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• Scientists say three-person DNA babies are 'safe'

  08-06-2016 23:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Using DNA from three people to create a baby is safe, according to a major research study, by scientists at the Wellcome Trust Centre at Newcastle University.
  
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• Australian scientists say empathy attracts almost DOUBLE the amount of girls

  08-06-2016 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian study revealed that girls are more likely to become friends with boys who show more empathy – while empathy doesn't seem to matter to boys when selecting their female friends.
  
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• Your Bing web searches reveal if you have cancer (so, er, don't use Bing?)

  08-06-2016 23:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  Searched-for symptoms form tell-tale signs of illness Search engine results are a useful predictor for cancer and can even beat doctors to the mark, according to new research from Microsoft.…
  
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• Bing web searches may reveal you have cancer (so, er, don't use Bing?)

  08-06-2016 23:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  Microsoft eggheads crunch queries for early tell-tale signs of disease Search engine results can be a useful predictor for cancer and can even beat doctors to the mark, according to new research from Microsoft.…
  
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• Apple to announce 'major overhaul' of iTunes at developer conference next week

  08-06-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is set to unveil a major iTunes overhaul at its WWDC keynote on June 13th. This will address the complaints about ‘bloatware’ and the complicated interface that has plagued the service.
  
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• Netflix reveals Breaking Bad is 'binged watched' while House of Cards is watched 'over weeks'

  08-06-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix analysed more than 100 TV series across more than 190 countries and found when members are focused on finishing a series, they watch a little over two hours a day to complete a season.
  
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• VIDEO: Tim Peake set to return to Earth

  08-06-2016 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six months after Tim Peake blasted off to the International Space Station, he is preparing for his return to Earth.
  
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• Tim Peake's message from space ahead of return to Earth

  08-06-2016 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Six months after Tim Peake blasted off to the International Space Station, he is preparing for his return to Earth.
  
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• Particle X could be the key to the universe's evolution

  08-06-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Soon after the universe was born, an unknown particle may have gone about breaking apart atoms and destroying significant quantities of lithium, researchers from Canada and Austria say.
  
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• Supermassive black holes feed on 'cold intergalactic rainstorms'

  08-06-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, led by Yale University in Connecticut, has found cold dense clouds can form out of hot intergalactic gas and plunge into the heart of a galaxy to feed the supermassive black hole
  
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• Fossilised jawbone of species from 700k-year-old human discovered on island of Flores

  08-06-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fragment of jawbone and six isolated teeth have been unearthed on the Indonesian island of Flores, which appear to have belonged to the direct ancestors of Homo floresiensis.
  
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• Poppit toothpaste pods simply dissolve in the mouth and could replace tubes

  08-06-2016 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Florida-startup has now designed Poppits, a 100% biodegradable pod that dissolves in your mouth within just 5 seconds, and costs $12 for 90 capsules.
  
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• Britain's first three-parent baby could be born within ONE YEAR

  08-06-2016 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fertility technique, which is being pioneered Newcastle University, aims to allow couples carrying faulty mitochondria the chance of having a healthy baby by using a second woman’s egg.
  
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• Astronaut Tim Peake reveals he longs for British weather as he prepares for return

  08-06-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking from space to an audience at the Cheltenham Science Festival, Peake described the highlight of his 6 month mission as being the 'truly incredible' space walk he made on January 15.
  
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• Fiber optic cables prove eyes of glass squids are like invisibility cloaks

  08-06-2016 20:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Photophores complete the camouflage Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have used fiber optic cables to reveal how glass squids turn themselves invisible, according to a paper published in the Journal of The Royal Society Interface.…
  
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• Do YOU have swiper's thumb?

  08-06-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Young adults aged 18 to 34 have noticed the most changes, with one in eight developing the deformity as a result of continuous tapping and grappling with large handsets, the phone company O2 claims.
  
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• French warriors hacked off war prisoners' arms to keep as TROPHIES: Mutilated skeletons from 6,000-year-old Neolithic massacre reveal gruesome ritual

  08-06-2016 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from France's National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap) discovered the remains of a 6,000-year-old massacre in Alsace in eastern France.
  
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• Black Death was caused by single strain of bacterium, German scientists claim

  08-06-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study which analysed bacteria from plague-infected bodies in Spain, Germany (pictured) and Russia has found the samples are related to a single strain of Y.pestis.
  
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• Faulty update breaks Lexus cars' maps and radio systems

  08-06-2016 19:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A faulty data update stops Lexus cars being able to provide directions, digital radio or climate controls in the US.
  
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• VIDEO: Tim Peake: 'I miss the feeling of rain'

  08-06-2016 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake has been on the International Space Station for nearly six months, where the climate is unsurprisingly constant.
  
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• Tim Peake on the ISS: 'I miss the feeling of rain'

  08-06-2016 19:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake has been on the International Space Station for nearly six months, where the climate is unsurprisingly constant.
  
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• Is this the Hobbit's ancestor? Fossilised jawbone of tiny species from 700,000-year-old human discovered on island of Flores

  08-06-2016 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fragment of jawbone and six isolated teeth have been unearthed on the Indonesian island of Flores, which appear to have belonged to the direct ancestors of Homo floresiensis.
  
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• Humans have been altering the environment for thousands of years

  08-06-2016 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Oxford studied archaeological and fossil evidence and found that mankind has been altering the environment since the Late Pleistocene.
  
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• Hobbit find shows tiny humans shrank 'rapidly'

  08-06-2016 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers discover fossils that suggest the famous Hobbit species shrank on the Indonesian island of Flores within the space of 300,000 years.
  
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• Fossils show Hobbits shrank 'rapidly'

  08-06-2016 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers discover fossils that suggest the famous Hobbit species shrank on the Indonesian Island of Flores within the space of 300,000 years.
  
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• China's Ehang 184 passenger carrying craft set to be tested in Nevada

  08-06-2016 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems will work to help EHang test and develop its self flying electric 184 drone,.designed for travelling short distances at 60mph.
  
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• Scientists discover magma buildup under New Zealand town Matata

  08-06-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geophysicist Ian Hamling said that since 1950, enough magma to fill 80,000 Olympic-size swimming pools has squeezed up beneath the surface near the coastal town of Matata.
  
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• EU vote registration deadline extended

  08-06-2016 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deadline for registering to vote in the EU referendum is extended until midnight on Thursday after IT problems prevent some people from signing up.
  
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• Can YOU solve the 'simple' maths question that has stumped both 10-year-olds AND their parents?

  08-06-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Year five pupils at a primary school in Glossop were left as stumped as their parents by a question which asked them to 'calculate the perimeter of these composite rectilinear shapes'.
  
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• VIDEO: Kayaker's close encounter with shark

  08-06-2016 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A kayaker has filmed a close encounter with a 23ft (7m) basking shark off the south coast of the Isle of Man.
  
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• Isle of Man kayaker's close encounter with basking shark

  08-06-2016 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A kayaker has filmed a close encounter with a 23ft (7m) basking shark off the south coast of the Isle of Man.
  
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• WIRED Photo: mind-expanding views of science and technology

  08-06-2016 18:15
  
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• Boffins send encrypted quantum messages to spaaaace – and back

  08-06-2016 17:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Quantum interference may become a useful secure comms tool, reckon scientists It may be possible to send quantum-encrypted messages through space, after physicists showed a beam of light sent to a satellite could return to Earth with its quantum properties intact, according to new research published in Physical Review Letters.…
  
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• Scientists discover magma buildup under New Zealand town

  08-06-2016 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geophysicist Ian Hamling said that since 1950, enough magma to fill 80,000 Olympic-size swimming pools has squeezed up beneath the surface near the coastal town of Matata.
  
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• Zendesk chief's Twitter account hacked

  08-06-2016 16:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chief executive of Zendesk is the latest high-profile figure to have his Twitter account hacked in recent days.
  
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• Star Wars inspired droid may provide company for the elderly

  08-06-2016 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tokyo-based Kaname Hayashi, who is designing the robot, claims that machines could become our friends and even provide enjoyable company.
  
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• Body posture of people working around you can improve your focus

  08-06-2016 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Other people's concentration is contagious and can encourage us to exert more effort onto our own work, according to a study at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
  
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• Toxins in tarantula bites could lead to new drugs for everything from IBS to Alzheimer's

  08-06-2016 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of California San Francisco have identified two toxins in the venom of the Togo starburst tarantula that act through a previously unknown pain pathway.
  
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• Human 'drone taxi' to be tested in Nevada

  08-06-2016 15:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A passenger-carrying drone is due to be tested in Nevada later this year.
  
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• Canada city's Windsor Hum is getting louder as experts believe they've traced it to Zug Island

  08-06-2016 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The residents of a Canadian city are growing increasingly fed up with a hum which they keep hearing. People in Windsor, Ontario, think the sound might be coming from Detroit.
  
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• GIFs may be coming to Whatsapp as long-awaited feature is to appear in next iOS update

  08-06-2016 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based WhatsApp's long-awaited support for GIF comes over a year after Facebook introduced support on its Messenger app, with Twitter following suit this February.
  
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• Men and women approach problems in different ways because their brains aren't in sync

  08-06-2016 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, by Stanford University, could indicate how cooperative behaviour may have evolved differently between males and females.
  
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• Move over Microsoft: Patents suggest Google-backed Magic Leap may be releasing a Star Wars-style VR headset

  08-06-2016 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida-based start-up Magic Leap has filed for a patent for a VR headset, which looks like a skull cap with a set of glasses attached (pictured).
  
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• Police emailed member of public sex offenders' details

  08-06-2016 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A police officer sent an email to a member of the public containing information which could have been used to identify sex offenders.
  
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• University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers

  08-06-2016 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Canadian university pays hackers to restore access to emails and other files encrypted by ransomware.
  
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• Is concentration CONTAGIOUS? Body posture of people working around you can improve your focus

  08-06-2016 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Other people's concentration is contagious and can encourage us to exert more effort onto our own work, according to a study at Vrije Universiteit Brussel.
  
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• Web founder Tim Berners-Lee says he wants 'no censorship or centralised control'

  08-06-2016 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Tim met with Internet activists, journalists and others at the Decentralized Web Summit in San Francisco to discuss what the web might look like with no censorship and no centralised control.
  
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• Google Motion Stills turns your Live Photos into GIFs

  08-06-2016 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's New Motion Stills app for iOS lets users around the world turn Live Photos into GIFs and remove shaky shots. The technology might soon be added to apps like Google Photo.
  
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• Dark matter could form a disk that slices through our galaxy

  08-06-2016 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard University in Massachusetts has created a new model of the Milky Way's interstellar gas to find there is room for a thin disk of dark matter.
  
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• France releases terror alert app ahead of Euro 2016

  08-06-2016 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The French government has released a mobile phone app that it says will help spread more reliable information during a terror attack.
  
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