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• Experts reveal ‘dark compounds’ in synthetic drugs can cause violent behaviour

  31-03-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Synthetic street drugs can contain a ‘dark combination of compounds,’ a video from the American Chemical Society explains, making them extremely harmful to the user.
  
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• China wants a 'Go' at Google's DeepMind

  31-03-2016 23:05 via go.theregister.com
  
  Challenger emerges for AI's board-game crown A group from China says it wants to build an AI to challenge the Google DeepMind AlphaGo system.…
  
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• Nasa attempts to make drugs in space using FUNGUS on board the ISS

  31-03-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists suspect the stressful environment of the ISS could trigger changes in physiological responses of fungus called Aspergillus nidulans.
  
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• Zika virus structure revealed - a critical advance in development of new treatments

  31-03-2016 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Purdue University experts found importnat structural differences on a key protein in the Zika virus molecule, which may explain why it attacks nerve cells while similar viruses do not.
  
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• Amazon expands its smart buttons to allow users to reorder everything with a tap

  31-03-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One year after launching its Dash Buttons, Amazon announced the collection of brands now exceeds over 100. The firm added top brands across dozens of retail categories -- including condoms.
  
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• US Navy's 'ghost hunter' drone boat will scour seas for enemy submarines

  31-03-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Navy hopes the 'sea hunter' will end the growing threat of quiet, diesel powered enemy submarines entering American waters undetected.
  
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• Scientists capture best ever image of planet similar to our own forming

  31-03-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunning image, taken using the Alma telescope in Chile, shows the 10 million year-old star TW Hydra which is located relatively close to us at 175 light-years away.
  
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• The Doctors rate dermatologist's worst ever cases in video

  31-03-2016 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING VERY GRAPHIC CONTENT: The Doctors looked at the most disgusting cases Dr Sandra Lee has taken on, including a slow-groing fatty lump, a scalp cyst the size of an egg, and a huge cyst on a woman's leg.
  
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• Chronos 'locks onto' individuals to make sure they never drop Wi-Fi signal

  31-03-2016 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), Chronos could additionally lead to safer drones, smarter homes and password-free Wi-Fi.
  
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• Microsoft reveals ‘CaptionBot’ you can try out online

  31-03-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft's CaptionBot analyzes pictures and write captions on what it 'sees'. Using computer vision and natural language, it can work out gender, celebrities and facial expressions.
  
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• Boompi dating app lets your friends see and discuss your messages

  31-03-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boompi is a new dating app that lets women invite friends to eavesdrop on private conversations with potential matches. Women can switch between chats to get the best advice from their girl friends.
  
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• The sex of your baby could be determined by a 1.5 million year old VIRUS

  31-03-2016 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An ancient virus may play an important role in determining the sex of your baby. Yale University researchers discovered that a modification can disable a virus to influence chromosome activity.
  
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• Pluto's stunning snakeskin terrain is unveiled in 3D images

  31-03-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The blades are the dominant feature of a broad area named Tartarus Dorsa. Current theories on how they formed include erosion from evaporating ices or deposition of methane ice
  
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• US and China to sign climate treaty

  31-03-2016 20:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's two largest carbon emitters have issued a joint statement confirming that both countries will sign the Paris Climate Agreement next month.
  
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• Winging it! Climate change is helping common birds to flourish… but others are struggling to adapt to rising temperatures 

  31-03-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team led by Durham University, found that birds they thought would be suited to the changing conditions 'substantially' outperformed those expected to suffer between 1980 and 2010.
  
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• Want to be a winner? It really is mind over matter: Study discovers the brain circuits that decide whether fights are won or lost

  31-03-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Riken Brain Science Institute in Japan discovered two circuits in a structure called the habenula while studying the behaviour of fighting zebrafish.
  
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• The dying star that could rewrite what we know about stellar evolution: White dwarf is found with a bizarre atmosphere of oxygen 

  31-03-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Brazil and Germany have discovered a white dwarf with an atmosphere heavy in oxygen for the first time. They say the finding could challenge what we know about how stars evolve.
  
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• Pentagon refuses to rule out robosoldiers that can kill with no human input

  31-03-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robotic systems and unmanned vehicles are playing an ever-growing role in the US military -- but don't expect to see Terminator-style droids striding across ...
  
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• Chinese team to challenge Google's AlphaGo in 'world's most complex' board game

  31-03-2016 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the China Computer Go team will issue a challenge to AlphaGo by the end of 2016, said attendees at an
  event in Beijing.
  
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• High levels of testosterone affect parts of the brain linked with emotion

  31-03-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Utrecht University have shown that the presence of the male sex hormone can scramble communication in the brain, lowering levels of empathy.
  
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• Driverless cars will compete in 'Roborace' series in cities around the world

  31-03-2016 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first designs of the Roborace autonomous race car have been revealed – and later this year, they will begin competing against each other in cities around the world.
  
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• Cloud seeding UAV tested over Nevada is hoped to increase rainfall by 15%

  31-03-2016 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of Nevada scientists used a DAx8 eight-rotor drone to spracy fine particles of silver iodide into a cloud system in an effort to boost the amount of rain that falls.
  
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• Pigments in fossils can help reveal skin of reptile that lived 10m years ago

  31-03-2016 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Cork have been able to see the shapes of individual cells in the snake's skin, after it was preserved for millions of years.
  
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• The record breaking MEGADRONE that could take commuters to work

  31-03-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Oslo team built the large unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), dubbed the Megakopter. It contains 13 propellers and eight hexacopters powered by a total of 48 motors.
  
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• Would you trust Microsoft's AI to caption your selfies? Firm reveals ‘CaptionBot’ you can try out online

  31-03-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft's CaptionBot analyzes pictures and write captions on what it 'sees'. Using computer vision and natural language, it can work out gender, celebrities and facial expressions.
  
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• Competition for food drove megalodon sharks to extinction 2 million years ago

  31-03-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Catalina Pimiento and a team from the University of Zurich looked through 200 records of the Carcharocles megladon (illustrated) to solve the mysteries about how its species was wiped out.
  
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• Lasers could 'cloak Earth from aliens'

  31-03-2016 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We should shine lasers into space if we want to hide our presence from alien civilisations, two US-based astronomers suggest.
  
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• Could a cloaking device made of LASERS hide Earth from aliens?

  31-03-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at Columbia University in New York said beaming a powerful laser into the sky could cloak the change in light caused by the Earth passing in front of the sun, and betray our location.
  
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• This beetle-computer hybrid is controlled by humans

  31-03-2016 17:54
  
  Researchers have created a remote-controlled living robot beetle with adjustable gait and walking speedBy: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Cyber criminals 'hacked law firms'

  31-03-2016 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber criminals have been targeting major law firms in what may be an attempt to gather information for insider trading deals, according to reports.
  
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• This startup is helping nurses prototype and innovate

  31-03-2016 17:46
  
  Nurses and other frontline carers have been at the forefront of healthcare innovation for hundreds of years, but they need help for their ideas to really take off.
  By: Duncan Geere, Continue reading...
  
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• Aswan necropolis and shrine may have belonged to a unknown wealthy Egyptians

  31-03-2016 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dozens of rock-cut tombs and a small shrine have been found in Gebel el- Silsila area in Aswan, Egypt, containing human remains as well as a seal ring and other artefacts.
  
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• Why aren't men as caring as women? Blame their hormones! High levels of testosterone affect parts of the brain linked with emotion

  31-03-2016 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Utrecht University have shown that the presence of the male sex hormone can scramble communication in the brain, lowering levels of empathy.
  
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• What makes a 'good' death? And how would YOU want to die?

  31-03-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patients said religion and spirituality were important, while family members believed dignity and life completion were more critical to a good death, the University of California researchers said.
  
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• Forget hunting for Wi-Fi, this network finds YOU: Chronos 'locks onto' individuals to make sure they never drop signal - and it can even block people in the same house

  31-03-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL), Chronos could additionally lead to safer drones, smarter homes and password-free Wi-Fi.
  
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• There may be a 'vegetarian gene'

  31-03-2016 16:49
  
  There could be a "vegetarian" gene that has evolved amongst groups of people who have historically eaten less meat. By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Changes in the follicles of astronauts on ISS suggest hair may stop growing in orbit

  31-03-2016 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hair from 10 astronauts was collected while they were on the International Space Station before being analysed by scientists based at Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency.
  
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• Americans with racially distinctive names found to ‘live a year longer’ 

  31-03-2016 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Americans with traditional black names such as Elijah and Moses are likely to outlive their counterparts, according to research by Michigan State University. Many of the names are Biblical.
  
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• Self-driving cars confused by US roadways with faded markings and poor signs

  31-03-2016 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poor markings and uneven signage are forcing automakers
  to develop more sophisticated sensors and maps to compensate,
  industry executives say.
  
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• Mars' mile high mounds were created by WIND over billions of years

  31-03-2016 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin made a model of a crater to prove winds whittled the landmarks on Mars.
  
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• The simple trick that reveals if YOUR microwave is leaking radiation

  31-03-2016 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video from San Diego-based YouTuber Physics Girl shows that microwaves (pictured) may be prone to leaking small amounts of radiation by placing a phone inside and calling it.
  
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• A cracking way to propose! Computer scientist asks partner to marry him using message encrypted by the Enigma code 

  31-03-2016 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Leap Day this year, Dr Sue Black, senior research associate at University College London, was sitting on the sofa when her partner presented her with an encrypted proposal (pictured).
  
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• Two thirds of us have genes that could cut up to four years off our lifespans

  31-03-2016 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Edinburgh University have identified two genetic variations that appear to lower a person's lifespan. Carrying just one copy of these can lower life expectancy by up to a year.
  
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• Seymourpowell unveils First Spaces plane suite with king size beds and huge TV screen

  31-03-2016 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The First Spaces concept, from London design firm Seymourpowell, is aimed at solo passengers or couples who don't want to be bothered or even seen by fellow travellers on a long-haul flight.
  
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• Microsoft is betting that bots 'are the new apps'

  31-03-2016 14:37
  
  Microsoft its putting its weight behind bots and AI with two major announcements at Microsoft Build 2016 By: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• FoxType tool reveals whether your email sounds rude and how to be polite

  31-03-2016 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FoxType is a New York-based Gmail extension that aims to help you 'write in a more polite, friendly tone'. The software checks phrases for warning signs you are being rude. Donald Trump is shown.
  
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• EE top in mobile internet speed test

  31-03-2016 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile network EE had the fastest internet speed in a test of four major operators conducted by the telecoms watchdog Ofcom.
  
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• Human brains 'file' irrelevant thoughts of the past into a 'trash folder'

  31-03-2016 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team led by the University of Edinburgh found that the process of actively wiping memories happens when brain cells remove certain receptors from the connections between brain cells.
  
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• The danger with streaming and driving

  31-03-2016 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police officer is running an unofficial social media campaign to stop people streaming and driving.
  
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• This transparent wood could be used to build windows

  31-03-2016 13:36
  
  Windows of the future could be made from wood, according to Swedish researchers.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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