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• Research shows kids watch their parents to decide which foods to like or not

  12-08-2016 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Though babies may seem to put anything in their mouths - whether it is food, mud, or dishwasher soap - the research by UC Santa Barbara shows infants are more socially intelligent than we may think.
  
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• Experts explain why sleeping naked is good for you

  12-08-2016 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who sleep naked may do it for comfort, but research shows it alsohas health benefits. It lowers body temperature, steadies cortisol levels and can even strengthen your relationship.
  
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• Do YOU sleep naked? Experts explain why skipping clothes at bedtime is good for you

  12-08-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who sleep naked may do it for comfort, but research shows it alsohas health benefits. It lowers body temperature, steadies cortisol levels and can even strengthen your relationship.
  
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• US Air Force's F-22 Raptor grounded by BEES: Maintenance crew discovers nearly 20,000 honey bees swarming the fighter jet's exhaust nozzle

  12-08-2016 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After flight operations at a Virginia base in June, the maintenance crew discovered ‘what looked like a cloud of thousands of bees hanging from the jet’s exhaust nozzle.
  
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• Hubble telescope spots two dwarf galaxies pulled by gravity into 'galactic big city'

  12-08-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two tiny galaxies, called Pisces A and B, were spotted by Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope, and astronomers say they likely existed in isolation for most of the universe’s history.
  
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• China developing a hypersonic space plane which could cut the cost of space travel

  12-08-2016 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China is developing a new hypersonic space plane (illustrated) that will use a combined cycle air breathing engine along with rocket motors. It hopes to deliver a working plane by 2030.
  
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• Stunning images show shooting stars from Perseids meteor shower

  12-08-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The annual Perseids meteor shower has been lighting up the sky since July 17, with stunning images of the shower coming in from the UK, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  
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• Hubble spots two dwarf galaxies that have been pulled by gravity into a 'galactic big city' after billions of years in isolation

  12-08-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two tiny galaxies, called Pisces A and B, were spotted by Nasa’s Hubble Space Telescope, and astronomers say they likely existed in isolation for most of the universe’s history.
  
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• China is developing a hypersonic jet: Planned space plane could drastically cut the cost of space travel

  12-08-2016 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China is developing a new hypersonic space plane (illustrated) that will use a combined cycle air breathing engine along with rocket motors. It hopes to deliver a working plane by 2030.
  
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• Columbia University scientists use light beam to implant image into mouse's mind

  12-08-2016 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research comes from Columbia University, where scientists used a technique known as optogenetics that has previously been shown to restore sight and hearing in blind and deaf mice.
  
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• 100-million-year-old dinosaur Sibirosaurus weighed 50 tonnes and was size of cricket pitch

  12-08-2016 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossils were discovered in 2008 in a Siberian cliff face. Now, researchers from Tomsk State University in Russia are set to publish their findings, claiming the animal is a new species of sauropod.
  
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• Light that gives you a suntan has travelled from OUTSIDE our galaxy

  12-08-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian astrophysicists say we are constantly bombarded by about 10 billion photons per second from intergalactic space when we're outside, day and night.
  
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• Female cats respond faster than male cats to the cries of distressed kittens

  12-08-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The trait was found to be independent of whether the females had experience raising their own kittens, the researchers at Hannover Medical School and the University of Veterinary Medicine found.
  
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• Stunning images of Perseid meteor shower

  12-08-2016 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographs and footage capture the annual Perseid meteor shower, which is more active than usual this year.
  
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• Is every human voice and fingerprint really unique? Experts now suggest these features may not be reliable as overriding court evidence or for security systems

  12-08-2016 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from Glasgow Caledonian University says there is no feasible way to determine whether or not fingerprints and voice patterns are actually unique.
  
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• What a show! Stunning images show hundreds of shooting stars from the Perseids meteor shower

  12-08-2016 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The annual Perseids meteor shower has been lighting up the sky since July 17, with stunning images of the shower coming in from the UK, Spain, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  
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• Talk about seeing things! Scientists use a light beam to implant an artificial image into a mouse's mind

  12-08-2016 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research comes from Columbia University, where scientists used a technique known as optogenetics that has previously been shown to restore sight and hearing in blind and deaf mice.
  
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• People in relationships are 'less likely to drink often and to excess' 

  12-08-2016 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virginia University researchers studied the drinking habits of 2,425 identical twins to rule out a possible genetic bias. It found married couples drank less than singletons and cohabiting couples .
  
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• 'New Stonehenge' was made of WOOD

  12-08-2016 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Excavations of Durrington Walls in Wiltshire, just a mile from Stonehenge, have revealed huge pits that once held more than 120 giant wooden posts arranged in a circle.
  
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• Nasa's Juno spacecraft snaps another 1,744 images of Jupiter

  12-08-2016 17:44
  
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• Inside the infinite world of No Man's Sky and its evolving soundtrack

  12-08-2016 17:42
  
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• Gallery: Nasa's Juno spacecraft snaps another 1,744 images of Jupiter

  12-08-2016 17:37
  
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• Dragonfly army drone could be developed if company wins Ministry of Defence funding

  12-08-2016 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dragons' Den meets James Bond - companies pitch for £800m to make futuristic tech for the Armed Forces.
  
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• Sibirosaurus IS a new species, experts claim: 100-million-year-old dinosaur weighed 50 tonnes and was as long as a cricket pitch

  12-08-2016 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossils were discovered in 2008 in a Siberian cliff face. Now, researchers from Tomsk State University in Russia are set to publish their findings, claiming the animal is a new species of sauropod.
  
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• Infoporn: Plotting past and future lunar missions

  12-08-2016 16:32
  
  Last walked on by humans in 1972, interest in Earth's satellite is on the rise. WIRED plots past and future lunar missions
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• Christopher Spencer is a geologist who travels the world

  12-08-2016 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologist Christopher Spencer, from Australia, and his colleagues are living the dream by getting paid to conduct research in remote or exotic locations - from New Guinea to Greenland.
  
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• Tesla's Autopilot is reportedly getting a huge update

  12-08-2016 16:23
  
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• Steve Etches who spent 30 years finding 2,000 fossils is given a £5 million museum

  12-08-2016 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Etches Collection' will be put on display at the Kimmeridge Museum which has been built in the coastal village of Kimmeridge Bay in Dorset, and is due to open in October.
  
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• Mystery as fish land in Banff garden

  12-08-2016 16:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two-inch long fish have appeared in a garden in Banff.
  
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• Monkey selfie: Animal charity Peta challenges ruling

  12-08-2016 15:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An animal charity appeals against a court decision which ruled a monkey could not own the copyright to a selfie photograph it took.
  
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• SETI Institute: Turn down the radio. Better! Let's have another look for those aliens

  12-08-2016 14:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  QTH? Lower-frequency 'scope seeks ET The Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence Institute is launching a pilot experiment that will hunt for signs of alien civilisation using the Murchison Widefield Array, a low frequency radio telescope.…
  
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• Hey, turn down that radio, it's alien season and we're hunting aliens

  12-08-2016 14:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Brainiacs' lower-frequency 'scope seeks ET Some clever folks have started an experiment that will hunt for signs of alien civilisations using the Murchison Widefield Array – a low frequency radio telescope in western Australia.…
  
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• Your plastic water bottle could be harbouring more germs than a DOG BOWL

  12-08-2016 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tests on water bottles were carried out by Minneapolis-based fitness website Treadmill Reviews. It found harmful bacteria such as E.coli lurking on the refillable water containers.
  
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• Scientists reveal exactly how much snow covers Antarctica

  12-08-2016 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only 0.18 per cent of Antactica is exposed rock, a new study has revealed. But this might not last long as the effects of global warming kick in, researchers from the British Antarctic Survey say.
  
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• Sizing up other people helped humans evolve their big brains

  12-08-2016 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evolutionary scientists at Oxford University and Cardiff University have found that people who cooperate with others who are at least as successful as themselves are favoured by evolution.
  
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• NZ scientists track penguins' marathon winter travels

  12-08-2016 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists find some rockhopper and Snares crested penguins travel 15,000km in six months.
  
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• Nasa unveils designs for habitats that could be used in long-haul missions

  12-08-2016 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Concept habitats will be built here on Earth, to help the space agency gain a better insight into the needs and opportunities for extensive manned missions around the moon and beyond.
  
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• 'Spectacular fireballs' accompany annual meteor show

  12-08-2016 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Observers say the annual astronomical event was marked with "spectacular fireballs" in the early hours of Friday.
  
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• Gallery: Infographic: Plotting past and future lunar missions

  12-08-2016 13:47
  
  After the 1972 lunar landing, attention waned for the Moon. But interest is back because of the prospect of mining resources
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• Hundreds of tiny Montserrat tarantulas hatch in zoo

  12-08-2016 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 200 baby Montserrat tarantulas have hatched at Chester Zoo - the first time the rare Caribbean spider has been bred in captivity.
  
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• Chester Zoo breeds Montserrat tarantulas in world first

  12-08-2016 13:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Keepers at Chester Zoo have become the first in the world to successfully breed Montserrat tarantulas in captivity.
  
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• Stunning images reveal underwater volanoes in mesmerising detail

  12-08-2016 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers visited lava flows in a section of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, north of Iceland, called the North Kolbeinsey Ridge, using a deep-sea torpedo robot.
  
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• Dogs would rather play with their toys that help humans

  12-08-2016 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Portsmouth found dogs were more interested in themselves than helping humans, in one of two experiments published in a recent study.
  
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• Stretchable touchpad lets you play Angry Birds on your ARM

  12-08-2016 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Seoul National University in South Korea created the touchpad made of soft and transparent hydrogel containing lithium salts to act as a conductor.
  
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• Mystery planets and strange orbits: what is lurking in the far reaches of our Solar System?

  12-08-2016 13:22
  
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• Carvings found in a Maya royal tomb may reveal murky secrets of the 'Snake Dynasty' 

  12-08-2016 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered an unusually large tomb at the ancient Maya city of Xunantunich in western Belize, where they found the skeleton of a 20-30-year-old man and three hieroglyphic panels.
  
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• Atoms are even smaller than thought – and the measurement has left physicists baffled

  12-08-2016 12:59
  
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• Baby Francois' Langur Embe shares kiss with mum at Sydney's Taronga Zoo

  12-08-2016 12:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mother and baby François Langur, one of the world's rarest monkeys, have been captured sharing a heartwarming kiss at Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
  
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• Robots could take care of cooking while clothes could clean themselves by 2050

  12-08-2016 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Futurologist Dr Ian Pearson predicts that traditional housewife duties - such as cooking, cleaning and shopping - will be made obsolete by 2050 as homes become equipped with robots.
  
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• 'Millions' of Volkswagen cars can be unlocked via hack

  12-08-2016 11:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A sizeable proportion of 100 million Volkswagen cars sold since 1995 can be unlocked remotely by hackers, a team of researchers says.
  
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