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• Technology is SPEEDING UP our perception of time, claims study

  19-11-2015 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology has trained our brains to process more information, which is tricking us into thinking time is passing faster than it really is, according to a James Cook University researcher.
  
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• Royal Society reveals best nature pictures of the year

  19-11-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An underwater photo taken by biologist Bert Willaert has claimed first place in the Royal Society Publishing photography competition, showing a glimpse of life through the eyes of a tadpole.
  
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• Seven minutes of meditation can help combat racism, scientists reveal

  19-11-2015 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Loving-kindness meditation, a Buddhist technique that promotes unconditional kindness towards oneself and others, is effective at reducing racial bias, a University of Sussex study revealed.
  
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• Adele's new album '25' will not be available for streaming on Spotify or Apple Music

  19-11-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adele's much-anticipated new album '25' will not be available for streaming on major digital services such as Spotify and Apple Music.
  
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• Will MEGASTORMS make it tougher to find alien life? Researchers reveal sun that spins every 2 hours and is constantly throwing out gigantic solar flares

  19-11-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have identified a tiny, temperamental star that produces massive solar flares stronger than our Sun’s. The star produces frequencies rarely achieved by the Sun.
  
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• 'It's a car to some degree': Fresh details emerge of mysterious firm set to take on Tesla and backed by one of China's richest men

  19-11-2015 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Faraday Future has revealed it will build a billion dollar factory in the US - but little else. Now, the firm has revealed its product is a car 'to some degree.'
  
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• Banish your ex from Facebook: Site reveals new tool that gets rid of former flames

  19-11-2015 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From today, when you change your relationship status to 'single,' Facebook will ask if you want to 'take a break' from seeing pictures and posts of your ex.
  
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• Is WOOD the ultimate diet food? Firm reveals no fat noodles made from trees

  19-11-2015 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Omikenshi Co., based in Osaka, Japan, is turning indigestible cellulose from trees and mixing it with konjac to produce a fiber-rich flour, which the company calls ‘cell-eat’.
  
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• Depletion of ocean elements contributed to three mass extinctions

  19-11-2015 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three of the five mass extinctions may have been caused, in part, by critically low levels of trace elements in the ocean, a new Flinders University study found. Nutrient levels are tied to erosion.
  
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• From a stunning underwater image of a tadpole's point of view to a silverback surveying his territory, Royal Society reveals best nature pictures of the year

  19-11-2015 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An underwater photo taken by biologist Bert Willaert has claimed first place in the Royal Society Publishing photography competition, showing a glimpse of life through the eyes of a tadpole.
  
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• Can’t believe it’s almost Christmas? Technology is SPEEDING UP our perception of time, claims study

  19-11-2015 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology has trained our brains to process more information, which is tricking us into thinking time is passing faster than it really is, according to a James Cook University researcher.
  
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• Adele's new album '25' will not be available for streaming

  19-11-2015 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adele's much-anticipated new album '25' will not be available for streaming on major digital services such as Spotify and Apple Music.
  
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• Fossilised FOREST discovered in Svalbard, Norway

  19-11-2015 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Cardiff University have discovered the remains of a prehistoric forest in Svalbard, Norway which was covered in strange tropical trees with leaves growing on their trunks.
  
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• Satellite will map Earth's plant glow

  19-11-2015 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency will build a satellite to map from orbit the glow of photosynthesis taking place on Earth.
  
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• Video captures tropical finches 'tap dancing' during courtship ritual

  19-11-2015 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese researchers used high-speed video technology to capture tropical finches engaging in a 'tap dance' as a part of their courtship ritual (pictured).
  
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• Quarter of men believe they have monthly 'MAN PERIODS'

  19-11-2015 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fifth of women surveyed admittedtheir partner handles his 'period' worse than she does her own, a survey by vouchercloud.co.uk found.
  
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• Depletion of ocean elements contributed to three mass extinctions: Low levels of trace elements causes food chain collapse

  19-11-2015 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three of the five mass extinctions may have been caused, in part, by critically low levels of trace elements in the ocean, a new Flinders University study found. Nutrient levels are tied to erosion.
  
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• ‘Godzilla’ El Nino is getting BIGGER: Weather system could be the most powerful of its kind on record, warn scientists

  19-11-2015 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Based on weekly data by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the current El Niño is now stronger than the huge events in 1982–83 and 1997–98, and likely 1877–78.
  
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• Video reveals how you can Nerf guns to fire ALL of its spongy darts at once

  19-11-2015 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bill Hammack, from the University of Illinois who runs a YouTube channel under the name 'Engineer Guy' has explained the gun's 'fascinating' mechanism in his latest video.
  
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• Bouncers and council officials with body cams 'posing privacy risk'

  19-11-2015 18:51
  
  Body cameras worn by council staff and bouncers pose privacy risks, a surveillance commissioner has warned.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Bird's lightning 'tap dance' revealed

  19-11-2015 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Using high-speed cameras, scientists glimpse songbirds doing a rapid-fire dance that is invisible to the naked eye.
  
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• VIDEO: Video captures songbird quick-step

  19-11-2015 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists capture high-speed footage of songbirds performing a rapid-fire "tap dance" that is invisible to the naked eye.
  
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• What could possibly go wrong? Ruffle app lets you anonymously send pictures to strangers

  19-11-2015 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app, which allows anyone with a mobile number of receive a 'Ruffle' message, was the brainchild of Nick Drewe and Matt Way from Brisbane, Australia.
  
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• 'Immortal' players are spoiling 'Star Wars Battlefront'

  19-11-2015 18:01
  'Star Wars Battlefront' is hit by reports of game-breaking bugs.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• French 'state of emergency' includes website bans, social media blocks

  19-11-2015 17:59
  
  The French government will be able to block websites and social media accounts for up to three months, after its legislature passed new and extended emergency powers in the wake of the Paris attacks.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Empower patients to take ownership of their health

  19-11-2015 17:56
  
  The necessary technology to disrupt healthcare is already available. The challenge now is to empower patients to take ownership of their health.By: Joao Medeiros, Continue reading...
  
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• Should politicians decide science funding?

  19-11-2015 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Should politicians have more say on science funding?
  
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• Rare Osamu Tezuka manga now available as digital comics

  19-11-2015 17:11
  
      A series of "lost" works from manga creator Osamu Tezuka is now easily found, with a host of content from the legendary writer and artist now available in English on digital comics platform Comixology.
  Despite being best known as the creator of Tetsuwan Atom (better known as Astro Boy), Kimba, the White Lion, and Black Jack -- to name only a few -- Tezuka was a prolific genius, whose extensive body of work covered cou
  
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• Cimagine is making an augmented reality for businesses

  19-11-2015 16:55
  
  Cimagine is one of the startups that will be on stage at WIRED RetailBy: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• US approves GM salmon for food

  19-11-2015 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US regulators have given the go-ahead to genetically modified salmon, making it the first GM animal destined for human consumption.
  
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• Acorn worm is a distant human relative that shares 70% of our genes

  19-11-2015 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) sequenced two species of the Acorn worm (pictured).
  
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• Scientists set up a 'Frozen Ark' to preserve the DNA of endangered animals

  19-11-2015 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are using a 'Frozen Ark' in Nottingham to preserve the DNA of endangered species such as the Amur leopard and Siberian tiger.
  
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• Enormous mounds of methane found under the Arctic sea

  19-11-2015 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research in the South Kara Sea off Siberia shows underwater mounds - known as pingos - are building up as the permafrost on the seabed is thawing.
  
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• Dead galaxy is an 'astronomical treasure trove' of dark matter

  19-11-2015 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers from Caltech studying the speed of the stars in dwarf galaxy Triangulum II have discovered something visually undetectable is influencing their movements.
  
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• This is the biggest diamond found in more than 100 years

  19-11-2015 15:30
  
  The 1,111 carat diamond is just smaller than a tennis ball but has a value "impossible to estimate".By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• World on cusp of 'post-antibiotic era'

  19-11-2015 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bacteria are now resistant to drugs of last resort meaning the world is on the cusp of a "post-antibiotic era", warn scientists.
  
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• UK science 'needs single funding body'

  19-11-2015 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A government-commissioned review says UK science funding should be determined by a single independent agency, and overseen perhaps by the chancellor himself.
  
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• 'UFO' is spotted flying above IKEA in Siberia, Russia in video

  19-11-2015 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'scary but beautiful' UFO buzzing an IKEA branch in Siberia has left Russians puzzled. The streaking fireball cut through the sky, witnessed over a vast area including Kazakhstan.
  
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• Hummingbirds perform more spectacular mid-air manoeuvres when around competitors

  19-11-2015 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of British Columbia in Canada studied male Anna's hummingbirds (stock image) in flight and found they use different turns when faced with competing birds.
  
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• Data science at petabyte scale is helping explain global trends

  19-11-2015 14:44
  
  Robots on the moon and tech for farmers: meet James Crawford, CEO of Orbital Insight, ahead of WIRED Retail.By: Catherine Lawson, Continue reading...
  
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• Volvo unveils concept interior for its self-driving car with reclining seats

  19-11-2015 14:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swedish company has named its design for self-driving cars 'Concept 26' which it says aims to put the joy back into driving by letting people make the most of commuting.
  
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• New Star Wars: The Force Awakens teaser focuses on Finn

  19-11-2015 14:12
  
     A new TV sport for next month's Star Wars: The Force Awakens treats viewers to some exciting new scenes.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Megaphone translates Japanese automatically into three different languages

  19-11-2015 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Panasonic has developed a megaphone that translates Japanese into English, Chinese and Korean (pictured). It is being trialled by staff at Narita International Airport in Japan.
  
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• Telegram app blocks 78 channels of Isis 'propaganda'

  19-11-2015 13:55
  
  Encrypted messaging app Telegram has blocked scores of Islamic State (IS) "propaganda" broadcasting lists being used on its service.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Smart pill tracks your heartbeat and breathing rate from INSIDE your gut

  19-11-2015 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from MIT have tested an ingestible sensor (pictured) that can measure heart rates from within the body. Itcould make it easier to monitor the vitals of people with burns or irritation
  
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• Carnegie Mellon denies FBI paid it $1m to break Tor

  19-11-2015 13:14
  
  The Tor Project continues to insist Carnegie Mellon was paid by the FBI, citing "friends in the security community" as its sourceBy: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Will David Cameron's £10m plane save money?

  19-11-2015 12:59
  
  The government currently charters planes for prime ministerial trips but the prime minister's office claims the jet will be cheaper to run.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Superbugs 'are now resistant to ALL drugs and antibiotic defences'

  19-11-2015 12:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts warn the first germs to become resistant to the super antibiotics polymyxins could mean the spread of uncontrollable superbugs that attack the blood and lungs.
  
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• Vocal cord tissue grown in a lab for the first time

  19-11-2015 12:05
  
  Vocal cord tissue has been grown in the lab for the first time, paving the way for potentially revolutionary treatments for people who have lost their vocal cords.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• LG to launch a mobile payment system to rival Apple Pay 

  19-11-2015 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm has signed an agreement with Shinhan Cardand KB Kookmin Cardto bring contactless payments to its customers in South Korea. An LG G4 handset is pictured.
  
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