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• Robots could soon walk like HUMANS and AI could join the army

  28-10-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, tested on the Atrias robot (pictured), was created by Oregon State University after studying the fluidity and energy efficiency of human and animal motion.
  
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• 116 things that cause CANCER - according to world health experts

  28-10-2015 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer have classified processed meat as being carcinogenic to humans. Here we reveal the other 115 things deemed as dangerous.
  
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• We're getting kick-ass at seeing through walls using just Wi-Fi – MIT

  28-10-2015 22:59 via go.theregister.com
  
  Motion detection now accurate to within two centimetres Eggheads at MIT are getting better and better at using Wi-Fi signals to see through walls, capturing motion accurate to within a few centimetres.…
  
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• Russia locks an all-female crew in space simulator in Mars experiment

  28-10-2015 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For eight days, the female volunteers will live inside a wood-panelled suite of rooms at Moscow's Institute of Biomedical Problems.
  
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• William Shatner trolls Star Wars fans on Twitter

  28-10-2015 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In his latest series of tweets, the 84-year-old actor takes aim at the new poster for 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens', arguing that some of the characters look familiar.
  
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• Gravity app turns your iPhone into a WEIGHING SCALE

  28-10-2015 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gravity was created by California-based design engineer Ryan McLeod who posted a blog about the development process on Medium.
  
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• Nasa says it may soon find life-bearing oceans on Enceladus and Europa

  28-10-2015 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers are studying Saturn's small moon Enceladus, and Jupiter's moon, Europa - both of which are believed to have habitable oceans that lie beneath their icy exterior.
  
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• A shocking discovery! Electric eels vary the strength of their electric pulses and can DOUBLE the charge to attack huge prey

  28-10-2015 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kenneth Catania of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, has found electric eels have a special mode of attack for killing particularly large prey.
  
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• Astrophysicist predicts when a ball is going to hit the target

  28-10-2015 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system, dreamed up by an astrophysicist and his son in Oregon, could be to make TV coverage of sports more exciting by showing a ball's trajectory on top of the screen.
  
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• 'Gentle' beginning for Solar System

  28-10-2015 19:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rosetta spacecraft discovers molecular oxygen in the cloud of gas surrounding Comet 67P prompting a rethink on the origins of the Solar System.
  
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• Snowden slams UK government over encryption 'backdoor' plans

  28-10-2015 18:48
  
  The UK government wants backdoor access to communications for "everything people actually use", Edward Snowden has claimed.
  The former NSA contractor took to Twitter to criticise comments from Britain’s Baroness Shields, the UK minister for Internet Safety and Security, over her position on encrypted data held by companies.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Venus, Mars and Jupiter to align in spectacular formation

  28-10-2015 18:32
  
  Venus, Jupiter and Mars are set to align in a rare formation this week.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• TalkTalk hack: industry hits back after Daily Mail targets 'gaming addict'

  28-10-2015 18:21
  
  The gaming industry has hit back after the Daily Mail claimed a suspect arrested in connection with the TalkTalk hack was a "violent video game addict".
  The UKIE, the UK's games industry body, told WIRED that there was "no link between addiction or antisocial behaviour" and playing games in a "balanced" way.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple car 'teardown' reveals what the tech giant's vehicle is expected to look like

  28-10-2015 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Based on the technology currently being used in Google's driverless cars, as well as the companies working with Apple for its Car-Play software, Re/Code has designed an Apple car 'X-ray' (pictured).
  
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• Dancing to Gangnam Style could increase your pain threshold

  28-10-2015 17:58
  
  Psychologists may have (partly) got to the bottom of why dance crazes feel so good -- and it's all to do with social bonding.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• The car that turns into a HOT TUB, a dashboard toaster and a two-storey convertible: Artist unveils weird and wacky vehicles to improve your daily commute

  28-10-2015 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California based artist and inventor Steven Johnson has been dreaming up wacky designs for cars since 1962 during his commute to work, including a car with a toaster in the dashboard.
  
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• This sportswear peels away when you're hot and sweaty

  28-10-2015 17:00
  
     As the person wearing the "second skin" becomes warm and sweaty, the material peels away to reveal real breathable holes in the clothing.Continue reading...
  
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• Automatic porn filters to be made 'law of the land'

  28-10-2015 16:48
  
  Automatic porn filters will be made "law of the land", David Cameron has said.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• DARK MATTER may have sent comet towards Earth to wipe out the dinosaurs

  28-10-2015 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leading cosmologist at Harvard University claims a dense disk of dark (illustrated) matter in the heart of the Milky Way may have sent a comet on a collision course with Earth.
  
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• RF Capture device can identify people behind CONCRETE using WiFi

  28-10-2015 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  RF Capture was developed at MIT. It works by scanning a room in 3D using signals through a wall. These signals reflect off everything behind it, including a person's body, to create a silhouette.
  
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• Facebook rolls out Message Requests feature that lets ANYONE contact you

  28-10-2015 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The announcement was made by Facebook's David Marcus. Message Requests will soon start appearing at the top of a person's main inbox in the Messenger app (pictured).
  
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• Famed Star Wars and Godzilla artist Noriyoshi Ohrai dies

  28-10-2015 15:38
  
  Japanese artist known for illustrations gracing international movies, books, and video games passes, aged 79.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Hairdressers held to ransom by hackers

  28-10-2015 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Scottish hairdressing firm has been held to ransom by hackers, who locked its database and threatened to delete information.
  
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• Hate Candy Crush invites? Facebook is about to kill them

  28-10-2015 14:53
  
  The days of receiving endless, annoying Candy Crush invites may be behind us, according to Facebook.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• BT's £12.5bn acquisition of EE gets provisional approval

  28-10-2015 14:40
  
  If the £12.5 billion deal between BT and EE goes ahead, BT could release a "quad play" package for mobile and landline phones, TV and broadband.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Rare reptile holds clues to mystery of penis evolution

  28-10-2015 14:30
  
  This reptile doesn't have a penis -- but it may help explain phallic evolution.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• New Apple TV review: input one (one day)

  28-10-2015 14:18
  
  WIRED reviews the new Apple TV.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• WA invention cracks moon's 'horizon glow'

  28-10-2015 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dust detector invented by University of Western Australia professor Brian O'Brien in 1966 has helped answer a question that's baffled scientists for decades.
  
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• Media Molecule's 'Dreams' sculpts games from your subconscious

  28-10-2015 14:09
  
      A series of enigmatic announcement videos have previously hinted at what Dreams wants to be, but at Paris Games Week Media Molecule revealed some of the first real details about how the game works, and how it will encourage players to build their own worlds, games, movies and experiences.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Media Molecule's 'Dreams' sculpts games from your subconcious

  28-10-2015 14:09
  
      A series of enigmatic announcement videos have previously hinted at what Dreams wants to be, but at Paris Games Week Media Molecule revealed some of the first real details about how the game works, and how it will encourage players to build their own worlds, games, movies and experiences.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Africa lion numbers 'may fall by half'

  28-10-2015 14:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authors of a study on lion populations believe many are in rapid decline and the animal should now be classified as endangered in parts of Africa.
  
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• El Niño is bad news for penguins: Dramatic changes in climate force birds to swim more than 80 miles further in search of fish

  28-10-2015 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Between 1992 and 2010, experts from the French National Centre for Scientific Research fitted king penguins with trackers. This allowed them to track the birds in the Indian Ocean.
  
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• Nissan debuts shape-shifting self-driving concept car

  28-10-2015 13:58
  
      Nissan has unveiled its new IDS autonomous electric concept car at the Tokyo MotorshowBy: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• UFO spotter alerts UN to a 'baby bear' living on Mars complete with fur

  28-10-2015 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UFO hunter, Scott Waring, who lives in Taiwan, said the 'creature' in the Nasa photograph of Gale Crater on Mars, has hair and is clearly living, although many people will think it's simply a rock.
  
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• The world's slowest Rube Goldberg is utterly mesmerising

  28-10-2015 13:42
  
  The most elaborate selfie, cracking a fortune and that great OK Go video in some of the best Rube Goldberg videos.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Identities of 'tens of thousands' of Britions sold on the 'dark web' after hacks

  28-10-2015 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Personal details of more than 600,000 customers stolen from companies in the UK last year. And they are available to buy on the black market of the internet for less than £20, it has been reported.
  
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• Record number of Android users are switching to Apple

  28-10-2015 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During Apple's latest fourth quarter earnings call, boss Tim Cook said that 30 per cent of customers who bought an iPhone recently had switched from an Android-based phone. The Move to iOS app is shown.
  
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• Nasa is about to hunt for signs of life on Enceladus

  28-10-2015 13:25
  Nasa's Cassini spacecraft will fly through a "plume of icy spray" billowing from Saturn's moon Enceladus to see if its ocean might be capable of supporting life.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• France fine for fake restaurant review

  28-10-2015 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court in France fines an internet user €2,500 (£1,800; $2,800) for posting a false and malicious review of a Michelin-starred restaurant in Dijon.
  
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• Explained: new US copyright exclusions for abandoned games

  28-10-2015 13:08
  
  The US Library of Congress has added new exemptions allowing gamers to modify games whose authentication servers have been taken down so that they can keep playing. WIRED takes a look at how this affects game preservation and whether it makes a difference to UK gamers at all.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Nissan's self-driving minivan among the vehicles unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show

  28-10-2015 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Car manufacturers have revealed an array of self-driving, eco-friendly and connected vehicles at the Tokyo Motor Show. Toyota revealed a space-age design for a hydrogen-fuel powered car (pictured).
  
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• Infants are soothed for longer when they listen to singing rather than talking

  28-10-2015 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists from the University of Montreal, Canada, said babies get 'carried away' by music, suggesting they have the mental capacity to be enthralled.
  
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• Death and violence 'too intense' in VR, developers admit

  28-10-2015 11:56
  
  As the games industry looks ahead to mainstream, consumer virtual reality, developers are being forced to admit that first-person death in VR is often just too intense.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Energy minister had to ask if climate change was real

  28-10-2015 11:06
  
  The energy minister Andrea Leadsom was unclear whether climate change was real when she was appointed to the job in May.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• This 'acoustic hologram' tractor beam moves objects with sound

  28-10-2015 10:37
  
  Scientists have built a system that can grab, hold and move small objects using soundwave generated holograms -- much like the 'tractor beams' of sci-fi. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Star Trek-style tractor beam becomes a reality by using sound 'holograms'

  28-10-2015 10:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Bristol and the University of Sussex have created a tractor beam thatuses high intensity sound waves to create 'acoustic holograms' that can manipulate objects.
  
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• Chemicals released from the brain when singing helps people to bond quicker

  28-10-2015 09:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men and women who did a singing lessons at night school became friends more quickly than those who signed up for other classes, researchers at Oxford University found.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 28 October

  28-10-2015 08:40
  
  Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Bristol engineers demonstrate an ultrasonic 'tractor beam', Google Play Music is going to get podcasts, the European Parliament votes against net neutrality and more.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Brit boffins build 'tractor beam' out of sound

  28-10-2015 08:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  No need for Obi-Wan to turn it off, this is 'acoustic levitation' for Kidney stones Researchers from Spain and the British city of Bristol have found a way to move objects using sound.…
  
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• Australian accent developed by early settlers who spent most of their days drunk

  28-10-2015 07:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Australian accent developed because so many early settlers were such big drinkers that the distortion to their speech caused a verbal hangover that persists to this day.
  
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