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• Apple's 4inch 'mini' iPhone 5se will go on sale on March 18th alongside iPad Air 3

  12-02-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is gearing up to reveal the latest version of its iPad Air  as well as new Apple Watch models at an event rumoured for March 15th - and they will go on sale just three days later.
  
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• Coal mining has flattened Appalachia by 40%, scientists reveal

  12-02-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists say mountaintop coal mining has made parts of West Virginia, Kentucky and other areas of Central Appalachia 40 per cent flatter than they were before excavation.
  
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• Ants preserved in amber as they fought while dinosaurs still roamed the Earth

  12-02-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biologists at the American Museum of Natural History in New York say the discovery has provided important clues about how these early ant species behaved and went to war with each other.
  
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• Google to take on Oculus Rift with VR headset that doesn't need a computer or phone

  12-02-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm is believed to be developing a VR headset that, unlike its rivals, doesn't rely on an expensive computer or mobile phone to work.
  
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• Scientists say there are are 80 MILLION microbes in a kiss as Valentine's Day arrives

  12-02-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every person has 100-200 microbe species living in their mouth. Research has shown that during a 10 second intimate kiss, you and your partner are sharing 80 million microbes with each other.
  
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• Free science journal library gains notoriety, lands injunctions

  12-02-2016 22:22 via go.theregister.com
  
  Sci-Hub loses domains and Twitter account wobbles A repository of 47 million research papers is playing a game of internet cat-and-mouse with publisher Elsevier.…
  
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• Free science journal archive gains notoriety, lands injunctions

  12-02-2016 22:22 via go.theregister.com
  
  Sci-Hub loses domains and Twitter account wobbles A repository of 47 million research papers is playing a game of internet cat-and-mouse with publisher Elsevier.…
  
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• Tiny organs could speed up development of new treatments for Alzheimer's

  12-02-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed miniature balls of brain cells which could be used to speed up the development of drugs for diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's.
  
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• Quake mobile app invites public test

  12-02-2016 21:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new app that turns a smartphone into a mobile seismometer is being rolled out by California scientists.
  
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• US Navy's 'ghost hunter' to scour seas for silent enemy submarines

  12-02-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first 132 foot long ship, officially named 'The Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel' will take to the water on April 7th.
  
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• Mystery of mysterious Michigan 'quake' revealed as a BULGE not a crack

  12-02-2016 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After five years of investigation,Michigan Technology University has solved the mystery of the crack in Menominee. It was caused by a pop-up in the upper layers of limestone under the soil.
  
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• Tinder app users numbering 750k are infested with pubic lice, scientist warns

  12-02-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Cameron Webb, a scientist at the University of Syndey, says there is no evidence waxing has made pubic lice extinct. He says they are still rife, with 1 to 2 per cent of the population infested.
  
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• Google wins legal fight against StreetMap over abusing search traffic claims

  12-02-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leicestershire-based StreetMap accused Google of abusing its 'dominant position' in online search market by 'driving traffic' from rivals to Google Maps (stock image shown).
  
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• Apollo 11's secret graffiti on capsule walls revealed in pictures

  12-02-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apollo 11 astronauts left those scribbles inside the spacecraft that took them on their historic mission to the moon in 1969, but now the public will get to see them for the first time.
  
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• Military analysts warn maritime criminal pirates are turning to new technology

  12-02-2016 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Canadian military analyst is warning of the increasing technology threat from hi-tech maritime criminals. A report states that a drone air force could be a possibility.
  
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• Twitter's Jack Dorsey's OTHER firm is doing well as Visa buys 10% of Square

  12-02-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visa is now a major shareholder in Square, the mobile payment services company co-founded and led by Jack Dorsey.
  
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• Beetles with heart-shaped leg joints and a 'one-track mind' discovered in Belize

  12-02-2016 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher at the Natural History Museum in London described the genus Ivierhipidius from specimens with heart-shaped leg joints (pictured) collected in the rainforest in Belize.
  
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• UK court: GCHQ hacking phones and computers is legal

  12-02-2016 18:10
  
  Computer and smartphone hacking by spying agency GCHQ is legal the UK's Investigatory Powers Tribunal has said.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Facebook's anti-terror plan: free adverts for counter extremists

  12-02-2016 18:09
  
  Facebook has an innovative new plan to counter terrorist propaganda online -- free advertising for users who speak out against it.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Paedophiles use Facebook to swap images

  12-02-2016 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paedophiles are using secret groups on Facebook to post and swap obscene images of children, a BBC investigation finds.
  
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• Mapping Pluto's 'broken heart' as image reveals the dwarf planet's varied geology

  12-02-2016 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The map covers a portion of Pluto's surface that measures 1,290 miles (2,070km) from top to bottom, and includes the vast nitrogen-ice plain informally named Sputnik Planum.
  
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• The 'science' of Valentine's Day, and why it makes no sense

  12-02-2016 17:12
  
  Opinion on Valentine's Day is somewhat mixed. Some may call it a contemptible symbol of consumerism that commodifies human emotion for financial gain. Others embrace the opportunity to show their loved ones they care. Some people just use it as an excuse to awkwardly ask out their office crush. 
  What you can't really do, though, is ignore it. Saccharine love ballads are pumped into food courts, heart shaped balloons festoon shop floors. You might want to pretend it doesn't exist, but it ca
  
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• CF8 superyacht has a pool in a 'hole' and an eight-car showroom

  12-02-2016 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by a team in the Netherlands, the CF8 concept yacht has a 950 square foot pool in a gap in its body, plus eight VIP cabins and a showroom with nearly 1,100 square feet of space.
  
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• Gravitational waves first spotted by piano playing Italian scientist Dr Marco Drago

  12-02-2016 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Marco Drago (pictured top right) 33, was on the phone to a colleague when he spotted the signal from detectors on the the international LIGO experiment - but thought it was part of a test.
  
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• Paul McCartney, gravitational waves: Podcast 254

  12-02-2016 16:33
  
  
  WIRED speaks to UCL's Andrew Pontzen about gravitational waves, and we listen to Sir Paul McCartney's new audio emojis.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Cure a headache by holding a pencil between your teeth to relaxe jaw muscles

  12-02-2016 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London aesthetic specialist Dr Jane Leonard said tension headaches are often related to the jaw muscles as well as spasms of muscles in the face, neck and scalp.
  
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• Post-pub nosh neckfiller: The gargantuan Gatsby

  12-02-2016 15:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  South African supersized spicy steak sarnie It's February, and the weather's crap this side of the equator, so travel with us if you will to South Africa's sunny Cape Town for a wobbly dining experience so substantial it's more of a team sport than a post-pub dining exercise.…
  
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• Women write better code, study suggests

  12-02-2016 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if it is not obvious that the coders are female, new research suggests.
  
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• Farewell Philae! Scientists give up hope of contacting Rosetta's comet lander... but hope for a final glimpse of it in the summer

  12-02-2016 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) say Philae (illustrated) is now covered in dust and is too cold to operate from its resting place in a hollow below a cliff on the surface of comet 67P.
  
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• The field at the centre of the universe: Cambridge's outdoor pulsar pusher

  12-02-2016 15:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Radio astronomy, sheds and high-explosive ordnance Geek's Guide to Britain  A field full of bits of old wire and an abandoned garden shed: it doesn't look like the place where Nobel prize-wining research was conducted, pushing the frontier of radio astronomy.…
  
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• Farmers on alert for livestock virus

  12-02-2016 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Farmers are being warned to expect an outbreak of a highly infectious animal disease called bluetongue this summer.
  
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• Ozone layer hole reaches record levels cold air and old pollutants to combine

  12-02-2016 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Environmental scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany are predicting the hole (pictured in red) could grow larger this spring and even extend as far south as Europe.
  
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• There is now a TV show based on the Lego based on Star Wars

  12-02-2016 14:53
  
  The Star Wars universe is getting a little bigger, with Disney announcing a new animated series set to air in the UK this summer. But The Freemaker Adventures will be noticably different to the current Star Wars: Rebels series -- it's done entirely in the style of The Lego Movie.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Airlander 10 the world's largest aircraft gets ready for take-off

  12-02-2016 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Airlander 10 (artist's impression pictured) was originally developed for the US Army but was scrapped. It is now being converted to provide flights in a hangar in Cardington, Bedfordshire.
  
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• Sea levels are rising slower than expected as dry land soaks up melting glaciers

  12-02-2016 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California used satellite measurements to show the rate of sea level rise has slowed by 22 per cent.
  
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• This real-time brain scanner can teach you an instrument faster

  12-02-2016 14:35
  
  If you've ever struggled with learning a new instrument, you're not alone. Now, a brain-scanning system may be able to help you.
  Brain Automated Chorales (or BACh for short), developed at Tufts University, teaches inexperienced piano players how to learn more quickly and efficiently by scanning their brains and adjusting difficulty accordingly. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Philae comet lander officially dead

  12-02-2016 14:21 via go.theregister.com
  
  Chances of communication 'close to zero' Scientists have glumly concluded that the Philae lander on Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko is almost certainly dead, and have given up trying to contact the spacecraft.…
  
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• UFO snapped over the Severn by mother as she took her children for a walk

  12-02-2016 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fiona Powell snapped the object, shown, on a beach in Bristol. She says it meets the criteria of a bona-fide UFO, while 'sensible friends' of hers have described the photo as 'incredible'.
  
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• Optical lens ten times thinner than a human hair will lead to 'invisible glasses'

  12-02-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Utah developed a new method of creating optics that are flat and thin, yet can still perform the function of bending light to a single point.
  
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• Is Google feeling unloved?

  12-02-2016 13:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Is Google finding it difficult to stick to its principles?
  
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• Arcaboard will sell for $19,900 in April and will only fly for six minutes

  12-02-2016 12:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm behind the board has cut its price by $5,000 (£3,400) - and revealed it will go on sale in April. The design can hold up to 243 lbs and flies a foot above the ground - at a price.
  
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• OK Go's latest video was filmed entirely in zero gravity

  12-02-2016 11:51
  
  OK Go record weightless music video shot on a Russian parabolic airlinerBy: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• The UK's games industry is now worth almost £4.2bn

  12-02-2016 11:48
  
  It's common knowledge now that the video games industry is one of the biggest on the planet, but how much does it bring in to the UK's economy? The answer: a lot, and it's growing annually.
  Figures released by Ukie, the UK's gaming trade body, and gaming trade publication MCV show that as of 2015, the British games market is now worth a colossal £4.193bn.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• VIDEO: 'Brainwave orchestra' in first performance

  12-02-2016 11:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four members of a Paramusical Ensemble, who are unable to talk or move, are using ground-breaking technology to create music with the power of their minds.
  
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• Sea level rise slowed by parched 'sponge-like' continents

  12-02-2016 11:29
  
  The inevitable rise of global sea levels due to melting glaciers has been 'temporarily' slowed by continents acting as sponges to soak up excess water.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Ground control bids farewell to Philae

  12-02-2016 11:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rosetta mission team says it is time to give up hope of ever hearing again from the comet lander Philae.
  
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• How to make the PERFECT cheese toastie and grilled cheese sandwich

  12-02-2016 11:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The classic cheese toastie is an institution - but there is a method to perfect the art of a deliciously simply toasted cheese sandwich.
  
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• The most gruesome inventions in history from the breaking wheel to the guilletine

  12-02-2016 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A metal bull designed to boil victims alive inside it was devised in ancient Greece by Perillus, a bronze worker in Athens and is among other horrifying inventions designed to cause pain.
  
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• 'Health risk' legacy from Neanderthals

  12-02-2016 10:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists find a wide range of ailments are strongly influenced by our Neanderthal heritage.
  
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• Artificial intelligence will allow people to find lasting love with machines

  12-02-2016 10:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Computer scientists say as cloud computing allows machines to become more life-like, robots may become the 'perfect companion' and people may even go to court in a bid to marry their robots.
  
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