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• The mystery of the headless Gladiators of York: DNA analysis of decapitated remains sheds new light on Roman migrations

  19-01-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six of the individualswere similar to the modern Welsh, researchers said - and one had genetic affinities with people from North Africa and Middle East.
  
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• Car hub Stuttgart asks for auto ban

  19-01-2016 23:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Residents of one of Germany's foremost car manufacturing bases are urged to leave their vehicles at home after smog breaches maximum safe levels.
  
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• Learning a second language depends on the strength of your brain's connections

  19-01-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at McGill University in Montreal have foundthat differences in how the various parts of the brain ‘talk’ to one another may explain why some people struggle with languages.
  
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• Black holes' cold temperature may help make worlds habitable

  19-01-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tomáš Opatrný of Palacký University in Olomouc, Czech Republic, used mathematical models to discover that planets orbiting a black hole could sustain life, just like a warm sun does to Earth.
  
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• Sleeping around DOESN’T pay off: Researchers find promiscuous crickets reduce their chances of reproducing

  19-01-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Exeter observed field crickets in the wild to understand competition among males and mating habits. Found promiscuous malesprefer promiscuous females.
  
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• Stunning eye pictures reveal the incredible diversity in the animal kingdom

  19-01-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The huge variety of shapes, sizes and types of eyes in mammals, birds, amphibians and lizards have been revealed in a series of close up images revealed in National Geographic.
  
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• Russia developed plan to blow up asteroids headed for Earth with NUCLEAR BOMBS in bid to save the planet

  19-01-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project, funded by the European Commission, was part of a program called NEOShield to look at ways of dealing with a killer asteroid headed for Earth.
  
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• Taser reveals new $400 Pulse 'discreet carry device'

  19-01-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest self-defense weapon from Taser can immobilize an attacker from 15 feet away, and will fit into a purse or discreet holster. Taser Pulse 'less-lethal weapon' is designed for citizen use.
  
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• We recognise laughter and growls faster than emotional words

  19-01-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from McGill University in Quebec, Canada say it takes just one tenth of a second for our brains to begin to recognise emotions conveyed by noises - which is faster than words.
  
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• English DNA 'one-third' Anglo-Saxon

  19-01-2016 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The present-day English owe about a third of their ancestry to the Anglo-Saxons, according to two new studies.
  
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• Fishing catch 'huge underestimate'

  19-01-2016 19:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The amount of fish taken from the world's oceans has been underestimated by more than 50% according to a new study.
  
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• Stephen Hawking says technology could end humanity within 1,000 years

  19-01-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Cambridge professor says technological threats include nuclear war, catastrophic global warming and genetically engineered viruses.
  
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• World archive data stored in DNA of plants could see archives in seeds

  19-01-2016 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Slovenia are developing a technique that allows them to store data in the genetic code of plants as binary information in the hope seeds could provide long term storage for data.
  
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• The average home has over a HUNDRED species living in it, researchers find

  19-01-2016 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers investigate 50 American homes to see what kinds of insects theycould find. The team found that the average home, although clean, has 100 species of arthropods and insects living in it.
  
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• Looking to win a girl's heart? Then be a NICE guy

  19-01-2016 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Worcester and the University of Sunderland found selfless men were rated as more desirable than those who were purely physically attractive.
  
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• GM mosquito expansion announced

  19-01-2016 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A company producing GM mosquitoes says it is to open a new factory in Brazil as it expands its operations.
  
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• Time-lapse ink made from algae GROWS over several days to reveal hidden message

  19-01-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Colorado-based company behind 'Living Ink' discovered it by accident and think their invention could quite literally add life to greetings cards to reveal hidden messages.
  
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• Google: ISIS must be 'contained to the dark web'

  19-01-2016 17:10
  
  To defeat the Islamic State online we must push it into exclusively using the dark web, the head of Google Ideas has said. By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims in Amnesty International report

  19-01-2016 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sixteen technology firms have been accused of failing to ensure the materials in their products do not come from mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo who exploit child labour.
  
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• German engineers land drone on the roof of a speeding Audi

  19-01-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unmanned autonomous aircraft landed on the roof of an Audi (pictured) traveling at 47mph (75km/h) in a test on a runway at Mindelheim-Mattsies airfield in Bavaria.
  
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• Is this where the Loch Ness Monster's been hiding all these years? 

  19-01-2016 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tourist sightseeing vessel skipper Keith Stewart, 43, found the crevice (pictured) in the loch, around nine miles east of Inverness, using state of the art sonar equipment.
  
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• No, David Bowie doesn't have his own constellation

  19-01-2016 16:15
  
  There may be a starman waiting in the sky, but sadly it isn't in the celestial form of a new stellar arrangement marking David Bowie's passing.
  You've probably seen the reports circulating in the wake of Bowie's death -- the man behind Ziggy Stardust, the original space oddity, and one of the most innovative recording artists of all time is now memorialised with a new constellation. Unfortunately, he isn't.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: Drone lands on moving car in Germany

  19-01-2016 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Roboticists in Germany have taught a drone how to land itself on a car travelling at 75 km/h (47mph).
  
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• How the hagfish slimes predators to death is revealed

  19-01-2016 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Switzerland think they have discovered what hagfish slime is made of and how it gets its unique properties.
  
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• Giant 'fatberg' needed a remote-controlled robot to clear it from sewer

  19-01-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anglian Water had to call in the high powered remote controlled jet to clear the 330-foot long fatberg that was blocking a sewer in Houghton Regis in Bedfordshire increasing the risk of flooding.
  
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• 'Minecraft Boris Johnson' announces London Games Festival

  19-01-2016 14:32
  
  London may soon stand shoulder to shoulder with Cologne, Los Angeles, and Tokyo, with a brand new, large scale gaming event to rival Gamescom, E3, and Tokyo Games Show launching this April.
  Games industry trade body Ukie and Film London are teaming up to launch the London Games Festival. Described as "an exciting new celebration of the art, culture and business of video games", it will run from 1-10 April, and include 15 official events across 10 locations througho
  
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• LOHAN takes the stage at Oz Linux shindig

  19-01-2016 14:26 via go.theregister.com
  
  Andrew Tridgell to discuss 'craziest' ArduPilot project Our Oz readers attending the forthcoming linux.conf.au 2016 shindig in Geelong might like to catch Andrew Tridgell's presentation on "Helicopters and Rocket-Planes", which will include a look at our Low Orbit Helium Assisted Navigator (LOHAN) Vulture 2 spaceplane.…
  
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• Soluble brain implants could reduce surgery risks

  19-01-2016 14:11
  
  New brain sensor technology can monitor cranial temperature and pressure after surgery, and dissolve away harmlessly a few weeks later.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitch streamer plays Legend of Zelda with an ocarina

  19-01-2016 13:56
  
  The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is a stone cold gaming classic, a legend from the Nintendo 64 that remains as powerful and captivating today as it did when it was first released 18 years ago. Chances are, you've played it, either on its original release or through one of its ports to GameCube or 3DS. But have you played it using the very instrument that's central to its time-travelling premise?
  Twitch streamer MonotoneTim has, apparently modifying an actual ocarina to c
  
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• Early human migrants' journey out of Africa made us SICKLY

  19-01-2016 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists led by the University of Berne, Switzerland, found 'mildly harmful' mutations became more common among small groups of migrants travelling from Africa 50,000 years ago.
  
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• NZCA Lines' second album is inspired by sci-fi and Moog

  19-01-2016 13:38
  
  London musician NZCA Lines is inspired by science fictionBy: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• How 'Minecraft Education' will extend building to the classroom

  19-01-2016 13:37
  
  Minecraft is going to hit mainstream education after Microsoft announced an "education edition" of the world-building game will be launched this year.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter problems continue after network goes down

  19-01-2016 13:12
  
  Twitter went down for an hour on Tuesday morning with users continuing to report intermittent outages into the early afternoon.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• This is why geckos can climb walls and you can't

  19-01-2016 12:46
  
  A new study of 225 climbing animals demonstrates the relationship between the size of a creature and the required size of adhesive pad it would need to climb walls. Humans need not apply.Continue reading...
  
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• Most of us use easy passwords like '123456' but Star Wars codes are on the rise

  19-01-2016 12:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An annual list of the worst passwords, produced by US web security firm Splashdata, shows that many of us are still opting for classics such as ‘123456’ and ‘password1’.
  
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• You CAN eat chocolate cake on a diet as planning a 'cheat' day boosts motivation

  19-01-2016 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scheduled diet deviations gave slimmers an emotional boostand made them more likely to continue with healthy eating in the long term, researchers from Tilburg University found.
  
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• WIRED Health 2016 will showcase lab-grown blood and digital organs

  19-01-2016 12:19
  
  The first six Main Stage speakers confirmed for WIRED Health 2016 have now been announced.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Remote Scottish island home to worms as large as snakes

  19-01-2016 12:15
  
      The largest earthworms found in Britain, weighing up to 12.7g have been discovered by the University of Central Lancashire's Earthworm Research Group on the Scottish Isle of RumBy: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Twitter back online after being down for almost two hours

  19-01-2016 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The San Francisco-based social network showed an image of a broken robot (pictured) this morning during its one-and-a-half-hour outage.
  
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• Child labour revealed at heart of battery supply chain

  19-01-2016 11:59
  
  Ten percent of cobalt produced and used by the world's largest technology and mining companies relies on child labour and worker exploitation, a new report has claimed.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Hawking: Space colonies won't exist for at least 100 years

  19-01-2016 11:22
  
  Stephen Hawking has claimed humans won't be creating colonies on other planets for at least 100 years.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Sharon Morrison was told her phone had given her kyphosis, a hunchback

  19-01-2016 11:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharon Morrison was told by an osteopath that her mobile phone had given her kyphosis, otherwise known as a hunchback. Research suggests ‘text neck’ is becoming an epidemic.
  
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• High street shops will track your phone to ping you the best deals

  19-01-2016 09:40
  
  By connecting to our smartphones, our favourite shops will change how we navigate the high streetBy: Madhumita Venkataramanan, Continue reading...
  
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• Creepy black 'alien' frogfish caught in New Zealand

  19-01-2016 09:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A weird fish that looks like a creature from another planet has surfaced in New Zealand's Bay of Islands.
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 19 January

  19-01-2016 08:40
  
  Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, hardware makers from Apple to Lenovo have been linked to child labour in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Amazon's Paul Misener has revealed more information about the company's planned delivery drones, details emerge of the malware found at one of Ukraine's international airports and more.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Cocaine 'makes brain cells CANNIBALIZE themselves'

  19-01-2016 02:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, found high doses of the drug accelerate a natural clean-up process, known as autophagy, where cells are digested by acids created by enzymes.
  
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• Why the sound of water helps you sleep: Study reveals how non-threatening noises are blocked out by the brain

  19-01-2016 01:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brain interprets some sounds as ‘non-threats,’ according to an associate professor from Pennsylvania State University, and it can use them to block out other, more alarming noises.
  
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• Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible at the same time

  19-01-2016 01:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For the first time in 11 years, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible at the same time. All five planets will can be seen just before dawn at 6.50am ET on Wednesday.
  
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• How to see the secret sections of Netflix WITHOUT typing in codes

  19-01-2016 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ‘Netflix Super Browse,’ extension is available in beta versions on Chrome and Firefox, and has thousands of the hidden categories compiled into one menu.
  
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• Friends Reunited founder Steve Pankhurst says the site is closing

  19-01-2016 01:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Friends Reunited once boasted more than 23 million users at its peak, but of the 10 million currently registered just a 'handful' use the site. It has struggled to keep up with Facebook and Twitter.
  
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