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• Apple's new iPhone will be called the SE and launch with 9.7inch 'iPad Pro'

  26-02-2016 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new handset will be called the iPhone SE, standing for special edition, and will launch next months alongside a smaller iPad Pro with a 9.7inch screen, according to 9to5Mac .
  
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• Why we love bad boys: Men who look 'dominant' are more attractive to women that feel at risk of becoming a victim

  26-02-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Leicester found women who are attracted to dominant men generally feel more at risk of victimisation - even when their risk of victimisation is low.
  
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• Does YOUR partner look like your parent? Researchers say humans could be hardwired to be attracted to familiar faces

  26-02-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say we tend to choose partners that look similar to our parents. It isn't just faces either, people will choose mates with the same height, hair and eye colour and even amount of body hair.
  
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• How to tell when felines aren't feeling fine: Researchers reveal the 25 signs that could mean your cat is in pain

  26-02-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study has collected insight from international experts to reach a consensus on the tell-tale signs of a cat in pain. The team narrowed it down to 25 signs sufficient for signalling pain.
  
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• US Air Force unveils picture of new stealth bomber

  26-02-2016 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The all-black plane, unveiled at an event in Orlando, has a distinctive, zigzagging shape and a low profile designed to make it hard to spot on radar.
  
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• Is there anybody out there? Camera first developed in the 1970s has been adapted to hunt for Earth-like planets and alien life

  26-02-2016 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group at the Florida Institute of Technology has found that CID devices could be used for imaging earth-like planets that appear extremely faint next to their host stars.
  
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• EU exit 'risks British science'

  26-02-2016 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prof Sir Paul Nurse says that research in the UK would suffer if the country decided in the forthcoming referendum to leave the EU.
  
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• Far Cry Primal: a pre-history of violence

  26-02-2016 18:08
  
  Far Cry Primal is a gorgeous new pre-historic take on Ubisoft's open-ish, first-person action formula.By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Why RPG 'UnReal World' took 26 years to reach Steam

  26-02-2016 18:06
  
  Today, a game nearly three decades in the making finally arrives on Steam -- the very long awaited UnReal World.
  Finnish developers Sami Maaranen and Erkka Lehmus began working on UnReal World in 1990, releasing a playable build to the public two years later. After finding a devoted audience, keeping the game going became something of a passion project.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Never run out of battery again! Kyocera phone uses 'solar panels' in the screen to charge the handset using sunlight

  26-02-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese electronics firm Kyocera showcased its prototype phone with a 'WYSIPS' screen at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.
  
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• 'Girls in tech' competition won by boy

  26-02-2016 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  EDF Energy is criticised after a 13-year-old-boy wins a competition that was part of a campaign to attract teenage girls to the fields of science, technology, engineering and maths
  
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• Google wants to predict the next sentences of dead authors

  26-02-2016 17:43
  
  Google is teaching its artificial intelligence how to understand language by making it predict, and replicate, the works of famous dead authors.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Track your friends' SLEEPING habits with Facebook Messenger: Creepy 'mini hack' reveals when people get up and go to bed

  26-02-2016 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco-based software engineer, Søren Louv-Jansen, discovered a way to determine the sleeping habits of his friends using 'time stamps' taken from Facebook's own Messenger service.
  
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• Hampton Creek is taking on Big Food

  26-02-2016 17:29
  
  Hampton Creek makes vegan food from novel plant-based ingredients, but their quest to create a plant-based egg substitute is causing shockwaves right at the top of the food industryBy: Olivia Solon, Continue reading...
  
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• Does YOUR dog have OCD? Repetitive behaviours such as blanket sucking and tail chasing may be genetic

  26-02-2016 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Tufts University and the University of Massachusetts Medical School have identified genetic pathways that increase the severity of canine compulsive disorder (CCD).
  
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• Pokémon Sun and Moon announced for 2016

  26-02-2016 17:10
  
  New entries in the Pokémon saga have been announced as part of the latest Nintendo Direct broadcastBy: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• This week in brains: teleportation and antidepressants

  26-02-2016 17:05
  
  What we learned about the brain this week: teleportation and antidepressantsBy: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• The best pro-style chef knives

  26-02-2016 16:55
  
  Chef Richard Bainbridge puts two pro-style chef knives on the block to see which one has the edge.By: Jeremy White, Continue reading...
  
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• Now that's self service! 24-hour unmanned shop in Sweden lets shoppers unlock the doors, scan items and pay using just an app

  26-02-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unmanned shop, in the southern Sweden village of Viken, uses a smartphone app (pictured) to allow customers to scan their own shopping, meaning no staff are required.
  
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• Mysterious icon discovered at 'birthplace' of Jesus' om Bethlehem

  26-02-2016 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The icon was discovered near a window under plaster almost two months ago in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity (pictured), which is currently undergoing major renovation works.
  
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• This meat-free hamburger is made out of plant 'blood'

  26-02-2016 16:42
  
  California-based startup Impossible Foods are set to launch the world's first meat-free 'impossible hamburger' in 2016By: Olivia Solon, Continue reading...
  
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• Gorilla costumes, rugby balls and fake tuxedos: Astronauts spend $63,000 of funding sending novelty items to the ISS

  26-02-2016 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronaut Scott Kelly wore a gorilla costume sent to the ISS by his twin brother Mark to celebrate his birthday and British astronaut Tim Peake wore a novelty tuxedo t-shirt for the Brits.
  
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• Male sand martin birds are filmed trying to mate with a DEAD male - but the necrophilia may have been a case of mistaken identity

  26-02-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Male sand martins in Japan were filmed engaging in homosexual necrophilia by researchers from the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology. It is thought they mistook the dead bird for a female.
  
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• Will open-source farming topple agribusiness giants?

  26-02-2016 16:06
  
  Open-source data and innovative crop-growth strategies will allow independent plant labs to take on big agribusiness and produce healthier, more efficient crops, MIT's Caleb Harper arguesBy: Caleb Harper, Continue reading...
  
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• So that's how penguins stay ice free: Tiny ridges on their feathers shed frozen water to stop them becoming walking snowballs

  26-02-2016 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Beihang University in Beijing found Humboldt penguins (pictured) have nanoscale ridges and hooks on their feathers that repel water and ice from forming.
  
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• Marvel's Iron Fist will be 'Game of Thrones' actor Finn Jones

  26-02-2016 15:53
  
  Marvel has found its final Defender, announcing Game of Thrones alumnus Finn Jones as the actor who will play kung-fu superhero Iron Fist in the fourth of Netflix's comic book-inspired series.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Microsoft launches scheme to hire people with autism in the UK

  26-02-2016 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pilot scheme will begin by recruiting 10 people with autism or Asperger syndrome to be based at the firm's offices across the country, including Reading and in London.
  
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• Baidu apps are 'leaking' personal data

  26-02-2016 15:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Data about millions of Chinese people is being leaked by apps that use code written by the net giant Baidu, say researchers.
  
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• Hackers were behind Ukraine power outage

  26-02-2016 14:59
  
  A power outage that hit 225,000 people in Ukraine was the result of a cyber attack, the US Department of Homeland Security has said.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• How teleportation could affect the BRAIN: Tests reveal the mind changes its 'rhythm' when virtually transported to a new location

  26-02-2016 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists at the University of California, Davis studied the brains of epilepsy patients to gain an understanding into neural activity during 'teleportation' (Star Trek image pictured).
  
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• Being a 'perfect parent' can do MORE harm than good: Putting on a brave face lowers your self esteem and affects family bonding

  26-02-2016 14:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group from the University of Toronto Mississauga did two studies and found that when parents suppressed negative emotions it had an impact on the parent's bond with the child.
  
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• Overweight adults have poorer memory than thin peers

  26-02-2016 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge tested participants with BMIs from 18 to 51. They found a direct link between a high body mass index (BMI) and poor episodic memory.
  
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• Israeli boy accidentally unearths 3,400-year-old figurine of goddess in Tel Rehov

  26-02-2016 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ori Greenhunt spotted a figurine poking out of the earth when he was climbing a mound with friends at Tel Rehov archaeological site and carefully carried it home.
  
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• VIDEO: Robots, investors and entrepreneurs

  26-02-2016 14:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC visits India's biggest-ever conference for tech start-ups where entrepreneurs can meet potential investors.
  
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• Is Wikimedia building a search engine?

  26-02-2016 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The executive director of the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs Wikipedia, has resigned a week after denying the group is considering building its own search engine.
  
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• Supplies of chocolate and coffee are at risk as pollinating bees and butterflies are being driven to extinction, warns UN report

  26-02-2016 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United Nations report was approved by a congress of 124 nations meeting in Kuala Lumpur. They have suggested a number of solutions in an attempt to solve the problem.
  
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• This TED Fellow is bringing Ghibli-style animation to Pakistan

  26-02-2016 13:42
  
     When he was growing up in Pakistan, Usman Riaz loved watching Stubio Ghibli films. “They helped me see the beauty in the mundane, and the tragedy in the beautiful,” he says. Riaz would constantly scribble his own drawings and dreamt of becoming an animator, one day making his own masterpieces like My Neighbour Totoro.By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Surge in contactless card payments

  26-02-2016 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One in eight purchases made on UK cards in December used contactless technology, marking a surge in the use of the alternative to loose change.
  
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• Why Google X killed its vertical farms -- and flying cargo ships

  26-02-2016 13:33
  
  WIRED speaks to Astro Teller, director of X -- Google's secret research division -- about reaching for the impossible and embracing failureBy: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• Why Google X killed its vertical farms -- and floating cargo ships

  26-02-2016 13:33
  
  WIRED speaks to Astro Teller, director of X -- Google's secret research division -- about reaching for the impossible and embracing failureBy: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• Rap music DOES 'encourage underage sex', claims University of Houston study

  26-02-2016 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Students at a school in Houston who listened to rap music three hours each day in the seventh grade were 2.6 times more likely to have had sex by the ninth grade. Stock image.
  
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• The pendant was worn in Yorkshire 11,000 years ago

  26-02-2016 13:30
  
  The oldest piece of Mesolithic art has been found, say experts.
  The pendant, which is engraved from shale, was discovered during an archaeological dig at Star Carr, an Early Mesolithic site in North Yorkshire. The markings, which take the form of several intercrossing lines, may take the form of "a tree, a map, a leaf... or even tally marks", according to experts working on the dig. This kind of engraving is incredibly rare, and the team say that there are no other known engraved pendants
  
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• Sub-atomic boffins glimpse four-pack tetraquark

  26-02-2016 13:20 via go.theregister.com
  
  The X(5568) particle - two mesons in exotic marriage Sub-atomic boffins believe they've found evidence for the existence of a new "tetraquark" particle comprised, as the name suggests, of four quarks.…
  
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• Fancy a cheese and chocolate panini from IBM's supercomputer?

  26-02-2016 13:15
  
  IBM's Watson has been trained to create unique recipes based on ingredient suggestions -- we put it to the test with this unusual comboBy: Gian Volpicelli, Continue reading...
  
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• Video of weird fish with LEGS from Thailand has fishermen stumped

  26-02-2016 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nobody seems to be quite sure what this weird fish is after the catch stunned fishermen who caught the creature in Thailand. The most popular guess is that it is a batfish after a video of the catch was uploaded.
  
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• Mysterious icon discovered at 'birthplace' of Jesus': Rare centuries-old religious painting includes sliver, stones and shells

  26-02-2016 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The icon was discovered near a window under plaster almost two months ago in Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity (pictured), which is currently undergoing major renovation works.
  
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• Nintendo slashes annual profit forecast by 51 percent

  26-02-2016 12:47
  
  Nintendo, it's fair to say, is in a holding pattern at the moment. The Wii U is effectively the home for Nintendo exclusives and not much else, the Nintendo NX remains still little more than vapourware at present, and its plans to enter the smartphone market are still yet to fully materialise.
  The result isn't just bored gamers waiting for the next proper instalment of The Legend of Zelda. It's also forced the business to cut its profit estimates for the financial
  
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• Nintendo halves profit forecast

  26-02-2016 12:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video game giant Nintendo halves its full-year profit forecast, blaming slow sales and the strong yen.
  
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• Microsoft launches scheme to hire people with autism in the UK: Firm is looking for 10 autistic employees to boost its diversity

  26-02-2016 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pilot scheme will begin by recruiting 10 people with autism or Asperger syndrome to be based at the firm's offices across the country, including Reading and in London.
  
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• Hackers behind Ukraine power cuts, says US

  26-02-2016 12:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hackers were behind an attack that cut power to 225,000 people in Ukraine, a US report has concluded.
  
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