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• Are some people BORN killers?

  28-04-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kent Kiehl, a psychologist who works at the Western New Mexico Correctional Facility claims at least 50 per cent of brain abnormalities in murderers is caused by genetics.
  
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• Why you can’t cook rice

  28-04-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cooking expert Dan Souza is bringing science to the kitchen to explain how to make better rice, and he says the key is to minimize evaporation. Through trial and error, you can optimize the ratio.
  
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• Drone captures footage of whales and dolphins playing together off Californian coast

  28-04-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage of the pods of gray whales and bottlenose dolphins was taken by photographer Sandy Rich this month at the Windansea Beach in San Diego.
  
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• US Military bosses to pit A10 and F35 against each other in a series of War Games

  28-04-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, the world's most expensive weapon, will face off in upcoming testing with the Air Force's 40 year oldA-10 Thunderbolt II.
  
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• Amazon profit crushes estimates as cloud service revenue jumps

  28-04-2016 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com Inc's quarterly profit and revenue topped analysts' expectations by a wide margin as the Prime loyalty program helped boost the firm.
  
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• ‘Robot mermaid’ that recovered treasures from King Louis XIV's wrecked flagship

  28-04-2016 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Created by Stanford, OceanOne is a humanoid with human vision, force feedback and a 'brain. The bot pulled a vase from the 'La Lune', which has been sitting 328 feet below the surface since 1664.
  
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• Scientists make prediction by changing 'Drake equation' to include Kepler data

  28-04-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at RochesterUniversity say the odds of an advanced civilization developing need to be less than one in 10 billion trillion for humans to be the only intelligent life in the universe.
  
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• SpaceX is go for US military GPS sat launch, smashes ULA monopoly

  28-04-2016 22:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Nothing like some healthy competition The US military has awarded SpaceX an $82.7m contract to launch a next-generation GPS satellite into orbit.…
  
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• Curiosity reveals stunning 360 panorama of its highest point on the red planet 

  28-04-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Curiosity rover has captured footage from its highest climb yet, revealing a remarkable view across Naukluft Plateau on Mars. The 360 view can be explored in a new YouTube video.
  
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• Researchers find those who work past 65 live longer

  28-04-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oregon State University found that those who work past age 65 have an 11% lower risk of death. Even those who term themselves unhealthy have a 9% lower mortality rate than retirees.
  
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• Scientists discover what causes pigments to fade in bid to reverse signs of ageing 

  28-04-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center studying signalling pathways inskin and hair stem cells say they could potentially lead to treatments for grey hair (illustrated) and skin pigment conditions.
  
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• Car radio traffic reports and music make drivers slower to react

  28-04-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Cork asked 36 people to drive a route in a driving simulator while listening to a traffic reports on the radio. Stock image.
  
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• 'Lyme disease is a ticking time bomb'

  28-04-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Hany Elsheikha, associate professor of parasitology at the University of Nottingham, says Lyme disease is one of the fastest-growing diseases in the Western world.
  
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• The science of sexuality:Experts study what really influences sexual orientation

  28-04-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study led by Northwestern University in Illinois, has reviewed other research on sexual orientation as well as the politics surrounding homosexuality.
  
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• Half of us have an 'ageing gene' and it affects our skin as much as smoking

  28-04-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Rotterdam found the gene MC1R is key to a person's appearance. The average face of a young-looking 70-year-old is left, with an 'old-looking' 47-year-old right.
  
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• Being distracted while with babies causes them to grow up with attention problems

  28-04-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists at Indiana University found toddlers find it hard to focus if their parents or other caregivers are distracted while playing with them (illustrated with a stock picture).
  
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• VIDEO: Gene therapy could reverse sight loss

  28-04-2016 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A pioneering new treatment is giving is new hope for those with macular degeneration, as Pallab Ghosh reports.
  
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• World's smallest thermometer made from DNA is 20,000 times smaller than human hair 

  28-04-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biochemists at the University of Montreal have designed DNA strands that fold and unfold at specific temperatures to produce a nanoscale themometer (illustrated).
  
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• 'I'm the king of the world!' Curiosity reveals stunning 360 panorama of its highest point on the red planet 

  28-04-2016 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Curiosity rover has captured footage from its highest climb yet, revealing a remarkable view across Naukluft Plateau on Mars. The 360 view can be explored in a new YouTube video.
  
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• Could we soon ‘CURE’ grey hair? Scientists discover what causes pigments to fade in a bid to reverse the signs of ageing 

  28-04-2016 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at NYU Langone Medical Center studying signalling pathways inskin and hair stem cells say they could potentially lead to treatments for grey hair (illustrated) and skin pigment conditions.
  
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• Amazon rapped for illegal app charges

  28-04-2016 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon illegally charged parents for in-app purchases made by children, a US judge rules.
  
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• New EU radar satellite takes first image

  28-04-2016 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU's newest Earth observation satellite, Sentinel-1b, has returned its first radar imagery - of Svalbard, the Norwegian archipelago.
  
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• Ancient stars at the heart of the Milky Way reveal clues to the how the galaxy formed

  28-04-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of astronomers, led by researchers in Postdam, Germany, found a population of stars more than 10 billion years old at the heart of the Milky Way (illustrated).
  
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• Ancient priests used DRUGS to control their followers 3,000 years ago

  28-04-2016 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists at Stanford University claim to have found evidence that priests who ran the Chavín de Huántar religious complex in Peru 3,000 years ago manipulated the populous to exert their authority.
  
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• Neonics 'not equally harmful' to bees

  28-04-2016 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The largest field-study so far in to the group of pesticides called "neonicotinoids" has concluded that each acts differently on the brains of the bees.
  
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• E-cigarettes should be given to smokers, say doctors

  28-04-2016 18:02
  
  Doctors should encourage their patients to use e-cigarettes to prevent them from relapsing into smoking.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Mechanical doping, Nokia's big deal: Podcast 265

  28-04-2016 17:55
  
  
  We explain why mechanical doping is now a thing and try and work out why Nokia has spent £131 million on health and fitness tracking firm Withings. Plus: intelligent slime mould.By: WIRED.co.uk, Continue reading...
  
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• The world's smallest thermometer made from DNA is 20,000 times smaller than a human hair 

  28-04-2016 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biochemists at the University of Montreal have designed DNA strands that fold and unfold at specific temperatures to produce a nanoscale themometer (illustrated).
  
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• Having a larger social group of friends increases your tolerance for pain

  28-04-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'brain opioid theory of social attachment', is that social interactions trigger positive emotions when endorphin binds to opioid receptors in the brain, according to researchers at the University of Oxford.
  
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• Forget phones, your car RADIO is just as distracting when driving: Traffic reports and music make drivers slower to react

  28-04-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Cork asked 36 people to drive a route in a driving simulator while listening to a traffic reports on the radio. Stock image.
  
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• Revered Chinese monk Fu Hou is mummified and covered in gold leaf

  28-04-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fu Hou died in 2012 after spending most of his life at the Chongfu Temple on a hill in the city of Quanzhou, in southeastern China, according to the temple's abbot, Li Ren. The golden statue is pictured.
  
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• Samsung soars as Apple slumps

  28-04-2016 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mobile division was the South Korean firm's biggest earner for the first time since the second quarter of 2014. The Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge is pictured.
  
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• The best iPhone apps of 2017

  28-04-2016 17:01
  
  WIRED's pick of the best free and paid-for iPhone and iPad apps
  
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• The best iPhone apps

  28-04-2016 17:01
  
  WIRED's pick of the best free and paid-for iPhone and iPad apps
  
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• The best iPhone and iPad apps of 2017

  28-04-2016 17:01
  
  WIRED's pick of the best free and paid-for iPhone and iPad apps
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• The best iPhone and iPad apps

  28-04-2016 17:01
  
  WIRED's pick of the best free and paid-for iPhone and iPad apps
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• Caspian Sea floor reveals mysterious 'scratch marks' which may be caused by ice

  28-04-2016 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satellite images beamed back by Nasa's Landsat 8 satelliterevealed strange marks on the bottom of the Caspian Sea around the Tyuleniy Archipelago in Kazakhstan (pictured).
  
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• Suicidal people can reveal thoughts through their speech tones

  28-04-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Southern California found warning signs include ‘breathier’ speech as well as subtleties in the pitch and tension in a person’s voice.
  
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• 54 of the best iPhone and iPad apps

  28-04-2016 16:01
  
  WIRED's pick of the best free and paid-for iPhone and iPad apps.By: Wired UK Staff, Continue reading...
  
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• It wasn't a drone that hit that plane landing at Heathrow

  28-04-2016 15:54
  
  The 'drone' that collided with a plane landing at Heathrow probably wasn't a drone, government officials have said. The item the plane hit may have even been a plastic bag.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Drexel University professor claims it's IMPOSSIBLE to be vegetarian

  28-04-2016 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Smith, from Drexel University, claims that plants acquire nutrients from the soil, including decayed plant and animal remains meaning even plant-based diets consist of animal remains.
  
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• Man jailed for failing to decrypt data

  28-04-2016 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A man is held in prison for seven months after failing to decrypt two hard drives that investigators suspect contain indecent images of children.
  
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• Moving beyond checklists could make the NHS safer

  28-04-2016 15:46
  
  Medical checklists have been proven to save lives, but they also pose a danger to patients when it comes to more complex medicineBy: Cosima Gretton, Continue reading...
  
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• Microsoft to buy millions of strands of DNA for long-term storage

  28-04-2016 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Washington-based firm will work with Twist Bioscience to produce millions of synthetic strands for data storage (illustrated), demonstrating serious interest for the method from industry.
  
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• How thousands of gamers are helping to decode the human body

  28-04-2016 15:24
  
    Hundreds of thousands of EVE Online players are helping to analyse the millions of uncategorised proteins in the human body - and they're already making breakthroughs.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Doom creators seek cash for game

  28-04-2016 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two gaming veterans who helped create iconic title Doom are seeking cash to make a "classic" first-person shooter.
  
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• E-cigarettes help save lives, says Royal College of Physicians

  28-04-2016 15:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Sometimes Nanny doesn’t know best The Royal College of Physicians has issued a report strongly critical of “public health” scolds, such as GPs and EU officials, who want the use of e-cigarettes of restricted.…
  
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• When hunters became the hunted: Bite marks on early human leg bone shows how our ancestors were EATEN by hyenas

  28-04-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fossilised femur found in a cave close to Casablanca, on the Moroccan coast, has been found to bear tooth marks left by a hyena as it consumed an early human ancestor.
  
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• Galileo in spaaace: France's 'equivalence principle' satellite

  28-04-2016 14:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Do all bodies in a vacuum really fall at the same speed? Earlier this week, France's snappily-named "Micro-Satellite à traînée Compensée pour l'Observation du Principe d'Equivalence", aka Microscope, rode a Soyuz lifter to orbit on a mission to " test the equivalence principle, which postulates the equality between gravitational mass and inertial mass".…
  
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• Mariana Trench jellyfish may be entirely new species

  28-04-2016 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers are conducting a deepwater exploration mission in the Pacific Ocean near the Mariana Trench to collect rock samples and record the weird and wonderful wildlife.
  
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