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• Smarter than the average bear: Researchers find Migwan the black bear can recognise objects she only sees on a computer screen

  15-07-2016 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that an American black bear named Migwan was able to recognize objects she knew in real life when looking at an image displayed on a computer screen.
  
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• What it would be like to land on Pluto: Nasa releases stunning video to celebrate anniversary of New Horizons flyby

  15-07-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One year ago, Nasa’s New Horizons spacecraft was three billion miles away from Earth collecting unprecedented data from Pluto and its moons. Now, the craft has gone 300 million miles farther.
  
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• Microsoft admits it WON'T get Windows 10 onto a billion devices by 2018: Smartphone slump blamed for slowdown

  15-07-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company is blaming its own decision to scale back its smartphone business over the last year.
  
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• The Mars rover that is even more curious: Nasa reveals updated design to hunt for alien life that will blast off to red planet in 2020

  15-07-2016 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as the Mars Rover 2020, will investigate a region of Mars where the ancient environment may have been favourable for microbial life, probing the Martian rocks for evidence of past life.
  
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• Refinery29 video details life on Mexico cruise dedicated to conspiracy theorists

  15-07-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speakers on a cruise for conspiracy theorists discussed life on Mars and extra terrestrials in a video filmed on the ship as it traveled along the Mexico coast. Activities included 'nightly UFO star-watch'.
  
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• Sex in the city: Urban Peregrine falcons are surprisingly faithful despite having more opportunities to cheat on each other

  15-07-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biologists at the Field Museum in Chicago have found that Peregrine falcons remain remarkably faithful in busy cities despite living far closer together than they would out in the countryside.
  
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• Rogue One sizzle reel revealed at Star Wars Celebration Europe

  15-07-2016 20:02
  
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• Pokemon: From Game Boy to augmented reality

  15-07-2016 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A look at the first time that Pokemon became a craze in the 1990s.
  
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• Countryside faces Brexit anxiety

  15-07-2016 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Farmers and environmentalists alike are facing anxiety as the shadow of Brexit looms over Britain’s countryside.
  
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• Rush University Medical Center finds eating cinnamon could help slow learners

  15-07-2016 19:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, the researchers from the Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, did not find any significant improvement among people already deemed good learners after eating the tasty household spice.
  
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• Machines on Ford production line in Cologne make coffee and give workers FIST BUMPS

  15-07-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robots (pictured), which were developed in collaboration with German robotics firm KUKA Roboter, are about three feet (one metre) tall. At the moment the robots are only in its Cologne factory.
  
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• Parents believe social media hampers children's moral development

  15-07-2016 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many mothers and fathers believe social media is hampering their child's moral development, according to a survey. It suggests the majority of parents do not...
  
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• Watch the sun FLIP (but don't panic, its just Nasa repositioning its solar observatory)

  15-07-2016 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spinning footage was captured by an instrument on Nasa's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which rolled 360 degrees on one axis over the course of seven hours. This is done twice a year.
  
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• Charles University research suggests that opposites attract only if you're single

  15-07-2016 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research was led by a team from Charles University in the Czech Republic, who showed a series of faces to university students and asked them to rate their attractiveness.
  
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• Will robots join in the tea round? Machines on Ford production line can make coffee and give workers FIST BUMPS

  15-07-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robots (pictured), which were developed in collaboration with German robotics firm KUKA Roboter, are about three feet (one metre) tall. At the moment the robots are only in its Cologne factory.
  
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• First farmers had diverse origins, DNA shows

  15-07-2016 19:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Analysis of DNA from some of the world's first farmers shows that they had surprisingly diverse origins.
  
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• 50 million-year-old insect really was 'frightened out of its skin': Researchers discover exoskeleton entombed in amber as it tried to escape approaching tree sap

  15-07-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered a 50-million-year-old deposit of Baltic amber containing the exoskeleton of an ancient insect, which appears to have shed its skin in order to escape the flowing sap.
  
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• UK robot cars to challenge Google and Tesla

  15-07-2016 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British firm develops autonomous car software that it hopes will be used by a variety of vehicle manufacturers.
  
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• UK robot cars to challenge Google

  15-07-2016 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A British firm develops autonomous car software that it hopes will be used by a variety of vehicle manufacturers.
  
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• 'Yes there are colonies on Mars - and there's a secret space program': Fascinating video lifts the lid on bizarre cruise for conspiracy theorists seeking to 'uncover the truth'

  15-07-2016 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speakers on a cruise for conspiracy theorists discussed life on Mars and extra terrestrials in a video filmed on the ship as it traveled along the Mexico coast. Activities included 'nightly UFO star-watch'.
  
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• This startup is bringing insurance to the developing world

  15-07-2016 18:02
  
  MicroEnsure sells insurance to African and Asian markets where average incomes are low
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• Can you EAT yourself smarter? Sprinkling cinnamon on cereal may help us learn new information quicker

  15-07-2016 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, the researchers from the Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, did not find any significant improvement among people already deemed good learners after eating the tasty household spice.
  
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• This concept electric car recharges itself as it drives

  15-07-2016 17:32
  
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• Damien Hirst formaldehyde artworks 'posed no risk to public'

  15-07-2016 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A scientific paper that claimed a 2012 exhibition of Damien Hirst works led to the release of dangerous formaldehyde fumes is retracted by one of its authors after further tests.
  
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• Pokemon Go British fans in meltdown as servers crash in rush to download app

  15-07-2016 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The boy was struck by the motorcycle on a busy London road after walking out between two buses (pictured), while four teens got lost after heading into an underground network of tunnels in Wiltshire.
  
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• Luke Skywalker-style robot arm for amputees developed by US military 

  15-07-2016 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Hampshire-based Mobius Bionics, the firm bringing the Luke arm (pictured) to market, says it will enable users to move, reach, twist and lift and far outstrips anything else available.
  
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• NASA denies it cut live video feed of UFO from space station to hide alien existence

  15-07-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has said the live feed from its High Definition Earth Viewing experiment that filmed an apparent UFO (pictured) on July 9 cut out due to the ISS passing out of range of relay satellites.
  
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• The phenomenal impact of Pokémon Go in numbers

  15-07-2016 16:21
  
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• Gorilla bushmeat, Pokémon mania: Podcast 276

  15-07-2016 16:21
  
  Gorillas are being eaten for bushmeat by miners in the DRC, emoji equality is on the rise and we all get obsessed with Pokémon Go
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• Gorilla bushmeat, Pokémon Go mania: Podcast 276

  15-07-2016 16:21
  
  Gorillas are being eaten for bushmeat by miners in the DRC, emoji equality is on the rise and we all get obsessed with Pokémon Go
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• Harry Potter chapters re-written by AI computers with confusing results

  15-07-2016 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Max Deutsche, a product manager from San Francisco, trained a Long Short Term Memory (LSTM) Recurrent Neural Network computer with the first four Harry Potter books.
  
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• University of Michigan research suggests couples who drink together stay together

  15-07-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whether they are heavy drinkers or tee-total, women in particular become dissatisfied if they drink and their husband doesn't, researchers from the University of Michigan said.
  
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• World Emoji Day map shows US and Britain favour weary faces and France loves a heart

  15-07-2016 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 17 July has been named 'World Emoji Day' because it famously features on the 'Calendar' emoji in iOS operating systems. To celebrate the day, California-based Twitter analysed emoji use around the world.
  
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• Pokemon Go: Sex offender caught playing game with child

  15-07-2016 14:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A registered child sex offender is arrested after being caught playing Pokemon Go with a child outside a courthouse in the US state of Indiana.
  
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• Chinese bullet trains pass each other at a staggering 520mph in unprecedented test run 

  15-07-2016 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Incredible footage shows the moment two Chinese bullet trains pass each other at 520 miles per hour. The test took place in Zhengzhou on July 15 in a bid to prove the quality of Chinese made trains.
  
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• Russian scientists dissect ancient organs from 800-year-old mummy

  15-07-2016 14:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aged six or seven, the child was encased in birch bark and copper, and found in an ancient necropolis close to the town of Salekhard, on the polar circle.Researchers took samples of tissue and probed internal organs.
  
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• Hawk-shaped UAV drone crashed in Mogadishu believed to be a Somali spy craft

  15-07-2016 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images of the bird drone (pictured) have appeared online, with one Twitter user claiming the strange craft was recovered on Monday from Mogadishu’s Waabaeri district in Somalia.
  
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• Denver researchers suggest turtle shells evolved for digging

  15-07-2016 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from Denver Museum of Nature and Science, looked at fossils from proto-turtles - ancient ancestors of turtles, who lived 220 million years ago that did not have fully fused shells.
  
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• Scientists warn of 'unsafe' decline in biodiversity

  15-07-2016 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An international team of scientists has issued a warning that biodiversity is dropping below safe levels for the support and wellbeing of human societies.
  
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• London fashion student embeds an oyster card chip into her false nails

  15-07-2016 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucie Davis, from London, created the false nails with an Oyster card microchip in. They work exactly the same as a normal Oyster card and can be topped up. Wanted to add wonder to her surroundings.
  
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• Nasa denies it cut live video feed of UFO from space station to hide existence of aliens (but they would say that, wouldn’t they!) 

  15-07-2016 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has said the live feed from its High Definition Earth Viewing experiment that filmed an apparent UFO (pictured) on July 9 cut out due to the ISS passing out of range of relay satellites.
  
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• Hacker gets two years in jail for celebrity 'swatting'

  15-07-2016 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US hacker who put the personal data of celebrities and officials online has been sentenced to two years in jail.
  
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• German police target hate crime in co-ordinated raids

  15-07-2016 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German police carry out raids on 60 addresses, targeting people suspected of posting hate content on social media.
  
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• First look at Mantis in the concept art from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

  15-07-2016 12:05
  
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• Have questionable taste in music? Blame your parents

  15-07-2016 11:59
  
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• This is what it would look like to land on the surface of Pluto

  15-07-2016 11:54
  
  The video comes one year after New Horizons passed the dwarf planet
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• YouTube's PewDiePie 'promoted video game without properly telling fans he was being paid'

  15-07-2016 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vlogging star 'PewDiePie' earned thousands for promoting the game Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor. But disclosure of the ad deal was not prominent on the Brighton-based star's channel.
  
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• Invisibility cloaks may arrive soon as new material can make objects 'disappear'

  15-07-2016 11:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Queen Mary University of London coated a curved surface with a nanoparticles that 'cloaked' it from electromagnetic waves (Harry Potter invisibility cloak pictured).
  
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• Elon Musk claims Autopilot was NOT to blame for a second Tesla crash

  15-07-2016 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The driver that crashed was Albert Scaligone, owner of an art gallery in Pennsylvania. He and his son-in-law survived the crash, which was on Friday 1 July on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
  
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• Most detailed 3D map of the universe could help scientists understand dark energy

  15-07-2016 10:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of astronomers, co-led by Dr Rita Tojeiro from the University of St Andrews, produced the map using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III).
  
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