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• Are you an autobiographer, a communicator or a self publicist? Researchers reveal the three types of selfie taker

  10-01-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of master's students at Brigham Young University (BYU) found that selfie-takers can be grouped into three categories:communicators, autobiographers and self-publicists.
  
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• Meet Peeqo, the robot that communicates entirely through GIFs

  10-01-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peeqo is a personal assistant robot that communicates with GIFs. Created by a student at New York University, it uses Google Speech API and API.ai to listen and respond to your queries.
  
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• iPhone 8 to have stainless steel frame, all glass front and back and 'invisible' speakers and cameras

  10-01-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest iPhone 8 rumor to hit the web suggests it will be Apple's toughest device yet. The firm could ditch the aluminium back cover and replacing it with a stainless steel forging process.
  
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• Rusty patched bumblebee declared endangered

  10-01-2017 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rusty patched bumblebee has become the first bee species in the continental U.S. to be declared endangered after suffering a dramatic population decline over the past 20 years.
  
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• Arkansas loves Scandal while New York binges on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: The map that reveals what every state binge watches on Netflix

  10-01-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Netfix and chill' has taken over the US and a new map reveals which series are the most popular in each state. The map was made by cross referencing Netflix's top 75 shows with Google Trends.
  
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• The US Government tech that could scour the dark web for criminal activity

  10-01-2017 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'dark web' are pages that are hosted by web servers using the anonymous web protocol called Tor. Its original purpose was for good, but has also been used by criminals.
  
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• The 'ghost cells' of Troy: 800 year old skeleton contains strange nodules that allowed researchers to reconstruct ancient bacteria

  10-01-2017 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found the skeleton was hiding a secret - two calcified nodules, each the size of a strawberry, nestled at the base of the chest, just below the ribs.
  
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• Has the mystery of the Earth's core been solved? Scientists say unknown 'third element' is SILICON

  10-01-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have been searching to solve the mystery at the centre of our planet for decades after discovering there is something other than iron and nickel there.
  
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• Half of young people have so many 'emotional problems' they can't concentrate at school

  10-01-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Half of young people have so many emotional problems they cannot concentrate at school, while one in ten young people claim they don't know anyone who 'really cares' about them.
  
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• Bonobo reveals the dark inspirations behind his new album Migration

  10-01-2017 21:00
  
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• Mississippi has the happiest relationships, while New Yorkers are the most 'clingy' partners, study finds

  10-01-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team from Michigan State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago surveyed more than 127,070 adults, measuring attachment anxiety and attachment avoidance.
  
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• Google for the dark web: The US Government tech that could scour the hidden internet for criminal activity

  10-01-2017 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'dark web' are pages that are hosted by web servers using the anonymous web protocol called Tor. Its original purpose was for good, but has also been used by criminals.
  
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• The rise of the robot interrogator: Experts say AIs will soon understand our emotions

  10-01-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artificial intelligence (AI) have got increasingly good at reading emotional reactions in humans. AI can now recognise faces, turn face sketches into photos, recognise speech and more.
  
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• Gear WIRED loves: Poseidon Se7en

  10-01-2017 19:00
  
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• Get ready for Apple's iWear!  Firm is working with Carl Zeiss on smart glasses

  10-01-2017 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone maker is working with Carl Zeiss on the project, which could go on sale this year. The headset would connect to iPhones and show information superimposed onto the real world.
  
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• Japanese monkey tries to mate with deer

  10-01-2017 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A male Japanese monkey has been filmed trying to mount and mate with a Sika deer.
  
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• Spider wasp drags a paralysed huntsman spider around a kitchen floor 

  10-01-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clip, seemingly filmed in Australia, shows the huge insect dragging the spider up a tiled wall. ‘It’s the biggest wasp I’ve seen in my life,’ the filmmaker says. ‘I didn’t know they could get this big.’
  
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• Is there an alien landing site in Antarctica? Mysterious 'staircase' found on Google Earth prompts bizarre theories

  10-01-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An image has surfaced which is alleged to be a satellite image of the Antarctic, and believers in extra-terrestrial life claim it could prove aliens are visiting Earth.
  
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• The mysterious star where it rains COMETS: Hubble spots 'kamikaze exocomets' plunging into a young star

  10-01-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This phenomenon could provide insight on the ways falling comets once brought water to Earth and other planets in the ancient solar system, and thus made life possible, the NASA scientists say.
  
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• So much for progress! Why are flights taking LONGER now than they did in the 1970s?

  10-01-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A non-stop flight from New York to Houston, Texas, today takes around three hours and 50 minutes. It used to take two hours and 37 minutes. MailOnline Travel investigates.
  
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• Google, Facebook and WhatsApp to face tougher restrictions when tracking you online

  10-01-2017 18:10
  
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• Could this be a way to reverse blindness? Revolutionary stem cell transplant restores vision in mice

  10-01-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, from the RIKEN institute in Japan, is the first time photoreceptors have been successfully transplanted to host cells and sent visual signals to the host retina and brain.
  
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• Welsh blogger asks her Amazon Echo to pronounce Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

  10-01-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Llio Angharad, from Cardiff, asked the Echo to pronounce all 58 letters of Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. But the gadget fell well short with its pronunciation.
  
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• Evidence of the luxury material is found in 8,500-year-old tombs in China

  10-01-2017 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China, in Hefei, studied three tombs at the site of a Neolithic settlement in the middle of Henan Province.
  
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• Amazon Prime nabs Studio Ghibli's first TV series 'Ronja the Robber's Daughter'

  10-01-2017 17:49
  
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• Footage shows Japanese macaque male mating with female Sika deer

  10-01-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The strange situation was captured by researchers from the University of Strasbourg in France, while filming on Yakushima Island south of Japan.
  
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• Filmmakers to neuroscientists: meet the 2017 TED Fellows

  10-01-2017 17:00
  
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• Xbox One exclusive Scalebound has been cancelled

  10-01-2017 16:37
  
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• Platinum Games expresses 'disappointment' at Xbox One's Scalebound being cancelled

  10-01-2017 16:37
  
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• US Air Force's X-37B space plane reaches 600 days in orbit for mystery mission

  10-01-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The X-37B, run by the Air Force, launched atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket on May 20, 2015. Theories have ranged from it being a space bomber, to a clandestine probe.
  
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• Warming oceans could be increasing amount of deadly toxins in shellfish

  10-01-2017 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers, led by Oregon State University, found strong correlations between toxic levels of domoic acid in shellfish and warm-water ocean conditions.
  
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• Footage of polar bear hunting seals is captured by GoPro strapped to predator's head

  10-01-2017 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage, released by the US Geological Survey, based in Virginia, shows a series of clips of the polar bear hunting with others, standing on the sea ice and jumping into the water to catch prey.
  
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• Donald Trump win 'won't sway world on climate'

  10-01-2017 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Targets on CO2 will continue despite a climate change sceptic becoming president, a UK minister says.
  
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• Footage shows huge lava collapse that almost killed five tourists in Hawaii

  10-01-2017 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incredible event occurred at the Kamokuna ocean entry on New Year's Eve and resulted in the loss of 26 acres of land. It created colossal waves that eroded and washed away older parts of the sea cliff.
  
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• AI finds the cultural shifts hidden in British newspapers from 1800 to 1950

  10-01-2017 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Bristol designed artificial intelligence software that analysed articles from 100 British newspapers between 1800 and 1950, and revealed key turning points in our culture.
  
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• Pentagon tests world's largest hive-mind-controlled drone swarm that can launch attacks

  10-01-2017 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test of the world's largest micro-drone swarm in California in October included 103 Perdix micro-drones measuring around six inches (16 centimeters) launched from three fighter jets.
  
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• BIM's 'Google Docs for buildings' is transforming architecture – but could it kill creativity?

  10-01-2017 15:00
  
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• Facebook 'to launch ads within videos'

  10-01-2017 14:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook is to test "mid-roll" video advertising - in which ads are played after a video has already started - the BBC understands.
  
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• LinkedIn and Aviva join to hunt down 2.5 million lost pensions

  10-01-2017 14:39
  
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• Motorsport invests in Formula E to boost the sport's popularity

  10-01-2017 14:38
  
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• Is London the most innovative city in the world?

  10-01-2017 14:30
  
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• Don’t blame the weather for your back pain – scientists discover there is no link between the two

  10-01-2017 14:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of Australian studies suggest that the weather plays no part in the symptoms associated with either back pain or osteoarthritis. Instead it only makes people aware of their discomfort.
  
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• Mexican conjoined twins who shared body but had separate heads die before treatment

  10-01-2017 13:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharing a single body and fitted with tubes, a clip of the newborns, who were delivered in the city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was posted on social media by relatives towards the end of last week.
  
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• The staggering numbers behind Fifa's 48-team World Cup

  10-01-2017 13:44
  
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• A massive chunk of Hawaii has fallen into the ocean: Incredible footage show huge lava collapse that almost killed five tourists

  10-01-2017 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incredible event occurred at the Kamokuna ocean entry on New Year's Eve and resulted in the loss of 26 acres of land. It created colossal waves that eroded and washed away older parts of the sea cliff.
  
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• Two held for 'hacking' into Italy ex-PM Renzi emails

  10-01-2017 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Italy arrests a nuclear engineer and his sister on suspicion of hacking into emails of top politicians.
  
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• Hilarious quiz reveals the eight different types of mother

  10-01-2017 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Illustrator Jo Sandelson has devised a quiz that identifies eight different types of mother, from the slovenly Pyjama Ma to Plummy Mummy who lives the high life thanks to her husband's dodgy dealings.
  
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• Backpage.com ditches sex ads section after Senate inquiry

  10-01-2017 12:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The classifieds website Backpage.com has blocked sex ads in the US after a damning report.
  
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• VW reveals electric iconic version of campervan called I.D. Buzz

  10-01-2017 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iconic VW camper van has been reborn, this time powered purely by electricity. It's the second in the upcoming 'I.D.' sub-brand the German car maker hopes will repair its flagging reputation.
  
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• Work on Xbox One and Windows 10 game Scalebound is cancelled by Microsoft

  10-01-2017 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Production of the highly-anticipated exclusive game is scrapped after reported development problems.
  
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