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• Sharpest images of Pluto's surface

  04-12-2015 23:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The New Horizons probe has at last returned some of the super-sharp pictures it took of Pluto during its historic flyby in July.
  
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• US Navy plane downed in Pearl Harbour under the sea in stunning images

  04-12-2015 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Students from the University of Hawaii capture the first systematic photo and video documentation of a wrecked Catalina PBY-5 resting on the bottom of Kāne‛ohe Bay, Hawaii.
  
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• Pluto photos by New Horizons reveal the dwarf planet's rugged 'badlands'

  04-12-2015 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At around 80 metres per pixel, incredible details can be picked out, such as huge ice blocks, dramatic craters and crumpled ridges - all less than half the size of a city block on Pluto's diverse surface.
  
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• Work on world's largest star-gazing 'scope stopped after religious protests

  04-12-2015 22:49 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hawaii Supreme Court blocks Thirty Meter Telescope Building work on the world's largest telescope has stopped after the Hawaiian Supreme Court sided with local groups and withdrew construction permits.…
  
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• Holometer experiment dismisses bizarre theory that our world is an illusion

  04-12-2015 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Holometer machine, based at the US Department of Energy's Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois has ruled out the theory of a pixelated universe.
  
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• Samsung agrees to hand over $548 million to Apple after losing patent lawsuit

  04-12-2015 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung fought until the bitter end to avoid paying Apple, but the company now says it will finally hand over the more than $548 million it owes for infringing patents and designs.
  
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• Search browser history causes children to be suspicious of Father Christmas

  04-12-2015 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a poll from Hide My Ass! , 1 in 8 American parents said the internet was responsible for telling their children the truth about Santa Claus. Google was the biggest offender in telling the truth.
  
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• Stunning image shows diver through the 'eyes' of a DOLPHIN

  04-12-2015 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists produced the blurred outlines of a submerged man after recording the sonar signals with an underwater microphone and converting them into pictures.
  
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• US map reveals the coldest days of the year across the United States

  04-12-2015 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The green areas will have their coldest days next year, while the purple and blue regions are expected to have their temperatures drop later this month.
  
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• Cardboard Chaos guitar fender is the guitar you can really shred

  04-12-2015 22:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Packaging experts have joined with the Stratocaster authorities at Fender to create a playable guitar made out of cardboard, and experts are calling it 'badass.' The cardboard guitar can play.
  
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• Porsche gives its Tesla killer Mission E the green light

  04-12-2015 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The car never needs to be plugged in - and can instead be charged using special conductive tile. 'The first 100% electrically powered Porsche is on its way,' the firm said.
  
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• Scientists use Shazam for EARTHQUAKES to help spot areas at risk

  04-12-2015 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seismologists at Stanford University have designed a new algorithm for detecting microquakes that normally go unnoticed using technology inspired by the music recognition app Shazam.
  
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• Get ready for MEGA EL NIÑO with weather system the biggest ever seen

  04-12-2015 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NOAA has confirmed that a 'Mega Niño' is on the way. The figures show that water in the Central Pacific Ocean reached 3.1°C above its average on November 18.
  
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• Porsche gives its Tesla killer the green light: Mission E can be charged simply by driving over a special tile and has a holographic dashboard controlled just by LOOKING at it

  04-12-2015 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The car never needs to be plugged in - and can instead be charged using special conductive tile. 'The first 100% electrically powered Porsche is on its way,' the firm said.
  
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• Vikings battled freezing conditions to conquer Greenland disproving ice age theory

  04-12-2015 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Columbia University scientists studied boulders (pictured) to discover the climate was already cold when the Vikings arrived in Greenland, with 80% of the land covered in ice some 1,000 years ago.
  
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• Emotional part of your brain makes you blame others when things go wrong

  04-12-2015 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at Duke University in North Carolina found the amygdala, which is responsible for processing emotions, is more active in people who blame others when things go wrong.
  
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• Will the elderly soon have DRONES to look after them? $1.5m project will create 'Bibbidi Bobbidi Bots' to help around the home

  04-12-2015 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers are working to design fairy-godmother drones to ease the burdens of senior citizens, and they say it’s closer to becoming reality than you may think. Drones can even do chores.
  
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• Linguists detect a Pennsylvania accent in American sign language

  04-12-2015 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Linguists at the University of Pennsylvania have documented what they’re calling the first accent of American Sign Language (ASL). The word 'have' is shown being signed in 'Philadelphia accent.'
  
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• Whales are now choking to death by FISH getting stuck in their blowholes

  04-12-2015 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch veterinary pathologists have discovered two long-finned whales washed ashore on beaches in Holland asphyxiated after common sole blocked their airways.
  
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• Why some people can't feel pain and how it could lead to 'super painkillers'

  04-12-2015 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare genetic condition that makes some people unable to feel pain(sstock image) has been recreated in a lab by researchers from the University College London for the first time.
  
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• VIDEO: Dippy the arthritic penguin rehomed

  04-12-2015 18:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 20 year-old penguin that suffers from arthritis is being moved from his home on the Isle of Wight to a new enclosure in Great Yarmouth.
  
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• McLaren unveil MP4-X F1 concept car controlled by drivers' BRAIN

  04-12-2015 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Driving solely controlled by the brain, a morphing chassis and a cockpit that would look at home in a fighter jet: this is racing giant McLaren's vision for the future of motor-racing - the MP4-X F1 concept.
  
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• Climate change cheat sheet: what you need to know

  04-12-2015 18:16
  
  A guide to what's at stake in the COP21, United Nations conference on climate change, talks in Paris. By: Cara McGoogan, Continue reading...
  
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• 11 terrifying facts about climate change in 2017

  04-12-2015 18:16
  
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• 11 terrifying climate change facts in 2017

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• Bloodhound Diary: It's rocket science

  04-12-2015 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why a supersonic car must live in a hybrid world
  
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• You'll (probably) have to buy your PS2 games again on PS4

  04-12-2015 17:21
  
  More details have emerged surrounding the PS4's new backwards compatibility with PS2 games, including one of the first games potentially being released and new features that will be added to classic titles.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• European Society of Urology's animation reveals how surgeons perform sex changes

  04-12-2015 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Male to female sex change surgery involves removing the penis and testicles, attaching a working clitoris, and constructing a vagina, as surgeons from University of Tuebingen, Germany, demonstrate.
  
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• Google planning a 'needle-free' way to collect blood samples using smartwatches

  04-12-2015 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The design (illustrated), filed with the USPTO in Virginia, describes a machine that sends a pulse of gas into a barrel that contains a ‘micro-particle’ capable of puncturing the skin.
  
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• Facebook rolls out live streaming

  04-12-2015 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook is the latest to jump on the craze for live mobile video streaming and is starting to roll the feature out to its users.
  
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• No more bad backs or migraines! Scientists crack the secret of why some people can't feel pain - and the breakthrough could lead to 'super painkillers'

  04-12-2015 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare genetic condition that makes some people unable to feel pain(sstock image) has been recreated in a lab by researchers from the University College London for the first time.
  
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• Tomb excavated in China may belong to an Emperor from ancient kingdom

  04-12-2015 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Excavations of tombs in Luoyang, China, have been carried out since 2009. The latest unveiled site is the largest of around 200 tombs in the local area. It is thought to belong to the Luhun Kingdom.
  
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• How 'the godfather of revenge porn' rose, and fell, on the internet

  04-12-2015 16:06
  
  We're taking a look at the background of the case in this special preview of an article by Deputy Editor Greg Williams from a future issue of WIRED magazine.  By: Greg Williams, Continue reading...
  
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• Just Cause 3, Rainbow Six Siege, and a bad week for violence

  04-12-2015 16:04
  
  This was a week when the release of Rainbow Six Siege and Just Cause 3 summed up, in two extremely different ways, what games still get wrong about killing people.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• The cell's 'coal plant': Fermentation

  04-12-2015 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The longstanding mystery as to why cells prefer the more "wasteful" process of fermentation has been solved and the solution provides a new perspective for cancer research, scientist say.
  
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• You can now dive the Great Barrier Reef with Attenborough in VR

  04-12-2015 15:55
  
  Esteemed broadcaster David Attenborough has joined forces with the Natural History Museum to offer visitors a unique VR experience -- which they say will "bring you to face to face with the extraordinary community" of the Great Barrier Reef. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Scientists 'eavesdrop' on signals and messages sent inside a FRUIT FLY's brain 

  04-12-2015 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Northwestern University in Illinois added fluorescent tags to the neurons in the brains of fruit flies to produce a long-lasting record of the insect's sensory experiences.
  
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• Astronaut Tim Peake to run the London marathon from space

  04-12-2015 15:27
  
  Thousands of people miss out on a place in the London marathon each year; one guaranteed way to run the 26.2 miles is to be on board International Space Station.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• By 2020 Denmark will run entirely on renewable energy (for a week)

  04-12-2015 15:22
  
  By 2020, Denmark's electricity supply will run, for one week, on nothing but renewable energy. In 2016, several significant milestones will take place to make this happen.By: Ben Hammersley, Continue reading...
  
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• Rock Band VR lets you be a music superstar on Oculus Rift

  04-12-2015 15:19
  
  One of WIRED's biggest criticisms in our review of Rock Band 4 was a lack of innovation; the game was just too similar to its predecessors.
  That seems set to be addressed next year though, as developer Harmonix has revealed the game will be coming to virtual reality in the form of Rock Band VR in 2016. The game will launch on Oculus Rift, though no firm release date has been revealed yet.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Giraffe's long lost cousin found?

  04-12-2015 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new fossil of a strange, extinct three-horned ruminant may be a relative of the modern giraffe.
  
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• Rudeness can be CONTAGIOUS when workers witness their bosses being nasty

  04-12-2015 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at Lund University in Sweden questioned 6,000 workers and found unpleasant behaviour can quickly spread as they tended to imitate their colleagues and superiors.
  
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• Tim Peake plans to run a marathon strapped to a treadmill on the ISS

  04-12-2015 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Peake (pictured) will run his race in April at the same time as thousands of runners tackle the 26.2 mile (42.2 km) London Marathon, using a harness and treadmill on the ISS.
  
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• Trim could save you £120 a year on unwanted subscriptions

  04-12-2015 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco-based Trim tracks statements for recurring payments made over the past 90 days. It then sends users a text (pictured) asking if they want to cancel their subscriptions.
  
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• Houston, we have a leak! Nasa's InSight mission to Mars could be delayed after a puncture is found in an on-board instrument

  04-12-2015 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technicians from the French space agency CNES discovered the leak in a vacuum-sealed sphere containing three seismometers. The lander is pictured.
  
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• How biotech tattoos will turn you into a quantifiable canvas

  04-12-2015 14:13
  
  Wearable tech -- despite being fairly new -- is now pretty ubiquitous. From fitness trackers like FitBit and Jawbone to smartwatches, wearables have become an important part of many people's daily routines. But what's the future of wearable tech? And how is it being innovated?By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Reading the mind of a FRUIT FLY: Scientists 'eavesdrop' on signals and messages sent inside the insect's brain 

  04-12-2015 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Northwestern University in Illinois added fluorescent tags to the neurons in the brains of fruit flies to produce a long-lasting record of the insect's sensory experiences.
  
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• OnePlus 2 goes on general sale from 5 December and dubbed an 'iPhone killer'

  04-12-2015 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From tomorrow, the Shenzhen-based firm's phone (shown), which has been dubbed an 'iPhone killer' because of its cheap price and advanced specifications, will go on general sale.
  
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• Who wants a smart toy for Christmas?

  04-12-2015 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Vtech hack may have given parents pause before they buy a connected toy this Christmas - are they right to worry?
  
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