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• Stone Age tools reveal how our ancestors prepared duck and rhino meat

  08-08-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stone tools unearthed in Jordan desert may contain the oldest evidence of animal protein residues ever discovered. Researchers say early hominins used the tools to butcher meat.
  
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• Plant fossils suggest soil covered the planet 20 million years earlier than first thought

  08-08-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palaeontologists in Yunnan, China, found the fossilised roots of an early plant to colonise the land around 410 million years ago that promises to rewrite how soils are first thought to have emerged.
  
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• Humans have an internal 'physics engine' that helps us catch, throw and dodge objects

  08-08-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Maryland and MIT in Massachusetts discovered the 'physics engine' in the premotor cortex and the supplementary motor areas of the brain.
  
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• Darpa launches ELM program that could pave way for self-repairing homes

  08-08-2016 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darpa has unveiled the Engineered Living Materials program that combines living systems with traditional building materials for on-demand and self-repairing material that cuts cost and energy.
  
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• Stunning map shows EVERY web-connected device on the planet

  08-08-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Texas-based internet cartographer and computer scientist has mapped millions of web devices around the world to create a map showing just how far the technology has spread.
  
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• Watch Nasa blast the world's biggest rocket in slow motion

  08-08-2016 22:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The camera was trialled during the booster test, called QM-2, at Orbital ATK’s test facility in Utah. The Space Launch System booster will now go through further testing, while a second prototype is built.
  
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• Ancient remains discovered at ‘America’s first city’ reveal women held high-power positions

  08-08-2016 22:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was once thought that the ‘beaded burial’ structure at Cahokia was built as a monument to male power – but now, researchers suggest this is not the case. New study found it contains women.
  
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• Amazon plans to turn Alexa into a ‘Star Trek’ AI assistant

  08-08-2016 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon wants to take Alexa where no AI has gone before - outside the home. The firm wants Alexa to function like the 'Star Trek computer' and believe other developers will make it happen.
  
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• Researchers develop 'Faceless Recognition System' to identify hidden faces in photos

  08-08-2016 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Germany have developed a system that can identify people even when their faces are obscured, using cues from the head and body to make accurate predictions.
  
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• Tesla's self-driving feature may have saved a man's LIFE getting him to hospital

  08-08-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joshua Neally, from Missouri,was on his way from work when he suffered a pulmonary embolism - a painful blockage of the artery in the lung.
  
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• Decline of fishing in Lake Tanganyika 'due to warming'

  08-08-2016 21:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research blames rising temperatures over the last century as the key cause of decline in Lake Tanganyika, one of the world's most important fisheries.
  
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• China blasts its own elevated bus public transport amid safety concerns

  08-08-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's state media has blasted the Transit Elevated Bus amid safety concerns. It even went as far as saying the road test which was filmed last week in Qinghuangdao, never happened.
  
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• Amazon plans to turn Alexa into a ‘Star Trek’ AI assistant: Firm has partnered with more than 10,000 developers to link products to the voice service both in and outside of the home

  08-08-2016 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon wants to take Alexa where no AI has gone before - outside the home. The firm wants Alexa to function like the 'Star Trek computer' and believe other developers will make it happen.
  
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• Science on the brain: How your mind's hidden 'physics engine' can predict the future

  08-08-2016 21:00
  
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• Mars' 'little green men' buried alive by merciless meteorites – new theory

  08-08-2016 20:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  Organic compounds unlikely to have survived cosmic pummeling, say scientists Scientists hoping to find signs of Martian life on the surface of the Red Planet may not be in luck.…
  
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• Video games could boost children's intelligence but Facebook will ruin grades

  08-08-2016 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne tested more than 12,000 Australian 15-year-olds in maths, reading and science to uncover the benefits of playing online video games.
  
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• Stone Age tools reveal how our ancestors prepared duck, rhino and horse meat up to 250,000 years ago

  08-08-2016 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stone tools unearthed in Jordan desert may contain the oldest evidence of animal protein residues ever discovered. Researchers say early hominins used the tools to butcher meat.
  
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• Your future home could have self-repairing abilities: Darpa launches program that combines living systems with traditional building materials

  08-08-2016 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Darpa has unveiled the Engineered Living Materials program that combines living systems with traditional building materials for on-demand and self-repairing material that cuts cost and energy.
  
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• Watch Nasa blast the world's biggest rocket in slow motion: SLS booster test is captured in stunning detail

  08-08-2016 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The camera was trialled during the booster test, called QM-2, at Orbital ATK’s test facility in Utah. The Space Launch System booster will now go through further testing, while a second prototype is built.
  
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• Autopilot to the rescue! Tesla's self-driving feature may have saved a man's LIFE by helping him get to hospital

  08-08-2016 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Joshua Neally, from Missouri,was on his way from work when he suffered a pulmonary embolism - a painful blockage of the artery in the lung.
  
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• Facebook tests Express Wi-fi service in India

  08-08-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook confirms that it is in the early stages of testing a wi-fi service with Indian internet service providers (ISPs).
  
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• The reach of the internet is revealed: Stunning map shows EVERY web-connected device on the planet

  08-08-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Texas-based internet cartographer and computer scientist has mapped millions of web devices around the world to create a map showing just how far the technology has spread.
  
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• The elevated bus is 'a scam': China blasts its own radical public transport amid safety concerns (and claims the road test never happened)

  08-08-2016 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's state media has blasted the Transit Elevated Bus amid safety concerns. It even went as far as saying the road test which was filmed last week in Qinghuangdao, never happened.
  
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• Breathtaking images of Mars mark HiRISE's 10 years in space

  08-08-2016 18:17
  
  The HiRISE camera has taken nearly 250,000 images of Mars over the past 10 years
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• DNA shows that horse's 'funny walk originated in York'

  08-08-2016 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The speedy, almost comical horse step known as an ambling gait originated in England in the middle of the Ninth Century, scientists say.
  
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• Playing video games could boost children's intelligence (but Facebook will ruin their school grades)

  08-08-2016 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne tested more than 12,000 Australian 15-year-olds in maths, reading and science to uncover the benefits of playing online video games.
  
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• Sticking to meat-free, dairy-free diet is NOT as good for the planet as you might think

  08-08-2016 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Tufts University in Boston said that although livestock take up a large amount of space, getting rid of the animals would not automatically allow farmers to produce more food.
  
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• Billion-tonne IceCube: Sterile neutrinos do not exist

  08-08-2016 17:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're, um, Straight Outta 'fourth' 'trons... 'trinos... you know what we mean – scientists Scientists are almost certain that the sterile neutrino does not exist after failing to find any sign of the ghostly particle at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in the South Pole.…
  
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• Billion-tonne IceCube: Sterile neutrino does not exist

  08-08-2016 17:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're, um, Straight Outta 'fourth' 'trons... 'trinos... you know what we mean – scientists Physicists are almost certain that the sterile neutrino does not exist after failing to find any sign of the ghostly particle at the IceCube Neutrino Observatory in the South Pole.…
  
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• The 'Dyson Sphere' mystery deepens: Bizarre star keeps dimming and no-one knows why

  08-08-2016 16:48
  
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• TSA agents find 3D printed handgun in passenger's hand luggage

  08-08-2016 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The replica firearm - discovered at a security checkpoint at Reno-Tahoe International Airport in Nevada - was assembled with parts made from a 3D printer.
  
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• 1,007 Chinese droids dance in unison to set a new world record

  08-08-2016 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sea of robots took to the stage at the Qingdao Beer Festival in Shandong, China. Each of the 1,007 dancing robots measured just 43.8 centimetres (19 inches) tall.
  
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• Playing online games can make children smarter (just don't let them use social media)

  08-08-2016 16:00
  
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• Nasa witnesses ancient comet being vaporised by the Sun

  08-08-2016 15:51
  
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• Bitfinex users to share 36% of bitcoin losses after hack

  08-08-2016 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People who stored bitcoins at a popular exchange are told they will lose 36% of their assets following a cyber-attack.
  
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• Genetic switches for regenerating tissue are traced back 420 million years

  08-08-2016 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, believe it may be possible to turn on a genetic mechanism found in humans used by axolotl (pictured) to regenerate limbs.
  
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• 'Wonder material' created in lab is found to occur naturally in Siberian coal mine

  08-08-2016 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at McGill University in Montreal say the minerals had a similar stucture to metal organic frameworks (pictured), which could find uses in hydrogen storage.
  
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• Rare giant panda cub born at Vienna zoo - mother's fourth

  08-08-2016 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Another giant panda cub is born at Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo - the fourth time that mother Yang Yang has conceived naturally.
  
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• Images show shooting stars over Devon as the annual Perseids meteor shower

  08-08-2016 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Debris from Comet Swift-Tuttle burst into the Earth’s upper atmosphere at around 130,000 miles (210,000 km) per hour, lighting up the sky with fast-moving Perseid meteors.
  
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• Delta computer outage hits Heathrow as flights are grounded

  08-08-2016 14:07
  
  A power cut in Atlanta has caused a whole lot of problems for Delta customers
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• Addicted to Stranger Things? Watch this spooky VR teaser

  08-08-2016 14:01
  
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• Tesla car 'drove owner to hospital'

  08-08-2016 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lawyer Joshua Neally puts his Tesla into autopilot to take him to a local hospital while suffering piercing pain in his chest.
  
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• Is your phone at risk? Security flaw in Android devices could give hackers access data

  08-08-2016 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The problem was discovered after Checkpoint spent six months reversing San Diego-based Qualcomm's code. The issue lies in the software that handles graphics.
  
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• Pokémon Go CONTACT LENSES could someday be a reality

  08-08-2016 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Niantic Labs chief executive John Hanke told a conference in Los Angeles he wants to help develop new devices for playing Pokémon Go and ultimately wants contact lenses.
  
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• Eerie visage appears on section of coastline famous for its crumbling red rocks

  08-08-2016 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The haunting face was spotted peering out from the cliffs at Sidmouth in Devon by Louise Pottinger on Friday evening while she was walking on the seafront with her friends.
  
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• Facial recognition can identify you even if your face is blurred

  08-08-2016 12:43
  
  Posting those endless holiday pics to Facebook is a bad idea
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• Over 1,000 Chinese droids dance in unison to set a new world record

  08-08-2016 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sea of robots took to the stage at the Qingdao Beer Festival in Shandong, China. Each of the 1,007 dancing robots measured just 43.8 centimetres (19 inches) tall.
  
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• Earth has used up the planet's resources for 2016 in less than eight months

  08-08-2016 12:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Environmentalists warn carbon dioxide emissions are outstripping what forests and oceans can absorb, and planet can not keep up with the rate of fishing and deforestation.
  
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• Watch 1,000 robots simultaneously dance their way to a new world record

  08-08-2016 12:00
  
  More than 1,000 robots danced simultaneously in an attempt to set a new record
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• New licence fee detector vans won't snoop on Wi-Fi, BBC says

  08-08-2016 11:46
  
  There has been "considerable inaccurate reporting" about changes to TV licence vans, according to the BBC
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