05:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research was led by Henry Lin from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. It is based on panspermia - a theory that suggests life spreads on comets or meteorites.
  
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• Range Rover Sentinel luxury car debuted and can withstand bullets and bombs

  10-09-2015 05:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Oxfordshire-based firm said the vehicle provides the ‘highest levels of protection an SUV can offer against a wide variety of attacks.’
  
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• NASA reveals secret 1970s SPACE PANTS

  10-09-2015 04:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  The decade that taste forgot emerges from the space agency's design archives NASA has released its graphics manual from 1976.…
  
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• 3D barcodes target counterfeiters

  10-09-2015 04:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Engineers in Yorkshire have developed a system of 3D barcodes made from tiny indentations with variable heights, which could help tackle counterfeiting of drugs, watches or automotive parts.
  
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• VIDEO: iPad grows up at giant Apple event

  10-09-2015 02:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple chief Tim Cook unveils a large new iPad Pro, an updated Apple TV set-top box and two updated iPhones.
  
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• VIDEO: Hands-on with iPad Pro and Apple Pencil

  10-09-2015 02:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's Dave Lee gets his hands on the new iPad Pro and its stylus and keyboard accessories at Apple's launch event.
  
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• Apple: Net reacts to launch controversy

  10-09-2015 02:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple's iPad Pro launch causes controversy
  
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• Colour changing helmets could show when football players are at risk of concussion 

  10-09-2015 01:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say they are developing a colour changing football helmet that could give an early warning of potential problems.
  
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