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• Samsung's Galaxy View 18.5inch tablet leaks online dwarfing Apple's iPad Pro

  05-10-2015 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung's much anticipated Galaxy view tablet has leaked online, revealed it has a giant 18.5inch screen, dwarfing Apple's iPad Pro
  
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• Scientists in Antarctica drink so much they get into fights and it's a growing problem 

  05-10-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Antarctica are drinking so much that it has created 'unpredictable behavior' leading to fights, indecent exposure and employees arriving to work under the influence, according to officials.
  
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• Apple iTunes boss Eddy Cue says Steve Jobs helped his wife beat cancer

  05-10-2015 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's top executives, have shared some of their favourite memories of Steve Jobs in a series of emotional posts on the firm's internal web site seen by Dailymail.com.
  
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• The 'Epic of Gilgamesh' revised as 2.6k clay tablet adds a new chapter

  05-10-2015 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new lines for the poem were discovered by accident when a the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Iraq made a deal with a smuggler to purchase a set of 80 to 90 clay tablets.
  
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• Nuclear power plants are NOT prepared for a cyber attack: Report says industry is in a 'culture of denial' over hacking risks

  05-10-2015 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Published by think tank Chatham House, the report found a worrying lack of security protocols at nuclear plants throughout the world. It claims engineers are not taking cyber threats seriously.
  
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• John McAfee says country is 'ill prepared' for electromagnetic attacks

  05-10-2015 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McAfee, pictured, claims the country and its leaders are unprepared for EMP weapons - and warned that gun crime should not be the 'single issue' that decided votes.
  
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• Google Glass could project HOLOGRAMS and plunge wearers into augmented reality

  05-10-2015 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The patent, granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, shows how the hologram technology may work.
  
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• VIDEO: Plant's deadly rain-powered spring

  05-10-2015 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See how a carnivorous pitcher plant uses raindrops as a power source to fling ants to their death.
  
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• Plant uses raindrops to eat ants

  05-10-2015 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A carnivorous plant uses raindrops as a power source to bounce ants into a trap, researchers find.
  
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• Drone pilot flies over Apple 'spaceship' campus to show the construction progress

  05-10-2015 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's 'spaceship' campus is coming together, but it looks like construction workers have their work cut out for them if they want to make the company's 2016 move-in date.
  
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• Chernobyl exclusion zone sees wildlife thriving since the nuclear disaster

  05-10-2015 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Georgia has found that populations of large mammals show no evidence of being affected by the continuing radiation in the exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
  
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• The 'Epic of Gilgamesh' revised: 2,600-year-old clay tablet adds a new chapter to one of the first great works of literature

  05-10-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new lines for the poem were discovered by accident when a the Sulaymaniyah Museum in Iraq made a deal with a smuggler to purchase a set of 80 to 90 clay tablets.
  
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• Animal 'hybrid' that looks like a crocodile and buffalo terrifies Thailand villagers

  05-10-2015 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage of the odd creature, discovered in a remote village in Thailand, shows it laid out on a table while a crowd gathers - prodding its scaly skin and head while lighting candles and incense.
  
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• Russian scientists send migrating birds off course by using MAGNETS

  05-10-2015 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the experiment, Dmitry Kishkinev of Queen's University Belfast and Nikita Chernetsov at the Biological Station Rybachy housed caught Eurasian reed warblers at Rybachy, Russia.
  
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• The 'doomsday' weapon that could wipe out 90% of Americans: Eccentric tech millionaire and presidential candidate John McAfee says country is 'ill prepared' for electromagnetic attacks

  05-10-2015 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  McAfee, pictured, claims the country and its leaders are unprepared for EMP weapons - and warned that gun crime should not be the 'single issue' that decided votes.
  
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• Quantum computer scientists build qubit logic gate on silicon chip

  05-10-2015 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of New South Wales have build the world's first logic gate using quantum bits or qubits (illustrated). They say it is a 'game changing' leap towards practical quantum computers.
  
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• Airbus files patent for split-level mezzanine style seating in business class

  05-10-2015 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The arrangement would be used in a premium cabin with rows in the middle section alternating between floor level and an elevated level, the European firm says.
  
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• Will Google Glass project HOLOGRAMS? Patent suggests headset could plunge wearers into augmented reality

  05-10-2015 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The patent, granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in Virginia, shows how the hologram technology may work.
  
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• Cacti under threat as black market could drive 30% of all species to extinction

  05-10-2015 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study co-authored by the University of Exeter has found that plant collectors have had a major impact on their numbers in the wild.
  
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• Cacti facing extinction, study warns

  05-10-2015 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A global assessment concludes that almost one-third of cactus species face extinction due to unsustainable harvesting and illegal trade.
  
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• Twitter's Jack of all trades

  05-10-2015 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wall Street will be keeping an impatient eye on Twitter chief Jack Dorsey
  
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• VIDEO: 'Nosey Smurf was hacking codename'

  05-10-2015 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In his first interview for British TV, former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden has given the BBC new details of the UK's digital spy agency's ability to hack smartphones without users' knowledge
  
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• Chernobyl is a wildlife PARADISE: Wolves, lynx, elk and boar have thrived since humans abandoned the nuclear disaster zone

  05-10-2015 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Georgia has found that populations of large mammals show no evidence of being affected by the continuing radiation in the exclusion zone around the nuclear power plant in Ukraine.
  
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• Peeple app taken down after online backlash

  05-10-2015 18:22
  
  Peeple, a controversial online app described as 'Yelp for humans' has disappeared from the web.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Wild mammals 'return to Chernobyl'

  05-10-2015 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Chernobyl exclusion zone now has more wildlife than before the 1986 nuclear accident, researchers say.
  
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• VIDEO: Lorry drives itself on German motorway

  05-10-2015 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Daimler tests a self-driving prototype lorry on a German motorway for the first time.
  
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• Work that won Nobel Prize for medicine 2015

  05-10-2015 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The work that won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine
  
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• Migrating birds are sent off course by Russian scientists using MAGNETS: Experiment proves that reed warblers use a geomagnetic map

  05-10-2015 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the experiment, Dmitry Kishkinev of Queen's University Belfast and Nikita Chernetsov at the Biological Station Rybachy housed caught Eurasian reed warblers at Rybachy, Russia.
  
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• 'Butt dials' responsible for increase in emergency calls

  05-10-2015 18:01
  
  An increase in emergency calls in San Francisco has been attributed to butt dials.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• GCHQ 'can take control of smartphones'

  05-10-2015 17:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Smartphone users can do "very little" to stop security services getting "total control" over their devices, US whistleblower Edward Snowden tells the BBC in his first British TV interview.
  
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• Airbus files patent for mezzanine style seating in business class

  05-10-2015 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The arrangement would be used in a premium cabin with rows in the middle section alternating between floor level and an elevated level, the European firm says.
  
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• Quantum computers take a leap forward after scientists build qubit logic gate on silicon chip

  05-10-2015 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of New South Wales have build the world's first logic gate using quantum bits or qubits (illustrated). They say it is a 'game changing' leap towards practical quantum computers.
  
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• How healthy is YOUR brain? Take this 'mind MOT' to find out... (and it's good news if you like Sudoku and fish)

  05-10-2015 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: From your alcohol consumption and sleep to how often you chat to your neighbour, a new test by health firm Equazen reveals how healthy your brain is.
  
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• UK nuclear plants 'not threatened' by cyber attacks

  05-10-2015 17:22
  
  Nuclear facilities in the UK are not vulnerable to a serious cyber attacks say experts in response to a report that the global nuclear industry is underprepared for a cyber attack. By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Sadtopographies Instagram account reveals the world's most depressing place names

  05-10-2015 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A morbid Instagram account reveals the most depressing, bizarre and downright uncomfortable place names in the world, under the tagline 'Somewhere to go, when you're feeling low'.
  
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• Chile creates new marine reserves

  05-10-2015 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chile announces the creation of two new marine reserves off its coast which together will cover more than a million sq km.
  
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• Cacti under threat: Black market in desert could drive 30% of all species to extinction

  05-10-2015 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study co-authored by the University of Exeter has found that plant collectors have had a major impact on their numbers in the wild.
  
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• Pussy Riot at WIRED2015: how digital tools can empower activists

  05-10-2015 16:45
  
  Pussy Riot will headline WIRED2015, joining an agenda that also features North Korean defector and activist Hyeonseo Lee and Colombian peace negotiator Frank Pearl.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Peeple sites 'disappear' from web

  05-10-2015 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The website and social media pages for controversial human-rating app Peeple have been taken offline.
  
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• Kimbetopsalis simmonsae, post-apocalyptic 'beaver' thrived after dinosaurs died

  05-10-2015 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologists at the University of Edinburgh have discovered the fossil of one of the first mammals to thrive after the catastrophe that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago.
  
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• NASA release Apollo mission photos to Flickr including moon landings

  05-10-2015 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 8,400 photographs from Nasa’s moon missions have been uploaded to Flickr in high resolution by a team of enthusiasts based in Virginia.
  
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• Nasa photo archive posted online

  05-10-2015 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One man's mission to upload 13,000 photographs that Nasa said it didn't have the resources to publish.
  
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• What does your face shape say about YOU? From Beyonce to Taylor Swift

  05-10-2015 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Face reader Jean Haner says your face is 'saying something' about you. Taylor Swift's diamond shape means she likes to take control' while Beyonce's oval shape means she's 'welcoming'.
  
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• Twitter makes Jack Dorsey its permanent CEO for second time

  05-10-2015 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dorsey has served as interim CEO for the past three months, after former Dick Costolo stepped down in July.
  
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• 200 new animal and plant species discovered in the Himalayas

  05-10-2015 15:33
  
      A fish that can walk (kind of), another with Dracula fangs and a monkey that can't stop sneezing are all part of a range of newly-discovered plant and animal life found in the Himalayas.By: Becca Caddy, Continue reading...
  
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• Nobel Prize for medicine awarded to malaria and parasites drug scientists

  05-10-2015 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nobel judges in Stockholm, Sweden, awarded the prestigious prize to Irish-born William Campbell, Satoshi Omura, of Japan, and Tu Youyou - the first-ever Chinese medicine laureate.
  
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• Are mobile phones affecting YOUR daughter's grades? Texting affects girls' academic performance - but has no effect on boys, study claims

  05-10-2015 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, conducted by Delaware County Community College, found that girls do not text more than boys but use texts more to nurture relationships.
  
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• VIDEO: Nobel Prize rewards parasite research

  05-10-2015 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine has been split two ways for groundbreaking work on parasitic diseases.
  
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• 11 facts about Twitter's new chief

  05-10-2015 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jack Dorsey has been voted in as the permanent chief executive of Twitter by the firm's board. Here are 11 tweet-length facts about him.
  
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• Twitter's new CEO is Jack Dorsey

  05-10-2015 14:45
  Twitter has named Jack Dorsey, co-founder of the company, as its new CEO.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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