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• Sauropods dinosaur footprints found on Isle of Skye, Scotland

  01-12-2015 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Edinburgh University identified the sauropod tracks in layers of rock in an undisclosed location on the island. A sediment cast of a footprint at the site is shown.
  
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• Swedish clinic hands out free penis measuring tapes to help condom sizing

  01-12-2015 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Stockholm Family Planning and Sexual Health Clinic said the initiative was aimed at turning around declining condom use. It is offering condoms in six different sizes.
  
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• Doctors treating ‘caffeine-use disorder’ with therapy 

  01-12-2015 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patients with the disorder had failed attempts to decrease caffeine use despite being physically and psychologically dependent on it, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore scientists found.
  
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• New trend sees parents naming 2015 babies after Instagram filters

  01-12-2015 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a survey of hundreds of thousands of mothers on BabyCenter.com, Instagram filters are the latest trendy baby names. In 2015, Lux went up 75% in popularity for boys.
  
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• Small really is beautiful: Psychedelic images show the inner workings of cells in stunning detail 

  01-12-2015 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The book 'Cell: A visual Tour of Building Blocks of Life' by Jack Challoner, takes readers on a journey of what cells look like up close. Images include close-ups of a sweet flag plant (pictured).
  
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• The world's largest cloning factory could one day clone HUMANS

  01-12-2015 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Xu Xiaochun, head of Tianjin-based Boyalife Group, said his firm is already working to improve the cloning of primates and it is just 'a short biological step' from monkeys to humans.
  
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• LISA Pathfinder launch postponed: Technical issue delays mission to detect Einstein's gravitation waves in space

  01-12-2015 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency has delayed the launch of its probe from Kourou in French Guiana due to a 'technical issue' with the Vega rocket which was due to carry LISA Pathfinder into orbit.
  
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• Video shows Alabama man's hoverboard EXPLODED under his feet

  01-12-2015 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Alabama man's hoverboard exploded beneath his feet and caught fire, while another family is blaming the highly sought-after device for burning down their Louisiana home.
  
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• Think economy is a squeeze? Boeing patents cramped 12-across seating plan in business class

  01-12-2015 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Air travel could soon get an uncomfortable makeover. A patent filed by Boeing reveals a design that aims to pack 12 travelers into one row, relying on three aisles rather than two.
  
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• Could mini particle smashers help find a parallel universe? Scientists reveal plans to create a powerful 'shoebox-sized Cern'

  01-12-2015 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new design is looking to scale down particle accelerators. With laser light and an 'accelerator on a chip' design, the search for parallel universes could take place in a shoebox sized area.
  
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• Sylvester Stallone's Rambo returns with TV series 'New Blood'

  01-12-2015 19:30
  
  The greatest soldier of the 1980s -- Sylvester Stallone's John Rambo, in case you were in any doubt -- is making a comeback, with a new television series called Rambo: New Blood in the works.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• You never forget your mother tongue: Being exposed to a language early in life changes how your brain deals with foreign dialects as an adult

  01-12-2015 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian researchers have discovered that being briefly exposed to a language early in life influences how an individual's brain deals with another language many years later.
  
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• 'Dinosaur disco' found in Scotland: Jumble of rare footprints reveal 49ft-long sauropods roamed Skye 170 million years ago

  01-12-2015 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Edinburgh University identified the sauropod tracks in layers of rock in an undisclosed location on the island. A sediment cast of a footprint at the site is shown.
  
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• VIDEO: Jurassic footprints found on Skye

  01-12-2015 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists find footprints - left by some of the biggest dinosaurs ever to have walked on Earth - in a bay on the Isle of Skye.
  
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• How the Millennium Falcon was rebuilt for The Force Awakens

  01-12-2015 17:46
  
  As one of The Force Awakens two production designers, Darren Gilford was tasked with resurrecting Star Wars’s most iconic space ship: the Millennium FalconBy: Alex Godfrey, Continue reading...
  
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• Safer way to do gene editing

  01-12-2015 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say they have fine tuned a gene editing method to make it safer and more accurate - vital if it is to be used in humans to cure inherited diseases or inborn errors.
  
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• Europe launches search for Einstein's space-time ripples

  01-12-2015 17:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  LISA Pathfinder gravitational wave mission blasts off tomorrow The European Space Agency's LISA Pathfinder spacecraft is due to blast off tomorrow from Kourou, French Guiana, on its mission to "test the technology needed to develop future space-borne gravitational wave detectors".…
  
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• COP21: Coal plans to derail 2 degrees

  01-12-2015 16:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Attempts to keep global warming to 2 degrees will be wildly off course if all planned coal fire plants around the world are built.
  
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• This striking art is actually an oily suspension of nanoparticles

  01-12-2015 16:25
  
  Linden Gledhill uses high-speed photography, microscopes and magnets to capture the quirks of ferrofluid. An oily suspension of magnetic nanoparticles, the liquid's response to magnetism is, well, highly attractive.By: Sophia Epstein, Continue reading...
  
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• Phones could soon be powered by sodium-ion batteries

  01-12-2015 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prototype battery (pictured) was made by the Réseau sur le stockage électrochimique de l'énergie, or Electrochemical Energy Storage Network.
  
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• In pictures: This is what Chelsea's new stadium could look like

  01-12-2015 16:18
  
      Chelsea football club has submitted a planning application for the development and expansion of Stamford Bridge.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Could we soon drink the same wine as Jesus? DNA from ancient seeds is being used to resurrect 2,000-year-old drinks

  01-12-2015 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Israeli scientists are comparing the DNA obtained from ancient seeds found at archaeological sites to 120 unique grape varieties found growing in Israel.
  
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• Why no one noticed the UK's latest anti-piracy campaign

  01-12-2015 15:40
  
  In August, a new anti-piracy campaign aimed at highlighting the impact of illegal downloads and streaming media sites launched, with an animated television ad and a range of public arts projects. You can be forgiven for not noticing -- it seems very few people have.
  The clumsily named GetItRightFromAGenuineSite.org aims to dissuade customers from using dodgy online services. To that end, it curates a list of legitimate providers offering video, music, ebooks, games
  
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• How to stop littering? Print EYES on the packaging: When people think they are being watched, they are less likely to drop it

  01-12-2015 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research was led by Newcastle University. Researchers printed two leaflets, one featuring a prominent image of eyes (pictured) and the same leaflet with the eyes obscured.
  
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• This is what Chelsea's new stadium could look like

  01-12-2015 15:18
  
  Chelsea football club has submitted a planning application for the development and expansion of Stamford Bridge.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Forget Alan Sugar and Donald Trump, ROBOTS are better at hiring workers: Employees picked by algorithms stay in jobs 15% longer

  01-12-2015 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by the National Bureau of Economic Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, looked at the employment records of 300,000 low-skill workers in the service sector, across 15 companies.
  
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• Watch a dying star trigger a blinding hypernova explosion: Simulation shows jets of gamma ray bursting from the centre 

  01-12-2015 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of California, Berkeley has created a 10-millisecond simulation of a dying massive star as it transforms into a hypernova.
  
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• Awesome new shots show Force Awakens' battle props

  01-12-2015 14:33
  
      As part of our month-long build up to WIRED’s Star Wars special issue – and The Force Awakens – we’ve got a special look at some of the hand-crafted props used in the upcoming film.By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Phones could soon be powered by SALT: Sodium-ion batteries are cheaper and last longer than cells currently used in gadgets

  01-12-2015 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prototype battery (pictured) was made by the Réseau sur le stockage électrochimique de l'énergie, or Electrochemical Energy Storage Network.
  
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• How to beat radiation, simulate gravity and survive in space

  01-12-2015 14:10
  
  In December, Kevin Fong will deliver Britain’s most prestigious public science lectures, but he would much rather be up in space
   By: Rowland Manthorpe, Continue reading...
  
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• Superman finally unmasks Batman in superhero beatdown trailer

  01-12-2015 14:05
  
     The long-awaited, much hyped new teaser for next spring's superhero smackdown (no, not that one) has arrived, with Batman v Superman treating fans to.... 49 seconds in a bunker.
  To be fair, they're 49 tense, rather exciting seconds, starting with Ben Affleck's Batman strung up in an underground cell, hanging from chains next to what appear to be rebel fighters. Henry Cavill's Superman crashes in, ominously inspiring armed guards to bend their
  
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• Unexpected 'weather' spotted on the moon: Solar wind is creating vortexes that billow on the dark side of the lunar surface

  01-12-2015 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Umea University in Sweden have found up to 10 per cent of the solar wind hitting the moon is reflected back into space, disturbing the incoming solar wind so it spirals onto the dark side.
  
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• VTech hack sees experts warn Hello Barbie can be breached

  01-12-2015 13:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chicago-based security expert Matt Jakubowski has discovered Hello Barbie is vulnerable to hacking and could be used as a kind of surveillance device.
  
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• Planet Ocean Underwater Hotel planned for Bahamas, Egypt and Hawaii

  01-12-2015 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Planet Ocean Underwater Hotel has just received US patent approval and its designers have set their sights on Egypt, Hawaii and the Bahamas as preferred locations.
  
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• The daddy long legs that fight like GLADIATORS: Harvestmen use 'swords', 'whips' and 'daggers' against rival males

  01-12-2015 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in New Zealand have found thatharvestmen -long-legged arachnids - are the only known creatures to present a variety of offensive tools across a single species
  
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• VTech hack: pictures of children among stolen data

  01-12-2015 12:43
  
  Selfies of children and their parents were accessed in the VTech hack that saw more than five million customers' details being accessed.  By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Your Christmas tree is slowing down your Wi-Fi

  01-12-2015 12:30
  
  For faster broadband over the Christmas period, move your router away from the tree. Fairy lights can interfere with Wi-Fi signals and slow down connection speeds, according to research by communications regulator Ofcom.By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• Ofcom warns Christmas tree lights can impact your Wi-Fi

  01-12-2015 12:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British regulator Ofcom estimated up to six million homes could improve their broadband connection by setting up their networks correctly or not placing routers near electronic goods such as fairy lights.
  
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• Why Samsung just replaced the head of its smartphone business

  01-12-2015 12:26
  
  Samsung is making some big changes at the top of its smartphone business as growth continues to stall -- despite the release of several well-received new handsets in 2015.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Splendours of Egypt's 'Atlantis': Lost treasures of sunken cities to go on show after more than 1,000 years submerged in the waters of the Nile delta 

  01-12-2015 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Enormous statues, golden jewellery and hieroglyphic tablets reclaimed from the sunken settlements of Heracleion and Canopus will be put on display at the British Museum in an exhibition next summer.
  
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• WIRED Retail 2015 startup stage: delivery and payments

  01-12-2015 11:49
  In a marble-pillared drawing room at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel, 16 startups entered a pitch battleBy: Wired UK Staff, Continue reading...
  
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• Charles: 'We must save our forests'

  01-12-2015 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prince Charles says forest protection is starting to be taken seriously at the UN climate conference in Paris, but too many companies are turning a blind eye
  
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• GCHQ in court over 'dark precedent' of device hacking

  01-12-2015 11:26
  
  The UK's cyber surveillance agency GCHQ has "taken advantage" of its ability to hack into mobile phones and computers, privacy campaigners have claimed.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Thom Yorke: YouTube has 'seized control' of music

  01-12-2015 10:39
  
  Radiohead's Thom Yorke has delivered another blistering attack on the music industry and the "laughable amounts" services like YouTube pay to artists.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• How business is taking the space race to new frontiers

  01-12-2015 10:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  PayPal and Amazon kingpins battle it out .. in SPAAAACE Analysis  Jeff Bezos may not have gone where no man has gone before, but in successfully landing its New Shephard rocket back on Earth, his rocket company Blue Origins has pipped ahead of rivals in the race to make space commercially viable. It’s a significant coup in the latest incarnation of the space race. And it may have given pause to Elon Musk, the founder of rival SpaceX.…
  
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• VIDEO: The vest that lets you feel words

  01-12-2015 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a vibrating vest could change the way deaf people understand speech
  
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• Watch Nasa's robot Valkyrie dance

  01-12-2015 09:41
  
  Nasa has released a new video of Valkyrie, or 'R5' as its more officially known, strutting its stuff.
   By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Mystery DOME found on Mars 'was built by an ancient civilisation'

  01-12-2015 09:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest sighting of a rock by Nasa's Opportunity roveris described as a ‘man-made dome’ that conspiracy theorists say was left behind by an alien race sometime during Mars’ watery past.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 1 December

  01-12-2015 08:40
  
  Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Nasa is sending holographic headsets to the astronauts on the ISS, human brains can't be divided into 'male' and 'female', UK regulators investigate unfair pricing practices from cloud storage providers and more.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Watch knuckles CRACK and produce 'fireworks of light' in video

  01-12-2015 08:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of California used ultrasound to watch knuckles cracking and found the knuckles that were popped were no more swollen or weaker than those that resisted.
  
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