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• VIDEO: Farmers find woolly mammoth skeleton

  03-10-2015 21:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Farmers in Michigan uncover a woolly mammoth skeleton in a soybean field.
  
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• Pluto's moon SPLIT OPEN by ancient FROZEN OCEAN

  03-10-2015 19:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  Latest snaps beamed back from New Horizons' craft reveal Charon's violent history Pics  Yet more pictures of Pluto and its moon have been sent back to Earth from NASA's New Horizons spacecraft – this time indicating a colossal geological upset in Charon's past.…
  
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• Chocolate invented by scientists is so healthy it could be taken as medicine

  03-10-2015 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An American company has developed a prototype bar that is only 35 per cent sugar and fat, by sweetening the unpalatable pure cacao - the key ingredient in chocolate (file photo).
  
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• Mold whine: Soylent superfood shipments stopped by spore scare

  03-10-2015 02:36 via go.theregister.com
  
  Version 2.0 for the fun guy too busy to eat Soylent, which produces liquid food for techies who hate chewing, has stopped shipping its gloop after some of it was contaminated with mold.…
  
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• How astronaut's feel sick, dizzy and disorientated when back on Earth

  03-10-2015 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jacob Bloomberg, a research scientist at Nasa, discovered that balance control was one of the biggest problems for astronauts who try to adjust to life back on Earth.
  
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• Scientists reveal how to grow your own MINI BRAIN

  03-10-2015 01:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Brown University in Rhode Island claim a small sample of living tissue from a single rat can make thousands of 'brain balls' for about 25 cents (16p) each.
  
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• Researchers say crows are trying to learn about potential dangers to their lives

  03-10-2015 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found the birds can even remember an animal or person seen with a dead crow and were able to easily distinguish between people or hawks carrying dead crows and other birds.
  
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• 'Robot Academy' uses YouTube to teach droids complex tasks by copying humans

  03-10-2015 01:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Maryland say the academy would help speed up the ability of robots to learn new tasks in everything from cooking to building cars.
  
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• Moon miners book Kiwi rockets for 2017 lunar landing

  03-10-2015 01:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  $30m Google Lunar X-Prize now in play Moon Express, one of the teams competing for the $30m Google Lunar X-Prize, has booked five rockets that will be ready for a 2017 attempt to get to the Moon.…
  
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• Mad Menand other high quality dramas improve our emotional intelligence

  03-10-2015 01:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Oklahoma said TV dramas exercise our minds because we must keep track of emotions and relationships.
  
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• Twitter messages are more negative compared to when written on a PC

  03-10-2015 01:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sociologists, led by a team from Goldsmiths, University of London, also found that the level of egocentricity in our tweets varies according to the time of day.
  
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• Chemicals are causing millennials to gain more weight, scientists claim

  03-10-2015 01:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are factors beyond calorie intake and exercise causing today's millenials to gain more weight than their parents, experts from York University, Toronto, have explained.
  
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• Spain's Andasol plant provides electricity using 620,000 curved mirrors

  03-10-2015 01:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Andaol solar plant is located near Granada in Spain and provides electricity for up to about 500,000 people using 620,000 curved mirrors visible from space (pictured).
  
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• The mystery of 'crow funerals' solved: Researchers say birds are trying to learn about potential dangers to their own lives - and remember threats for years

  03-10-2015 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found the birds can even remember an animal or person seen with a dead crow and were able to easily distinguish between people or hawks carrying dead crows and other birds.
  
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• 'Robot Academy' uses YouTube to teach droids: Engineers program machines to learn complex tasks by copying humans

  03-10-2015 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Maryland say the academy would help speed up the ability of robots to learn new tasks in everything from cooking to building cars.
  
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• Elon Musk details his plan to BOMB Mars with 'nuclear pulse explosions'

  03-10-2015 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The SpaceX founder said the plan would use a new type of 'nuclear pulse bomb' to create two suns in the Martian atmosphere to warm the planet.
  
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• A scary boss won't always get the best out of staff, says study

  03-10-2015 00:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Employees working within a strict hierarchy are more likely to waste time dealing with demands and bureaucracy – meaning they cannot focus on more important work - according to a study.
  
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• Cannabis 'IS safe when treating chronic pain but only if you're an experienced user'

  03-10-2015 00:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian scientists found no evidence of harmful effects of using cannabis on cognitive function or blood tests, and saw improvement in pain level. They did not increased risk ofheadache and nausea.
  
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• World's first 'medicinal' chocolate: Scientists have developed a bar so healthy it could be taken as medicine

  03-10-2015 00:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An American company has developed a prototype bar that is only 35 per cent sugar and fat, by sweetening the unpalatable pure cacao - the key ingredient in chocolate (file photo).
  
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