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• Snaking roads through Transylvania and shipwrecks off the coast of South Africa

  28-11-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The SkyPixel 2016 Photo Contest celebrates stunning images snapped by drones. Thousands of images have been submitted and the judges have revealed their 10 favorite photos.
  
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• Ebo box uses deep learning algorithms to match a person's personality

  28-11-2016 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  San Jose-based startup ebo box finds gifts that combine personal preferences with data from the general market, linking the traits that correspond to particular items or experiences.
  
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• Images prove Millennium Tower in San Francisco is SINKING by 40mm a year

  28-11-2016 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The European space Agency Sentinel-1 satellites have now shown that the Millennium Tower skyscraper in the centre of San Francisco is sinking by a few centimetres a year.
  
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• British diver claims Adolf Hitler's sunken treasure is aboard sunken Nazi vessel 

  28-11-2016 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diver Phil Sayer from Essex believes the gold may have been on board the German warship the MV Wilhelm Gustloff which lies 450metres at the bottom of the Baltic Sea after sinking in 1945.
  
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• Chevy Bolt isn't stylish, but GM is pushing its practicality

  28-11-2016 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chevy says the Bolt is the first electric car to get more than 200 miles per charge (238 to be exact) and fit most buyers' budgets (around $30,000, after a government tax credit).
  
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• Australia's Great Barrier Reef in crisis as scientists reveal largest die-off of corals

  28-11-2016 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The worst affected area, a 700 km swath of reefs in the northern region of the Great Barrier Reef has lost an average of 67% of its shallow-water corals in the past 8-9 months - although others are recovering.
  
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• Apple's spaceship is almost ready for takeoff

  28-11-2016 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new drone video reveals Apple's $5b mothershipis nearly complete. Most of the walls and solar panels are in place for Apple Campus 2 and it appears to be on-track for the 2017 move in date.
  
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• Biggest fault on Earth cakked Banda Detachment discovered in eastern Indonesia

  28-11-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists have for the first time seen and documented the Banda Detachment fault in eastern Indonesia - and worked out how it formed.
  
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• TIM the robot which keeps CERN running is shown in stunning video

  28-11-2016 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TIM, the Train Inspection Monorail, has been deployed for an array of purposes, from capturing real-time measurements to pulling small wagons. It runs on the tracks of the former LEP monorail.
  
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• Hit the slopes in luxury with our ultimate guide to the best skiing gear

  28-11-2016 21:00
  
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• Aberdeen 'rags' found in a chimney revealed to be rare 17th century map

  28-11-2016 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The map, found stuffed up a chimney in Aberdeen, Scotland, was revealed to be a rare wall map by renowned 17th century Dutch engraver Gerard Valck.
  
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• New patent reveals ship pulled by 'windmill' that could house Google's servers

  28-11-2016 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google may be closer to making its floating data centers a reality. A recent patent describes a vehicle-based ‘windmill’ that powers the ships and data center, and also propels through the water.
  
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• Researchers reveal the four oddest animals on Earth

  28-11-2016 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher from the University of Essex highlights four of the oddest creatures on the planet that are neither plant nor animal, but have traits and features from both sides.
  
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• Fusion breakthrough as researchers reveal liquid metal 'showers' could finally make reactors a reality

  28-11-2016 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A research group from Japan has developed a new divertor system that uses a jet stream of liquid tin to evacuate plasma as neutral gas. This could be used to bear extreme heat loads in fusion reactors.
  
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• Facebook Express Wi-fi goes live in India

  28-11-2016 19:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook's scheme offering internet access for underserved regions goes live in India.
  
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• Horrific death rituals of ancient Brazil revealed

  28-11-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 9,500-year-old remains were found in a cave called Lapa do Santo, in Lagoa Santa, east-central Brazil and were analysed by researchers from Leipzig and Sao Paulo.
  
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• Fijian ants planted seeds to grow food three million years before humans

  28-11-2016 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fijian ants have been observed by scientists at the University of Munich sowing and fertilising plant seeds. The symbiotic relationship sees ants gain precious food and shelter from the fully grown plants.
  
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• Mind your language: Word trends seem to run in 14 year cycles - and scientists have no idea why

  28-11-2016 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Argentina and the University of Manchester found the trend in English and several European languages, including Russian, German, Italian, French and Spanish.
  
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• 2 Taiwanese teenagers win World Robot Olympiad in India

  28-11-2016 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two breadbox-sized scooters, playing goalie and kicker, from the team called 'Wings of Storm' were up against another Taiwanese team's robots in the 'Football' category of the World Robot Olympiad.
  
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• Experts solve the mystery of 49 giant sinkholes discovered in China

  28-11-2016 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sinkholes were found in an area of 230 square miles in the Qinling Mountains in north-west China. Experts said the scientific value of the sinkhole group was unmatched.
  
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• BBC celebrates release of lost Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks with Twitter stickers

  28-11-2016 18:30
  
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• Electrolux developing washing machines that will enable neighbours to rent them

  28-11-2016 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The idea of an ‘Uber for laundry’ has been floated by the new chief executive of the Swedish company Electrolux, Jonas Samuelson, who is pushing the take-up of smart appliances.
  
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• Creating bee 'superhighways' may be the only way to reverse the dramatic decline in numbers

  28-11-2016 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Reading University said planting flowers along railway verges, canals, by power lines, by the sides of roads and hedgerows would help allow the bees to travel over a wider area.
  
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• Dogwalker who stumbled across a mystery 'space poo' jelly substance claims it is proof ALIENS exist

  28-11-2016 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dog walker Andrew Holden found the strange goo on moorland near Manchester, but when he returned to the same spot two weeks later it had gone and been replaced with a 'crop circle'.
  
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• The early moon may have contained MORE water than Earth has today

  28-11-2016 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Vrije Universiteit, or Free University, in Amsterdam, studied how much water the moon had in its rocks when it first formed by recreating samples of moon rock in a lab.
  
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• Deutsche Telekom fault affects 900,000 customers

  28-11-2016 17:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Deutsche Telekom confirms up to 900,000 customers have been affected by network problems.
  
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• The smart bandage that turns yellow to provide an early warning of wound infections

  28-11-2016 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bandages, which have been designed by researchers from the University of Bath, will glow when they come into contact with chemicals produced by disease causing bacteria.
  
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• Sony made a Walkman to mark the release of Final Fantasy XV

  28-11-2016 17:39
  
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• Experts predict Christmas turkeys will be grown in a lab by 2030

  28-11-2016 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poultry science experts at North Carolina State University are currently able to produce a turkey-sized amount of synthetic meat for around $34,000 (£27,500) but predict the process will get cheaper.
  
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• How many of these London Underground stations can you name?

  28-11-2016 17:23
  
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• Addictive app tests your London Underground knowledge with 120 cryptic puzzles

  28-11-2016 17:23
  
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• Crathes Castle tourists left astonished by ghostly figure of a woman and a baby

  28-11-2016 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The figure was captured by Bill Andrew on a visit to Crathes Castle, near Banchory, Aberdeenshire, with his daughter Coleen, granddaughter Jessica and great-grandson Findley.
  
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• Einstein's speed of light questioned by theory that could change our view of the universe

  28-11-2016 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A duo from Imperial College London and the Perimeter Institute in Canada have developed a model that could help to showthat the speed of light fluctuated in the early universe.
  
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• The future of retail: AI assistants and virtual reality replace could 'replace high street shopping by 2050'

  28-11-2016 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report, co-authored London marketing agency Holition, also predicts holographic fashion shows held in unusual locations and AI assistants that know your interests.
  
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• Young rugby players who suffer head impacts could undergo changes in their brains

  28-11-2016 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research from Texas University studied high school American football players, though the findings can be related to all contacts sports - such as rugby - say the researchers.
  
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• Apple Watch 2 review: does the wearable still live up to the hype two months later?

  28-11-2016 16:00
  
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• AI lip-reading machine translates mouth movements into robot speech

  28-11-2016 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Grenoble have designed a synthesiser that can tell what someone is saying by reading the movement of parts of their mouth.
  
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• Russia developing mega-rocket that will transport supplies to build base on the MOON

  28-11-2016 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian President Vladimir Putin wants work to begin on the new 'super-heavy' rocket which will 'pave the way' for a lunar research station.
  
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• Astronaut eye problems blamed on spinal fluid

  28-11-2016 15:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists might have found the root cause of vision problems that affect some astronauts.
  
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• DNA analysis could soon allow scientists to tell where cotton has come from

  28-11-2016 15:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York-based Applied DNA Sciences develops technology to prevent counterfeiting and ensure authenticity. It hopes to have the DNA test ready within the next year.
  
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• India's 700ft Hindu skyscraper will have a theme park and be world's tallest temple

  28-11-2016 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Vrindavan Chandrodaya Mandir is being constructed at Vrindavan in India's Uttar Pradesh and is due for completion in 2022.Visitors will be able to ride to the viewing deck at the top with a 3D light and sound show.
  
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• Google's secretive AI is playing StarCraft 2 to develop human-like reasoning

  28-11-2016 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Announced earlier this month at BlizzCon 2016 in Anaheim, California, the project will see the real-time strategy game opened up into a sandbox for teaching and testing machine intelligence.
  
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• BMW turns tech VC as its i Ventures fund moves to Silicon Valley

  28-11-2016 15:03
  
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• London, Sydney and New York could be underwater 'in our lifetimes'

  28-11-2016 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Ohio State University found evidence of a huge rift forming in the base of the ice shelf in 2013. This kind of rifting adds to the probability that West Antarctica could collapse.
  
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• Thailand cemetery workers find partially decomposed body where spell has preserved flesh

  28-11-2016 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Authorities unearthed the body when they were clearing a remote cemetery in Mukdahan on the border of Thailand and Laos and were shocked to see skin hanging around the man's skeleton.
  
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• Japan Fukushima nuclear plant 'clean-up costs double'

  28-11-2016 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Japan estimates the cost of dealing with the Fukushima nuclear disaster has doubled, reports say.
  
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• Amazon imposes limit on reviews

  28-11-2016 14:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online marketplace Amazon puts a limit on the number of reviews shoppers can post.
  
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• Tricky quiz asks players to identify the almost invisible objects

  28-11-2016 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test from Playbuzz asks players to guess the fifth object in a sequence ranging from letters, to numbers and even shapes and only those with good colour sensitivity will be able to spot them.
  
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• No Man's Sky Foundation update finally delivers base building

  28-11-2016 14:03
  
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• Great Barrier Reef suffered worst bleaching on record in 2016, report finds

  28-11-2016 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year saw the worst-ever destruction of coral on the Great Barrier Reef, a new study finds.
  
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