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• Drone racing takes to the Sky with $1m investment

  14-09-2016 23:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Satellite broadcaster Sky is spending $1m (£757,000) to bring live drone racing to UK viewers.
  
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• Apple's iOS 10 update slammed after it renders some devices unusable

  14-09-2016 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple users from all over the world flooded social media with images of their devices that were rendered temporarily unusable after installing iOS 10. Apple says the issue is fixed and it's now safe to download.
  
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• Gmail hit by more than FIVE HOURS of outages: Service resumes for some users as firm says a fix will come ‘in the near future'

  14-09-2016 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google for Work Gmail users across the US and the UK began experiencing problems at around 11.30ET. Service was returned to many five hours later but some remain without service.
  
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• Selfies DO make you happy: Study finds those who regularly snap pictures feel more confident and comfortable

  14-09-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To some, selfies are narcissistic. But a new study reveals they can improve your well-being. The University of California found that taking selfies improves people's mood and self-perception.
  
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• Where the Rosetta space probe will go to die: ESA reveals photos of pitted site where the orbiter will crash land at the end of this month

  14-09-2016 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $1.5 billion space probe will make impact with an area known as Ma’at – where 60-meter-deep pits with ‘goosebumped’ walls are thought to produce many of the comet’s dust jets.
  
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• Arkansas was nearly wiped off the map by a 1980 accident at a nuclear missile silo, new book reveals

  14-09-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Command and Control, written by journalist Eric Schlosser, recalls harrowing chain of events of September 18, 1980, at a Titan II nuclear missile silo in Damascus, Arkansas.
  
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• 'Mind-reading' tech can now pinpoint emotions flickering across your brain

  14-09-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study from Duke University in North Carolina builds on earlier research to 'see' specific emotions like fear and anger reflected in people's brain activity while inside an MRI scanner.
  
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• Great apes' diet varies with rank: Dominant males eat more meat while nursing females feast on fruit

  14-09-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany analysed stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in local plant foods and 101 bonobo hair samples.
  
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• Earth is not as unique as we thought: Materials as old as the solar system have the same chemical composition as our planet

  14-09-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Western Ontario looked at the abundance of the isotope neodymium-142 in some of the oldest solid materials formed in the solar system.
  
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• Google's Gmail is DOWN across the UK and US, users report

  14-09-2016 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google for Work Gmail users across the US are experiencing problems, which began at around 11.30ET today. Outraged users took to twitter to complain.
  
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• Clever crow naturally uses tools

  14-09-2016 19:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crow that survives only in captivity has been found to adapt and use tools to find food, according to scientists.
  
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• The bizarre 1920s plan to merge Africa and Europe into a 'supercontinent' by DRAINING the Mediterranean Sea

  14-09-2016 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idea was proposed by German architect Herman Sörgel who hoped the colossal plan would be an answer to Europe's post-WWI refugee crisis and help bring world peace.
  
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• Not so bird-brained after all! Critically endangered Hawaiian crow is skilled at using twig tools to get food

  14-09-2016 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from San Diego Zoo and St Andrew's University collaborated to examine the tool-using skills of 104 of the 109 Alala - or Hawaiian crow - under controlled conditions.
  
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• The mystery of Charon's blood-red spot is solved: Dark patch on Pluto's largest moon is caused by trapped gas

  14-09-2016 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers at the Lowell Observatory in Arizona, analysed images of the strange red stain at the north pole of Charon. The area is nicknamed Mordor after the evil land in Lord of the Rings.
  
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• Have wonky teeth? Then you may be more wobbly on your feet: A straight set of pearly whites improves balance

  14-09-2016 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The studies carried out by the Department of Physiology at the Universities of Barcelona and Innsbruck found it may have an affect on athletes, playing a key role in how well they perform.
  
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• Tool-using crow: Rare bird joins clever animal elite

  14-09-2016 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crow that survives only in captivity has been found to adapt and use tools to find food, according to scientists.
  
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• Solving the mystery of why Pluto's largest moon has a 'red cap'

  14-09-2016 19:00
  
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• 'Lift-the-flap' books with 3D pages do NOT help children learn new words, claims expert

  14-09-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, by Dr Jeanne Shinskey from the University of London, tasked young children with identifying a starfruit for the first time after learning about it in a book (stock image).
  
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• Star's dust cloud gives birth to giant planet

  14-09-2016 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have discovered signs of a baby planet developing around another star.
  
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• Is Walmart building self-driving shopping carts? Patent reveals 'disc-shaped' robots that allow carts to navigate the stores

  14-09-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports surfaced earlier this year that Walmart was building driverless carts. Now, the firm has been awarded a patent detailing a system that uses robots to transport and navigate carts inside their stores.
  
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• Hands-on with Amazon's British-accented Echo speaker

  14-09-2016 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Rory Cellan-Jones tries out Amazon's voice-controlled speaker that now features a British-accented virtual assistant.
  
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• Camouflage of the ‘parrot lizard' dinosaur is recreated using 120 million-year-old fossils

  14-09-2016 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Bristol reconstructed the bizarre-looking, long-lost species’ patterns using a well-preserved fossil from China, in an area known for its fossils.
  
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• European Commission plans free wi-fi in public spaces

  14-09-2016 18:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The president of the European Commission seeks to offer the public free wi-fi in parks and public buildings.
  
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• Outback turns into an inland OCEAN! Majestic aerial pictures show Australian desert lake full of water after drought-breaking rain 

  14-09-2016 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australia’s largest lake is an extraordinary oasis in the harsh Australian outback that looks majestic when filled with a wealth of water.
  
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• Self-driving Uber cars take to the streets in Pittsburgh as firm officially launches its test program

  14-09-2016 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starting Wednesday morning, a fleet of self-driving Ford Fusions will pick up Uber riders who opted to participate in a test program. An engineer will sit in the driver's seat in case things go awry.
  
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• Muslim teenager launches a campaign for a hijab emoji

  14-09-2016 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Student Rayouf Alhumedhi, 15, from Berlin, is drawing up an official proposal for the Unicode Consortium and already has the backing of thousands of people on social media.
  
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• A new map of the Milky Way

  14-09-2016 18:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency has released details of the position and brightness of more than a billion stars.
  
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• Map to the stars: Gaia's first data dump a piece of 3D Milky Way puzzle

  14-09-2016 18:04 via go.theregister.com
  
  Calibrating relationships between celestial objects The European Space Agency has revealed the first catalogue of stars mapped during its Gaia mission today.…
  
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• A new social network, Nextdoor, launches in the UK for you and your neighbours

  14-09-2016 17:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A virtual space for passive-aggressive messages or a network which could bring communities together?
  
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• Driver charging his Samsung Galaxy Note 7 in his car 'caused highway explosion in Florida'

  14-09-2016 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Flames engulfed the car on a highway in Port St. Lucie, Florida, after the cellphone exploded inside, less than a week after Samsung told customers to stop using the phone.
  
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• Wildlife decline has slowed, not stopped

  14-09-2016 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The health of the countryside varies depending on how it is measured.
  
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• YouTube ordered to pay more for music by Europe

  14-09-2016 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video sites such as YouTube will be forced to pay more to musicians and record companies under plans to reform European copyright laws.
  
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• UK Science Museum will reconsider its 'sexist' brain quiz

  14-09-2016 17:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  Apparently, it was designed to be 'tongue in cheek' The Science Museum in London has announced it will reconsider its exhibition on sex and gender – after it faced criticism over a quiz that tested whether a brain was male or female.…
  
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• The UK's Science Museum will reconsider its 'sexist' brain quiz

  14-09-2016 17:07 via go.theregister.com
  
  Apparently, it was designed to be 'tongue in cheek' The Science Museum has announced it will reconsider its exhibition on sex and gender after it faced criticism over a quiz that tested whether a brain was male or female.…
  
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• Our world could simply be a SIMULATION, says Bank of America

  14-09-2016 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earlier this year, researchers gathered at the American Museum of Natural History in New York to debate this notion. If the prediction is true, it is unclear how we could get out of The Matrix.
  
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• Food safety expert explains when we should pay LESS attention to sell-by dates

  14-09-2016 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Londa Nwadike, a food safety expert at the University of Missouri, says people need to handle food safely after they purchase it, including storing foods in the right conditions.
  
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• The 10 best launch partners for Amazon Echo's Alexa

  14-09-2016 16:28
  
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• Companies are more likely to hire you if you look like the woman and man on the left

  14-09-2016 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study has revealed that thinner women are more likely to land a job over their curvier counterparts.
  
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• Zika in Northern Ireland: 'several' residents have been treated for the disease, officials reveal

  14-09-2016 16:16
  
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• Polar bears will have less time to hunt and breed due to melting Arctic ice

  14-09-2016 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new study, by the University of Washington with funding and satellite data from Nasa, is the first to quantify the sea ice changes in each polar bear sub-population across the entire Arctic region.
  
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• Esa unveils the most detailed 3D atlas of the Milky Way ever made

  14-09-2016 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The data for the map was collected by a space-based probe called Gaia, which has been circling the sun nearly a million miles beyond Earth's orbit since its launch in December 2013.
  
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• Chemists reveal why you should never let it go flat and what causes it to EXPLODE

  14-09-2016 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The American Chemical Society has issued a series of tips to keep the battery in your smartphone as healthy as possible. They say draining a lithium ion battery reduces the charge it can hold.
  
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• GCHQ wants to protect the UK from cyberattacks with a government firewall

  14-09-2016 15:25
  
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• The next Marvel hero to hit the big screen? Stan Lee himself (as a Bond-style spy)

  14-09-2016 15:05
  
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• How to make your battery last longer: Chemists reveal why you should never let it go flat and what causes it to EXPLODE

  14-09-2016 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The American Chemical Society has issued a series of tips to keep the battery in your smartphone as healthy as possible. They say draining a lithium ion battery reduces the charge it can hold.
  
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• Apple iOS 10 software update includes 'sassy' emojis and the ability to delete apps

  14-09-2016 14:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple users from all over the world flooded social media with images and opinions on the changes in iOS 10. The software was released by California-headquartered Apple yesterday.
  
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• Try your hand at the quiz that sees if you can select commonly misused words

  14-09-2016 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new quiz from Playbuzz has devised a quiz to divide the grammar champs from the grammar chumps. Only ten per cent of people will get full marks on the test, take it here to see if you are one of them.
  
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• Science snaps

  14-09-2016 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fifteen stunning images from the Royal Photographic Society's International Images for Science competition
  
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• Microscopic images reveal the hidden beauty around us

  14-09-2016 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunning images are taken by 82-year-old Spike Walker from Retford, whose decades of work have earned him the Scientific Imaging Award from the Royal Photographic Society.
  
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