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• Airbus to install black box recorder that sends flight data to 'cloud' automatically

  01-07-2016 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK-based firm Inmarsat, which helped track the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, will supply technology to Airbus for its A320 and A330 aircraft to beam flight data to a satellite.
  
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• Buddha's remains may have been discovered by Chinese archaeologists

  01-07-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of archaeologists made the find during excavations at a Buddhist temple in Nanjing China. The bone was contained within a tiny gold chest just 20 cm tall (pictured).
  
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• 'Horrific' new species of centipede measures 8 inches long, swims like an EEL and delivers a painful, venomous bite

  01-07-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have described the first known amphibious centipede in Southeast Asia, that can move between land and water and swims like an eel. It is eight inches long and has a 'horrific' appearance.
  
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• Police Scotland IT programme abandoned

  01-07-2016 22:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A £40m Police Scotland computer programme is abandoned, after it emerged it could not be delivered within budget or timeframe.
  
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• Rise of the burger-flipping machines: Robots that churn out 400 burgers an hour set to work the grill at new restaurant

  01-07-2016 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A San Francisco startup plans to open a robot-powered burger bar in the Bay Area. Momentum Machines will employ its 24 sq ft robot to grill, assemble and bag specialty made burgers.
  
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• ‘VR porn’ Google searches up 9,900% since 2014 - setting it up to be the 3rd largest virtual reality sector by 2025

  01-07-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data from Google Trends shows that searches for 'VR porn' have increased 100-fold over the past 17 months, with experts predicting 30m people will be using headsets to watch porn by the end of this year.
  
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• Hollywood remakes are 'inspired by ancient storytellers' according to Dutch scientists

  01-07-2016 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Radboud University in the Netherlands anaslyed 200 versions of the Red Riding Hood story over the past 200 years and found re-tellings tend to rely upon the most recent versions.
  
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• Viking 'Death House' discovered in Denmark housing couple buried with foreign coins

  01-07-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers uncovered the graves during construction work on a new highway in Haarup in Denmark, on what was once a Viking burial ground.
  
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• Google's Smart Reply offers best responses for Gmail users

  01-07-2016 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based journalist Ben Crair found the suggested responses to a break-up email from an ex-girlfriend by Google's Smart Reply feature 'eerily perceptive'. Stock image used.
  
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• Richard Dawkins, Stephen Hawking: Podcast 274

  01-07-2016 19:32
  
  Coming up today: sunspots, undersea cables, Richard Dawkins on no-platforming and a very special message from Stephen Hawking
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• 19th century skulls reveal how anatomists 'prized' infant cadavers

  01-07-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Cambridge University lookedat how British scientists investigated the changing anatomy of childhood during the 1800s, using 54 skulls of infants and fetuses that had been stashed away.
  
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• Amazing time-lapse video shows Airbus A380 getting a makeover

  01-07-2016 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A380 was repainted over the course of 15 days at the Emirates Aircraft Appearance Centre in Dubai. Last year Emirates gave 33 aircraft new licks of paint, as part of a strategy to keep their fleet modern,
  
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• The 'cloud black box' that could prevent plane crashes: Airbus to install radical satellite technology on its aircraft

  01-07-2016 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK-based firm Inmarsat, which helped track the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, will supply technology to Airbus for its A320 and A330 aircraft to beam flight data to a satellite.
  
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• Brian Cox on explaining the universe and arguing on Twitter

  01-07-2016 18:51
  
  Brian Cox is returning to the BBC with Forces of Nature, a new show that explains the science behind Earth's beauty. WIRED speaks to him about making complex ideas work on TV, life in the universe and idiots on Twitter
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• Have archaeologists discovered Buddha's remains? Skull bone found in 1,000-year-old shrine could belong to the enlightened one

  01-07-2016 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of archaeologists made the find during excavations at a Buddhist temple in Nanjing China. The bone was contained within a tiny gold chest just 20 cm tall (pictured).
  
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• Oracle ordered to pay $3bn damages to HP

  01-07-2016 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electronics firm Hewlett Packard has been awarded $3bn (£2.26bn) in damages in a legal dispute with software giant Oracle.
  
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• BAM! Astroboffins now have a second way of picking up black holes' collision super kicks

  01-07-2016 18:16 via go.theregister.com
  
  Doppler detections will help test Einstein's key theory Gravitational waves released from black hole “super kicks” may soon be detectable, according to new research published in Physical Review Letters.…
  
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• Boxes of children's skulls reveal how anatomists 'prized' infant cadavers in the 19th century 

  01-07-2016 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Cambridge University lookedat how British scientists investigated the changing anatomy of childhood during the 1800s, using 54 skulls of infants and fetuses that had been stashed away.
  
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• Brogan BamBrogan has left Hyperloop One

  01-07-2016 17:35
  
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• Would you use Google's AI to help a break up? Smart autoreply feature in Gmail can suggest the best responses to an ex

  01-07-2016 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based journalist Ben Crair found the suggested responses to a break-up email from an ex-girlfriend by Google's Smart Reply feature 'eerily perceptive'. Stock image used.
  
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• Rare Viking 'Death House' unearthed: Couple buried 1,000 years ago with foreign coins reveal how Norse nobles travelled the world

  01-07-2016 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers uncovered the graves during construction work on a new highway in Haarup in Denmark, on what was once a Viking burial ground.
  
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• Thirty four people, 15 days and a TON of paint: Amazing time-lapse shows Airbus A380 getting a makeover

  01-07-2016 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Airbus A380 was repainted over the course of 15 days at the Emirates Aircraft Appearance Centre in Dubai. Last year Emirates gave 33 aircraft new licks of paint, as part of a strategy to keep their fleet modern,
  
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• Tired of so many film remakes? Blame our ancestors! Scientists reveal how Hollywood was inspired by ancient storytellers

  01-07-2016 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Radboud University in the Netherlands anaslyed 200 versions of the Red Riding Hood story over the past 200 years and found re-tellings tend to rely upon the most recent versions.
  
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• The death of stitches? This glue could revolutionise surgery

  01-07-2016 15:32
  
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• Blighty's EU science funding will remain unchanged until new PM triggers Article 50

  01-07-2016 15:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Brit boffins are worried about ... well, everything Science research funding from the European Union to the UK is set to continue until Britain officially terminates its membership of the bloc by triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.…
  
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• BMW and Intel plan robot car production

  01-07-2016 15:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BMW, Intel and computer vision firm Mobileye have signed a deal to develop autonomous vehicles.
  
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• Chemicals in pollution, plastic bottles and make up 'damage the brains of foetuses'

  01-07-2016 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of Illinois report said these widely available chemicals are introduced into people's lives with little or no review of their effects on foetal and child health.
  
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• Spotify accuses Apple of blocking its updated app to 'snuff out the competition'

  01-07-2016 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spotify's general counsel, Horacio Gutierrez, based in New York, sent a letter to Apple on 26 June, saying Apple is 'causing grave harm to Spotify and its customers'.
  
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• Brazil blocks Facebook funds in WhatsApp row

  01-07-2016 14:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court in Brazil has frozen 19.5 million reais (£4.5m, $6.07m) of Facebook's funds in a dispute with secure messaging service WhatsApp over a criminal case.
  
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• Experts warn robots could end up like dangerous dogs if not controlled

  01-07-2016 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The comment was made at UK Robotics Weekwhich included a series of events across the country, aiming to get the public engaged with the developments and debate in and around robotics.
  
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• The best Star Trek episodes you should be watching on Netflix

  01-07-2016 13:57
  
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• Engage with the all-time best Star Trek episodes on Netflix

  01-07-2016 13:57
  
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• The illusion that makes you 'feel' an invisible bubble around your body

  01-07-2016 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm tweaked the rubber hand illusion and showed people were able to perceive an area of space up to 40 cm above the hand.
  
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• 'Our universe may be an island in a cosmic archipelago': Martin Rees on space, robots and Brexit

  01-07-2016 13:37
  
  From multiverses to referendums, Astronomer Royal Martin Rees talks to WIRED about the future of the country and the cosmos
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• DietDash game uses brain training to help you lose weight

  01-07-2016 13:23
  
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• Is this the future of online dating?

  01-07-2016 12:57
  
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• Hole in the ozone layer is showing 'clear signs' of healing

  01-07-2016 12:44
  
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• Phytl Signs Explorer is a device that lets you hear flowers talk

  01-07-2016 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company behind the device, Swiss-based Vivent, aims to develop innovative medical solutions and unique monitoring technologies for plant health.
  
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• Orangutans return home after Indonesia forest fires

  01-07-2016 12:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three orangutans rescued from forest fires in Indonesia are returned to the wild by International Animal Rescue workers.
  
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• Success! Nasa's Juno craft is now in orbit around Jupiter

  01-07-2016 12:20
  
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• Listen to the roar of solar wind on Jupiter

  01-07-2016 12:20
  
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• Juno gets ready to plunge into Jupiter's atmosphere

  01-07-2016 12:20
  
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• Spotify accuses Apple of blocking app and using store as 'weapon to harm competitors'

  01-07-2016 12:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple is accused of blocking Spotify's streaming service by demanding the firm uses the iTunes billing service.
  
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• The perfect robot colleague: Artificial intelligence system can answer ANY question at work

  01-07-2016 11:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI (stock image) was created by Zurich-based software firm Starmind and is already used by a number ofcompanies in financial and pharmaceutical sectors. It is now available in the UK.
  
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• Watch the official music video of David Brent's Lady Gypsy

  01-07-2016 11:44
  
  The Office star is back with a music video ahead of his film David Brent: Life on the Road
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• Apple reportedly wants to buy Jay Z's Tidal

  01-07-2016 11:34
  
  The smartphone giant may be looking to benefit from Tidal's artist exclusivity deals
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• Mysterious sand dunes found on Mars are unlike anything on Earth

  01-07-2016 11:27
  
  Some of the wind-sculpted sand ripples on Mars are a type "not seen on Earth"
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• Apple 'considering takeover' of Jay Z's streaming service Tidal

  01-07-2016 11:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US technology company is said to be considering a takeover bid for Jay Z's music-streaming service Tidal.
  
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• British Gas offers free electricity at weekends

  01-07-2016 10:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British Gas is to offer free electricity for eight hours at weekends to two million customers who have smart meters installed.
  
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• Take a trip into the depths of the Universe among galaxies that are billions of years old

  01-07-2016 10:45
  
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