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• Boeing's 'blackphone' that can SELF DESTRUCT if tampered with begins testing favored by NSA head

  08-11-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by Boeing and the Defense Information Systems Agency, the Boeing Black phone is designed for secure communication between governmental agencies and their contractors.
  
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• US Air Force to test laser weapons for supersonic fighter jets in 2019

  08-11-2016 23:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology, known as  'directed energy systems' will be fitted to future craft to allow them to protect themselves. The laser weapon will be housed in a pod attached to a fighter-sized aircraft.
  
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• Amazon to launch 'home assistant' service that can clean your house and unpack the shopping

  08-11-2016 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to to the ad, workers will be 'working with customers each day with tidying up around the home, laundry, and helping put groceries and essentials like toilet paper and paper towels away.'
  
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• Gardeners urged to grow more plants that bloom in winter to help bees survive

  08-11-2016 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A good winter flowering plant for bees is the evergreen mahonia, as is winter flowering clematis. Allowing ivy to grow will also help – as they will provide food in late autumn.
  
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• Watching too many YouTube videos could be killing the 'brain orgasm' and desensitize people

  08-11-2016 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ASMR is known to cause a tingly feeling with relaxation and even euphoria. But, a survey has found that thousands of people now report the video-induced experience has diminished.
  
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• Nasa's quest to bring back supersonic flight with its X-planes

  08-11-2016 21:21
  
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• University of Southern California experts say E-cigarettes ARE a gateway to smoking

  08-11-2016 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Southern California found cigarette smoking was much more prevalent after six months among adolescents who had been using e-cigarettes.
  
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• Microsoft opens Xbox Preview Program to everyone. Here's how to become a tester

  08-11-2016 21:02
  
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• FDA approves first drug to help dogs deal with noise-related anxiety

  08-11-2016 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Each syringe of Sileo costs about $25 and depending on the size of your dog, one syringe can last several doses. It works by blocking a brain chemical similar to adrenaline that pumps up anxiety.
  
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• Trevor Keenan's study reveals that the greenhouse effect is slowing down as CO2 has plateaued

  08-11-2016 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Berkeley National Laboratory in California say Earth's plant life has helped to soak up greenhouse gases from human activity.
  
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• University of California research finds that natural selection deleted weak 'caveman DNA'

  08-11-2016 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by the University of California at Davis, also shows that East Asian people had higher initial levels of Neanderthal ancestry than Europeans.
  
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• Dublin's 'haunted' Hellfire Club site was a Neolithic passage tomb

  08-11-2016 20:15 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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• Lancashire village sees THOUSANDS of spiders invade the area

  08-11-2016 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A sheep farm in Trawden, East Lancashire, has seen masses of spiderwebs appear along a country lane (pictured), trailing more than 100 metres along the perimeter of the field.
  
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• Bronze Age tsunamis may have sunk Atlantis and driven by lava flow

  08-11-2016 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens made the discovery after studying the sea floor beneath the caldera off the coast of Crete.
  
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• The bizarre underwater 'lake': Haunting images reveal Mexico's peculiar water-filled cavern

  08-11-2016 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tom St George, a photographer from London, dove 100 feet down into Mexico’s Cenote Angelita – a cave created by the collapse of limestone which then trapped water - to capture the images.
  
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• Nazi interrogator Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown's medals and log books go on sale

  08-11-2016 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following his death at the age of 97, Leith-born Captain Eric ‘Winkle’ Brown's unparalleled collection of medals and honours is up for sale, expected to fetch up to £200,000.
  
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• Iraqi military confirm Alrobot has been sent to fight ISIS in Mosul

  08-11-2016 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unmanned vehicle has a heavy machine gun turret for taking out targets picked out by the controller, along with a rocket launcher and multiple cameras.
  
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• Life Noggin video reveals black skies and global famine that could wipe out millions

  08-11-2016 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new video from Life Noggin reveals how the bombs would send black carbon pumping into the stratosphere, absorbing sunlight and depleting the ozone layer to allow UV radiation to pour in.
  
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• How to build a billion pound app

  08-11-2016 19:00
  
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• Could Vine come back from the dead? Twitter could sell off video app

  08-11-2016 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter caused uproar earlier this month when it announced plans to kill off Vine, its video sharing app. Now, it is claimed it could come back from the dead as the firm is considering selling the app.
  
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• Rise in atmospheric CO2 slowed by green vegetation

  08-11-2016 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The growth in CO2 in the atmosphere has been slowed by the increased ability of plants to soak up the gas.
  
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• The foods you CAN eat safely after the sell-by date

  08-11-2016 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British households throw away 3.5 million tonnes of food and drink every year - half of which is completely edible. Femail can now reveal what you can - and should NEVER - eat after the expiry date.
  
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• AI that lip-reads 'better than humans'

  08-11-2016 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An artificial intelligence system has learnt to lip-read with 90% accuracy, researchers say.
  
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• E-cigarettes ARE a gateway to smoking: Experts say high usage leads teenagers 'to take up the real thing'

  08-11-2016 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Southern California found cigarette smoking was much more prevalent after six months among adolescents who had been using e-cigarettes.
  
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• 244ft-long superyacht comes with a detachable beach house and 2-person drone

  08-11-2016 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Feadship, the Dutch company behind Steve Jobs' custom-built superyacht, unveiled its 'Choice' superyacht concept at the Monaco Yacht Show.
  
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• The wave that sunk Atlantis: Deadly tsunamis in the late Bronze Age may have been driven by lava flow

  08-11-2016 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens made the discovery after studying the sea floor beneath the caldera off the coast of Crete.
  
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• Jeremy, the 'left handed' snail finds TWO potential chances for love after nationwide search

  08-11-2016 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unique mollusc will now be paired with Lefty from Ipswich. Researchers hope the pairing will help shed light on the genetics of rare conditions that causes shells to swirl in the opposite direction.
  
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• WMO: Five hottest years on record have occurred since 2011

  08-11-2016 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says that the five years from 2011 to 2015 were the warmest on record.
  
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• Tesla buys Germany's Grohmann Engineering to help ramp up electric car production

  08-11-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla Motors has agreed to buy Germany's Grohmann Engineering, which develops automated manufacturing systems for batteries and fuel cells.
  
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• Is the greenhouse effect slowing down? Amount of CO2 in the atmosphere has plateaued over 12 years 

  08-11-2016 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the US Department of Energy's Berkeley National Laboratory in California say Earth's plant life has helped to soak up greenhouse gases from human activity.
  
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• Fast and flat

  08-11-2016 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Land Speed Record holder Andy Green has been celebrating the work done in Northern Cape, South Africa, to prepare the fastest ever race car track.
  
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• A giant sinkhole appears in Japan: Nobody is injured as a WHOLE street is swallowed

  08-11-2016 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of Fukuoka, a major city in southern Japan, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city.
  
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• Video shows moment Dr Pimple Popper removes melon-sized ball of fat from woman's back

  08-11-2016 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT: Californian dermatologist Dr Sandra Lee, known as Dr Pimple Popper, had a 20 minute battle trying to coax the lipoma out of an unnamed woman's arm.
  
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• Forget Trump, Zoltan Istvan wants to be the 'anti-death' president

  08-11-2016 15:57
  
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• Forget Trump and Clinton, Zoltan Istvan is running for president as the 'anti-death' candidate

  08-11-2016 15:57
  
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• The 10 signs your relationship WON'T work - including the pet name he gives you and how long it takes to meet his friends 

  08-11-2016 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From getting matching tattoos to having a 'textbook perfect' romance, two experts have shared the signs you need to pay attention to.
  
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• Conspiracy theorist believes he has spotted a CHAIR on mars

  08-11-2016 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ArtAlien TV's Joe White said the 'U-shaped object' in an image taken by NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover looked like the 'back of a swivel chair'. He also pointed to another object that looked 'unnatural'.
  
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• Apps are dying. Long live the subservient bots ready to fulfil your every desire

  08-11-2016 15:38
  
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• WIRED Retail 2016: Delegates

  08-11-2016 15:31
  
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• Ubamarket mobile app guides shoppers around the store in the most logical route

  08-11-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app has now launched at a Budgens store in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and will shortly be rolled out to a further 5,000 shops across the UK.
  
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• Transforming furniture helps people make the most of the space in their homes

  08-11-2016 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vancouver-based Expand Furniture has over 130 products on offer, which all transform from a fairly simple structure into a more elaborate piece of furniture.
  
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• Is THIS where human consciousness comes from? Study pinpoints areas in the brain that may be the source

  08-11-2016 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) in Massachusetts focused on a subset of coma-inducing brain injuries, affecting the central brain stem.
  
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• Never get lost in the dairy aisle again: 'Supermarket satnav' guides shoppers around using the most logical route

  08-11-2016 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The app has now launched at a Budgens store in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, and will shortly be rolled out to a further 5,000 shops across the UK.
  
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• More than 1,000 UK schools found to be monitoring children with surveillance software

  08-11-2016 14:23
  
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• A massive sinkhole swallows a 5-LANE road in Japan: 30ft deep void causes widespread chaos

  08-11-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parts of a main street collapsed in the heart of Fukuoka, a major city in southern Japan, creating a massive sinkhole and cutting off power, water and gas supplies to parts of the city.
  
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• YouTube adds HDR technology to make videos more vibrant

  08-11-2016 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  YouTube introduces support for HDR - a technology that makes videos more vibrant but can cause unintentional side-effects.
  
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• Facebook sued over 'discriminatory' house and job adverts

  08-11-2016 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook faces a lawsuit over an option that allows advertisers to exclude certain ethnic groups.
  
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• Secure browser add-on pulled after privacy lapse

  08-11-2016 13:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Details of people's sexual preferences, health and surfing history have been shared by a browser add-on that rates website privacy and security policies.
  
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• Dubai to Abu Dhabi in 12 MINUTES: Hyperloop One is making Elon Musk's high-speed travel a reality in UAE

  08-11-2016 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The futuristic city-state of Dubai announced a deal on with Los Angeles-based Hyperloop One to study the potential for building a line linking it to the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi.
  
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• Hyperloop may become reality in Dubai

  08-11-2016 13:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A firm behind super-fast transport system, Hyperloop, has signed a deal in the United Arab Emirates.
  
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