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• Regulators investigate parent company of Ashley Madison

  05-07-2016 23:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Avid Life Media, the parent company of Ashley Madison, is being investigated by the US Federal Trade Commission, the company disclosed on Tuesday.
  
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• The end of root canals? Revolutionary 'stem cell fillings' trigger teeth to repair and themselves

  05-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The approach could significantly impact millions of patients each year with dental fillings that help heal teeth when they are injured from dental disease or dental surgery.
  
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• Scientists find medieval knights had full range of motion

  05-07-2016 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Switzerland have recreated the activities of a 15th century knight, and found that armour actually allowed for almost full range of both natural and combat motions.
  
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• Researchers say software can spot untruths 70% of the time

  05-07-2016 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cass Business School fed an algorithm emails with both lies and truthful statements in order to design a computerized lie detector that is 70% accurate when spotting deception in text.
  
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• Washington University to train locusts to 'sniff out explosives'

  05-07-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of engineers from Washington University in St. Louis hopes to breed 'cyberinsects' tuned to smell out explosives. Wing tattoos will allow researchers to steer the insects remotely.
  
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• Large Hadron Collider set to reveal the secrets of the universe

  05-07-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eagerly awaited 'big reveal' will take place in Chicago next month, and today experts hinted 'this is the time when the probability of finding something new is highest.'
  
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• Mass shootings could 'predicted by science' claim to US researchers

  05-07-2016 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Salford's expert Clare Allely explains the importance of understanding potential stressors or triggers and psychological traits that can help officials predict a soon-to-become killer.
  
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• Apple tests first 'sticker pack' for iOS 10 software

  05-07-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is making it easier to pick the right emoji. Four sticker packs for beta users hit the App S tore, which include animated icons. These apps also give developers the ability to design their own emojis.
  
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• Aston Martin reveals its £2.5m AM RB 001 hypercar

  05-07-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unveiled at the iconic British carmaker’s Gaydon headquarters today, the extreme AM-RB 001 is said to be capable of lapping Silverstone in the same time as an F1 car.
  
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• Virtual reality porn event Adult VR Fest 01 postponed due to overcrowding

  05-07-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Adult VR Fest 01 in Akihabara, Tokyo, was shut down due to too many porn enthusiasts coming to take a peek at what was on offer leaving staff in tears and streams of punters unable to get in.
  
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• Blackberry kills off 'Classic' handset with its iconic keyboard

  05-07-2016 20:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ralph Pini, the company's chief operating officer and general manager for devices, said the Classic has long surpassed the average lifespan for a smartphone.
  
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• Lindisfarne Gospels clue unearthed as archaeologists discover 1,200 year old gravestone

  05-07-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The monastery at Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coast, was replaced after being destroyed by Vikings in the 8th Century, but the site of the original has long eluded experts
  
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• Deadly volcanic eruption AND an asteroid strike led to their extinction

  05-07-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Florida, analysed the chemical composition of fossil shells found in Antarctica to make the claim.
  
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• USC scientist believes men can prefer personal details of women with 'perfect body shape'

  05-07-2016 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of South Carolina in Beaufort found that men could recall more information about a woman if she had a waist to hip ratio of 0.70, similar to Kelly Brook.
  
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• Has the LHC discovered a new particle?

  05-07-2016 19:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After its much heralded re-start last year, has the Large Hadron Collider found a new particle?
  
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• 'Pillo' is new home AI that can dispense your medication

  05-07-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based Pilo Healthhas launched a campaign on IndieGogo, aiming to raise $75,000 (£57,374). The robot can have a conversation with its owners, and will learn as he goes along.
  
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• Journal of Insect Science finds new Cicada sound that is attracting flies to mate

  05-07-2016 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Males are thought to be attracted to the sound because they know females will be there to mate with, according to a study by the University of Colorado, Boulder
  
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• University of Surrey to test new equipment that could help clean up space junk

  05-07-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Surrey are gearing up to test a technologies which could target potentially hazardous space junk and remove it from orbit before it can cause any damage.
  
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• YouTube video shows chimpanzee walk for the first time using touch-screen

  05-07-2016 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers of the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University in Japan got a male chimp, named Reo, to walk towards a touch screen in return for food.
  
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• Esports Integrity Coalition aims to clean up competitive gaming

  05-07-2016 19:37
  
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• YouTube gamers caught in gambling row

  05-07-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two YouTube gamers are criticised for promoting a betting website to their viewers, without clearly disclosing that they operate it.
  
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• DJI drones gain geo-fencing safety feature opt-out

  05-07-2016 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  DJI has updated its app to allow drone owners to fly its aircraft into restricted areas they were previously prevented from entering.
  
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• Google experts reveal what it would take to live forever digitally 

  05-07-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Sheffield expert Richard Jones says transhumanism raises major technological issues - even though some say it will be commonplace by 2045.
  
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• Dad films playground swing moving back and forth in windless deserted park

  05-07-2016 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The family believed they saw a ghost on a playground in Warwick, Rhode Island when they went there. One of the swings can be seen moving in the air for no apparent reason.
  
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• Geta load of this, Chinese robot parks your car for you

  05-07-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The laser-guided 'Geta' (get a car) robot slides under your vehicle to pick it up. It then finds a parking space in the lot and places the car in the tightest of spots.
  
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• Apple urges organ donation via new iPhone software

  05-07-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CEO Tim Cook says he hopes the new software, set for limited release this month, will help ease a critical and longstanding donor shortage.
  
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• New York town is luring bats to kill mosquitoes in bid to prevent outbreak

  05-07-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The flying animals, natural mosquito predators, can eat up to 1,000 of the disease-spreading insects in an hour. And officials in New Hempstead, New York, are installing 'bat boxes' to attract them.
  
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• Plastic waste thrown into UK seas finds its way into the Arctic Ocean

  05-07-2016 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team at Imperial College London used 'PlasticAdrift.org' to track ocean currents and follow the trail of plastic north to the frigid Arctic waters.
  
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• 'Independence Day' cloud slowly moves over Cartagena on July 4

  05-07-2016 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The amazing cloud was seen moving over the northern Colombian city of Cartagena in an eerily similar manner to the spaceship in the 1996 Hollywood blockbuster.
  
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• Watch the heart-warming moment a paralysed chimpanzee walks for first time in six years with the help of a touch-screen

  05-07-2016 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers of the Primate Research Institute at Kyoto University in Japan got a male chimp, named Reo, to walk towards a touch screen in return for food.
  
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• How to hack Facebook's news feed to show what you REALLY want to see

  05-07-2016 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With a few simple tweaks, it is possible to personalise the news feed so you still see the stories you want from firms you follow and well as from your family and friends.
  
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• Blizzard sues 'cheat-maker' for breaching Overwatch copyright

  05-07-2016 17:36
  
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• Dinosaurs were killed off by a 'one-two punch': Deadly volcanic eruption AND an asteroid strike led to their extinction

  05-07-2016 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Michigan and the University of Florida, analysed the chemical composition of fossil shells found in Antarctica to make the claim.
  
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• WIRED Money 2016 Startup Stage: new ways to pay

  05-07-2016 17:15
  
  Want to save £1 every time you run five miles? How about a keyboard that lets you pay for things straight from WhatsApp?
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• Ancient ocean temperatures may finally prove how dinosaurs died

  05-07-2016 17:00
  
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• Nanovaccines could deliver cancer drugs exactly where they're needed

  05-07-2016 16:52
  
  Researchers hope to start human trails in the next three years
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• Is this real life Inception? Scientists can trick people into seeing colours

  05-07-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Working with colleagues in Japan, scientists at Brown University have been studying how to 'induce' knowledge in someone through their visual cortex.
  
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• A head for figures: Men can better remember personal details about women with a 'perfect' body shape

  05-07-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of South Carolina in Beaufort found that men could recall more information about a woman if she had a waist to hip ratio of 0.70, similar to Kelly Brook.
  
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• Optical illusion tricks your brain into seeing COLOURS in black and white images

  05-07-2016 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video from AsapSCIENCE shows the effects of 'after imaging', stare at the green dot in the video for long enough and the black and white image will be appear to be in colour.
  
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• 'Stunning' grave marker could reveal lost monastery: 1,200-year-old stone may lie close to site where treasured Lindisfarne Gospels were written

  05-07-2016 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The monastery at Lindisfarne, off the Northumberland coast, was replaced after being destroyed by Vikings in the 8th Century, but the site of the original has long eluded experts
  
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• The life-like robotic BOTTOM that could help doctors learn how to feel prostate cancer

  05-07-2016 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, which was developed by scientists at Imperial College London, is being presented at the Eurohaptics conference this week at Imperial.
  
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• Photochrome images shed new light on tourist hotspots around the 1890s world

  05-07-2016 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images were reproduced from black and white negatives using the early photochrome technique pioneered in the 1880s chemist Hans Jakob Schmid in Switzerland.
  
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• Would you trust this robot to dispense your medicine? Home health AI 'Pillo' is designed to be your family's personal pharmacy

  05-07-2016 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based Pilo Healthhas launched a campaign on IndieGogo, aiming to raise $75,000 (£57,374). The robot can have a conversation with its owners, and will learn as he goes along.
  
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• What's next for Juno's epic Jupiter mission?

  05-07-2016 15:58
  
  Nasa's space probe will search the planet's atmosphere for clues to its early formation
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• US military considers placing vegetable gardens aboard submarines

  05-07-2016 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineering technician Don Holman is running the $100,000 vegetable project at the Army's Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center in Natick, Massachusetts.
  
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• Space junk mission will use nets, sails and HARPOONS to catch dangerous debris that can knock out astronauts and satellites 

  05-07-2016 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Surrey are gearing up to test a technologies which could target potentially hazardous space junk and remove it from orbit before it can cause any damage.
  
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• How OnePlus – and its fans – are taking over the smartphone game

  05-07-2016 15:15
  
  OnePlus gave hundreds of its fans an exclusive opportunity to get their hands on the new model – and it didn’t disappoint
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• WIRED Money 2016 Startup Stage: credit scoring and insurance

  05-07-2016 15:07
  
  These startups are making credit scores work for millennials and making it easier to get insurance
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• Cicada sounds are like love songs to flies: Mating calls attract unwelcome attention from insects seeking a ‘singles bar’

  05-07-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Males are thought to be attracted to the sound because they know females will be there to mate with, according to a study by the University of Colorado, Boulder
  
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• Spike in Brexit email spam following referendum result

  05-07-2016 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Email scammers launch a deluge of spam emails at Britons concerned about the results of the EU referendum.
  
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