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• Cooltech Application's superfridge could slash energy bills and cut noise

  17-06-2016 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cooltech Applications has just launched the first commercially available magnetic refrigeration system, and it claims to solve both environmental and economic challenges of the appliances.
  
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• What would an EU exit mean for the UK games industry?

  17-06-2016 22:58
  
  From developers to retailers, this is what leaving the European Union would mean for one of the UK's most important creative industries
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• Steph Curry has trained his brain to have 'supervision' according to Canadian researchers

  17-06-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stephen Curry, point guard for the Golden State Warriors, has found a way to boost his nervous system and process multiple stimuli on the court at once in order to make quick decisions.
  
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• 'X-ray' helmet lets soldiers see through tanks to spot snipers outside

  17-06-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The radical IronVision helmet shows live, instant video from cameras and sensors on the tank, allowing those inside to 'see through' it.
  
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• Beyoncé honoured in Sweden poll to name 2 new queen bees

  17-06-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a web poll at a Swedish university, the community was asked to vote on names for the two queens of new honey bee hives. One will be called ‘Bee McBeeface,’ while the other is 'Beeyoncé.'
  
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• Waze app can route drivers around high-risk crime areas

  17-06-2016 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waze is adding more time to your commute - but for your own good. Google's app will now reroute Los Angeles drivers from difficult intersection and is looking at the same for high-crime areas.
  
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• Nasa-style mission needed to map ocean floor

  17-06-2016 20:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ocean experts call for international action to generate the kinds of maps of global seabeds that space missions have already returned for the Moon and Mars.
  
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• Apple ordered to stop sale of iPhone 6 in China over patent dispute

  17-06-2016 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tech giant has been ordered to stop selling iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in Beijing after the local authority ruled they had copied designs from a Chinese smartphone called 100 Plus.
  
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• The double whammy that killed the 'ice giants': Global warming and hunting doomed sabre-toothed cats and giant sloths

  17-06-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research led by the University of Adelaide revealed only when the climate warmed, long after humans first arrived in Patagonia, did the megafauna suddenly die off around 12,300 years ago.
  
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• Killer robots are 'quickly moving toward reality', expert warns

  17-06-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard Law School's Bonnie Docherty saysofficials should start a process on lethal autonomous weapons by 2017.
  
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• Full moon before summer solstice could trigger 'total insanity and hallucinations'

  17-06-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Jean-Luc Margot, a professor of planetary astronomy at the University of California, has carried out a study to explain why such irrational beliefs are still held.
  
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• E3: Could VR bring back the games arcade?

  17-06-2016 18:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why the high cost of VR gaming could lead to a rebirth of the games arcade
  
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• Tim Peake to return to Earth after six months floating around in space

  17-06-2016 18:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Brit astronaut gets back on terra firma at 0900GMT tomorrow British astronaut Major Tim Peake and the rest of the crew aboard the Soyuz spacecraft will be zooming back to earth after a six-month long mission in space.…
  
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• Tim Peake's last images of our planet capture it bathed in mesmerising auroras

  17-06-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British astronaut Tim Peake is preparing to return to Earth but before he does he is making the most of the unrivaled view of the Earth's Northern and Southern Lights as he orbits the planet.
  
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• Planes take off WITHOUT going down the runway during rare 'microburst' wind storm

  17-06-2016 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A microburst is considered one of the most dangerous of storms, however for a group of pilots in Arizona it was an opportunity to see if they could use that burst of wind to take off into the air without a runway.
  
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• Anonymous fills IS Twitter accounts with gay pride messages

  17-06-2016 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hacker-activist group Anonymous fills Twitter accounts linked to so-called Islamic State with gay pride messages in response to the Orlando shooting.
  
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• Video shows SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket engulfed in smoke on drone ship

  17-06-2016 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new video footage, which appears to have been filmed from a boat, shows just how close the rocket came to successfully landing on the floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean (pictured).
  
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• Terreform ONE's Cricket Shelter is modular farm for breeding and storing insect food

  17-06-2016 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by New York non-profit organisation Terreform ONE, the Cricket Shelter (pictured) provides a sustainable source of food and shelter where needed.
  
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• Fintech firms are taking on the 1%, but can they fix finance?

  17-06-2016 17:18
  
  Playing the investment game used to be the reserve of the super-rich, but big finance is opening up
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• China rules against Apple over iPhone patent claim

  17-06-2016 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Beijing's Intellectual Property Office has ruled against Apple in a patent dispute brought by a Chinese handset maker.
  
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• Melt ponds suggest no Arctic sea-ice record this year

  17-06-2016 16:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Arctic sea-ice may have hit a record low in May but that does not mean September will set a new minimum mark, say polar experts at Reading University, UK.
  
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• How supermassive black holes 'punch' out of their galaxies

  17-06-2016 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Alexander Tchekhovskoy from the University of California, Berkeley and Dr Omer Bromberg from Hebrew University came up with a simulation demonstrating the jets made by black holes.
  
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• Facebook's new look Messenger app includes a 'Home' feature

  17-06-2016 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Home screen shows favourite contacts by name and image, as well as the most recent sent and received messages. Facebook says the update will be rolled out globally in the next few days.
  
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• Full moon before summer solstice could trigger 'total insanity and hallucinations', claims astrologer in bizarre rant 

  17-06-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a 40 minute video posted today, Savannah, Georgia-based astrologer Timothy Halloran (pictured) explains how an impending full moon on Monday 20 June, could bring with it chaos.
  
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• Lightweight hydrogen cars to be tested on UK roads

  17-06-2016 16:02
  
  The Rasa cars will be tested later this year and in 2017
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• This artist is giving London a makeover

  17-06-2016 16:01
  
  Inspired by camouflage and cubism, Conrad Shawcross is refashioning the Big Smoke's skyline
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• This algorithm could predict Isis attacks

  17-06-2016 15:48
  
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• RAMSEE robo-security guard that hunts intruders using LASERS

  17-06-2016 15:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot designed by Gamma 2 Robotics, who launched it at HxGN LIVE in California. Named Ramsee, it uses Lidar, infrared vision, and 360 degree cameras to provide real-time data.
  
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• Gospel of Jesus historian admits it's probably a forgery

  17-06-2016 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The person who handed Professor Karen King the papyrus was revealed to be Walter Fritz, from Florida, who has dabbled in Egyptology, the auto parts business - and pornography.
  
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• University of Miami scientists create algorithm to anticipate ISIS' next move

  17-06-2016 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Miami sifted through a year of posts on Russian social network Vkontakte and say their algorithm was able to identify clear patterns among groups who supported Isis.
  
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• Video shows SpaceX's latest landing failure as Falcon 9 rocket is engulfed in smoke on drone ship

  17-06-2016 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new video footage, which appears to have been filmed from a boat, shows just how close the rocket came to successfully landing on the floating barge in the Atlantic Ocean (pictured).
  
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• Mars crater named after Nepal quake village Langtang

  17-06-2016 14:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crater on Mars is named Langtang, in tribute to one of the worst-hit villages during the 2015 Nepal earthquake.
  
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• YouTube 'star' Lonelygirl15 back after seven years

  17-06-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A YouTube vlog-style series, said to be one of the first examples of viral video, has uploaded new material for the first time since 2009.
  
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• Six in 10 people will post a news story on social media WITHOUT reading it

  17-06-2016 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Colombia University and the French National Institute looked at 2.8 million shares on Twitter. The majority of these were made by people who had not read the article themselves.
  
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• London Mayoral count resorted to spreadsheets

  17-06-2016 13:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spreadsheets had to be used to help determine the delayed result of last month's London Mayoral election - after a counting software glitch.
  
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• Study unlocks surprising behaviour of soil bacteria

  17-06-2016 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newly sequenced genomes of soil bacteria have led to questions about how differing land management affects the organisms' behaviour, on agriculture and emissions.
  
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• From Road To Race

  17-06-2016 13:43
  
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• Would you eat CRICKETS reared in this bizarre looking farm? Futuristic pod is a shelter for breeding and storing insect food

  17-06-2016 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by New York non-profit organisation Terreform ONE, the Cricket Shelter (pictured) provides a sustainable source of food and shelter where needed.
  
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• Google Earth image shows 'giants' walking in town near the pyramids of Giza in Egypt

  17-06-2016 13:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two men who appear to be more than 9foot tall as they walk through a small Egyptian town have sparked theories they are ancient gods. The keen Youtuber says he was stunned to find the image.
  
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• Tanzania 'cuts off 630,000' fake phones

  17-06-2016 13:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 630,000 mobile phones have so far been disconnected in Tanzania following the ban on fake handsets came into force at midnight, the authority says.
  
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• Nasa release videos of 'largest ever fire in space' on ship near ISS

  17-06-2016 13:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has now released two videos of experiments on a cargo ship near the ISS. The first shows a test with smoke to check the air flow, and the second shows a fabric being ignited.
  
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• Can an algorithm predict terror attacks? Scientists create new method of mining social media to anticipate Isis' next move

  17-06-2016 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Miami sifted through a year of posts on Russian social network Vkontakte and say their algorithm was able to identify clear patterns among groups who supported Isis.
  
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• Your running shoes ARE changing your feet (but not in the way you think)

  17-06-2016 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, researchers at the University of Queensland looked at a mix of 16 barefoot and shod joggers to see what effect running had on their feet (stock image).
  
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• How supermassive black holes 'punch' out of their galaxies: Simulation of powerful jets could shed light on the birth of stars

  17-06-2016 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Alexander Tchekhovskoy from the University of California, Berkeley and Dr Omer Bromberg from Hebrew University came up with a simulation demonstrating the jets made by black holes.
  
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• Googling Brexit, Robot Wars: Podcast 272

  17-06-2016 12:35
  
  Podcast 272: What do Google searches tell us about Brexit? And we go behind the scenes at the new Robot Wars
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• Google working on 'common-sense' AI engine at new Zurich base

  17-06-2016 12:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google opens new AI research centre in Europe with big ambitions for the technology.
  
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• Facebook's new look Messenger revealed: App update includes a 'Home' feature that makes keeping up with friends easier

  17-06-2016 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Home screen shows favourite contacts by name and image, as well as the most recent sent and received messages. Facebook says the update will be rolled out globally in the next few days.
  
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• Touchdown! Tim Peake returns to Earth after six months in space

  17-06-2016 12:26
  
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• Microsoft is now helping to track legal cannabis sales

  17-06-2016 12:26
  
  The firm is developing software for tracking legal sales of marijuana
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• Take our lie detector test to find out how honest you REALLY are

  17-06-2016 12:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Do you tell little white lies when the truth is just too awkward? Discover how truthful you really are with our honesty test, created for FEMAIL by Mindy Mackenzie, author of The Courage Solution.
  
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