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• Snapchat gets animated with 'magic' stickers that can move around videos

  13-04-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchatters will not be able to add colourful emojis to their creative videos. Snapchat is adding 3D stickers that can be pinned to an object in the clip, which moves, rotates and changes size.
  
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• Facebook shows off the 'holiday snap of the future' with VR selfie stick

  13-04-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The demonstration used the Oculus Rift, Facebook's VR headset, and allowed an employee in San Francisco to take a selfie in virtual London with an employee 30 miles away.
  
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• Posting Tail smart coat lets dogs post a picture whenever they wag their tail

  13-04-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Posting Tail is a smart vest that tracks tail-wags to determine when your dog is happy, and it can snap a photo of the moment and upload it right to social media.
  
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• Stephen Hawking backed $100m Breakthrough Listen shares its search for ET data

  13-04-2016 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The announcement from 'Breakthrough Listen; was made during the launch of Hawing's second initiative yesterday, dubbed 'Breakthrough Starshot', in New York.
  
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• Russian fighter jets buzz US Navy warship in Baltic, defense official reveals

  13-04-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Russian Su-24 planes thundered over the USS Donald Cook at a height of just 30ft as the US Warship conducted routine operations in the Baltic Sea.
  
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• Osaka Institute of Technology develop new laser-driven robot to deliver drugs faster

  13-04-2016 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists Osaka Institute of Technology in Japan coated millimetre-sized drops of water in a nanometre-scale powder of polypyrrole. The material helped give the droplets superpowers.
  
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• Scientists are shaving ants to understand how they survive in extreme

  13-04-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by the Free University of Brussels, discovered that when sliced, the silvery hairs that cover the ants' bodies (pictured) reflect light in a similar way to fibre optic cables.
  
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• Six best ways to say you're sorry

  13-04-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fisher College of Business devised a six element list for giving the perfect apology. But if you're pressed for time, researchers say admitting fault and offering to repair the damage are critical.
  
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• How evolution has helped Baseball pitchers develop throw

  13-04-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to an expert from Yale University, modern humans’ ability to throw may stem from early hunting techniques, when hurling a hard object was the best way to take down prey.
  
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• Dailymail.com tries ‘future of food’ replacement Soylent Drink 2.0 in live video

  13-04-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It claims to pack enough nutrients to replace any given meal, all crammed into a satisfying drink. Watch live on Facebook at 4pm as Dailymail.com tries Soylent.
  
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• Google Calendar launches 'personal goals' feature to find time for workouts in your calendar

  13-04-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Goals in Google Calendar set a goal, 'How often' and 'Best time', and will look at your monthly obligations to find an opening. And the more you use the app, the better it will become at scheduling your activities.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto players found to be less sympathetic towards females in tests

  13-04-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the universities of Ohio and Milano Bicocca found players who identified strongly with their on-screen characters were more likely to exhibit sexist behaviour in real life.
  
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• University of Chicago study finds babies have basic social skills at just seven months

  13-04-2016 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers discovered seven month old's have basic social skills - and can already understand what their parents are doing.
  
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• 300m year-old 'sea alien' had backbone and eyes on stalk in Illinois

  13-04-2016 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Leicester say the pigments from the fossil's eyes (fossil pictured) are the oldest pigments ever discovered and also prove the creature did indeed have eyes.
  
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• Seven main reasons why relationships break down

  13-04-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers compiled the top deal breakers people have when finding a mate. They found people give these more weight, which in turn overshadows any deal makers their potential mate might possess.
  
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• Babies can be bought off by bad guys new study shows

  13-04-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Yale University said children as young as 12 months can be persuaded to do something bad if they are offered enough of an incentive.
  
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• Japanese train has seats that will lift up into the CEILING during rush hour

  13-04-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some trains in Kyoto, Osaka and Shiga in Japan have seats that lift into the ceiling. They're available on Keihan 5000 series locomotives during off peak hours.
  
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• Man plays Guitar Hero for the first time in THREE years, thanks to brain chip

  13-04-2016 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Ohio State University used a 'nerve bypass' to allow quadriplegic Ian Burkhart (pictured) to move his fingers and hand.
  
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• Bed bugs' thick skins beat insecticide

  13-04-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bed bugs might be developing thicker "skins" to help them survive exposure to common insecticides.
  
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• It's not me, it really IS you: Researchers reveal the seven traits in a partner they say can kill a relationship

  13-04-2016 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers compiled the top deal breakers people have when finding a mate. They found people give these more weight, which in turn overshadows any deal makers their potential mate might possess.
  
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• Prehistoric peepers unlock more secrets of the weird Tully monster: Pigment cells prove the 300-million-year old 'sea alien' had eyes on stalks and a backbone

  13-04-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Leicester say the pigments from the fossil's eyes (fossil pictured) are the oldest pigments ever discovered and also prove the creature did indeed have eyes.
  
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• Brain chip helps quadriplegic man move his fingers for the first time in three years - and he can even play Guitar Hero

  13-04-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors at Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and Ohio State University used a 'nerve bypass' to allow quadriplegic Ian Burkhart (pictured) to move his fingers and hand.
  
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• Implant lets paralysed man 'play guitar'

  13-04-2016 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a world first, a quadriplegic man can once again move his own fingers after a chip was implanted in his brain.
  
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• Ilia State University's controversial study claims half of population have 'gay genes'

  13-04-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giorgi Chaladze of the Ilia State University in Georgia used a computational model that, among others, included aspects of heredity and the tendency of homosexual men to come from larger families.
  
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• Ubisoft tracks lost Division agents

  13-04-2016 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ubisoft says it will soon fix a fault with its blockbuster video game Tom Clancy's The Division that caused hundreds of players' characters to vanish.
  
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• A 'monster' is found lurking in the depths of Loch Ness...but bizarre shape spotted by a robo-sub is actually a long-lost film prop

  13-04-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Results from the survey seem to rubbish theories about a deep trench in Loch Ness near Inverness capable of shrouding the mysterious monster (hoax picture shown) from public view.
  
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• Amazon launches the £270 Kindle Oasis

  13-04-2016 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Seattle-firm's Kindle Oasis is 30% thinner and 20% lighter - weighing just 131 grams (4.6 ounces). It costs £269.99 in the UK and $289.99 in the US and comes with a magnetic leather battery cover.
  
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• Puzzle of the Nazca holes is solved

  13-04-2016 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have used satellite data to shed new light onto the mysterious spiral-shaped funnels around Nazca city in southern Peru and found they helped bring water to the arid desert.
  
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• Japanese train has seats that will lift up into the CEILING during rush hour to create more room

  13-04-2016 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some trains in Kyoto, Osaka and Shiga in Japan have seats that lift into the ceiling. They're available on Keihan 5000 series locomotives during off peak hours.
  
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• 'This is a Voice' is a noisy exploration of what makes us human

  13-04-2016 18:25
  
  The Wellcome Collection's latest exhibition is a cacophonous exploration of the human voice in all its forms.By: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Even BABIES can be bought off: Infants will do deals with 'bad guys' if the price is right

  13-04-2016 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Yale University said children as young as 12 months can be persuaded to do something bad if they are offered enough of an incentive.
  
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• Netflix introduces HDR video

  13-04-2016 18:10
  
  Netflix has begun rolling out high dynamic range content to customers, offering potentially dramatically improved picture quality – but only for those on the top tier subscription package.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Amazon unveils £270 Kindle Oasis ereader

  13-04-2016 18:10
  
      Amazon has announced the Kindle Oasis, its thinnest and lightest and most expensive ereader yetBy: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• EU to harvest more air passenger data

  13-04-2016 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU plans to give police more powers to see airline passenger details, in a major counter-terrorism initiative.
  
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• Nasa funds Armageddon-stylerobots who will protect Earth from asteroids

  13-04-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Made in Space, the US based space-manufacturing company is working on a Nasa-funded project to develop ways of turning asteroids into spaceships to complete basic missions.
  
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• 'Textalyzers' could be used to catch distracted drivers

  13-04-2016 17:25
  
  Police could soon use a 'textalyzer' to test whether mobile phones have been used by drivers involved in car crashes.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Feeling exhausted and overworked? You may have neurasthenia

  13-04-2016 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Author David Schuster, of Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne said the condition was defined by neurologist George Beard in 1869.
  
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• How technology could help millions of female refugees

  13-04-2016 16:41
  
  A group of designers, NGOs and academics are working to develop technology that can inform and educate female refugees of all ages.By: Jade French, Continue reading...
  
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• Are YOU at risk? Millions of people are leaving private details exposed to hackers

  13-04-2016 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based mobile and internet security company BullGuard found a third of Britons login automatically and also store their bank card details to shopping sites such as eBay and Amazon.
  
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• Slow-motion footage captures drones blades being catapulted at slabs of pork

  13-04-2016 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Aalborg University’s rigged a catapult to launch a hobby drone into the meat at high speed, recording the impact with a high-speed camera (pictured).
  
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• Fighting pandemics should be funded 'like the military'

  13-04-2016 15:44
  
  Governments around the world need to invest in defending against pandemics such as Ebola and Zika in the same way they invest in the military, says the head of biomedical research charity the Wellcome Trust.By: Olivia Solon, Continue reading...
  
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• Physicists reveal a new explanation that could help build superfast advanced computers

  13-04-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Nottingham and Strathclyde Universities have developed a method to quantify how useful different quantum systems might be for practical applications.
  
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• Are YOU at risk? Millions of people are leaving private details exposed to hackers because they can't remember passwords

  13-04-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based mobile and internet security company BullGuard found a third of Britons login automatically and also store their bank card details to shopping sites such as eBay and Amazon.
  
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• Are humans hardwired for war?

  13-04-2016 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sarah Peacey from University College London explains how bonobos and humans share DNA but different societies and this may explain why we're more violent than the animals.
  
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• UCL's School of Management finds women ARE held back in workplace by fellow females

  13-04-2016 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from University College London found that women who take competition with female co-workers too seriously might actually be damaging their careers (stock image).
  
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• African bush fires helped humans FORAGE 3 million years ago, reveal scientists

  13-04-2016 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new theory by anthropologists at the University of Utah suggests humans began exploiting natural bush fires (pictured) as it made it easier for them to find, catch and eat food.
  
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• The stars moving so fast they almost have enough energy to escape the Milky Way

  13-04-2016 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at the Friedrich Alexander University and the California Institute of Technology found a binary star system moving very fast at the edge of our galaxy, and it is not certain where it has come from.
  
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• Warner Bros confirms Ben Affleck solo Batman movie

  13-04-2016 14:28
  
  Warner Bros' worst-kept secret is now open knowledge, as the studio has confirmed the all-but announced Ben Affleck solo Batman movie.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• EU watchdogs reject Safe Harbour fix

  13-04-2016 13:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Privacy watchdogs say changes must be made to a proposed EU-US data transfer pact meant to replace the Safe Harbour agreement.
  
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• Bizarre slow-motion footage captures drones being catapulted at slabs of pork to study how the blades tear flesh

  13-04-2016 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Aalborg University’s rigged a catapult to launch a hobby drone into the meat at high speed, recording the impact with a high-speed camera (pictured).
  
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