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• Can you guess the Shakespeare play?

  23-04-2016 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google has paid tribute to Shakespeare and St George's Day with a special Google Doodle - but can you spot which of the Bard's plays are featured?
  
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• Marc Morano behind Climate Hustle worked for Rush Limbaugh and counts Sarah Palin as a fan

  23-04-2016 04:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Outspoken climate change critic Marc Morano, 46, who counts Sarah Palin and radio host Rush Limbaugh as fans among others who disagree with the topic, co-wrote and narrated Climate Hustle.
  
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• Shell reveals the city car of the future with a flip up front

  23-04-2016 03:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shell's city car uses a third less energy than average cars, as it gets 107 miles per gallon and is only 1.5m high, 2.5m long and 1.3m wide. And it gives off less CO2 emissions then hybrid cars.
  
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• Figures reveal rise in centenarians and predicts there will by 3.7 m by 2050

  23-04-2016 03:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data shows there will be 3.7 million centenarians by 2050. Experts say that for the first time in history, the old is on a path to outnumber the young. But it is unlikely most of us will live to see 100.
  
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• There may be a huge subglacial lake lurking beneath Antarctic ice

  23-04-2016 02:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lake is believed to be 60 miles (100km) long by 6 miles (10km). Evidence its location can be seen in a series of grooves, which cut across more than 600 miles (1000km) of Princess Elizabeth Land.
  
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• Watch the first drone race to use MIND CONTROL in video

  23-04-2016 02:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Competitors in the Florida race use specially programmed headbands to monitor their brainwaves - moving the drone when they will it to happen.
  
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• Skeleton mosaic discovered in Turkey says: 'Be cheerful, enjoy your life'

  23-04-2016 02:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in Hatay, Turkey have unearthed a mosaic depicting a happy skeleton which would have decorated a lavish Greek-Roman dining room.
  
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• Phones and tablets are finally starting to replace computers and laptops

  23-04-2016 02:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from London-based Ofcom has found 16 per cent of adults now only use smartphones or tablets to go online, a 10 per cent increase on last year. Stock image pictured.
  
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• NASA saves Kepler space 'scope by turning it off and on again

  23-04-2016 01:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Exoplanet mission back on after forcing an unexpected reboot The Kepler space telescope is back in action after a tense couple of weeks for NASA engineers.…
  
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• Milky Way Herschel video takes you on a tour of its stellar nurseries

  23-04-2016 01:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video was compiled by stitching together several hundred hours of Herschel telescope observations and spans a vast portion – almost 40 per cent – of the plane of the Milky Way.
  
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• Listen to Middle Ages melody reconstructed using a stolen manuscript lost for 142 years

  23-04-2016 01:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new performance has music set to the poetic portions of Roman philosopher Boethius' magnum opus The Consolation of Philosophy, and took 20 years to reconstruct.
  
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• Our perception of the world may simply be an ILLUSION, says leading expert

  23-04-2016 01:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientist Donald Hoffman from the University of California believes that what we are really seeing around us is simply a façade that guides our way around a far more complex and hidden matrix.
  
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• Massive 600 mile long reef found at the mouth of the Amazon

  23-04-2016 01:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The600-mile long reef, which ranges from 30-120m deep, stretches from French Guiana to Brazil's Maranhão state. However, researchers say it is already under threat from nearby oil exploration.
  
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• Is this the city car of the future? Shell reveals bizarre bug eyed vehicle with a flip up front

  23-04-2016 01:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shell's city car uses a third less energy than average cars, as it gets 107 miles per gallon and is only 1.5m high, 2.5m long and 1.3m wide. And it gives off less CO2 emissions then hybrid cars.
  
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• Brad, the AI interrogator is taught to tell when people are REALLY telling the truth

  23-04-2016 01:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Twente created the virtualinterrogator to interviewpeople - and researchers found it was more effective as long as subjects think the AI is human controlled.
  
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• Scientists find how organism forms ICE to attack plants

  23-04-2016 01:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bacteria, Pseudomonas syringae, is able to confuse water molecules to form ice at much higher temperatures than normal.
  
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• California whale-watcher sees killer whales attack pod of fleeing dolphins

  23-04-2016 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A peaceful whale-watching expedition off the coast of California turned into a nightmare when a swarm of about 1,000 dolphins appeared out of nowhere.
  
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• MTV is bringing 'Cribs' back on Snapchat

  23-04-2016 00:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MTV is giving Cribs another go, but doing things a little different. Cribs will air on Snapchat in a weekly short-form starting this June and celebrities will use their phones for the tour.
  
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