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• 150,000 ‘dead’ penguins may simply have walked somewhere else, experts say 

  17-02-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive iceberg cut a colony of Adélie penguins off from its food source in Antarctica, leading many to report that 150,000 have died. But some experts say they may have just relocated to find food.
  
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• Earth sets NINTH straight monthly temperature record as Arctic sea ice dips

  17-02-2016 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. Nasa said January 2016 was 2.03°F (1.13°C) above normal.
  
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• The heat goes on: Earth sets 9th straight monthly record

  17-02-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The January figures are in, and Earth's string of hottest-months-on-record has now reached nine in a row. Nasa said January 2016 was 2.03°F (1.13°C) above normal.
  
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• Smell Dating analyses sweaty t-shirts to find people who like each others scent

  17-02-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smell Dating matches people based on their smell. The services will send you a t-shirt to wear for 3 days. Then send it back to receive 10 shirts from potential matches and pick your favorite.
  
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• Researchers reveal hackers can make $8m off just 50 cards

  17-02-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michigan State University found that hackers are stealing 50 to 100 credit cards at a time and selling them for $250k to $1m. But a buyer gains the most. A batch of 50 cards can make them $2m to $8m.
  
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• VIDEO: What does the FBI want Apple to do?

  17-02-2016 22:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does the FBI want Apple to do to its iPhone software to help it access data on the phone belonging to San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook?
  
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• Researchers say SOUND WAVES could be an alternative to Viagra

  17-02-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Use of the technique as an alternative to Viagra was proposed at a meeting of the European Society for Sexual Medicine in Madrid, Spain. It proved effective on 57 per cent of patients in a recent study.
  
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• Neanderthals bred with early humans 50,000 YEARS earlier than first thought

  17-02-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from Spain, Germany and the US, believes the finding could rewrite our understanding of how modern humans travelled across the world.
  
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• Glibc security flaw could leave THOUSANDS of smart devices vulnerable

  17-02-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Google and Red Hat have uncovered a major computer security flaw, that affects thousands of devices. The team has made a patch available, but many will remain vulnerable.
  
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• Sarah Parcak's $1m TED Prize will turn you into a space archaeologist

  17-02-2016 21:40
  
  Congratulations - you're now eligible to call yourself a space archaeologist. This year's $1 million TED Prize is being used to create an online platform that lets anyone explore ancient sites from satellite images - while identifying archaeological looters in the process.By: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• $3.66 Freedom 251 4inch Android handset revealed in India

  17-02-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A little-known Indian company has launched the world's cheapest smartphone.It costs just 251 rupees, around $3.66, less than one percent of the price of the latest Apple iPhone.
  
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• Fat penguins fall over more because they're less stable when walking

  17-02-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Biologists at Roehampton University in London studied the gait of overweight king penguins returning to the land after feeding and those who lost weight after fasting while caring for chicks.
  
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• 8 scorpion-like whip spiders found in Brazil but they're under threat from Amazon destruction

  17-02-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Federal University of Rio de Janeiro found eight new species of whip spider in the endangered Brazilian Amazon. The Charinus bonaldoi is pictured.
  
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• Organs may know whether they are 'male' or 'female' and can switch

  17-02-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the MRC Research Centre at Imperial College Londonhave uncovered evidence that suggests that the cells which make up organs in fruit flies know whether they are ‘male’ or ‘female’.
  
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• Aston Martin teams up with Chinese firm, Faraday Future, to create new EVs

  17-02-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British brand, which is best known for being James Bond's ride of choice, recently announced a partnership with Faraday Future's backer, LeEco.
  
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• Air pollution from exhausts may increase the risk of the deadly condition

  17-02-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Drexel University in Philadelphia found the number of stroke cases in the US and China rose by 1.19 per cent for every 10 micrograms of PM2.5 pollutants in a cubic metre of air.
  
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• 'Russian' scammer steals money by touching victims’ pockets with sales device

  17-02-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man, reportedly photographed in Russia, was seen on a train using a payment device to scan contactless cards through unsuspecting victims' pockets and bags.
  
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• Japan launches Astro-H satellite to study black holes

  17-02-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rocket launched from the Tahegashima Space Center, in the south of the country, at 5:45pm local time. It carried the Astro-H satellite - a collaboration between Jaxa, Nasa, and others, including ESA.
  
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• Reseachers find preserved meteorites just 10cm under Antarctica's ice

  17-02-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A hidden reserve of iron-rich meteorites which could hold secrets to the formation of the Solar System may be hidden just beneath the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet, researchers say.
  
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• Large-brained mammals are more likely to go extinct

  17-02-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Stanford University measured the skulls and body sizes of animals. Across 600 species, animals with larger brains were more at risk of becoming extinct. Tiger cat pictured.
  
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• £35 'Curve' card stores all your bank cards in one place

  17-02-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by a London-based start-up, Curve lets users combine an unlimited number of bank cards into one physical payment card, which is accepted everywhere MasterCards work.
  
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• Organs may know whether they are 'male' or 'female': Cells that form body parts know what 'gender' they are - and can be switched

  17-02-2016 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the MRC Research Centre at Imperial College Londonhave uncovered evidence that suggests that the cells which make up organs in fruit flies know whether they are ‘male’ or ‘female’.
  
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• Gadgets don't last as long as they used to and it's causing 'unacceptable' damage

  17-02-2016 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the German Federal Environment Agency claim devices are being used for shorter periods of time before being thrown away,and it's damaging for the environment.
  
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• Twitter launches GIF buttons that let you tweet ready-made animations for any occasion

  17-02-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm says over 100 million animated GIFs were shared on the service last year. Now, it hopes to make it easier to find and share them.
  
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• The security flaw that could leave THOUSANDS of smart devices vulnerable

  17-02-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Google and Red Hat have uncovered a major computer security flaw, that affects thousands of devices. The team has made a patch available, but many will remain vulnerable.
  
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• Neanderthals bred with early humans 50,000 YEARS earlier than first thought: Timeline could 'rewrite the history' of ancient migrations

  17-02-2016 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from Spain, Germany and the US, believes the finding could rewrite our understanding of how modern humans travelled across the world.
  
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• Will James Bond’s next car be ELECTRIC? Aston Martin teams up with Chinese firm, Faraday Future, to create new EVs

  17-02-2016 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British brand, which is best known for being James Bond's ride of choice, recently announced a partnership with Faraday Future's backer, LeEco.
  
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• Earlier date for Neanderthal-human sex

  17-02-2016 19:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neanderthals and humans interbred about 40,000 years earlier than was previously thought, a study suggests.
  
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• Archaeologist finds evidence of first European settlement in Pensacola Bay

  17-02-2016 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have confirmed the find as the site of the long-lost land settlement of a doomed 1559 Spanish expedition to the Gulf Coast led by Tristan de Luna.
  
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• Invisible fungi lurking in our rooms can cause allergies and severe illness

  17-02-2016 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Michael Taylor, of Flinders University, said a balance of different moulds growing in the home is normal and healthy. It becomes a problem if one species grows out of control.
  
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• An AI smart enough to speak at TED will win $4.5m

  17-02-2016 18:41
  
  TED curator Chris Anderson just announced the world's biggest speaking fee - a $4.5m cheque to be awarded to a speaker at the 2020 TED conference.By: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• Are the secrets of the solar system hidden under Antarctica? Reseachers find perfectly preserved meteorites just 10cm under ice

  17-02-2016 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A hidden reserve of iron-rich meteorites which could hold secrets to the formation of the Solar System may be hidden just beneath the surface of the Antarctic ice sheet, researchers say.
  
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• The electronic pickpocket: Scammer steals hundreds of pounds by touching victims’ pockets with sales device – and transferring cash from their contactless payment credit cards

  17-02-2016 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man, reportedly photographed in Russia, was seen on a train using a payment device to scan contactless cards through unsuspecting victims' pockets and bags.
  
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• Apple resisting magistrate order to share iPhone information

  17-02-2016 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI wanted to break into San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook's work iPhone, bypassing a self-destruct feature that erases the phone's data after too many unlock attempts.
  
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• Japan launches mission to study black holes: Astro-H satellite will use telescopes to learn more about how our universe formed

  17-02-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rocket launched from the Tahegashima Space Center, in the south of the country, at 5:45pm local time. It carried the Astro-H satellite - a collaboration between Jaxa, Nasa, and others, including ESA.
  
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• Facebook fruit brainteaser has the internet arguing over the correct answer

  17-02-2016 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The perplexing puzzle, based around a basic mathematical equation using a range of fruits, asks you to decipher which number each fruit symbolises, then work out the total.
  
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• Twitter launches native GIF search

  17-02-2016 18:04
  
  Twitter has just made it much easier to waste huge amounts of time staring at animated, low-resolution pictures instead of sharing anything useful.
  GIF search has finally made it to Twitter.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Beluga whales were tracked with satellites to help spy on the climate

  17-02-2016 17:52
  
  Beluga whales are rare and elusive -- so how best to track them? One group of scientists decided to use satellite tags -- and now, after fifteen years worth of tracking, they've reported their results.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Are car fumes causing STROKES? Air pollution from exhausts may increase the risk of the deadly condition, study finds

  17-02-2016 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Drexel University in Philadelphia found the number of stroke cases in the US and China rose by 1.19 per cent for every 10 micrograms of PM2.5 pollutants in a cubic metre of air.
  
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• Bird cells 'can clear fatal infection'

  17-02-2016 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A specialised white blood cell found in birds can destroy an infection which is thought to cause thousands of deaths a year worldwide, scientists claim.
  
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• Keele University find five new 'hot Jupiters' using WASP instrument

  17-02-2016 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new exoplanets were discovered by researchers at Keele University using the WASP instrument. They are gas giants up to 1.2 times the mass of Jupiter which orbit every 2.17 to 5.75 days.
  
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• Ligo's black holes that helped prove Einstein's theory of gravity could have been born in a massive star

  17-02-2016 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Signals detected by Nasa's Fermi telescope (pictured inset) suggest the black hole collision (illustrated main) detected last week could've happened inside a giant rotating star.
  
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• Facebook has a similar effect on your brain as COCAINE - but it's much easier to quit

  17-02-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research was carried outat California State University. Brain imaging revealed Facebook can activate the amygdala and striatum – the brain regions involved in compulsive behaviour.
  
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• Beware the Android virus, Mazar, that can WIPE your phone

  17-02-2016 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The malware is thought to being used by Russian cybercriminals to gain access to Android devices, allowing them to take control of mobile phones, read text messages, make calls and wipe the devices.
  
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• Video shows a cannibalistic seal eating a rival's pup 

  17-02-2016 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A male seal appears to be enjoying the sun near a group of pups, it then looks up and sidles over to one of the pups, catches, drowns and eats it. The footage was filmed on the Isle of May, Scotland.
  
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• Monopoly Ultimate Edition comes with an ATM to pay rent by SWIPING

  17-02-2016 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Monopoly Ultimate Edition (pictured) by Habro, headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, replaces pretend notes with an ATM and every part of the game is swipe-able or scan-able.
  
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• Seti's search for massive alien megastructures

  17-02-2016 16:29
  
      Each month we illustrate today's pioneering projects. This issue: how Seti are investigating unusual fluctuations in light that might be caused by alien megastructuresBy: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• PlayStation VR to launch in autumn

  17-02-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sony's PlayStation VR headset (pictured) was first unveiled at 2014's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco and now GameStop boss Paul Raines has said it will go on sale this autumn.
  
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• Jerusalem ruins show it was a thriving settlement 7,000 years ago

  17-02-2016 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have unearthed the well-preserved walls and stone floor of two houses (pictured) that date back to 5,000BC in Jerusaelm's Shu'fat neighbourhood.
  
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• The future of online retail is collaboration

  17-02-2016 16:02
  
  For decades, business was all about competition - enterprises operated under the principle that they needed to find and exploit a competitive edge to survive and there could be only one winner. Businesses big and small would use any advantage they had. In 2016, however, there will be a shift: the most successful businesses will be characterised by collaboration between businesses in the same sector, different sectors or with their customers.By: Natalie Massenet, Continue reading...
  
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