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• Facebook overhauls Trending feature after bias claims

  27-08-2016 18:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Social media giant Facebook makes its Trending feature more automated after criticism it was biased against conservative views.
  
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• Juno probe makes close pass of Jupiter

  27-08-2016 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US space agency’s Juno probe makes its first close approach to Jupiter since going into orbit in July.
  
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• Are biofuels really worse than petrol when it comes to climate change?

  27-08-2016 15:10
  
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• Solar eclipses DO change the weather

  27-08-2016 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Reading and the UK Met Office analsyed data gathered during the solar eclipse in March 2015 and found wind speed dropped by up to 2.3mph and changed direction by 20°.
  
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• Meet the entrepreneurs at the heart of India's digital transformation

  27-08-2016 13:00
  
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• World's largest marine reserve created off Hawaii

  27-08-2016 08:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US President Barack Obama expands a national monument off Hawaii, creating the world's largest marine reserve.
  
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• The 'star in a jar' that could provide limitless energy on Earth

  27-08-2016 02:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory revealed their plan for a next generation fusion device in a paper published in the journal Nuclear Fusion.
  
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• The FACE of criminals could one day be revealed from their DNA

  27-08-2016 02:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the new study, traits including nose size, face width, and even distance between the eyes are associated with particular genetic variations.
  
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• AI that learnt from the web became racist

  27-08-2016 02:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Princeton conducted word association tasks with an AI that learns from the web and found it associates black-sounding names with unpleasant words, suggesting we are teaching AI racism.
  
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• How planes REALLY get from New York to London

  27-08-2016 02:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An atmospheric scientist from the University of Reading has created a new visualization to show how a trip from New York to London changes with each day,
  
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• Luigi the poopbot set to scour sewers and analyse human waste for viruses

  27-08-2016 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIT has built a robot that works in sewers, where it sifts through human waste to find data. Called Luigi, this 'poopbot' sucks up waste and traps bacteria so researchers can study urban health patterns.
  
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• The FACE of criminals could one day be revealed from their DNA: Researchers reveal how facial features are stored in our genes

  27-08-2016 00:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the new study, traits including nose size, face width, and even distance between the eyes are associated with particular genetic variations.
  
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• The robot that became racist: AI that learnt from the web finds white-sounding names 'pleasant' and black-sounding names are 'unpleasant'

  27-08-2016 00:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Princeton conducted word association tasks with an AI that learns from the web and found it associates black-sounding names with unpleasant words, suggesting we are teaching AI racism.
  
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