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• The empathy map of the world: US ranks number 7 while Ecuador and Saudi Arabia top the table in results even the researchers admit are 'surprising' 

  14-10-2016 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The United States is one of the most empathetic countries in the world, according to a new study – but it falls behind Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, and Peru. Researchers surveyed over 104,000 people.
  
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• The psychology of 'straight girl kissing': Researchers reveal same sex experimentation is far more popular than thought

  14-10-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An experts from the University of Michigan reveals 'straight girl kissing' is not only done by affluent white women, but is common across all socioeconomic backgrounds.
  
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• The end of the conker? Playground staple could vanish within 15 years as horse chestnut trees are felled by pests and disease

  14-10-2016 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Britain say autumn conkers will become very tricky to find as the country suffers the biggest change to the landscape since the Dutch Elm disease of the Seventies.
  
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• US bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones from airliners

  14-10-2016 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Transportation Departmentissued an emergency order banning passengers and flight crews from bringing Samsung Galaxy Note7 smartphones on airline flights.
  
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• US bans Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on flights

  14-10-2016 22:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US Department of Transportation has banned Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones on flights after reports of the device catching fire.
  
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• Samsung is risking an 'environmental disaster' by dumping its Galaxy Note 7 handsets, experts warn

  14-10-2016 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has no plans to reuse the 2.5m recalled Galaxy Note 7 devices. However, Greenpeace told DailyMail.com it is an environmental disaster to waste the resources used in making these phones.
  
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• More Planet Earth II unveiled: Leaping gangs of monkeys, flipping penguins and killer cats feature in extended trailer for the return of Sir David Attenborough's stunning series

  14-10-2016 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new extended trailer stars a gang of monkey thieves running across the rooftops in the blue city of Jodhpur, India, along with a penguin falling and flipping in mid air.
  
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• Are you using the English language correctly? Take the Oxford University quiz that reveals the phrases we all get wrong

  14-10-2016 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Writing for The Conversation, Simon Horobin, Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford, explains the true meanings of commonly misused phrases.
  
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• Researchers pinpoint chemical they say 'has the potential to postpone aging'

  14-10-2016 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a study from the University of Copenhagen and the American National Institute of Health, researchers found that adding the chemical NAD+ could postpone aging and extend lives.
  
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• Electric cars set to get road priority in clean air zones

  14-10-2016 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Electric cars could be given priority at traffic lights and exempted from one-way systems, a government consultation suggests.
  
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• History fans get ready for Battle of Hastings re-enactment 950 years on

  14-10-2016 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of historical re-enactors will take to the site of the Battle of Hastings in Sussex in celebration of its 950th anniversary - but some just couldn't wait to get their swords and shields out.
  
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• Can the Great Barrier Reef be saved? Writer claims world’s largest living structure is DEAD

  14-10-2016 21:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'The Great Barrier Reef of Australia passed away in 2016 after a long illness. It was 25 million years old,' wrote Rowan Jacobsen in Outside magazine in a heartfelt obituary to the reef.
  
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• Twitter sale in crisis as Saleforce pulls out of bid

  14-10-2016 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff told the FT a deal was off as it 'wasn't a right fit'. Last week it emerged Google and Walt Disney had decided not to pursue a deal.
  
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• Twin giant panda cubs enjoy first birthday at Toronto Zoo

  14-10-2016 20:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Video of twin giant panda cubs celebrating their first birthday is released by a zoo.
  
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• Twtitter shares tumble as Salesforce rules out bid

  14-10-2016 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Twitter drop more than 7% after Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff says his firm would not bid for the social media website.
  
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• Twitter shares tumble as Salesforce rules out bid

  14-10-2016 20:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shares in Twitter drop more than 7% after Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff says his firm would not bid for the social media website.
  
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• Meet Kengoro the terrifying Japanese 'brobot' that SWEATS to keep itself cool 

  14-10-2016 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Tokyo has designed a ninja mask wearing robot that can do push-ups for 11 minutes. Kengoro 'sweats' water from layers in its frame, which then evaporates to keep the robot cool.
  
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• Could your next TV and phone be as thin as a sheet of paper? Researchers reveal radical bendable display

  14-10-2016 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bendable display created by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology reflects light to produce as many colours as an LED screen, and unlike the latter, it thrives in brightly lit areas.
  
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• Never worry about finding a parking space again: Tiny electric $1300 'car in a bag' revealed

  14-10-2016 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Called WalkCar, it is a 13-inch laptop-sized 'electric tranporter' that weighs only 2.8 kg, with a top speed of 16km/h. There is no steering wheel, and ridersshift their to change direction.
  
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• EU prepares for 'dark scenario' of cyber attacks that could devastate networks

  14-10-2016 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since April, more than 700 security experts have been battling a fictional cyber security crisis as part of the EU's biggest defence exercise to date.
  
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• Two-wheeler designed to be used while LYING DOWN could help prevent injuries

  14-10-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bike is the brainchild of John Aldridge, an inventor from California. Rather than riding in a seat, cyclists lean forward with their weight resting on their hips and arms.
  
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• Rings of 'Mega Saturn' 400 light years from Earth spin the wrong way

  14-10-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Steven Rieder from Japan's RIKEN Institute plugged the data into a simulation to see how the enormous ring system (artists's ) avoids being torn to shreds by closes passes with a star.
  
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• Fossilised voicebox could shed light on the evolution of birdsong

  14-10-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin found the organ in an Antarctic fossil of a relative of ducks that lived during the age of dinosaurs.
  
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• AI software uses Google radar technology to sense things around it

  14-10-2016 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Created by researchers at St Andrews University in Scotland, RadarCat can correctly identify everything from a sponge to a block of wood and even tell if a glass has water in it or not.
  
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• Child's 600-year-old shoe is found at Newton Abbot

  14-10-2016 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team excavating an historical site in the heart of Newton Abbot in Devon were stunned when they came across the ancient footwear, as well as barrels and a millstone, preserved in the soil.
  
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• Will Jeff Bezos win the space race? Blue Origin is on schedule to send tourists into orbit in 2018

  14-10-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  International Symposium on Commercial and Personal Spaceflight (ISPCS) in Las Cruces, New Mexico, Blue Origin President Rob Meyerson said the company is still on target for 2018.
  
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• YouTuber pleads not guilty to video game gambling offences

  14-10-2016 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two men - one a YouTuber - appear in court and plead not guilty to gambling offences.
  
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• The strangest animals you've probably never heard of revealed

  14-10-2016 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You'd be forgiven for thinking some of these images are the work of Photoshop, but in fact they depict rare and somewhat comical-looking creatures from Africa, the Arctic, the Americas and beyond.
  
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• iPhone 7 review: much-needed improvements at a mighty cost

  14-10-2016 18:00
  
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• iPhone 7 review: much-needed improvements at a cost

  14-10-2016 18:00
  
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• iPhone 7 Plus review: brilliant battery life is almost worth the money alone

  14-10-2016 18:00
  
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• The 'human atlas' unveiled: Researchers reveal project to map EVERY cell in our bodies

  14-10-2016 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists launched a global initiative on Friday to map out and describe every cell in the human body in a vast atlas that could transform our understanding of human development and disease.
  
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• PlayStation VR can be used with the Xbox One and Wii U (sort of)

  14-10-2016 17:00
  
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• Russia creates terrifying 'death ray' that can FRY enemy drones

  14-10-2016 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first samples of the weapons have been revealed at a secretive Russian Defense Ministry exhibition just outside Moscow, after plans were leaked last year.
  
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• Google News launches fact check label

  14-10-2016 16:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google launches a new fact check label, which will appear in search results for news stories.
  
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• Computer science exam had coding errors

  14-10-2016 16:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scotland's exam body admits to a series of mistakes in one of this year's computer science tests.
  
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• Little robot gardener can cut the grass, rake up leaves and even plough snow for you

  14-10-2016 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The multitasking robot is the work of New York-based firm The Kobi Company and is expected to go on sale soon with a price tag of $3,999 (£3,264).
  
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• Black Mirror, testing HoloLens: Podcast 289

  14-10-2016 16:00
  
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• Radical technique could lead to AI with human-like intelligence

  14-10-2016 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts Mark Douthwaite, and Matt Dale, from the University of York, explain how alternative materials could be even better for developing artificial intelligence than existing computers.
  
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• Did a comet strike Earth 55 million years ago? Glass spheres suggest impact may led to rise of mammals

  14-10-2016 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York studied the marine shelf on the Atlantic Coastal Plain, and discovered small glass spheres with distinctive features.
  
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• Look up this weekend! A rare Hunter's supermoon will grace the night sky

  14-10-2016 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The supermoon can be seen in the northern hemisphere. In the UK, the moon turns full at 5:23am BST on October 16.For the US, the best time to see it is October 16 at 12:23am EDT
  
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• Mercedes on track to overtake BMW as the world's top luxury car brand

  14-10-2016 15:15
  
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• Cave art: Etchings hailed as 'Iberia's most spectacular'

  14-10-2016 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unusual cave art as much as 14,500 years old is found in northern Spain - and pronounced the "most spectacular" in the Iberian peninsula.
  
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• Fossils of rare 100-million-year-old swordfish with huge teeth found in Queensland

  14-10-2016 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two families on holiday in outback Queensland unearthed the bones of an ancient three metre-long swordfish-like carnivore predator with monstrous teeth which ate other large fish.
  
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• 50 'striking' animal images are found engraved in a Spanish cave after being hidden for 14,000 years

  14-10-2016 13:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made in the Armintxe cave in the Basque village of Lekeitio. Around 50 paintings and depicting horses, bisons and lions were found in a cave located under a building
  
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• 'Super aliens' could feed on cosmic rays: Bizarre forms of life might thrive on radiation that would kill humans

  14-10-2016 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle, opens up the possibility of finding alien life forms on planets we previously thought were uninhabitable.
  
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• 1066 and all that: Re-enactment fans get ready to fight the Battle of Hastings again 950 years later

  14-10-2016 13:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Today commemorates 950 years since The Battle of Hastings, and more than 1,000 people from across the UK and its boarders are preparing for a 'once in a lifetime' re-enactment in East Sussex this weekend.
  
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• Would YOU use it? Bizarre gadget lets parents feed their baby and check their smartphone at the same time

  14-10-2016 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unusual device was dreamt up by a man from Northern Virginia during midnight feedings with his baby son. Both the inventor and his wife now use the $21 (£17) gadget.
  
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• What a find! Rare Tudor ring unearthed by an amateur treasure hunter in York is sold for a 'five figure sum'

  14-10-2016 13:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lee Rossiter discovered the precious ring while searching with the Yorkshire Searchers Metal Detecting Club at Green Hammerton, near Harrogate.
  
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• Heroic nurse Mary Seacole celebrated in a Google Doodle

  14-10-2016 13:08
  
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