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• Humans are REALLY bad at reading the intentions of others

  18-01-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Manchester have found that people aren't good at reading the true intentions of others.
  
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• Trump's EPA nominee Scott Pruitt grilled on oil company ties

  18-01-2017 23:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Donald Trump's choice to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt, has faced some tough questioning at his confirmation hearing.
  
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• Stunning images reveal how the Eurasian ice sheet started

  18-01-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers created high-resolution models of the Eurasian ice sheet, revealing it grew a volume twice that of the Mediterranean Sea just 15,000 years after the process began.
  
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• What walkies reveal about your relationship with your dog

  18-01-2017 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British say how dog walkers adapt the timing, length and location of the walks depending on the perceived personality of the dog and what they think the dogs like and dislike the most.
  
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• Google's budget 'Android One' phones are coming to the US

  18-01-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is set to launch its Android One initiative in the US, which offers users low-cost phones. The Information reported that the first device will cost between $200 and $300, and be available in 2017.
  
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• GIF shows was babies see when they are first born

  18-01-2017 22:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Even before birth, fetuses can differentiate between light and dark. However, for weeks everything is in black and white and for months their eyes cannot work together. This 12-month gif explains...
  
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• Could this robot that 'hugs' organ prevent heart failure?

  18-01-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The soft silicone device, created by Harvard researchers, stiffens and relaxes when inflated with pressurised air. It fits outside the patient's own heart, squeezing it to make it beat.
  
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• Climate change could reduce 'perfect' weather days

  18-01-2017 21:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earth will have 10 fewer days of mild and mostly dry weather by the end of the century. Rio de Janeiro, Miami and much of Africa are big losers, while Europe and Seattle will get nicer weather.
  
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• Egypt's ancient 'pot burials' may have symbolized rebirth

  18-01-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study argues that the pot burials of ancient Egypt may have held far more spiritual significance than previously believed, acting as symbol for the rebirth of the deceased into the afterlife.
  
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• The coffee machine to give your mornings the best shot

  18-01-2017 21:00
  
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• Japan's hi-tech loos now less confusing with symbol guide

  18-01-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japan's toilet manufacturers will now use just eight symbols to inform which button does what. They offer everything from seat warming and bidet functions to motion sensors and deodorisers.
  
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• Researchers identify what makes the Durian smell pungent

  18-01-2017 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the German Research Centre for Food Chemistry have discovered the chemistry behind the durian fruit's unusual stench, and found a way to re-create it using just two compounds.
  
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• Mystery of Namibia's bizarre fairy circles is solved

  18-01-2017 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using computer simulations, Princeton University says an intricate combination of animals and plants cooperating and competing help explain the unusual patterns.
  
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• Primates facing 'extinction crisis'

  18-01-2017 20:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Primates are facing an extinction crisis, according to researchers who have found that 60% of species are under threat.
  
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• Over half of world's primate species may go extinct

  18-01-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign said that for most of the world's 504 primate species, it is now the 11th hour on Earth.
  
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• Uri Geller convinced the CIA of his psychic powers

  18-01-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The CIA tested Uri Geller's psychic abilities during a series of top secret tests in the 1980s where he was able to demonstrate his skill in an 'unambiguous manner' according to released documents.
  
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• Artificial robotic heart muscles keep pigs alive after heart attacks

  18-01-2017 20:00
  
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• US Army 'Stormtrooper' hoverbike takes to the air

  18-01-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Army's 'hoverbike' has hit the skies to show off its capabilities. Hailed the 'Amazon on the battlefield' the joint tactical aerial resupply vehicle will be used to delivery supplies to the battlefield.
  
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• Pixar Easter eggs that prove films are set in same world

  18-01-2017 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only the most eagle-eyed viewers would have realised that all 17 Pixar films take place in the same universe. Now Disney has released a video that shares the secret with all of their fans.
  
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• Experts say your HEARTBEAT could be used as a password

  18-01-2017 19:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Binghamton University encrypted patient data using the person's own unique electrocardiograph as the key to lock and unlock their digital healthcare records.
  
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• Here's how much it will cost for all the Nintendo Switch kit

  18-01-2017 19:26
  
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• Portrait of Robert Burns contains secret Masonic symbols

  18-01-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jerry Brannigan, a freelance writer, presented his theory on the 'Da Vinci code of paintings' at a conference held by the University of Glasgow's Centre for Robert Burns Studies in Ayr.
  
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• For driverless cars, a moral dilemma: Who lives or dies?

  18-01-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIT researchers have created the game to try and work out the ethical dilemma a self driving car would face - and how people will react.
  
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• Galileo satellites experiencing multiple clock failures

  18-01-2017 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The onboard atomic clocks that drive the satellite-navigation signals on Europe's Galileo network have been failing at an alarming rate.
  
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• Photos show 'weaponised commercial drones' in Iraq

  18-01-2017 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Photographs taken in Iraq appear to show commercial drones adapted to drop grenades on the Iraqi security forces.
  
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• Drone photography company to pay $200,000 fine

  18-01-2017 18:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Chicago-based drone operator is to pay the largest fine ever issued to settle claims it carried out dozens of illegal flights.
  
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• Video shows toy train winding its way through a house

  18-01-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage, posted on YouTube by the aptly named TrainGuy 659, gives viewers a train-eye view of the route as it zooms round the home in Tropical North Queensland in Australia.
  
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• 2016 was the hottest year EVER recorded

  18-01-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Average surface temperatures in 2016 were 0.94°C (1.69°F) above the 20th-century average according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
  
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• US developing EMP weapon that could cripple an entire city

  18-01-2017 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A solicitation from the Pentagon calls for a non-explosive electromagnetic pulse artillery shell capable of wiping out ‘a wide range of electronics, critical infrastructure, and computer-based systems.’
  
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• First freight train from China to Britain arrives

  18-01-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The train pulled in to Barking in East London after an 18-day journey from Yiwu, a wholesale market town in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang.
  
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• Photographic archive of 19th century deformities released

  18-01-2017 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These are the bizarre photographs from a 19th century freak show where members of the public would pay to witness people with physical deformities.
  
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• Ambulances will jam car radios in Sweden

  18-01-2017 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, developed by students at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, blocks music and broadcasts a voice telling you an emergency vehicle is on its way.
  
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• Climate change: Data shows 2016 likely to be warmest year yet

  18-01-2017 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temperature data for 2016 shows it is likely to have edged ahead of 2015 as the world's warmest year.
  
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• How Voltron: Legendary Defender revamped an anime classic for Netflix

  18-01-2017 16:38
  
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• Is YOUR job stressful? You're at higher risk of cancer

  18-01-2017 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Working in a stressful job, with high work load, time pressure and job insecurity, for 15 years increases the risk of five forms of the disease, scientists from Quebec University warn.
  
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• DNA-testing smartphone aims to tackle drugs resistance

  18-01-2017 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A smartphone attachment that analyses DNA could help improve cancer and tuberculosis treatments.
  
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• CamSoda gas mask blasts smells out while you watch VR porn

  18-01-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Austin-based CamSoda has launched a mask globally that delivers smells to the virtual reality experience, providing users with immersive aromas while watching adult entertainment.
  
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• South Korea train 'will travel at the SPEED OF SOUND'

  18-01-2017 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials in the South Korean capital Seoul hope the near-supersonic mode of transport will be able to travel more than 620mph - drastically reducing journey times in the country.
  
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• This beautiful dress has a glowing secret: bacteria

  18-01-2017 16:00
  
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• Babies remember their birth language

  18-01-2017 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hanyang University in Seoul tested the Korean language skills of Dutch-speaking adults adopted from South Korea. Their early exposure to their birth language was evident (stock image). .
  
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• Euro space agency's Galileo satellites stricken by mystery clock failures

  18-01-2017 14:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  One in eight have stopped, admits org's director general Europe's GPS-alike system Galileo is suffering a number of unexplained clock failures on its satellites, the European Space Agency has admitted.…
  
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• EU Space Agency's Galileo satellites stricken by mystery clock failures

  18-01-2017 14:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  One in eight have stopped, admits org's director general The European Union’s GPS-alike system Galileo is suffering a number of unexplained clock failures on its satellites, the EU Space Agency has admitted.…
  
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• Instagram user meltdown after update causes app to crash

  18-01-2017 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yesterday, California-based Instagram released its latest update, with 'bug fixes and performance improvements.' But users across the world have been left unable to use the app as a result
  
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• Instagram rolls out live video in the UK

  18-01-2017 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram first launched the feature in the US at the end of 2016, and has now extended it to the UK, Germany, France, Brazil, Canada and Japan.
  
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• Waves airline will allow people to order flights via app

  18-01-2017 14:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waves airline, expected to start commercial flights in July, will be launched on the Channel Islands - but its creator hopes that it will eventually be used throughout the UK.
  
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• From UFOs to its psychic Stargate tests, the CIA just dumped 13 million declassified pages online

  18-01-2017 14:08
  
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• Molten lava spews into sea in front of tourists in Hawaii

  18-01-2017 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tourists braved the choppy seas and deadly eruptions taking place at the Kamokuna lava delta in Hawaii since it collapsed on December 31 to see the breathtaking natural phenomenon.
  
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• Russia tests its new 'Sickle' intercontinental missile

  18-01-2017 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Topol-M rocket blasted off from the Plesetsk, 500 miles north east of Moscow before reaching its target in the Kamchatka peninsula - some 3,750 miles to the east.
  
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• Love Lego? The University of Cambridge is looking for a 'professor of play'

  18-01-2017 13:38
  
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• France launches French Tech Visa to bring more startups and entrepreneurs to the country

  18-01-2017 13:14
  
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