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• VIDEO: New air battery is 'most efficient'

  29-10-2015 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Cambridge have created the world's most energy efficient battery.
  
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• NeuSelfie science: Females who show hair but cut off foreheads do best

  29-10-2015 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers trained a neural network designed to think like the human brain to analyse millions of selfies to find what works. They says the key is to be female, show your hair, but cut off your forehead.
  
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• Scientists announce progress toward better battery to power cars

  29-10-2015 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cambridge researchers say the Lithium-oxygen batteries, also called lithium-air batteries,
  have the potential to deliver the same amount of energy as gasoline.
  
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• China to start work on turbo-charged super-collider by 2020: report

  29-10-2015 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China will begin work on the world's largest super-collider in 2020, a mega-machine aimed at increasing understanding of the elusive Higgs boson, state-run m...
  
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• NASA needs better handle on health hazards for Mars

  29-10-2015 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has been warned it needs to move quicklyto keep its astronauts alive and well on missions to Mars, according to an in-house report issued Thursday.
  
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• Scientists discover a new human ancestor

  29-10-2015 21:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Washington University has uncovered 70 fossils belonging to the the mystery species in Barcelona. The discovery fills in the evolution history of 'large apes' and 'lesser apes'.
  
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• Take a ride on Elon Musk's Hyperloop in this video

  29-10-2015 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video was designed by Taiwan-based TomoNews, which specialises in animating headlines and news stories.
  
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• Now you can hide your ex in Google Photos: Updates to Android app lets you easily remove bad memories

  29-10-2015 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a recent Google+ post, the new tool will mean that photos with that person will no longer appear under the 'Rediscover this Day' tab.
  
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• The science of selfies: Neural network analyses 2 million pictures and finds females who show their hair, cut off their forehead and abandon their friends do best

  29-10-2015 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers trained a neural network designed to think like the human brain to analyse millions of selfies to find what works. They says the key is to be female, show your hair, but cut off your forehead.
  
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• MEPs vote in favour of giving Snowden asylum in EU

  29-10-2015 20:29
  
  The European Parliament has called on EU member states to drop all criminal charges against Edward Snowden and protect him against extradition to the United States.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Stellar 'nursery' found near the centre of our galaxy: Young stars spotted hiding in a cloudy region of the Milky Way

  29-10-2015 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers using the Paranal Observatory in Chile has discovered a cluster of surprisingly young stars hidden within the dust in the central bulge around the centre of our galaxy.
  
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• Workers with a 'male brain' earn MORE than colleagues with 'feminine' minds: Being analytical boosts your earning potential

  29-10-2015 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Nick Drydakis, of Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, carried out the research, which he says is the first study into brain type and wages in the UK.
  
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• VIDEO: Robot rides high-speed racing motorcycle

  29-10-2015 19:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Yamaha Motors is developing a robot designed to ride any racing motorbike at high speeds.
  
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• Nintendo unveils Miitomo: Firm's first smartphone game lets players chat using Mii avatars - but it won't be available until March

  29-10-2015 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Miitimo (screenshot pictured) is Nintendo's first app with Tokyo-based mobile gaming company DeNA. Players will be able to customise their Mii avatars and chat to other players.
  
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• $3,400 heated bench feels like 'sitting in a dry hot tub'

  29-10-2015 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco-based company, Galanter & Jones, produce the heated Helios bench, which is made from metal and poured concrete, with heating elements embedded inside.
  
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• This space isn't big enough for the two of us! Jupiter bumped giant planet OUT of the solar system four billion years ago

  29-10-2015 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astrophysicists at the University of Toronto, studied the trajectories of Saturn and Jupiter's moons to conclude the red giantprobably ejected another planet from the solar system.
  
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• The town hit by 450 earthquakes in just TWO weeks: Seismic swarm hits San Ramon amid fears of a 'big one'

  29-10-2015 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists warn the earthquakes from the Calaveras Fault in California may continue for several weeks but have insisted the quakes may not herald a bigger disaster.
  
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• MEPs vote in favour of granting Snowden asylum in EU

  29-10-2015 17:15
  
  The European Parliament has called on EU member states to drop all criminal charges against Edward Snowden and protect him against extradition to the United States.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Google plans to have a 'ring' of Project Loon balloons above Earth

  29-10-2015 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's parent company Alphabet is preparing to launch its next trial of the internet balloons in Indonesia and hopes to create a 'ring' of 300 floating hotspots before the year ends.
  
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• Take a ride on Elon Musk's Hyperloop: Concept video reveals what travelling on the high-speed futuristic capsules will look like 

  29-10-2015 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video was designed by Taiwan-based TomoNews, which specialises in animating headlines and news stories.
  
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• Use of terror powers against journalists has 'chilling effect' on democracy

  29-10-2015 16:59
  
  The laptop of BBC journalist Secunder Kermani was taken by police under powers intended to prevent terrorism following his reporting on British-born jihadis.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Less than a quarter of FTSE board members are women

  29-10-2015 16:50
  
  A government report has highlighted the continued but narrowing gender disparity in boardrooms -- with just 23.5 percent of FTSE 100 company directors women.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• How to make floppy drive music

  29-10-2015 16:19
  Remember that unique and possibly annoying sound that floppy drives used to make? Sam Archer has created "Moppy" (short for musical controller) software with which you can create music with the sound.By: Jeremy Cook, Continue reading...
  
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• Why you want your boss to have a daughter and NOT a son: CEOs are nicer to their employees if they have a girl - and the effect is even greater if the she is the firstborn

  29-10-2015 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Miami studied the decisions made by almost 400 CEOs. Almost 4% were women, and between them the group had a total of 1,000 children.
  
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• This in-ear assistant will make you healthier and happier

  29-10-2015 15:36
  
  Bragi’s in-ear assistant wants to get you fit and organised. But first it needs to overcome a raft of problemsBy: David Baker, Continue reading...
  
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• The Los Angeles Broad Museum is earthquake-proof

  29-10-2015 15:34
  
  The Broad museum’s veil protects its contents from tremors and the LA sunshineBy: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Twitter ad sparks social media backlash

  29-10-2015 15:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An television advert for Twitter screened in the US is mocked by many users who found it "incomprehensible".
  
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• Porn blocks, gin apocalypse: Podcast 241

  29-10-2015 15:20
  
  
  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 James Temperton, Matt Burgess and Cara McGoogan.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Bright spots from after Big Bang may be another universe bumping into our own

  29-10-2015 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An astronomer from the California Institute of Technology says the signals suggest we collided with an alternative universe very different from our own shortly after the Big Bang.
  
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• Meet Motobot: Yamaha unveils roborider that can race round a track at 200mph - and it could soon be taking on self driving cars

  29-10-2015 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yamaha said it will use the Motobot to improve rider safety -  but also hinted it will 'pioneer new lines of business' with the technology.
  
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• 'Fixed' PC release of Batman: Arkham Knight still buggy

  29-10-2015 14:45
  
  The long-awaited fixes for the broken PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight rolled out yesterday, as the game returned to sale on Steam. However, players are reporting that problems that bugged the original release are still present.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• First Twitter TV ad confuses viewers

  29-10-2015 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first television advertising campaign by Twitter has left some viewers confused.
  
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• Russia's lunar exploration mission to the moon is 'high priority'

  29-10-2015 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia's RSC Energia, which builds the country's Soyuz spacecraft, says it is building a new space vehicle specifically designed to take humans to the moon.
  
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• Listen to the MIAOW-sic! Composer creates tunes scientifically proven to relax cats by mimicking purring and incorporating mewing sounds

  29-10-2015 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Composer David Teie, of Washington DC, created Music for Cats using real and virtual instruments as well as cat and bird noises.
  
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• Puffins and turtle doves 'now at risk of global extinction'

  29-10-2015 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Puffins and turtle doves are among four UK bird species now at risk of global extinction, according to a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
  
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• School broadband - rich pickings?

  29-10-2015 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Cellan-Jones follows up on a report about competition between broadband suppliers for schools' contracts.
  
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• Nintendo delays first smartphone 'game'

  29-10-2015 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nintendo announces the launch of its first smartphone game Miitomo, but puts it back to March 2016, disappointing some.
  
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• Yamaha unleashes motorcycling robot

  29-10-2015 13:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Valentino Rossi had better watch his back Multiple MotoGP world champ Valentino "The Doctor" Rossi had better watch his back, because Yamaha has just unleashed a motorcycling robot which was "created to surpass you", as a rather creepy video explains.…
  
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• Nottingham Trent University researchers say phone users pick them up 85 times a DAY

  29-10-2015 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study led by Nottingham Trent University asked participants to estimate the amount of time they spend on their phone and compared it with their actual usage.
  
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• Universities of Oxford and Utrecht say the starting pistol can cost race competitors a medal

  29-10-2015 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Utrecht believe the longer the gap between 'ready' and the 'bang,' the less responsive athletes become, and their performance can suffer.
  
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• China to end decades-long one-child policy

  29-10-2015 13:22
  
  China's Communist Party has announced it will scrap its decades-long one-child policy.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon is looking to 'fill gaps in its fashion marketplace'

  29-10-2015 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A move into own-brand clothing could bolster Amazon Fashion which the Seattle Washington-based parent company has been trying to build up for years.
  
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• Four UK bird species 'face extinction'

  29-10-2015 13:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Puffins and turtle doves are among four UK bird species now at risk of extinction, according to the latest revision of a global conservation database.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will clamp down on Candy Crush notifications

  29-10-2015 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg said the request was among the top voted questions he had received before his Townhall Q&A at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi.
  
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• British puffins are as endangered as African elephants

  29-10-2015 12:51
  
  This year's addition to the list doubles the number of vulnerable British birds, bringing the total to eight.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Miitomo is Nintendo's first smartphone game

  29-10-2015 12:24
  
  Sitting somewhere between virtual pet and communication tool, Miitomo is intended to be a "friendly conversation starter"By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Polygamous households 'are wealthier and have healthier children'

  29-10-2015 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at UC Davis looked at the established practice in parts of Tanzania. It found women in households with multiple wives, were generally better off than monogamous families.
  
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• Rosetta finds oxygen on comet 67P, but can't explain how it got there

  29-10-2015 12:10
  Scientists have found a "high abundance" of oxygen the comet 67P but are unsure where it came from. 
  The "surprised" European Space Agency Scientists discovered molecular oxygen on the icy duck-shaped comet, after study data sent back from the Rosetta spacecraft. By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Milestone' prostate cancer drug targets specific mutations

  29-10-2015 12:07
  
  A "milestone" trial by UK researchers has identified a cancer drug that targets precise genetic mutations in men with prostate cancer.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Hands-on: Microsoft's 'learning' Android launcher needs to get smarter, fast

  29-10-2015 12:05
  
      Microsoft has released a launcher for Android to replace Google Now or HTC Sense. WIRED takes it for test drive.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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