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• Blue ‘Little Lion’ galaxy could reveal what conditions were like just after the Big Bang

  17-05-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The faint galaxy, 30 million light-years from Earth, contains the lowest level of heavy chemical elements ever observed. This means it has an elemental make-up very close to that of the early universe.
  
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• The best swim trackers reviewed

  17-05-2016 23:46
  
  Make a splash with this selection of specialised swimming fitness trackersBy: Chris Haslam, Continue reading...
  
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• Life 'went large' a billion years ago

  17-05-2016 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Life was already organising itself into large communities of cells more than a billion years ago, new evidence from China suggests.
  
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• VIDEO: Fireball captured on police dashcam

  17-05-2016 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bright fireball lit up the sky across several states in the US early on Tuesday - and was captured on a police officer's dashcam.
  
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• Reddit is accused of CENSORSHIP: Popular site has quarantined a forum named 'European' deemed to be offensive

  17-05-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site, headquartered in San Francisco, California, suggests the 'European' group contained offensive comments and some were said to be racist.
  
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• Reddit accused of censorship after forum named 'European' quarantined

  17-05-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site, headquartered in San Francisco, California, suggests the 'European' group contained offensive comments and some were said to be racist.
  
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• Earth-like planets in our neighbouring galaxy survive for a BILLION years: Study of Alpha Centauri boosts bid to find alien life

  17-05-2016 23:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to new simulations, Nasa researchers estimate a planet could exist in an orbit around either of Alpha Centauri’s binary stars for a billion years, given the right conditions.
  
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• Hackers can track you through just EIGHT tweets: Researchers find geolocation details can reveal both home and work addresses

  17-05-2016 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at MIT and Oxford University say far fewer locations than expected were needed. They warn it is  'extremely simple for people with very little technical knowledge' to find out where you are.
  
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• Could Europa's oceans hold LIFE? Salty liquid beneath moon's icy shell may have a similar chemical makeup to Earth’s seas

  17-05-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, scientists at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California compared Europa's potential for producing hydrogen and oxygen with that of Earth's.
  
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• Look up! Spider-like drone that can spy on people while clinging onto ceilings unveiled

  17-05-2016 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Stanford University have developed a spider-like drone that can cling to walls and even perch on the ceiling. It is equipped with ‘micro-spines’ which create an opposing grip.
  
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• Complex organisms emerged on Earth a billion years earlier than previously believed

  17-05-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists at the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources have found distinct shapes found in mudstone deposits in China may be the remains of early eukaryotic life.
  
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• FindFace app allows people to find ANYONE'S Vkontakte profile by taking their photo

  17-05-2016 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FindFace, a new website invented by Russian designers, uses a new algorithm to identify anyone from their profile picture using only a photograph, with 70 per cent accuracy.
  
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• Giraffe genes reveal they rely upon turbo-charged heart for distinctive body shape

  17-05-2016 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Pennsylvania sequenced the giraffe (pictured) genome for the first time, along with its closest relative the okapi (inset), and found the long neck took between 15 and 20 million years to evolve.
  
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• A smart gadget too far? Online backlash against tampon that uses bluetooth to tell wearer when it needs to be changed

  17-05-2016 21:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Most women can recall the embarrassing times their tampon failed them. Now my.Flow has designed a smart tampon that tells you to change it. And connects to a period monitor with a 12in string.
  
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• 'Huge' meteor soaring across the night sky above Maine is captured by a cop watching out for speeders

  17-05-2016 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bright flash spotted in Portland, Maine - but visible from several states early Tuesday - was apparently left by a meteor burning up as it passed through the earth's atmosphere.
  
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• US Navy buys 'blackwing' drones that can be blasted into the air from a submarine

  17-05-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Blackwing drone is stored in a three inch tube, and uses existing systems submarines use for acoustic countermeasures. Once airborne, the shell falls apart and the drone unfurls its wings.
  
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• Selfie stick built in fans and lights help bring even more glamour to portraits

  17-05-2016 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If selfie sticks weren't already irritating enough for the rest of us, the new Unreal selfie stick (pictured), which is a promotional stunt, brings the studio wherever you take it.
  
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• Breakup of massive comets may have caused mysterious Dyson Sphere 'alien signals', finds study

  17-05-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Massachusetts was originally aiming to track down dust associated with a possible planetary collision.
  
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• Do you mix up people's names? Don't worry, you are not going senile - it may merely be a filing error in your brain

  17-05-2016 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists at at Duke University in North Carolina studied five separate surveys of more than 1,700 people to identify particular patterns of memory.
  
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• Paradise lost in a tourism boom

  17-05-2016 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beautiful places threatened by mass tourism
  
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• American National Academies of Science report GM farming creating superweeds

  17-05-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the American National Academies of Science reveals that many promises for the controversial technology have not been fulfilled.
  
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• Dig at Curtain Theatre which hosted William Shakespeare plays reveals unusual rectangular shape

  17-05-2016 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in east London are unearthing the theatre, which is referred to in Henry V as 'this wooden O', and discovering it has some unusual features.
  
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• New Orleans is sinking: New Nasa maps show the major city and surrounding areas are dropping up to two inches a YEAR

  17-05-2016 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists created maps to reveal the rate at which New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding areas are sinking. Conducted 2009-2012, the study found some areas experienced a 2 inch drop each year.
  
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• Call for 'more Britons in space'

  17-05-2016 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's first astronaut says the UK risks becoming a "backward nation" if the government does not pay to send more people into space.
  
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• Is this the trickiest interview question EVER

  17-05-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prashant Bagdia, a computer science student in Warangal, India, says his friend was faced with the toughest conundrum yet during a recent campus placement interview with Microsoft.
  
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• German engineer claims he has found Adolf Hitler’s secret NUCLEAR BOMBS

  17-05-2016 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Lohr, 70, claims to have found five large metal objects in a cave in the Jonas Valley in Thuringia state, of which at least two are 'atomic bombs'.
  
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• Is this the world's first multicellular life? Complex organisms emerged on Earth a billion years earlier than previously believed

  17-05-2016 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists at the Tianjin Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources have found distinct shapes found in mudstone deposits in China may be the remains of early eukaryotic life.
  
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• San Francisco startup Otto wants to put self-driving BIG RIGS on US highways

  17-05-2016 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anthony Levandowski left Google earlier this year to pursue his vision at Otto, a San Francisco startup the he co-founded with two other former Google employees and another robotics expert.
  
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• Harmony Of The Seas makes Titanic look a minnow as it docks in Britain

  17-05-2016 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A small crowd welcomed the £800million Harmony of the Seas as it arrived at Southampton just after dawn today, but tens of thousands are expected to get a look at it before its maiden voyage.
  
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• War, politics and the Space Pope: inside EVE Online's fan culture

  17-05-2016 17:12
  
  Thirteen years after it launched, EVE Online is still played by tens of thousands of people. But what keeps them coming back?By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Brit twitchers a-tizz at bearded vulture sighting

  17-05-2016 17:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Mighty bird sets claw in UK for first time Brit birdwatchers are all a-tizz at the news that a bearded vulture has been spotted in Wales and Devon - the first time Gypaetus barbatus has set claw on UK soil.…
  
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• So THAT'S how the giraffe got its long neck! Genes reveal the world's tallest animal relies upon a turbo-charged heart for its distinctive body shape

  17-05-2016 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Pennsylvania sequenced the giraffe (pictured) genome for the first time, along with its closest relative the okapi (inset), and found the long neck took between 15 and 20 million years to evolve.
  
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• Forget contouring! Selfie stick uses built in fans and lights to help users bring even more glamour to their portraits

  17-05-2016 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If selfie sticks weren't already irritating enough for the rest of us, the new Unreal selfie stick (pictured), which is a promotional stunt, brings the studio wherever you take it.
  
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• The best city-inspired furniture and homeware

  17-05-2016 16:28
  
  Bring the hustle and bustle of the city into your living room with our pick of city-inspired design.By: Kathryn Nave, Continue reading...
  
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• Is King Arthur buried in a field in Shropshire's Baschurch village

  17-05-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A historian believes the legendary King Arthur was buried in a mound dubbed The Berth outside the village of Baschurch in Shropshire. He claims a poem from the Dark Ages points to the location.
  
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• Springs are everywhere – here's how they're made

  17-05-2016 16:20
  
  Despite facing stiff competition from China, Glasgow-based Industrial Springs manufactures thousands of springs every day.By: Rowland Manthorpe, Continue reading...
  
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• How dogs can navigate home by using magnetic fields to help them navigate

  17-05-2016 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Jacqueline Boyd, a lecturer in animal science at Nottingham Trent University, has explained just how dogs like Pero (pictured)can navigate long distances in an article for The Conversation.
  
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• Ancient Egyptian wonders go on show for the first time at the British Museum

  17-05-2016 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Statues, jewellery and hieroglyphic tablets which were feared lost forever have been reclaimed from the sea and will be put on display in a major exhibition at the British Museum in London.
  
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• Magic mushrooms could help treat severe depression

  17-05-2016 15:30
  
  Psilocybin, the psychedelic component of magic mushrooms, has been found in a small-scale trial to improve symptoms of severe depression.
  The trial, which was conducted on 12 people and has been published in The Lancet, found that the compound even worked on so called "treatment-resistant" depression. 
   By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Synthetic wine made from water but NO grapes can be made to mimic taste of champagne

  17-05-2016 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A start-up in San Francisco, California is behind the synthetic wine, which is round 85 per cent water, 13 per cent ethanol, and two per cent flavour compounds, glycerin, sugar and tannins.
  
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• US schoolkids deploy Earth-watching CubeSat

  17-05-2016 15:06 via go.theregister.com
  
  Eye in the sky launched from International Space Station The pupils of St Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington, Virginia, watched yesterday as their diminutive STMSat-1 was ejected from the International Space Station (ISS), marking the first time an elementary school CubeSat has been deployed into space.…
  
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• International Space Station makes 100,000th orbit of Earth

  17-05-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space station (pictured) passed a significant milestone in its lifetime this week, completing its 100,000th orbit around Earth.
  
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• HP reveals high-speed 3D printers

  17-05-2016 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  HP unveils two high-end 3D printers which it says are up to 10 times faster and cheaper to run than rival systems.
  
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• Random number generator 'improved'

  17-05-2016 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Truly random numbers are a goal for computer science - and a new method may be a leap forward.
  
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• Lenovo announces budget-friendly Moto G4 and G4 Plus

  17-05-2016 14:44
  
  The Moto G4 costs just £169, but what features do you get for the price? We went hands-on to find out.By: Matthew Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Hackers' website breached by hacker

  17-05-2016 14:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The private messages of more than 470,000 members of a hacking website are leaked following a huge data breach.
  
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• Otto offers retro-fit driverless lorries

  17-05-2016 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US start-up is hoping to retro-fit lorries with self-drive technology that could revolutionise the way goods are delivered.
  
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• One in ten people admit they look at their phone during sex

  17-05-2016 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US-based researchers designed a two-week experimental study to investigate the extent to which phones intrude on people's lives, and found one in ten people check their phone during sex.
  
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• Unmanned aircraft drone refuels autonomously in MID-AIR for longer missions

  17-05-2016 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drones can now be refuelled during long military missions, without having to return to base, as engineers develop a way to refuel them mid-air using a second drone as a tanker (pictured).
  
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• Feeling stressed? Do some gardening!

  17-05-2016 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at University College London (UCL) said we should all consider spending a bit more time getting dirty to relieve stress (stock image shown).
  
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