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• A New Zealand street where all the houses stand at an angle leave internet users confused

  21-07-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A street in Dunedin in New Zealand has become an unlikely tourist attraction, after a bizarre optical illusion makes houses appear as if they are sinking into the ground.
  
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• Facebook solar plane takes to the skies in first test flight

  21-07-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook completed the solar plane's first test flight atYuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Yuma, Arizona on 28 Juneand will eventually use the aircraft to beam internet to remote locations
  
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• How a comet collision could kill the Earth: Experts reveal effect Swift-Tuttle set to pass by in 2126 would have if it hit (but don't panic, they say there is NO chance it will)

  21-07-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was thought that the comet would collide with Earth in 2126, triggering disastrous events that would cause worldwide mass extinctions. But, more recent calculations show this is not the case.
  
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• Hunter-gatherers may have relied on complex social networks to forage for food

  21-07-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College London studied human social organisation in two contemporary groups of hunter gatherers and believethe structure may shed light on the past.
  
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• How Harry Potter can make you hate Donald Trump

  21-07-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Potter might not vote for Donald Trump, reveals a new study. The University of Pennsylvania found that those who have read the series are more likely to view The Donald as a real life Voldemort.
  
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• Florida Zika case DID come from local mosquito: Officials rule out sex and travel in Miami woman's infection - meaning the virus really HAS reached the US

  21-07-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A woman was diagnosed with Zika in Miami last week without having traveled abroad. Now officials admit it is looking increasingly likely that the woman was infected by an American mosquito.
  
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• Stunning 'final frontier' Hubble image gives a glimpse of an early galaxy just a billion years after the big bang

  21-07-2016 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The groundbreaking images uses an effect called gravitational lensing to give a glimpse back in time, and shows a galaxy just a billion years after the big bang.
  
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• Eyes are better at seeing in the dark and can pick up even a single photon

  21-07-2016 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The human eye is capable of detecting photons - the smallest measurement of light - say researchers from Rockefeller University and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Austria
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg reveals his 'AI butler' already controls his home and makes his toast every morning - and promises to reveal it soon

  21-07-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earlier this year, Mark Zuckerberg reveal he is dedicating his year to making a home AI butler. Now, he has revealed the project is already coming to fruition - and promised to reveal it soon.
  
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• US Navy's most expensive warship ever built 'struggles with jets taking off and landing'

  21-07-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Navy's most expensive warship ever, the USS Gerald R. Ford (pictured), has been delayed from hitting the front line again because it is reportedly not ready for battle.
  
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• A meteor shower will light up skies around the world with up to 20 flashes per hour

  21-07-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the peak for the Delta Aquarids shower will be on July 28 and 29, the display will continue until around August 23, overlapping with the Perseid shower, which occurs in mid-August.
  
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• Do you prefer the 'Devil's music'? Listen to the the two types of chord researchers say distinguish Mozart and Taylor Swift from Black Sabbath and Stravinsky

  21-07-2016 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are two types of chords: consonant and those deemed 'the devil's in music' or dissonant. Andit was believed that our preference was innate, but researchers find it is shaped by our culture.
  
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• Scientists looking for invisible dark matter can't find any

  21-07-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have been looking for dark matter - nearly a mile underground in a former gold mine in Lead, South Dakota - but have failed to find it.
  
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• Bees have their own team water boys to keep their hive mates cool

  21-07-2016 21:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A trio of researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York heated two hives, each containing 3,000 honeybees, in a lab to investigate how the colony kept itself cool.
  
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• Samsung may be working on secret 'Odyssey' virtual reality headset

  21-07-2016 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung’s headset, codenamed ‘Odyssey’, was revealed by trademark filings in the company’s home country of Korea, and first spotted by GalaxyClub.
  
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• Fear not, humanity – Saint Elon has finished part two of his world-saving 'master plan'

  21-07-2016 20:22 via go.theregister.com
  
  Sustainability and sharing isn't just some 'silly, hippy thing,' says Musk Solar-panel roofs on cars, compact SUVs, and high-passenger-density urban transport are all part of Elon Musk's self-titled "master plan, part deux" for the world.…
  
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• Wild birds 'come when called' to help hunt honey

  21-07-2016 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Honey hunters in Mozambique rely on the help of honeyguide birds - and a new study reveals their two-way communication.
  
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• Facebook solar plane takes to the skies: Social network completes first test flight of its internet-beaming drone Aquila

  21-07-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook completed the solar plane's first test flight atYuma Proving Ground (YPG) in Yuma, Arizona on 28 June and will eventually use the aircraft to beam internet to remote locations
  
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• Facebook's Aquila drone completes its second flight – and manages to land safely this time

  21-07-2016 19:02
  
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• Facebook completes first test flight of its unmanned Aquila

  21-07-2016 19:02
  
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• How Harry Potter can make you hate Donald Trump: Bizarre study finds core values of J.K. Rowling's books makes people more tolerant

  21-07-2016 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Potter might not vote for Donald Trump, reveals a new study. The University of Pennsylvania found that those who have read the series are more likely to view The Donald as a real life Voldemort.
  
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• Super-eruptions powerful enough to destroy the Earth could only be predicted a YEAR in advance, study finds

  21-07-2016 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If a super-eruption were to occur, the blast would launch enough ash into the atmosphere to disrupt weather for years to follow, potentially causing famine, health crisis, and global civil unrest.
  
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• Pokemon Go quiz to find out if you're addicted to playing the app

  21-07-2016 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not only has the game surpassed the dating app, but players are spending more time trying to catch Pokémon in the real world than they are using other popular apps, including WhatsApp and Instagram.
  
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• The ancient origins of Facebook: Hunter-gatherers may have relied on complex social networks to forage for food

  21-07-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College London studied human social organisation in two contemporary groups of hunter gatherers and believethe structure may shed light on the past.
  
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• Look up next week! A stunning meteor shower will be light up skies around the world with up to 20 flashes per hour

  21-07-2016 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the peak for the Delta Aquarids shower will be on July 28 and 29, the display will continue until around August 23, overlapping with the Perseid shower, which occurs in mid-August.
  
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• Do we have hidden SUPERVISION? Eyes are better at seeing in the dark than thought and can pick up even a single photon

  21-07-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The human eye is capable of detecting photons - the smallest measurement of light - say researchers from Rockefeller University and the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology in Austria
  
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• Move over Oculus: Samsung may be working on secret 'Odyssey' virtual reality headset

  21-07-2016 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung’s headset, codenamed ‘Odyssey’, was revealed by trademark filings in the company’s home country of Korea, and first spotted by GalaxyClub.
  
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• Smartwatch sales decline for the first time and Apple is hit hardest

  21-07-2016 18:00
  
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• Facebook's Aquila drone takes to the air

  21-07-2016 18:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook invites BBC's Rory Cellan-Jones into its drone-making factory to mark the first successful flight of one of its aircraft.
  
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• Florida mosquitoes being tested for Zika after woman contracted the virus WITHOUT traveling to infected region

  21-07-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials fear this case could be the firstto come directly from a mosquito bite in the continental United States.
  
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• Nope, we can't find dark matter either, says LUX team

  21-07-2016 17:37 via go.theregister.com
  
  The WIMPs theory is still strong though An international team of researchers working on the Large Underground Xenon dark matter experiment announced today that they have failed to detect any dark matter particles.…
  
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• Asimo meets Pepper: Honda and Softbank partnering in robots

  21-07-2016 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Honda and internet company SoftBank said they will work together on artificial intelligence to develop products with sensors and cameras that can converse with drivers.
  
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• Forget air con! Bees have their own team water boys to keep their hive mates cool - and pester them for more liquid

  21-07-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A trio of researchers from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York heated two hives, each containing 3,000 honeybees, in a lab to investigate how the colony kept itself cool.
  
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• Alan Partridge is bouncing back with new book Nomad

  21-07-2016 17:04
  
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• Tinder launches controversial 'group sex' feature

  21-07-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dating app's newest feature, Tinder Social, launched today in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. Users can create a group by selecting one to three friends.
  
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• University of Southampton scientists discover how to prevent asthma

  21-07-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Southampton research analysed the impact of the gene ADAM33, which is associated with the development of asthma.
  
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• Japan 'to stop making VCR machines'

  21-07-2016 16:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The last videocassette recorder (VCR) in Japan is to be produced by the end of the month, according to the Nikkei newspaper.
  
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• New Suicide Squad trailers spotlight Joker, Harley Quinn, Deadshot and more

  21-07-2016 15:47
  
  The fan favourite characters take center stage with dedicated trailers for Warner Bros upcoming supervillain team-up movie
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• Harley Quinn and Deadshot take aim in new Suicide Squad trailers

  21-07-2016 15:47
  
  The fan favourite characters take center stage with dedicated trailers for Warner Bros upcoming supervillain team-up movie
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• Japan will make its last-ever VCR as the Netflix generation takes over

  21-07-2016 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alongside a shrinking demand from consumers, Japan-based Funai said it is also having difficulty getting the correct parts to manufacture VCRs with, as the technology is so dated.
  
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• California's mysterious booms from military base spawn alien conspiracy theories

  21-07-2016 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents in Sonora, California, have been hearing the noises for at least a year, according to a report by ABC News. Some think it comes from mines while others think it could be from Area 51.
  
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• Meet the master of ominous synth cinema bringing darkness to The Neon Demon

  21-07-2016 15:18
  
  From Drive to The Knick, composer Cliff Martinez is now bringing his unique darkness to The Neon Demon
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• Tinder launches controversial 'group sex' feature: Social tool will let you take several people on a date

  21-07-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dating app's newest feature, Tinder Social, launched today in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and India. Users can create a group by selecting one to three friends.
  
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• Brain map carves cortex into twice as many areas

  21-07-2016 15:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A brain map built up from scans of more than 400 individuals has carved the "cortex" into 180 different compartments, including 97 new ones.
  
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• Bronze Age axe and spear unearthed in Welsh field may have been buried in ritual ceremony

  21-07-2016 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Farmer Gwyn Rees discovered three fragments of a bronze axe head and spear head (pictured) while searching a field in the Vale of Glamorgan in Wales with his metal detector.
  
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• Amazon founder Jeff Bezos reveals Star Trek Beyond alien cameo

  21-07-2016 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon founder Jeff Bezos makes public a behind-the-scenes video of himself wearing the alien guise he adopts in the latest Star Trek film.
  
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• 'World's saddest polar bear' paraded in Chinese shopping centre as tourists take SELFIES

  21-07-2016 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pizza, the 'world's saddest polar bear', lives a Chinese shopping centre where she bangs her head and paws repeatedly against a metal door as gawping tourists take selfies, MailOnline reveals
  
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• Nearly six million fraud and cyber crimes last year, ONS says

  21-07-2016 14:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost six million fraud and cyber crimes were committed last year in England and Wales, new figures from the Office for National Statistics suggest.
  
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• RIP the VCR: the last manufacturer in Japan is finally stopping production

  21-07-2016 14:35
  
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• Mozilla to block Flash in Firefox browser

  21-07-2016 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mozilla is planning to end full support for Adobe's Flash software in its Firefox browser from next month.
  
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