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• Europe's Mars missions are go - finally

  25-11-2015 23:54 via bbc.co.uk
  Ten years after being formally approved, Europe's ExoMars project is at last ready to send some hardware - a satellite - to the Red Planet.
  
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• Elon Musk hits out at Jeff Bezos’ ‘historic’ rocket claims in battle of the space billionaires 

  25-11-2015 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Soon after the first ever reusable rocket landing, the Space X founder tweeted: 'Not quite "rarest". SpaceX Grasshopper rocket did 6 suborbital flights three years ago and is still around.'
  
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• Salsa for SCIENCE: Student wins ‘dance your PhD’ contest with interpretive performance explaining water protection policy

  25-11-2015 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ‘Dance your Ph.D.’ challenges Ph.D. students to present research through interpretive dance. First place was given to a routine on the policies around water protection and conservation.
  
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• Happy Thanksgiving from SPACE: Nasa reveals what its astronauts are doing to celebrate

  25-11-2015 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thanksgiving in space is a lot like it is on Earth—that is, if Thanksgiving on Earth involved slow-motion backflips and dinner that floats away. A new video from NASA shows how astronauts do this holiday.
  
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• 'Hoverboard' health warning: Police warn must have gadget is often sold with unsafe plugs, unclear instructions and can EXPLODE

  25-11-2015 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British officials are warning consumers that cheap models of hoverboards can explode. The alert comes after a few boards, made with shifty plugs and came with unclear instructions, caught on fire.
  
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• Starlings are mysteriously drowning across the UK

  25-11-2015 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the Zoological Society London believe the birds may have flocked to the pool or bird bath together where waterlogged feathers and steep sides prevented their escape.
  
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• Star Wars toys and robots are Christmas 2015's most-wanted gifts

  25-11-2015 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  2015's holiday toys have gone on sale - and experts say anything 'Star Wars,' life-like robotic pets and remote controlled toys should drive sales.
  
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• Airbus patent reveals DETACHABLE cabin design for future planes 

  25-11-2015 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Toulouse-based Airbus has recently filed a patent detailing 'removable cabin modules' that it says will help cut down boarding times for passengers.
  
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• Architecture of Radio app lets you SEE wifi and reveals the data all around you

  25-11-2015 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new $2.99 iOS app called Architecture of Radio is a 360 degree visualization of the unseen digital world, using your GPS location to give visual life to the signals around you.
  
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• World’s most powerful telescope takes shape: James Webb 'time machine' receives its first mirror ahead of 2018 launch

  25-11-2015 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it launches, the James Webb telescope will be able to see back to 200 million years after the Big Bang, making it 100 times more powerful than Hubble.
  
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• World's first 3D printed self-loading revolver PM522 Washbear revealed

  25-11-2015 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mechanical engineering student has designed a 3D-printed revolver, and he claims it’s the first in the world of its kind. The PM522 Washbear can fire up to 8 bullets between reloads.
  
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• Tiny 'water bears' STEAL DNA from other species

  25-11-2015 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill believe the patchwork of genes helps the tiny animals (pictured) survive in the harshest of environments for years.
  
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• Spanish sailors celebrated first Thanksgiving in Florida 50 years before the Pilgrims in 1621

  25-11-2015 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claim the pilgrims weren’t the first to host a banquet in America. More than 50 years earlier, Spanish settlers landed in St. Augustine, Florida where they gave thanks and dined with natives.
  
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• Scientists solve how the Moon got its weird tilt

  25-11-2015 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice say close encounters with debris left over from the creation of the inner planets may have nudged the Moon off its original orbit.
  
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• World's first 3D printed self-loading revolver revealed: Washbear can fire eight .22 bullets and be made on ANY home 3D printer

  25-11-2015 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mechanical engineering student has designed a 3D-printed revolver, and he claims it’s the first in the world of its kind. The PM522 Washbear can fire up to 8 bullets between reloads.
  
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• Forget the turkey: Researchers claim Spanish sailors celebrated the first Thanksgiving in Florida 50 years before the Pilgrims in 1621 - with salted pork and red wine

  25-11-2015 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claim the pilgrims weren’t the first to host a banquet in America. More than 50 years earlier, Spanish settlers landed in St. Augustine, Florida where they gave thanks and dined with natives.
  
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• Hit me with your rhythm stick! Bonobos can keep the beat in drum 'duets' with humans in the same way small children do 

  25-11-2015 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Connecticut and National Academy of Sciences have observed an untrained bonobo drumming spontaneously and synchronising with a human.
  
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• How the moon got its tilt: Ancient debris knocked our satellite into its strange orbit and explains why solar eclipses are so rare

  25-11-2015 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur in Nice say close encounters with debris left over from the creation of the inner planets may have nudged the Moon off its original orbit.
  
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• Tiny 'water bears' STEAL DNA from other species: Almost a fifth of their genome comes from bacteria and plants

  25-11-2015 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill believe the patchwork of genes helps the tiny animals (pictured) survive in the harshest of environments for years.
  
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• 'It's not what you said, it's the WAY you said it': Study finds the tone of your voice reveals how successful your relationship will be

  25-11-2015 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering have created a computer algorithm that predicts whether a couple will have a successful relationship based on how they speak to each other.
  
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• Men's brains age FASTER than women's - making them more likely to develop diseases such as Parkinson's

  25-11-2015 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among men, grey matter in the brain declined at a faster rate than women as they aged, a study by the University of Szeged, Hungary, found.
  
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• Giant red star sheds 30 times the mass of Earth every year thanks to enormous dust grains

  25-11-2015 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers in Chile have discovered how star VYCanis Majoris can shed large chunks of its mass.
  They have found that the dust surrounding Canis is made up of exceptionally large grains,
  
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• ISIS website is hacked and replaced with an advert for Viagra

  25-11-2015 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site for the terror group appeared on the Tor browser of the dark web last week in a bid to get extremists to join up but was later hacked by Ghost Security Group, a counter-terrorism network.
  
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• Pigeons pick their leader based on SPEED: The front-runner in a flock is chosen based on how fast they flew on previous journeys

  25-11-2015 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Oxford scientists studied flock dynamics of homing pigeons (pictured), to find that a bird's leadership could be predicted by its speed on previous flights.
  
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• This is what the spending review means for tech and science

  25-11-2015 17:52
  
  Chancellor George Osborne has set out spending plans for the next four years, and science and tech are getting some love -- though not as much as many hoped.By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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• Starlings are mysteriously drowning across the UK: Experts left baffled after dead birds are found in pools, ponds and even buckets

  25-11-2015 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the Zoological Society London believe the birds may have flocked to the pool or bird bath together where waterlogged feathers and steep sides prevented their escape.
  
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• Institute of Oil and Gas Problems are researching if Ice Age beasts could combat oil spills

  25-11-2015 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Institute of Oil and Gas Problems in Yakutsk, Russia, have found a 'bacterial bonanza' on the bodies of several extinct Ice Age cave lions, woolly rhinos and mammoths (pictured).
  
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• 'Good' settlement for UK science

  25-11-2015 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK chancellor has said that the science budget will be protected in real terms - equating to an increase.
  
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• OnePlus 2 'iPhone killer' available WITHOUT an invite for Black Friday 2015

  25-11-2015 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For four days starting from Friday 27 November, the Chinese firm is putting its OnePlus 2 (pictured) and OnePlus X devices on general sale.
  
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• Nest Cam camera is 'always on'

  25-11-2015 16:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered the camera in the Nest Cam security device is always operating - even when turned off by the user.
  
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• Betrayal and lying helped to drive the rapid spread of humans around the world

  25-11-2015 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An archaeologist at the University of York has suggested that humans may have rapidly colonised the world because people spread to new areas to flee those they had betrayed.
  
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• Rare 'Little Al' skeleton of a baby Allosaurus FAILS to sell at auction: Remains of the ferocious predator didn't hit the reserve

  25-11-2015 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skeleton (pictured), dubbed 'Little Al', is 155 million years old and is being offered by Summers Place Auctions in Billingshurst, West Sussex.
  
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• Apple buys Star Wars animation company

  25-11-2015 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple purchases the company behind motion-capture technology used in the latest Star Wars film.
  
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• VIDEO: Rolling CCTV camera can monitor homes

  25-11-2015 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A surveillance camera that can roll around your home is unveiled at a technology show in the US.
  
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• Apple buys Faceshift which could make iPhones more secure

  25-11-2015 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has confirmed the acquisition ofFaceshift, a Swiss studio specialised in creating digital avatars that mimic a person's facial expressions in real-time.
  
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• Black hole 'batteries' could be key to finding gravitational waves

  25-11-2015 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Black holes and neutron stars could be acting like batteries to produce sparks of radio signals. Researchers from Caltech said that as the two objects become closer, they form a sort of 'circuit.'
  
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• What a bunch of cheats! Betrayal and lying helped to drive the rapid spread of humans around the world

  25-11-2015 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An archaeologist at the University of York has suggested that humans may have rapidly colonised the world because people spread to new areas to flee those they had betrayed.
  
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• 2015 to be hottest on record, 2016 could be hotter due to El Nino - WMO

  25-11-2015 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) in Switzerland have warned global average surface temperatures in 2015 are likely to reach the highest since records began.
  
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• Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin beats Elon Musk to land reusable rocket in Texas

  25-11-2015 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue Origin, the Amazon founder's private space firm has successfully flown its New Shepard ship to space, before landing it at the launch site in Texas.
  
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• How Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity changed the world

  25-11-2015 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today marks a century since German-born Albert Einstein first revealed his Theory of General Relativity. The impact of is still being felt today as it is a crucial element in technologies like GPS.
  
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• FBI seeks hacker after logins stolen

  25-11-2015 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The FBI has linked a hacker to the theft of 1.2 billion internet credentials - the largest heist of its kind.
  
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• Phuc Dat Bich name battle 'was a hoax'

  25-11-2015 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian man who made headlines after saying Facebook told him to take down his profile admits he hoaxed the media.
  
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• Dell faces fresh security questions

  25-11-2015 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dell admits to a second security problem that researchers say could expose users' data to hackers
  
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• Birds, like humans, argue over parental duties

  25-11-2015 14:09
  
  Parental arguments about who's pulling their weight are not restricted to humans, a study released today found. And it turns out that birds also bicker about whose turn it is to watch the baby. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Backlash fears over Dead or Alive's busty females keep game Japan-only

  25-11-2015 13:30
  
  The global gaming market is still a fractured one, with different cultural sensibilities meaning titles that work well in one territory may not fly in another -- first person shooters traditionally never did well in Japan, while visual novels were anathema to most western gamers, for instance.
  Proving that it's good to keep abreast of differences in regional tastes, Koei Tecmo has confirmed it won't be bringing Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 to EU countries or America -- because it
  
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• Facebook's Most Used Words app is a 'privacy nightmare': Tool is used to highlight how easy users give away their personal details

  25-11-2015 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An app made by South Korean start-up Vonvon has been described as a 'privacy nightmare' because it asks for so many personal details and permissions from users.
  
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• Armband translates sign language into text: Sensors monitor muscle movements and sends the translation to a phone 

  25-11-2015 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device (pictured), developed at Texas A&M University, uses a system of sensors that record the motion of hand gestures, as well as signals produced by muscles in the wrist when signing.
  
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• Man, 18, bailed over TalkTalk hack

  25-11-2015 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An 18-year-old who became the fifth person to be arrested in connection with an alleged data theft from TalkTalk last month is released on bail.
  
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• Fish have emotional responses that indicate sentience

  25-11-2015 12:00
  
  A new study showing 'emotional fever' responses in stressed fish provides evidence that they are in fact sentient beings.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• TalkTalk hack: fifth arrest is for blackmail

  25-11-2015 11:55
  
  A fifth person has been arrested over the TalkTalk hack, this time an 18-year-old from Llanelli, Wales. By: Nicole Kobie, Continue reading...
  
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