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• Mystery of a King's death finally solved: DNA tests on blood-stained tree leaves show climbing accident DID kill Belgian King Albert I in 1934

  22-07-2016 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The death of King Albert I of Belgium in 1934 has fueled dozens of conspiracy theories, ranging from political murders to crimes of passion.
  
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• Verizon 'nearing deal to buy Yahoo for $5BILLION after beating out other bidders'

  22-07-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If the Verizon deal goes through, it would likely spell the end of Marissa Mayer's tenure as the CEO of Yahoo after four years at the helm of the struggling internet company.
  
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• Why women are better at online dating

  22-07-2016 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers say men are far more aggressive on online dating sites - but often 'mass mail' women that are out of their league in the hope of a response, researchers have found.
  
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• Update your iPhone now! Experts warn of flaw that hackers can use to access everything on your phone or Mac with a single message you don't even need to open

  22-07-2016 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Cisco revealed a flaw in older versions of Apple's iOS and MacOS software could let hackers into their device and gives access to everything stored on it.
  
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• The Kardashians have been TRUMPED in search queries

  22-07-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Americans have found a new family to keep up with. Google Trends reveals the Trumps have surpassed the the Kardashians in search queries 100 to 20, and accounts for 100% of the regional interest in US.
  
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• Watch the moment 'Baxter' bot catches a Pokemon on his iPhone

  22-07-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage of the large red robot seemingly playing Pokemon was shared by a technologist at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle.
  
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• The mysterious mini alien solar system: Astronomers baffled by bizarre close knit planetary orbits of Kepler 80

  22-07-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Located about 1,100 light years away, Kepler-80, named for the NASA telescope that discovered it, features five small planets orbiting in extreme proximity to their star.
  
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• Daredevil scientist creates 'vortex cannon' that shoots massive flaming rings into the air

  22-07-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While large scale vortex cannons have previously been made and tested using air and smoke, Florida based 'Backyard Scientist' wanted to take things one step further, testing it with fire.
  
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• Scribbles in Leonardo da Vinci's notebook reveal moment he first recorded laws of friction

  22-07-2016 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What seemed like scribbles on a page,is actually Leonardo di Vinci's first record of the laws of friction. Cambridge researchers find square blocks being hauled with a string through a pulley.
  
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• Race to digitise data stored on film 40 years after Viking 1 landed on Mars

  22-07-2016 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa Scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland are digitizing data stored on microfilm - a new technology when Viking 1, landed on Mars in 1976.
  
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• The 'missile sub' set to take Special Forces soldiers silently into combat 

  22-07-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called the Swimmer Delivery Vehicle, the new craft will be built by Lockheed Martin and will deliver divers into battle far more easily - and keep them dry when they travel.
  
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• The Arctic is leaking methane 200 times faster than usual

  22-07-2016 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian scientists have measured the gas emitted by the mysterious bubbles - on Belyy Island, a polar bear outpost 475 miles (764km) north of the Arctic Circle in the Kara Sea.
  
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• #Foodporn 500 years before Instagram revealed in study

  22-07-2016 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have analysed 500 years of paintings and found artists have long been obsessed with 'food porn'. However, they also found the pictures didn't reflect average diets.
  
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• Particles could give us clues to the aftermath of the Big Bang

  22-07-2016 20:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The four new tetraquarks, which have been named X(4140), X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700), were discovered by scientists studying the Large Hadron Collider (pictured) in Switzerland.
  
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• Why women are better at online dating: Researchers say men are too aggressive and 'mass mail' - while women are more realistic about their own attractiveness

  22-07-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers say men are far more aggressive on online dating sites - but often 'mass mail' women that are out of their league in the hope of a response, researchers have found.
  
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• Giant fault discovered under Bangladesh crust that could wipe out millions

  22-07-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists warn that more than 140 million people live within 60 miles of the giant megathrust fault which could trigger a magnitude 9.0 earthquake destroying millions of homes in Bangladesh.
  
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• Witch prison found in Scotland's St Mary's Chapel at the Kirk of St Nicholas

  22-07-2016 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historians have uncovered evidence that St Mary's Chapel (pictured) at the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen was used as a prison for 24 witches during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.
  
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• Researchers find 'irrelevant' scribbles in Leonardo da Vinci's notebook actually reveal moment he first recorded laws of friction

  22-07-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What seemed like scribbles on a page,is actually Leonardo di Vinci's first record of the laws of friction. Cambridge researchers find square blocks being hauled with a string through a pulley.
  
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• The $166m 'missile sub' set to take Special Forces soldiers silently into combat 

  22-07-2016 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called the Swimmer Delivery Vehicle, the new craft will be built by Lockheed Martin and will deliver divers into battle far more easily - and keep them dry when they travel.
  
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• Race is on to digitise data stored on film 40 years after Viking 1 landed on Mars

  22-07-2016 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa Scientists at the Goddard Space Flight Centre in Maryland are digitizing data stored on microfilm - a new technology when Viking 1, landed on Mars in 1976.
  
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• Witch prison found in Scottish church: Medieval chapel was used to hold suspects before they were killed and burned 

  22-07-2016 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historians have uncovered evidence that St Mary's Chapel (pictured) at the Kirk of St Nicholas in Aberdeen was used as a prison for 24 witches during the Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597.
  
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• Great balls of fire: Daredevil scientist creates 'vortex cannon' that shoots massive flaming rings into the air

  22-07-2016 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While large scale vortex cannons have previously been made and tested using air and smoke, Florida based 'Backyard Scientist' wanted to take things one step further, testing it with fire.
  
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• Players probe Elite game space mystery

  22-07-2016 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elite Dangerous gamers are working feverishly to decipher a puzzle uncovered by one player of the space simulation.
  
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• The Arctic is leaking methane 200 times faster than usual: Massive release of gas is creating giant holes and 'trembling tundras'

  22-07-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian scientists have measured the gas emitted by the mysterious bubbles - on Belyy Island, a polar bear outpost 475 miles (764km) north of the Arctic Circle in the Kara Sea.
  
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• Facebook drones, losing your life to VR: Podcast 277

  22-07-2016 17:56
  
  Facebook tests its internet-spreading drone, the significance of ARM to UK tech and the future of VR storytelling
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• How the 'Man in the Moon' got his right eye: Lunar crater was caused by 180 mile-wide 'proto-planet' that smashed into it 3.6 billion years ago

  22-07-2016 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island estimate the asteroid that created the moon's Imbrium basin wastwice as large in diameter and 10 times more massive than thought.
  
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• How the Man in the Moon got his right eye: Vast lunar crater was caused by 180 mile-wide 'proto-planet' that smashed into it 3.6 billion years ago

  22-07-2016 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island estimate the asteroid that created the moon's Imbrium basin wastwice as large in diameter and 10 times more massive than thought.
  
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• Four new tetraquarks discovered: Bizarre particles could give us clues to the aftermath of the Big Bang

  22-07-2016 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The four new tetraquarks, which have been named X(4140), X(4274), X(4500) and X(4700), were discovered by scientists studying the Large Hadron Collider (pictured) in Switzerland.
  
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• Nasa's Curiosity rover can now shoot a laser at rocks on Mars without human help

  22-07-2016 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The software was developed at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, and allows the rover to choose multiple targets every week for a laser and the rover's 'ChemCam' instrument.
  
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• 'Snowden' filmmaker Oliver Stone warns Pokemon Go is leading to totalitarianism

  22-07-2016 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During a panel for his new film 'Snowden' on the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2016, the director said the app was part of a larger culture of 'surveillance capitalism.'
  
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• Robot 'Baxter' playing Pokemon Go on its iPhone catches a monster

  22-07-2016 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage of the large red robot seemingly playing Pokemon was shared by a technologist at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle.
  
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• Marvel showcases its next wave of Netflix heroes from Luke Cage and Iron Fist to Daredevil season 3

  22-07-2016 16:40
  
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• HIV carried by chimpanzees can infect human

  22-07-2016 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln proves a strain of SIV carried by chimps can also infect humans. The researchers wanted to understand why humans had certain strains but avoided others.
  
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• Little Bird sex toy means you'll never look at your Kindle in the same way again

  22-07-2016 16:30
  
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• Verizon is reportedly on the verge of buying Yahoo for £3.8bn

  22-07-2016 16:23
  
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• Verizon is reportedly on the verge of buying Yahoo for £3.8billion

  22-07-2016 16:23
  
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• Verizon 'agrees' to buy Yahoo for £3.6bn

  22-07-2016 16:23
  
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• Confirmed: Verizon will buy Yahoo for £3.6bn

  22-07-2016 16:23
  
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• US copyright law faces legal challenge

  22-07-2016 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Digital rights group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) attempts to overturn parts of US copyright law which, it says, are unconstitutional.
  
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• NASA images show new worlds discovered beyond Neptune

  22-07-2016 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists spotted the icy objects, which have orbits in sync with Neptune, using the Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) telescope in Chile.
  
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• Hip replacements may last forever after new metal is discovered to replace titanium

  22-07-2016 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new lab-made metal that is four times harder than titanium is now the hardest known metallic substance that is suitable for use as implants, according to a new study from Rice University in Houston.
  
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• 'Anti-evolution' drugs could be the key to finally curing cancer

  22-07-2016 15:41
  
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• Snowden designs phone case to spot hack attacks

  22-07-2016 15:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A smartphone case that tells its owner when their phone has been hacked is being designed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
  
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• University of Texas study says armies of robots could be controlled from a smartphone

  22-07-2016 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Texas explored how humans will be able to maintain control over vast numbers of robots in production, which they say could one day outnumber humans.
  
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• Cancer patients to have immune cells changed with controversial technique

  22-07-2016 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The immune cells of lung cancer patients at a hospital in Chengdu, China, are to be modified using the powerful CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing technology so they can target the tumour.
  
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• Super-hard metal that is FOUR times tougher than titanium could mean hip replacements will last forever

  22-07-2016 14:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new lab-made metal that is four times harder than titanium is now the hardest known metallic substance that is suitable for use as implants, according to a new study from Rice University in Houston.
  
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• 'Snowden' filmmaker warns Pokemon Go is leading to totalitarianism

  22-07-2016 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During a panel for his new film 'Snowden' on the first day of San Diego Comic-Con 2016, the director said the app was part of a larger culture of 'surveillance capitalism.'
  
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• R.I.P. VHS

  22-07-2016 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  VHS has come unspooled. It's been taped over. The screen has filled with static, then gone blank.
  
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• Two new icy 'worlds' spotted in cosmic dance with Neptune

  22-07-2016 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists spotted the icy objects, which have orbits in sync with Neptune, using the Subaru Telescope in Hawai'i and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) telescope in Chile.
  
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• US man jailed over bitcoin fraud scheme

  22-07-2016 13:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Texan man has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for running a fraudulent Ponzi-style scheme based around the Bitcoin virtual currency.
  
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