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• Nasa discovers space rock releasing as much alcohol as 500 bottles of wine every second

  23-10-2015 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery marks the first time ethyl alcohol has been seen in a comet. It adds to evidence that comets could have been a source of the complex molecules necessary for the emergence of life.
  
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• Construction of first test track in California to begin within WEEKS

  23-10-2015 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies says the five-mile (8km) test track in Quay Valley, California, will transport 10 million people throughout its trial phase.
  
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• Williams F1 team in technology race

  23-10-2015 23:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Can technology take Williams to the front of the F1 grid?
  
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• Researchers probe magnetic fields inside red giants to see how our sun will die

  23-10-2015 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have for the first time probed magnetic fields in the mysterious inner regions of stars, finding they are strongly magnetised, and in some cases 10 million times stronger than Earth's.
  
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• New drug reveals regrowth in mice in ten DAYS

  23-10-2015 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drugs work by inhibiting a family of enzymes inside hair follicles that are suspended in a resting state, effectively 'waking' the hair.
  
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• The dawn of time pictured: Hubble captures spectacular images of the universe's oldest galaxies

  23-10-2015 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa and Esa used gravitational lensing to reveal the largest sample of the faintest and earliest known galaxies in the universe.
  
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• How people with autism see the world: Gaze of those with the condition bypasses faces to see details such as colour and contrast

  23-10-2015 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the California Institute of Technology found that people with autism were strongly attracted to the centre of images, regardless of the content placed there.
  
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• NASA's New Horizons captures image of Pluto's double-lobed moon Kerberos

  23-10-2015 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new data shows that Kerberos appears to have a double-lobed shape, with the larger lobe approximately 5 miles (8 km) across and the smaller lobe approximately 3 miles (5 km) across.
  
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• Jack Dorsey is giving away nearly $200m in Twitter stock to his employees

  23-10-2015 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter Inc Chief Executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey said on Thursday he is giving a third of his stock in the company, about 1 percent, valued at $197 million to the employee equity pool.
  
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• Assassin's Creed Syndicate: the hollow city

  23-10-2015 20:24
  
  WIRED reviews the latest Assassin's Creed.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Bulova timepiece worn on Apollo 15 mission still has moondust on its face

  23-10-2015 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unique watch, which was worn by US astronaut Colonel Dave Scott during the 1971 Apollo 15 mission, was auctioned in Boston, Massachusetts.
  
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• Northwestern University scientists find we lack compassion for those with similar problems

  23-10-2015 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Northwestern University in Illinois say we tend to forget the pain of past hardships, and so we have less compassion for people dealing with the same problems.
  
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• HTC denies claims its One A9 handset is a clone of Apple's iPhone

  23-10-2015 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The comments were made by HTC's president of North Asia Jack Tong at the Taiwan launch of the One A9. It was in response to reviews that accused HTC of building a 'blatant ripoff' of Apple's iPhone.
  
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• NSA-proof wallpaper could keep snoopers and electromagnetic weapons at bay

  23-10-2015 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New flexible material can block electronic emission, stopping cybersnooping and thwarting attacks from electromagnetic 'doomsday' weapons.
  
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• VIDEO: Counting seals on the County Down coastline

  23-10-2015 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News NI's Conor Macauley joins a group of volunteers from Copeland Bird Observatory to record seals on the County Down coastline.
  
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• Apple patent reveals 'bumpers' that extend when an iPhone is dropped

  23-10-2015 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The patent was filed in April 2014 and awarded yesterday. The retractable 'bumpers' could be fitted to the front of a future device and extend if built-in sensors determine the phone is falling.
  
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• VIDEO: Archive film shows parachuting beavers

  23-10-2015 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Archive footage has been uncovered of a group of beavers being parachuted into wilderness in the US.
  
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• RoboBees from Harvard's John A Paulson School of Engineering can fly AND swim

  23-10-2015 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Harvard in Massachusetts, created the drone, which is smaller than a paperclip and flaps its wings nine times a second to enable it to swim underwater (pictured).
  
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• Apple's mysterious emoji is an I Am A Witness anti-bullying campaign icon

  23-10-2015 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The campaign is being run by the Ad Council, a non-profit coalition that includes media outlets, US government agencies and tech partners. The icon is pictured on the iOS keyboard.
  
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• 1950s video shows beavers parachuting out of planes in relocation project

  23-10-2015 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Recently surfaced footage from the 1950s shows Idaho Department of Fish and Game agents airdropping beavers out of planes in a relocation effort.
  
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• The WOODEN computer that's the size of a coaster: £250 Solu stores work in the cloud and makes documents easy to share

  23-10-2015 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Finnish firm behind the computer says: 'Solu is an exceptionally beautiful, cloud-linked computer.' It is made from glass and wood with an operating system designed to mimic the brain.
  
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• Future to the back, countering extremism: Podcast 240

  23-10-2015 18:20
  
  
  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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• Apollo 15 commander's watch clocks up $1.6m at auction

  23-10-2015 17:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hefty price tag for Dave Scott’s lunar timepiece A timepiece worn by Apollo 15 commander Dave R. Scott on the surface of the Moon has sold at auction for an astronomical $1,625,000.…
  
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• The Know dating app helps users keep tabs on their partners and weed out cheaters

  23-10-2015 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Described by its San Francisco-based developers as 'crowdsourced dating intelligence', The Know lets people add details about their partners and compare this with others.
  
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• Pluto's family portrait is complete: New Horizons captures image of tiny double-lobed moon of Kerberos  

  23-10-2015 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new data shows that Kerberos appears to have a double-lobed shape, with the larger lobe approximately 5 miles (8 km) across and the smaller lobe approximately 3 miles (5 km) across.
  
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• Apple's mysterious emoji IS an anti-bullying icon: Tech giant is supporting the I Am A Witness campaign against online abuse

  23-10-2015 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The campaign is being run by the Ad Council, a non-profit coalition that includes media outlets, US government agencies and tech partners. The icon is pictured on the iOS keyboard.
  
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• Move over Mother Nature! Insect-sized RoboBee can fly, dive AND swim

  23-10-2015 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Harvard in Massachusetts, created the drone, which is smaller than a paperclip and flaps its wings nine times a second to enable it to swim underwater (pictured).
  
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• Watch the birth of a LIGHTNING bolt

  23-10-2015 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two electrical engineers caught the rare spectacle on camera in the Ebro Valley of north eastern Spain. The duo shot the footage in slow motion, taking 11,000 frames a second.
  
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• VIDEO: Conrad Smith: Tech is changing the sport

  23-10-2015 16:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How sensors monitoring muscle activity and performance are changing Rugby Union
  
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• Copenhagen ghosts haunt climate talks

  23-10-2015 15:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Progress towards a deal on climate change at talks in Bonn is proving to be frustratingly elusive, says Matt McGath.
  
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• Sesame Street introduces first autistic character

  23-10-2015 15:30
  
  Sesame Street is introducing its first character with autism. Julia, a little yellow Muppet girl, is part of a campaign to reduce stigma surrounding the disorder.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Hyperloop to start work on $6 billion test track 'within weeks'

  23-10-2015 15:15
  
  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) has announced it will start work $6bn Hyperloop test track within the next two to three weeks.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• TalkTalk hack FAQ: what should you do if you're affected?

  23-10-2015 15:04
  
  What does the TalkTalk data breach mean for customers? How can you prevent yourself from identity theft, and what should TalkTalk be doing? We've put together a guide for what to do if you think your data could be compromised. By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Slow-motion footage shows a ball full of water looking like a galaxy

  23-10-2015 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Texas-based Slow-Mo Guys filmed the waterlogged ball (pictured) as it was spun through the air and water was sprayed from the centre.
  
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• Facebook makes public posts searchable

  23-10-2015 14:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social network Facebook has indexed billions of posts made by its members to make them easier to find by searching.
  
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• TalkTalk hack: company receives ransom demand

  23-10-2015 14:53
  
  TalkTalk unable to confirm if stolen data was encrypted as chief executive Dido Harding receives ransom demand from alleged hackers.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Light touch' Bitcoin regulation

  23-10-2015 14:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jersey's government is to introduce "light touch" regulation as a way of helping to boost the Bitcoin industry, according to the assistant chief minister.
  
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• Why do companies keep getting hacked?

  23-10-2015 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TalkTalk is investigating a third data breach on its network but is it alone in being hit again and again by cyber attackers?
  
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• Pluto's smallest moon finally pictured

  23-10-2015 14:42
  
  Pluto's smallest moon, Kerberos, has been pictured for the first time.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Sony has 'no titles in development for PS Vita'

  23-10-2015 14:36
  
  A moment of silence for the PlayStation Vita, if you please -- Sony has confirmed it no longer has any first-party titles in development for its handheld console. While not quite a death knell, it doesn't bode well for the hardware's future.
  Speaking to Japanese site 4Gamer (and translated by DualShockers), Sony Computer Entertainment senior vice president Masayasu Ito said that "Currently, first party studios have no titles in development for PS Vita. Since third parties ar
  
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• Lunar watch fetches £1million: Bulova timepiece worn on Apollo 15 mission still has moondust on its face

  23-10-2015 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unique watch, which was worn by US astronaut Colonel Dave Scott during the 1971 Apollo 15 mission, was auctioned in Boston, Massachusetts.
  
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• Snow leopards face 'new threat'

  23-10-2015 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warmer temperatures are threatening to shrink the habitat of the snow leopard, the big cat already struggling against extinction, a report says.
  
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• Astronomer Royal believes aliens have transitioned from organic forms to machines

  23-10-2015 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British astrophysicist and cosmologist, Sir Martin Rees, believes if we manage to detect aliens, it will not be by stumbling across organic life, but from picking up a signal made by machines.
  
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• TalkTalk hack: What should I do?

  23-10-2015 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Find out how to protect yourself in the wake of the big cyber-attack on telecoms provider TalkTalk.
  
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• Why a baby's first 'da-da' DOESN'T mean they're talking to daddy: Infants just like the sound of their own voice, study reveals

  23-10-2015 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Missouri-Columbia say repetitive babbles are mainly motivated by a baby's ability to hear their own voice, rather than wanting a kiss or cuddle from their parents.
  
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• Nasa's Mars-bound rocket passes key design review

  23-10-2015 13:00
  
  Nasa's Space Launch System (SLS) completes the Critical Design Review necessary before it goes into production.By: Becca Caddy, Continue reading...
  
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• FACT doubles 'bounty' for catching movie pirates in cinemas

  23-10-2015 12:55
  
  Movie pirates don't just upload Blu-ray and DVD rips -- there's still a booming "market" for stealthily recorded bootlegs of films currently airing in cinemas. Torrent sites blossom with shakily captured uploads during the peak movie seasons of summer and Christmas, and with the likes of Spectre, The Force Awakens, and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part II all due in the coming weeks, there's plenty to tempt would-be thieves.
  The UK's copyright trade organ
  
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• VIDEO: TalkTalk attack - what NOT to do

  23-10-2015 12:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber security expert Daniel Dresner advises TalkTalk customers to be careful with what information they provide to anyone claiming to be from the company, in the wake of a cyber-attack.
  
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• Facebook confirms it IS to blame for killing your phone's battery

  23-10-2015 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ‎Facebook's engineering manager Ari Grant said the problems were caused by two issues. The first was caused by 'CPU spin' in the app's network code that meant requests were being constantly repeated.
  
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• TalkTalk hit by major cyberattack, customer details stolen

  23-10-2015 12:12
  
  TalkTalk's website has been hit by a "significant and sustained" cyber attack, with thousands of customer details potentially compromised.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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