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• Doctors call for ban on diesel engines in London

  10-12-2016 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A campaign led by medical professionals is calling for all diesel cars to be banned from London.
  
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• Agata Oleksiak is helping refugees find their voice – using yarn

  10-12-2016 15:00
  
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• Getting a drone for Christmas? The UN releases its 10 tips on operating it safely

  10-12-2016 14:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UN releases its top 10 safety tips if you find a drone under the Christmas tree this year.
  
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• Eerie taxidermy models of monkeys, lemurs and apes go on display

  10-12-2016 13:00
  
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• PewDiePie deletes his (other) channel

  10-12-2016 11:29 via bbc.co.uk
  PewDiePie v YouTube: after argument, vlogger deletes a channel... but not his main one
  
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• Cryogenic storage offers hope for renewable energy

  10-12-2016 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's largest cold energy storage plant, which can act like a giant battery for renewable energy, is being commissioned at a site near Manchester.
  
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• The Victorian origins of the Mannequin Challenge

  10-12-2016 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert fromPennsylvania State University reveals the first Mannequin Challenge was a popular form of entertainment in Victorian England during the 1800s- called 'living pictures'.
  
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• The mystery of Apple's missing AirPods

  10-12-2016 01:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Wall Street Journal says technical problems with getting both earphones to play music at the same time are the problem.
  
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• Mysterious meteorite could reveal how Jupiter was formed

  10-12-2016 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A class of meteorites known as ‘CB chondrites’ suggests Jupiter sat somewhere near the asteroid belt at its current size about 5 million years after the first solid objects formed in the solar system.
  
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• Samsung reveals 'black pearl' version of the Galaxy 7 to take on Apple's iPhone 7 colour 

  10-12-2016 00:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rumors that Samsung is releasing a Galaxy S7 Edge in a new colour have been confirmed. However, it is not the jet black most believed it to be - its black pearl. The new hue will be available Dec 9.
  
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• Climate change WAS to blame for the deadly 2016 avalanche in Tibet

  10-12-2016 00:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say meltwater may have lubricated the ice, speeding up its flow down the mountain in western Tibet, where collapses are unprecedented. The event dumped 70m tons of ice.
  
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• Early US astronauts faced uncertainty, danger and death

  10-12-2016 00:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth in 1962, but for a solid hour of that journey, NASA feared he was about to die in a blazing fireball....
  
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• The Victorian origins of the Mannequin Challenge: Researchers reveal 'tableaux vivant' first became popular in 1871 (and thankfully predict the trend won't last long)

  10-12-2016 00:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert fromPennsylvania State University reveals the first Mannequin Challenge was a popular form of entertainment in Victorian England during the 1800s- called 'living pictures'.
  
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