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• Raspberry Pi pioneer gets birthday honour

  10-06-2016 23:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eben Upton, co-creator of the Raspberry Pi bare-bones computer, has become a CBE in the Birthday Honours list.
  
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• Extraterrestrial honour for UK astronaut Tim Peake

  10-06-2016 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronaut Tim Peake is recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honours list.
  
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• Eight ways to crack open a beer without a bottle opener

  10-06-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Regular household items like a knife, screwdriver or stapler will do the trick, as will the keys, lighter or dollar bills in your pocket. If all else fails you can use your friend's bottle - or your mouth.
  
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• St. Jude's University study suggests glow-in-the-dark fish could become more common

  10-06-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from St. Cloud University in Minnesota, US, have analysed the genes of bioluminescent fish. They suggest that the trait has evolved independently 27 times in 14 major groups.
  
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• Amazon is preparing to launch streaming music service-sources

  10-06-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is preparing to launch a standalone music streaming subscription service, placing it squarely in competition with rival offerings from Apple and Spotify.
  
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• Now you can play the world's tiniest violin: Google sensors detect tiny movements to play music

  10-06-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Playing the world's saddest tune on the tiniest violin is no longer just a gesture. Using Google's Project Silo, Design I/O taught the system to recognize hand gestures and play a violin solo.
  
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• What does your phone reveal about you? Experts claim they can predict your age and income from your apps

  10-06-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers analysed the app choices of thousands of Android users to determine the predictability of your lifestyle, and found that apps can reveal many demographic attributes.
  
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• US spy photos reveal Anatartic ice shelf collapse begun in 1960s

  10-06-2016 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of a series of images taken by the US ARGON spy satellite in 1963 have shown the Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula was already accelerating in the 1960s.
  
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• Timur Bozca's Black Swan superyacht features a stunning design

  10-06-2016 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called Black Swan, the concept yacht from designer Timur Bozca, from Turkey, is inspired by the shape of an arrow, with a stunning pool and sun deck, and two forward balconies.
  
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• Instagram addicts are supposedly happier according to USC study

  10-06-2016 21:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Southern California found taking photos makes enjoyable experiences better, unpleasant experiences worse, and ruins activities if it interferes with it.
  
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• NASA invests £70k in AI-powered asteroids that would steer themselves towards Earth

  10-06-2016 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has awarded $100,000 (£70,000) to California-based Made in Space to develop a system to direct asteroids towards Earth. The end goal is to make asteroid mining accessible.
  
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• How to cool your apartment for free: Electricity free DIY aircon uses old plastic bottles - and is already used in used in over 25,000 Indian homes

  10-06-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bangladesh is known for its scorching temperatures, but many do not have electricity to power an aircon. Now there is Eco-Cooler, a DIY system that uses just plastic bottles and cardboard.
  
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• Who would win in a superhero showdown? Superman's 'super flare' attack would crush all opponents, but Batman would be useless

  10-06-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of science students at Leicester University pitched DC comic's Superman, Batman and the Flash against Marvel's Iron Man, Spider-Man and Wolverine.
  
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• Light pollution 'affects 80% of global population'

  10-06-2016 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 80% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies, a study suggests.
  
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• Artificial lights brightening nights across world

  10-06-2016 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 80% of the world's population lives under light-polluted skies, a study suggests.
  
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• RAF drones could kill without the need for humans

  10-06-2016 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based BAE Systems, who are developing an unmanned stealth drone (pictured), have said they are working on the basis that capability for autonomous strikes might be needed in future.
  
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• The colour that could stop you smoking: Government chooses 'world's ugliest shade of green' for new cigarette packets to put off smokers

  10-06-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Governments in the UK, France and Ireland have all said they plan to follow Australia's example to use the colour as part of measures to 'standardise' tobacco packaging.
  
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• Russia unveils new passenger plane it says will rival Boeing, Airbus

  10-06-2016 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a glitzy ceremony at a factory in Siberia attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Irkut Corporation rolled out its new MC-21 passenger plane.
  
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• UCLA study shows that money really can't buy you happiness

  10-06-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, based at UCLA's Anderson School of Management in California surveyed thousands of Americans about whether time or money was more important to their happiness.
  
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• Infoporn: WIRED handpicks the web's best infographics

  10-06-2016 18:53
  
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• GoPro footage captures Scalextric race from on-board a car

  10-06-2016 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From accelerating down the straights, avoiding collisions at crossroads and skidding off the track, this exhilarating footage, captured in London, puts you in the driving seat of two Scalextric cars.
  
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• Is this the world's oldest computer? 2,100-year-old mechanical relic acted as an astronomer's 'guide to the galaxy'

  10-06-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team says the relic found in Greece was a calendar of the sun and the moon showing phases of the moon, position of the sun and moon in zodiac, position of the planets, and predicted eclipses.
  
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• Glow-in-the-dark fish are more common than thought: Bioluminescence is so useful in oceans it evolved 27 times

  10-06-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from St. Cloud University in Minnesota, US, have analysed the genes of bioluminescent fish. They suggest that the trait has evolved independently 27 times in 14 major groups.
  
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• Could this Dalek exterminate superbugs? Project to find new drugs discovers 4 types of antibiotic-producing bacteria on robot

  10-06-2016 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Adam Roberts at University College London is leading a project named 'Swab and Send', which encourages people to take samples from around their homes and send them to the lab.
  
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• The whale held together by NEWSPAPER: Giant skeleton at Natural History Museum was bound by sheets of the Kent Messenger

  10-06-2016 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Natural History Museum in London are replacing Dippy the Diplodocus with a blue whale in 2017. They have discovered that the bones of the whale are held by newspaper.
  
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• Study of asexually reproducing honeybee ponders: But why the mass murder?

  10-06-2016 17:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  Researchers unzip genes to find out The secrets that explain how a swarm of female-only honeybees living in South Africa can carry out deadly invasions on other bee colonies have been unravelled by a team of researchers, according to research published in PLOS (Public Library of Science) Genetics yesterday.…
  
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• Petra, Jordan: Huge monument found 'hiding in plain sight'

  10-06-2016 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists using satellite imagery discover a huge, ceremonial monument at the Petra World Heritage site in southern Jordan.
  
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• Kent University scientists reveal the three reasons why we just can't put down our phones

  10-06-2016 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kent University saysphubbing - snubbing friends and family for smartphones. - is linked to internet addiction, fear of missing out and lack of self-control
  
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• US scientists warn powerful gene editing technique could cause more harm than good

  10-06-2016 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Washington-based committee has advised concerns around 'gene drive' technology, which could stop the spread of malaria (illustrated), need to be addressed before it can be used.
  
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• RAF drones could kill without the need for humans: AI would let machines pick targets and fire at will

  10-06-2016 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based BAE Systems, who are developing an unmanned stealth drone (pictured), have said they are working on the basis that capability for autonomous strikes might be needed in future.
  
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• Conspiracy theorists spot strange-shaped 'alien' rock in Nasa images of red planet

  10-06-2016 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alien enthusiasts claim to have spotted an object in images taken by Nasa's Curiosity Rover on the surface of Mars that they say are 'obviously alien in nature' and resembles the skull of a Sasquatch.
  
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• Google Street View is BANNED in India: Country rejects plans following 'security concerns'

  10-06-2016 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company applied several months ago to bring in the street-mapping feature showing 360-degree panoramic images of streets, monuments, mountains and rivers.
  
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• Heartwarming video shows 5-year-old boy walking for the first time with exoskeleton device

  10-06-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alvaro, five, who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy and has relied on a wheelchair his entire life, was given the opportunity to test a paediatric exoskeleton prototype, developed in Spain.
  
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• The SPY PHOTOS that reveal an early start to Antarctic melt: Biggest ice shelf collapse on record began in the 1960s

  10-06-2016 14:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of a series of images taken by the US ARGON spy satellite in 1963 have shown the Larsen B ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula was already accelerating in the 1960s.
  
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• Are you an Instagram addict? Then you're probably HAPPIER: Taking photos of your experiences makes you enjoy them more

  10-06-2016 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Southern California found taking photos makes enjoyable experiences better, unpleasant experiences worse, and ruins activities if it interferes with it.
  
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• Permanent ban for The Division game cheats

  10-06-2016 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gamers caught cheating when playing Ubisoft's The Division risk being permanently banned from the game.
  
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• What could go wrong? Nasa invests £70,000 in AI-powered asteroids that would steer themselves towards Earth

  10-06-2016 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has awarded $100,000 (£70,000) to California-based Made in Space to develop a system to direct asteroids towards Earth. The end goal is to make asteroid mining accessible.
  
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• RAF drones could kill without the need for human operators: AI may let machines pick targets and fire at will

  10-06-2016 12:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based BAE Systems, who are developing an unmanned stealth drone (pictured), have said they are working on the basis that capability for autonomous strikes might be needed in future.
  
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• Record-breakers may become a thing of the past as we reach limits of what's physically possible

  10-06-2016 12:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Greg Whyte from Liverpool said in Cheltenham, professional athletes and students might both be reaching their limits, and records like the two hour marathon could be impossible.
  
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• It's official, you really can't buy happiness: People who choose time over money are more satisfied with life

  10-06-2016 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, based at UCLA's Anderson School of Management in California surveyed thousands of Americans about whether time or money was more important to their happiness.
  
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• Professor warns sex with android dolls could stop people forming relationships

  10-06-2016 11:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Noel Sharkey, emeritus professor of robotics at Sheffield University, warned that android sex dolls may have damaging consequences for society if teens lose their virginity to them.
  
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• Terrifying video shows deadly snake FLYING through the air with fangs bared in Australia

  10-06-2016 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Queensland snake catcher has filmed the moment a snake turned on him and made several attempts to strike him. The catcher says many snakes have recently been displaced by heavy rain
  
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• Grim-faced 'naut Malenchenko prepares to return home

  10-06-2016 11:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  A smile from Yuri at the end of 186-day ISS stint? Cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko is preparing to depart the International Space Station (ISS), and it remains to be seen if the famously grim-faced Russian cracks a smile when he finally touches down on terra firma.…
  
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• Twitter locks accounts after log-ins go on sale

  10-06-2016 11:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter has locked some users' accounts following reports that log-in details for millions of its members were on sale.
  
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• Hillwalkers urged use maps and not just GPS

  10-06-2016 10:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People planning walks in Scotland's hills are asked not to rely solely on GPS devices but to use them as an addition to traditional map reading skills.
  
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• Guns gone?

  10-06-2016 10:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Firearms are still readily available on Facebook despite recent promises to crack down.
  
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• Professor Andrew Carr says knee operations are no better than painkillers

  10-06-2016 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many knee operations conducted by keyhole surgery are no more effective than painkillers, according to a leading surgeon.
  
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• Japan's Line to list shares in Tokyo and New York

  10-06-2016 09:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan's most popular phone messaging app operator, Line, says it plans to list its shares in Tokyo and New York in July, raising more than $900m.
  
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• Hummingbird moths colonise UK

  10-06-2016 09:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hummingbird-like moth may have colonised the UK, according to conservationists.
  
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• Mars' dust storms follow seasonal patterns say NASA boffins

  10-06-2016 08:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Polar storms spin out in predictable directions as seasons change Mars boffins reckon they've found seasonal found patterns in Mars' dust storms.…
  
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