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• Starship Enterprise will be restored to its 1967 glory: Smithsonian to rebuild 11ft model used in original Star Trek TV show

  01-02-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As well as restoring the model to its original size and colour, the team in Virgina will build new nacelle domes with LED lights to copy the spinning effect seen on screen.
  
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• The 'alien life' deep underneath us: Researchers find first evidence of life in Earth's mantle under the Atlantic Ocean

  01-02-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rock samples collected during a 47-day expedition, from an underwater mountain in the Atlantic Ocean could help to explain how early life formed on Earth, or on other planets.
  
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• Spread autonomous factory will produce 30,000 heads of lettuce a day

  01-02-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spreads, Japanese lettuce production firm, is replacing its human farmers with robots in 2017. The firm plans to increase production to 30,000 heads of lettuce a day to 500,000 in 5 years.
  
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• How cancer forms: Scientists capture terrifying 3D footage of cells transforming into a tumour for the first time

  01-02-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Iowa footage reveals how cancerous cells recruit cells into tumors by extending a type of cable to grab their neighbors—both cancerous and healthy—and reel them in.
  
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• Instagram's #‎2015bestnine collage craze was actually a Nine marketing campaign

  01-02-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 3x3 photo grids were created using a website that automatically selected the user’s most-liked posts over the past 365 days – but also prompted users to sign up via email for a new app.
  
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• Axin2 stem cell breakthrough that could regrow a damaged SKULL

  01-02-2016 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from University of Rochester Medical Center have discovered stem cells in the Axin2 gene that are capable of craniofacial bone formation, repair and regeneration.
  
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• Winners keep on winning...because they're more likely to cheat: Success in one task causes us to lie in others to remain on top

  01-02-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Ben-Gurion Universityassigned participants to games and let them compete against each other. Those who won were more likely to cheat in a later task.
  
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• Elon Musk says TUNNELS are the key to beating congestion around the world as US transportation secretary pledges to back billionaire's radical plan

  01-02-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to SpaceX and Tesla Motors co-founder Elon Musk, who made a surprise appearance at the Hyperloop Pod Competition Design Weekend, tunnels are the answer to solve city traffic.
  
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• Microsoft reveals seabed server system it says is eco-friendly 

  01-02-2016 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft recently placed a steel capsule that contained a data center 30 feet underwater in the Pacific Ocean near the coast of San Luis Obispo.
  
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• Yahoo set to sack 15% of its workforce and kill off several business units

  01-02-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Wall Street Journal said the plans are expected to be announced after Yahoo's fourth-quarter results.
  
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• Watch the sun's mesmerising magnetic field in action: Nasa creates the first detailed model of our star's current movement

  01-02-2016 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa used a combination of real time observations and computer simulations to create the first-ever simulation to show how this invisible magnetic field behaves.
  
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• Kruger National Park photographer snaps cheetah hiding in the savannah

  01-02-2016 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brilliantly-camouflaged cheetah can just about be seen standing to the right of the tree in this picture taken in Kruger National Park.
  
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• Brain wrinkles replicated in a jar

  01-02-2016 18:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists recreate the furrows of a human brain using a simple two-layered gel model, showing that the brain's folds have physical origins.
  
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• VIDEO: Copying the brain's origami using gel

  01-02-2016 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists replicate how the human brain folds using a 3D model made out of gel, and computer simulations.
  
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• First winners of UK Games Fund revealed

  01-02-2016 18:41
  
  The first group of winners for the UK Games Fund have been announced, with a total of 24 development studios across the country getting a cash injection in their businesses.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Mutant 'fish' with a nose, feet, tail and WINGS baffles Caribbean island

  01-02-2016 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The creature (pictured lying upside down), caught onCarriacou, a few miles from Grenada, reportedly has 'feet' which allows it to walk across the seabed, a ' perfect human nose', and scales like a fish.
  
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• How two observatories are trying to spot gravitational waves

  01-02-2016 18:04
  
      Each month we illustrate today's pioneering projects. This issue: how two LIGOs in the US are attempting to observe the vibrations from supernovas for the first time ever.By: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Emissions boosted England storm risk

  01-02-2016 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new study says that man-made climate change increased the chances of a once in century wet January in southern England in 2014 by 43%.
  
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• Regular Cannabis use 'can cause vocabulary to shrink in middle age' 

  01-02-2016 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Long-term cannabis use did not appear to affect any other cognitive functions, following a series of tests conducted by scientists at the University of Lausanne in Switzerland.
  
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• Chinese space agency makes its lunar lander images available to the public for the first time

  01-02-2016 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of images released by the Beijing-based China National Space Administration show spectacular images captured by the Chang'e 3 lander.
  
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• This robot changes how it looks depending on your personality

  01-02-2016 17:40
  
  We've already got robot receptionists, who respond to human interactions -- now we have a robot that changes how it looks depending on your personality.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Man-made climate change is to blame for some of Britain's worst floods': Emissions increase risk of wet winters by almost HALF

  01-02-2016 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University of Oxford claim anthropogenic gas emissions increase the risk of a wet January, for example, by 43%. River Thames in Windsor is pictured.
  
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• 'Bubbly magma' can predict when volcanoes are about to blow

  01-02-2016 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, led by Mike Stock from the University of Oxford, analysed tiny crystals of a mineral called apatite thrown out during an ancient explosive eruption of Campi Flegrei in Naples (pictured).
  
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• Video shows Dutch police training the birds of prey to take down drones in mid-air 

  01-02-2016 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Dutch National Police has teamed up with Guard From Above – a bird of prey training company in Denmark - to train the eagles to catch drones in their talons.
  
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• Why time only ever moves forward: Physicist reveals that a 'jiggling effect' seen in atoms may explain why we only travel into the future and not the past

  01-02-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A physicist at Griffith University in Queensland has demonstrated how we move through time, explaining the basis of the 'jiggling effect'.
  
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• The moon's gravitational pull affects how much it rains

  01-02-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Washington used a grid of sensors to show that air pressure at the surface varies with the phases of the moon. Stock image.
  
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• Fears grow amid Brazil's Zika crisis

  01-02-2016 15:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An alarming mixture of confusion and fear is blighting the pregnancies of thousands of women across Brazil, writes David Shukman.
  
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• Morphine substitute is just as strong, without side effects (in rats)

  01-02-2016 15:28
  
  Morphine is a highly effective painkiller, but it comes at a price -- it's also extremely addictive. It's incredibly easy to build up a tolerance to the drug too, meaning patients need higher and higher doses to achieve the same pain-killing effect they had previously experienced. 
  But now researchers at the Tulane University School of Medicine have developed a new drug that they say is as effective a painkiller as morphine but without any of the side effects. By: Emily
  
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• Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson says technology is causing humans to 'evolve'

  01-02-2016 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ipswich-based Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson has explained how technology will impact on our evolution, such as the rise of Homo optimus - and how it could affect our pets'.
  
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• Swap Fire is a Wii U shooter that wants to redefine the genre

  01-02-2016 15:15
  
  The Wii U may not be the gaming format that players look to for innovation in the crowded field of first person shooters, but the upcoming Swap Fire looks to do just that.
  Developed by Midnight Status, the game not only sounds like a neat twist on the FPS in terms of gameplay -- a local multiplayer title where shooting an opponent opens a wormhole, switching your position around the map and requiring plenty of forethought in how you attack -- but also in controls.
  
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• University of Helsinki say dogs avoid eye contact with angry humans to dodge conflict

  01-02-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Helsinki tracked the gaze of dogs responding to threatening, positive and neutral faces to show they avoid eye contact with angry humans (stock image).
  
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• Police train eagles to take down drones on sight

  01-02-2016 14:58
  
  The Dutch National Police force has announced it will train eagles to bring down unmanned drones in the case of an emergency. By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Snapchat update adds 'share username' tool to find others using a link

  01-02-2016 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The addition (grab shown) could help Snapchat add to its 100 million global users and cement its place as one of the world's most popular social media platforms.
  
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• Experts reintroduce the zebra-like quagga to South Africa 100 years after it went extinct

  01-02-2016 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Cape Town University are attempting to reintroduce the the extinct 'quagga' (pictured) to South Africa after it was hunted to extinction by European settlers at the end of the 1800s.
  
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• TopChair-S uses caterpillar tracks to scale flights of stairs with ease

  01-02-2016 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers in Toulouse, France, have designed the TopChair-S which can reverse up 12 steps (pictured) in just two minutes and reach 6mph (10km/h) on flat surfaces.
  
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• Lions rediscovered in Ethiopia park

  01-02-2016 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A previously unknown population of at least 100 lions is discovered by a wildlife charity in a remote park in north-western Ethiopia.
  
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• 'Living fossil' breeding ends in triumph

  01-02-2016 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A reptile believed to pre-date most species of dinosaur hatches at Chester Zoo after a 38-year wait by conservationists.
  
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• Francis Crick Institute to genetically modify embryos to research miscarriages

  01-02-2016 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However today's decision bythe Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority will raise concerns that Britain is on a slippery slope towards designer babies.
  
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• Manhattanville College study finds dog owners are happier than cat owners

  01-02-2016 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Manhattanville College in New York polled US adults to find dog owners (stock image) are more conscientious, less neurotic and more agreeable than cat lovers.
  
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• The wheelchair built like a TANK: £11,500 TopChair-S uses caterpillar tracks to scale flights of stairs with ease

  01-02-2016 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers in Toulouse, France, have designed the TopChair-S which can reverse up 12 steps (pictured) in just two minutes and reach 6mph (10km/h) on flat surfaces.
  
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• Google's secretive SkyBender project plans to deliver 5G internet using DRONES

  01-02-2016 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prototype receivers were installed at Spaceport America, New Mexico during the summer. These solar-powered drones (illustrated) could be sent to rural areas, for example, to increase coverage.
  
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• Bringing the quagga back from the dead: Experts reintroduce a zebra-like animal to South Africa 100 years after it went extinct

  01-02-2016 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Cape Town University are attempting to reintroduce the the extinct 'quagga' (pictured) to South Africa after it was hunted to extinction by European settlers at the end of the 1800s.
  
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• Snapchat makes it easier to find your friends: Messaging app update adds 'share username' tool to find others using a link

  01-02-2016 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The addition (grab shown) could help Snapchat add to its 100 million global users and cement its place as one of the world's most popular social media platforms.
  
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• First fully autonomous 'robot run' farm to open in Japan

  01-02-2016 12:54
  
  A factory in Japan will be the first fully robot-run farm, with a team of automated systems handling every step of the farming process from watering seeds to harvesting crops. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Motor hidden in pro racer's bike is first case of 'mechanical doping'

  01-02-2016 12:25
  
  Cyclists have spent decades carefully pumping themselves with performance enhancing drugs but it turns out that fitting a motor inside a bike's frame is a simpler way to outperform the competition.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Is technology causing us to evolve into a new SPECIES? Expert believes super humans called Homo optimus will 'talk' to machines and be 'digitally immortal' by 2050

  01-02-2016 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ipswich-based Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson has explained how technology will impact on our evolution, such as the rise of Homo optimus - and how it could affect our pets'.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Social cinema' series debuts on Instagram

  01-02-2016 11:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click talks to the team behind a "social cinema" film.
  
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• Why dogs really ARE better than cats: Canine owners are 'happier and more outgoing' than people with felines

  01-02-2016 11:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Manhattanville College in New York polled US adults to find dog owners (stock image) are more conscientious, less neurotic and more agreeable than cat lovers.
  
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• UK scientists given go-ahead to genetically modify human embryos

  01-02-2016 11:07
  UK scientists will be able to genetically modify human embryos for the first time, following approval from the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA).By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• El Niño storms unearths 1936 remains of ship The SS Monte Carlo

  01-02-2016 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The SS Monte Carlo was caught in a storm and washed up on South Coronado Beach, California. It was once anchored in international waters to avoid US Prohibition laws.
  
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