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• Is F-35 REALLY ready for war? Air Force boss claim $400bn fighter is 'combat ready'

  03-08-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Air Force has declared an initial squadron of Lockheed Martin Corp F-35A fighter jets ready for combat, a move experts slammed as a publicity stunt.
  
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• Tesla loss grows as it falls short of sales goals

  03-08-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla's second-quarter loss grew nearly 60 percent to $293 million as it delivered fewer vehicles than planned - its thirteenth loss in a row.
  
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• China to launch unbreakable quantum spy satellite

  03-08-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in China are set to launch the first ‘quantum satellite,’ which could make for an ultra-secure global communications network. It contains a crystal that produces entangled photons.
  
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• Apple reports progress in workforce diversity

  03-08-2016 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple revealedthe improvements in gender and ethnic diversity and has stayed ahead of fellow Silicon Valley powerhouses Google and Facebookin hiring minorities.
  
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• How to print a hologram at home: MIT reveals new system to layer transparent sheets 

  03-08-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An MIT startup has made a new kind of 3D hologram. Using scanned images and an inkjet printer, Lumii's approach prints images in layers onto clear paper that, when put together, form holograms.
  
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• China to launch unbreakable quantum spy satellite - and say they could one day lead to a megascope the size of Earth that could 'spot a license plate on Jupiter's moons'

  03-08-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in China are set to launch the first ‘quantum satellite,’ which could make for an ultra-secure global communications network. It contains a crystal that produces entangled photons.
  
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• Facebook opens hardware lab in a sign of broader ambitions

  03-08-2016 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deep inside its Silicon Valley headquarters, Facebook engineers have stocked a new lab with computerized lathes, industrial mills and tools for making physical goods.
  
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• One in ten children believe parsnips grow on trees

  03-08-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A further seven per cent of eight-year-olds in the UK believe sausage rolls are made by rolling sausages down hills covered in flour. The research was carried out among 2,010 children aged 7 to 11.
  
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• Rock-melting lasers could reveal how Earth-like planets formed magnetic shields

  03-08-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese researchers predict that the right type of rock, colliding head on at high enough speeds can result in the molten layers, and even magnetic fields, of planets (illustrated).
  
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• Valery Spiridonov set to undergo the world's first human head transplant

  03-08-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Valery Spiridonov, from Russia, is set to undergo the risky procedure next year. The 31-year-old, who is wheelchair reliant due to a muscle-wasting disease, spoke at a press conference today.
  
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• A new type of 'flexible' quantum computer can be reprogrammed with lasers

  03-08-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Maryland built and tested the machine which has just five ions - electrically charged atoms - trapped in a magnetic field at its heart.
  
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• China will develop the first genetically enhanced 'superhumans', experts predict

  03-08-2016 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National University of Singapore believes China will be at the forefront in genetic enhancement and it will make the more competitive. Whereas Westerns say it is unethical and dangerous.
  
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• Why a cold drink quenches your thirst: Neurons in the brain are stimulated by the chill

  03-08-2016 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California San Francisco found that cool drinks really are the most satisfying – because they turn off thirst stimulators in the brain.
  
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• Moon Express cleared for lunar landing

  03-08-2016 20:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Moon Express becomes the first private firm to win US approval for an unmanned mission to the moon.
  
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• Kik hits 20,000 bot apps four months after store launch

  03-08-2016 20:07
  
  More than 1.8 billon messages have been exchanged on Kik’s bot platform since it launched in April
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• ASAPScience breaks down the male and female orgasm

  03-08-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video from Canadian-based YouTube channel ASAPScience explains both the differences and similarities between the male and female orgasm and who is more likely to reach a climax.
  
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• MIT scientists create augmented reality video you can reach out and 'touch'

  03-08-2016 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in Massachusetts created the technology which lets usersand virtual characters interact with videos.
  
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• Vibrations bring still photos to life

  03-08-2016 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographs in which still objects can be manipulated are developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
  
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• Engineers just created a programmable quantum computer

  03-08-2016 19:08
  
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• Alphabet Inc. gets greenlight to test delivery drones at a US site

  03-08-2016 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alphabet Inc. just caught up to Amazon and will begin testing its delivery drones at a US site. This isWhite House project is set to understand drones and what safety measures need to be put in place.
  
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• Why are crying babies so hard to ignore?

  03-08-2016 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A neuroscientist explains why Donald Trump found a crying baby at his rally so distracting.
  
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• There's a 'switch' in our brains that wakes us up

  03-08-2016 19:00
  
  Researchers say the 'Sandman' mechanism could help unravel the science of sleep
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• Californian sea lion Ronan dances to Boogie Wonderland

  03-08-2016 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Californian sea lion Ronan's head-bopping suggests the neural underpinnings of beat-keeping may be more ancient and widespread than previously thought. This is because sea lions are not 'vocal mimics.'
  
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• Cornish archaeologists unearth Dark Age royal palace in Tintagel

  03-08-2016 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The building at Tintagel in Cornwall dates to the 6th century - the time that the legendary king may have lived, and precious artefacts show the area was home to wealthy people.
  
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• Watch Ronan the sea lion dance to Boogie Wonderland: Head-bopping mammal can teach us how we got our rhythm

  03-08-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Californian sea lion Ronan's head-bopping suggests the neural underpinnings of beat-keeping may be more ancient and widespread than previously thought. This is because sea lions are not 'vocal mimics.'
  
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• Video: #makethefuture at the Olympic Stadium

  03-08-2016 18:10
  
  On July 1, Shell held the #makethefuture Accelerator, a unique event run by Shell & WIRED Consulting in the Olympic Stadium
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• The list of 37 invasive species banned from the UK from today. 

  03-08-2016 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Changes mean that listed species, such as raccoons (pictured), can no longer be imported, grown, bred, sold or released into the environment in the UK without a permit.
  
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• 'Fantastic Beasts' Potter spinoff gets release date for sequel

  03-08-2016 18:00
  
  Warner Bros has set a release date and crew details for the second Fantastic Beasts film, head of the release of the first
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• Private space firm gets landmark approval to land on the moon

  03-08-2016 17:58
  
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• Peyton Manning Children's Hospital suggests Head lice are now 'resistant to 98% of remedies'

  03-08-2016 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mutations are turning the pests into 'super lice', which cannot be killed by pyrethrins and permethrins, the active ingredients in many over-the-counter remedies.
  
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• Moon Express to send lander to the lunar surface in historic move

  03-08-2016 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Moon Express, headquartered in Cape Canaveral, plans to fly a suitcase-sized lander to the moon for a two-week mission in 2017. It paves to way to mine the moon and asteroids.
  
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• Why sending sick workers home actually makes MORE people ill: Bringing in healthy workers 'causes diseases to spread more rapidly' 

  03-08-2016 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Though logical in theory, experts at the Santa Fe Institute warn workplaces can be a hotbed of viral transmissions, and the sick worker's germs may still be lingering.
  
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• The world's smartest people of all time revealed

  03-08-2016 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Libb Thims, a Chicago-based electrochemical engineer, has ranked the 40 smartest people of all time. The smartest person in history is believed to be German polymath Johann Goethe.
  
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• YouTube video shows luminous 'UFO' light up the sky in Russia

  03-08-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazing footage captured amazed - and scared - locals watching the bizarre glowing ball on the horizon which turned out to be an example of ball lighting - an unexplained and rare phenomenon.
  
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• Spotted the 'giant black panther' famed in the Lake District for ripping heads off sheep 

  03-08-2016 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jason Young, an asset manager from St Helens, Merseyside, claimed he saw the beast on Saturday, July 23, as it chased a deer by old Roman ruins near the tourist town of Ambleside.
  
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• From child prodigies to playwrights, the world's 40 smartest people of all time revealed

  03-08-2016 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Libb Thims, a Chicago-based electrochemical engineer, has ranked the 40 smartest people of all time. The smartest person in history is believed to be German polymath Johann Goethe.
  
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• RIP Jade Rabbit: China's lunar rover is pronounced dead after 31 months on the moon

  03-08-2016 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chang'e-3 rocket carrying the Jade Rabbit rover blasted off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan province on December 2, 2013.
  
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• Rethinking global finance

  03-08-2016 15:43
  
  The second in our series on IBM Watson examines how banking, insurance and trading institutions – and their customers – can benefit from cognitive computing
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• Uber faces ban in Taiwan

  03-08-2016 15:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Car-booking app Uber could be banned in Taiwan, after state officials claim the company does not operate lawfully within the country.
  
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• Bee queens are Notch-blocking their minions, say boffins

  03-08-2016 15:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  From each according to her ovary, to each according to her: Oh snap I'm infertile Scientists have identified a molecular mechanism that explains how queen bees stop worker bees from laying eggs in order to keep bee society from entering the Apocalypse.…
  
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• Quinoa helped hunter-gatherers build a civilisation in North America

  03-08-2016 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of Utah study of sites in the US dating back 5,000 years ago revealed the plant, called pitseed goosefoot, was one of the first crops to have been cultivated.
  
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• Jupiter’s shadow causes the atmosphere of its volcanic moon Io to COLLAPSE

  03-08-2016 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Southwest Research Institute in Colorado used two telescopes to study what happens to Io's atmosphere as the temperature drops during these eclipses.
  
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• Telegram denies Iranian mass breach

  03-08-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Highly encrypted messaging service Telegram denies hackers breached its systems to gain the details of 15 million Iranian users.
  
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• Tech-savvy targeted by ID thieves, says Experian

  03-08-2016 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nearly a quarter of identity fraud victims in the UK last year were tech-savvy mobile and social media users, according to a credit checking service.
  
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• Not enjoying your job? Let the spark of passion come first

  03-08-2016 14:12
  
  The truly gritty are driven by two intrinsic motivations: interest and purpose
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• Flights are disrupted as THREE Indonesian volcanoes erupt in just three days

  03-08-2016 14:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mount Rinjani on Lombok island near Bali erupted on Monday, with the Sinabung volcano on Sumatra island and Mount Gamalama in the Moluccas chain of islands following suit late yesterday.
  
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• Fly the Valley of the Wind on this real-world 'Nausicaa' glider

  03-08-2016 13:52
  
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• Is this the future of Pokémon Go? System lets virtual creatures interact with the real environment shown on screen

  03-08-2016 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab in Cambridge, Massachusetts, created the technology which lets usersand virtual characters interact with videos.
  
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• Rio 2016: Kohei Uchimura gets £3,700 Pokemon Go bill

  03-08-2016 13:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Olympic gymnast Kohei Uchimura racks up a £3,700 mobile phone bill playing Pokemon Go after arriving in Brazil for the Rio Games.
  
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• China opens terrifying glass walkway on the side of Tianmen Mountain

  03-08-2016 13:15
  
  The pathway is 100 metre long and 1,500 metres up a mountain
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