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• Z Tyres sell $600k set at charity auction with diamonds embedded into wall

  16-06-2016 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubai-based Z Tyre sold a set of tyres encrusted with diamond and patterned with 24-karat gold for $600,000. It has now been named the world's most expensive tyres by Guinness World Records.
  
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• Earth breaks heat record again, but not by as much as before

  16-06-2016 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earth sizzled to its 13th straight month of record heat in May, but it wasn't quite as much of an over-the-top scorcher as previous months, the NOAA said.
  
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• Tree planting at 'an all time low'

  16-06-2016 22:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Official figures released today by the Forestry Commission show that the government is falling far short of its own tree-planting targets
  
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• Who needs showers! Giant wet wipes 16 times larger than normal let you clean your entire body

  16-06-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  No shower? No problem. Epic Wipes are individually wrapped wet wipes that are 16 times larger than the standard. Developed with essential oils, these towelettes are nourishing to your skin.
  
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• The £149 smart sleep machine: Sense system goes on sale across Europe

  16-06-2016 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Londoner James Proud, the gadget's 24 year old inventor, also revealed the firm, which is based in San Francisco, raised $30 in a recent fundraising round.
  
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• Star Wars holograms could invade your room after LucasFilms deal with Magic Leap

  16-06-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Revealed today at the Wired Business Conference in NYC, Magic Leap has paired up with Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB to create Star Wars experiences for the mysterious technology.
  
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• Ohio family swamped by billions of the humming insects outside their home

  16-06-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richelle Smart, a mother in Mansfield, Ohio, filmed her seven-year-old son Dillon sweeping their front porch which is coated in bugs - as she and her daughter look on in horror - on June 3.
  
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• Japanese scientists spot Oxygen particles 13bn light years away through new telescope

  16-06-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of Japanese researchershave used a telescope in Chile to capture evidence of the most distant, and therefore earliest, oxygen ever found in the universe.
  
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• Apple admits iOS 10 WON'T let you delete its own apps

  16-06-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has confirmed that while it does let users appear to delete the apps, in fact files 'integral to iOS' remain on the handset.
  
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• How Tim gets back from space

  16-06-2016 22:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How UK astronaut Tim Peake will get back from the International Space Station (ISS).
  
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• Facebook status trick that can see you 'predict the future'

  16-06-2016 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dallas-based Pablo Reyes' status went viral after he predicted some horrific events like the deaths of a gorilla , Muhammad Ali and Prince, along with 'the worst shooting in US history'.
  
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• The world's most expensive tyres: Diamond encrusted, gold leaf set sells for $600,000 (but the money was given to charity)

  16-06-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubai-based Z Tyre sold a set of tyres encrusted with diamond and patterned with 24-karat gold for $600,000. It has now been named the world's most expensive tyres by Guinness World Records.
  
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• Walmart is testing smart shopping carts that can do the shopping for you

  16-06-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wal-Mart is said to be developing 'driverless' carts that find the items on your shopping list for you. The American retailer sees this technology as a way to compete with Amazon and other online retailers.
  
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• Oxford University study suggests children who dance together feel more connected

  16-06-2016 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Oxford University found that when children dance together to music (illustrated), it makes them feel warmer towards another group.
  
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• Star Wars holograms set to invade your living room: LucasFilms signs deal with secretive Magic Leap for augmented reality games

  16-06-2016 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Revealed today at the Wired Business Conference in NYC, Magic Leap has paired up with Lucasfilm’s ILMxLAB to create Star Wars experiences for the mysterious technology.
  
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• Facebook rolls out its suicide prevention tool worldwide

  16-06-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has expanded its suicide prevention tool to offer support to users around the world, and will come in all languages available on the site. The tool can provide helplines to contact and tips.
  
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• US Navy officials consult presidential candidates over 'microchipping humans'

  16-06-2016 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan, from Calfornia, and presidential candidate, met with senior officials from the US navy to discuss policies on how to deal with microchip implants (pictured).
  
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• Oxygen is spotted 13 BILLION light years away: Telescope catches glimpse of life-giving element created in the earliest stars

  16-06-2016 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of Japanese researchershave used a telescope in Chile to capture evidence of the most distant, and therefore earliest, oxygen ever found in the universe.
  
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• Attack of the cicadas! Mother captures bug-swarming horror in Ohio as billions of the humming insects descend on the Midwest

  16-06-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richelle Smart, a mother in Mansfield, Ohio, filmed her seven-year-old son Dillon sweeping their front porch which is coated in bugs - as she and her daughter look on in horror - on June 3.
  
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• Photographer John Rutledge captures images of what appear to be fairies

  16-06-2016 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Rutledge was taking a stroll in a field near Newbridge, Wales, when he started taking photos - but it was not until he reviewed his work that he noticed what appeared to be tiny winged creatures.
  
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• Two Texas sinkholes are growing more unstable and could create one giant hole

  16-06-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have released a report detailing the growth of two sinkholes in neighboring Wink and Kermit, Texas.
  
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• NASA reveal Earth is being stalked by tiny asteroid

  16-06-2016 19:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers discovered the object using a telescope in Hawaii, Nasa has called it a ‘quasi-satellite’, spending half of the year in front of us and the other half trailing behind (pictured).
  
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• Apple admits iOS 10 WON'T let you delete its own apps - but will let you hide them

  16-06-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has confirmed that while it does let users appear to delete the apps, in fact files 'integral to iOS' remain on the handset.
  
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• FBI facial recognition database flawed according to new audit

  16-06-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FBI's facial recognition database has more than 400 million pictures, but lacks 'adequate safeguards for accuracy and privacy protection' according to a congressional audit
  
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• BMW's vision for self-driving cars is unlike anything out there

  16-06-2016 18:59
  
  This is what your self-driving Rolls-Royce, BMW or Mini could look like...one day
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• UK gets 24-hour esports gaming channel on TV

  16-06-2016 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK will soon have its first 24-hour TV channel dedicated to competitive gaming or esports.
  
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• Forget driverless cars, Walmart is testing smart shopping carts that can navigate the isles and find items on your list

  16-06-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wal-Mart is said to be developing 'driverless' carts that find the items on your shopping list for you. The American retailer sees this technology as a way to compete with Amazon and other online retailers.
  
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• Pacific Ocean 'rush hour' for sharks as they use special 'highway' to move through lagoon

  16-06-2016 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team from UC Santa Barbara studied the way sharks moved in Palmyra Atoll,a 5 square mile (8 square kilometre) ring of coral in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and American Samoa..
  
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• The simple trick that could convince your Facebook friends you predicted the future

  16-06-2016 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dallas-based Pablo Reyes' status went viral after he predicted some horrific events like the deaths of a gorilla , Muhammad Ali and Prince, along with 'the worst shooting in US history'.
  
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• Dancing really DOES breaks the ice: Children who dance together feel more connected

  16-06-2016 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Oxford University found that when children dance together to music (illustrated), it makes them feel warmer towards another group.
  
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• The Man Behind Le Mans

  16-06-2016 18:16
  
  Ford GT driver Andy Priaulx explains how he prepares for the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance Race – mentally, physically and spiritually.
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• The maverick scientist who's making ears out of APPLES

  16-06-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Andrew Pelling runs his own lab at Ottawa University. One of his projects involves creating human ears out of cells taken from apples. The ears cannot hear, but are the same shape and made of human cells.
  
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• EgyptAir MS804: What can the voice recorder tell us?

  16-06-2016 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former air accident investigator Anne Evans tells BBC News what information can be found from voice and data recorders.
  
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• Is the US Navy planning to implant people with microchips? Officials consult Presidential candidate on 'merging humans and machines'

  16-06-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Transhumanist Zoltan Istvan, from Calfornia, and presidential candidate, met with senior officials from the US navy to discuss policies on how to deal with microchip implants (pictured).
  
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• Fire in the hole! Dramatic moment brand-new $360million ship was rocked by 10,000-pound explosion as parts of endurance testing on the high seas 

  16-06-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The USS Jackson looks as if it has been blown to bits in a 10,000-pound explosion at sea. But the US Navy's newest littoral combat ship was actually undergoing a routine shock trial blast in Florida.
  
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• Nasa reveals $500,000 prize for growing human organs in space

  16-06-2016 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space agency revealed a $500,000 prize for teams that create 'thick, metabolically-functional human vascularized organ tissue in a controlled laboratory environment.'
  
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• Magic Leap just announced a partnership with Lucasfilm

  16-06-2016 17:47
  
  The partnership will create "the future of mixed reality and immersive entertainment", the companies said
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• How HIV moved from America to Europe in waves

  16-06-2016 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The international team from the European Society for Translational Antiviral Research (ESAR) analysed infection data from when it arrived in America in the 1970s and the subsequent epidemic.
  
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• Can you really influence your child's future career? A-level choice is decided by DNA rather than personal preference

  16-06-2016 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from King's College London looked at data from 6,500 pairs of twins. The researchers hope the results will lead education away from a one-size-fits-all-curriculum and is more tailored.
  
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• How to win a bet on Euro 2016, Graham Kendall explains

  16-06-2016 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Graham Kendall, from Nottingham University, explains how to choose the odds that are guaranteed to be a success, in an article for The Conversation.
  
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• Virtual reality sickness 'tackled with field of view trick'

  16-06-2016 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virtual reality-induced nausea can be reduced with a simple field of view alteration, say researchers.
  
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• Interactive gallery lets you explore Tim Peake's stunning images of Earth

  16-06-2016 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From London to Algeria, New York to Moscow, and everywhere in between the map plots 200 photographs captured by the British astronaut during his time in space (pictured).
  
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• Thousands of porn bots follow so-called Islamic State group on Twitter

  16-06-2016 16:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Monitoring looks at why porn bots have suddenly started following IS Twitter accounts and what impact this is having.
  
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• Does Nasa's 'fuel-free' thruster EmDrive have an invisible exhaust?

  16-06-2016 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based in Finland suggest the EmDrive gives off an exhaust of photons. But the exhaust cannot be seen because the photons destructively interfere with each other.
  
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• Zika virus infections late in pregnancy led to no defects in study

  16-06-2016 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The greatest risk to infants comes from pregnant women becoming infected early in pregnancy - or not realising they are infected at all, Colombian and American health officials said.
  
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• Sharks have a rush hour too: Traffic peaks for an hour in the evening at the marine predators' 'highway' in Pacific Ocean

  16-06-2016 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research team from UC Santa Barbara studied the way sharks moved in Palmyra Atoll,a 5 square mile (8 square kilometre) ring of coral in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and American Samoa..
  
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• Inventor creates 100 mile to the gallon engine using 200-year-old Stirling technology

  16-06-2016 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An inventor from San Antonio, Texas, has designed an engine he says can run at 100 miles per gallon. So far the engine has been tested in a Hybrid electric car, which did not require recharging.
  
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• How cities took over the world: Maps reveal the rapid spread of urban areas over 6,000 years

  16-06-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Yale University have used archaeological, historical and census records to reconstruct the rise and fall of cities through history starting with the first urban areas in Mesopotamia.
  
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• The Alvin Submarine: Incredible deep-sea views​

  16-06-2016 16:20
  
  In the second part of this episode of WIRED's The Window we see how the technological upgrades on the U.S. Navy Alvin submersible allow the deep-sea diving vessel to go to new depths.
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• Rolls-Royce unveils its driverless car of the future

  16-06-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BMW unveiled its concept for an autonomous car at an event held in London. They also revealed another future concept of the Mini brand designed around car sharing.
  
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