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• Global warming will hit 'critical' levels in just 35 years warn scientists

  29-09-2016 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of top scientists is telling world leaders to stop congratulating themselves on the Paris agreement to fight climate change because if more isn't done, Earth will hit dangerous warming levels in 35 years.
  
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• Was a French PRIEST really behind the Piltdown Man hoax?

  29-09-2016 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from the University of the Witwatersrand is investigating a Jesuit Priest who could be behind the Piltdown Man hoax, which is a fossil discovery from 1912.
  
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• On board plane flying through the jet stream

  29-09-2016 23:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Science editor David Shukman goes on board the plane measuring the jet stream to find out how it affects our weather.
  
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• Rosetta spacecraft's crash landing explained

  29-09-2016 23:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Rosetta probe, which has been beaming back spectacular pictures of a comet, is to end its journey by crash landing.
  
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• Tesla driver injured as car on autopilot crashes into tourist bus in Germany

  29-09-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The driver, who was injured in the crash, has claimed he activated the Telsa's autopilot system before the car hit the Danish bus in the northern town of Gudow as it changed lanes.
  
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• Bees get happier and more optimistic after eating a sweet treat suggesting emotions

  29-09-2016 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Queen Mary University of London trained bumblebees to expect blue flowers but not green flowers to contain a sugary treat. They say the bees appear to grow more optimistic afterwards.
  
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• Reddit users posts pictures of iPhone 7 'transit issue' exploding handsets

  29-09-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The user, known as kroopthesnoop, from Texas, posted the series of pictures, saying 'Something happened between the factory and delivery'.
  
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• Apple releases interactive version of George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones books

  29-09-2016 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new editions contain dozens of new features, including interactive character timelines, maps and even histories of each of the houses.
  
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• New version of hit 1980s toy Teddy Ruxpin revealed but with terrifying LCD eyes

  29-09-2016 22:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lovable Teddy Ruxpin is back, but not how you remember. Wicket Cool Toys unveiled an new version that use an app to talk and replaced thetrigger eye movements with LDC displays.
  
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• Our accents are under threat: dialects may die as computers strip the beauty from language

  29-09-2016 21:00
  
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• New data shows 'staggering' extent of great ape trade

  29-09-2016 20:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new database suggests a dramatic under-reporting of the live, illegal trade in great apes including orangutans, chimpanzees and gorilllas.
  
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• Genetic diversity map reveals species more at risk in areas with greater human activity

  29-09-2016 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team led by researchers at the University of Copenhagen looked at more than 90,000 DNA sequences from 4,500 species of amphibians (red eyed tree frog pictured) and mammals.
  
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• Researchers reveal the psychology that makes clowns terrifying

  29-09-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from Knox College discusses the creepy world of clowns and why people fear them. Frank McAndrew believes we are scared of them as a response to the ambiguity of threat.
  
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• Algorithm can detect hidden prejudice from a person's body language

  29-09-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia in Italy have developed an algorithm they say can predict if someone is racist or has prejudices with an accuracy of 82 per cent.
  
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• Commissioner: UK 'must avoid data protection Brexit'

  29-09-2016 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's new information commissioner calls for the country to adopt forthcoming EU data protection laws, despite its plan to leave the EU.
  
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• The true story behind the horror of Mark Wahlberg's Deepwater Horizon

  29-09-2016 20:00
  
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• Talk about getting a buzz: Bees get happier and more optimistic after eating a sweet treat, suggesting insects can experience emotions

  29-09-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Queen Mary University of London trained bumblebees to expect blue flowers but not green flowers to contain a sugary treat. They say the bees appear to grow more optimistic afterwards.
  
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• HP promises fix for printer software that barred outside ink

  29-09-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Palo Alto-based printer giant has apologised to its customers after a software update made some of its printers stop working with ink cartridges from competitors.
  
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• iPal is the controversial child sized machine which 'can be used as a babysitter'

  29-09-2016 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Avatar Mind has developed iPal, a 3ft robot that interacts and plays with children while their parents are away. It uses natural language, can dance, tell stories and play games.
  
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• Thor's Well gigantic hole in Oregon appears to be draining the Pacific Ocean

  29-09-2016 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hole, located in the Cape Perpetua Scenic Area near Yachats in Oregon, looks like it belongs on an alien planet.
  
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• Gas cloud around distant star contains different chemicals to those in our own galaxy

  29-09-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of Japanese researchers using the ALMA telescope in Chile recently studied a star covered in a hot molecular core, and found it is very different to equivalent cores found in our galaxy.
  
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• Strange reptile fossil puzzles scientists

  29-09-2016 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A reptile that lived 200 million years ago is rewriting the rulebooks on how four-legged animals conquered the world.
  
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• Send condoms to space to teach aliens how to have sex says Swedish charity

  29-09-2016 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Swedish Association for Sexuality Education (RFSU) said condoms might come in 'handy' if aliens decide to 'visit earth and find some hot earthlings'.
  
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• EU Commission sues UK over harbour porpoise protection

  29-09-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Commission takes the UK to court for failure to allocate safe marine areas for harbour porpoises.
  
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• One in six people will get dementia as number of deaths DOUBLES in 13 years

  29-09-2016 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In 2014 there were a total of 73,189 deaths with a recorded mention of dementia, a nine per cent increase on 2011, a report from Public Health England found.
  
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• Facebook gives rare glimpse inside its gigantic Luleå server farm in Sweden

  29-09-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The main building is the size of six football fields, and is so big that engineers move on scooters. Fans pull in freezing air from outside to cool the giant server racks, while hydro-electric plants give power.
  
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• Birmingham mechanic who lost limbs from blood poisoning can work again with bionic arm

  29-09-2016 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Camamile, 33, from Nottingham, had both legs and right hand amputated after contracting septicaemia. His work colleagues raised £27,000 in 5 days for the life-changing tool.
  
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• The top iOS 10 apps for keeping your data safe and secure

  29-09-2016 18:13
  
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• The best iPhone security apps to keep your data safe and secure

  29-09-2016 18:13
  
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• Half of the population may be 'motion blind' in part of their vision

  29-09-2016 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Bas Rokers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison led a study that found motion blindness is caused by a failure of the brain, and has nothing to do with our eyes.
  
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• Quarter of young women on social media show signs of depression

  29-09-2016 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Figures released by NHS Digital showed women, aged 16 to 24, were three times more likely to self-harm than men of the same age. Charities called the rise 'alarming'.
  
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• Genes linked to autism in humans may influence dog sociability

  29-09-2016 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden found five key genes that have enabled dogs to develop close social ties to humans. Fourare linked to social disorders in humans.
  
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• US Government to give up control of core internet systems

  29-09-2016 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Saturday, the U.S. government plans to cede control of some of the internet's core systems — namely, the directories that help web browsers and apps know where to find sites.
  
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• Wind turbine could capture TYPHOONS energy producing electricity to last Japan 50 years

  29-09-2016 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Japanese inventor has developed a prototype turbine (pictured) which he claims could lead Japan to becoming a super power in generating renewable energy from the region's powerful typhoons.
  
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• Samsung is being sued over exploding household appliances

  29-09-2016 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The legal warning adds pressure to bosses of the South Korean technology giant already reeling from a global recall of its Note 7 smartphone.
  
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• Watch the end of Juno's five-year mission to the gas giant in a stunning time-lapse

  29-09-2016 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video was created by a mathematician from Frankfurt, who used a compilation of pictures taken between July 5 and August 27 this year, by a camera on the probe called JunoCam.
  
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• Piracy fighters battle Kodi 'epidemic'

  29-09-2016 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tackling the use of Kodi and other set-top boxes to stream subscription video for free is now the top priority for rights holders, a report says.
  
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• Transplant patient Kieran Sandwell comes face-to-face with his own HEART after donating it

  29-09-2016 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kieran Sandwell, 45, from Hertfordshire, suffered a heart attack at 13 and heart failure at 35. He had a heart transplant seven years ago and donated his old, failed organ to medical research.
  
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• Twitch: Gaming needs to ‘invest’ to tackle sexism

  29-09-2016 16:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bosses from streaming site Twitch tell Newsbeat what they're doing to stop sexism in online gaming.
  
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• Rosetta Space probe to be set on collision course with its comet after two years

  29-09-2016 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rosetta's mission is expected to end tomorrow, when the control room at the European Space Agency's operations centre in Germany officially confirm the mission's end.
  
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• Donald Trump accuses Google of political bias...again

  29-09-2016 15:42
  
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• Apple iPhone 8 set to be totally 'different' in 10th anniversary overhaul

  29-09-2016 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An employee at the site in Herzliya, Israel, said that the iPhone 8 would be 'different' from previous handsets, which have been critiqued as being too similar.
  
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• Gorilla marketing? Harambe Live event promises to unite 'Harambe fans'

  29-09-2016 15:14
  
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• Caiman in Peru's Los Amigos River flaunts nature's version of BUTTERFLY CROWN filter

  29-09-2016 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Surrounded by a crown of colourful butterflies, the reptile couldn't help but grin as he sunbathed on the bank of the Los Amigos River in south-eastern Peru.
  
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• Is your dog needy? Blame its genes

  29-09-2016 15:06
  
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• Could 3D printed hair follicles help with hair loss?

  29-09-2016 14:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hair follicles created by a process similar to 3D printing could one day be used as implants, beauty giant L'Oreal has said.
  
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• So THAT'S why some people can't catch balls: Half of the population may be 'motion blind' in part of their vision

  29-09-2016 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Bas Rokers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison led a study that found motion blindness is caused by a failure of the brain, and has nothing to do with our eyes.
  
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• Young people urged for park-life views

  29-09-2016 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A campaign is urging young people to share their thoughts and ideas via social media on the future of the UK's parks and open spaces.
  
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• Ferrari reveals the open-top LaFerrari Aperta hybrid hypercar

  29-09-2016 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A convertible version of the £1.1m LaFerrari hypercar has long been teased but now it is here...and categorically sold out.
  
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• Big World Home's flat pack house, ‘IKEA on steroids’, is answer to Australian housing crisis

  29-09-2016 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Man creates $65,000 flat pack home (render pictured) he says is ‘IKEA on steroids’. Architect Alex Symes said the flat pack will be the answer to Australia's housing crisis.
  
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