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• Apple patents 'digital crown' used in its Watch for phones and tablets

  29-07-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new patent suggests Apple could revive the thumbwheel. Deemed a 'rotary input' the pages describe hardware attached that would adjust volume, scroll, resize text and more.
  
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• Interactive 'Climate Explorer' map lets you see how global warming will affect your city

  29-07-2016 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Climate Explorer uses data from climate stations across the country, and shows how temperature, precipitation, and other weather patterns could be swayed by greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• Gigantic 'corpse flower' that smells like rotting flesh blooms in New York for first time in a decade - and crowds flock for a sniff of its stench

  29-07-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After nearly 10 years, the rare 'corpse flower' has bloomed in the Big Apple, and release a smell for 24 to 36 hours that is only delightful to pollinators that feed on dead animals.
  
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• How fintech could be the key to surviving the Brexit fallout

  29-07-2016 22:30
  
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• Hi-tech monitors reveal the eight 'heart racing' moments of Hillary Clinton's speech

  29-07-2016 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lightwave has seen how moved voters were by Hillary Clinton's nominee acceptance speech at the DNC. The firm used devices to measure heart rate, temperature and motion of home viewers.
  
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• WikiLeaks and NSA leaker Edward Snowden clash on Twitter

  29-07-2016 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and transparency website WikiLeaks are clashing over how best to handle the publication of sensitive data, in a public spat played out over Twitter.
  
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• Heavy lifting

  29-07-2016 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Andy Green looks at the logistics involved in getting the Bloodhound supersonic car to South Africa next year so that it can begin its assault on the world land speed record.
  
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• The little penguin is the first of its species to be born and raised in NY's Bronx Zoo

  29-07-2016 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A little penguin has marked a big milestone at the Bronx Zoo in New York.Its birth is the first in the more than 120-year history of the New York zoo.
  
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• Look into the light...the hypnotic 'vortex laser' set to revolutionise computing

  29-07-2016 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have revealed a 'vortex laser' that can encode information into its twists. This allows it to transport information far faster than conventional lasers.
  
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• Neuroscientist explains how Team USA's star gymnast twists, turns and flips

  29-07-2016 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Medals aside, just watching Simone Biles twist, turn, flip, and leap has got the US buzzing. Dr Thomas Jessell of Columbia University explains the science behind her skill.
  
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• Pairs are more likely to get a discount if one of them is female

  29-07-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College tested a range of buying and selling goods with a different range of prizes, on volunteers split into pairs.
  
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• Stephen Hawking warns our current view of wealth could cause the human race to perish

  29-07-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Stephen Hawking has written about his concerns over humanities attitude to money and the way wealth is divided unequally and it leaves him concerned about our species' future.
  
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• TV and cable firms demand appeal on controversial net neutrality laws

  29-07-2016 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Wireless Association, an industry trade group also known as CTIA, and other groups are petitioning for the case to be reheard by all of the court's judges.
  
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• YouTube conspiracy theorists predict doomsday caused by 'second coming of Jesus Christ'

  29-07-2016 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US-based YouTube channel, End Times Prophecies, also predicted a giant asteroid would collide with Earth in May. Nasa says a polar flip would be unlikely to end the world.
  
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• Illinois University scientists say innovative system may someday power the world

  29-07-2016 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This process, developed by a team at the University of Illinois, uses artificial leaves and energy from the sun to turn water and carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels.
  
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• Is the iPhone 7 set to replace buttons with a dial? Apple patents 'digital crown' used in its Watch for phones and tablets

  29-07-2016 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new patent suggests Apple could revive the thumbwheel. Deemed a 'rotary input' the pages describe hardware attached that would adjust volume, scroll, resize text and more.
  
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• Nasa's next planet-hunter will look for life near stars just outside our solar system

  29-07-2016 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will launch by2018. TESS will be able to learn the sizes of the planets it sees and how long it takes them to complete an orbit.
  
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• Sailing catamaran designed by New Zealand-born Isaac Burrough

  29-07-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sailing catamaran designed by Amsterdam-based Isaac Burrough features windows that wrap over the interior and a stunning outdoor area where the owner can host a memorable party.
  
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• Smelly Roquefort-like substance found in pot on 340-year-old Swedish shipwreck

  29-07-2016 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered a tin of cheese on the wreck of the 17th Century Swedish flagship the Kornan, which sank in 1676, off the south-east coast of Sweden.
  
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• WikiLeaks, NSA leaker Edward Snowden clash on Twitter

  29-07-2016 19:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden and transparency website WikiLeaks are clashing over how best to handle the publication of sensitive data, in a public spat played out over Twitter.
  
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• Women really do get the better deal: Pairs are more likely to get a discount if one of them is female

  29-07-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College tested a range of buying and selling goods with a different range of prizes, on volunteers split into pairs.
  
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• WhatsApp 'deleted chats' can be recovered despite encryption

  29-07-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's not believed the glitch puts users of the Mountain View, California-based app at any risk, but it seems to be an anomaly in the company's focus on security.
  
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• Scotland's treasure trove of recent finds revealed

  29-07-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The seal matrix (pictured) was found in Boarhills, Fife. Other objects include 17th-century button proclaiming political allegiance to William of Orange found at Dalreoch, West Dunbartonshire.
  
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• Eerie video shows woman 'floating out of body' after her death in Chinese hospital 

  29-07-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage shows a woman covered in a sheet lying prone on a bed in a hallway in the hospital in China before an eerie figure seems to float out of her body and out of the door.
  
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• So how DOES Simone Biles do it? Neuroscientist explains how Team USA's star gymnast twists, turns and flips her way to glory

  29-07-2016 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Medals aside, just watching Simone Biles twist, turn, flip, and leap has got the US buzzing. Dr Thomas Jessell of Columbia University explains the science behind her skill.
  
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• How a 'vortex laser' could save Moore's Law

  29-07-2016 18:19
  
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• The OnePlus 3 is leading the charge

  29-07-2016 18:11
  
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• Interactive tool from RS Components reveals technologies that could transform our lives

  29-07-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: The tool, created by RS Components in Corby, allows user to input their age and then tells them when to expect self-driving cars and colour-changing clothes, for example.
  
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• Will greed doom us all? Stephen Hawking warns our current view of wealth could ultimately cause the human race to perish

  29-07-2016 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Stephen Hawking has written about his concerns over humanities attitude to money and the way wealth is divided unequally and it leaves him concerned about our species' future.
  
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• Time travel: WIRED handpicks the best watches for globetrotters

  29-07-2016 17:57
  
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• FBI investigating ANOTHER 'hack at Democrat Party HQ by Russians'

  29-07-2016 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cyber attackers set up a fake website for donations from what appears to have been a Russian IP address and then harvested donors' details, sources said.
  
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• Infoporn: how free apps eavesdrop on your entire private life

  29-07-2016 17:39
  
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• Will greed doom us all? Stephen Hawking warns that our current view of wealth could ultimately cause the human race to perish 

  29-07-2016 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Stephen Hawking (pictured) has written about his concerns over humanities attitude to money and the way wealth is divided unequally and it leaves him concerned about our species' future.
  
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• Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton's YouTube views revealed by interactive map

  29-07-2016 17:33 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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• 'Super fuel' from artificial leaves could replace oil: Scientists say innovative system may someday power the world

  29-07-2016 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This process, developed by a team at the University of Illinois, uses artificial leaves and energy from the sun to turn water and carbon dioxide into hydrocarbon fuels.
  
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• WhatsApp is NOT wiping 'deleted chats': Ghost messages can be recovered despite encryption, researcher claims

  29-07-2016 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's not believed the glitch puts users of the Mountain View, California-based app at any risk, but it seems to be an anomaly in the company's focus on security.
  
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• Autonomous robots that drop off food and laundry to your door set to invade Austin

  29-07-2016 17:30 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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• Fishermen spot alien-like ball before it gets devoured by sharks off the coast of Bunbury, near Perth

  29-07-2016 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fishermen spotted a gigantic alien-like ball floating off the coast of Bunbury, south of Perth on Wednesday before it was devoured by sharks.
  
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• Will the world end tonight? Conspiracy theorists predict doomsday caused by 'second coming of Jesus Christ' and a magnetic polar flip 

  29-07-2016 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US-based YouTube channel, End Times Prophecies, also predicted a giant asteroid would collide with Earth in May. Nasa says a polar flip would be unlikely to end the world.
  
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• SpaceX is getting ready for relaunch: Watch the fourth landed Falcon 9 rocket as it goes through first stage of test firing

  29-07-2016 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video shows the rocket burning for 2 minutes and 30 seconds at SpaceX’s McGregor test centre in Texas.
  
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• Searching for aliens closer to home: Nasa's next planet-hunter will look for life near stars just outside our solar system

  29-07-2016 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) will launch by2018. TESS will be able to learn the sizes of the planets it sees and how long it takes them to complete an orbit.
  
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• Microsoft to end free Windows 10 download today

  29-07-2016 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Washington-based Microsoft will officially withdraw the free download offer of its new Windows 10 operating system and from tomorrow onwards users will have to pay to get the software.
  
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• Manchester taxi firm will drive you around the city to catch Pokemon

  29-07-2016 16:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Manchester taxi firm introduces dedicated Pokemon rides that take passengers to known Pokemon hotspots around the city.
  
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• Huge metre-wide dinosaur print is discovered in Bolivia

  29-07-2016 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The print was found in Chulku Mayu, about 40 miles (64km) outside the city of Sucre in central Bolivia by a tourist guide earlier this month. The area is well known for dinosaur tracks.
  
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• LHC search for particle that would rewrite laws of physics comes up empty

  29-07-2016 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: A theoretical physicist working at CERN, headquartered in Geneva, told MailOnline the official results will be revealed at the end of next week, but that the additional tests did not find the 750GeV particle.
  
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• Lancaster scientist explores how humans might translate an extraterrestrial language

  29-07-2016 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr James Carney, a Senior Research Associate in Psychology from Lancaster University said that the first hurdle would be medium, as aliens could speak at inaudible frequencies.
  
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• YouTube video reveals what really happens to our body when we're drunk

  29-07-2016 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new video by Alabama-based YouTube channel SciShow, reveals the consequences of having too much ethanol in the body and what happens to the brain.
  
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• Nasa captures 'choir' of supermassive black holes 'singing' in the cosmos

  29-07-2016 15:41
  
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• Disney reveals plans for a sequel to 90s cult classic The Rocketeer

  29-07-2016 15:33
  
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• X-ray scanning proves Fifa paid £250,000 for a replica Jules Rimet trophy

  29-07-2016 15:31
  
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