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• International Space Station celebrates 15 years of nonstop human presence

  02-11-2015 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humankind marked an off-the-planet pinnacle Monday: the 15th anniversary of continuous residency at the International Space Station.
  
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• Children have a fully formed sense of self esteem by age FIVE

  02-11-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Children have a sense of self-esteem comparable in strength to that of adults by the time they are five, researchers say.
  
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• VIDEO: ISS: 15 years orbiting the earth

  02-11-2015 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The International Space Station is marking the 15th anniversary of humans being on board.
  
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• VIDEO: Ten whales beached in Calais

  02-11-2015 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ten long-finned pilot whales are found stranded on a beach in Calais, with three surviving and returning to sea.
  
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• EPA reveals Volkswagen emission scandal affects Porche and Audi SUVs

  02-11-2015 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A release from the agency said that Volkswagen brands including Porsche and Audi sold 3.0 liter diesel models that allowed the release of nine times the standard amount of nitrogen oxide.
  
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• Seattle, Vancouver and Portland are at risk of a MEGAQUAKE: Risk revealed in first detailed map of Pacific Northwest fault line 

  02-11-2015 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The map, by the University of California, Berkeley. shows how the movement of the famous Juan de Fuca plate is connected to the flow of the mantle 100 miles (150 km) underground.
  
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• Britain's oldest tree The Fortingall Yew is 'CHANGING SEX' after 5,000 years

  02-11-2015 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Fortingall Yew, in Perthshire, Scotland, has for hundreds of years been recorded as 'male', meaning it produces pollen, whereas female yews produce redberries.
  
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• Google set to begin home drone delivery in 2017

  02-11-2015 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google will face fierce competition from Amazon, Wal-Mart and others, all of whom are developing competing systems.
  
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• Mars is destroying its moon Phobos as surface hints gravity is tearing it apart

  02-11-2015 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre in Greenbelt, Maryland, calculated the effect of stress tidal forces on Phobos using a computer model.
  
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• I wanna be like you! Chimpanzees developed a 'Scottish accent' after moving to Edinburgh Zoo

  02-11-2015 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the universities of York, Zurich and St Andrews believe that apes (stock image shown) have ‘accents’ that vary from place to place – just like us.
  
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• Hoard of 5,000 Anglo Saxon coins unearthed: Treasure includes a 'unique' penny and may be worth more than £1million

  02-11-2015 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hoard of silver coins, containing a rare mis-struck coin was discovered near Lenborough, Buckinghamshire by metal detectorist Paul Coleman.
  
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• First LGBT sci-fi film 'Credence' gets online launch

  02-11-2015 19:45
  
      When independent film Credence launched its crowdfunding campaign last July, it made history as the first sci-fi project to specifically and overtly deal with LGBT themes. Now, 18 months on and with a West End premiere to its name, the short is finally available to purchase.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple debuts Indoor Survey app that pinpoints your position using WIFI

  02-11-2015 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app, called Indoor Survey, which uses Wi-Fi signals to detect a person’s location in a large building, was spotted by developer Steve Troughton-Smith in Ireland.
  
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• Prehistoric hunting 'lead to marsupial lion and giant wombat's extinction'

  02-11-2015 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Macquarie University, New South Wales, say early humans maybe responsible for the extinction of large mammals (artist's impression of marsupial lion pictured).
  
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• Shouting football fans have no impact on match results, study claims

  02-11-2015 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study performed at the University of Nebraska in the United States set out to see if cheering does actually have an effect on either team's performance.
  
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• Star Trek is finally returning to television

  02-11-2015 18:16
  
  After focusing on its cinematic journeys for the last six years, Star Trek is finally returning to its home on the small screen. Paramount is planning a new television series, which will coincide with the franchise's fiftieth anniversary.
  The as-yet-untitled new series will be developed by producer Alex Kurtzman, who has been attached to the franchise since the 2009 continuity reboot. Although no plot details are yet available, Kurtzman's involvement might indicate that the
  
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• News just in: the world won't be particularly different in 2016

  02-11-2015 17:37
  
  For a true picture of how we are progressing, we need to consider nature’s pace layers, says Russell Davies of the Government Digital Service. By: Russell Davies, Continue reading...
  
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• Qualtrics reveal facial hair makes men 'more like to be sexist, cheat, fight and steal'

  02-11-2015 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first of the two surveys, which involved 500 men aged between 18 and 72 from India and the United States, studied men with nine facial hairstyles varying in length.
  
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• Si Brown wants to improve shopping with augmented reality

  02-11-2015 17:15
  
  Si Brown, founder of augmented reality company skignz, tells WIRED he'll be talking AR shopping at WIRED Retail. By: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• Autonomous robots will deliver your shopping in 2016

  02-11-2015 17:12
  
  This small self-driving robot, which can deliver shopping and groceries to the door, will begin trundling through the streets of London in 2016.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Acidic Martian 'VOG' caused by volcanic eruptions devours rocks deforming them

  02-11-2015 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Spirit rover detected signs of acidic vapour that ate away rocks over 100 acres on Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars.
  
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• There's no balloon in Jules Verne's 'Around the world in 80 Days'

  02-11-2015 16:45
  
  Andrew Degraff has mapped 18 famous literary journeys in his new book. But where's the balloon?By: Charlie Burton, Continue reading...
  
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• Billie Holiday and Whitney Houston to tour again as holograms

  02-11-2015 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hologram boom began in April 2012 when Coachella, one of the most influential music festivals, resurrected slain rapper Tupac Shakur in a headlining set.
  
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• Got Batman: Arkham Knight on PC? You're due a refund

  02-11-2015 16:26
  
  Batman: Arkham Knight was re-released on PC last week, after it's broken original showing saw it pulled from sale for four months to allow for fixes to be made. Unfortunately, it was still broken once it returned to sale.
  Now, publisher Warner Bros has seemingly all but thrown in the towel, announcing it will give anyone who has purchased the game on PC a full refund.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Vassar and Main: the world's most innovative intersection

  02-11-2015 16:20
  
  The Cambridge, Massachusetts, intersection is home to the Whitehead Institute, Genzyme and many more.By: Juan Enriquez, Continue reading...
  
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• Star Trek-style 'Tricorder' will analyse DNA to test illnesses such as Malaria at speed

  02-11-2015 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Newcastle aim to launch the Q-POC device by the end of 2016, when it could be used to test and treat illnesses from STIs to Ebola, at speed and with great accuracy.
  
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• Drone captures footage of albino whale calf playing off South African coast

  02-11-2015 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anton Schutte, 42, from Cape Town, South Africa, captured the impressive footage of the southern right whale while in Hermanus, off the country's Western Cape.
  
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• Think smog's bad? Acidic Martian 'VOG' caused by volcanic eruptions devours rocks and leaves them deformed

  02-11-2015 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Spirit rover detected signs of acidic vapour that ate away rocks over 100 acres on Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars.
  
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• William Shakespeare skull mystery at St Leonard's Church in Beoley

  02-11-2015 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skull – rumoured to have been stolen from Shakespeare’s grave – is sitting in a vault under the Sheldon chapel at St Leonard’s Church in Beoley, Redditch, with no rightful owner.
  
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• The dark net will soon be home to Tesla and Tesco

  02-11-2015 15:23
  
  Because of a demand for secure internet access and user privacy, soon enough big businesses, newspapers, internet companies -- and then all of us -- will join the dark net.By: Jamie Bartlett, Continue reading...
  
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• This 24-lens camera is built for VR filmmakers

  02-11-2015 15:02
  
  After more than two years in development, the Jaunt Neo camera is here to help film-makers create the virtual movies of their non-virtual dreams.By: Peter Rubin, Continue reading...
  
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• Could we soon fly London to Sydney in FOUR HOURS?

  02-11-2015 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BAE Systems is investing in British firm Reaction Engines which is developing an engine capable of flying passengers from London to Sydney in four hours.
  
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• Ice Age discovery in Jersey could be Britain's oldest artwork dating back 14,000 years

  02-11-2015 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The engraved stone fragments are similar to those found from the same period in Germany and southern France, but are the first of their kind in the British Isles.
  
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• Why bearded boys are BAD boys: Facial hair makes men 'more like to be sexist, cheat, fight and steal', studies claim

  02-11-2015 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first of the two surveys, which involved 500 men aged between 18 and 72 from India and the United States, studied men with nine facial hairstyles varying in length.
  
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• Graphene nanostructures could replace computer fans

  02-11-2015 14:48
  
  A Texan team is working on atom-thick heat dissipators to replace your laptop fan.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Oxford University sets up new unit to investigate religious relics

  02-11-2015 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new department is based at the University of Oxford's Keble College's advanced studies centre. The team will use radiocarbon dating, genetics and theology to learn about relic origins.
  
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• Treat mental health like physical health, campaign urges

  02-11-2015 12:55
  
  Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman and Richard E Grant join 222 calling for an increase in funding for mental health care in an open letter to the government.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Antarctica is GAINING more ice than it's losing - but the 10,000-year-old trend could reverse, Nasa warns

  02-11-2015 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Centre, Maryland, analysed satellite data to show the Antarctic ice sheet showed a net gain of 112 billion tons of ice a year from 1992 to 2001.
  
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• First trailer for blasphemous comic adaptation Preacher

  02-11-2015 12:20
  
    Following the success the long-running The Walking Dead, AMC has revealed the first trailer for its next comic book-to-TV adaptation, Preacher. The series follows Jesse Custer, the titular man of the cloth, who can command people with the the word of God and sets out on a journey to find the Almighty himself after He abandons his throne in Heaven.
  The series is based on the comic originally published by DC Comics' mature readers imprint Vertigo from 1995-2000, wri
  
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• Snapchat doesn't own your photos, videos and messages

  02-11-2015 12:03
  
  Snapchat has squashed social media rumours that its updated privacy policy gave it total control over and ownership of user content.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Lords will 'go into battle' over online surveillance bill

  02-11-2015 11:47
  
  The House of Lords will "go into battle" with the government if its online surveillance plans allow spy agencies to store everyone's web history.
  Liberal Democrat peer Lord Scriven has said those in the Upper House may scupper the new legislation, due to be published later this week, if it doesn't balance "the issues of national security and civil liberties".By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Navy gets delivery of USS Milwaukee which leaves other warships in her wake 

  02-11-2015 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Navy released footage of its newest combat ship, the USS Milwaukee, being tested at high speeds. The warship was launchedin December 2013, but the Navy received it.
  
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• Y-Stop 'stop and search' app will instantly hold police to account

  02-11-2015 10:29
  
  People stopped and searched by police are able to record them and instantly send the footage to lawyers by shaking their phone, as part of a new app designed to hold officers to account. 
  The Y-Stop app has been created as a response to police use of stop and search powers and its creators say it will make the police responsible for their actions and improve interactions between the public and officers. By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Oxford-made Skylon 'super-plane' gains BAE and UK backing

  02-11-2015 10:28
  
  The UK government has invested £60 million into a next-generation engine that its makers claim will make low-cost space travel possible for commercial customers.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Robot aims to reduce delivery costs

  02-11-2015 09:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Self-driving robot Starship is designed to make deliveries autonomously
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 2 November

  02-11-2015 08:40
  
  Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, the UK government invests in a hybrid space rocket, Google's self-driving cars keep an eye out for kids, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey says VR technology's biggest problem is cables and more.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Boffins solve bacon crisis with newly-patented plant

  02-11-2015 06:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  Algae looks like cured pork, tastes like cured pork … you can't believe it's not Bacon! Months before the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared bacon a carcinogen, American boffins may have found a solution: algae that tastes just like bacon, but without the bad bits the Doctors at WHO say could cause your untimely demise.…
  
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• US Military enlists radio hams to simulate fight with THE SUN

  02-11-2015 04:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  How to stop a Coronal Mass Ejection ending civilisation as we know it Nobody's quite forgotten that a really big solar event can upset kit even as crude as a telegraph, so the US military is recruiting radio hams to help test its contingency plans.…
  
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• Space engine firm gets BAE investment

  02-11-2015 03:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BAE Systems buys a 20% stake in a company developing a radical engine that could propel aircraft into space.
  
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• Wild Devon beavers haven't been seen for six weeks 

  02-11-2015 02:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The group, England's only wild beavers, haven't been spotted at their home on Devon's river Otter since September. Experts think human visitors may have scared the animals away from the burrow.
  
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