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• Google to take self-driving cars to Kirkland, Washington

  03-02-2016 23:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google said in a statement that one reason for the new site in the northwest United States is to gain experience in 'different driving environments, traffic patterns, and road conditions.'
  
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• Pentagon unveils its wishlist for the future of war including smarter smart bombs

  03-02-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has revealed the hi-tech weapons he hopes will keep America ahead of the world in warfare in a preview of the Pentagon's upcoming 2017 budget request.
  
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• Researchers reveal how the brain can instantly assess the mood of a crowd 

  03-02-2016 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the University of California, Berkeley has revealed that our brains determine the average mood of a crowd by looking at facial expressions, and variants reveal mixed emotions.
  
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• Will SWARMS of smart surveillance ships soon spy from the sea?

  03-02-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Portugal have demonstrated how swarm robotics can be useful in a naval setting, showing how a small fleet of self-learning robot boats can ‘think’ for themselves, to work together.
  
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• Supermassive black hole spotted spewing jets of gas spanning 300k light years

  03-02-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new image release by Nasa has revealed a 'huge amount of gravitational energy' moving in intergalactic space, around 500 million light years from Earth.
  
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• Fitbit unveils $139 'fashion' fitness tracker to take on Apple

  03-02-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fitbit just unveiled its newest fitness tracker, Alta. The device aims to cater to the more relaxed user with amore stylish design. And it still has the same technology as other models.
  
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• Asteroid could pass just 11,000 miles from Earth on March 5th

  03-02-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa admits this estimate may be widely inaccurate, and the asteroid may also pass Earth as far out as 9 million miles (14 million km).In both scenarios, 2013 TX68 poses no threat to Earth.
  
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• Smarter smart bombs, mini railguns, and swarming robot boats: Pentagon unveils its wishlist for the future of war 

  03-02-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Defense Secretary Ashton Carter has revealed the hi-tech weapons he hopes will keep America ahead of the world in warfare in a preview of the Pentagon's upcoming 2017 budget request.
  
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• German Chancellor fires hydrogen plasma with the push of a button

  03-02-2016 21:39 via go.theregister.com
  
  Fusion reactor fires up after 10 years of construction Pics and video  Angela Merkel has witnessed the first hydrogen plasma being created by the Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor experiment as part of Germany's push to take the lead in future power generation.…
  
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• German chancellor creates hydrogen plasma with the push of a button

  03-02-2016 21:39 via go.theregister.com
  
  Fusion reactor fires up after 10 years of construction Pics and video  Angela Merkel has witnessed the first hydrogen plasma being created by the Wendelstein 7-X fusion reactor experiment as part of Germany's push to take the lead in future power generation.…
  
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• From ejector seats that could kill to a computer system pilots can't log into: Pentagon F-35 fighter jet report reveals massive problems still facing 'most expensive weapon in history'

  03-02-2016 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon report has revealed a massive list of potentially lethal bugs still facing the jet. It found serious problems with computer software, and issues with hundreds of systems.
  
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• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg is now the FOURTH richest person in the world

  03-02-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 31-year-old, who is currently on paternity leave, saw his fortune climb to $50 billion once stocks closed, continuing a surprisingly successful start to 2016 for the social network.
  
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• Forget flash cars, being ECO-FRIENDLY is the new status symbol

  03-02-2016 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Economist Ryan Murphy from Southern Methodist University in Texas said fast cars, gaudy diamonds and grand parties have fallen out of fashion because they are seen as being distasteful.
  
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• Will SWARMS of smart surveillance ships soon spy from the sea? Researchers reveal self learning ships that can 'think for themselves'

  03-02-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Portugal have demonstrated how swarm robotics can be useful in a naval setting, showing how a small fleet of self-learning robot boats can ‘think’ for themselves, to work together.
  
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• Brittle mineral found miles beneath Earth's surface snaps to create tremors

  03-02-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Brown University in Rhode Island believe a mineral called lawsonite (pictured) is to blame for earthquakes that occur at extreme depths below the Earth's surface.
  
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• Fountain of youth drugs successfully tested on mice provide hope for human trials

  03-02-2016 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota,tested a drug on mice to boost their lifespan by clearing out old cells, and believe a pill that does the same for humans is within reach.
  
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• Bizarre pink worm found in the ocean depths is named 'churro'

  03-02-2016 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Xenoturbella churro is among four bright fuschia flatworm-like animals found near hydrothermal vents and a whale carcass off the coast of California (illustrated).
  
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• T-Mobile tops the chart as fastest network and AT&T and Sprint 'barely factor'

  03-02-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OpenSignal released a report comparing the four major mobile carriers. T-Mobile received awards in latency and speed. Verizon beat out the competition with overall network reliability.
  
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• Brain scans could detect depression BEFORE symptoms appear

  03-02-2016 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute examined brain scans from two groups of children, those at risk of depression due to family history and those at low risk.
  
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• Stonehenge burial pit for Neolithic elite contains 'surprising' number of women

  03-02-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College London have spent years sifting through and analysing the remains of adults found in a monument since 2008.
  
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• Indian girl has had ONE THOUSAND giant ants removed from her ears

  03-02-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shreya Darji, 12, from Deesa, in Gujarat, western India, has around ten live ants crawl out of her ears daily and so far, doctors have removed more than 1,000 ants from her ears.
  
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• Fitbit unveils $139 'fashion' fitness tracker to take on Apple: Users can swap bands and Alta automatically knows when you're working out

  03-02-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fitbit just unveiled its newest fitness tracker, Alta. The device aims to cater to the more relaxed user with amore stylish design. And it still has the same technology as other models.
  
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• Never cross a female orangutan: Researchers find first evidence of same sex killing in 'vicious attack' after elderly victim disturbed mating couple

  03-02-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunned scientists say theperpetrator, called Kondor, recruited a male as a hired gun. A 'co-ordinated' 33 minute attack saw Sidony (pictured), an elderly female, sustain massive injuries that later killed her.
  
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• Isle of Man could become the world's first self-driving island

  03-02-2016 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manx government is currently trying to tempt car and technology companies to the Isle of Man to road-test their driverless vehicles, like those unveiled in Greenwich (pictured).
  
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• Ancient Egyptian boat discovered near pyramids

  03-02-2016 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Czech archaeologists unearthed theancient funerary boat near the Abusir pyramids south of Cairo, in a discovery that could shed light on shipbuilding in ancient Egypt.
  
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• Winning Hyperloop design revealed

  03-02-2016 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Designs for passenger pods that could travel through airless tubes have been revealed by a group of MIT engineers.
  
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• Call of Duty sued by rebel's family

  03-02-2016 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three of the children of late Angolan rebel leader Jonas Savimbi take the makers of Call of Duty to court over his depiction in the video game.
  
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• VIDEO: Meet the mysterious deep-sea 'sock'

  03-02-2016 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mystery of a deep-sea creature that resembles a discarded purple sock has been solved, scientists report.
  
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• Mystery of 'sock of the deep' solved

  03-02-2016 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A decades-long mystery of a deep-sea creature that resembles a discarded purple sock has been solved, scientists say.
  
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• Nuclear fusion energy experiment turned on in Germany

  03-02-2016 18:37
  
  Scientists in Germany have switched on a nuclear fusion experiment that they hope will provide a solution to finding clean and safe nuclear power.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Elon Musk cancels Tesla buyer's car order after letter of complaint

  03-02-2016 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stewart Alsop, a venture capital investor in America, had originally grumbled about the matter in September and confirmed on Monday that Musk had banned him from owning the car.
  
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• Nine popular attractions destroyed by climate change and tourists

  03-02-2016 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From a glacier in Bolivia to a lake in Cambodia and a waterfall made of fire in Yosemite, a list of nineattractions around the world highlight those consigned to the history books.
  
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• Isle of Man could become the world's first self-driving island: Government wants to turn it into a hub for autonomous car trials

  03-02-2016 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Manx government is currently trying to tempt car and technology companies to the Isle of Man to road-test their driverless vehicles, like those unveiled in Greenwich (pictured).
  
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• Google to show special ads to would-be terrorists

  03-02-2016 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The announcementof the pilot project was made by Dr Anthony House, a senior Google executive, while giving evidence to MPs in the UK parliament last week.
  
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• Lights out for Space Vehicle Number 23: UK smacked when US sat threw GPS out of whack

  03-02-2016 17:06 via go.theregister.com
  
  Decommissioning of elderly satellite gave UK biz that syncing feeling An error in the Global Positioning System (GPS) network apparently triggered by the decommissioning of a US satellite last week has had knock-on affect across a number of UK industries, it has emerged.…
  
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• Microsoft buys keyboard app firm SwiftKey in deal worth $250 million

  03-02-2016 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based start-up SwiftKey has confirmed it has been taken over by Microsoft. The company was started in 2008, launching its predictive auto-correcting keyboard app on Android in 2010.
  
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• Cluttered kitchen surfaces make us stressed and cause us to eat TWICE as much

  03-02-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study was carried out by researchers at the University of New South Wales. Women in a messy kitchen ate 65 more calories in just 10 minutes compared to females in tidy rooms.
  
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• Tasmanian World Heritage area devastated by a bushfire

  03-02-2016 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shocking images show the destruction a bushfire has caused to world heritage listed Central Plateau in Tasmania, where 1,000-year-old plants have been ravaged and may never recover.
  
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• This website is a search engine for Simpsons' quotes

  03-02-2016 15:38
  
  This website is a search engine for Simpsons' quotes that lets users delve into almost 3,000,000 screenshots from the longest running US cartoon.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Has Samsung leaked details of its own handset? Galaxy S7 Edge image appears on the firm's site (but is quickly removed)

  03-02-2016 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch website Galaxy Club spotted the leaked image of the Galaxy S7 Edge handset on the South Korean firm's developers website, along with illustrations showing Edge panels.
  
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• Broken Sword just achieved an unusual Guinness World Record

  03-02-2016 15:00
  
  The Broken Sword series turns 20 this year, and it's getting a Guinness World Record to celebrate.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Why 'employee of the month' schemes don't work: Making examples of hard-working staff causes colleagues to feel unmotivated

  03-02-2016 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Harvard Kennedy School and the University of California have found that exposure to exceptional performance can push us away from attaining higher-level performance.
  
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• Climate change means sea levels could rise by 10ft if temperatures continue to soar

  03-02-2016 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Edinburgh were able to gauge how levels of ice covering the land in West Antarctica (pictured) have changed over hundreds of thousands of years.
  
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• Saturn's opaque rings may not contain the most material in optical illusion

  03-02-2016 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of Idaho, Moscow and Cornell University in Ithaca New York have 'weighed' Saturn's brightest ring for the first time to show opacity doesn't necessarily equal density.
  
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• Neuroscientist find region in brain that forms words and how it can be damaged

  03-02-2016 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, studied 15 years’ worth of cases in which 33 people were left with spelling impairments after suffering strokes.
  
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• Apple's 'spaceship' campus taking shape in drone video offering sneak peek

  03-02-2016 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drone footage released this week of the Cupertino Campus 2 in California, shows the shell of the huge building, and a curved glass exterior which will line the inside of the 'spaceship'.
  
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• Nintendo reveals launch details of first smartphone game

  03-02-2016 13:54
  
  Nintendo has revealed how it will be rolling out its first smartphone game and new player account system in the UK.
  The game, Miitomo, is more of a communications app, allowing players to "engage" with each other by answering light-hearted questions and having their Miis -- Nintendo's super-deformed avatars, introduced on the Wii -- visit. It's set to be the first of five mobile titles that Nintendo is developing in conjunction with Japanese mobile giant DeNA, but potentiall
  
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• 'Stellarator' reactor gets set to mimic conditions inside the SUN

  03-02-2016 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The doughnut-shaped Wendelstein 7-X stellarator (pictured) was first tested in December by researchers in Greifswald, Germany using helium. The event begins at 13.45 GMT (14.45 CET).
  
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• Michelangelo's hands were 'riddled with arthritis' doctor claims

  03-02-2016 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Davide Lazzeri, a plastic surgery specialist at the Villa Salaria Clinic in Rome, said it was clear Michelangelo was suffering from an illness which affected his joints in later life.
  
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• Twitter scraps 'unengaging' homepage

  03-02-2016 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter rolls out a new homepage designed to engage people who have not logged in to the website.
  
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