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• World's thinnest lens could make your phone as thin as a credit card: Lens is just one two-thousandth the thickness of human hair

  11-03-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian National University scientists say the lens could change how phones look forever - and allow them to put a camera virtually anywhere.
  
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• A year in space really WAS enough: Scott Kelly to retire from Nasa following record breaking year in orbit

  11-03-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa astronaut and one-year crew member Scott Kelly will retire on April 1, the space agency has revealed - although will continue to participate in the ongoing research related to his mission.
  
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• The 'supermessage' app that lets you check your friend's diaries and even show them where you are

  11-03-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app, called Cola, is built for iOS but can interact with all mobile platforms through text messages and Cola's own web interface.
  
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• Panel: Finding climate fingerprints in wild weather is valid

  11-03-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts can accurately detect global warming's fingerprints on certain extreme weather events, such as a heat wave, according to a high-level scientific advisory panel.
  
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• Disney and Pixar under fire for inequality: Researchers say movies from Cinderella to Cars 'underrepresent poor and minimize hardships'

  11-03-2016 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Duke University has found that the unrealistic portrayal of income inequalities in popular children's movies, including titles from Disney and Pixar, is potentially harmful to young viewers.
  
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• Clear November in your diary: SpaceX teases first Falcon Heavy liftoff

  11-03-2016 23:09 via go.theregister.com
  
  Reusable rockets also look good to go back up SpaceX president Gwynne Shotwell has confirmed that the company's much-delayed Falcon Heavy rocket will blast off from Cape Canaveral in November.…
  
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• Researchers call for football rule change for penalty shoot-outs

  11-03-2016 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In order to level the playing field in these tie-breaking sessions, a pair of New York game theorists have come up with a procedure that removes the built-in edge of kicking first.
  
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• AmpMe allows you to links friends mobiles together to form giant speaker

  11-03-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AmpMe app syncs handset to create onelarge speaker. Now, users do not need an internet connection andthe startup built a predictive algorithm to sync phones with a push of a button.
  
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• Magnetic chips could mean future computers use a MILLIONTH of the energy they use today

  11-03-2016 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers in California have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can operate with the lowest level of energy dissipation possible under the laws of thermodynamics.
  
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• Could this turn your vacation videos into masterpieces?

  11-03-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta unveiled an algorithm which can sift through hours of holiday video and pick out the best bits.
  
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• Dr. Pimple Popper claims gruesome viral videos make her 900K subscribers 'feel happy'

  11-03-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr. Sandra Lee, a dermatologist at the Skin Physicians & Surgeons practice in Upland, California, has a cult-like following of more than 900,000 YouTube subscribers.
  
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• The science behind your daily haircare routine: How hairspray and shampoo work

  11-03-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This week’s Reactions episode talks about the science behind shampoo and hairspray. There are a lot of chemicals and compounds that are needed to perform what the product promises.
  
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• VIDEO: Filming a programme in 360 degrees

  11-03-2016 20:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's technology programme, Click, is to broadcast an entire programme made in 360-degree video.
  
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• Keio University scientists discover bugs that can break down damaging plastics

  11-03-2016 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese scientists have discovered a bacteria that breaks down an environmentally harmful plastic, which is found in most water bottle. The microbe uses two enzymes in the process.
  
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• Do you fear AI taking over? A third of people believe computers will pose a threat

  11-03-2016 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey by the British Science Association revealed more than 60 per cent of the public thinks robots will lead to there being fewer jobs in the next ten years, with one third fearing destruction.
  
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• University of Michigan's ice-proof coating could mean your freezer will never ice up again 

  11-03-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by researchers at the University of Michigan, the coating is made from a blend of rubbers and means even a gentle breeze should be enough to shake the ice loose.
  
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• Close call comet threw Mars’ magnetic field out of whack for hours

  11-03-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study published by Nasa has revealed just how much havoc the Siding Spring comet wreaked on Mars' magnetic field when it passed the red planet in 2014.
  
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• Researchers find 370 mile wide BITE MARK on Pluto's surface

  11-03-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on Nasa's New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant 'bite mark' on Pluto's surface' the space agency said.
  
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• How conifers became FIREPROOF

  11-03-2016 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The oldest pine tree fossils ever found suggest the species learnt to cope with wildfires during Cretaceous, an era dogged by frequent blazes
  
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• Scientist grow a dinosaur leg on a CHICKEN in bizarre 'reverse evolution' experiment 

  11-03-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in a Chilean lab are resurrecting the prehistoric traits of dinosaurs. In ‘reverse evolution’ experiment, genes of a chicken were manipulated to induce the legs of a dinosaur.
  
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• Holy smokes! CANNABIS has preserved ancient Indian artwork in the sacred Ellora Caves for 1,500 years

  11-03-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at two institutions in India have examined plaster from Cave 12 in the Ellora Caves complex to confirm it includes hemp - and that is the reason it has lasted so well.
  
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• Wi-Fi tracking, revenge porn: Podcast 258

  11-03-2016 18:27
  
  
  The latest on Apple and the FBI, how Wi-Fi tracking can predict what sandwich you'll buy and we investigate what's being done to tackle revenge porn.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• Could this turn your vacation videos into masterpieces?  Software sifts through footage to pick out holiday highlights

  11-03-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta unveiled an algorithm which can sift through hours of holiday video and pick out the best bits.
  
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• GM buys Cruise Automation to to take on Telsa and Google

  11-03-2016 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Detroit automaker says it purchased Cruise Automation, a 40-person firm that was founded just three years ago and has already tested vehicles on the streets of San Francisco.
  
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• ExoMars space probe is ready to be launched to the red planet to search for signs of life

  11-03-2016 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) is set to blast off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Proton rocket on 14 March.The red planet is pictured in a new image.
  
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• Scientist discover temperatures during the night are rising

  11-03-2016 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research in Norway say that night temperatures are more sensitive to the shifting climate and have been rising faster.
  
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• Airport Parking and Hotels and Imperial College London design 2050 concept plane

  11-03-2016 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from London set out to predict what flight could realistically be like in 30 to 40 years, creating a blended wing aircraft that can hold more people and uses next-generation technology.
  
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• Gaming trade show E3 may open to public

  11-03-2016 16:58
  Entertainment Software Association, the American governing body that operates E3, has defended the show's relevance, and hinted it is considering one of the biggest changes in its history -- opening to the public.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Cuddly' mongooses wage civil WARS: Normally close-knit families are torn apart in shrieking battles... and its all about sex

  11-03-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Edinburgh's Napier, Exeter and Liverpool John Moores have shown that teams of mongoosesgo through days of fighting, or 'civil wars' to evict their weakest members.
  
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• Monster motor breathes fire in Mississippi

  11-03-2016 15:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  Successful test of NASA's first Space Launch System RS-25 flight engine NASA has successfully tested the first RS-25 flight engine, destined to power the core stage of the Space Launch System (SLS).…
  
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• Brexit leaves environment 'vulnerable'

  11-03-2016 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new report suggests that a UK departure from the EU would leave Britain's environment "in a more vulnerable and uncertain position."
  
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• Nasa animation shows the moon's shadow moving across Earth

  11-03-2016 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) captured 13 stunning images capturing the shadow of the Moon marching across Earth’s sunlit face.
  
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• Humans are surprisingly bad at WALKING as we often trip and slip over study reveals

  11-03-2016 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Purdue University in Indiana monitored how often college students fell or tripped. Over half of the subjects tumbled, tripped or otherwise fell during the experiment period.
  
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• The Division review: Guns, Brooklyn and 135 Plymouth Street

  11-03-2016 14:17
  
  Digital nostalgia inside Ubisoft's 'The Division'By: Michael Rundle, Continue reading...
  
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• Cosmic infrared background light source pinpointed by astronomers

  11-03-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team from the University of Tokyo has identified the sources of a mysterious infrared glow by sifting through almost three years of data from an array of telescopes in the Atacama desert.
  
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• Want a more secure password? Doodle it

  11-03-2016 13:59
  
  If remembering your phone's passcode is proving too much, some good news - you may be able to unlock your device with a doodle.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• If you think Donald Trump's outrageous then check out Twitter's AI Trump @DeepDrumpf

  11-03-2016 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bot, whose Twitter handle is @DeepDrumpf, has been created by postdoc Brad Hayes at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL).
  
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• Amazon developing cult superhero 'The Tick' for streaming TV

  11-03-2016 13:39
  
  Amazon is getting into the superhero game, ordering a pilot for the cult character The Tick, with view to developing an ongoing TV series exclusive to its streaming platforms.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Drone to police massive marine reserve

  11-03-2016 13:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ocean-going drone is helping to spot illegal fishing in the world's largest, continuous marine reserve.
  
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• Bees are being poisoned by 57 pesticides used in the EU

  11-03-2016 13:26
  
  Researchers used a new test to analyse exactly which of the 200 pesticides licensed for use in the EU play a role in honeybee deaths.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• In pictures: world's largest cruise ship starts testing

  11-03-2016 13:14
  
      The 70 metre high vessel, which cost €1 billion (£783 million) to build, will eventually carry 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crew.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• iPhone power not saved by closing apps

  11-03-2016 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The head of Apple's operating system iOS confirms that open but unused apps do not affect iPhone battery life after a customer emailed chief executive Tim Cook.
  
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• Fossil reptile discovery 'extraordinary'

  11-03-2016 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A newly discovered 250-million-year-old fossil reptile from Brazil gives an insight into life just before the dinosaurs appeared.
  
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• Nasa's rocket test marks 'major milestone' on voyage to Mars

  11-03-2016 12:15
  
  Nasa has test fired the RS-25 rocket engine that will be taking its new Space Launch System to the stars.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge go on sale

  11-03-2016 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung's new flagship devices (pictured) have officially gone on sale. The devices are available online and in stores in the UK, Europe and the US.
  
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• Apple accuses US regulators of 'smear'

  11-03-2016 11:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple has accused the US government of trying to "smear" the company, as it continues to oppose demands for access to data on an iPhone owned by a dead gunman.
  
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• Adobe issues emergency Flash patch

  11-03-2016 11:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adobe has issued an emergency patch for its Flash media player that closes loopholes in the widely used software.
  
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• This praline is made of worms (and it's delicious)

  11-03-2016 11:33
  Insect-eating startup Grub have created a cookbook to make eating insects a staple part of western diets.By: Pauline Bock, Continue reading...
  
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• ExoMars ready to roll atop bloody big rocket

  11-03-2016 11:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Live Baikonur Proton launch coverage on Monday morning The European Space Agency (ESA) is gearing up for Monday's launch of its ExoMars mission, which will soar aloft from Baikonur Cosmodrome atop a mighty Proton-M lifter.…
  
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• Material that can change size, volume and stiffness could lead to 'reprogrammable' buildings

  11-03-2016 11:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Harvard University, Massachusetts have designed a material inspired by an origami technique called snapology that changes its shape, size and stiffness on demand.
  
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