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• World empathy map shows SAUDI ARABIANS are among the best at putting themselves in others' shoes - while Britain didn't make the top ten

  15-10-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers surveyed more than 104,000 people from 63 countries and found Ecuador, Saudi Arabia, Peru and Denmark are among the most empathetic countries.
  
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• Poland's Enigma mathematicians honoured

  15-10-2016 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Polish mathematicians who laid the groundwork for cracking the WW2 Nazi Enigma code, are being honoured at the country's embassy in London.
  
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• Breathtaking shots of Mount Fuji make it look like 18th Century works of art

  15-10-2016 15:00
  
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• The UK has a new AI centre – so when robots kill, we know who to blame

  15-10-2016 14:00
  
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• Climate change: 'Monumental' deal to cut HFCs, fastest growing greenhouse gases

  15-10-2016 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countries meeting in Rwanda have agreed a "monumental" deal to phase out gases used in fridges that are worsening global warming.
  
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• John Goodenough, whose work led to the lithium-ion battery

  15-10-2016 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Professor John Goodenough, whose work led to the lithium-ion battery, on the Samsung problems.
  
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• WIRED Weekender: 10 stories you may have missed this week

  15-10-2016 13:00
  
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• Energy subsidies should focus on storage and cutting demand, MPs say

  15-10-2016 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Subsidies to reduce the risk of blackouts must focus on innovative schemes for energy storage and cutting demand rather than "dirty diesel", MPs urge.
  
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• We tried Nike's 'Back to the Future' self-lacing trainers

  15-10-2016 11:00
  
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• Scientists reconstruct face of the 'Griffin Warrior' part of an elite group 3,500 years ago

  15-10-2016 06:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Griffin Warrior' found buried in a tomb packed with treasure in Greece has been seen by archaeologists for the first time in 3,500 years after a specialist reconstructed the ancient man's face.
  
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• Tim Cook slams virtual reality and claims 'there’s no substitute for human contact'

  15-10-2016 06:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Cook suggested the firm may be focusing on augmented reality rather than VR, explaining that technology should encourage human contact, in an interview with Buzzfeed News.
  
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• Samsung is risking an 'environmental disaster' by dumping its Galaxy Note 7 handsets

  15-10-2016 03:13 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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• Researchers reveal same sex experimentation is far more popular than thought

  15-10-2016 03:00 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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• US ranks number 7 for empathy, while Ecuador and Saudi Arabia top the table

  15-10-2016 02:59 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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• Scans of Sue the Tyrannosaurus reveal the giants rarely used their mini limbs

  15-10-2016 02:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago used a scanner to generate a 3-D image of the arm bones down to the cellular level.
  
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• Tim Cook slams virtual reality and claims 'there’s no substitute for human contact' - but says that Pokémon Go style augmented reality could have a 'profound' effect on the world

  15-10-2016 00:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Cook suggested the firm may be focusing on augmented reality rather than VR, explaining that technology should encourage human contact, in an interview with Buzzfeed News.
  
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• Mystery of the T. rex's tiny arms continues: Scans of Sue the Tyrannosaurus reveal the giants rarely used their mini limbs

  15-10-2016 00:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory outside Chicago used a scanner to generate a 3-D image of the arm bones down to the cellular level.
  
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