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• Researchers reveals breakthrough that can harvest energy from natural motion

  06-01-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new device developed by researchers at MIT has potential to harvest energy from natural motion to charge your phone while you walk, using mechanical energy to produce voltage.
  
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• Netflix reveals we watched 42.5 BILLION hours of content on its service in 2015

  06-01-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix's streaming TV service is now operating in 190 countries, with the addition of 130 new markets, CEO Reed claiming at CES in Las Vegas.
  
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• GMA launches drone into a glacier live on air in climate change special

  06-01-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Good Morning America surprised its viewers with a live show on a glacier in South-East Iceland. News anchor Amy Robach, used a drone camera to follow climbers thousands of feet deep into an ice sinkhole.
  
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• Dailymail.com tries out the Samsung Gear VR headset around New York

  06-01-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dailymail.com took the latest headset, the Gear VR developed by Oculus and Samsung, to the streets of New Yorkto find out if it's really ready for primetime -and New Yorkers.
  
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• Researchers reveal 'Martian concrete' for first settlers to use

  06-01-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Northwestern University have devised the way to build homes and other structures on Mars, and their ‘Martian concrete’ can be made without using any water.
  
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• A 'week' in the life of a pig lasts FIVE DAYS

  06-01-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt measured tiny rings on pigs' teeth to show they have a different natural rhythm to humans.
  
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• Sharks rely on their sense of smell to navigate the ocean

  06-01-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California, San Diego, have found that sharks rely heavily on their sense of smell to help them navigate in the ocean.
  
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• Now the ads can talk back: Twitter rolls out 'conversational' advertisements

  06-01-2016 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users can interact with promoted tweets through the 'call to action' buttons that allow them to answer questions and personalize tweets.
  
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• Metamaterial that could be built into walls turns sound on and off at will 

  06-01-2016 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have developed a material that could help light sleepers get a better night's rest by blocking out unwanted sound.
  
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• How to spot a black hole from your back garden: Researchers say phenomena CAN be seen using visible light

  06-01-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists observing V404 Cygni, the nearest black hole to Earth, discovered that even amateur telescopes are capable of capturing violent outburst from black holes closest to Earth.
  
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• Charge your phone by WALKING: Researchers reveals breakthrough that can harvest energy from natural motion

  06-01-2016 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new device developed by researchers at MIT has potential to harvest energy from natural motion to charge your phone while you walk, using mechanical energy to produce voltage.
  
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• Having a big family can 'make children badly behaved or low achievers'

  06-01-2016 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Bureau of Economic Research found for every additional child born, the others are more likely to suffer. Boys were more likely to misbehave while girls saw their maths and reading skills dip.
  
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• Anti-reflective coating made from sucrose conceals aircraft from radar

  06-01-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To make the coating, scientists from Belarusian State University coated beads made of biopolymer plastic with sucrose, a common form of sugar easily derived from natural sources.
  
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• Netflix reveals we watched 42.5 BILLION hours of content on its service in 2015 as it launches in 130 new countries to become 'new global Internet TV network'

  06-01-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix's streaming TV service is now operating in 190 countries, with the addition of 130 new markets, CEO Reed claiming at CES in Las Vegas.
  
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• What man’s first home on the red planet could be made of: Researchers reveal 'Martian concrete' for first settlers to use

  06-01-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Northwestern University have devised the way to build homes and other structures on Mars, and their ‘Martian concrete’ can be made without using any water.
  
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• The simple test that reveals if YOUR toddler is ready to start reading lessons

  06-01-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Washington University in St Louis believe the ability for children to understand that a written word is different to a drawing shows they may be ready to read.
  
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• Virtual reality takes to the streets: Dailymail.com tries out the Samsung Gear VR headset around New York

  06-01-2016 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dailymail.com took the latest headset, the Gear VR developed by Oculus and Samsung, to the streets of New Yorkto find out if it's really ready for primetime -and New Yorkers.
  
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• Soundproof your bedroom at the flick of a switch: Metamaterial that could be built into walls turns sound on and off at will 

  06-01-2016 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge have developed a material that could help light sleepers get a better night's rest by blocking out unwanted sound.
  
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• Researchers say strange areas on the Milky Way could hold ALIEN LIFE

  06-01-2016 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Milky Way galaxy has about 150 globular clusters, most of them orbiting in the galactic outskirts, densely packed, holding a million stars in a ball only about 100 light-years across on average.
  
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• GMA live from a GLACIER: Breakfast show launches drone into a SINKHOLE live on air in climate change special

  06-01-2016 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Good Morning America surprised its viewers with a live show on a glacier in South-East Iceland. News anchor Amy Robach, used a drone camera to follow climbers thousands of feet deep into an ice sinkhole.
  
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• Fat squirrels spotted as warm weather delivers bonanza of food

  06-01-2016 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures of overweight squirrels in Wales, Texas, and Boston are being shared on Twitter as the animals are thought to have piled on weight due to an abundance of food in the mild winter.
  
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• Apple App Store customers spent more than $1.1bn over Christmas holidays

  06-01-2016 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the two weeks ending 3 January, customers spent more than $1.1 billion (£751 million) on apps and in-app purchases, setting back-to-back weekly records for traffic and purchases.
  
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• Machine learning will keep us healthy longer

  06-01-2016 18:18
  
  Data-crunching supercomputers are on hand to give doctors all the evidence in the worldBy: Nayanah Siva, Continue reading...
  
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• Having a big family makes your children either badly behaved or low achievers at school, study claims

  06-01-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Bureau of Economic Research found for every additional child born, the others are more likely to suffer. Boys were more likely to misbehave while girls saw their maths and reading skills dip.
  
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• CleverPet console that rewards canines for solving puzzles wins CES award

  06-01-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The invention (pictured), which will cost around £200 ($292), won an award as the best device to be proposed by a tech start-up company at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
  
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• Oculus Rift will cost $599 (and you'll probably need a new $1,000 PC as well): Preorders open for highly anticipated VR headset

  06-01-2016 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oculus, the VR firm bought by Facebook , has begin accepting preorders for its highly anticipated Rift virtual realityheadset.
  
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• How sugar could make stealth jets INVISIBLE: Anti-reflective coating made from sucrose conceals aircraft from radar

  06-01-2016 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To make the coating, scientists from Belarusian State University coated beads made of biopolymer plastic with sucrose, a common form of sugar easily derived from natural sources.
  
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• New Segway turns into robot companion when not in use

  06-01-2016 17:23
  
  If your dedication to travelling everywhere by the much maligned Segway is losing you friends, worry no more -- the company are making robot pals to keep you company. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• DisneyLife aims to be Disney's all-in-one streaming platform

  06-01-2016 17:21
  
     As one of the biggest media companies on Earth, it's little surprise that Disney has entered the streaming media arena, with its new DisneyLife service recently launching in the UK.
  Available on iOS and Android, DisneyLife aims to deliver a bit more than the video-only offerings of Netflix or Amazon Instant video though. It positions itself as an all-in-one "experience", combining on-demand access to classic movies and family TV shows with a l
  
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• Distracted mothers can damage their baby's brain by not giving 'consistent care'

  06-01-2016 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers at the University of California, Irvine, has shown that consistent rhythms and patterns of maternal care seem to be crucially important for the developing brain.
  
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• Candy Crush Jelly Saga coming to Android, iOS, and Windows Store

  06-01-2016 16:45
  
      King is aiming for a sweet hat trick with the upcoming release of its third Candy Crush game, coming to Android, iOS, and Windows Store this week. Candy Crush Jelly Saga will once again be free to play, and offer a twist on the match-three puzzle game formula that's proven a hit with mobile gamers.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Candy Crush Jelly Saga coming to Android and iOS

  06-01-2016 16:45
  
      King is aiming for a sweet hat trick with the upcoming release of its third Candy Crush game, coming to Android and iOS this week. Candy Crush Jelly Saga will once again be free to play, and offer a twist on the match-three puzzle game formula that's proven a hit with mobile gamers.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple smashes App Store records: Customers spent more than $1.1 billion on apps over the Christmas holidays

  06-01-2016 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the two weeks ending 3 January, customers spent more than $1.1 billion (£751 million) on apps and in-app purchases, setting back-to-back weekly records for traffic and purchases.
  
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• Who ate all the nuts? Fat squirrels spotted piling on the pounds as unusually warm weather delivers a bonanza of food

  06-01-2016 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pictures of overweight squirrels in Wales, Texas, and Boston are being shared on Twitter as the animals are thought to have piled on weight due to an abundance of food in the mild winter.
  
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• Here's proof you'll be spending more money in 2016

  06-01-2016 16:24
  
  Digital wallets will make spending a frictionless experience -- but is that actually good for us?By: Dan Ariely and Merve Akbas, Continue reading...
  
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• Canadian man shows how to waterproof your mobile phone

  06-01-2016 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video was posted online by an unidentified man from Chemin Remembrance, Montreal, Canada and reveals the cheapest way to waterproof your smart phone.
  
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• First Response Pregnancy Pro Stick shows the result on an app

  06-01-2016 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First Response unveiled what it claims is the first pregnancy test to connect to an app, at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
  
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• L'Oreal's My UV Patch tells you when to apply sunscreen

  06-01-2016 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The My UV Patch was launched at CES in Las Vegas and protects against skin cancer by connecting to a smartphone app and monitoring exposure to the sun.
  
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• Bow waves betray runaway stars

  06-01-2016 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers identify dozens of fast-moving stars in the Milky Way by combing the galaxy for the curved waves of material they plough before them.
  
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• Rise of the 'Frankenplants': Botanists create super strain that produces both aubergines AND potatoes in the same pot

  06-01-2016 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horticulturalists from Suffolk-based Thompson & Morgan cut the delicate 2 inch-tall (5 cm) stems of aubergine and potato plants in half at an identical angle before grafting them together.
  
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• CleverPet is a games console for DOGS: £200 'Xbarks' device that rewards canines for solving puzzles wins top award at CES

  06-01-2016 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The invention (pictured), which will cost around £200 ($292), won an award as the best device to be proposed by a tech start-up company at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
  
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• Geologists dig out a 4.5bn year old meteorite in the South Australian outback

  06-01-2016 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 4.5 billion year-old meteorite, weighing 1.7kg, has been dug from salt lake mud in outback South Australia in Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre, after it fell on November 27.
  
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• Could a mind reading computer let us speak telepathically?

  06-01-2016 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology developed by computer scientists at Kyushu Institute of Technology in Japan is able to identify distinct brainwaves produced before people utter different syllables.
  
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• Oculus Rift is about to deliver seamless VR

  06-01-2016 14:37
  
  After years of promise Palmer Luckey's immersive device is now available for pre-ordersBy: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Fans demand 'Lemmium' periodic table tribute

  06-01-2016 14:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  New heavy metal to honour Motörhead frontman? Inevitably, and agreeably, an online petition is demanding that one of the four heavy metal elements coming soon to an engorged periodic table near you be named "Lemmium", in honour of recently departed Motörhead frontman Ian Fraser Kilmister, aka Lemmy.…
  
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• Richard Neave merges images of actors who've played Jesus Christ

  06-01-2016 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Students at Bluefield College in Virginia created the 'Hollywood Jesus' composite (shown) based on the facial features of 20 famous actors who have played Christ in films.
  
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• Pablo Carlos Budassi reveals circular artwork of Earth to the Andromeda galaxy

  06-01-2016 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pablo Carlos Budassi used logarithmic mapsand satellite images from NASA to create a single picture of the universe. It includes everything from the sun to the plasma left by the Big Bang.
  
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• Match.com survey reveals you've got sex on the brain if you use lots of emoji

  06-01-2016 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US survey, by Texas-based Match.com, of 5,600 online daters looked at emoji use compared to sex drive as well as which of the emoticons are most popular with singles.
  
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• Whirlpool galaxy's black hole is caught 'BURPING' galactic gas

  06-01-2016 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at the University of Texas have detected two arcs of X-ray emitting hot gas that have burst from a black hole at the centre of the galaxy NGC5195, 26 million light years from Earth.
  
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• Cats get their piebald patches when cells fail to develop in the womb

  06-01-2016 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Edinburgh hope the research will enhance understanding of conditions such as holes in the heart, which are also caused by problems with cells in the womb.
  
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