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• Experts warn webcam security is lacking and urge owners to set passwords

  25-01-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shodan, a search engine for the Internet of Things, has launched a new section on its site that lets users easily browse webcams without a password.
  
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• UH-60MU Black Hawk helicopter and ROBOTANK revealed for ground-air mission

  25-01-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a collaboration by Carnegie Mellon University and Sikorsky Aircraft, autonomous helicopter and an unmanned vehicle teamed up for a ground-air mission.
  
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• Will Spotify be the new Hulu? Music app launching video service with Comedy Central and the BBC already signed up

  25-01-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spotify will be rolling out video content for its Android users this week. Users can search from providers like ESPN, ABC, Comedy Central and more. iOS will have access end of next week.
  
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• Chinese scientists create 'autistic' monkeys they claim could lead to cure for humans

  25-01-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in China have engineered monkeys with a human autism gene and symptoms, in the hopes of unlocking a treatment for the debilitating but little-understood condition.
  
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• Harvard is given $28m to build AI that works as fast as the human brain

  25-01-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard University will use the money to study the brain processes that make humans so good at recognising patterns.
  
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• 'Citizen scientists' use drones to map El Nino flooding

  25-01-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starting this month, The Nature Conservancy is asking tech junkies to capture the flooding and coastal erosion that come with El Nino.
  
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• Fly from New York to London in 11 MINUTES: Radical ‘Antipode’ concept plane that uses rocket boosters revealed 

  25-01-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian engineer, Charles Bombadier's latest concept jet is capable of reaching Mach 24 - more than twice the speed of the Skreemr and 12 times faster than Concorde.
  
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• Doro handset boasts big buttons, easy menus and loud noises to keep elderly in touch

  25-01-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Doro Liberto 825 (pictured left) is ‘coming soon’ according to the Swedish company’s website and is made to be a simple version of a smartphone such as the iPhone.
  
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• 4D printer creates shape-shifting objects that fold themselves up and change over time

  25-01-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Wyss Institute at Harvard University have invented a technique that uses a hydrogel 'ink' that swells when it is added to water, causing objects to change shape.
  
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• Animals with bigger brains are better problem solvers

  25-01-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To find out whether size matters, researchers from Wyoming University visited nine zoos and videoed 140 animals from 39 species as they tried to solve a puzzle. Tiger pictured.
  
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• Georgian coins found in Blackburn cemetery alongside Industrial Revolution skeletons

  25-01-2016 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remains were buried in some 400 graves and shed light on the poverty of people who toiled in the Lancashire city’s ‘dark satanic mills’ during the Industrial Revolution.
  
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• New England Patriots coaching tablets CRASHED during Super Bowl playoffs - but Microsoft says it was due to network problems, not their Surface Pro

  25-01-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the second quarter of the AFC Championship, the Patriots' Surface Pro device went offline for 20 minutes and coaches were unable to make accurate plays. The error was due to a connection problem.
  
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• The number of blizzards has DOUBLED in the past 20 years: Scientists blame global warming and sunspots for rise in storms

  25-01-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is according to research, which has yet to be peer-reviewed, by geographer Jill Coleman at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana.
  
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• Graphene could help planes fly in icy conditions: 'Ribbons' of hi-tech material can keep wings ice free 

  25-01-2016 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rice University developed amethod for de-icing airplane wings. They placed graphene and naoribbion on rotor blades, which heated up to 600 degrees Fahrenheit while in motion.
  
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• Spanking a child DOES affect their mental health, experts claim 

  25-01-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanking a child can take a toll on their psychiatric wellbeing - and increase risk of them developing aggressive behavior later in life, say professors of psychiatry at the University of Toledo and SUNY.
  
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• Self-flying Black Hawk helicopter revealed - and it comes with a companion ROBOTANK for ground surveillance

  25-01-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a collaboration by Carnegie Mellon University and Sikorsky Aircraft, autonomous helicopter and an unmanned vehicle teamed up for a ground-air mission.
  
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• Explorer dies in Antarctic crossing

  25-01-2016 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Explorer Henry Worsley dies during a solo attempt to cross Antarctica and complete the unfinished journey of his hero Sir Ernest Shackleton.
  
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• The rubber glove that can screen for BREAST CANCER

  25-01-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team led by Dr Sungwon Lee and Professor Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo used nanofibres to create a pressure sensor that remains accurate even when bent double (pictured).
  
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• Apple's iPhone success may be reaching its peak

  25-01-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are signs that iPhone sales in the first three months of 2016 will show an abrupt decline from the same period a year earlier.
  
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• Have scientists found a CURE for Type 1 diabetes?

  25-01-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from US hospitals and institutions including Harvard University managed to transplant cells into mice, which immediately began producing insulin.
  
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• Chinese scientists create 'autistic' monkeys

  25-01-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in China have engineered monkeys with a human autism gene and symptoms, in the hopes of unlocking a treatment for the debilitating but little-understood condition.
  
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• Venus, Saturn, Mars AND Jupiter are captured in a single photo

  25-01-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers in Corfe, Dorset, were treated to a rare view of Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter lining up in an arc across the sky. In the coming weeks Mercury will be added to the list.
  
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• Scott Kelly photographs Winter Storm Jonas from the ISS

  25-01-2016 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scott Kelly, from Orange in New Jersey, snapped the snowstorm in full flow from the International Space Station. Jonas wreaked havoc in the US, with eleven states declaring a state of emergency.
  
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• The search engine for SLEEPING BABIES: Experts warn webcam security is lacking and urge owners to set passwords

  25-01-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shodan, a search engine for the Internet of Things, has launched a new section on its site that lets users easily browse webcams without a password.
  
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• MIT boffin: Big data won't compute? Try these handy quantum algorithms

  25-01-2016 19:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  All you need is that 300 qubit computer in your back drawer Big Data? Check! Machine Learning? Check! Quantum computers? Check! Seth Lloyd, the self-dubbed "Quantum Mechanic", has ticked every box with a new (entirely theoretical) paper announcing a potential solution to problems unfeasible even before "the most powerful modern supercomputers".…
  
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• Have scientists found a CURE for Type 1 diabetes? Experts halt the disease by implanting cells that help produce insulin

  25-01-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from US hospitals and institutions including Harvard University managed to transplant cells into mice, which immediately began producing insulin.
  
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• The smartphone for your granny: Doro handset boasts big buttons, easy menus and loud noises to keep elderly in touch

  25-01-2016 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Doro Liberto 825 (pictured left) is ‘coming soon’ according to the Swedish company’s website and is made to be a simple version of a smartphone such as the iPhone.
  
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• Global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions has led to 13 of world's hottest years, study claims

  25-01-2016 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Penn State University and Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, in Germany, say it is 'extremely likely' humans have caused recent record temperatures since 2000.
  
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• Rise of super-intelligent robots gets closer: Harvard is given $28 million to build AI that works as fast as the human brain

  25-01-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard University will use the money to study the brain processes that make humans so good at recognising patterns.
  
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• 'Time capsule' of Georgian coins found stashed in Blackburn cemetery: Treasure was unearthed alongside 800 child skeletons from the Industrial Revolution

  25-01-2016 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remains were buried in some 400 graves and shed light on the poverty of people who toiled in the Lancashire city’s ‘dark satanic mills’ during the Industrial Revolution.
  
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• Spanking a child DOES affect their mental health and is 'often the first form of child abuse', experts claim 

  25-01-2016 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanking a child can take a toll on their psychiatric wellbeing - and increase risk of them developing aggressive behavior later in life, say professors of psychiatry at the University of Toledo and SUNY.
  
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• Japanese police are now taking mugshots in 3D

  25-01-2016 18:12
  
  Criminals in Tokyo have one more thing to worry about now -- police are taking 3D mugshots.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Cunning Greek lizards seek skin-matching rocks

  25-01-2016 18:06 via go.theregister.com
  
  Impressive camouflage ability baffles boffins Aegean wall lizards have demonstrated the impressive ability to hide from avian predators by camouflaging themselves against rocks "that best match the colour of their backs".…
  
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• VIDEO: 'Ninja eagle' kicks like a mule

  25-01-2016 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK researchers measure the power in the strike of the secretary bird, which hunts by kicking.
  
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• Lanky bird's killer kick quantified

  25-01-2016 18:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The secretary bird kicks snakes to death with a strike that packs five times the bird's own weight in a fraction of a second, scientists say.
  
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• Sky Q: hands-on with the next generation of TV

  25-01-2016 17:51
  
   WIRED tests Sky's reinvention of TVBy: Jeremy White, Continue reading...
  
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• Her Story 2 developer teases 'spiritual successor'

  25-01-2016 17:48
  
  The creator of indie gaming hit Her Story has teased his next project, promising a new enigma for fans of the FMV sleeper hit to unravel.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• The rubber glove that can screen for BREAST CANCER: Pressure sensors could make detecting lumps faster and easier

  25-01-2016 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team led by Dr Sungwon Lee and Professor Takao Someya of the University of Tokyo used nanofibres to create a pressure sensor that remains accurate even when bent double (pictured).
  
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• Zika virus 'to spread across Americas'

  25-01-2016 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Zika virus is likely to spread across nearly all of the Americas, the World Health Organization has warned.
  
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• Bandages made from CRAB SHELLS could soon help wounds heal faster

  25-01-2016 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The high-tech alchite dressing (pictured), believed to be a world first, has been designed by the fibres science and technology team at the University of Bolton.
  
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• 'Alex' posture coach vibrates to tell you when your head is straining forward

  25-01-2016 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device has been designed by experts in Seoul, South Korea, and will link to a smartphone app (pictured with the device) to show a wearer's posture in real-time.
  
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• £26m FlyShip can carry 100 passengers while soaring at speeds of 155mph

  25-01-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German engineering team behind the FlyShip said it is set to revolutionise the way we travel across sea. It can hold 100 passengers and has a cabin space area of 1,500 square ft.
  
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• Video of penguins on TREADMILLS reveals how their waddles help them walk faster

  25-01-2016 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Biologists at Roehampton University in London trained eight king penguins caught on the Possession Island, on the Crozet Archipelago, Antarctica, to walk on a treadmill for the study.
  
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• Heavens above! Venus, Saturn, Mars AND Jupiter are captured in a single shot - and Mercury will join the line-up next month

  25-01-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers in Corfe, Dorset, were treated to a rare view of Venus, Saturn, Mars and Jupiter lining up in an arc across the sky. In the coming weeks Mercury will be added to the list.
  
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• Lego previews 2016 bricksplosion at London Toy Fair

  25-01-2016 16:49
  
      London Toy Fair is currently in full swing, with the world's biggest toy companies showing off their wares for the year ahead at London Olympia. Among the throng of action figures, board games, and outdoor play wares, there's one exhibitor whose latest offerings are as likely to appeal to full grown adult as they are to actual children -- WIRED gets a first look at Lego's 2016 plans.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• GoCompare.com graphic reveals the trends of the world's billionaires

  25-01-2016 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The interactive infographic shows trends among the top 100 billionaires, including Amazon's Jeff Bezos (pictured) and was created by GoCompare, based in Newport, Wales.
  
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• Apple made more money in THREE MONTHS from the sale of iPhones than Android has ever generated for Google

  25-01-2016 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has emerged California-based Googlemade a total of $31billion (£22 billion) from its operating system, but Apple generated $32 billion from iPhone sales alone in one quarter last year.
  
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• Israeli veganism takes root in land of milk and honey

  25-01-2016 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Israel is embracing veganism
  
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• Do probiotics cure asthma? Don't believe the hype

  25-01-2016 16:09
  
  Can faecal transplants treat schizophrenia? Do probiotics cure asthma? Only in Jonathan Eisen's awards for fake science and hyped reporting.By: Emma Bryce, Continue reading...
  
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• The science of magic tricks: From misdirection to 'pausing' time, experts reveal how illusions mess with our minds

  25-01-2016 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists Susana Martinez-Conde and Stephen L Macknik, from State University of New York Downstate Medical
  Centre, explain techniques used by magicians in How It Works Magazine.
  
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