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• Aarhus burns sewage waste to provide fresh water to its citizens

  01-12-2016 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The water treatment plant in Aarhus, Denmark's second biggest city, is now generating so much excess electricity, the surplus is being used to pump drinking water around the city.
  
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• How fusion reactors could change the world: Experts explain how a 'mini sun' could lead to unlimited energy

  01-12-2016 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Princeton University explore the scientific and engineering problems surrounding fusion energy, and say if they can be resolved we will have an unlimited supply of clean energy.
  
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• Global warming scarred the surface of Mars: Deep canyons and valleys were formed by dramatic warming periods that lasted 10 MILLION years

  01-12-2016 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deep canyons and valleys on Mars may have formed as the result of warming periods that stretched on for up to 10 million years, melting the glaciers that covered its surface, Penn State researchers found.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin 'in good spirits' after South Pole evacuation

  01-12-2016 23:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the Moon, is evacuated from the South Pole after falling ill.
  
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• Atheists 'argumentative style frequently comes off as intolerant', study finds

  01-12-2016 23:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When logic and rationality are taken to the extreme, even those who rely on objective evidence can form moral ideologies, sorting others’ beliefs among virtues and vices, a new study has found.
  
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• Watch Boston Dynamics Atlas walk across tricky terrain

  01-12-2016 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Institute for the Human & Machine Cognition has upgraded Boston Dynamics Atlas with an algorithm that makes it better balance itself in order to walk across tricky terrain with ease.
  
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• Biggest tornado outbreaks are spawning more twisters, study finds

  01-12-2016 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study has claimed.
  
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• Is BRAIN HACKING the future of war?

  01-12-2016 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from Rutgers University Newark explores the proper role of neuroscience in defense and war efforts, and how technologies designed with this science can be misused to harm people.
  
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• ORGASMS may raise the chance of conceiving by 15 per cent

  01-12-2016 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Cork recorded orgasms in women over two months, and found those that reached climax where able to retain more semen (stock image).
  
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• Idle chat is less distracting than the conversations of colleagues

  01-12-2016 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Acoustic scientists, led by researchers from Yamaguchi University in Japan, looked at the effects of background noise on concentration to find out what was the most annoying (stock image)
  
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• Hackers could someday wirelessly take over your BRAIN

  01-12-2016 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists, from Stanford University in California, were able to control the mice's movements using light and radio waves, combined with a brain implant.
  
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• SpaceX aims for Dec. 16 return to flight, customer Iridium says

  01-12-2016 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As Russia rushes to find out why its Progress craft crashed back to Earth, tech billionaire Elon Musk's SpaceX hopes to return its Falcon 9 rocket to flight on Dec. 16 it has emerged.
  
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• Atlas goes off road (and this time, doesn't fall over): Watch Boston Dynamic's humanoid robot learn to trot across the trickiest of terrain

  01-12-2016 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Institute for the Human & Machine Cognition has upgraded Boston Dynamics Atlas with an algorithm that makes it better balance itself in order to walk across tricky terrain with ease.
  
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• Why atheists appear so angry: Study finds their 'argumentative style frequently comes off as intolerant'

  01-12-2016 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When logic and rationality are taken to the extreme, even those who rely on objective evidence can form moral ideologies, sorting others’ beliefs among virtues and vices, a new study has found.
  
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• Get ready for the big freeze! Western half of US to be hit with temperatures of up to 30 degrees colder than normal after Alaska experiences bone-chilling lows of minus 41F

  01-12-2016 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forecasters expect the record-setting cold weather plaguing Alaska to spread to the rest of the United States in the coming week.
  
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• Study: Biggest tornado outbreaks are spawning more twisters

  01-12-2016 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The most extreme tornado outbreaks are mysteriously spawning many more twisters than they did decades ago, a new study has claimed.
  
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• A new way to retrieve ‘lost’ memories: Scientists use MAGNETS to help people remember their past

  01-12-2016 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, showed our brains tuck information away somewhere beyond the reach of the tools that typically monitor brain activity.
  
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• Wacky gifts for the tech-savvy person who has everything

  01-12-2016 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest technology can make for an easy holiday gift, but when it comes to the ultra-tech-savvy people in your life, finding a cool gadget they don't already own can be tough.
  
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• Europe ministers debate space future

  01-12-2016 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Europe's research ministers negotiate over funding for the space station and a rover that would land on Mars to search for life.
  
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• Work begins on life-size replica of the TITANIC in China

  01-12-2016 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Construction on the life-size replica of the Titanic began in China's southwestern Sichuan province yesterday with a keel-laying ceremony and fireworks to mark the occasion.
  
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• Can ORGASMS increase your fertility? Reaching climax may raise the chance of conceiving by 15 per cent

  01-12-2016 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Cork recorded orgasms in women over two months, and found those that reached climax where able to retain more semen (stock image).
  
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• Cargo capsule goes AWOL, explodes on its way to Space Station

  01-12-2016 20:13 via go.theregister.com
  
  Suspected third-stage failure in Soyuz rocket, again A Progress capsule filled supplies for the International Space Station today blasted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome spaceport in Kazakhstan. Now its controllers have admitted the MS‑04/65P mission has been annihilated.…
  
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• Russian cargo space ship FALLS TO EARTH after contact was lost

  01-12-2016 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia's space agency says an unmanned cargo ship has crashed in Siberia, 383 seconds after it blasted off en route to rendezvous with the International Space Station.
  
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• Is BRAIN HACKING the future of war? Experts predict drone control chips, 'neural dust' to treat PTSD and remote weapons to disrupt soldier's thoughts all set to become commonplace

  01-12-2016 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from Rutgers University Newark explores the proper role of neuroscience in defense and war efforts, and how technologies designed with this science can be misused to harm people.
  
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• Apple could be using camera-equipped DRONES to improve its maps and take on Google

  01-12-2016 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cupertino-based Apple is said to be introducing drones in order to map locations and update its maps more quickly than its current fleet of mapping vans allows.
  
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• Can’t concentrate? Head to a noisy café: Idle chat is less distracting than the conversations of colleagues

  01-12-2016 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Acoustic scientists, led by researchers from Yamaguchi University in Japan, looked at the effects of background noise on concentration to find out what was the most annoying (stock image)
  
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• Buzz Aldrin evacuated from a trip to the South Pole after his 'condition deteriorated' 

  01-12-2016 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former American astronaut Buzz Aldrin, 86, has been medically evacuated from the South Pole after his 'condition deteriorated' during a tourist trip.
  
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• The 'time bomb' under our feet: Researchers say losses of soil carbon under global warming could EQUAL U.S. emissions

  01-12-2016 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study led by Yale University found that rising global temperatures will force 55 trillion kilograms of carbon out of the soil in the next few decades, equaling emissions of an industrial country.
  
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• US AIDS chief declares monkey study could lead to 'functional' HIV cure

  01-12-2016 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drug by Japan's Takeda Pharmaceuticals is one of several promising ideas heading into human trials, all seeking to help patients control the virus that causes AIDS without daily therapy.
  
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• Space station supply craft 'burned up'

  01-12-2016 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Russian space agency confirms the loss of an unmanned cargo ship heading for the International Space Station.
  
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• The Danish city powered by POO: Aarhus burns sewage waste to provide fresh water to its citizens

  01-12-2016 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The water treatment plant in Aarhus, Denmark's second biggest city, is now generating so much excess electricity, the surplus is being used to pump drinking water around the city.
  
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• Hackers could someday wirelessly take over your BRAIN: Unnerving technique proves successful in mice

  01-12-2016 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists, from Stanford University in California, were able to control the mice's movements using light and radio waves, combined with a brain implant.
  
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• Gear Of The Year 2016: Sound and Vision

  01-12-2016 19:00
  
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• Exercising 4 times a week drastically cuts your risk of Alzheimer's

  01-12-2016 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using a new MRI technique, researchers found that adults with mild cognitive impairmentwho exercised four times a week over a six-month period experienced an increase in brain volume.
  
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• Record cold could strike 'almost the entire US' by next week as Alaska's bitterest weather in two years is expected to spread to rest of the country

  01-12-2016 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forecasters expect the record-setting cold weather plaguing Alaska to spread to the rest of the United States in the coming week.
  
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• Avalanche: Online crime network hit in global operation

  01-12-2016 18:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Global operation dismantles one of the world's biggest networks of hijacked computers, Europol says.
  
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• Nokia to return with Android smartphone in 2017 to take on Apple and Samsung

  01-12-2016 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nokia smartphones are poised for a comeback after former managers at the Finnish company licensed the handset brand from Microsoft.
  
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• Real-time interactive map shows the pollution engulfing Earth

  01-12-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beijing-based French scientists have crafted a real-time map of the Earth's air pollution in an attempt to raise awareness of the effect contaminants are having on the globe.
  
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• Experts claim feminism is boosting sex lives and lowering divorce rates

  01-12-2016 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from the Anglia Ruskin University reveals that gender equality in relationships doesn't mean the romance is lost, but it can actually lay down a basis for a more satisfying relationship.
  
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• Facebook developing artificial intelligence to flag offensive live videos

  01-12-2016 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is working on automatically flagging offensive material in live video streams, building on a growing effort to use artificial intelligence to monitor content, the firm has revealed.
  
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• 'Diet is global food policy's elephant in the room'

  01-12-2016 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Global food policy needs to shift way from focusing on feeding people enough calories to nourishing people, say leading food experts.
  
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• Space scientists invent a new way to cook odourless meals using cold PLASMA

  01-12-2016 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new method, that started out as a way to cook in space, was developed by a German manufacturer of deep-fat fryers called Blümchen and Munich-based Terraplasma.
  
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• Sutton Hoo bitumen links Syria with Anglo-Saxon England

  01-12-2016 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Analysis of black organic fragments found in the Sutton Hoo boat burial reveals they are bitumen from Syria.
  
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• Pebble smartwatch users fear 'Fitbit takeover'

  01-12-2016 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Users of smartwatch pioneer Pebble express concern about reports it is a takeover target for Fitbit.
  
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• How clean is YOUR air? Real-time interactive map shows the pollution engulfing Earth

  01-12-2016 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beijing-based French scientists have crafted a real-time map of the Earth's air pollution in an attempt to raise awareness of the effect contaminants are having on the globe.
  
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• Chemical sniffer based on a dog's nose could make bomb detectors more effective

  01-12-2016 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from NIST, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the US Food and Drug Administration fitted a dog-nose-inspired adapter toa commercially-available explosives detector.
  
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• Toddler hand inspired AI child sex abuse tool

  01-12-2016 17:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An artificial intelligence system that can identify new images of child sexual abuse has been developed.
  
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• Infographic: Cities on the edge of disaster

  01-12-2016 17:02
  
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• AI is being used to hunt out child porn and sexual abuse images across the web

  01-12-2016 17:00
  
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• AI is being used hunt out child porn and sexual abuse images across the web

  01-12-2016 17:00
  
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