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• Apple could only release major iPhone updates every THREE years instead of two

  01-06-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Currently the tech giant unveils a new design every other year, with 'S' updates boosting speed and adding a few new features inbetween launches.
  
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• Getting angry makes you LESS likely to quit your job (and actually proves you care)

  01-06-2016 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study from the University of Cambridge, anger doesn’t always increase a person’s intentions to quit their job, and could instead motivate them to stick around.
  
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• How can YOU avoid catching the Zika virus?

  01-06-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As temperatures rise it becomes more likely, Zika-carrying Aedes mosquitoes will reach US shores. Dr Anjali Mahto reveals how wearing light clothes, losing weight and insect repellent can lessen the risk of being bitten.
  
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• Facebook adds 1,500 new emoticons to 'better reflect gender and skin tones'

  01-06-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Messenger update adds over 1,500 new emojis — 100 of which were designed 'to better reflect gender and skin tones' with gender-agnostic options and multi-colored emojis.
  
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• Amsterdam researchers create machines that 'mate' over wifi to create a 3D printed baby

  01-06-2016 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists with the 'Robot Baby Project' at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have developed a method to create smarter, more advanced robots through a process similar to sexual reproduction.
  
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• Facebook's AI spots more hateful, pornographic or violent pictures than human users

  01-06-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has hit a new milestone - its AI reports more offensive images than human users. The firm uses this technology to scan every uploaded image before it is posted for the world to see.
  
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• Googling yourself now leads to personal privacy controls

  01-06-2016 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shortcut to personal account information will appear at the top of Google's search results whenever logged-in users enter their own names in the query box.
  
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• Jigsaw of nitrogen ice on Pluto's heart is created by heating from below

  01-06-2016 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, including some at the University of Washington in St Louis, believe a giant jigsaw of nitrogen ice on Pluto's heart-shaped Sputnik Planum, has formed due to heat convection.
  
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• Colorado researchers find evidence antibiotics cause cows' pats to let off double methane

  01-06-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Colorado gave antibiotics to a group of cows to test the effects on how much methane they produce. They found antibiotics almost double the amount of methane coming from cow dung.
  
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• Jeff Bezos unveils his plans to 'save the Earth'

  01-06-2016 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bezos, who founded his own rocket company, Blue Origin, believes we will built giant factories and solar panels in space, moving heavy industries entirely off the Earth.
  
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• Mystery of Earth's magnetic field solved

  01-06-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington mimicked the high pressure conditions of Earth’s core in a lab to understand how its magnetic field is sustained.
  
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• Segway reveals new 'mini' $1300 transporter to take on the hoverboard

  01-06-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Segway hopes a new 'mini' version of its transporter, with a new 'steering stick' will corner the market and be safe for consumers to use.
  
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• Star Wars replica props made with 3D printing

  01-06-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stars Wars propmakers Propshop, based in Buckinghamshire, are using 3D scanning and printing technology to make replicas of real props used in The Force Awakens.
  
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• Aristotle's tomb has NOT been found as archaeologists doubt claims of discovery in Greece

  01-06-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Konstantinos Sismanidis claimed last week he had found Aristotle's tomb is Stagira. However, the great philospher was originally believed to have been buried at Chalcis, where he died.
  
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• Gay sexual activity doubles since 1990s as modern US culture embraces equality

  01-06-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The percentage of adults having gay sex has doubled since the 1990s, perhaps because Americans are not dampening their own desires to conform to societal pressures.
  
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• Male fiddler crabs create vibrations from inside burrows to show off size and stamina

  01-06-2016 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Japanese scientists shows vibrations created by male crabs are surprisingly informative, telling the females important information about the stamina and size of their potential mate.
  
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• Want to make yourself appear more masculine? Wear deodorant, say scientists

  01-06-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wearing deodorant may act as a way for men to ‘raise their game’ in comparison to others who are considered to be more masculine, a new study from the University of Stirling claims.
  
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• Slovenian ancient cave-dwelling olm salamander emerges from fifty eggs

  01-06-2016 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It emerged from its egg earlier this week (pictured) in the Postojnska caves in Slovenia, where experts have been closely monitoring the ancient animals for months.
  
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• SodaStream gadget makes 3l of booze for £2.30

  01-06-2016 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest beverage maker from SodaStream, the Israel-based makers of counter-top carbonators, lets users make their own beer using 'Blondie' concentrate bottles and fizzy water.
  
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• Now robots can have KIDS: Researchers create machines that 'mate' over wifi to create a 3D printed baby - and experts say they could be used to colonise Mars

  01-06-2016 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists with the 'Robot Baby Project' at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam have developed a method to create smarter, more advanced robots through a process similar to sexual reproduction.
  
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• Kim Kardashian releases new Kimojis of North pulling faces

  01-06-2016 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Several fans took to Twitter on Wednesday morning to share their delight at the latest Kardashian themed emojis available - as did the star's mother Kris Jenner.
  
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• VIDEO: Meet science's most famous insect

  01-06-2016 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The scientific mystery behind one of British science's most famous insects has finally been solved.
  
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• Nutritionists reveal 9 top tips to cure your hangover

  01-06-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent survey revealed the average Brit spends up to two years nursing hangovers, and while legend has it there are countless cures out there, a team of nutritionists pick out the fact from fiction.
  
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• The 'lava lamps' on Pluto: Jigsaw of nitrogen ice on dwarf planet's heart is created by heating from below

  01-06-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, including some at the University of Washington in St Louis, believe a giant jigsaw of nitrogen ice on Pluto's heart-shaped Sputnik Planum, has formed due to heat convection.
  
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• Giant space factories and orbiting solar panels to provide all of our power: Jeff Bezos unveils his plans to 'save the Earth'

  01-06-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bezos, who founded his own rocket company, Blue Origin, believes we will built giant factories and solar panels in space, moving heavy industries entirely off the Earth.
  
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• Pluto's 'beating heart' explained

  01-06-2016 19:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The spectacular, flat landscape that dominates the left side of Pluto's icy "heart" can now be explained, say scientists.
  
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• Forget the fires: Hoverboards just want a second chance

  01-06-2016 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Segway hopes a new 'mini' version of its transporter, with a new 'steering stick' will corner the market and be safe for consumers to use.
  
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• Tutankhamun had blade made from iron from a METEORITE, researchers reveal

  01-06-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dagger found in the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun has been found to have a similar chemical composition to a meteorite found in Maras Matruh, Egypt.
  
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• Textbook moth's dark secret revealed

  01-06-2016 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists unravel details of the famous mutation that turned moths black during the industrial revolution.
  
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• Mystery of Earth's magnetic field solved: Protective shield formed when heat moved through iron in our planet’s core

  01-06-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington mimicked the high pressure conditions of Earth’s core in a lab to understand how its magnetic field is sustained.
  
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• Google reports 24 billion selfies were uploaded last year

  01-06-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The California-based search giant analysed 13.7 petabytes of pictures uploaded to its Photos app in the past year and found that 24 billion of these had been labelled as selfies.
  
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• Would you pay £2,400 for Darth Vader's melted helmet? 3D printing is being used make replicas of props from Star Wars films

  01-06-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stars Wars propmakers Propshop, based in Buckinghamshire, are using 3D scanning and printing technology to make replicas of real props used in The Force Awakens.
  
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• Number crunchers find Milky Way has a mass of 700 billion suns

  01-06-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The enormous figure (7x10E11) was reached by a PhD researcher at McMaster University, using a stellar trick called globular cluster (GCs) velocities to work out the mass of our galaxy.
  
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• London unearths wooden 'notepad' tablets from Roman times

  01-06-2016 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tablets (pictured) were used by the Romans like paper for note-taking, accounts, correspondence and legal documents, and were discovered during excavations for Bloomberg headquarters.
  
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• Facebook starts tracking non-users across the internet

  01-06-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based Facebook said its customers' ads would now be visible on third-party apps and websites to everyone who has ever visited its social network.
  
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• Rare 'Einstein ring' shows two aligned galaxies 10,000 million light years away

  01-06-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Einstein ring is a distorted image of a very distant galaxy (pictured). The latest ring was discovered accidentally by astronomers from the Canary Islands.
  
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• Gotthard rail tunnel to open in Swiss Alps running 35 miles underground

  01-06-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  High-speed trains will whisk passengers through a mountain range that divides northern and southern Europe between Erstfeld in the Swiss canton of Uri, to Bodio in the Ticino canton.
  
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• First Slovenian 'dragon' hatches: Ancient cave-dwelling olm salamander emerges from clutch of more than fifty eggs

  01-06-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It emerged from its egg earlier this week (pictured) in the Postojnska caves in Slovenia, where experts have been closely monitoring the ancient animals for months.
  
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• Tutankhamun had a blade made from iron from a METEORITE, researchers reveal

  01-06-2016 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dagger found in the sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun has been found to have a similar chemical composition to a meteorite found in Maras Matruh, Egypt.
  
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• More adults are having gay sex: Activity has doubled since the 1990s as modern US culture embraces equality

  01-06-2016 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The percentage of adults having gay sex has doubled since the 1990s, perhaps because Americans are not dampening their own desires to conform to societal pressures.
  
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• Video shows moment teen loses control of car while talking on her smartphone

  01-06-2016 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AAA Foundation for Traffic, based in Washington DC, analysed video footage captured by dashboard cameras moments before crashes to pinpoint the main causes of distractions.
  
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• Aristotle's tomb has NOT been found: Archaeologists doubt claims that philosopher's final resting place was discovered in Greec

  01-06-2016 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Konstantinos Sismanidis claimed last week he had found Aristotle's tomb is Stagira. However, the great philospher was originally believed to have been buried at Chalcis, where he died.
  
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• Fiddler crabs' 'morse code' attracts Mrs Right: Males create vibrations from inside their burrows to show off size and stamina

  01-06-2016 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Japanese scientists shows vibrations created by male crabs are surprisingly informative, telling the females important information about the stamina and size of their potential mate.
  
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• Now you can brew beer at home in SECONDS: SodaStream gadget makes 3litres of booze for £2.30

  01-06-2016 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest beverage maker from SodaStream, the Israel-based makers of counter-top carbonators, lets users make their own beer using 'Blondie' concentrate bottles and fizzy water.
  
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• World's longest rail tunnel opens

  01-06-2016 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work.
  
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• Gotthard tunnel: World's longest and deepest rail tunnel opens in Switzerland

  01-06-2016 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's longest and deepest rail tunnel is officially opened in Switzerland, after almost two decades of construction work.
  
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• Nasa commissioned images of space colonies reveal how we could be living in 2100

  01-06-2016 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The concepts were created by a team from the Nasa Ames Research Centre in California. They include the Bernal Sphere (pictured) which has solar arrays to help it rotate.
  
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• Orbital ATK fires up revamped Antares rocket

  01-06-2016 15:36 via go.theregister.com
  
  New non-exploding RD-181 engines a success Orbital ATK yesterday took a significant step towards getting its Antares lifter back in the air with a successful test fire of the rocket's revamped first stage propulsion system.…
  
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• British anti-drone ray gets US trial

  01-06-2016 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK-developed system capable of jamming signals to small drones is to be trialled by the US aviation authority.
  
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• Pickle juice, brunch and a shot of vitamin C WILL help, but hair of the dog is a MYTH: Nutritionists reveal 9 top tips to banish your hangover

  01-06-2016 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent survey revealed the average Brit spends up to two years nursing hangovers, and while legend has it there are countless cures out there, a team of nutritionists pick out the fact from fiction.
  
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