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• Animation on YouTube reveals how the world's population has grown to 7.2 BILLION

  07-11-2016 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An animation from the American Museum of Natural History shows how population has grown, from less than a million people when migration out of Africa began, to more than 7.2 billion alive today.
  
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• Embrace your inner 'weird': we rank the most bizarre and dark pop culture of 2016

  07-11-2016 23:00
  
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• English Heritage's new footbridge planned for alleged birthplace of King Arthur unveiled

  07-11-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The final CGI images have been unveiled for an imposing £4million footbridge English Heritage plans to build at the historic fortification Tintagel Castle in Cornwall.
  
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• Abandoned Soviet JET TRAIN that was once capable of travelling at 160mph

  07-11-2016 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These fascinating pictures show a Soviet ‘turbojet railcar’, which was built in the 1970s and proved capable of reaching an astonishing 160mph, thanks to the huge jet engines on its roof.
  
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• Bath researchers call for people with rare facial recognition skills

  07-11-2016 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bath researchers found that a small number of people may have extraordinary face recognition skills, outperforming typical people on a range of face recognition tasks.
  
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• Southern Hemisphere recovered faster from asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs

  07-11-2016 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Donovan, from Pennsylvania State University made the discovery after look at insect damage to fossil leaves in Patagonia.
  
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• Tesla to end unlimited free use of supercharging stations

  07-11-2016 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company says cars ordered after Jan. 1, 2017 will get roughly 1,000 miles worth of credits each year at the supercharging stations - but hasn't said how much they will then be charged.
  
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• USS Zumwalt's 'Land Attack Projectile' that can attack cities from 80 miles away to be unused

  07-11-2016 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At $800,000 or more per round for each gun in the USS Zumwalt's Advanved Gun System, the Navy says the cost is just too high, and is now moving to cancel these projectiles, according to a new report
  
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• Cosmic clue to UK coastal erosion

  07-11-2016 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recent centuries have seen a big jump in the rates of erosion in the iconic chalk cliffs on England’s south coast, a new study finds.
  
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• Thrilled Uber rider takes video of driver after learning he's Elwood Edwards, the voice behind AOL's 'You've Got Mail'

  07-11-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elwood Edwards, 67, of Ohio, might drive Uber now, but he once voiced AOL's iconic notifications. A recent Uber rider was elated to learn she was in the car with the 'You've Got Mail' voice.
  
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• Anti-ageing pill that delays the effects of growing old could be on the horizon

  07-11-2016 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Telomeres - protective segments of DNA on the end of chromosomes - become shorter every time a cell divides, researchers from Pittsburgh University found.
  
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• WIRED Retail 2016: Partners

  07-11-2016 21:33
  
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• Samsung admits only 85% of its Galaxy Note 7 handsets have been returned in the US

  07-11-2016 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company said it 'remains focused on collecting the outstanding Galaxy Note7 phones in the market' and announced plans to try and cripple the handsets with a software update.
  
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• CERN deny that the Hadron Collider caused Italy's earthquakes after bizarre claims

  07-11-2016 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A science commentator hasclaimed that a recent experiment using the Large Hadron Collider could have been responsible for a recent string of earthquakes in Italy since August.
  
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• Uncovering the secrets of Dublin's 'haunted' Hellfire Club: 5,000-year-old symbols carved in stone suggest the site was once a passage tomb

  07-11-2016 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of archaeologists from Abarta Heritage have been digging at the site near Dublin since early October, but discovered the artwork completely by chance.
  
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• Wind turbines are killing hundreds of Britain's bats each year

  07-11-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Exeter say it is possible bats ‘switch off’ their sonar when flying near wind turbines – and fail to detect them or are drawn by insects.
  
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• Current Biology finds that older bonobos can suffer from presbyopia just like humans

  07-11-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Kyoto found that older apes use the same trick as humans to overcome the limitations of their ageing eyes, with a 'strikingly similar pattern' seen in people.
  
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• Will YOUR city be flooded? Sea levels could rise by 2 metres if the planet warms by 5°C, claims study

  07-11-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the latest study, an international team of researchers, including the National Oceanography Centre in Liverpool looked at models of warming beyond this threshold.
  
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• The end of jet lag? Discovery of gene that is key to setting sleep cycles could lead to drugs that reset body clocks

  07-11-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Bristol have found a gene that is key to conducting our 'circadian rhythms' - physical, mental and behavioral changes that follow a 24-hour cycle (stock image used).
  
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• Retro Nasa posters envisage a stunning future in which humans live in Earth's orbit

  07-11-2016 21:00
  
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• How much longer for the White Cliffs? Chalk across England's south coast is eroding at 32cm each year

  07-11-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists, led by Dr Martin Hurst from the University of Glasgow, say this is a huge increase from the 0.8 inches (2 cm) a year the cliffs were losing up until a few hundred years ago.
  
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• US officials say hypersonic planes will revolutionise travel (and war)

  07-11-2016 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the Forum on American Aeronautics, officials from top aeronautics agencies including NASA, the Air Force, and Lockheed Martin, said we are now ‘on the brink of a new era in air transportation.’
  
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• Antarctica was home to the Mosasaur sea monster 66 million years ago

  07-11-2016 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mosasaur, a huge marine lizard with fearsome jaws and paddle-like limbs, lived 66 million years ago when Antarctica was much warmer than it is today.
  
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• SpaceX to return to flight as Elon Musk claims firm has figured out why Falcon 9 exploded

  07-11-2016 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said his space launch company is aiming to return its rockets to flight in mid-December following a launch pad accident two months ago
  
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• Get set for the super-supermoon on November 14 (and if you miss it, you'll have to wait 18 years)

  07-11-2016 20:00
  
  And we won't see another like it until 2034
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• Ipsos study finds that motorists mirror their parents' behaviour on the road

  07-11-2016 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers spoke with 993 motorists, aged between 18 and 25 in France. The findings suggest that parental influence weighs far more heavily than the influence of an instructor (stock image).
  
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• UK halts Facebook's WhatsApp data dip

  07-11-2016 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook is ordered not to use UK WhatsApp members' data to target ads on its core social network.
  
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• The road to tomorrow: streets need to be as smart as the cars driving on them

  07-11-2016 19:37
  
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• WIRED Retail 2016: Agenda

  07-11-2016 19:33
  
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• Adobe Voco 'Photoshop-for-voice' causes concern

  07-11-2016 19:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new tool that makes it possible for computers to mimic a specific person's voice causes alarm.
  
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• The robotic farmers that could finally solve the planet's food crisis

  07-11-2016 19:30
  
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• Move over Bitcoin, the blockchain is only just getting started

  07-11-2016 19:22
  
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• The end of wrinkles? Anti-ageing pill that delays the effects of growing old could be on the horizon

  07-11-2016 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Telomeres - protective segments of DNA on the end of chromosomes - become shorter every time a cell divides, researchers from Pittsburgh University found.
  
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• Ageing apes need reading glasses too: Older bonobos can become long-sighted just like humans

  07-11-2016 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Kyoto found that older apes use the same trick as humans to overcome the limitations of their ageing eyes, with a 'strikingly similar pattern' seen in people.
  
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• Meet the Mosasaur: Terrifying 33 foot long sea monster hunted in Antarctica 66 million years ago

  07-11-2016 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mosasaur, a huge marine lizard with fearsome jaws and paddle-like limbs, lived 66 million years ago when Antarctica was much warmer than it is today.
  
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• Facebook 'pauses' WhatsApp data sharing in the UK

  07-11-2016 18:32
  
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• SpaceX to return to flight next month as Elon Musk claims firm has 'got to the bottom' of Falcon 9 explosion

  07-11-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX Chief Executive Elon Musk said his space launch company is aiming to return its rockets to flight in mid-December following a launch pad accident two months ago
  
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• Hypersonic planes are 'inevitable' and will revolutionise travel (and war), top aerospace and military bosses reveal

  07-11-2016 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the Forum on American Aeronautics, officials from top aeronautics agencies including NASA, the Air Force, and Lockheed Martin, said we are now ‘on the brink of a new era in air transportation.’
  
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• Liberia denies internet disruption claim

  07-11-2016 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liberia's telecoms authority denies reports the country's internet access was disrupted by a large-scale hack attack.
  
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• Wind farms are bad news for Britain's bats: Collisions with turbines are killing hundreds each year

  07-11-2016 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Exeter say it is possible bats ‘switch off’ their sonar when flying near wind turbines – and fail to detect them or are drawn by insects.
  
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• Virtual reality helps WWII veteran revisit his past

  07-11-2016 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A World War II veteran has returned to the French town he helped to liberate in 1944 with the help of virtual reality.
  
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• Planet Earth II viewers watch SNAKES hunting down baby iguana

  07-11-2016 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The astonishing TV which showed marine iguanas attempting to outrun a knot of racer snakes on Fernandina Island was labelled ‘the stuff of nightmares’ by viewers as they hid behind the sofa.
  
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• WIRED Retail 2016: About

  07-11-2016 17:33
  
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• Southern Hemisphere recovered faster from dino strike

  07-11-2016 17:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Life in the southern hemisphere appears to have recovered more quickly than expected from the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs.
  
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• Southern Hemisphere recovered TWICE as fast as the North from the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs

  07-11-2016 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Donovan, from Pennsylvania State University made the discovery after look at insect damage to fossil leaves in Patagonia.
  
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• The railroad to nowhere: Fascinating pictures reveal an abandoned Soviet JET TRAIN that was once capable of travelling at 160mph

  07-11-2016 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These fascinating pictures show a Soviet ‘turbojet railcar’, which was built in the 1970s and proved capable of reaching an astonishing 160mph, thanks to the huge jet engines on its roof.
  
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• Meet the man behind Audi's Le Mans race-winning engines

  07-11-2016 17:08
  
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• World's biggest known saber-toothed cat roamed the Earth 8 million years ago

  07-11-2016 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from the Chinese Academy of Science, estimated the size based on a fossilised skull, which is roughly 8.3 million years old, found in China's Longjiagou Basin.
  
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• WhatsApp introduces feature in a bid to keep up with Twitter and Facebook

  07-11-2016 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The update by California-based WhatsApp also includes a new GIF editor, which lets users add stickers, drawings and captions to their animations.
  
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• Mystery of the TWO-HEADED shark

  07-11-2016 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are finding more and more of the mutants worldwide. Some have suggested that the surge in mutants is due to genetic abnormalities triggered by over-fishing.
  
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