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• EDF 'confident' of Hinkley go-ahead

  12-03-2016 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Energy firm EDF says it remains "confident" the £18bn Hinkley Point nuclear power plant will go ahead despite uncertainties over its funding.
  
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• The Division interview: abandoned features and DLC plans

  12-03-2016 11:12
  
  Magnus Jansen, creative director at developer Massive Entertainment, talks about abandoned features and finding hope for humanity in violent games.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• New forensic science service planned

  12-03-2016 10:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new forensic and biometrics service is planned by the Home Office, four years after it controversially shut its predecessor.
  
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• Heston Blumenthal on making bacon sarnies for outer space

  12-03-2016 09:00
  
  Heston Blumenthal has created a personalised menu for Tim Peake to enjoy in space, including bacon sarnies in a can and Alaskan salmonBy: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Hubble reveals large distant regions of space are made up of clusters of stars

  12-03-2016 05:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers, led by astronomers at Ehime University in Japan, used telescopes to peer deep into the early universe in the hunt for galaxies, revealing.
  
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• Europe's rarest seabird 'faces extinction'

  12-03-2016 05:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Balearic shearwater will be extinct within 60 years, according to a new analysis.
  
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• CANNABIS has preserved Indian artwork in the sacred Ellora Caves for 1,500 years

  12-03-2016 04:37 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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• 250m year old reptile named after fierce lizard with a dog's head 'discovered'

  12-03-2016 04:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of scientists, from Brazil and the UK, discovered a new fossil reptile that lived 250 million years ago in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.
  
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• The science behind how hairspray and shampoo work revealed

  12-03-2016 04:31 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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• Scientist grow a dinosaur leg on a CHICKEN in 'reverse evolution' experiment 

  12-03-2016 03:44 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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• Extreme weather events CAN be blamed on climate change

  12-03-2016 03:44 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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• Cola app lets you check your friend's diaries and even show them where you are

  12-03-2016 03:04 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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• Scott Kelly to retire from Nasa following record breaking year in orbit

  12-03-2016 02:48 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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• Disney and Pixar under fire as researchers say movies 'underrepresent the poor'

  12-03-2016 02:47 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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• World's thinnest lens could make your phone as thin as a credit card

  12-03-2016 02:34 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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• Cigar shaped UFO spotted from space station in video

  12-03-2016 02:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A semi-transparent cylinder shaped UFO has been capture on footage from the International Space Station. The object was seen traveling the same speed in the live footage from Nasa.
  
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• Star Wars' BB-8 takes a trip to Nasa and poses for selfies in front of robots

  12-03-2016 02:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa received a special visitor this week from a galaxy far, far away, and their spherical guest was right at home with the agency’s space robots. BB-8 paid a visit to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
  
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• Nasa video of one of the engine's for world's biggest rocket pass 'major milestone'

  12-03-2016 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has successfully tested the first deep space RS-25 rocket engine for 500 seconds. The next time itfires for that length of time, it will be carrying humans on their first deep-space mission in 45 years.
  
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• Researchers find evidence of TWELVE mega eruptions 16m years ago in Idaho

  12-03-2016 01:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers has revealed evidence at Cassia Hills in Idaho of 12 massive volcanic eruptions, which produced heats more intense than Yellowstone, and occurred more frequently.
  
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• Could Antonin Scalia be replaced by an AI?

  12-03-2016 01:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virginia Tech designed a 'data-driven framework' that learns justices’ judicial preference and voting behaviors. Named Supreme Court Ideal Point Miner, it is79% accurate.
  
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• Researchers find evidence of TWELVE catastrophic mega eruptions 16m years ago in Idaho

  12-03-2016 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers has revealed evidence at Cassia Hills in Idaho of 12 massive volcanic eruptions, which produced heats more intense than Yellowstone, and occurred more frequently.
  
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• Could Antonin Scalia be replaced by an AI?Researchers reveal smart system can already predict how justices will vote

  12-03-2016 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virginia Tech designed a 'data-driven framework' that learns justices’ judicial preference and voting behaviors. Named Supreme Court Ideal Point Miner, it is79% accurate.
  
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• Watch one of the engine's for the world's biggest rocket pass 'major milestone' - and next time it fires up it could be taking man to Mars

  12-03-2016 00:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has successfully tested the first deep space RS-25 rocket engine for 500 seconds. The next time itfires for that length of time, it will be carrying humans on their first deep-space mission in 45 years.
  
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• Is that the droid you were looking for? BB-8 takes a trip to Nasa and poses for selfies in front of real space robots

  12-03-2016 00:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa received a special visitor this week from a galaxy far, far away, and their spherical guest was right at home with the agency’s space robots. BB-8 paid a visit to Nasa’s Jet Propulsion Lab.
  
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• Cigar shaped UFO spotted from space station - and conspiracy theorists claims it is the same craft seen by a shuttle

  12-03-2016 00:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A semi-transparent cylinder shaped UFO has been capture on footage from the International Space Station. The object was seen traveling the same speed in the live footage from Nasa.
  
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