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• Shells could be 200 MILLION years older than we thought

  30-09-2016 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Williams College in Massachusetts say the minerals of the ancient ‘shells’ are made up of calcium phosphate rather than calcium carbonate, like that of snail shells (pictured).
  
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• Get ready for the next HIV and Ebola: Experts warn BUSHMEAT could cause a new food pandemic

  30-09-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Akshat Rathi warns that if officials do not control the illegal trade of bushmeat, the world could fall victim to the next big food pandemic. Rathi also calls for a strategy in case an outbreak does occurs.
  
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• Fears rise amid 'quake swarm' of mini earthquakes miles from San Andreas fault

  30-09-2016 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California is on high alert after a series of over 35 'mini quakes' this week raised fears of a 'megaquake' on the San Andreas fault could be coming.
  
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• UN to launch its first mission into low-Earth orbit 

  30-09-2016 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, the UN announced it has signed a deal with private firm Sierra Nevada to use one of its space planes for a 14 day mission in 2021.
  
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• Google launches Waze 'carpool' app that lets commuters give each other rides to take on Uber

  30-09-2016 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app will use Waze's navigation system to learn the routes drivers most frequently take to work and match them up with people looking for a ride in the same direction.
  
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• US cities increasingly dealing with messy goose poop problem

  30-09-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Boston city councillor this week introduced a measure to drive the messy pests from the city's parks, playgrounds, ballfields, golf courses and waterways.
  
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• SpaceX's Elon Musk turns to science fiction for Mars ship

  30-09-2016 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If SpaceX founder Elon Musk's plan to establish a city on Mars sounds like science fiction, then consider the name of his first passenger ship.
  
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• Sweet Christmas! Meet Luke Cage, Netflix's latest Marvel hero

  30-09-2016 21:30
  
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• Why the Championship may be the best football league in Europe – according to maths

  30-09-2016 21:00
  
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• Self-driving cars let loose in California: Officials sign bill that lets vehicles travel without a human driver inside

  30-09-2016 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California is giving self-driving cars more freedom. Officials signed a law that lets cars test on public roads without steering wheels, brake pedals or accelerators and without human drivers.
  
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• Is the big one about to hit? Fears rise amid 'quake swarm' of more than 35 mini earthquakes just miles from the San Andreas fault

  30-09-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California is on high alert after a series of over 35 'mini quakes' this week raised fears of a 'megaquake' on the San Andreas fault could be coming.
  
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• Shells could be 200 MILLION years older than we thought: Ancient microbe fossils show mineral formation 809 million years ago 

  30-09-2016 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Williams College in Massachusetts say the minerals of the ancient ‘shells’ are made up of calcium phosphate rather than calcium carbonate, like that of snail shells (pictured).
  
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• Rare 'black moon' rises over Western Hemisphere Friday night

  30-09-2016 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new moon is the start of the lunar cycle and the phase where the moon is impossible to see because it's completely shrouded in darkness. A black moon occurs about once every 32 months.
  
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• Risk posed by 'garage geneticists': Fears amateur scientists using DNA editing technology may cause harm

  30-09-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Nuffield Council on Bioethics, based in London, has warned of the risks posed by 'biohackers'as it is now possible to buy cheap gene editing kits online for around £100 to alter the DNA of bacteria.
  
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• Autopilot to the grave: Dutch firm turns a Tesla into a hearse

  30-09-2016 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just because someone's heading to the grave, doesn't mean they can't ride in style. RemetzCar transformed a luxury Tesla Model S into an all-electric hearse by sawing the car in half and stretching it.
  
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• Paris Motor Show 2016: 10 real-world cars you should be excited about

  30-09-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Everyone loves a crazy concept vehicle or a bank-busting hypercar, but the reality is these aren't the cars 99% of us will be looking to buy in the next six months. These 10 models, however, are.
  
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• Polish explorer says he's found deepest underwater cave near Czech town of Hranice

  30-09-2016 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of explorers say they have revealed an underwater cave to be the world's deepest, at 404 meters (1,325 feet) down, near the eastern Czech town of Hranice.
  
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• Blue Origin to trial its in-flight escape space pod: New Shepard's 'toughest test yet' will be streamed next week

  30-09-2016 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue Origin and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos revealed the dangerous launch will take place on the 4th October at 10:50AM ET (15:40 BST) at the launch site in West Texas.
  
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• The best cars at the 2016 Paris Motor Show

  30-09-2016 18:32
  
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• Giant dinosaur footprint discovered in Mongolia desert

  30-09-2016 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the biggest dinosaur footprints ever recorded has been unearthed in the Gobi Desert, researchers said Friday, offering a fresh clue about the giant cr...
  
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• 'Zero-gravity' seat claims to be the ultimate in office comfort

  30-09-2016 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cambridge-based designer David Wicket claims he used a mathematical model to work out the movement of the chair so it creates the impression of weightlessness.
  
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• Could this be the start of a space federation? UN to launch its first mission into low-Earth orbit 

  30-09-2016 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the International Astronautical Congress in Mexico, the UN announced it has signed a deal with private firm Sierra Nevada to use one of its space planes for a 14 day mission in 2021.
  
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• Spacecraft ends its historic 12-year mission

  30-09-2016 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA), celebrated the end of the 12 year mission today at the mission control centre in Darmstadt, western Germany
  
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• On board the USS Eisenhower as its Top Guns blast ISIS with bombing missions

  30-09-2016 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DailyMail.com had exclusive access to the US aircraft carrier whose pilots are flying missions over Iraq and Syria to bring death to the fundamentalist Islamic terror group.
  
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• Hit 1980s toy Teddy Ruxpin returns with LCD eyes

  30-09-2016 17:58 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 LCD displays.
  
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• Aerial footage shows China's notorious mountain tunnel carved by 13 men with bare hands

  30-09-2016 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New drone footage released by Chinese media yesterday show a remarkable driveway carved out of a cliff. The incredible clip is believed to capture the Guoliang tunnel in central China.
  
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• $100m luxury eco-yacht Seataci featuring a tropical garden unveiled by Charles Bombardier

  30-09-2016 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Seataci, a $100million (£77million) luxury yacht envisioned by Montreal-based engineer Charles Bombardier, is designed to travel through water with the help of a wave motion rather than propellers.
  
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• Nasa's Curiosity rover reveals how DIRT on the surface of Mars helped form the Martian atmosphere

  30-09-2016 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa’s planetary scientists at the Goaddard Space Center in Maryland say the mix of isotopes detected by Curiosity (pictured) can be used as tracers which can reveal more about the planet’s past.
  
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• Reykjavik turns off its street lamps to watch the spectacular Northern Lights 

  30-09-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reykjavik city council switched off lights in selected areas last night after a larger than usual display of the aurora (pictured) was forecast due to a period of increased solar activity.
  
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• National Cyber Security Centre’s new HQ is coming to London

  30-09-2016 16:45
  
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• SETI's mega alien hunt shovels more data onto IBM's cloud

  30-09-2016 16:39 via go.theregister.com
  
  Citizen boffins: Help find the alien that ultimately kills us all The SETI project, which hunts for alien life and has generated hundreds of terabytes of data every day, has poured its bits over IBM’s cloud for citizen scientists to pick over.…
  
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• Microbead damage continues as tiny plastics are discovered in sea creatures

  30-09-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oxford University spent time at two sites in the mid-Atlantic and south-west Indian Ocean, where they discovered plastic microfibres inside a range of deep sea creatures.
  
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• Hackers, beware: London's booming cyber security scene is closing in

  30-09-2016 16:00
  
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• Rosetta: Mission control confirms probe has 'crash landed'

  30-09-2016 15:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mission control in Darmstadt, Germany, react to confirmation that the Rosetta probe has ended its mission to Comet 67P by crash-landing on to the icy object's surface.
  
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• Having friends less attractive than yourself really CAN make you seem better looking

  30-09-2016 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by researchers at Royal Holloway University of London has shown the old belief of having an ugly friend to boost your appeal on a night is based on fact - but only if you are the only good looking one.
  
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• Rosetta mission: 'Really sad, but the legacy lives on'

  30-09-2016 15:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Professor Monica Grady of the Open University gives her reaction to the Rosetta probe crash landing into the comet it has been studying for two years.
  
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• Rosetta: British scientists and role of UK Space Agency

  30-09-2016 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Where now for British scientists and plans to explore the galaxy?
  
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• Guilty plea for Syrian Electronic Army accomplice

  30-09-2016 15:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Syrian man pleads guilty to charges of helping the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) extort cash from hacking victims.
  
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• Polluted air, Musk on Mars: Podcast 287

  30-09-2016 15:00
  
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• Bizarre cat-sized reptile challenges our understanding of how four-legged animals evolved 

  30-09-2016 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drepanosaurus had a bird-like head on a chameleon-like body. Scientists from Yale University in Connecticut say the creature defies the convention on how reptiles evolved.
  
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• Experts warn you need to clean your shopping bags and remote control

  30-09-2016 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Good Housekeeping Institute has identified the most commonly overlooked parts of our houses that we're not cleaning enough - from fridge shelves to washing machines.
  
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• Scientist Steve Mould shines laser through new plastic £5 note to reveal hidden feature

  30-09-2016 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In addition to its durability, scientist Steve Mould has discovered a hidden feature in the new note - shine a laser through the Queen's neck and a cool star field appears.
  
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• Aviator takes to the skies in JB-10 jet pack maiden flight

  30-09-2016 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The inventor and CEO of JetPack Aviation was in Monaco to test his latest jet pack, the JB-10, which the firm claims to be 'the most technically advanced personal flying machine ever created' (pictured).
  
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• From frogfish to sawtooth eels: Researchers baffled by diverse ecosystem off Hawaii's Big Island

  30-09-2016 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists said that the abundance of sea life sampled in a particular stretch of water off the Big Island in Hawaii points to a thriving deep-sea habitat, but they aren't exactly sure why.
  
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• French man walks into Apple store and smashes every iPhone7 in sight in bizarre video

  30-09-2016 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Who knows what sent this man into a meltdown, but he walked into a French Apple store and used a metal ball to methodically smash up every iPhone in sight while security looked on.
  
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• Man THROWS his iPhone 7 Plus off the Burj Khalifa in Dubai

  30-09-2016 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTuber, TechRax's latest video involves him throwing the sought-after iPhone 7 Plus off the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, which measures a staggering 830 metres tall. The phone did not survive.
  
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• Take this online test to find out your heart's age and discover how long you will live

  30-09-2016 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Produced by NHS Choices and the British Heart Foundation, the updated tool offers advice and intervention to help lower the heart's age and keep you alive for longer.
  
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• Rosetta mission ends in comet collision

  30-09-2016 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe’s Rosetta probe ends its mission to Comet 67P by crash-landing on to the icy object’s surface.
  
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• Twitch to start offering a virtual currency

  30-09-2016 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video game streaming site Twitch is to introduce its own virtual "currency", says its owner Amazon Game Studios.
  
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• Watch LIVE: Rosetta spacecraft set for smash landing

  30-09-2016 12:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Watch it drop and crash on comet here The European Space Agency is set to crash its Rosetta space probe into comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko as the final stage of its 12-year research mission at 12.18pm BST today (7:18am EDT).…
  
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