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• Why a cat's tongue is so good at grooming

  23-11-2016 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers have now 3D-printed a cat tongue at 400% scale, and they say the technique could be used to improve soft robotics systems, wound cleaning materials, and better hairbrushes.
  
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• Researchers find female fish developed bigger brains after rape attempts

  23-11-2016 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from Queen Mary University of London discusses how female mosquitofish from lines of males with longer genitals evolve bigger brains to outsmart mates in order to avoid sexual conflict.
  
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• FEMAIL rounds up the best Black Friday sales to kick off your Thanksgiving holiday weekend

  23-11-2016 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following on from last year's sell-out sales, FEMAIL has created a guide to some of the best Black Friday deals, from tech and toys to cosmetics and appliances.
  
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• The evolution of sex: Researchers find female fish developed bigger brains after males repeatedly tried to rape them

  23-11-2016 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from Queen Mary University of London discusses how female mosquitofish from lines of males with longer genitals evolve bigger brains to outsmart mates in order to avoid sexual conflict.
  
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• Glitch in navigation sensor caused Europe's Schiaparelli Mars lander to jettison

  23-11-2016 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The error stemmed from a momentary glitch in a device that measured how fast the spacecraft was spinning, the report by the European Space Agency said.
  
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• Microsoft launches Solitaire for iOS and Android as a free download

  23-11-2016 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has launched a free app that will keep you distracted while visiting pesky relatives this holiday. Called Microsoft Solitaire Collection, the app offers five card games and supports Xbox Live.
  
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• Sweat it out! Skin patch aims to test sweat for health

  23-11-2016 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Breaking a sweat? Researchers are creating a skin patch that can test those droplets while people exercise and beam results to their smartphones, possibly a new way to track health.
  
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• Survey finds a third of Panamanians who claim to have spotted alien craft report 'strange sexual desire' straight after

  23-11-2016 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Of the 1,200 respondents who participated in the Panamanian survey, far more people reported an increased sexual appetite after a UFO sighting than feelings of terror.
  
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• Megabots unveil their huge fighting robot for fight with Japan's Kuratas

  23-11-2016 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megabots, a California robotics firm, tested its machine-slaying robots to narrow down the deadliest ones for their Mk.III bot, which will take on Japan's 13-foot Kuratas robot in an upcoming giant robot duel.
  
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• Archaeologists say bones of 'Constance the calf' reveal spot of original Plymouth settlement

  23-11-2016 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UMass Boston team excavated a trove of 17th century artifacts at Burial Hill in Massachusetts– but they say the discovery of a calf skeleton confirmed that they’d found a location inside the settlement.
  
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• The MEGABOT tests its weapons: Watch the body crushing grapple and 'spinning wheel of death' in action as team prepares to take on Japan's finest in a gladiator-style dual

  23-11-2016 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megabots, a California robotics firm, tested its machine-slaying robots to narrow down the deadliest ones for their Mk.III bot, which will take on Japan's 13-foot Kuratas robot in an upcoming giant robot duel.
  
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• Russia successfully tests stealth NUKE TRAIN that can travel 1,500 miles a day

  23-11-2016 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The trains, packed with ballistic missiles, will be disguised as ordinary passenger or freight trains, making them virtually impossible to identify. Chilling test footage of the trains has emerged.
  
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• China successfully fires radical hypersonic 'very long range air to air missile'

  23-11-2016 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AChinese J-16 strike fighter test-fired the giant missile, successfully destroying the target drone at a very long range - which US experts say could be up to 300 miles.
  
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• Elephant poachers may be causing newborns to be born without tusks

  23-11-2016 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By selectively killing elephants, poachers may be gradually causing a shift in their evolution, resulting in more and more animals born without tusks, according to David Coltman at the University of Alberta.
  
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• Scientists reveal why attractive women may prefer to spend time with homosexual men

  23-11-2016 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Very pretty women have gay male best friends because they can't trust straight men who will try to 'sexually exploit' them, a University of Texas at Arlington study has found.
  
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• Psychiatrist claims to be able to assess your personality based on how you unbend a PAPERCLIP

  23-11-2016 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Mario Gmür, from Switzerland, started scrutinising paperclips bent by his patients, he found the twisted wire revealed a multitude about the creator’s character, quirks and hidden desires.
  
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• Our preparation for alien contact is like 'Neanderthals having a plan in case the US Air Force showed up', says Seti expert

  23-11-2016 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Basic protocols for talking to ET were put in place in the 1980s .Seth Shostak from the Seti Institute in California, said that a more definite plan for dealing with alien contact should be created.
  
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• Huge glacier retreat triggered in 1940s

  23-11-2016 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The melting Antarctic glacier that now contributes more to sea-level rise than any other ice stream on the planet began its big decline in the 1940s.
  
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• Air pollution 'causes 467,000 premature deaths a year in Europe'

  23-11-2016 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Toxic air is causing almost half a million premature deaths in Europe every year, a new report says.
  
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• Your dog can remember all those silly things you've done: Canines have 'episodic' memories, just like humans

  23-11-2016 19:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the MTA-ELTE Comparative Ethology Research Group in Budapest, Hungary found that dogs can recall a person's actions even when they don't expect to have their memory tested.
  
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• Listen to the strange and terrifying sounds around the Earth

  23-11-2016 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from Queen Mary University of London is investigating space sound waves and has shared a full year of sounds,hopingothers will help identify different types of wave events.
  
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• Honour for software writer on Apollo moon mission

  23-11-2016 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Barack Obama awards medal to Margaret Hamilton to recognise role in sending humankind into space.
  
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• Incredibly bright fireball caught on camera lighting up sky across Florida

  23-11-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CCTV cameras as well as surveillance cars caught the meteor shower on film as it entered the Earth's atmosphere at 40,000 mph and blazed across the night's sky over the Suncoast in Florida.
  
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• Jet lag 'drives up bile acid in the liver - and is the reason for global spike in diagnoses'

  23-11-2016 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study by Baylor College builds on a growing swell of research that disrupting the circadian rhythm (or body clock) can have potentially fatal ramifications for your health.
  
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• Surgeon behind world's first human HEAD transplant says the operation could take place in the UK next year

  23-11-2016 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Sergio Canaverosaid the UK could be the 'most promising place' in Europe to conduct the procedure, after a VR system that will 'prepare patients for life in a new body' was unveiled in Glasgow last week.
  
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• Stunning circular phenomenon is spotted over Portsmouth harbour

  23-11-2016 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New footage of the rare phenomenon of a circular rainbow has surfaced this week. It was captured from a viewing deck atop Portsmouth's 100m (328ft) Spinnaker Tower.
  
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• What the Autumn Statement means for tech, science and UK businesses

  23-11-2016 18:08
  
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• Nasa reveals footage from its most dangerous experiment yet

  23-11-2016 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In efforts to understand how fire behaves in space, NASA set nine material swatches ablaze on the Cygnus cargo ship. The agency has now revealed footage from the Saffire-II experiment.
  
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• Will the iPhone 8 have GLASS casing? Rumours suggest Apple will ditch metal to support wireless charging

  23-11-2016 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ming-Chi Kuo, an analyst at China-based KGI Securities, is uncertain whether a wireless charger will be bundled with the iPhone 8, but is convinced the feature will appear.
  
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• Government wants phone makers to lock out most apps for drivers

  23-11-2016 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration voluntary guidelines are designed to reduce crashes caused by drivers distracted by phones.
  
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• The stunning image that sent the internet into a spin: Can you work out what's REALLY pictured here?

  23-11-2016 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Filmmaker Kevin Wolf, based in San Francisco, captured the image at California's Yosemite National Park on a clear day. But all is not what it seems.
  
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• U.S.S. Arizona is seen for the first time since being sunk nearly 75 years ago during the attack on Pearl Harbor in new film

  23-11-2016 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new film has shown the face of the U.S.S. Arizona to the world nearly 75 years after it was sunk when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.
  
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• Bizarre 3,800-year old pensive statuette is found in Israel

  23-11-2016 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of Israeli archaeologists andstudents made the unusual discovery in Yehud, a Tel Aviv suburb. It dates back to the Middle Bronze Age.
  
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• Cassini gets ready to plunge into Saturn's icy rings in a daring manoeuvre before its 20-year mission ends

  23-11-2016 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cassini will collect samples of particles and gases and get the best view yet of the tiny, hard-to-spot moons found near the rings. Its mission will end on 15 September 2017.
  
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• Baby elephant tries to wake its mother after falling into a 20ft ditch in India

  23-11-2016 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A herd of 100 elephants were passing through Tezpur in India's Assam region when the mother and its baby plunged down the ditch this morning.
  
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• Archaeologists claim to have found the church where 'miraculous' Saint Olaf was buried

  23-11-2016 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Researchclaim to have uncovered the wooden foundations of St Clement’s church in Trondheim (pictured).
  
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• £1bn investment in superfast internet could bring 'full-fibre' and 5G broadband

  23-11-2016 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new 'full-fibre' networks will have the capacity to reach speeds of more than 1Gbps, which it is claimed could allow users to download an entire Game Of Thrones series in less than a minute.
  
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• Stunning exhibition charts our deadly fascination with volcanoes

  23-11-2016 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new exhibition will open at the Bodleian Library in Oxford next year, which will include encounters with volcanoes in letters, reports, diaries and through sketches and illustrations.
  
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• Rotten Confederate history: Time capsule buried in 1895 is unearthed but it's contents - including Jefferson Davis' cigars and a sketch of Robert E. Lee - have turned to mush 

  23-11-2016 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A confederate time capsule buried more than 100 years ago underneath a Civil War monument on the University of Louisville campus in Kentucky has been opened for the first time.
  
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• Breitbart news site blocked by ad exchange

  23-11-2016 16:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A leading ad exchange blacklists Breitbart News because of concerns over hate speech and incitement to violence.
  
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• Where to find the best Black Friday deals – and even Apple is getting involved this year

  23-11-2016 16:00
  
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• Schiaparelli: Esa gives update on Mars crash investigation

  23-11-2016 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The European Space Agency's preliminary report into the Schiaparelli crash on Mars confirms the probe became confused about its altitude.
  
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• Foldscope's origami microscope smashes its Kickstarter target in less than 24 hours

  23-11-2016 14:48
  
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• EE just filled hundreds of 4G blackspots in the UK overnight

  23-11-2016 14:29
  
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• WIRED Health 2017: Delegates

  23-11-2016 14:16
  
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• British women lose 10 DAYS worth of sleep each year

  23-11-2016 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lack of sleep is known to affect the brain's ability to function and 70 per cent of Britons admitted they would perform better at work with more shut eye, Loughborough University researchers found.
  
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• National University of Singapore unveils self-driving scooter, ideal for phone-obsessed walkers

  23-11-2016 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scooter, developed by the National University of Singapore (NUS), is the city-state's latest experiment with driverless vehicles as it pushes ahead with autonomous technology.
  
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• British women lose 10 DAYS worth of sleep each year but men miss out on just half of that

  23-11-2016 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lack of sleep is known to affect the brain's ability to function and 70 per cent of Britons admitted they would perform better at work with more shut eye, Loughborough University researchers found.
  
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• Eating ice cream for breakfast could make you SMARTER

  23-11-2016 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yoshihiko Koga, a professor at Tokyo's Kyorin University, found that those who eat ice cream immediately after waking up perform better in mental tests.
  
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• Medieval murals painted over by Shakespeare's father revealed for first time in 450 years

  23-11-2016 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The murals in Stratford-Upon-Avon's Guild Chapel have been painstakingly restored by conservation architects after they were originally covered a year before William Shakespeare was born.
  
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