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• Science non-fiction: Newly spotted alien world bathes in glow of three stars

  07-07-2016 23:53 via go.theregister.com
  
  First planet spotted by SPHERE is a weird one A newly discovered planet is wedged in-between three stars and experiences triple sunrises and sunsets every day, according to new research published in Science.…
  
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• Dying satellite sends boffins one last surprise before disappearing

  07-07-2016 22:59 via go.theregister.com
  
  To wit: Pics of a burping supermassive black hole Hitomi, the failed X-ray observatory sent up to space by Japan's Aerospace Exploration Agency, peered deep into the heart of a galaxy to reveal hot bubbling plasma before it died.…
  
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• Florida man spots five-foot-long creature in a TREE

  07-07-2016 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ronald Saracino saw the apparent alligator not far from Viscaya Parkway and 9th Lane. Officials with Florida Fish and Wildlife think the creature was fairly likely an alligator, it's been reported.
  
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• Eco-craft will hunt down poachers and hunters fishing illegally

  07-07-2016 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A wildlife crime fighting ship has been unveiled.Earthrace 2 is 195-ft wavepiercing Trimaran that runs on renewable fuel and will hit the seas in 2018 to hunt poachers and illegal hunting operations.
  
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• Plan to wipe out plague of rarest ferret by shooting peanut butter from sky

  07-07-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The plan offers an unusual ray of hope for the endangered black-footed ferrets, administering baited plague vaccines across 1,200 acre habitat to preserve their main food source – prairie dogs.
  
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• The hi-tech stealth trimaran set to police the seas: Eco-craft will hunt down poachers and hunters fishing illegally

  07-07-2016 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A wildlife crime fighting ship has been unveiled.Earthrace 2 is 195-ft wavepiercing Trimaran that runs on renewable fuel and will hit the seas in 2018 to hunt poachers and illegal hunting operations.
  
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• NOAA says America has already sweated through warmest June on record

  07-07-2016 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The average temperature in the Lower 48 states was 71.8 degrees, 3.3 degrees above normal, surpassing Dust Bowl record set in 1933. Weather has also already caused eightbillion-dollar disasters.
  
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• Apple releases test version of iOS 10 alongside Sierra Mac software with Siri

  07-07-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iOS update brings a new look complete with a radical overhaul of the messages app offering new animations and emoji, while Sierra brings Siri to the Mac for the first time.
  
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• Stunning new Hubble image reveals the 'beating heart' of the crab nebula 

  07-07-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image reveals the beating heart of one of the most visually appealing, and most studied, supernova remnants known - the Crab Nebula.
  
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• Stranger than Star Wars: Tatooine-like planet with THREE suns 340 light-years from Earth enjoys triple sunsets daily

  07-07-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The planet, named HD 131399Ab, is in the constellation Centaurus and was discovered by a team of astronomers led by the University of Arizona.
  
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• Meet robo-ray: Tiny mutant stingray that is part-machine, part-RAT can swim gracefully through water

  07-07-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot, created by Harvard University, is based on the movement of batoid fish, which include stingrays. It is guided by light. Powered by rat heart solar cells the light guides it gracefully along the water.
  
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• Forget double rainbows, this exoplanet has triple sunsets

  07-07-2016 20:00
  
  Exoplanet HD 131399Ab has a 'night-side' and a 'day-side', with a triple sunrise and sunset each day
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• First animals to set foot on land used TAILS to 'walk': Robot recreates strange waddle of mudskipper fish 360 million years ago

  07-07-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology, Clemson University and Carnegie Mellon University, studied African mudskipper fish and a robot modelled on the animal.
  
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• After 50 years, Star Trek gets a gay character

  07-07-2016 19:14
  
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• It really is going to be a long year... Scientists reveal 2016 will get an extra 'leap second

  07-07-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Because Earth is slowing down very slightly, timekeepers will insert another second to match Earth's rotation and precise atomic clocks.
  
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• Super-sniffer mice with the ability to hone in on ANY scent COULD detect bombs

  07-07-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Hunter College, the City University of New York, created the mice that can be tuned to have different levels of sensitivity to any smell by using mouse or human odour receptors, which respond to airborne chemicals.
  
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• GPS helps cockroaches navigate their surroundings just like us 

  07-07-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Case Western Reserve in Ohio put roaches on rotating platforms and discovered a sophisticated navigation system similar to the GPS we often use.
  
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• Yarl's Wood detention centre is replacing staff with 'self-service kiosks'

  07-07-2016 17:43
  
  The kiosks will allow residents to book visiting hours, order food and send emails, faxes and post
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• London's scrapped 1931 designs reveal a wheel-shaped runway at King's Cross

  07-07-2016 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Designed by architect Charles Glover, the 'Central Airport' for London was launched in an article in the Illustrated London News in 1931.It would have cost £5 million ($6.5 million).
  
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• Sky Broadband has started blocking porn by default

  07-07-2016 17:14
  
  Sky's 'Broadband Shield' will automatically block certain material for new customers in the wake of the government's Digital Economy Bill
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• Facebook to bring the internet to remote parts of the world

  07-07-2016 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The design, which has so far been used to send texts and provide 2G wireless, is currently being tested at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park, California.
  
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• L'Oreal launches Beaumoji, a fun range of hair, make-up and nail-themed EMOJI

  07-07-2016 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Calling all beauty lovers! Hair- and make-up-themed emoji have arrived! L'Oreal has launched a keyboard with 130 playful emoji to illustrate your products and beauty indulgences.
  
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• Second Tesla crash probed in US

  07-07-2016 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A second Tesla crash, which left a driver and passenger injured, is being investigated with particular emphasis on whether the Autopilot feature was in use.
  
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• Does internet porn ruin relationships? Or is it another way for couples to try new things in the bedroom?

  07-07-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sam Carr, lecturer in education from the University of Bath, argues porn increases sexual knowledge and makes people more sexually open-minded about trying different things.
  
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• New FODMAP app uses diet proven to reduce symptoms to help avoid 'problem' foods

  07-07-2016 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from King's College London have developed a helpful guide which can scan food products instantly to check whether they can be consumed for those following the strict regime.
  
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• Report on nation's wellbeing shows first lull in 5 years

  07-07-2016 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National wellbeing levels have not improved for the first time since 2011 with Londoners the least satisfied with life, according to a report out today by the Office for National Statistics.
  
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• 'Cheapest smartphone' Freedom 251 ready to deliver

  07-07-2016 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Indian technology firm Ringing Bells has announced that the first 5,000 units of the "world's cheapest smartphone" are ready to deliver.
  
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• Inside Red Bull's extreme bootcamp where athletes become winners

  07-07-2016 16:09
  
  Whether diving the ocean or falling from space, Red Bull's high performance centre knows how to give competitors the edge
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• AliBaba's OS makes your car act like Kitt from Knight Rider

  07-07-2016 15:55
  
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• The final image sent by doomed Japanese Hitomi satellite

  07-07-2016 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A doomed Japanese satellite managed to capture a spectacular view of a cluster of galaxies 250 million light years away just before it died, scientists reveal.
  
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• King's College scientists say tedium can lead to our views becoming extreme

  07-07-2016 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  King’s College London and the University of Limerick carried out one experiment and two surveys to test the relationship with between boredom and political views.
  
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• Technology push to get girls educated

  07-07-2016 14:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's Department for International Development has announced funding for a range of tech projects to get poor girls educated
  
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• Instagram now spots trolls' nasty comments and deletes them without you reading them

  07-07-2016 14:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tool was designed for users with an Instagram business account, but a clever trick will let any Instagrammer access the tool.
  
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• Move over Apple: Google may be working on TWO new Android Wear watches

  07-07-2016 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is rumoured to be bringing out two brand new wearables this year including feature-packed watch packed with GPS, heart-rate monitoring and LTE capabilities as well as a lightweight version.
  
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• Spoiler Shield app stops friends ruining your favourite shows on Twitter and Facebook 

  07-07-2016 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For millions of Britons the thought of having the plot-line to shows such as Game of Thrones revealed is unthinkable - but a new app has come up with technology to make spoilers a thing of the past.
  
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• Can YOU spot the hidden image?

  07-07-2016 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are five pictures in this brainteaser, each one containing a hidden image. According to the creator of the quiz, introverts are more likely to spot the disguised pictures than extroverts are.
  
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• Three astronauts blast off for ISS in upgraded Soyuz craft

  07-07-2016 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First-time astronauts Kathleen Rubins of Nasa and Takuya Onishi of the Japanese space agency set offwith two-time cosmonaut Anatoly Ivanishin. from Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome.
  
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• Puppy can now eat again after a 3D printed tooth replaces one she broke while chewing

  07-07-2016 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Animal Avengers is a voluntary team of four Brazilian veterinarians, a dentist and 3D design specialist who pool their skills to save injured animals with specially designed prostheses.
  
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• Instagram takes on trolls: App can now spot and delete nasty photo comments without you ever reading them

  07-07-2016 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tool was designed for users with an Instagram business account, but a clever trick will let any Instagrammer access the tool.
  
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• Beer brewed with the help of AI? Yup, that's now a thing

  07-07-2016 13:39
  
  IntelligentX claims to have created an AI-brewed beer, the recipe for which changes based on customer feedback interpreted by an algorithm
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• Giant panda cub tries to find his feet

  07-07-2016 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A month-old male giant panda cub in Belgium's Pairi Daiza wildlife park is growing fast and gaining weight - but still not quite standing up.
  
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• Bitcoins used in child sex abuse deals targeted

  07-07-2016 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bitcoins used to buy images of child sex abuse could soon be tracked and blocked as two companies share intelligence on how virtual cash is spent.
  
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• The Great Brain Scan Scandal: It isn’t just boffins who should be ashamed

  07-07-2016 13:26 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's the luvvies who went mad for fMRI neurobabble Special Report  If the fMRI brain-scanning fad is well and truly over, then many fashionable intellectual ideas look like collateral damage, too.…
  
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• Move over Apple: Google may be working on TWO new Android Wear watches that will use its AI voice assistant

  07-07-2016 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is rumoured to be bringing out two brand new wearables this year including feature-packed watch packed with GPS, heart-rate monitoring and LTE capabilities as well as a lightweight version.
  
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• UN warns of big rise in online drugs trade

  07-07-2016 13:20
  
  The UN has suggested drug traffickers should be forced to reveal passwords or decrypt information when charged with an offence
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• Son of elephant tries to revive his dead mother in India

  07-07-2016 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mother and son were walking along in Pallam near the Kavadiammal temple in Southern India when she collapsed and died, prompting her son to try desperately to revive her.
  
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• Have YOU got selfie elbow? People are complaining about strains in their joints

  07-07-2016 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If recent news is to be believed, capturing the perfect selfie (like Kim Kardashian and Naomi Campbell) could be detrimental to your health.
  
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• Snapchat remembers forever with new Memories feature

  07-07-2016 12:55
  
  Snapchat Memories puts photos and videos into permanent searchable archive
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• Snapchat never forgets with new Memories feature

  07-07-2016 12:55
  
  Snapchat Memories puts photos and videos into permanent searchable archive
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• Stanley Kubrick's daughter blasts moon landing conspiracy theories as a 'grotesque lie' 

  07-07-2016 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vivian Kubrick, a filmmaker based in Los Angeles, took to Twitter to express her opinions on the matter, after apparently having been asked about it by many people.
  
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