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• VIDEO: What fracking vote means- in 20 seconds

  23-05-2016 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  John Moylan explains what the successful bid to frack for shale gas will mean for a North Yorkshire village - in 20 seconds.
  
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• Google's incredible modular smartphone allows you to CUSTOMIZE your handset

  23-05-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ara provides a frame in which modules such as cameras, speakers, and sensors can be re-arranged by users like game pieces so as to customize handsets.
  
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• Video shows a huge fireball soars through the sky illuminating FIVE Mexican states

  23-05-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An incredible video shows the amazing moment a huge fireball tears across the Mexican sky lighting up five different states and shaking houses with loud explosions in the early hours of the morning.
  
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• Lockheed Martin joins the race to the red planet

  23-05-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concept, unveiled in Washington, involves transporting astronauts from Earth to a Mars-orbiting laboratory. There, they will perform real-time scientific exploration of the red planet.
  
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• What your profile picture REALLY says about you

  23-05-2016 22:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using thousands of Twitter profile pictures, an international team of researchers found that personality traits can be predicted based on differences in aesthetic and facial presentation.
  
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• Meet the NAGBOT: Robot that can monitor household activity

  23-05-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cornell University and Stanford University built a Watch-Bot, a robot that uses probabilistic learning models and a laser pointer to remind humans when they leave something out of forget a chore.
  
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• Chinese funnels, pots and stoves reveal clues to world's oldest BEER recipe

  23-05-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Stanford looked at artefacts (pictured) found in China, using a method of analysis that had never been done before, to deduce the world's oldest known beer recipe.
  
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• Leo at Geneva Airport meets flyers, scans their boarding passes and takes their luggage

  23-05-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new technology is being trialled at Geneva Airport Terminal 1 this month. After scanning your boarding pass, the robot will take your bags inside so you can go straight to security checks.
  
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• Did caring for children give us bigger brains? Helpless babies need smarter parents to survive and this may have boosted human intelligence

  23-05-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in New York say intelligent parents give rise to larger brained babies, which are born earlier to boost survival chances, resulting in a feedback loop which selects for intelligence.
  
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• Experts reveal how AI could turn evil

  23-05-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The list was drawn up with the help of computer scientist Roman Yampolskiy from the University of Louisville. He says, as far-fetched as they sound, we need to take the threats seriously.
  
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• How many people did it take to build Stonehenge?

  23-05-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The experiment took place in London's Gordon Square earlier today, and saw two lines of volunteers - mostly UCL archaeology students - lining up to heave the slap over a designed sled (pictured).
  
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• Researchers warn rules for revealing first contact with alien life are ‘out of date’

  23-05-2016 20:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If scientists ever make contact with intelligent life outside of Earth, the uncontrolled spread of such news could trigger worldwide panic and even violence, researchers in the UK warn.
  
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• Apple orders 78 MILLION iPhone 7 handsets from suppliers as new images are revealed

  23-05-2016 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New iPhone 7 leaks say the shame of Apple is here to stay, but you have to use wireless headphones. Apple says these devices will bring its iPhone growth to normal and ordered 10m more than expected.
  
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• Are SQUID the big winners from climate change?

  23-05-2016 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Numbers of octopus, cuttlefish and squid have increased significantly over the last 60 years despite changes to the world's oceans, according to new research by the University of Adelaide.
  
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• What slowdown? Apple orders 78 MILLION iPhone 7 handsets from suppliers as new images reveal camera ‘bump’ will stay - but headphone socket is gone

  23-05-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New iPhone 7 leaks say the shame of Apple is here to stay, but you have to use wireless headphones. Apple says these devices will bring its iPhone growth to normal and ordered 10m more than expected.
  
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• Should we be told about alien life in a tweet? Researchers warn rules for revealing first contact are ‘out of date’ and developed before the internet

  23-05-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If scientists ever make contact with intelligent life outside of Earth, the uncontrolled spread of such news could trigger worldwide panic and even violence, researchers in the UK warn.
  
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• Sainsbury's gives shoppers spy cameras inside so they can check what they need

  23-05-2016 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sainsbury's are giving their shoppers new Bosch fridges that have tiny cameras in so they can see what needs to be replaced while on the shopping aisles, using their phones.
  
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• Are SQUID the big winners from climate change? Cephalopods have flourished in the past 60 years despite environmental shifts

  23-05-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Numbers of octopus, cuttlefish and squid have increased significantly over the last 60 years despite changes to the world's oceans, according to new research by the University of Adelaide.
  
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• India's mini space shuttle successfully blasts off on test run

  23-05-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  India has launched a 23 feet long space shuttle from a spaceport in Satish Dhawan, in the south east of the country, as part of its attempts to develop new reusable spacecraft.
  
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• New catalysts could mean lithium batteries only need recharged once a week

  23-05-2016 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Texas at Dallas have discovered catalyst materials that improve the efficiency of lithium-air batteries so they can last up to five times longer than they do currently.
  
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• Navy reveals 'kill web' to share data between warships and smart missiles

  23-05-2016 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The  'All Domain Offensive Surface Warfare Capability' will carry targeting information from satellites, aircraft, ships, submarines and weapons themselves.
  
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• Can YOU tell what colours these spirals are?

  23-05-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bright pattern is the latest optical illusion to spread online, playing on the way your brain processes colour. The picture appears to show green, blue and pink swirls - but not all is as it seems.
  
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• Why is it almost impossible to tickle yourself?

  23-05-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marc Buehner, reader in cognitive science at Cardiff University says there is one group of people who can tickle themselves, those who are diagnosed with schizophrenia.
  
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• Facebook sorry over plus-size ad ban

  23-05-2016 17:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian feminist group expressed fury after Facebook rejected an ad it created because of the image it used.
  
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• Turkish airline pilots claim they saw UFO where MS804 vanished an hour before

  23-05-2016 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two pilots have revealed that hey saw an object with green lights pass by their passenger jet as they approached Istanbul's Ataturk Airport from Bodrum, an hour before the Egyptair jet crashed.
  
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• Teenager faces Mumsnet hacking charge

  23-05-2016 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A teenager is charged with a hacking attack on Mumsnet, which caused the parenting site to reset its 7.7 million members' passwords.
  
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• Turtle hatchlings begin their journeys by helping each other dig out of nests

  23-05-2016 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hatchling turtles face an uphill battle from birth as they fight their way out of nests under a layer of sand. Scientists have discovered that by digging together, hatchlings can save precious energy
  
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• Oculus anti-piracy update cracked

  23-05-2016 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An anti-piracy update for the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset is cracked within a day of release.
  
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• Lions and zebras being kept at UK homes

  23-05-2016 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wild animals including lions, crocodiles, rattlesnakes and zebras are being kept legally on private property across the UK, licensing figures reveal.
  
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• Could we use LASERS to avert climate change by reflecting sunlight

  23-05-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Geneva recreated ice-forming conditions in Cirrus clouds (illustrated) in the lab. Lasers caused the ice to shatter into many more smaller reflective pieces
  
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• Fruit Ninja is being turned into a live-action movie

  23-05-2016 16:18
  
  Hot on the heels of The Angry Birds Movie,  another app is going to be made into a movie: Fruit Ninja
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• Google's new app lets anyone do scientific experiments

  23-05-2016 16:10
  
  Google has launched a new Android app to help people perform scientific experiments that they describe as a digital "lab notebook".By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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• Oculus Rift's latest security update made it easier to hack

  23-05-2016 15:35
  
  Virtual reality is the latest battlefield in the war against digital piracy, as Oculus Rift is now more vulnerable to illegal software.By: Matt Kamen, Continue reading...
  
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• Artificial intelligence will create a ‘useless class’ of humans

  23-05-2016 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to bestselling author Yuval Noah Harari, rather than being violently wiped out by robotic beings, humankind may become 'eternally useless' due to the increasing capabilities of AI.
  
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• Waterstones to stop selling e-books

  23-05-2016 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bookseller Waterstones is to stop selling digital books and will instead divert customers to Japanese e-book company Kobo.
  
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• What happens to the body on rollercoasters and rides

  23-05-2016 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Researchers from Nottingham fitted volunteers with cameras and sensors to measure their reactions as they rode The Ultimate Abyss on the Harmony of the Seas.
  
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• Should women explain gaps in their resume after raising a family?

  23-05-2016 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Female candidates who gave personal information raised their chance of being hired by 30 to 40 percentage point, according to a study, by Vanderbilt University inTennessee.
  
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• Dominant men and submissive women are more likely to bag a second date

  23-05-2016 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from the University of California shows you're more likely to be asked on a second date if you have gender-stereotypical genes - for dominance in men, and submissiveness in females.
  
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• T-Rex might not have looked so scary as dagger teeth may have been hidden

  23-05-2016 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to palaeontologists at the University of Toronto, the king of the dinosaurs (illustrated) may have kept its fearsome teeth under wraps behind a set of lips.
  
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• Google rethinks Ara modular smartphones

  23-05-2016 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google revises its plan to make smartphones with swappable parts, to limit the kind of modules that can be bolted on.
  
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• Asteroids might not be as dangerous as you think!

  23-05-2016 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Arizona State University compared meteorites to rocks on Earth and found the space boulders were much more likely to crumble than stay intact and cause impact craters.
  
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• Sclerocormus parviceps fossil suggests life bounced back faster than previously thought

  23-05-2016 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists, led by The Field Museum in Chicago, believe the weird biological oddity (fossil pictured) shows life evolved quickly to fill niches. following the catastrophic extinction.
  
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• Ancient LAMPREYS with razor-sharp teeth make a comeback in British rivers

  23-05-2016 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of lampreys in rivers across the UK are rocketing, with record numbers recently recorded in the Great Ouse in East Anglia, the Trent in Staffordshire and Derwent and Wear.
  
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• The Survival Capsule designed to withstand tsunamis, earthquakes and hurricanes

  23-05-2016 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Survival Capsule is a personal safety system designed to withstand tsunamis and earthquakes. This gives families more control of their survival than traditional safe-houses.
  
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• Fitbit's heart rate tracking is 'inaccurate', study claims

  23-05-2016 13:37
  
  Fitbit's wristbands don't accurately measure heart rates and fail to provide a "meaningful estimate" of beats per minute (bpm), a study has claimed.By: Matt Burgess, Continue reading...
  
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• Perry Chen on how Kickstarter balances profit with purpose

  23-05-2016 13:33
  
  A commitment to art, culture and creativity has lead Kickstarter to place B Corp thinking at its heart.By: Perry Chen, Continue reading...
  
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• Scientist spots Turkish banknote error

  23-05-2016 13:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nobel chemistry laureate spots DNA error on Turkish banknote.
  
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• A goat with two heads, eight-legged pigs and a puppy born with a TRUNK: Shock photos of the mutant beasts with bizarre deformities 'caused by GM pesticides'   

  23-05-2016 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A black puppy born with a trunk and a pig with two bodies, eight legs, but just one head are just two of the deformed animals born in Argentina in recent years. Experts put it down to a controversial pesticide
  
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• Drone racing is set to become the world's next big sport

  23-05-2016 13:07
  
  The Drone Racing League wants to turn first-person view quadcopter racing into major a spectator sport.By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis, Continue reading...
  
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• Nasa is about to expand its giant inflatable space pod

  23-05-2016 12:57
  
  The inflatable pod will remain attached to the ISS for two years, with Nasa hoping that a similar module may accompany astronauts to Mars.By: Emily Reynolds, Continue reading...
  
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