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• VIDEO: Inventor shows off 'two-minute' hoverboard

  04-06-2016 23:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canadian inventor Alexandru Duru has been showcasing the hoverboard he designed and built to audiences in Paris.
  
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• 'Fountain of youth' pill could be available in just two years

  04-06-2016 15:31 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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• Siberia's tattooed princess revealed

  04-06-2016 15:21 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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• Footage shows ‘fireball UFO’ passing in view of space station

  04-06-2016 15:13 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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• Scientist Tim Urban links lateness to signs of insanity

  04-06-2016 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A science writer in the US has claimed that people who are consistently late to engagements could be suffering from a form of mental insanity because their notion of time is distorted.
  
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• US biotech company Monsanto alter flower DNA to stop it wilting

  04-06-2016 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Monsanto, an agricultural biotech firm based in the US, are using reverse genetic engineering to stop the natural destruction of cells that occurs once a plant is cut and extend their lifespan.
  
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• Fish gobble plastics like teenagers eat junk food

  04-06-2016 05:01 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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• Interactive site reveals the evolution of New York's Greene Street over 400 years 

  04-06-2016 04:02 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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• Claims America's Railgun could be abandoned for cheaper alternatives

  04-06-2016 03:02 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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• Stunning supercomputer simulations show star DYING in 3D

  04-06-2016 03:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Supernovas are created when a star, collapses in on itself in its final death throes. Michigan researchers have used a powerful supercomputers to recreate what happens in 3D.
  
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• DR JULIA SHAW'S suggestion that your most treasured recollections can't be trusted

  04-06-2016 02:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many of you will insist you remember the milestone events of your life, writes DR JULIA SHAW. But what if I were to tell you that your cherished memories aren't as reliable as you think?
  
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• The smart earplugs that are giving 20,000 US soldiers 'super hearing'

  04-06-2016 02:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tactical Communication and Protective System reduces the high-level impulse noises, all while heightening low signature type sounds - giving soldiers 'super hearing' abilities in combat zones.
  
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• The chubby insects terrorising Britain's backyards: The plague of fat, flying beetles found in your garden (and your home) 

  04-06-2016 02:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cockchafer beetles, which grow to more than an inch long and make a loud whirring noise in flight, have been terrorising gardeners living in the south east of England.
  
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• US Navy reveals latest hi-tech 'Iron Man' diving helmet for elite soldiers

  04-06-2016 02:17 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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• How Game of Thrones took over Twitter for each episode

  04-06-2016 02:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To visualize what Game of Thrones fans are talking about, Twitter has released an interactive chart that shows the specific characters and most used emojis in the many posts.
  
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• Kazakhstani ome owner discovers bones of 2,200-year-old warrior in his basement

  04-06-2016 01:34 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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• Google's AI team is developing 'big red button' to switch off threatening systems

  04-06-2016 01:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's DeepMind teamsay AI agents are 'unlikely to behave optimally all the time' and have called for 'safe interruptibility' to be built into systems.
  
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• Instagram under fire as it rolls out controversial new algorithmic feed

  04-06-2016 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram is ditching the chronological feed. Over the next month, the Instagram feed will begin to show you ‘the moments you care about first’ rather than displaying them in the order they come.
  
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• Utah man claims to have found fossilised skull of Sasquatch

  04-06-2016 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While hiking near his home in Ogden, Utah, Todd May stumbled upon a 75-pound object that he says is the fossilized head of Bigfoot. Experts have weighed in explaining that it is a weathered rock.
  
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• Minecraft creators reveal the game has sold over 100 MILLION copies worldwide

  04-06-2016 00:36 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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• Scans using 'cosmic particles' to reveal secrets of the Great Pyramid of Giza

  04-06-2016 00:19 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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