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• California warns residents to prepare for El Nino as Nasa reveals new animation

  20-10-2015 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California residents are being warned to prepare for El Niño - as Nasa revealed the phenomenon will be the most watched in history and showed off a new satellite animation of the phenomenon forming.
  
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• Apple Music hits 6.5 million paid users - Tim Cook

  20-10-2015 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's new music streaming service has netted more than 6.5 million paid users, the tech
  giant's Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has revealed.
  
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• Could an overactive immune system predict schizophrenia?

  20-10-2015 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery, by Imperial College London, could help scientists find a way to diagnose the early onset of schizophrenia, helping them provide treatment before symptoms get worse.
  
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• Male and female hearts age differently and could need different medical treatments, researchers say

  20-10-2015 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say there are 'significant' differences in the way male and female hearts change over time - and that gender-specific treatments may be needed.
  
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• Large Hadron Collider data may unearth a parallel universe

  20-10-2015 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'atom smasher' at Cern is turned up to its highest levels in a bid to detect miniature black holes, which are considered a key sign of a 'multiverse'.
  
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• Chinese researchers reveal 'mutant' extra muscular beagle SUPERDOGS

  20-10-2015 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese scientists have created genetically-engineered extra-muscular dogs after editing the genes of Beagles named Hercules and Tiangou (stock picture shown).
  
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• 4,300-year-old bodies found with extra skulls in their grave in California

  20-10-2015 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost 500 burials have been found on the site of Marsh Creek in California. Eight of these bodies were interred with an extra skull (pictured) and seven were buried missing their skull.
  
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• Tutankhamun gets a facelift! Boy pharaoh's death mask is being restored after its beard was knocked off by cleaners 

  20-10-2015 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German restoration specialists are restoring the 3,300 year-old mask at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo to remove a crust of dried glue on the beard of the boy pharaoh's funerary headdress.
  
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• 500 graves unearthed in in Marsh Creek in California with signs of burial rituals

  20-10-2015 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost 500 burials have been found on the site of Marsh Creek in California. Eight of these bodies were interred with an extra skull (pictured) and seven were buried missing their skull.
  
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• Why does James Blunt make so little from Spotify?

  20-10-2015 18:44
  
  James Blunt has revealed how much he makes per track streamed on Spotify -- and it's rather underwhelming.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Could scientists soon discover a parallel universe? New data from the extra powerful Large Hadron Collider is being analysed

  20-10-2015 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'atom smasher' at Cern is turned up to its highest levels in a bid to detect miniature black holes, which are considered a key sign of a 'multiverse'.
  
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• Ancient death masks from warrior race unearthed in Siberia

  20-10-2015 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made in a giant tomb in Kemerovo region with the remains belonging to the mysterious Tashtyk people, famed for their elaborate funeral rites.
  
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• Metal Gear Solid creator Hideo Kojima (may have) quit Konami

  20-10-2015 17:30
  
  Hideo Kojima has left Konami. Hideo Kojima has not left Konami. We have always been at war with Eastasia.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Six degrees of FRANCIS BACON interactive relationship maps show historical figures friends of friends

  20-10-2015 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site, created by Carnegie Melon University, currently identifies more than 13,000 people and highlights around 200,000 relationships from between 1500 and 1700.
  
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• Africa fear for deadly malaria strain

  20-10-2015 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A drug-resistant malaria parasite that is spreading across South East Asia can also infect different mosquito species in Africa, laboratory experiments show.
  
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• Arctic 'Doomsday Vault' is opened by ICARDA to relocate Syrian seeds

  20-10-2015 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the first withdrawal from a 'doomsday' seed vault in the Arctic, thousands of seeds that were originally kept in war-stricken Syria have been safely delivered to Morocco and Lebanon.
  
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• How to survive the extreme cold

  20-10-2015 16:44
  
  A four-point guide to getting used to arctic temperatures.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple CEO Tim Cook fuels rumours that firm is working on a self-driving car

  20-10-2015 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at WSJD Live event in Laguna Beach California, Apple's CEO, Tim Cook said autonomous driving is set to become more important.
  
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• Social networks will help education connect, says Reid Hoffman

  20-10-2015 16:33
  
  LinkedIn co-founder and executive chairman Reid Hoffman thinks 2016 will be the year of the specialised social networkBy: Reid Hoffman, Continue reading...
  
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• Earth is 1 of the first habitable planets and most will form when the sun dies

  20-10-2015 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) believe when the solar system formed 4.6 billion years ago, only 8% of life-supporting worlds had formed.
  
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• Snake's belly slides on fatty film

  20-10-2015 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists discover a layer of very well-organised fat molecules on the belly scales of snakes, which reduce friction and could be the key to safe slithering.
  
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• How to build a first-person-view drone

  20-10-2015 15:49
  
  In seven steps learn how to build your own first person drone. By: Jeremy Cook, Continue reading...
  
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• Wordsmith's 'robot journalist' has been unleashed

  20-10-2015 15:25
  
  Anyone can now download and play with their very own robot journalist.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Russia shrugs off US satellite anxiety

  20-10-2015 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Questions surround a Russian military satellite that manoeuvred close to two US ones but experts say the risk of collision is tiny.
  
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• Arctic 'Doomsday Vault' is opened to relocate Syrian seeds

  20-10-2015 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the first withdrawal from a 'doomsday' seed vault in the Arctic, thousands of seeds that were originally kept in war-stricken Syria have been safely delivered to Morocco and Lebanon.
  
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• ISPs to block more pirate sites

  20-10-2015 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A list of around 90 URLs has been sent to UK ISPs by content providers demanding that they are blocked for linking to pirated content.
  
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• Racists want to #BoycottStarWarsVII because it's 'anti-white'

  20-10-2015 14:26
  
  The hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII is trending on Twitter with some saying the film is "anti-white". But most tweets are using the hashtag to hit back at a racist minority.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• That's gotta hurt: NASA suffers attack of the lame Orionids

  20-10-2015 14:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Downbeat forecast for this week's meteor shower A gloomy NASA isn't holding out much hope for a dazzling Orionid meteor shower display this week, as Earth passes through the debris trail of Halley's Comet.…
  
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• Tim Cook says car industry is ready for 'massive change': Apple CEO fuels rumours that firm is working on a self-driving car

  20-10-2015 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at WSJD Live event in Laguna Beach California, Apple's CEO, Tim Cook said autonomous driving is set to become more important.
  
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• Holocaust memories shed light on how the brain processes gratitude: Neuroscientists use accounts of harrowing ordeals to map how we feel the emotion

  20-10-2015 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Southern California found that gratitude activated areas of the brain including the ventral- and dorsal- medial pre-frontal cortex.
  
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• Irish data watchdog to probe Facebook

  20-10-2015 13:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Irish Data Protection Commissioner is to investigate Facebook's data transfers from the EU to the US.
  
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• Apple Music has 6.5 million paying subscribers

  20-10-2015 13:27
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook has revealed that 40 percent of Apple Music users are now paying for the service.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• eBay hosts moth-naming auction

  20-10-2015 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An entomologist who discovered a species of moth is auctioning the right to give it an official name, on eBay.
  
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• Pictures from encounter with endangered gorillas in the Democratic Republic of Congo

  20-10-2015 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline reporter Nick Fagge trekked deep into the jungle in the Democratic Republic of Congo to meet the endangered mountain gorillas who face daily threats to their existence.
  
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• NASA deep space scope serves up EPIC Earth snapshots

  20-10-2015 13:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  But you won't see stars through it, warns space agency NASA has unveiled a portal serving daily images of Earth snapped by its Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR).…
  
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• Worker to get Fukushima cancer payout

  20-10-2015 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan acknowledges that a worker involved in clean-up work at Fukushima may have developed cancer as a result.
  
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• High-speed cameras capture BALLOONS bursting into shreds in slow motion video

  20-10-2015 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Paris Diderot University used high-speed cameras to film the balloons swelling, touching a blade and bursting (pictured).
  
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• This 3D printed railgun can fire bullets at 560mph

  20-10-2015 13:04
  
  This homemade railgun can produce 3,000 joules of energy and fire carbon and aluminium bullets.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• New Nasa website gives stunning daily view of Earth

  20-10-2015 12:52
  
  Nasa has launched a website to show stunning daily images of the Earth. A dozen images will be uploaded each day, showing the full sunlit side of our home planet.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• SCP Marine Innovation's jetpack lets you 'fly' UNDERWATER at 6mph

  20-10-2015 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The x2 Sport Underwater Jet Pack is designed by Portsmouth-based firm, SCP Marine Innovation, which is raising money on Indiegogo to put the gadget into production.
  
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• Oslo will be completely car-free by 2019

  20-10-2015 12:19
  
  The Norwegian capital's newly elected council plans to upgrade the cycle and public transport networks and ban cars by 2019.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Nigel and Steve among new storm names

  20-10-2015 11:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nigel, Rhonda, Wendy and Steve are among the names chosen by the public to help identify future UK storms, the Met Office announces.
  
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• City AM is first UK newspaper to ban adblockers

  20-10-2015 11:52
  
  City AM has become the first UK newspaper to block adblockers. The free paper has started a trial that will blur our text on stories for Firefox users who run adblocking software.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• CSIRO's technique using crystals and UV lights make fingerprints GLOW at crime scenes

  20-10-2015 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technique was developed by Dr Kang Liang at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) in Dickson, near Canberra.
  
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• Barney, Steve and Wendy: Met Office reveals new storm names

  20-10-2015 11:10
  
  The results of the first crowdsourced storm naming scheme for the UK and Ireland are out, and they're rather traditional.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Babies don’t know it’s you tickling them until they are six months old

  20-10-2015 10:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When your baby giggles as you tickle their toes you might think you're bonding, but new research suggests babies have no idea where the tickle is coming from until they are six-months-old.
  
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• BBC blocks international iPlayer viewers ahead of US launch

  20-10-2015 10:33
  
  The BBC has moved to prevent viewers from outside the UK from accessing iPlayer just over a month after it revealed plans for a new US streaming service.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Playing table tennis against a robot

  20-10-2015 10:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The table tennis playing robot which can help you learn how to play the game
  
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• Our intuitive AI outperforms (most) puny humans, claims MIT

  20-10-2015 09:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Data analysis engine leaves carbon-based lifeforms in dust Traditionally computers are great at crunching numbers, but lousy at understanding what they mean. But a team of researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology thinks it's cracking that problem.…
  
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• Desert goby fish travels hundreds of kilometres over LAND for mate

  20-10-2015 08:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A tiny fish described by researchers as a 'poor swimmer' submerges itself in just a trickle of water and travels hundreds of kilometres across Australian outback in search of a mate.
  
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