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• Fifty Shades fans more likely to be sexist says Ambivalent Sexism Inventory Scale

  09-05-2016 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Ohio State University found an link between someone's view on Fifty Shades of Gray and sexism. Those who think it is romantic show levels of ambivalent, benevolent and hostile sexism.
  
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• VIDEO: Goodbye Siri, hello Viv?

  09-05-2016 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new voice-controlled virtual assistant called Viv has been previewed at the annual tech conference TechCrunch Disrupt NY.
  
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• GOLFBOARD that reaches a top speed of 12mph could replace golf buggy

  09-05-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The GolfBoard is a cross between a skateboard and a cart and is fitted with gearboxes similar to those found in cars to let you cart your clubs around in style.
  
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• VIDEO: Rare images of Mercury passing Sun

  09-05-2016 22:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa images capture Mercury transit the Sun, one of the few times it will do so this century.
  
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• Alien radar signals received on Earth at dawn every day 'caused by the sun'

  09-05-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Boston University says the sun's radiation may be to blame for the mysterious '150-kilometer echoes,' a phenomenon in which radar signals are reflected starting every day at dawn.
  
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• How magnets will help Elon Musk's Hyperloop glide at 760mph on video

  09-05-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of two competing LA-based, revealed how 'Inductrack' technology will be a cheaper and safer alternative to magnetic levitation.
  
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• Eerie video shows possible UFO hovering over downtown Houston, Texas

  09-05-2016 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video recorded on April 2, 2016 shows a possible UFO over Houston, Texas. The 30-second clips shows the brightly-lit object hovering over the downtown area.
  
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• Watch how magnets will help Elon Musk's Hyperloop glide at 760mph: Video reveals pods 'floating' in the air to gain speed

  09-05-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, one of two competing LA-based, revealed how 'Inductrack' technology will be a cheaper and safer alternative to magnetic levitation.
  
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• World's first Malaria vaccine could be approved by 2018

  09-05-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine said the vaccine is already being trialled in many African countries where malaria is endemic.
  
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• Mysterious 'alien' radar signals received on Earth at dawn every day could be echoes caused by the SUN 

  09-05-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Boston University says the sun's radiation may be to blame for the mysterious '150-kilometer echoes,' a phenomenon in which radar signals are reflected starting every day at dawn.
  
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• Mercury completes journey across Sun

  09-05-2016 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Solar System's smallest planet has made one of its irregular passes between the Earth and Sun.
  
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• On New Jersey hillside, clues to Revolutionary War mystery

  09-05-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the artifacts are proof Washington's army made camp there for several months in the winter of 1777,a year before reaching their well-known refuge at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
  
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• Researchers reach 'ground zero' for crater that may have triggered mass extinction

  09-05-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After weeks of drilling deep at the Chixculub impact site, scientists have finally reached rocks from the catastrophic event that wiped out 75% of life on Earth.
  
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• Genetic material study finally unlocks the secret of what sets us apart from apes

  09-05-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Barcelona have found four fragments of RNA that appear to be specific to humans and may have shaped how our species evolved. Stock image.
  
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• Brain scans reveal how it responds to rhythm and what can cause 'two left feet'

  09-05-2016 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Keller from Western Sydney University explained the process of 'neural entrainment' supports the coordination of body movements, which may explain why some people have no rhythm.
  
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• Earth's 'bobbing' mantle is moving TEN TIMES faster than thought

  09-05-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After analysing variations in the depth of the ocean floor (plotted), researchers from the University of Cambridge were able to reconstruct the mantle's movements.
  
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• Black hole outburst in Cygnus 'unlike anything seen before' lasted two weeks

  09-05-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of our closest black holes began a short but intense outburst after 25 years of silence last summer, and physicists used a telescope in the Canary Islands to watch it.
  
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• Kickstarter AiraWear hoodie that can give you a MASSAGE

  09-05-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tware, a Singapore-based startup, has designed a vest that massages you under a hoodie. Dubbed AiraWear, it uses air pillows to deliver an acupressure massage and is powered via an app.
  
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• 'Miracle second skin' makes you look 20 years younger by banishing bags

  09-05-2016 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The film (pictured) works by mimicking the properties of perfect skin and is elastic, invisible, durable and moisturising, according to the team of researchers at MIT.
  
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• Scientists peel back the carrot's genetic secrets from Vitamin A to other nutrients

  09-05-2016 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have sequenced the genome of the carrot,identifying genes responsible for traits including the vegetable's abundance of vitamin A, an important nutrient for
  vision.
  
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• Ride-sharing firms halt Austin service

  09-05-2016 18:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Uber and Lyft stop operating in Austin, Texas after proposals to let them self-regulate their drivers are rejected.
  
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• Paypal will no longer protect your crowdfunding payments

  09-05-2016 18:18
  
  PayPal will be removing protection for purchases made on crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo, effective from next month.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Rover mission in 'last chance saloon'

  09-05-2016 18:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe's rover mission to Mars is "drinking in the last chance saloon", warns the European Space Agency's director general, who says the project cannot have an open-ended schedule or budget.
  
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• Long-haul British Airways flights to get 70Mbps Wi-Fi

  09-05-2016 17:41
  
  More than 100 British Airways planes being fitted with high-speed internet connections.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Microsoft Surface Book versus Google Pixel C

  09-05-2016 17:25
  
  These two laptop/tablet hybrids promise to combine performance with portability but are these crossover machines just a gimmick?By: David Phelan, Continue reading...
  
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• Mercury crossing the sun is rare phenomenon which only happens 13 times every century

  09-05-2016 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At 12.12pm GMT, Mercury started crossing the face of the sun. This shot, captured by the Queen Mary University of London, shows the planet as a small black dot in the left-hand region.
  
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• Drugs could soon be catapulted across Rwanda attached to DRONES

  09-05-2016 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm will provide a grant of $800,000 to a partnership including Gavi, a group providing vaccines to poor countries, and Zipline International for drone flights in Rwanda starting in August.
  
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• Youthful 'second skin' to hide wrinkles

  09-05-2016 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say they have developed an invisible elastic film that can be applied to the skin to reduce the appearance of wrinkles and eye bags.
  
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• Watch a nearby black hole blast a jet of 'intense wind' from its core: Outburst 'unlike anything seen before' lasted two weeks

  09-05-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of our closest black holes began a short but intense outburst after 25 years of silence last summer, and physicists used a telescope in the Canary Islands to watch it.
  
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• Earth's 'bobbing' mantle is moving TEN TIMES faster than thought: Surface can rise and fall by hundreds of metres 'like a yo-yo'

  09-05-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After analysing variations in the depth of the ocean floor (plotted), researchers from the University of Cambridge were able to reconstruct the mantle's movements.
  
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• The instant face lift: 'Second skin' restores youthful appearance by banishing bags and wrinkles - and the results last 24 HOURS

  09-05-2016 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The film (pictured) works by mimicking the properties of perfect skin and is elastic, invisible, durable and moisturising, according to the team of researchers at MIT.
  
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• iPad Pro 9.7 review: a genuine laptop replacement?

  09-05-2016 16:58
  
  Apple is pitching the iPad Pro 9.7 as a laptop replacement. We put it to the test on a weekend camping trip in the English countryside.By: Jeremy White, Continue reading...
  
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• The Microsoft phone that reacts BEFORE you touch it

  09-05-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft unveiled the pre-touch technology at the CHI 2016 human computer interface conference in San Jose, California. They say it will transform how people interact with phones.
  
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• Has the Man in the Iron Mask finally been identified?

  09-05-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Political prisoner Eustache Dauger's 30-year stay in French prisons has finally been explained by Paul Sonnino, a professor of history at the University of California.
  
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• How to watch Mercury's transit of the sun

  09-05-2016 16:21
  
  Mercury is making a rare visible transit across the surface of the sun. WIRED rounds up the best ways to watch.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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• Little Sun Charge review: solar charging, but what's the point?

  09-05-2016 16:12
  
  The Little Sun Charge uses sunlight to charge your smartphone, but it fails at being a convenient money-saver.By: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Kiddicare customer data stolen

  09-05-2016 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parenting retailer Kiddicare suffers a data breach that exposes the names, addresses and telephone numbers of its customers.
  
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• $20 LifeStraw lets you drink safely from the murkiest of pools while hiking

  09-05-2016 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed in Denmark, the LifeStraw contains no chemicals or batteries and can turn up to 264 gallons (1,000 litres) of contaminated water into safe drinking water over its lifetime.
  
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• Forget the iPhone 7! Flexible holographic handset lets users see 3D images

  09-05-2016 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at at Queen's University, Australia, have shown off a prototype handset that’s flexible and shows holograms that can viewed without 3D glasses or a dedicated headset.
  
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• Perlan 2 takes to the skies! Airbus glider completes latest test flight as daredevils plan to fly it 90,000ft to the edge of SPACE 

  09-05-2016 15:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Perlan 2 glider hopes to create aviation history by soaring to 90,000 feet – 17 miles up - higher than any plane has gone before. Yesterday the plane took to the sky from Nevada.
  
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• Mario is coming to Minecraft (but only on Wii U)

  09-05-2016 15:05
  
  The Wii U edition of Minecraft is getting an exclusive DLC pack that might make players on other formats a tad jealous - an official Super Mario Mash-Up Pack.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• The latest threat to red squirrels? LEPROSY

  09-05-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Edinburgh will work with the National Trust and Dorset Wildlife Trust to study the animals across the UK. An infected squirrel is pictured.
  
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• Astronomers look closely at galaxies to find they are shaped like a monkey nut

  09-05-2016 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, discovered an unusually shaped structure in two nearby disc galaxies, with bulges of stars inside them which look like a double peanut.
  
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• Were dinosaurs WARM-BLOODED? Aquatic reptiles living in the Cretaceous period had body temperatures similar to sea birds

  09-05-2016 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologists at the University of Alabama analysed the oxygen isotopes in fossils of giant mosasaurs that lived at the same time as the dinosaurs and found they were endothermic.
  
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• Starlight on Enceladus reveals jets blast from the surface with 'increased fury' as the moon moves further away from Saturn

  09-05-2016 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Cassini spacecraft has discovered certain jets on Enceladus are much stronger when the moon is further away from Saturn, according to Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in California.
  
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• Paypal tightens rules on crowdfunding

  09-05-2016 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Paypal will stop protecting payments made to crowdfunding projects in several countries.
  
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• Tiny 'sea stars' return to California in their droves

  09-05-2016 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data collected by Oregon State University researchers shows an unprecedented number of baby starfish, or sea stars, survived the summer and winter of 2015. A sea star is pictured.
  
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• Donkey Kong player sets 'perfect score' on classic game

  09-05-2016 13:26
  
  A hardcore Donkey Kong player may have played the perfect game on the classic arcade title, and set a hypothetically unbeatable score.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Can YOU solve the children's maths puzzle that's leaving adults baffled?

  09-05-2016 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A maths question aimed at year 2 pupils which involves figuring out how many passengers were originally on a train is the latest brain teaser to leave the internet confused after being posted on Twitter.
  
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• The Champs-Élysées went car-free on Sunday to cut pollution

  09-05-2016 13:01
  
  On Sunday, Parisians were able to enjoy the  Champs-Élysée sans vehicles in the avenue's first monthly car-free Sunday.By: K.G Orphanides, Continue reading...
  
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