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• Juno probe spins up its sonic screwdrivers for Jupiter flyby

  08-07-2016 23:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's in the pipe, five by five NASA is firing up the nine scientific instruments on board the Juno probe orbiting Jupiter ahead of its first data collection mission.…
  
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• Scientists are on the verge of creating an EMOTIONAL computer

  08-07-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University in Moscow say the computer will serve will be as an actor, playing the role of a specific person.
  
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• Work begins on Eric robot resurrection

  08-07-2016 23:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Work begins to resurrect Eric - the UK's first humanoid robot - who was first built in 1928.
  
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• Was the Big Bang actually a 'Big Bounce'? New theory claims universe sprang into life

  08-07-2016 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new Imperial College study, the universe may experience alternating periods of expansion and contraction, moving from one state to another without collapsing itself.
  
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• Daring photographer captures rare images of lava lake flowing for 100 YEARS

  08-07-2016 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Portuguese photographer Joel Santos, 38, piloted a drone over the bubbling lake, which reaches temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius, as he stood a metre from the edge.
  
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• Gender has no role in gaming ability, girls just spend less time playing

  08-07-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Cuihua Shen, from the University of California, and Dr Rabindra Ratan, from Michigan State University, conducted a study to understand whether men pick up video games more quickly than women.
  
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• Signed map used by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin goes up for sale for £30,000

  08-07-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lunar map is being sold in New York onJuly for an estimated £30,000 ($38,926). It comes with a signed letter from Buzz Aldrin, and a message written on the front.
  
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• Miniature functioning organs could someday put an end to animal testing

  08-07-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £26 million chip is being unveiled today at the organ-on-a-chip World Congress 2016 held in Boston, Massachussetts.
  
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• There are just SIX plots in every film, book and TV show ever made: Researchers reveal the'building blocks' of storytelling

  08-07-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Vermont fed a computer over 1,700 fictional stories and used data-mining to identify the building blocks of all stories. They discovered that there are only six types of plots.
  
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• Bad blood: US govt bans bio-test biz Theranos' CEO for two years

  08-07-2016 22:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Board should fire her but can't: She owns controlling stake It's game over for controversial blood-testing company Theranos with the news that its CEO Elizabeth Holmes will be banned from owning or running a medical laboratory for two years.…
  
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• Biggest explosion in documented history is STILL a mystery: New study fails to find cause of 1908 Tunguska blast that flatten 80 million Siberian trees

  08-07-2016 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100 years ago, a massive explosion ripped through the sky over the Tunguska region of Siberia, flattening trees nearly 31 miles around. Scientists say it was likely caused by a cosmic object.
  
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• The secret to hitting it off on a first date: Scientists say ordering the same food can help build chemistry

  08-07-2016 20:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It seems the love gurus have it all wrong- just to eat the same food to get a second date. The University of Chicago found this trick increases trust and collaboration between two people.
  
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• Microsoft sets DNA strand storage record

  08-07-2016 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft and the University of Washington have stored 200 megabytes of data,including the Universal Declaration of human Rights and a music video of OK Go, in a DNA strand.
  
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• A third of us would go on a date with a droid and one in five would have sex

  08-07-2016 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British futurologist Dr Ian Pearson has predicted sex with robots could outnumber human relationships by 2050. Some experts believe sexbots might be able to tackle serious problems.
  
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• 12,000-year-old shaman had a bizarre six-part funeral that involved a HUMAN foot

  08-07-2016 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have been trying to unpack the mysterious surroundings in which a 4ft 9 shaman was laid to rest after discovering her in a cave (pictured) in northern Israel covered in tortoise shells.
  
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• Amazon may have ALREADY begun testing its hotly anticipated delivery drones

  08-07-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An air traffic alert for UAV testing near Amazon's HQ in Cambridge has sparked speculation that the retail giant is already testing its delivery drones like the one pictured in the UK.
  
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• Could your phone be powered by BACTERIA? Movement of germs may create tiny ‘windfarms’ for gadgets

  08-07-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University found that dense active matter like the bacteriacan be organised to turn cylindrical rotors and provide a steady power source to power phones.
  
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• In pursuit of the podium: inside Romain Grosjean's F1 tech bunker

  08-07-2016 19:55
  
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• Facebook Messenger rolling out self-destructing 'secret conversations'

  08-07-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook Messenger is rolling out encryption as a feature on its app, giving users the ability to have 'secret conversations'. But users will need to 'opt-in' if they want their messages to stay private.
  
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• Amazon may have ALREADY begun testing its hotly anticipated delivery drones in its rumoured airfield in Cambridge

  08-07-2016 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An air traffic alert for UAV testing near Amazon's HQ in Cambridge has sparked speculation that the retail giant is already testing its delivery drones like the one pictured in the UK.
  
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• How to play Pokémon Go: From catch bonuses to eggs, Pokéstops, Gyms and Buddies

  08-07-2016 19:06
  
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• How to play Pokémon Go: Six tips to catch 'em all

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• How to play Pokémon Go and get Pikachu as a starter: Seven tips to catch 'em all

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• The breakthrough that could mean your phone will never run out of space again: Microsoft sets DNA strand storage record

  08-07-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft and the University of Washington have stored 200 megabytes of data,including the Universal Declaration of human Rights and a music video of OK Go, in a DNA strand.
  
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• Facebook tests 'secret message' service

  08-07-2016 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Messages that disappear are being trialled by Facebook as it experiments with a new option for those using its Messenger app.
  
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• The spiders locked in battle for 99 MILLION years: Terrifying arachnids found encased in amber had spiked fangs and body armour

  08-07-2016 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The specimens came from a mine in northern Burma at first, but the researchers bought them from a Chinese dealer. The complex 'horns' on the spiders drew the scientists' attention.
  
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• Consumer Reports: Samsung phone not actually water resistant

  08-07-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Consumer Reports says the Galaxy S7 Active, a Samsung phone advertised as 'water resistant' actually isn't - although the standard S7 and S7 Edge passed dunk tests.
  
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• Man turns his living room into a giant £40,000 walk-in computer - so that he can play TETRIS

  08-07-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Newman, from Cambridge, was forced him to remove everything for his three-bed house's lounge in order to fit the giant computer he built over five years.
  
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• Battle of the brands: Lenovo and Nintendo become the most popular firms online

  08-07-2016 17:56
  
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• Exclusive hands on with Devialet's 'bone-shaking' Gold Phantom

  08-07-2016 17:54
  
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• ‘Time switch’ in the brain sharpens our sense of smell: Genes help us tell the difference between very similar scents

  08-07-2016 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Max Delbrück Centre and from the University of Geneva ran tests in mice to discover ‘time-dependent coding’ is needed to pick out the very small differences between smells.
  
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• Rolls-Royce reckons robot cargo ships are the future of the seas

  08-07-2016 17:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  A million pirates yelled 'splice the mainbrace, me hearty!' Comment  Rolls-Royce and the Advanced Autonomous Waterborne Applications Initiative (AAWA) believe the future of cargo transportation is autonomous – and they have published an 88 page white paper (PDF) to prove it.…
  
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• Tracking Earth's 300 nano-satellites

  08-07-2016 17:01
  
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• Would you give yourself electric shocks to boost intelligence? Scientists warn trend for 'DIY brain stimulation' is NOT safe

  08-07-2016 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a quest to boost their brain power more people are turning to DIY brain stimulation. However, Harvard Medical School says the dangers, such as burns (pictured top left), outweigh the benefits.
  
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• Does the colour red make you more mischievous?

  08-07-2016 16:53
  
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• An adulterer's dream! Facebook users will soon be able to have self-destructing 'secret conversations' in Messenger

  08-07-2016 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook Messenger is rolling out encryption as a feature on its app, giving users the ability to have 'secret conversations'. But users will need to 'opt-in' if they want their messages to stay private.
  
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• Scientists are on the verge of creating an EMOTIONAL computer: AI could think like a person and bond with humans within years

  08-07-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National Research Nuclear University in Moscow say the computer will serve will be as an actor, playing the role of a specific person.
  
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• New ISS crew will spend their time bombarding computers with radiation

  08-07-2016 15:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  And seeing what happens to your bones in zero-G Three new astronauts currently rocketing up to space in the Soyuz spacecraft will be conducting new experiments, including sequencing DNA and blasting computers with radiation.…
  
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• Welcome to the Gateway of Hell: Daring photographer captures rare images of lava lake which has been flowing for 100 YEARS

  08-07-2016 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Portuguese photographer Joel Santos, 38, piloted a drone over the bubbling lake, which reaches temperatures exceeding 1,100 degrees Celsius, as he stood a metre from the edge.
  
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• Melting in the Arctic reached an all-time high in June: Ice has been disappearing at a rate of 29,000 square miles a day

  08-07-2016 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to figures from the US-based National Snow and Ice Data Center, Arctic sea ice cover during June 2016 averaged 4.09 million square miles (10.6m square km).
  
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• Monkeys are aware when they don't know something and will try to fill in the gaps

  08-07-2016 15:28
  
  The study on rhesus monkeys reveals them as the first nonhuman species to actively try and fill information gaps
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• Should homeopathy be used on animals?

  08-07-2016 15:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Victoria Derbyshire programme discusses the controversial use of homeopathy by vets as more than 2,300 people sign a petition calling for the treatment to be banned.
  
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• Artificial stingray is 'living robot'

  08-07-2016 14:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have designed a robotic stingray powered by light-activated muscle cells.
  
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• Privacy Shield data pact gets European approval

  08-07-2016 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A revised pact governing how data is handled as it flows between Europe and the US has been approved by EU governments.
  
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• Men are NOT better than women at video games: Gender has no role in ability, girls just spend less time playing, says study

  08-07-2016 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Cuihua Shen, from the University of California, and Dr Rabindra Ratan, from Michigan State University, conducted a study to understand whether men pick up video games more quickly than women.
  
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• Mutant mice become 'super sniffers'

  08-07-2016 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have mutated mice to turn them into "super sniffers", in research aiming to create a new generation of tracker animals.
  
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• Mission to Jupiter, AI beer: Podcast 275

  08-07-2016 13:50
  
  Coming up today: the latest Formula 1 tech, a beer brewed with the help of AI and why everyone should be super excited by Nasa’s mission to Jupiter
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• Supermassive black hole is seen devouring a distant star

  08-07-2016 13:19
  
  The European VLBI Network imaged a black hole in the Draco constellation 3.9 billion light years away
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• Skeleton of 1,600-year-old woman with jewels in her TEETH found in Mexican burial ground

  08-07-2016 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mysterious city of Teotihuacan, some 30 miles (50km) north of Mexico City, thrived between the first and eighth centuries, after which its civilization vanished.
  
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• Scientists create a 'HUMAN-on-a-chip': Miniature functioning organs could someday put an end to animal testing

  08-07-2016 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £26 million chip is being unveiled today at the organ-on-a-chip World Congress 2016 held in Boston, Massachussetts.
  
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