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• How ISIS is going against Islam's teachings

  15-03-2016 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Craig Considine, a Professor at Rice University in Texas, said the texts could be viewed 'as a kind of medicine to cure the diseases of Islamic extremism and Islamophobia'.
  
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• Self-driving cars are 'absolutely not' ready for widespread use, claims expert

  15-03-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cars aren't yet able to handle bad weather, including standing water, drizzle, sudden downpours and snow, Missy Cummings, of Duke University told a Senate committee.
  
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• Sony's PlayStation VR to undercut Oculus and HTC

  15-03-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $399 headset will go on sale in October, the firm said at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco. It works in tandem with the PlayStation 4 console.
  
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• Google reveals 77% of its online traffic is encrypted as Apple's legal battle looms

  15-03-2016 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Encryption shields 77% of the requests sent from around the world to Google's data centers, up from 52% at the end of 2013, according to company statistics.
  
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• ‘Cyborg’ patch can heal a broken heart

  15-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tel Aviv University has built a bionic heart patch made of organic and engineer parts that contracts and expands like real human heart tissue. It also releases medication to the tissue.
  
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• PlayStation VR price announcement

  15-03-2016 23:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sony prices its PlayStation VR headset at $399 (£282) making it substantially cheaper than rival virtual reality kit from Facebook and HTC.
  
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• Are we closer to finding the location of 'Planet Nine'?

  15-03-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent study by the University of Arizona has found that Kuiper Belt objects with a highly eccentric orbit may be on a path that is in a predictable pattern with Planet Nine's orbit.
  
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• Man charged with Celebgate hacks

  15-03-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US man is charged with hacking the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of celebrities and stealing nude photos and videos from them.
  
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• Man charged over nude photo hacks

  15-03-2016 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US man is charged with hacking the Apple iCloud and Gmail accounts of celebrities and stealing nude photos and videos from them.
  
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• Google urges self-drive rules shake-up

  15-03-2016 21:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google and other tech firms tell US lawmakers that individual states should be prevented from creating a patchwork of self-driving car laws.
  
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• YouTube started life as a dating app, says co-founder Steve Chen

  15-03-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steve Chen, speaking at the South by Southwest in Austin to launch his news food video site Nom, said it was conceived on Valentine's day - but five days later, had not attracted a single user.
  
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• Nasa image shows the sun's magnetic lines in incredible detail

  15-03-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The composite image created by Nasa suggests that 'bright spots' in the solar atmosphere could provide a marker for the sun's mysterious magnetic field, which creates auroras on Earth.
  
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• Why men spend a fortune on engagement rings: Researchers say 'love causes us to abandon budgets'

  15-03-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder reveals people are less likely to make cost-saving decisions when purchasing sentimental objects for loved ones.
  
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• Images reveal natural microscopic motors used by bacteria to move through your body

  15-03-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nanoscopic 3D imaging has revealed how different bacteria have different tiny propeller motors. Experts say they could lead to new treatments that attack the motors.
  
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• Indiana Jones 5 confirmed for July 2019 release

  15-03-2016 19:58
  
  Not content with reviving one beloved cinematic franchise, Lucasfilm and Disney have announced that Indiana Jones is getting a fifth movie, due for release in 2019.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Girls from poor neighbourhoods are at high risk of obesity

  15-03-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Adam Lippert, a researcher at University of Colorado Denver, looked at records of more than 12,000 people from a long-term study looking at the health of adolescents in the US.
  
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• Blocking out painful memories creates a 'window of amnesia'

  15-03-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Justin Hulbert at Bard College in New York looked at memory recall in 381 people during a number of experiments.
  
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• Has Google Maps revealed a 30-meter 'Millennium Falcon' UFO inside Area 51?

  15-03-2016 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Martian researcher discovered a 30-meter UFO in 2010 using Google Maps. Using a method to 'turn back time' on the platform, he shows users how to locate the larger saucer near Area 51.
  
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• The world's blackest material Vantablack developed as spray paint

  15-03-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NanoSystems released the blackest material in the world in 2014 and now they made a spray-on form. Vantablack S-VIS traps 99.8% of incoming light and can cover larger complex objects.
  
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• Heating asphalt on roads stops holes returning by making repairs last longer

  15-03-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Minnesota Duluth have found that microwaving a 'patching compound' before fixing helps it bind with edges of the pothole and makes the repairs last longer.
  
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• Could ‘invisibility cloaks’ be illegal on the battlefield?

  15-03-2016 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leading military lawyer Bill Boothby has cautioned that some military 'invisibility' tactics may be in violation of international humanitarian laws revised after World War II.
  
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• Video shows how It's Fresh! filter stops your fruit from going off

  15-03-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the video, two punnets of strawberries are placed on the shelf of a fridge, one with a filter from Milton Keynes-based It's Fresh! attached, and one without (pictured).
  
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• Hackers can switch on SEX TOYS remotely and record video, warn experts

  15-03-2016 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a recent press conference in Germany, software firm Trend Micro demonstrated how a large, neon-pink vibrator could be switched on remotely by typing out a few lines of code.
  
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• DJI Phantom 4 review: a stylish, intuitive flying camera

  15-03-2016 18:48
  
      WIRED puts the DJI Phantom 4 drone -- complete with collision avoidance and 4k camera - to the test with the help of UK freestyle drone racing champion Dan WaringBy: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• TED Fellows: Don't like your ears? This man can help you grow new ones

  15-03-2016 18:33
  
  Not quite happy with your ears? Tempted by a more aquiline nose? Andrew Pelling can help you grow new ones - by cultivating your body's own cells inside an apple.By: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• How to cut your commute by a THIRD: Time lost in traffic can be reduced

  15-03-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge analysed more than a billion journeys record by mobile phones during morning rush hours in five cities around the world.
  
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• Gillette tells the MailOnline the secret science in YOUR razor

  15-03-2016 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Kristina Vanoosthuyze, a principal scientist at Reading-based Gillette has revealed why razors are shaped the way they are and what the lubricants bars are made of.
  
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• Drones are being trialled to speed-up HIV diagnosis in Africa

  15-03-2016 17:45
  
      Unicef is trialling the use drones to reduce waiting times for HIV test results in rural Africa.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Assassin's Creed VR 'experience' in development

  15-03-2016 17:45
  
  Assassin's Creed may be taking at least a year off from the relentless pressure of annual gaming outings, but that doesn't mean Ubisoft's biggest franchise is actually going away. It's just shifting media, with a virtual reality "experience" launching alongside the upcoming movie adaptation.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Wreckage of Vasco da Gama's Esmeralda discovered off the coast of Oman: Ship was sunk during violent storms in 1503

  15-03-2016 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 500-year-old wreckage (pictured) of a Portuguese ship piloted by an uncle of explorer Vasco da Gamma has been found off the coast of Oman.
  
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• VIDEO: Tiny robot ants pull car with teamwork

  15-03-2016 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A team of tiny robot ants pull a car that is thousands of times their weight as part of an experiment at Stanford University.
  
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• Animation shows RAF and US Air Force bombing in World War Two

  15-03-2016 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The animation was created by researchers from the Imperial War Museum in order to mark the re-opening of the American Air Museum in Duxford, Cambridgeshire.
  
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• 2,200-year-old Han Dynasty tomb discovered on a Beijing building site

  15-03-2016 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A tomb (pictured) dating from the time of the Han Dynasty, who ruled between 206 BC and 220 AD, has been discovered on a building site in a suburb of Beijing.
  
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• Twitch launches food channel with Julia Child marathon

  15-03-2016 16:55
  
  To celebrate the launch of the cookery channel Julia Child's iconic series The French Chef will be streamed for four days straight.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Sharp tooth-like scales on the skin of sharks can INCREASE drag by up to 50%

  15-03-2016 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Stony Brook University recently conducted simulations on the ability of the small, tooth-like denticles that make up the skin of shortfin mako sharks (stock image).
  
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• Tinder thrown into chaos after deleting everyone's matches: Technical glitch on the app causes a Twitter meltdown

  15-03-2016 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of users globally began tweeting they were having problems accessing people they had previously connected with, which prompted the official Tinder Twitter handle to confirm the glitch.
  
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• Star Wars VR (may be) heading to HTC Vive

  15-03-2016 16:18
  
  Lucasfilm is working on Star Wars: Trials on Tatooine, a virtual reality "experiment" set on Luke Skywalker's homeworld.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Xbox announces cross-platform play

  15-03-2016 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Xbox gamers will soon be able to play online against people using other systems such as PC and possibly even Playstation, Microsoft has announced..
  
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• Is Snapchat making its own version of Google Glass? Smart specs could show disappearing pictures and videos

  15-03-2016 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumours of 'Snap Glass' are based on relatively recent hires by the Los Angeles social network (logo pictured), including a frame designer and augmented reality experts.
  
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• iRobot's new robo-cleaner is an adorable $200 mop

  15-03-2016 15:40
  
  The iRobot Braava Jet 240, from the same company behind the Roomba robot vacuums, is a tiny robotic mop for hard floor surfaces.By: James Temperton, Continue reading...
  
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• Have farmers been accidentally creating GM crops for 3,000 YEARS? Grafting ancient plants caused them to share genes

  15-03-2016 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Grafting is a common technique used to fuse one plant to another. Scientists at Rutgers University in New Jersey have discovered that grafted plants exchange genetic material.
  
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• Space tourism rules needed within five years to ensure 'safety and security'

  15-03-2016 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UN aviation agency called on Tuesday for regulations on space travel to be enacted within five years in order to bolster a burgeoning space tourism and transportation sector.
  
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• Fossils reveal 68-million-year-old T-Rex was PREGNANT when it died: Discovery can now be used to identify the gender of other dinosaurs

  15-03-2016 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Mary Schweitzer from North Carolina State has confirmed a fossil she found in 2005 is definitely from a pregnant T-Rex (illustrated). The team identified a bone only found in pregnant females.
  
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• DNA identifies 'early Neanderthals'

  15-03-2016 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The oldest genome sequence from a human has identified some early representatives of the Neanderthal lineage.
  
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• Siri creator Dag Kittlaus says 'giant brain in the sky' called Viv could one day outsmart us

  15-03-2016 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Siri's creator Dag Kittlausmade the claims at SXSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, and is working on 'Viv' (logo shown) - a next generation personal assistant capable of making mental leaps'.
  
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• Xbox owners to soon be able to play with friends who have Sony PlayStations and PCs

  15-03-2016 14:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Xbox developers have revealed the console will open up cross-platform support to games developers. Pictured is the Xbox One and PS4.
  
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• Physics of ribbon curling unravelled

  15-03-2016 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists unveil the first full description of how and why a ribbon curls when we scrape one side of it with scissors.
  
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• UFO hunters claim to have found proof of 'Black Manta' in Apollo 12 moon landing image

  15-03-2016 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the UFO hunters, a photograph taken during the Apollo 12 moon landing in 1969, shows three glowing lights that are in fact a TR3-B Black Manta - an alleged US spy plane.
  
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• Chinese hackers turn to ransomware

  15-03-2016 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese hackers are using malware that hijacks computers and demands payment to unlock them, security experts say.
  
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• This app is fixing China's mess of petrol stations

  15-03-2016 13:48
  
  AutoGo is uniting thousands of China's independent petrol stations into a country-wide brand, and that means big competition for China's biggest oil retailersBy: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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