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• Kia unveils concept SUV with triangular tanks tracks instead of wheels

  03-11-2016 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kia Motors revealed its most extreme SUV yet. Sorento Ski Gondola autonomously shuttles skiers up and down slopes through snowy conditions using wild triangular tank tracks.
  
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• Highlights from day one of WIRED2016

  03-11-2016 23:16
  
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• MIT and NASA designed 'morphing' wings made of digital materials

  03-11-2016 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIT and NASA have created a 'morphing wing' system that is assembled by a team of small robots and covered in a 'skin' that looks like fish scales. This design has the potential to make flying more efficient.
  
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• Astronomers spot 'nearly naked' black hole after another galaxy strips it of stars and gas

  03-11-2016 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers made the bizarre discovery using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array, and say the encounter occurred millions of years ago.
  
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• 'Birds don't fly in boxes': Jetman Yves Rossy on why planes aren't the future of flight

  03-11-2016 22:14
  
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• Chicago Cubs MLB World Series win was the most tweeted ever

  03-11-2016 22:00
  
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• Can't sleep? There's a playlist for that

  03-11-2016 22:00
  
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• Study links human actions to specific Arctic sea ice melt

  03-11-2016 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Each passenger taking a return flight from New York to Europe, or driving a gasoline car 4,000 kms, would emit about a tonne of carbon dioxide, German researchers estimated.
  
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• Human Harps, singing bridges and sensory sand: Di Mainstone pushes the boundaries of sound

  03-11-2016 20:59
  
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• Utah's Great Salt Lake revealed to be drying up in shocking photos

  03-11-2016 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say 150 years of man removing water from the basin, along with the unprecedented drought conditions, have left the future of the millions of birds and shrimp in it in jeopardy.
  
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• Ford engineer unveils bizarre stand on car concept

  03-11-2016 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What may look like a small UFO, could be the next big thing in urban commuting.
  Carr-E is aelectric rideable platform can carry 265 pounds, top speeds of 11 mph and travel for 14 miles on a single charge.
  
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• From the thorny dragon to the Mexican walking fish: Where to find the REAL Fantastic Beasts

  03-11-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From the golden tortoise beetle found in the Americas to the Australian lyre bird that can imitate virtually any sound, an infographic reveals where tourists can discover these rare species.
  
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• Smart home devices may match you to the perfect person by 2026

  03-11-2016 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Imperial College Business School analysed more than 100 years of data, to predict that by 2026, information from smart gadgets could be used to match people with prospective partners.
  
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• Could tropical fish help paralysed people walk? Proteins in zebrafish may help heal spinal cord injuries

  03-11-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina have found a special healing protein that helps to bridge the gap in severed spinal cord tissue.
  
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• DRAMA ON MARS: Curiosity bot fires laser at alien metal object

  03-11-2016 19:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  As NASA warns rover's instruments are failing Pic  The Curiosity rover has discovered what appears to be a partially melted meteorite and has been testing it out with its on-board laser.…
  
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• The harrowing reality of being hunted by Isis and why Abdalaziz Alhamza will not be silenced

  03-11-2016 19:46
  
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• Chris Lejeune wants to project images of endangered animals onto the Moon

  03-11-2016 19:43
  
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• NASA releases interactive map to show man's orbiting ourpost

  03-11-2016 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has added a new map-based feature to its Spot the Station tool to help stargazers find the ISS, providing the best sighting opportunities for each pinned location on the map.
  
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• How cufflinks and rings could help clean up Beijing's smog

  03-11-2016 19:25
  
  Daan Roosegaarde is combining design and technology to create unique and useful urban structures
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• Millions duped by Facebook Live video

  03-11-2016 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Views rack up for an old video played on a four-hour loop claiming to be in real time on Facebook.
  
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• The nine-year-old who set up a school in his garden and transformed his community

  03-11-2016 19:19
  
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• Supercomputer predicts the potential mass of the mystery substance 

  03-11-2016 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team, based at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany, estimates that the particles of dark matter making up the universe are in the range of 50 to 1,500 micro-electron volts.
  
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• Scientists reveal the formula for a catchy song

  03-11-2016 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Goldsmiths University of London have found songs that repeat in our minds - known as earworms - share many key features with children's nursery rhymes.
  
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• Have YOU regretted a one night stand? Men and women both feel bad after casual sex (but for very different reasons)

  03-11-2016 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The international study, led by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, showed that both sexes feel strong negative emotions after sex.
  
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• Hands on with Huawei's answer to Note 7

  03-11-2016 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huawei launches new large-screened phones, including a model co-designed by Porsche, less than a month after Samsung's Note 7 was scrapped.
  
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• Galactic cosmic rays burst through a crack in Earth's magnetic shield

  03-11-2016 19:00
  
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• Nasa reveals mock-up of a robot that will lasso an asteroid in 2021 and place it in orbit

  03-11-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the space agency's Robotic Operations Center in Maryland, the mock-up helps engineers understand the intricate operations required to collect a multi-ton boulder from an asteroid's surface.
  
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• La Niña could mean a COLDER than usual start to the winter months across the UK

  03-11-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Met Office said the conditions mean there is a 30 per cent likelihood the mercury will plunge at the beginning of this winter - the highest risk of a cold start since the bitterly cold season of 2010/11.
  
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• Hackers could soon target LIGHT BULBS to take down the internet

  03-11-2016 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot in Israel tested the vulnerabilities of connected devices, focusing on a Philips Hue smart lamp ( pictured).
  
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• UN warns 'huge' emissions cuts are still needed to meet Paris Agreement goals

  03-11-2016 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world is nowhere near on track to achieve the ambitious temperature goals adopted in the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the U.N. said Thursday in a sobering report.
  
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• Privacy complaint for fitness wristband makers

  03-11-2016 18:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Norway's consumer watchdog complains about the privacy policies of four fitness wristband companies.
  
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• Watch Wonder Woman wage war in first full trailer

  03-11-2016 18:38
  
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• Saturn's rings are the remains or dwarf planets that strayed too close

  03-11-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Kobe University, Japan, presented a new model for the origin of Saturn's rings based on results of computer simulations.
  
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• This electric truck can be built by just one person in four hours

  03-11-2016 18:14
  
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• No limits: How Roya Mahboob fights inequality with education

  03-11-2016 18:12
  
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• Loophole found in Einstein's Laws of Thermodynamics may lead to infinite power

  03-11-2016 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Argonne National Laboratory at the University of Chicago have found a loophole that allows them to break the second law of thermodynamics.
  
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• Cave lions crushed to death in Siberia were preserved in ice for 30,000 years

  03-11-2016 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia's cold permafrost has preserved the bodies of two small lion cubs for more than 30,000 years, according to a new study. The cubs were dug from their icy grave last year.
  
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• China unveils its most powerful drone bomber CH-5 which can fly for two days

  03-11-2016 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CH-5 unmanned aerial vehicle, China's largest combat drone, made its first flight last year but has now been made public for the first time at a military air show in the southern city of Zhuhai.
  
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• Give refugees basic human freedoms and everyone will be better off

  03-11-2016 17:18
  
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• Alphabet's Google moves to upgrade app store

  03-11-2016 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alphabet Inc's Google is overhauling the Google Play store to help developers build their businesses as concerns mount that the app economy has reached saturation.
  
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• Ebola adapted to easily infect people

  03-11-2016 17:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ebola dramatically adapted to infect human tissues with ease in the first few months of the Ebola outbreak.
  
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• The heartbreaking stories of migrants stranded at sea (and how you can help)

  03-11-2016 17:04
  
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• Google fights EU price comparison case

  03-11-2016 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google again rejects the EU's objections to how it displays shopping links in its search results.
  
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• Spotify teams up with Headspace to combine meditation and music

  03-11-2016 16:59
  
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• 'Corporate innovation does not work,' says Accenture

  03-11-2016 16:55
  
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• How Saturn got its rings: Distinctive features are the remains or dwarf planets that strayed too close

  03-11-2016 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Kobe University, Japan, presented a new model for the origin of Saturn's rings based on results of computer simulations.
  
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• UN: Huge emissions cuts needed to meet Paris climate goals

  03-11-2016 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world is nowhere near on track to achieve the ambitious temperature goals adopted in the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, the U.N. said Thursday in a sobering report.
  
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• The Doctor Who Christmas Special will get its first teaser on Children in Need

  03-11-2016 16:47
  
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• Samsung admits it is still doesn't know what it will do with 4.3 million dangerous Galaxy Note 7 handsets amid warnings of an 'environmental disaster'

  03-11-2016 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remarks come afterGreenpeace issued a statement earlier this week demanding the world's top smartphone maker find a way to reuse rare materials such as cobalt, gold, palladium and tungsten.
  
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• Forget your laptop: Hackers could soon target LIGHT BULBS to take down the internet

  03-11-2016 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot in Israel tested the vulnerabilities of connected devices, focusing on a Philips Hue smart lamp ( pictured).
  
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