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• The science of hypnosis: Researchers pinpoint the areas of the brain that cause us to 'go under'

  28-07-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Skeptics call it a parlor trick, but Stanford University found hypnosis change three hallmarks of the brain. Emotion, the 'brain-body connection' and awareness of action were found to be altered.
  
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• Bezos passes Buffett, becomes third-richest person -Forbes

  28-07-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeff Bezos, the founder and chief executive of Amazon.com, has become the world's third-richest person as of the market close for the first time, Forbes magazine said
  
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• Researchers find global warming gas can be stored safely for 100k years 

  28-07-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study, reservoirs half a mile underground can store CO2 for over 100,000 years without corroding the rock above –10 times longer than time needed to avoid climatic impacts.
  
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• Apple focuses on developing self driving software to take on Telsa and Google

  28-07-2016 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Bloomberg, the iPhone maker has hired the former head of BlackBerry's  car software division - and is 'prioritizing development of an autonomous driving system'.
  
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• Massachusetts museum database reveals details of 127k sailors

  28-07-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The list reveals the fascinating history of whaling in New Bedford - and even contains an entry for Herman Melville, who based his novel Moby Dick on voyages from the town.
  
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• Fox to show skydiver plans to jump from 25,000 feet without a parachute

  28-07-2016 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elite daredevil Luke Aikins will take on the challenge in a live broadcast on Saturday night. The father-of-one, 42, will plunge at 120mph onto a net the size of a football field in the Simi Valley, California.
  
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• Burying CO2 DOES work: Researchers find global warming gas can be stored safely for 100,000 years 

  28-07-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study, reservoirs half a mile underground can store CO2 for over 100,000 years without corroding the rock above –10 times longer than time needed to avoid climatic impacts.
  
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• Can YouTube predict the election? Interactive map reveals most watched candidates in every state - and Donald Trump tops the chart with over a million having watched a tour of his private jet

  28-07-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This amazing interactive map, created by Polygraph and Google's NewsLab, shows what each state is watching.
  
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• Tinder and Grindr see massive spike in activity in Philadelphia during the DNC

  28-07-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis provided by leading 'hook up' apps Tinder and Grindr has revealed a massive surge in activity coinciding with this week's Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia.
  
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• Listening to music can make your pint taste even better

  28-07-2016 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Brussel and KU Leuven found added pleasure that a song brought to the experience was transferred into the beer's flavour.
  
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• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a Chinese rocket putting on a spectacular show as it breaks up over Utah, California and Nevada

  28-07-2016 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Onlookers were stunned as the flaming objects, which resembled comets, were seen flying over Lone Mountain Park in Las Vegas, with reports suggesting it was caused a Chinese rocket carrier.
  
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• Las Vegas skyline littered with fireballs in amazing YouTube video

  28-07-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Onlookers were stunned as the flaming objects, which resembled comets, were seen flying over Lone Mountain Park in Las Vegas, with reports suggesting it was caused a Chinese rocket carrier.
  
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• Solar planes, farewell Philae: Podcast 278

  28-07-2016 20:00
  
  We celebrate Solar Impulse's 2 historic round-the-world flight and say a fond farewell to the Philae lander
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• Pokemon Go wristband lets you play without using your phone tops $1k on eBay

  28-07-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For players hoping Nintendo’s Pokémon Go Plus wearable would be available by the end of the month, the firm has bad news – the wristband is now set to be released in September.
  
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• Charlie Sheen denies having 'virtual sex with sex-bot' since HIV-positive diagnosis

  28-07-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 50-year-old Golden Globe winner informed Gossip Cop on Wednesday there was no truth to the Radar Online story now or back in October when it was first reported
  
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• Stunning meteor shower will light up skies around the world with 20 shooting stars per hour

  28-07-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the peak for the shower will be tonight and tomorrow night, the display will continue until around August 23, overlapping with the Perseid shower, which occurs in mid-August.
  
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• Interactive map reveals qualities that will get you a date around the UK

  28-07-2016 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Londoners put more importance than any other region on intelligence, athleticisim, sexiness, style, energy and how opinionated their potential partners are.
  
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• How a huge school of sharks 'flips the food pyramid'

  28-07-2016 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ecologists discover a food web beneath the waves of French Polynesia that is both unusual and spectacular.
  
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• Autonomous delivery robots that can drop off everything from pizza to laundry at your door set to invade Austin

  28-07-2016 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Austin, Texas is set for an invasion of delivery robots. The UK firm, Starship Technologies, will begin testing its semi-autonomous 'ground drones' in packages, groceries and restaurants.
  
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• Transport yourself into Dota 2's esport battle arena using VR

  28-07-2016 19:26
  
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• World's oldest example of a human cancer tumour found in 1.7m-year-old foot bone

  28-07-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers discovered a 1.7 million year old foot bone at the site of Swartkrans in South Africa, which contained definitive evidence of malignant cancer.
  
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• Elon Musk's Hyperloop transport system will be rolled out in Germany

  28-07-2016 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Innovation train' could feature AR windows developed by Los Angeles-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies and Re’Flekt in Munich.
  
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• Apollo astronauts died from heart disease, study reveals

  28-07-2016 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Apollo astronauts suffered high levels of deep space radiation and are dying from cardiovascular problems, a study at Florida State University found.
  
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• Pokeball Aimer iPhone case could make you a Pokémon Go master

  28-07-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clever case, which acts like a target for an iPhone, was designed by a student in Australia, who is selling it for £4.90 ($6.44) and giving away the plans online so players can make their own.
  
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• World's largest self-driving warship aces its first sea trials

  28-07-2016 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The self driving warship has now completed its first trials - and passed with flying colours. Experts say ithas the potential to revolutionise not only the military's but also commercial shipping.
  
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• 'Animal whisperer' Mark Ineson uses technology to translate donkey noises into human speech

  28-07-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'donkey whisperer' is Mark Ineson, the owner of 'Real Donkeys' in Yorkshire, UK. He has teamed up with Merlin Events to offer donkey rides 'with a difference' in London's Jubilee Gardens.
  
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• British Special Forces to use headset that boosts performance

  28-07-2016 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It’s rumoured Britain’s Special Forces could use the headset, following in the footsteps of their American counterparts, which are trailing the tech by Halo Neuroscience in California.
  
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• Can YOU see what's wrong with this map?

  28-07-2016 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Do you know your USA from your Canada and Latvia from Lithuania? If the answer to that is a resounding yes, then check out this quiz. But how quickly can you do it?
  
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• Look up tonight! A stunning meteor shower will light up skies around the world with up to 20 shooting stars per hour

  28-07-2016 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the peak for the shower will be tonight and tomorrow night, the display will continue until around August 23, overlapping with the Perseid shower, which occurs in mid-August.
  
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• ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter blasts itself closer to the Red Planet

  28-07-2016 17:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Mission aims to find little green men, no less The European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter has successfully completed its engine burn and is on track to enter orbit around Mars on 19 October.…
  
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• Democrat hack: Who is Guccifer 2.0?

  28-07-2016 16:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lone hacker is claiming responsibility for the hack on the US Democratic Party but is that person to be believed?
  
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• Ligo detects gravitational waves from bizarre objects that make up dark matter

  28-07-2016 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Kyoto University have suggested the two black holes detected by Ligo could have formed from the extreme density of matter present soon after the big bang.
  
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• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg personal fortune soars by $3.4bn in an hour

  28-07-2016 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook's stock price rose by a further 6.5 per cent in after-hours trading following the announcement yesterday that the company had seen its quarterly profits soar by 186 per cent.
  
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• Amazon Dash arrives in the UK that makes grocery shopping much easier

  28-07-2016 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon MarketFresh customers living in parts of London are the first able to use the Dash gadget in the UK, which lets users add groceries to their basket by scanning them, or by talking.
  
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• CX330 is growing up a thousand light years from other stellar nurseries

  28-07-2016 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, examined infrared images of the area where the star sits, taken with Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise).
  
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• Avoiding Liverpool was the aim: All aboard the world's ONLY moving aqueduct

  28-07-2016 15:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  Barton Aqueduct – where heavy metal shifts H2O Geek's Guide to Britain  There are several fine examples of Victorian engineering still working in Blighty. Tower Bridge in London is one of my personal favourites. I was surprised to discover that another was on my doorstep. Well, 4.34km (2.7 miles) from my doorstep to be more accurate.…
  
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• Cancer is NOT a modern disease: World's oldest example of a human tumour found in 1.7 million-year-old foot bone

  28-07-2016 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers discovered a 1.7 million year old foot bone at the site of Swartkrans in South Africa, which contained definitive evidence of malignant cancer.
  
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• Cancer found in ancient human ancestor's foot

  28-07-2016 15:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The earliest evidence of cancer in the human fossil record has been discovered in South Africa, say researchers.
  
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• Bristol Bullet is companies first new car in over a decade

  28-07-2016 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Bristol Bullet was unveiled at The Dorchester hotel in central London, and production is set to begin in Chichester, West Sussex, early next year.
  
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• WingBoard passes first test that allows people to wakeboard in the sky

  28-07-2016 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wyp Aviation has completed its first manned test in a wind tunnel in Ontario, Canada. The vision is for thrill-seekers to be towed by a plane and 'surf' behind it as if riding a wakeboard.
  
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• Meet Rocky, the orangutan who has learnt how to mimic human speech

  28-07-2016 15:24
  
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• Apollo astronaut deaths raise serious concerns about deep space travel

  28-07-2016 15:04
  
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• 'The Bullet' unveiled: Stunning V8-powered speedster is Bristol Cars' first new model in a decade

  28-07-2016 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Bristol Bullet was unveiled at The Dorchester hotel in central London, and production is set to begin in Chichester, West Sussex, early next year.
  
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• The loneliest star in our galaxy: Mysterious cosmic body is growing up a thousand light years from other stellar nurseries

  28-07-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, examined infrared images of the area where the star sits, taken with Nasa's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (Wise).
  
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• Technology explained: What is the internet of things?

  28-07-2016 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jane Wakefield explains what the so-called internet of things is all about.
  
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• Stranger Things season 2 will be darker and full of horror

  28-07-2016 14:53
  
  By:Victoria Woollastonand Matt KamenContinue reading...
  
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• A second series of Stranger Things is in the works

  28-07-2016 14:53
  
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• Have we found a new kind of black hole? Gravitational waves may have come from bizarre objects that make up dark matter

  28-07-2016 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Kyoto University have suggested the two black holes detected by Ligo could have formed from the extreme density of matter present soon after the big bang.
  
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• Amazon Dash arrives in the UK: Gadget lets you do your shopping by calling out grocery orders from the comfort of your kitchen

  28-07-2016 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon MarketFresh customers living in parts of London are the first able to use the Dash gadget in the UK, which lets users add groceries to their basket by scanning them, or by talking.
  
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• Sky extends its Buy and Keep service to add box sets

  28-07-2016 14:42
  
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