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• Children may be damaged by machines they can’t tell apart from real people

  04-05-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stuart Russell, the Portmouth-based vice chair of the World Economic Forum Council says the more a robot resembles a human, the more disturbing it will be to the general population.
  
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• Giant chunks of Earth's mantle are FALLING OFF and causing quakes across southeastern US

  04-05-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers believe the quakes could be caused by pieces of the Earth's mantle breaking off and sinking into the planet.
  
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• Researchers claim they have found evidence prayers can reduce cravings among recovering alcoholics

  04-05-2016 23:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For long-term members of AA, praying helps to reduce alcohol cravings.
  Study from NYU Langone Medical Center also revealed responses in brain regions that control attention and emotion.
  
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• Wreckage of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour may be in U.S. harbor

  04-05-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The wreckage of the Endeavour, the storied British ship that 18th-century explorer Captain James Cook sailed through the uncharted South Pacific, may lie off Rhode Island's coast.
  
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• Hulu and YouTube BOTH set to launch services streaming live TV channels next year

  04-05-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hulu today confirmed its service would launch in 2017, while B loomberg claims YouTube is also working on a service called Unplugged for release next year.
  
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• Apple Music set for a complete overhaul in war with Spotify and Tidal

  04-05-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Music is set to be revamped in time for its one year anniversary. A recent report from Bloomberg reveals the service will see a new design that is more intuitive.
  
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• Millions of passwords stolen from Google and Yahoo users in major security breach

  04-05-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alex Holden, founder of Wisconsin-based Hold Security, claims that the details of 272.3 million stolen accounts are now being traded in Russia's criminal underworld.
  
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• Elon Musk's SpaceX hires Marvel costume designer to make Mars spacesuit

  04-05-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire recently hired Marvel costume designer Jose Fernandez. The California-based designeris better known for designing costumes for films such ‘Captain America: Civil War’.
  
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• 3D animations reveal the beauty of Kung Fu

  04-05-2016 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German designer, Tobias Gremmler, used C4D to recreate the graceful moves of Kung Fu into an animated series. Kung Fu Motion Visualization slows down moments so viewers can see its beauty.
  
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• Researchers reveal the psychological tricks candidates are using to boost turnouts

  04-05-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From promising follow-ups to telling people their voting history is on public record, presidential nominees are taking a page from scientific-based studies to increase voter turnout.
  
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• Would YOU trust a robot surgeon?

  04-05-2016 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Children's National Medical Centre in Washington tested the Star robot (pictured) against manual surgery and robot-assisted surgery with the da Vinci Surgical System.
  
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• Nasa reveals 'real' Star Wars planets Tatooine, Hoth, Coruscant and the Death Star

  04-05-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For instance, Saturn's moon, Mimas, has become known as the 'Death Star' and Kepler-16b is an analog to Tatooine. Nasa released the compilation in celebration of 'Star Wars Day'.
  
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• Scientists grow embryos in a lab for TWICE as long as thought possible

  04-05-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Cambridge University and a team at Rockefeller University in New York have achieved the remarkable feat of growing a human embryo in a laboratory for 13 days for the first time.
  
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• Titanfall developer Respawn tackling new Star Wars game

  04-05-2016 20:39
  
  A new, third-person Star Wars game is in the works, from Titanfall developer Respawn Entertainment.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• National Geographic Traveler photographer of the year contest's most stunning entries

  04-05-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Captured at beauty spots in Australia, the US and South Africa, these dramatic images are vying for top prize in National Geographic Traveler's coveted photographer of the year contest.
  
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• 'Unlimited' chocolate bar riddle is solved in a mind-bending video

  04-05-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video from SoFlo appears to show chocolate being produced from thin air and has received more than 25 million views on Facebook. Now a solution video has emerged revealing how it's done.
  
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• Takata to double US airbag recall

  04-05-2016 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japanese airbag maker Takata has been forced to increase a recall after US authorities said they found further safety defects in its products.
  
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• Webmail firms probe login 'leak'

  04-05-2016 19:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Popular webmail providers including Gmail and Hotmail are investigating a report that millions of their users' login details are being shared online by a hacker.
  
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• Games are biggest winner in UK's cultural economy

  04-05-2016 19:20
  
  The video games industry adds more to the UK's economy than any other creative field, a new report has shown - and it's largely thanks to tax relief.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Unusual speed causes sunspots to appear at the poles of Zeta Andromeda

  04-05-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite being so distant its image occupies less than a pixel on sensors, astrophysicists from the University of Copenhagen have been able to map the star's sunspots (dark red) to track its magnetic field.
  
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• Space boffins win $3m prize for discovering gravitational waves

  04-05-2016 19:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  Special Breakthrough Prize for all scientists and engineers working on LIGO The team of scientists involved in the successful detection of gravitational waves has been awarded the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics – along with $3m.…
  
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• Our ancestors' ability to put on weight helped develop larger brains

  04-05-2016 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Without our ability to store fat, our ancestors might not have developed such big brains which use up more energy compared to other primates, new research from New York based scientist suggests.
  
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• 2016 really IS a bad year for celebrity deaths

  04-05-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This year has been a bad time to be a celebrity, according to Gizmodo UK. The number of celebrities who have died this year really is high compared to the last few years, but not as as high as 2010.
  
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• MRSA and TB antibiotics could be closer Bristol University scientists find breakthrough

  04-05-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bristol University scientists have found a way of transplanting the genes involved in producing the antibiotic pleuromutilin into a different type of fungus,increasing its production by over 2,000 per cent.
  
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• Embryo study shows 'life's first steps'

  04-05-2016 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have developed a technique to grow human embryos in the lab past the point they normally implant in the womb.
  
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• VIDEO: Video game 'speeds dementia research'

  04-05-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dementia researchers develop a video game they hope could further the development of diagnostic tests for the disease.
  
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• Our brains use statistics to calculate for every decision we make

  04-05-2016 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adam Kepecs, professor of neuroscience at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, said the subjective feeling of confidence is actually based on secret objective calculations performed by the brain.
  
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• Broadband companies must make prices easy to understand

  04-05-2016 17:57
  
  The Advertising Standards Agency has set a new rule for how ISPs advertise their fixed broadband prices after finding that the current approach to is likely to confuse and mislead consumersBy: Lee Bell, Edited by: Lee BellContinue reading...
  
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• Fallout 4's 'Far Harbor' DLC revealed

  04-05-2016 17:50
  
  Bethesda has unveiled the first trailer for Far Harbor, the massive expansion pack for its post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 4.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Why Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri is a better manager than Jose Mourinho

  04-05-2016 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists believe that at the heart of Leicester City FC's Premier League winning form may be a change in attitude from manager Claudio Ranieri (pictured).
  
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• Valkyrie starts its preparations for a mission to MarS

  04-05-2016 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The program is a joint effort between Nasa and the University of Edinburgh. Researchers will give Valkyrie (pictured) more sophisticated skills to help it understand its surroundings.
  
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• How women have ALWAYS been better dressed than men

  04-05-2016 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert at the University of Leiden scoured museums and archives for textile remnants (one shown) from burial grounds and settlements spread over the Netherlands.
  
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• DNA shows the endangered solenodon's ancestors lived 78 million years ago

  04-05-2016 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Illinois collected samples of DNA from the creatures (stock image) by lying on the ground and waiting for the strange mammals to clamber over them.
  
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• 2016 really IS a bad year for celebrity deaths...but 2010 was worse, study revealsO Malley

  04-05-2016 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This year has been a bad time to be a celebrity, according to Gizmodo UK. The number of celebrities who have died this year really is high compared to the last few years, but not as as high as 2010.
  
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• Why Leicester’s Claudio Ranieri is a better manager than Jose Mourinho, according to SCIENCE 

  04-05-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists believe that at the heart of Leicester City FC's Premier League winning form may be a change in attitude from manager Claudio Ranieri (pictured).
  
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• YouTube video shows how owls fly without making a sound

  04-05-2016 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video clip taken from the BBC series Super Powered Owls uses highly sensitive microphones to pick up on every flap and twitch of their wings, showing how the birds hunt with such stealth.
  
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• Who is protecting the internet of things from cyberattacks?

  04-05-2016 16:34
  
  Connected devices control our traffic lights, car brakes and nuclear power plants – but who is protecting them from cyberattacks?By: Mischa Dohler, Continue reading...
  
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• British women are the most realistic when it comes to penis length expectation

  04-05-2016 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Conducted for the online sexual health site DrEd, the survey asked questions about what men and women expected the average size to be - and what it is in reality.
  
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• The Borrowers would have been 'blind, deaf and very cold' if they did exist

  04-05-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Students from McMaster University in Ontario, Canada, looked into what life would be like if a human was scaled to the size of a Borrower.
  
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• Man-made mountain would help boost rainfall in UAE

  04-05-2016 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Colorado are working on a 'detailed modelling study' for building a mountain in the UAE (stock image shown).
  
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• Finland's ambitious plan to bury nuclear waste 450 metres underground

  04-05-2016 16:00
  
  The Finnish government's £2.3 billion plan will see nuclear waste buried up to 450 metres underground in thick copper canistersContinue reading...
  
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• Stay safe online with these cybersecurity tips from GCHQ

  04-05-2016 15:59
  
  By: Kathryn NaveContinue reading...
  
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• Mobile game 'helps dementia research'

  04-05-2016 15:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dementia researchers develop a video game they hope could further the development of diagnostic tests for the disease.
  
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• Quantum processor made available to all

  04-05-2016 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Quantum processors are delicate and only available in high-end labs. IBM is letting anyone access one online.
  
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• IBM is bringing quantum computing to the masses

  04-05-2016 15:36
  IBM scientists are bringing quantum computing to the masses. The chip giant has erected a research lab in New York housing a five-qubit quantum computer that for the first time gives anyone access from their desktops or mobile devices through a cloud platform.By: Lee Bell, Continue reading...
  
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• London buses are going to send adverts to your phone

  04-05-2016 15:19
  
  Passengers on London buses could soon be receiving push notifications with real-time travel updates and in-app ads thanks to "the UK's largest iBeacon experience".By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• What happens when politicians and superheroes collide?

  04-05-2016 15:12
  
  Comic books don't always steer clear of political comment. Here are four examples of the Marvel and political universes collidingBy: Jamie Millar, Continue reading...
  
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• Want a relationship to last? Ditch the phone and make old-fashioned romantic gestures 

  04-05-2016 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Young couples (stock image) who can't live without texting each other every hour or minute of the day are failing to build relationships said researchers from Leeds Met University.
  
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• Keep yourself safe with these cybersecurity tips from GCHQ

  04-05-2016 14:59
  
  Ciaran Martin, GCHQ's director general of cybersecurity, 
gives WIRED readers security tips from the people who know
   By: Kathryn Nave, Continue reading...
  
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• 'Major breakthrough' as scientists discover faster way to produce new antibiotics that could treat MRSA and TB

  04-05-2016 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bristol University scientists have found a way of transplanting the genes involved in producing the antibiotic pleuromutilin into a different type of fungus,increasing its production by over 2,000 per cent.
  
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