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• Is America's railgun doomed? Claims 'superweapon' that can shoot projectiles at six times the speed of sound could be abandoned for cheaper alternatives

  03-06-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the device may simply prove too expensive - and instead the hi-tech ammunition being used could simply be fired from more conventional cannons.
  
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• Minecraft creators reveal the game has sold over 100 MILLION copies worldwide - with over 53,000 copies sold every day

  03-06-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minecraft creators revealed the game has now been sold more than 100 million times – and a few copies have even made it to Antarctica.The figures combine sales from PC, console, and mobile.
  
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• Nintendo's Super Mario Brothers is HARDER than calculus

  03-06-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyshowed the problem of solving a level in 'Super Mario Brothers' is as hard as the hardest problems in the 'complexity class' PSPACE.
  
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• Autonomous helicopter makes first 30 mile journey in Connecticut

  03-06-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has flown a helicopter 30 miles without a pilot. The flight was executed by an operator using only a tablet.
  
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• Europe Commission proposes controversial scheme to access Facebook

  03-06-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idea of national ID cards to access online services has been presented by Andrus Ansip. He says this would reduce the security risk of multiple usernames and passwords.
  
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• The sticker that can free you from power cables and give ANY gadget wireless charging

  03-06-2016 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A French company has designed a wireless charger that can power multiple phones, of any make, at once. Called energysquare, this new system uses thin stickers and a conductive pad.
  
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• FBI under fire over privacy concerns for secret project to recognise people by their TATTOOS

  03-06-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI has conducted tests with thousands of tattoo images from inmates for its software that can profile criminals using just the body art - but privacy campaigners say this violates their rights.
  
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• Bronze Age Celtic instruments found in traditional Indian music

  03-06-2016 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery, by archaeologists at the Australian National Museum, suggests there was a lively exchange of culture between Europe and India more than 2,000 years ago.
  
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• US Navy reveals latest hi-tech 'Iron Man' diving helmet for elite soldiers (which unfortunately makes them look like a minion)

  03-06-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is the latest in diving technology, helping the Navy's elite forces in underwater battles. However, there is just one issue - it makes soldiers look uncannily like a minion.
  
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• Golf brands turn to space technology to improve your swing

  03-06-2016 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cobra Puma has joined forces with the Centre for the Advancement of Science in Space to develop golf clubs that use materials from the International Space Station.
  
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• Snails make complex decisions using just TWO brain cells, University of Sussex says

  03-06-2016 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Sussex, who made the discovery by monitoring fresh water snails (pictured) on the hunt for food. The findings could lead to developing more efficient robotic brains.
  
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• From brothels to an Apple store: Interactive site reveals the evolution of New York's Greene Street over 400 years 

  03-06-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a meticulous new project, NYU economists analysed the evolution of a SoHo microcosm, looking at the development and decline of just one block on Greene Street in NYC over 400 years.
  
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• Professor denies viral Facebook claim

  03-06-2016 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prof Kelli Burns has denied saying she believes Facebook is listening to people's conversations via the microphones on their smartphones.
  
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• Aquaboffins sink lost Greek city theory

  03-06-2016 18:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Remains off island of Zakynthos actually natural formations Greek and British scientists have announced that submerged remains off the Ionian island of Zakynthos bearing an uncanny resemblance to a lost city are in fact natural formations.…
  
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• 'See-through' tanks are coming: Military tech lets soldiers plot enemy routes while remaining behind heavily armoured walls

  03-06-2016 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BattleView 360, developed by Virginia-based BAE Systems, aims to get around visibility issues by streaming data feeds from cameras and sensors to a display for the soldier (illustrated).
  
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• VIDEO: Iranian and Saudi hackers at war

  03-06-2016 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How Saudi and Iranian hackers are waging a virtual war.
  
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• Iran-Saudi tensions erupt in 'cyberwar'

  03-06-2016 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Iran-Saudi tensions erupt in online 'cyberwar'
  
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• Hidden forces

  03-06-2016 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When Iran's top civil defence official said his country was preparing for major cyber-attacks from Saudi Arabia, perhaps even he did not think it would take such a short time for his warnings to become reality.
  
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• The man who really DID have a skeleton in his closet: Home owner discovers bones of 2,200-year-old warrior in his basement

  03-06-2016 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A man in the village of Aschibulak in Khaszakstanfound a skeleton while digging a hole in his yard.An archaeologist has said that the skeleton is a Usun warrior dating back to the 2nd Century BC.
  
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• What is this streak of light captured by ISS cameras? Footage shows ‘fireball UFO’ passing in view of space station

  03-06-2016 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the video’s narrator, SecureTeam received the footage (still pictured) via email from someone who was combing through hours of recordings of ISS live streams.
  
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• Siberia's tattooed princess revealed: 2,500-year-old mummy to go on public display, but will be draped in fur to hide her modesty

  03-06-2016 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mummified remains of a woman found in an icy tomb on the Ukok Plateau in the Altai Mountains of Russia, will go on display in a special wooden and glass sarcophagus and draped in fur.
  
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• Fish gobble plastics like teenagers eat junk food: Young creatures prefer harmful man-made materials which stunts their growth

  03-06-2016 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Uppsala University in Sweden found that this diet stunted the growth of the young fish, reduced their activity levels, and made them more susceptible to predators.
  
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• VIDEO: How Hitler's secret code was cracked

  03-06-2016 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bletchley Park's surviving coders are re-enacting how they famously broke the Lorenz cipher, known as Hitler's secret code during WW2.
  
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• What is hiding in the last wonder of the world? Scans using 'cosmic particles' to reveal secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza

  03-06-2016 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists and physicists are using muons to peer through the stone of Egypt's Great Pyramid of Giza in the hope of discovering if it is hiding a secret chamber within its structure.
  
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• Could homes that FLOAT solve the housing crisis? Radical 'flood free' housing estates may be built in Berkshire by 2021

  03-06-2016 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New 'can-float' houses could soon be builtin Berkshire. The planners are looking to build 224 homes, 24 of which would be 'can-float' houses alongside 200 traditional homes.
  
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• Self-driving? Try self-FLYING! Autonomous helicopter makes first 30 mile journey in Connecticut

  03-06-2016 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology developed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has flown a helicopter 30 miles without a pilot. The flight was executed by an operator using only a tablet.
  
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• Playing Super Mario Brothers is HARDER than calculus: Video game can be as difficult to solve as most complex algorithm

  03-06-2016 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technologyshowed the problem of solving a level in 'Super Mario Brothers' is as hard as the hardest problems in the 'complexity class' PSPACE.
  
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• Hubble clocks faster cosmic expansion

  03-06-2016 13:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Universe may be expanding up to 9% faster than previously thought, according to new measurements from the Hubble Space Telescope.
  
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• Train seat alert for pregnant women

  03-06-2016 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bluetooth system that alerts underground train users to give up their seats for pregnant travellers is trialled in South Korea.
  
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• Will you soon need a government ID to log into Facebook? Europe Commission proposes controversial scheme to access social media sites

  03-06-2016 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idea of national ID cards to access online services has been presented by Andrus Ansip. He says this would reduce the security risk of multiple usernames and passwords.
  
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• 'Fountain of youth' pill could be available in just two years: Blend of 30 vitamins and minerals may reverse ageing of the brain

  03-06-2016 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at McMaster University, Ontario, hope the cocktail of nutrients may prevent and even reverse neuron loss in patients - halting conditions such as Alzheimer's.
  
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• Snails make complex decisions using just TWO brain cells: Simple neuron network helps creature find food and save energy

  03-06-2016 12:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Sussex, who made the discovery by monitoring fresh water snails (pictured) on the hunt for food. The findings could lead to developing more efficient robotic brains.
  
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• Gawker 'confident' about legal appeal

  03-06-2016 12:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The boss of Gawker Media says he is "confident" of succeeding in an appeal in a costly legal case involving wrestler Hulk Hogan.
  
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• Did the Irish bring horns to India 2,000 years ago? Suprising influence of Bronze Age Celtic instruments found in traditional Indian musicc

  03-06-2016 11:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery, by archaeologists at the Australian National Museum, suggests there was a lively exchange of culture between Europe and India more than 2,000 years ago.
  
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• The final frontier in golf: Brands turn to space technology to improve your swing

  03-06-2016 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cobra Puma has joined forces with the Centre for the Advancement of Science in Space to develop golf clubs that use materials from the International Space Station.
  
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• 'Lost city' was created by nature

  03-06-2016 11:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ancient underwater remains thought to be a "long lost city" are in fact the result of a naturally occurring phenomenon, researchers find.
  
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• Snails decide using 'two brain cells'

  03-06-2016 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Snails use two brain cells to make "complex decisions", a team of scientists finds.
  
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• Flat lens promises revolution in optics

  03-06-2016 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, its US inventors say.
  
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• Flat lens promises possible revolution in optics

  03-06-2016 11:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A flat lens made of paint whitener on a sliver of glass could revolutionise optics, its US inventors say.
  
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• VIDEO: 'Thiel needs to develop a thicker skin'

  03-06-2016 10:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder of Gawker Media, Nick Denton, defends the company's actions in the long-running legal battle against tech billionaire Peter Thiel.
  
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• Natural substance found in plants can fool the body into believing it is full

  03-06-2016 09:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Food scientists have discovered that a tart-tasting chemical found in a plant - which remains a trade secret - could help those on a diet lose weight and may be on sale in three years' time.
  
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• Rosetta's duck-shaped comet 67P continually tears itself apart and reforms

  03-06-2016 07:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists based at the University of Colorado at Boulder have found that comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko may continually break apart and reform as its spin changes.
  
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• Astronomers probe below Jupiter's clouds

  03-06-2016 04:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US astronomers have managed to peer deep into the atmosphere of Jupiter using a radio telescope here on Earth.
  
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• How to make someone fall in love with you in five steps

  03-06-2016 04:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychotherapist and author M. Gary Neuman from the US has revealed the science behind falling in love. Mr Neuman said making someone fall in love with you could be done in five simple steps.
  
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• The $850 gadget that folds your laundry with robot arms and steams out creases

  03-06-2016 04:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Francisco startup is set to release a robotic device that folds laundry it for you. Called FoldiMate, ituses sensors and 'arms' for professionally folded garments -- and for $700 to $850.
  
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• New virus can 'repair the liver damage caused by drinking' and alcoholism

  03-06-2016 02:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at University College San Francisco were able to convert liver cells damaged by toxins into healthy ones - allowing patients with liver disease to live for years longer.
  
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• Apple's iCloud comes crashing down including Music and App stores

  03-06-2016 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's online stores are still suffering a major crash, stopping users from access the firm's iTunes and app stores.
  
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• Android will start telling users which apps they can delete to save space

  03-06-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seeing ‘Not enough space’ on your phone can cause irritation. Now, the Play Store is testing an uninstall manager that shows apps to get rid of and how much space is needed for new items.
  
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• Stroke patients to walk, talk and live a normal life after stem cell treatment

  03-06-2016 01:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stanford scientists used stem cell treatment on patients, and found it worked up to three years after a stroke. Patients regained the ability to walk, talk and were able to live a normal family life.
  
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• Work, rest and play

  03-06-2016 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Staff no longer have to be tied to the office and there are a growing number of companies helping them to combine work, travel and lifestyle.
  
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