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• Black holes may be back doors' to other parts of the universe'

  05-08-2016 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Valencia suggest there may be a way out through a wormhole at the centre of black holes, which lets matter pass to a different region of the universe.
  
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• Facebook 'selfie' mode automatically starts your camera in Snapchat copy

  05-08-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just days after Facebook owned Instagram launched its 'Stories' that borrow more than a little form Snapchat, Facebook's own app has done the same.
  
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• Poetics study shows people who love trashy movies 'enjoy deviation from mainstream'

  05-08-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Low budget movies like ‘Sharknado,’ though they may be ‘badly made’ and ‘embarrassing,’ are often appreciated from an ironic standpoint, according to a new study.
  
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• Imperial College London scientists could revolutionise quantum computing 

  05-08-2016 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Imperial College team say the coupled light and electron would have properties that could lead to circuits that work with packages of light - photons - instead of electrons.
  
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• Email proves UK boffins axed from EU research in Brexit aftermath

  05-08-2016 22:38 via go.theregister.com
  
  Scientists bundled out of labs despite reassurances Blighty can still get at Euro funds Following anecdotes of British scientists being axed from EU-funded projects, one academic has revealed actual evidence of UK boffins being dumped from Euro research efforts in the Brexit aftermath.…
  
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• The secret of Sharknado's success: Researchers say people who love trashy movies 'enjoy deviation from mainstream media'

  05-08-2016 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Low budget movies like ‘Sharknado,’ though they may be ‘badly made’ and ‘embarrassing,’ are often appreciated from an ironic standpoint, according to a new study.
  
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• US Navy to dump the 'blueberries': Bosses reveal 'pointless' blue camouflage uniform to be replaced by standard green pattern

  05-08-2016 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officially known as Navy Working Uniform Type I, the pattern has been mocked as a pointless use of camouflage, and bosses have admitted the only time it would help disguise is 'if you fall overboard'.
  
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• Now Facebook copies Snapchat too: New 'selfie' mode automatically starts your camera when you open the app

  05-08-2016 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just days after Facebook owned Instagram launched its 'Stories' that borrow more than a little form Snapchat, Facebook's own app has done the same.
  
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• Good news, singletons! Married people are less resilient and have worse social lives than those without a partner

  05-08-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bella DePaulo, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, analysed 814 studies on married and single people carried out over the past 30 year (stock image used).
  
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• Push to tackle online 'booter' services

  05-08-2016 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teenagers are behind many of the web attacks that cripple websites and knock people offline, suggests an FBI study.
  
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• Geeks win millions for teaching computers to battle each other

  05-08-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The event, known as the Cyber Grand Challenge, concluded Thursday evening in a Las Vegas convention centre ballroom after a digital battle among software programs.
  
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• Google self driving trucks to take to American roads by the end of the year

  05-08-2016 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By the end of the year, small owner-operators and larger commercial partners will begin using Otto's self-driving kit developed by ex-Google employees.
  
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• Black holes may be 'back doors' to other parts of the universe, researchers claim

  05-08-2016 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Valencia suggest there may be a way out through a wormhole at the centre of black holes, which lets matter pass to a different region of the universe.
  
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• Now that really IS a lighbulb moment! Scientists discover new form of light that could revolutionise quantum computing 

  05-08-2016 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Imperial College team say the coupled light and electron would have properties that could lead to circuits that work with packages of light - photons - instead of electrons.
  
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• LHC physicists say particle they thought would rewrite laws of physics was a 'burp'

  05-08-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a Chicago physics conference, Tiziano Camporesi, a CERN chief scientific spokesman, said more data has revealed that what they saw was simply a random statistical fluctuation.
  
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• Queensland experts reveal why normal people become aggressive behind the wheel

  05-08-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby, psychology experts from the University of Queensland, suggest drivers should speak to themselves in a friendly voice to reduce road rage.
  
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• Nature documentaries such as Planet earth can keep prisoners calm

  05-08-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers carrying out a small scale study on the mental health of prisonersin an Oregon prison believe they can keep inmates calm by reconnecting them with nature.
  
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• Mutant killing mosquitoes to swarm Miami: Officials approve releasing genetically-modified insects that self-destruct in desperate bid to stop Zika

  05-08-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Food and Drug Administration gave its final approval for a field trial releasing the genetically modified insects in the Florida Keys on Friday.
  
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• Nagasaki atomic bomb aftermath filmed by Soviet Union shown to Japanese for first time

  05-08-2016 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Soviet Union researchers captured the harrowing footage of the flattened Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki around a month after the US bombings took place in August 1945.
  
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• JK Rowling slammed by scientist over her response to research on the female orgasm

  05-08-2016 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Edinburgh-based Harry Potter writer is locked in a battle of words with scientists from Yale University and the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
  
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• Suicide Squad review - anti-heroes can't save DC's shared movie universe

  05-08-2016 18:47
  
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• Scientists create a neural network that can spot sarcasm on Twitter

  05-08-2016 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the universities of Lisbon and Austin, Texas have engineered what they call 'a deep neural network for automated sarcasm detection'.
  
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• Open University scientists solve Mars' 'mystery veins' on Gale crater

  05-08-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Open University and the University of Leicester used the Mars Curiosity rover to explore Yellowknife Bay in Gale Crater to find out how the veins formed.
  
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• Scientists bred booze-dependent rats for decades discover genes linked to compulsive drinking

  05-08-2016 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Purdue University have discovered 930 genes that drive alcoholism. They reached this conclusion after decades of breeding alcohol-dependent rats, who drank profusely.
  
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• Facebook to suppress clickbait stories

  05-08-2016 18:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook is intensifying its crackdown on so-called "clickbait" news that appears on the social network.
  
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• US to lift a ban on part-human part-animal embryo development

  05-08-2016 17:59
  
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• Fifth fundamental force has NOT been found: LHC physicists say particle they thought would rewrite laws of physicswas a 'statistical burp'

  05-08-2016 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a Chicago physics conference, Tiziano Camporesi, a CERN chief scientific spokesman, said more data has revealed that what they saw was simply a random statistical fluctuation.
  
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• The REAL reason we get road rage: Experts reveal why normal people become aggressive behind the wheel

  05-08-2016 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Stan Steindl and Dr James Kirby, psychology experts from the University of Queensland, suggest drivers should speak to themselves in a friendly voice to reduce road rage.
  
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• How watching 'Planet Earth' reduces violence: Nature documentaries can help keep prisoners calm

  05-08-2016 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers carrying out a small scale study on the mental health of prisonersin an Oregon prison believe they can keep inmates calm by reconnecting them with nature.
  
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• Is alcoholism GENETIC? Scientists who bred booze-dependent rats for decades discover 930 genes linked to compulsive drinking 

  05-08-2016 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Purdue University have discovered 930 genes that drive alcoholism. They reached this conclusion after decades of breeding alcohol-dependent rats, who drank profusely.
  
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• Pokemon Go banned by Iranian authorities over 'security'

  05-08-2016 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities in Iran ban the Pokemon Go app because of unspecified "security concerns", joining other countries to have worries over the hit game.
  
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• Amazon unveils cargo plane as it expands delivery network

  05-08-2016 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon has revealed the latest weapon in its quest to make delivery for its Prime customers even quicker - a huge Boeing 767-300.
  
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• Apple given all-clear to sell energy from solar farm

  05-08-2016 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electronics giant Apple has been granted the right to sell energy generated at its $850m solar farm in California.
  
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• Disappointment for LHC physicists

  05-08-2016 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A physicist speaks to BBC2's Horizon programme as a tantalising discovery recedes into the background of data from the Large Hadron Collider.
  
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• New particle hopes fade as LHC data 'bump' disappears

  05-08-2016 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Results from the Large Hadron Collider show that a "bump" in the machine's data, previously rumoured to represent a new particle, has gone away.
  
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• Lost Greek statue of Zeus remade with 3D printing

  05-08-2016 16:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An ancient Greek statue of Zeus has been recreated using 3D printing, after it was lost in the 5th Century.
  
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• Break out the Elder Scrolls: Skyrmion characters seek storage possibilities

  05-08-2016 16:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  Durham Uni-based adventurers given gold* for their efforts Durham University quantum physicists have been funded to run a Skyrmion Project involving other British universities, which, among other aims, could mean less electricity was needed to power the world.…
  
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• Astronomers list 20 planets most likely to harbour life

  05-08-2016 16:39
  
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• Oh really? Scientists create a neural network that can spot sarcasm on Twitter

  05-08-2016 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the universities of Lisbon and Austin, Texas have engineered what they call 'a deep neural network for automated sarcasm detection'.
  
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• Google wants to stop you entering passwords

  05-08-2016 16:29
  
  Open YOLO allows third-party apps to automatically access certain password managers
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• WIRED gets behind the wheel of the new Aston Martin DB11

  05-08-2016 16:01
  
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• Why Niantic banned third party Pokémon Go apps

  05-08-2016 16:01
  
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• From narrow gullies to huge craters, stunning new images of Mars reveal the planet's surface in mesmerising detail

  05-08-2016 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team, led by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab in Passadena and the University of Arizona, has published over 1,000 new images taken of Mars over the last few years.
  
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• You know what would really make your metamaterial pop? 6th century Japan tech

  05-08-2016 15:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  Science by a 1,000 cuts: Power of kirigami adds 3D Engineers at the University of Bristol have applied the traditional Japanese art of Kirigami - where paper is folded and cut to construct intricate models - to create a new shape-changing metamaterial.…
  
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• Tesla's Autopilot can be HACKED as experts reveal how easy it is to sabotage the Model S

  05-08-2016 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group at China’s Zhejiang University used off-the-shelf materials to trick Tesla’s Autopilot sensors. The team plans to release further details in a talk later this week.
  
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• Humpback whales from across the world are rescuing vulnerable seals from orca attacks

  05-08-2016 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have observed a number of incidents in which humpback whales (pictured) in the Arctic interfere with the feeding of orcas, by protecting their prey from harm.
  
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• Heroic humpback whales from across the world are rescuing vulnerable seals from orca attacks

  05-08-2016 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have observed a number of incidents in which humpback whales (pictured) in the Arctic interfere with the feeding of orcas, by protecting their prey from harm.
  
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• Tesla's Autopilot can be HACKED: Experts reveal how easy it is to sabotage the feature on a Model S

  05-08-2016 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group at China’s Zhejiang University used off-the-shelf materials to trick Tesla’s Autopilot sensors. The team plans to release further details in a talk later this week.
  
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• 105-year-old orca is spotted off the coast of Washington 

  05-08-2016 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts spied the 105-year orca named 'Granny' with other whales on 27 July an claimed she was in 'high spirits' in the Salish Sea, near Washington.
  
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• Aston Martin's gorgeous new 200mph DB11 is here and we test it

  05-08-2016 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From any angle the DB11 displays gorgeous proportions and a beautiful but faintly menacing stance that says 'don't mess with me.' We put it to the test.
  
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