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• Blue flash streaks across the Northern Lights during Taurid meteor showers

  11-11-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leigh-Ann Mitchell, 40, took the above photo of the meteor and its reflection in a lake in Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, but it has now been seen by people all over the world after she posted it online.
  
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• People transform themselves into cyborgs with Northstar V1 chip implants

  11-11-2015 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 15 minute procedure was carried out at Dusseldorf’s Cyborg Fair In Germany this weekend. The biohackers wanted the chip to help illuminate tattoos from under the skin.
  
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• The 'superduck' that reveals how dinosaurs got their crests

  11-11-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The newly discovered Probrachylophosaurus bergei has been found in the Judith River Formation in north central Montana, and dated to around 80 million years ago.
  
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• SARS-like virus can 'jump directly from bats to humans without mutating

  11-11-2015 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of North Carolina have warned there is no treatment for the new virus, though they add they are not yet clear whether it can jump from human-to-human.
  
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• Diemut Strebe grows EAR using Vincent Van Gogh’s DNA and it can hear

  11-11-2015 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The artist van Gogh's famously severed ear will be making a return this fall at a New York art exhibit. The ear was replicated using genetic samples from a direct descendant, and has the ability to hear.
  
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• Artificial intelligence computer learns to speak like a child

  11-11-2015 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientists at the University of Sassari in Italy created a neural network to mimic the human brain before giving the machine 1,500 sentences to help it learn about language.
  
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• Microsoft's Emotion Recognition reveals how a person really feels in pictures

  11-11-2015 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The free, online tool will take any photograph you upload, identify the faces, and then give each a score based on a series of different emotions including happiness, contempt and anger.
  
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• Scientists trace Mars fascination back to mistake in 1877

  11-11-2015 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular culture may owe its obsession with Mars all to a centuries old mistake. Mistranslated text from Italian astronomer led to belief in intelligent life on Mars.
  
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• Biggest algae bloom in history hits Lake Erie - and it is large enough to cover New York City

  11-11-2015 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The algae bloomthat spread across Lake Erie this summersurpassed the record-setting algae outbreak in 2011 that stretched from Toledo to Cleveland.
  
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• iPhone addict Lucie Fink tries to go FIVE DAYS without her phone in NY

  11-11-2015 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Self-described iPhone 'addict' Lucie Fink went nearly a week without her beloved phone. She found keeping track of time difficult and also struggled to find her way around New York.
  
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• Cockroaches use a 'force boost' to chew through tough materials

  11-11-2015 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridgemeasured the force of 300 bites made by specimen cockroaches (stock image) across the whole range of mandible opening angles.
  
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• Ant colonies under attack work like a 'nervous system' and act as 'one mind'

  11-11-2015 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bristol subjected colonies of ants to different forms of attack and studied ants within the nest, and those on the outside of the colony (pictured).
  
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• Lizard fossils may reveal how dinosaurs got their crests

  11-11-2015 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The newly discovered Probrachylophosaurus bergei has been found in the Judith River Formation in north central Montana, and dated to around 80 million years ago.
  
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• Earth-like world with gravity similar to ours spotted 39 light years away

  11-11-2015 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology said the planet, called GJ1132b (illustrated), is 16 per cent bigger than Earth and composed predominantly of rock and iron.
  
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• Ancient Milky Way stars are 'fingerprints' of the early universe

  11-11-2015 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of astronomers, led by researchers from the University of Cambridge have identified some of the oldest stars in the galaxy.
  
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• Prehistoric farmers were first beekeepers

  11-11-2015 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Humans have been exploiting honeybees for almost 9,000 years, according to archaeological evidence.
  
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• Stone Age farmers feasted on honey and used wax to waterproof pots 9,000 years ago

  11-11-2015 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Bristol detected chemical ‘fingerprints’ of beeswax at multiple Neolithic sites across Europe, including on ancient shards of pottery.
  
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• Facebook wants to replace Apple's notifications

  11-11-2015 19:03
  
  Facebook's Notify app, which attempts to take over one of the iPhone's core functions, has launched.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Russia demands Twitter relocate data

  11-11-2015 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia's internet watchdog says Twitter will have to set up local data centres, having previously ruled out such a move as unnecessary.
  
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• Vanilla yogurt's plain flavor and low-fat varieties 'boost positive emotions'

  11-11-2015 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of European researchers found that people feel happiest when they eat vanilla or low-fat yogurt. In contrast they discovered fruit flavors have no effect on mood.
  
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• What happens to your Facebook after you die

  11-11-2015 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What happens to your Facebook after you die?
  
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• Special edition: Danny Boyle on directing 'Steve Jobs'

  11-11-2015 18:26
  
  
  'Steve Jobs' director Danny Boyle chats with Oli Franklin-Wallis about the film, Jobs' legacy and the difficult -- not always positive -- role technology giants are playing in our lives.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• TalkTalk hack to cost up to £35m

  11-11-2015 18:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TalkTalk says the cyber-attack it suffered could cost it up to £35m, but it expects full-year results to be in line with market expectations before the hack.
  
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• Fallout 4 review, day three: Power Creep and Nuclear Weirdoes

  11-11-2015 18:10
  
      The Power Armour. Fallout's cover star is arguably second only to Iron Man as far as armoured pop culture figures go, at least in the eyes of the target demographic. The looming visage, part-super soldier, part-imposing titan of nuclear confict, dominates the Fallout series. It's not a matter of if you get a suit, only when. And it can ruin the game.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• US Congress grants leftpondians the right to own asteroid booty

  11-11-2015 17:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ok, that's the legals sorted, let's get digging Asteroid mining operation Planetary Resources is as pleased as punch with those members of the US Congress who've backed "historic legislation" H.R.2262 – aka the "SPACE Act of 2015".…
  
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• Marriott Hotels partner with TEDx series in Germany

  11-11-2015 17:24
      Marriott hotel group and TEDx Munich are breaking down the walls of the conference hall through an innovative partnership that enables transformative debateBy: WIRED Promotion, Continue reading...
  
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• Chat app boss quits after child porn row

  11-11-2015 17:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The co-founder of KakaoTalk - an app with more than 100 million users - quits after being accused of failing to stop the spread of child abuse imagery.
  
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• Microsoft's AI can detect your emotions (but only if you're angry)

  11-11-2015 17:15
  
  The company's putting its money where your mouth is and is letting anyone upload their face to its emotion-detecting API.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter hashtags can identify outbreaks of norovirus and food poisoning

  11-11-2015 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said a trial found they were able to identify outbreaks two weeks earlier than the normal reporting process through GPs.
  
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• Japanese researchers find Tanzanian chimps caring for disabled infant

  11-11-2015 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A chimpanzee mother cared for her disabled infant in the wild in Tanzania for almost two years, Japanese researchers have found.
  
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• WIRED Out Of Office part three: antimatter rocketeer Ryan Weed

  11-11-2015 16:49
  Out Of Office with the All-New Jaguar XF part 3 - Ryan WeedBy: WIRED Promotion, Continue reading...
  
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• Tinder matches are about to get a lot more personal: Dating app's enhanced algorithm now pairs people based on previous likes

  11-11-2015 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The LA-based dating app has not only added 'intelligent' relevant information - such as education and work history - but it has also introduced an enhanced matching algorithm.
  
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• Nintendo's smartphone games may feature microtransactions after all

  11-11-2015 16:14
  
  Japanese mobile giant DeNA has revealed more details on its plans to develop smartphone games with Nintendo.
  As part of an earnings call held in Japan, the telecoms company has said it will roll out five titles by the close of financial year ending March 2017. Although no specific titles were announced, it is said that all of Nintendo's major IPs will be considered for development as smartphone titles. That means players could see the likes of Mario, Link, and Kirby hitting their phon
  
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• Tinder launches 'smart profiles' to get you more matches, forever

  11-11-2015 15:32
  
  Tinder has announced a new suite of features that it says will lead to "friends, dates, relationships and everything in between".By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Green flash of the sun caught on camera during an early morning walk

  11-11-2015 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An amateur photographer has managed to record the elusive 'green flash' - an optical phenomenon which makes the sun appear to turn green as it rises above the horizon in Tarves, Aberdeenshire.
  
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• Canadian walker comes across a forest floor in Nova Scotia that appears to be BREATHING

  11-11-2015 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A forest floor in Nova Scotia, Canada, appears to be breathing in a phenomenon captured on video by Brian Nuttall who was out walking on a windy day.
  
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• Mercury is being pummeled by meteoroids from the trail of comet Encke

  11-11-2015 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Armagh Observatory, Northern Ireland, Nasa’s Goddard Space Flight Centre, Maryland and Morgan State University in Baltimore found Mercury is pelted by bits of dust.
  
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• Apple's $799 iPad Pro could be the beginning of the end for the laptop

  11-11-2015 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPad Pro is, for many, a real laptop replacement - and a way to combine work and play in a gadget that will last all day and won't break your back to carry.
  
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• Old tech, new battles: Inside F-Secure’s formidable Faraday cage

  11-11-2015 14:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  Even the air conditioning duct has a grille over it A Faraday cage, originally commissioned and assembled 10 years ago as a means to allow Finnish security firm F-Secure to test Bluetooth-based mobile malware, is still finding productive work even though the type of malware that spawned its creation is long dead.…
  
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• Apple Music gets Android app

  11-11-2015 14:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple releases an Android version of its music streaming app Apple Music.
  
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• Out of Office at WIRED2015: Martha Lane Fox

  11-11-2015 14:43
  WIRED’s executive editor Greg Williams caught up with Martha Lane Fox at WIRED2015 as part of the Out of Office series with the All-New Jaguar XFBy: WIRED Promotion, Continue reading...
  
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• Haft Tappeh slaughtered skeletons found behind a wall in Bronze Age grave

  11-11-2015 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German archaeologists discovered more than 250 skeletons - including some children - in a mass grave (pictured) at the site of an ancient city called Haft Tappeh in southwest Iran.
  
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• Out of Office at WIRED2015: Antoine Blondeau

  11-11-2015 14:32
  WIRED’s executive editor Greg Williams caught up with Antoine Blondeau at WIRED2015 as part of the Out of Office series, with the All-New Jaguar XF
   
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• Best pictures from National Geographic's Photo Contest 2015

  11-11-2015 14:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Submissions to the 2015 National Geographic Photo Contest show the rainbow of colors around the world.
  
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• Microsoft and Ethereum want everyone on the blockchain

  11-11-2015 14:18
  
  Microsoft is the latest major company to lend support to blockchain technology, with the launch of its new cloud platform offering Ethereum Blockchain as a Service.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Wristband lets lovers fall asleep to the sound of each other's heartbeat

  11-11-2015 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pillow Talk wristband, speaker and app has been developed by London-based design company Little Riot.
  
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• T-Mobile's Binge On plan lets customers stream Netflix, Hulu and HBO for FREE

  11-11-2015 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  T-Mobile announced the Binge On feature at the firm's Uncarrier event in Los Angeles but there is a catch - the content will be streamed at low quality.
  
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• WIRED Retail: fashion platform Zalando wants to be Europe's top tech company

  11-11-2015 13:45
  
  Robert Gentz, co-founder of Zalando, is going to lead a discussion on using tech in the retail business at WIRED Retail. By: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter 'hearts' are more popular than it's Favourite star

  11-11-2015 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site's senior vice president of product, Kevin Weil said at the Open Mobile Summit in San Francisco that since the star was replaced by a heart (pictured), its usage has increased by 6%.
  
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• This Chrome extension publishes details of every website you visit

  11-11-2015 13:35
  
  A computer scientist has created a livestream of all the websites he's visiting -- including those not safe for work -- to show what the government's proposed new surveillance legislation could mean for UK citizens.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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