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• Now you can pay for your kids to take an Uber

  17-03-2016 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber is launching a pilot program that allows one person to pay for other users' rides. Family Profiles lets up to 10 people share one account and use one method of payment.
  
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• Simulation shows how vast glaciers over America and northern Europe melted

  17-03-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists have created a series of maps showing how these ice sheets grew and retreated across northern Europe, Russia and the Barents Sea 40,000 to 10,000 years ago.
  
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• Boston Dynamics sale by Google could see Atlas used in Amazon's warehouses

  17-03-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Bloomberg, the firm has decided to sell the robot firm, with talks already underway with both Toyota and Amazon.
  
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• Mouldy bread could help to make better batteries

  17-03-2016 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of Dundee has discovered that a fungus found on mouldy bread is able to transform the manganese into the materials needed for batteries and supercapicitors.
  
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• Scamp, the robot that flies, scurries and climbs walls just like an insect

  17-03-2016 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flying robot uses two spindly daddy long legs-style limbs to pull itself up walls and surfaces, and was developed and built at Stanford University's Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab.
  
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• Boeing unveils self piloting craft can that can stay underwater for three MONTHS 

  17-03-2016 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 51 foot long craft will be used for surveillance, radiation detection, water sampling, oil and gas exploration and sonar surveys of large areas of the sea floor.
  
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• Humanoid called Sophia reveals 'her aspirations' in an interview with her maker

  17-03-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics is behind 'Sophia' - a robot (pictured) that has aspirations of attending school and even having a family.
  
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• 'A' speaker projects sound straight at listener without anyone nearby overhearing

  17-03-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A company in France has developed a speaker that directs the sound so only you can hear - even if there is a crowd of other people in the room. The device guides sound straight to the listener.
  
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• Hubble spots colossal super spiral galaxies

  17-03-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Understanding more about these super spirals could shed light on how some of the biggest galaxies emerge, according to researchers at Nasa.
  
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• Earth’s lost ice sheets revealed: Simulation shows how vast glaciers over America and northern Europe melted

  17-03-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists have created a series of maps showing how these ice sheets grew and retreated across northern Europe, Russia and the Barents Sea 40,000 to 10,000 years ago.
  
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• Hubble captures cluster of MONSTER stars that shine brighter than our sun

  17-03-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team, led by astronomers from Sheffield University, said the cluster (pictured), 170,000 light years from Earth, is the largest group of very massive stars identified to date.
  
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• Maybe they've spent too looking looking at the sun? UFO hunters say Nasa images show door on the solar surface 'allowing alien craft to enter massive world inside'

  17-03-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martian researchers have spotted what some claim is a massive door opening up on the sun allowing ‘motherships to exit and enter’. This discovery could prove the theory that our sun is hallow.
  
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• Canopy umbrella removes raindrops with a single shake to keep your bag dry

  17-03-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'instant dry umbrella,' also known as a 'nunnurella' (pictured) was invented by designer Kazuya Kolke, in Osaka, Japan.
  
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• Algorithm could warn of abuse problems and identify drinking hotspots

  17-03-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Rochester filtered out 11,000 tweets with alcohol-related words, like 'beer' or 'party' using an AI that can determine if you were drunk and where you sent the tweet.
  
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• Brain implants could give us a 'sixth sense' by making us see infrared

  17-03-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists at Duke University in North Carolina created neuroprothesis that converted infrared light into electrical signals that connected to the brains of rats using electrodes.
  
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• Pluto as it's never been seen before

  17-03-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five new scientific papers published today by researchers in the US have given an insight into the dwarf planet's surface, atmosphere, moons and how it interacts with the space around it (pictured).
  
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• Shapeshifting wings could allow planes to fly like BIRDS

  17-03-2016 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project, being led by the Professor Daniel Inman at the University of Michigan, was recently awarded a $6 million grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
  
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• Religious people use hindsight to rationalise their beliefs

  17-03-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at the University of Pennsylvania carried out studies to explore why 'people perceive God as an active, trustworthy, and giving influence in their everyday lives'.
  
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• Earth's magnetic field was crucial for giving life a kickstart

  17-03-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Harvard-Smithsonian Center believe the ‘weather’ around stars plays a crucial role in making planets habitable to life, and protection from it is key to life getting going.
  
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• Can't lose weight? Your brain's 'hunger' cell might be faulty

  17-03-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While studying the brains of mice, researchers from Johns Hopkins University found a particular type of brain cell called the paraventricular nucleus responds to an enzyme that controls hunger.
  
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• Can't stop checking your phone? You're impatient and impulsive

  17-03-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at Temple University in Philadelphia found people who check their phone excessively tend to be more impulsive, choosing instant gratification over greater rewards later.
  
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• Researchers say lofty marriage expectations 'make or break' relationships

  17-03-2016 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say high standards improved satisfaction only in strong marriages - and in problem relationships they can simply erode the marriage.
  
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• Experts reveal everyone has unique ridges and grooves on their feet

  17-03-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former members of Tokyo's metropolitan police department (MPD) came up with the idea of identifying bodies using feet skin patterns after the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011.
  
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• Secret notes in Henry VIII's first printed Bible reveal quotes about the Reformation

  17-03-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) made the discovery in the Bible housed in Lambeth Palace Library in London.
  
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• Red Bull and Aston Martin team up to build £2m supercar

  17-03-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Red Bull's chief designer Adrian Newey will work with Aston Martin's design boss Marek Reichman on the hypercar, dubbed Project AM-RB-001, the F1 oufit confirmed on Thursday.
  
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• Has the final resting place of Queen Nefertiti been found?

  17-03-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Radar scans of the tomb in the ancient necropolis of Luxor have revealed two possible chambers and they're likely to contain 'organic material', Egypt's antiquities minister said.
  
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• DNA from mysterious Denisovans may have allowed Pacific Islanders to adapt

  17-03-2016 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of DNA from 1,523 people around the world has revealed natives of Papua New Guinea in Melanesia carry DNA from an extinct human species called the Denisovans (tooth pictured).
  
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• Female animals look drab to avoid sexual harassment, study says

  17-03-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say lack of exaggerated ornamentation in female animals may be one of the many examples of the great lengths females go to avoid sexual harassment from males.
  
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• Studying the behaviour of lemurs could help us slip into a long sleep in space 

  17-03-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vladyslav Vyazovskiy, associate professor of neuroscience at the University of Oxford has explained what torpor does to the body and how it could affect the human body.
  
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• Is Amazon set to buy Google's humanoid robot division? Boston Dynamics sale could see Atlas used in warehouses and robot dogs making deliveries

  17-03-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Bloomberg, the firm has decided to sell the robot firm, with talks already underway with both Toyota and Amazon.
  
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• Michael Kors joins smartwatch scrum

  17-03-2016 19:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Kors unveils its first smartwatches, joining Samsung, Tissot and Nixon, which also have new models at the Baselworld trade show.
  
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• Bentley unveils designs for holographic BUTLERS in its luxury cars

  17-03-2016 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Crewe-based luxury car firm Bentley has released designs for concept cars featuring a virtual butler and organic LED touch-screens in the internal panels.
  
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• Apple's Tim Cook reveals 'errors' by FBI as they tried to unlock San Bernardino shooter's iPhone

  17-03-2016 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple CEO Tim Cook has said he is fighting the FBI's bid to decrypt a San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone because of his 'country boy' values. He also revealed 'errors' by FBI investigators.
  
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• Did the Vikings convert to Christianity earlier than believed?

  17-03-2016 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dennis Fabricius Holm was using his metal detector on an afternoon off from work when he uncovered a Birka crucifix pendant in Aunslev, Østfyn.
  
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• Google is putting Boston Dynamics up for sale

  17-03-2016 18:37
  
  Robotics company Boston Dynamics will be sold by Google, according to reports.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• The 'next Alibaba' has a B2B2C business model

  17-03-2016 18:23
  
  China's IngDan is connecting internet-of-things businesses to suppliers and users.By: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• Tim Peake captures Ireland from the ISS to celebrate St Patrick's Day 

  17-03-2016 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Peake took the lush-looking photograph of Ireland aboard the International Space Station (ISS) to celebrate St Patrick's Day.
  
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• The Chinese firm accelerating hardware, not software

  17-03-2016 18:15
  
  Shenzhen-based HAX is helping companies build market-ready hardware at record speeds.By: David Rowan, Continue reading...
  
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• Now THAT'S using your LOAF! Mouldy bread could help to make better batteries

  17-03-2016 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of Dundee has discovered that a fungus found on mouldy bread is able to transform the manganese into the materials needed for batteries and supercapicitors.
  
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• Tests on 19 car manufacturers show how thieves can break in with start button ignition

  17-03-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The German Automotive Club said it tested 24 different cars with new keyless technology to examine how secure they were from thieves.
  
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• Secret rooms uncovered at Tutankhamun's tomb

  17-03-2016 17:49
  
  Tutankhamun's tomb may be about to reveal more secrets, with two hidden chambers discovered behind the walls of the Egyptian king's burial chamber.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• You're more likely to find someone attractive on Tinder if you fancied the previous person

  17-03-2016 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the University of Sydney has shown that when looking through photographs in sequence, people are more likely to rate faces as attractive if they thought the face before was attractive.
  
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• Hyper-violent 'Lobo' to join DC movie universe

  17-03-2016 17:02
  
  Warner Bros is expanding its cinematic slate based on its DC Comics properties, with Lobo joining the shared universe about to explode with Batman v Superman.
  The project is moving ahead with writer Jason Fuchs having signed on to pen the movie. Fuchs has also written the upcoming Wonder Woman movie, due for release in 2017 and spinning out of Dawn of Justice. The Lobo movie will be directed by Brad Peyton, previously of disaster
  
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• SeaWorld to stop breeding orcas

  17-03-2016 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US theme park operator SeaWorld says it is ending its controversial orca breeding programme, after facing criticism over alleged poor treatment of its captive orcas.
  
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• World's longest snake discovered in Amazon jungle by BBC's Gordon Buchanan as he filmed Tribes, Predators and Me

  17-03-2016 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gordon Buchanan presents the three-part series called Tribes, Predators and Me, which first airs on BBC Two at 9pm on Sunday. The first episode is in the Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.
  
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• 43 of the best iPhone and iPad apps

  17-03-2016 16:12
  
  WIRED's pick of the best free and paid-for iPhone and iPad apps.By: Wired UK Staff, Continue reading...
  
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• Hubble telescope spies 'land of giants'

  17-03-2016 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronomers use the Hubble Space Telescope to investigate a clutch of monster stars on the edge of our Milky Way Galaxy.
  
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• Meet Scamp, the creepy robot that flies, scurries and climbs wall just like an insect

  17-03-2016 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flying robot uses two spindly daddy long legs-style limbs to pull itself up walls and surfaces, and was developed and built at Stanford University's Biomimetics and Dextrous Manipulation Lab.
  
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• No more annoying music! £355 'A' speaker only projects sound straight at listener without anyone nearby overhearing

  17-03-2016 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A company in France has developed a speaker that directs the sound so only you can hear - even if there is a crowd of other people in the room. The device guides sound straight to the listener.
  
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• Eerily lifelike robots will walk among us in just 20 years - if they don't destroy us first: Humanoid called Sophia reveals 'her aspirations' in an interview with her maker

  17-03-2016 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hong Kong-based Hanson Robotics is behind 'Sophia' - a robot (pictured) that has aspirations of attending school and even having a family.
  
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