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• VIDEO: Close-Up: Award-winning wildlife photos

  14-10-2015 23:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An image of warring foxes has won the 2015 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
  
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• 87% of Android handsets are vulnerable to hackers, study claims

  14-10-2015 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that on average 87.7% of Android devices are exposed to at least one of 11 known critical vulnerabilities - and say manufacturers, not Google, are to blame.
  
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• Boost of Oxytocin makes marmosets more attractive to their long term mates

  14-10-2015 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nebraska researchers found that received oxytocin in nose-drops attract more social interaction from their long term mates.
  
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• VIDEO: Australia feral cat cull sparks anger

  14-10-2015 23:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Celebrities have condemned plans by the Australian government to cull two million feral cats.
  
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• Black people have to wait LONGER than white people to cross the road according to Arizona University

  14-10-2015 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Arizona also found that black pedestrians were twice as likely as white pedestrians to be passed by multiple vehicles.
  
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• Twitter's search for a chairman ends at Google as Jack Dorsey hires chief business officer

  14-10-2015 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter has appointed former Google executive Omid Kordestani as its executive chairman, the latest step in the company's turnaround efforts under Jack Dorsey.
  
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• Mysterious plumes may be releasing toxic methane near Washington

  14-10-2015 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research by the University of Washington shows that, out of 168 bubble plumes seen within the past decade, a large number may have been releasing methane - a potent greenhouse gas.
  
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• USB drive can FRY your computer by sending 220 volts through it

  14-10-2015 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The USB stick can instantly fry any machine it is plugged into by sending 220 Volts through the signal lines of the USB interface.
  
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• Fossil teeth place humans in Asia '20,000 years earlier' than first thought

  14-10-2015 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists excavating a cave in Daoxian, southern China, say they have found fossils belonging to modern humans that date to at least 80,000 years ago.
  
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• The foods that help you go to the loo include coffee, broccoli and chilli

  14-10-2015 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Avocados contain magnesium, which relaxes bowel muscles and help a person pass stools, but painkillers can cause constipation, a new infographic reveals.
  
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• Free music, hoverboard bans: Podcast 239

  14-10-2015 20:12
  
  
  Listen this week for an entertaining look at the most interesting technology and science stories from the last seven days, with WIRED.co.uk's Michael Rundle, James Temperton and Cara McGoogan.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Dinosaur nest discovered inside 'Dragon's Tomb': Remains of tiny 'duck-billed babies' found near fossilised shell fragments

  14-10-2015 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists believe the creatures belonged to a group of Saurolophus angustirostris - a type of giant hadrosaur - and that they are all likely to be from the same nest. A specimen is pictured.
  
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• Rising sea levels put over 400 US cities 'past the point of no return' study claims

  14-10-2015 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No matter what we do to curb global warming, New Orleans, Miami and many other beloved US cities will sink below rising seas due to carbon emissions, according to a study released Monday.
  
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• Men really DO have sex on the brain: Extra cells found in males make them prioritise relationships over everything - even food

  14-10-2015 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Although the University of College London study was on worms, their biology is similar to ours meaning the findings provide insight into the behaviour of other animals, including humans.
  
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• Hairy animals have been around longer than thought: 125-million-year-old 'Cretaceous furball' fossil pushes back origins by 60 million years

  14-10-2015 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The specimen, named Spinolestes xenarthrosus, was discovered in Las Hoyas Quarry in Spain.It was found with intact guard hairs, underfur, tiny spines and evidence of a fungal infection.
  
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• Humans in Asia '20,000 years early'

  14-10-2015 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fossil teeth from a cave in China are shaking up the traditional narrative of humankind's dispersal from Africa.
  
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• Roboticists at Georgia Tech develop software to help machines fall more gracefully

  14-10-2015 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The algorithm was developed at Georgia Tech. It tells a robot how to react when it stumbles, is nudged or has to roll to break a high-speed fall.
  
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• Panoramas of the MOON: Photographer stitches Apollo mission snaps together to reveal the vast emptiness of the lunar surface

  14-10-2015 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maciej Winiarczyk, who lives in Wick, Caithness, used scenes from the US space agency’s archive and Photoshop to edit them and join them together.
  
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• How to make a Mad Max ukele

  14-10-2015 16:42
  
  One of the craziest characters in Mad Max: Fury Road was the Doof Warrior, a red-clad goon who strummed a flame-throwing guitar. Maker and Mad Max fan Caleb Kraft decided to design his own flaming instrument. He took it down a notch, though, by making a ukulele instead of a guitar.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Views on God and immigration could be changed by using MAGNETS, study claims

  14-10-2015 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using what's known as transcranial magnetic stimulation, researchers from the University of York were able to shut down the part of the brain in participants associated with detecting threats.
  
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• Deus Ex: Revision makes the classic RPG better than ever

  14-10-2015 16:11
  
    Classic cyberpunk action RPG Deus Ex is now 15 years old. While the reality of that sinks in for anyone who experienced it first-hand, there's now a way for both the game and players to recapture their lost youth.
  Deus Ex: Revision is a free, fan-made, and officially approved mod developed by Caustic Creative. The seven-member team, formed in 2009, has overhauled the visuals and soundtrack of Ion Storm's lauded original, bringing it in-line with modern games.
  
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• VIDEO: BBC building 'hacked' to play music

  14-10-2015 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A PhD student uses a vibration sensor and an associated app to play BBC Old Broadcasting House as if it was a musical instrument.
  
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• Adblock Plus keeps popping up in publishers' worry lists

  14-10-2015 15:55
  
  It's unlikely ad-blocking apps will be going away any time soon.By: Madhumita Venkataramanan, Continue reading...
  
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• Andreas Mogensen trials backache preventing gravity-mimicking SkinSuit on ISS

  14-10-2015 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clothing was worn by European Space Agency Denmark's first astronaut Andreas Mogensen on the International Space Station (ISS),  who spent 10 days in the laboratory last month.
  
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• Mars' South Pole photos reveal ice cap of frozen water and carbon dioxide

  14-10-2015 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incredible sweeping image was taken by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft from the furthest point of its orbit, around 6,151 miles (9,900km) from Mars.
  
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• Star Wars: Episode VIII's new villain is Benicio del Toro

  14-10-2015 15:17
  
  Benicio del Toro is going cosmic. After a crowd-pleasing turn as The Collector in Marvel Studios' Guardians of the Galaxy, the actor has been attached to a role in the upcoming Star Wars: Episode VIII.
  Exactly what that role is has been a mystery though, but new reports from a casting sheet appear to confirm long-running rumours that del Toro will be playing the main villain in Brick and Looper director Rian Johnson's mid-trilogy instalment.By: Matt Kamen
  
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• Delivering a health kick to health care

  14-10-2015 15:16
  
  AXA PPP Health Tech and Your is delivering a health kick to health care. By: Silvia Weindling, Continue reading...
  
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• Google tracks everything you do: here's how to delete it

  14-10-2015 15:10
  
  A guide to what Google knows about you, how to delete the data and how to make sure it knows less about you in the future.By: Becca Caddy, Continue reading...
  
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• Stephen Fry to leave BBC's 'QI' after 13 years

  14-10-2015 14:57
  Brace yourselves for a national emergency -- Stephen Fry is stepping down as host of the long running BBC quiz show QI. Please, compose yourself.
  The actor, comedian, and author will leave the host's seat after the upcoming "M" season of the show. Fry has helmed 180 episodes of the quite interesting television series, which sees team members try to answer deliberately obscure questions.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Campaign to save UK hedgehogs after numbers plummeted to below 1 million

  14-10-2015 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A campaign called Hedgehog Street has created a map that lets people across the UK and parts of Europe plot sightings of the animals (stock image) - both dead and alive.
  
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• This real-life Thor hammer can only be lifted by its creator

  14-10-2015 14:04
  
  A YouTube user has baffled people in California with his working Thor hammer. By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Billy the Kid found in junk shop photo bought for $1 now worth $5m

  14-10-2015 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photo was recently authenticated as the second known picture of Wild West outlaw Billy the Kid - the gunslinger who claimed to have killed 21 men - and valued at $5million.
  
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• In pictures: the abandoned remains of Soviet technology

  14-10-2015 13:45
  
      Once the symbols of Russia's Cold War military might, these relics now lie abandoned in the snow.By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Pregnant chimpanzee Zombi adopts orphaned baby at Monarto zoo

  14-10-2015 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tiny chimp at Monarto Zoo, Adelaide, is ‘strong’ and ‘healthy’ thanks to a pregnant chimp named Zombi now caring for Boon despite being expected to give birth in a matter of weeks.
  
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• Animal heads carved into rock may been used for ceremonies by Iron Age Bulgarians

  14-10-2015 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rocks with the unusual heads of animals were discovered in the mountains of eastern Bulgaria, near the city of Sliven, which has Roman history.
  
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• Apple loses A7 chip patent lawsuit and faces damages of $860m

  14-10-2015 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The jury was asked to consider whether Apple's A7 (pictured), as well as its A8 and A8X processors violate a patent awarded to the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (Warf) in 1998.
  
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• Scientists explain how you can 'feel' electrical fields

  14-10-2015 12:04
  
  Research has shown that disabling gene KCNJ15 stops cells from migrating in response to weak electric fields.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Facebook now lets you edit out bad memories

  14-10-2015 11:57
  
  New options in Facebook's On This Day tool give users more control over their memories.By: Becca Caddy, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Popcorn Time for music' Aurous sued within hours of launch

  14-10-2015 11:30
  
  A new music piracy service described as 'Popcorn Time for music' has achieved the dubious honour of being sued by the American music industry within hours of launching.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Tesla: fleeing journalists ran over Gigafactory staff

  14-10-2015 11:10
  
  Tesla security staff suffer gashes and other injuries after allegedly being driven into by trespassing journalists.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Don Gutoski's 'A tale of two foxes' wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest

  14-10-2015 10:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photo, showing a red fox clasping the body of an Arctic fox between its teeth in Canada's Wapusk National Park, has won the National History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
  
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• Hubble reveals changing face of Jupiter in spectacular 4K

  14-10-2015 10:43
  Hubble's Outer Planet Atmospheres Legacy project has produced some of the most detailed maps ever made of Jupiter, including rare atmospheric phenomena such as filaments in the Great Red Spot.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Electric Jukebox is a £180 Spotify rival with a difference

  14-10-2015 10:29
  
  A new plug-and-play music streaming service backed by the likes of Sheryl Crow and Robbie Williams has launched.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Warning to Internet banking users after hackers snatch £20m from UK accounts

  14-10-2015 09:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of computers across Britain are thought to have been infected by the virus, which harvests online banking details so that fraudsters can gain access to accounts. So far £20m has been stolen.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 14 October

  14-10-2015 08:40
  
  Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Apple infringed a University of Wisconsin patent, neonicotinoid insecticides are dangerous to queen bees, journalists assaulted Tesla security staff with a Jeep and more.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Alien 'MEGASTRUCTURE' found as bizarre star is blocked by huge object

  14-10-2015 06:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIC 8462852 (pictured), located 1480 light-years away, and has produced a series of bizarre light fluctuations researchers have not been able to conclusively explain.
  
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• Apple facing huge chip patent bill

  14-10-2015 03:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The University of Wisconsin successfully claims that Apple used its chip technology without consent.
  
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• Have researchers found an alien MEGASTRUCTURE? Researchers reveal 'bizarre' star they say could have huge unknown object blocking its light

  14-10-2015 03:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  KIC 8462852 (pictured), located 1480 light-years away, and has produced a series of bizarre light fluctuations researchers have not been able to conclusively explain.
  
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• Nasa reveals Saturn's red spot storm is SHRINKING

  14-10-2015 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa revealed the find alongside stunning new maps of the planet  which are the first in an annual series of 'weather maps' designed to spot changes.
  
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• Dinosaurs were warm AND cold blooded, researchers say

  14-10-2015 01:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings indicate that at least half of all dinosaurs had the ability to increase their body temperature, and were more active than alligators and crocodiles.
  
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