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• Binge watching TV can increase your interest in politics: Researchers find those who stream are more politically active - whatever they watch

  31-10-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Boston University find those who binge watching are more involved in politics, both online and offline, than people who streamed less TV - no matter what they watch.
  
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• Nasa reveals storms on 'Hot Jupiter' planet HD 189733b at seven times the speed of sound

  31-10-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have calculated that its winds blow up to 5,400 mph (2 km/s) at seven times the speed of sound - instantly whipping all would-be travellers into a sickening spiral around the planet.
  
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• Montreal police monitored journalist Patrick Lagace's phone

  31-10-2016 22:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Montreal newspaper says police monitored a journalist's phone for several months.
  
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• Black users of Uber and Lyft have to wait longer for a car finds study on ride-sharing apps

  31-10-2016 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Bureau of Economic Research conducted a study over the course of two years which tracked discrimination of riders who use Uber, Lyft, and Flywheel in Seattle and Boston.
  
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• Wetland archaeological sites at risk

  31-10-2016 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Archaeological remains at wetland sites across the world could be at risk of being degraded and lost to environmental change, say scientists.
  
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• Radical new system can automatically lift up your car and carry it to a parking space

  31-10-2016 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New parking technology lets drivers get out of tipping valet attendents . Users pull their car into the bay of agarage, exit the vehicle, check in at the kiosk and the technology parks the car for you.
  
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• Facebook use is linked with a prolonged life say UCSD researchers

  31-10-2016 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, an association study that cannot identify causation, was led by University of California San Diego researchers collaborating with colleagues at Facebook and Yale.
  
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• Zika virus may cause men's testicles to SHRINK by up to 90 per cent

  31-10-2016 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Washington University School of Medicine in Missouri warn that if the 'dramatic' findings, in mice, apply to humans it could lead to an epidemic of infertility caused by the disease.
  
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• Want to become a top-level football referee? You'll need 'super vision,' study finds

  31-10-2016 21:00
  
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• Lincolnshire operations cancelled after network attack

  31-10-2016 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of planned operations and outpatient appointments are cancelled across Lincolnshire after an NHS computer network was attacked.
  
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• The $26 boxer shorts that can protect men from phone radiation

  31-10-2016 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Duoo has designed a pair of boxer shorts to protect men's 'precious' from more than 99 percent of the harmful rays from a smartphone. Silver is sewn in the shorts, which creates a Faraday cage.
  
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• NASA reveal stunning 4K video tour of the International Space Station

  31-10-2016 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa has unveiled the stunning Ultra HD video of the space station which uses a fisheye lens to give an incredible impression of actually being in orbit aboard the ISS.
  
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• Boeing reveals 100 passenger plane that takes off like a helicopter

  31-10-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boeing may be building a plane that can take off and land vertically. A patent reveals a design with two tilt-rotors on each wing that can be positioned like helicopter blades or propellers.
  
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• Does Facebook make you live LONGER? Social networking is linked with a prolonged life (and it doesn't matter how many 'likes' you get)

  31-10-2016 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, an association study that cannot identify causation, was led by University of California San Diego researchers collaborating with colleagues at Facebook and Yale.
  
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• Surgical robots are 'virtually impossible to clean', alarming study reveals

  31-10-2016 19:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new study by the University of Tokyo, there is no way to remove all surface contaminants from these tools - even following the manufacturer's guide.
  
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• Some modern smartphones will die after just 90 MINUTES of web browsing

  31-10-2016 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study by UK based Which? found that while Apple and Samsung may dominate smartphone technology and sales, the brands came behind the HTC 10 in terms of battery life.
  
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• Infoporn: where to mine asteroids to get the deep-space dollars

  31-10-2016 19:00
  
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• 'Bionic' plants can detect explosives

  31-10-2016 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have transformed the humble spinach plant into a bomb detector.
  
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• Facebook 'still fails Napalm girl test', says Aftenposten

  31-10-2016 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook is relaxing its rules on removing "newsworthy" material that violates its policies, but one newspaper editor says this is not enough.
  
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• Vine founders launch Hype app after admitting they wish they'd never sold to Twitter

  31-10-2016 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vine may be over, but its creators haven’t given up on social apps just yet.
  The team announced they are working on HYPE, a live broadcasting app that lets users add music and animations to their videos.
  
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• Nasa engineers hold a pumpkin carving competition and results are incredible

  31-10-2016 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab held the competition in its California offices at the end of last week. Participants were given an hour to carve their pumpkins, although the final result wasn't judged.
  
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• Modified spinach leaves are transformed into sensors that can detect landmines

  31-10-2016 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at MIT in Massachusetts embedded spinach leaves with carbon nanotubes to transform them into sensors that can detect explosives.
  
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• Fear of clowns due to lack of expression under makeup says Open University psychologist

  31-10-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In preparation for Halloween, Dr Stephanie Lay, a psychology researcher at The Open University discusses the real reasons why clowns scare us.
  
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• Cassini image show the giant hexagonal storms at Saturn's North Pole

  31-10-2016 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunning image reveals the massive hexagonal storm at Saturn's North Pole, and its gigantic rings. The rings, consist of countless icy particles, which are continually colliding.
  
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• Ladybird invasion

  31-10-2016 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The last weekend of October sees ladybirds swarm public spaces, people's homes and ex-footballers.
  
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• Interactive map reveals 10% of US exposed to dangerous chemicals in drinking water

  31-10-2016 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At least 10 per cent of the US population was exposed to significant levels of potentially harmful water contaminants last year - including arsenic and radionuclide.
  
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• Was search for oil responsible for four BIG Californian earthquakes in early 20th century?

  31-10-2016 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists compared energy industry activity with a brief 13-year period from 1920, when the LA Basin experienced four major quakes in Inglewood, Whittier, Santa Monica and Long Beach.
  
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• Now THAT'S out of this world! Nasa engineers hold a pumpkin carving competition - and the results are incredible  

  31-10-2016 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Jet Propulsion Lab held the competition in its California offices at the end of last week. Participants were given an hour to carve their pumpkins, although the final result wasn't judged.
  
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• Forged rail tickets sold on 'dark web', BBC investigation reveals

  31-10-2016 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forged rail tickets are being sold on the "dark web" and used at stations without detection, a BBC investigation finds.
  
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• New theory of moon's 'giant impact' with Earth explains our rocky satellite’s orbit

  31-10-2016 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California, Davis, Harvard and Maryland have proposed that there was a more energetic collision than previously thought.
  
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• Using phones and tablets before bed stops kids from sleeping and can lead to health issues

  31-10-2016 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from King's College London reviewed medical literature from 20 studies, which showed that bedtime phone use led to shorter sleeps, poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. (stock image)
  
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• Smiley face dot com: GoDaddy releases EMOJI search engine and domain name registration

  31-10-2016 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Scottsdale head-quartered website registration company GoDaddy has released a search engine to help customers find and register emoji-based domain names.
  
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• Vine co-founders launch their next app after admitting they wish they'd never sold to Twitter: Hype lets users easily add music and animation to videos

  31-10-2016 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vine may be over, but its creators haven’t given up on social apps just yet.
  The team announced they are working on HYPE, a live broadcasting app that lets users add music and animations to their videos.
  
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• House of Commons app to show how MPs have voted

  31-10-2016 17:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new app will make it quicker and easier to see how MPs have voted in Parliament.
  
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• Why we understand what we are hearing: 'Context' matters when the brain interprets different sounds

  31-10-2016 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, NYU Langone researchers found nerve cells dedicated to hearing also rely on surrounding context to properly interpret and react to familiar sounds.
  
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• Climate change is a huge opportunity: Bertrand Piccard on fairytale flights and Earth's future

  31-10-2016 16:58
  
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• Apple's new MacBooks ditch the startup noise for silence

  31-10-2016 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple just killed the function keys on its MackBooks and now it has another victim - the startup chime. The sounds has been removed because the laptops boot up when the lid opens.
  
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• Using phones and tablet before bed stops kids from sleeping and can lead to health issues

  31-10-2016 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from King's College London reviewed medical literature from 20 studies, which showed that bedtime phone use led to shorter sleeps, poor sleep quality and daytime sleepiness. (stock image)
  
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• Nintendo Switch may support VR (but won't replace 3DS)

  31-10-2016 16:25
  
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• Shanny fish migrate like birds, returning to the SAME nest each year

  31-10-2016 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from ISPA Instituto Universitário in Lisbon, looked at hundreds of nesting sites and tracked the fish (pictured) with electronic tags to follow their annual movements in tidal waters.
  
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• How to hygge: the latest lifestyle craze coming from Denmark

  31-10-2016 16:00
  
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• Look familiar? China finally unveils its J-20 stealth fighter jet, thought to be based on US war plane plans 'stolen' by hackers

  31-10-2016 15:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The war plane (pictured) will be showcased at the 11th China International Aviation And Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, this week as Beijing flexes its long-range military muscles.
  
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• Not just a girl's best friend: Defective DIAMONDS could solve our data crisis by storing 100 times more than a DVD

  31-10-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the City University of New York looked into how a unique feature of diamond could be used to create storage technology.
  
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• SKT crowned 2016 League of Legends world champions

  31-10-2016 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  South Korean team SKT Telecom T1 wins the 2016 world championships of the League of Legends (LoL) video game.
  
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• NHS to train 2,000 new nursing associates to administer drugs unsupervised

  31-10-2016 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Training for the first batch of associates will begin in January at eleven sites before qualifying in two years time, Health Education England say.
  
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• The fish that always finds its way home: Shannies migrate like birds, returning to the SAME nest each year

  31-10-2016 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from ISPA Instituto Universitário in Lisbon, looked at hundreds of nesting sites and tracked the fish (pictured) with electronic tags to follow their annual movements in tidal waters.
  
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• How much exercise it takes to burn Halloween sweets

  31-10-2016 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new infographic produced by Express Vending - a vending machine supplier based in Hemel Hempstead - revealed adults will need to knock on four houses to burn off 10 jelly beans.
  
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• Vampires are more real than you think

  31-10-2016 13:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 'Prof of Goth' Nick Groom on the origin of the vampire
  
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• Ukrainian man renames himself iPhone 7 to win the phone

  31-10-2016 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 20-year old was awarded the coveted prize on Friday in Kiev. The price of phone starts at US $850 (£697) in Ukraine, while the name changes costs the equivalent of $2 (£1.64).
  
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• China finally unveils its J-20 war plane: The powerful stealth fighter jet is catching up with US military technology 

  31-10-2016 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The war plane (pictured) will be showcased at the 11th China International Aviation And Aerospace Exhibition in Zhuhai, this week as Beijing flexes its long-range military muscles.
  
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