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• Spirals of dust around stars could be hiding Earth 2.0: Stellar material may be disguising massive planets, claims study 

  30-10-2015 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, say the discovery could not only help find new planets, but also offer a look into how planets are created in the first place.
  
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• Wyoming landslide in the Big Horn Mountains causes canyon-like gash

  30-10-2015 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The massive opening was spotted in the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming this month. It is thought to be 750 yards long and about 50 yards wide.
  
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• US Army funds human trials of estrogen pills that could stem blood loss

  30-10-2015 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Alabama at Birmingham, who made the discovery, claims a single injection of the hormone can extend the 'golden hour' for blood transfusions to six hours.
  
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• Gene mutation 'triggers weight gain by stopping you feeling full'

  30-10-2015 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the National Institutes of Health identified a rare version of the BDNF gene, which causes people to produce lower levels of the BDNF protein, which in turn regulates appetite.
  
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• Self driving cars are FIVE TIMES more likely to have an accident

  30-10-2015 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found self-driving vehicles had 9.1 crashes, compared to just 1.9 for those with a human operator. However, the report found that none of the accidents were the fault of the self driving car.
  
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• Kazakhstan images reveal ‘remarkable’ structures including a cross and a swastika

  30-10-2015 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as geoglyphs, researchers believe the structures in the Turgai region could reveal details about ancient rituals in the area, but so far, progress in trying to decipher the shapes has been slow.
  
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• Electronic SKIN can 'feel' heat and pressure at the same time

  30-10-2015 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The electronic skin (illustrated) was developed by researchers at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, led by Professor Jonghwa Park.
  
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• Cassini probe teases with intimate Enceladus snaps

  30-10-2015 18:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  Beams back first images from Saturnian moon fly-by NASA has published some unprocessed images of Saturn's moon Enceladus, grabbed earlier this week when the Cassini spacecraft swooped to within 49km (30 miles) of the icy satellite's south polar region.…
  
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• Mystery of the Ceres bright spots may soon be solved: Dawn probe is plunging towards the dwarf planet to study the 'alien' marks

  30-10-2015 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Dawn spacecraft will descend to 235 miles (380km) above the surface of Ceres in a seven-week manoeuvre that will give scientists their closest look yet at the mysterious bright spots.
  
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• How effective are mental health apps?

  30-10-2015 17:44
  
  Most apps for mental health, including those endorsed by the NHS, are clinically unproven and potentially ineffective, a new study has shown.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Did DOLPHINS attack a pilot whale off Skye? Calf with teeth marks to its body, flippers and fin had to be put down

  30-10-2015 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The three-year-old calf had to be put down by a vet after it was found stranded and badly injured on a beach in Dunvegan, in Skye.
  
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• Teaching old robots new tricks: One machine teaches another how to complete a task despite being hundreds of miles away

  30-10-2015 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The training robot, called PR2, was built at Cornell University and was trained using an online game called TellMeDave. The learning robot, Baxter, was built and is based at Brown University.
  
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• The Science of Cheating video explains what makes people have affairs

  30-10-2015 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video, called The Science of Cheating, was produced by Toronto-based Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown from AsapScience.
  
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• TalkTalk reveals just how much of its data was stolen

  30-10-2015 16:24
  
  The TalkTalk hack wasn't as bad as it could have been, the company has claimed.
  On the day that a second teenager was arrested in connection with the hacking of customer details from the company, it has revealed that under 21,000 "unique" bank account numbers and sort codes were accessed.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Second teen arrested over TalkTalk hack

  30-10-2015 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police make a second arrest, a 16-year-old boy from west London, in connection with the TalkTalk hacking attack.
  
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• PewDiePie: using Adblock 'doesn't mean you're above the system'

  30-10-2015 15:39
  YouTube star PewDiePie has hit out at critics of YouTube's new Red subscription service, saying "using Adblock doesn't mean you're clever or above the system".By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Could James Bond REALLY fly a helicopter upside down? Scientists reveal whether stunts in Spectre and other 007 films are possible

  30-10-2015 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Top scientists and engineers from the likes of the British Airline Pilots Association and University of Manchester have studied stunts in James Bond films.
  
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• Spies to get 'considerable extension of powers'

  30-10-2015 15:07
  
  Beheading videos, co-ordinated social media propaganda campaigns, and cyber attacks are all part of the modern day terrorism toolkits employed by the likes of ISIS and those that want to do harm. There's little argument that security services and governments need adequate digital powers to be able to gather intelligence that keeps people safe - many of these already exist in law. By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• How UK spies are about to take hold of the internet

  30-10-2015 15:07
  
  Beheading videos, co-ordinated social media propaganda campaigns, and cyber attacks are all part of the modern day terrorism toolkits employed by the likes of ISIS and those that want to do harm. There's little argument that security services and governments need adequate digital powers to be able to gather intelligence that keeps people safe - many of these already exist in law. By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Icy Deuteronilus Mensae proposed as home for astronauts on Mars

  30-10-2015 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists attending a Nasa workshop in Houston are discussing 45 possible landing sites for a manned mission to Mars including one beside the area where the film The Martian was set.
  
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• Will you miss Facebook's 'other' inbox?

  30-10-2015 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been a mixed reaction to Facebook's changes to its Messenger service, announced this week.
  
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• Post-pub nosh neckfiller special: The WHO bacon sarnie of death

  30-10-2015 14:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Warning: Contains red meat, alcohol, arsenic and asbestos Earlier this week, the World Health Organisation (WHO) shocked the civilised bacon-eating world by classifying processed and red meat as "carcinogenic to humans" and "probably carcinogenic to humans", respectively.…
  
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• WIRED Retail speakers announced: Flytrex and Wearable Experiments

  30-10-2015 14:51
  
  The agenda and more newly confirmed speakers have been announced for WIRED Retail together with Valtech, our second annual one-day summit focusing on the future of retail, being held in London on November 23.By: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• UK suspect arrested in malware raid

  30-10-2015 14:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British police have arrested a 28-year-old man following an international series of raids over smartphone malware called DroidJack.
  
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• The harrowing reality of China's one-child policy

  30-10-2015 14:38
  
  Understanding the scale of China's one-child policy is almost impossible. This is what 400 million prevented births looks likeBy: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Google hires expert who believes wearables may one day track our mental health

  30-10-2015 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google Life Sciences recently hired leading mental health expert Dr Thomas Insel. In a recent interview he discussed plans for sensors 'that give objective measures of your behaviour.'
  
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• Cosmetics Europe pledges to remove harmful microbeads to protect the oceans

  30-10-2015 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cosmetics Europe, which represents 4,000 manufacturers of personal care products, has recommended its members discontinue the use of plastic microbeads (pictured) by 2020.
  
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• Flexible Altwork Station lets you sit, stand and even LIE DOWN as you type

  30-10-2015 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chair-meets-desk (pictured) is made in Sonoma County, California and the firm behind it claims it will make employees more productive, while boosting their health.
  
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• Tor launches hidden chat tool

  30-10-2015 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new chat tool has been launched in an effort to improve the security of online messaging
  
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• New air battery design shows promise

  30-10-2015 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new design for lithium-air batteries overcomes several hurdles that have stood in the way of this "next-generation" concept.
  
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• £130 Nima sensor scans meals for ingredients that could cause allergic reactions

  30-10-2015 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nima was developed by San Francisco-based 6sensorLabs. Electronic sensors inside Nima scan for traces of gluten in small food samples, at a level of at least 20 parts per million (20ppm)
  
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• How listening to Eminem while running can boost performance by 10 per cent 

  30-10-2015 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Music by Eminem (pictured), The Script and by Swedish House Mafia all had beneficial' effect on fatigue and endurance, a study at Hartpury University Centre in Gloucestershire revealed.
  
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• Dolphins suspected in whale attack

  30-10-2015 13:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marine wildlife experts believe dolphins attacked a young pilot whale which was found stranded on a beach in Skye.
  
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• Astronauts reveal the times they were perilously close to death while in space

  30-10-2015 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronauts have revealed the times they diced with death while in space. This included terrifying experiences such as dealing with a fire inside a spacecraft and getting covered in toxic ammonia.
  
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• Steam scares up a quick-fire Halloween sale

  30-10-2015 12:59
  
  Scary seasonal news for gamers' wallets -- Steam has snuck out a Halloween sale.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• UN warns that national pledges must go further to prevent dangerous warming of over 2°C

  30-10-2015 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report comes a month before crunch talks in Paris when the UN believes national plans will form the foundations of a binding global treaty on climate change.
  
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• Mirror's Edge: Catalyst delayed until May 2016

  30-10-2015 12:19
  
  Keep the Faith, Mirror's Edge fans -- the upcoming sequel to the parkour action game has been delayed.
  Publisher EA has pushed the release of Mirror's Edge: Catalyst, a semi-reboot of Battlefield developer DICE's dystopian future free-running universe, back to 24 May 2016. It was originally scheduled for 23 February.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Climate plans do not go far enough': UN warns that national pledges must go further to prevent dangerous warming of over 2°C

  30-10-2015 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report comes a month before crunch talks in Paris when the UN believes national plans will form the foundations of a binding global treaty on climate change.
  
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• AI can teach you how to take a good selfie

  30-10-2015 11:44
  
  Andrej Karpathy has built an AI that can tell you if your selfies are rubbish. And it's brutally honest.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• America’s crypto battles

  30-10-2015 11:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Law enforcers protest about the spread of encryption
  
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• Bite marks on a theropod bone confirm Tyrannosaurus rex was a CANNIBAL

  30-10-2015 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bone (pictured) found with tooth marks was found in Lance Formation, Wyoming. One groove in particular contained smaller parallel grooves alongside it consistent with a theropod dinosaur.
  
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• Microsoft to push automatic Windows 10 upgrades in 2016

  30-10-2015 11:31
  
  Microsoft takes the next step in upgrading as many users as possible to the latest version of Windows.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• NASA spacecraft plunges through Saturn moon's icy spray

  30-10-2015 11:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California have confirmed their Cassini spacecraft is healthy after diving through plumes of ice and water vapour at speeds of more than 19,000mph.
  
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• Police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack

  30-10-2015 10:31
  
  Police have arrested a second teenager over the alleged hacking of the data of millions of TalkTalk customers.
  A 16-year-old was arrested by the Metropolitan Police's Cyber Crime Unit on 29 October, police said.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Golden Joysticks to decide top gamer

  30-10-2015 10:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  StampyLongHead and AshleyMarieeGaming tell Newsbeat about what it's like to be nominated for a Golden Joystick award.
  
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• There is probably no such thing as a 'male' and 'female' brain

  30-10-2015 10:12
  
  There's long been a debate around male and female brain differences -- but a new study says there are "minimal differences" between the two. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• UN says climate plans 'not enough'

  30-10-2015 10:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN says the current climate plans from 146 countries represent a significant advance - but will not be enough to prevent dangerous warming.
  
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• TalkTalk hack: second teenager arrested over breach

  30-10-2015 09:48
  
  Police have arrested a second teenager over the alleged hacking of the data of millions of TalkTalk customers.
  A 16-year-old was arrested by the Metropolitan Police's Cyber Crime Unit on 29 October, police said.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Lithium-air 'breathing' battery makes long-distance electric cars possible

  30-10-2015 09:42
  
  Scientists have created a demonstrator of a lithium-oxygen battery that can be recharged over 2,000 times.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 30 October

  30-10-2015 08:40
  
  Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Google intends to fold Chrome OS into Android, a new lithium-air battery design could power long-distance electric cars, a study of over 6,000 MRI scans shows no hippocampus differences between men and women and more.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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