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• Prolonged spaceflight changes the shape of the brain 

  01-02-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Michigan have discovered that the brains of astronauts change shape during spaceflight.
  
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• Vegetable oil increases your risk of dementia

  01-02-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating a diet rich in vegetable oil could be triggering diseases such as dementia. Nutritionist Dr Catherine Shanahan explains why, and how we can change our diets to avoid further damage.
  
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• Apple patents a vape that could be used for marijuana

  01-02-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has published a new patent describing a vaporizer that lets users vape both a ‘solid precursor’ and a ‘liquid chemical’, which suggests that it could also be used for marijuana.
  
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• Facebook ordered to pay $500m in VR lawsuit

  01-02-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A U.S. jury in Texas on Wednesday ordered Facebook, its VR unit Oculus, and others to pay a combined $500 million to ZeniMax, a video game publisher that says Oculus stole its technology.
  
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• Plans for quantum computer that could 'change life'

  01-02-2017 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from around the world, including a team from Google, have unveiled what they say is the first practical blueprint for the 'holy grail' of computing - a quantum computer.
  
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• Last airworthy Vulcan bomber is STUCK in 'hibernation'

  01-02-2017 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 57-year-old Vulcan nuclear bomber - XH558 - flew for the last time in October 2015 after a summer delighting millions of people at air shows and fly-pasts around the UK.
  
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• Some East Asian groups haven't moved for 8,000 years

  01-02-2017 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DNA from the teeth (pictured) found in an Eastern Russian cave known as Devil's Gate indicates that there was no 'population turnover' in East Asian populations for well over seven millennia.
  
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• New UK science body appoints chief

  01-02-2017 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Prof Sir Mark Walport has been appointed to head Britain's newly created science funding organisation.
  
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• Quantum computer 'construction plan' drawn up

  01-02-2017 21:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Physicists have drawn up construction plans for a large-scale quantum computer.
  
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• Frogs have a high speed sticky tongue to catch prey

  01-02-2017 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology inspired by a video of a frog playing a video game have discovered the secret behind a frogs high speed, sticky tongue.
  
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• Japan 'space junk' collector in trouble

  01-02-2017 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An experimental 'space junk' collector designed to pull rubbish from the Earth's orbit has run into trouble, Japanese scientists said on Tuesday.
  
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• NASA reveals images of summer on Mars

  01-02-2017 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunning new images from NASA's HiRISE satellite reveal a dune field formed near the base of the North Polar cap, revealing the complexity of the Martian surface - and how much it changes between seasons.
  
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• You can now play a murder mystery game with Amazon's Alexa

  01-02-2017 20:23
  
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• Drilling into heart of Iceland volcano complete

  01-02-2017 20:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Geologists in Iceland have drilled deeper into a volcano than ever before, reaching a depth of 4,659m.
  
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• Amazon to build giant $1.5bn cargo hub in Kentucky

  01-02-2017 20:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is set to open a $1.49 billion cargo air hub in Kentucky to take on FedEx and UPS. The hub will let Amazon handle more in-house shipping, allowing them two weed out third parties.
  
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• Tesla and BMW fall short of highest crash-test rating

  01-02-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two luxury electric vehicles — the Tesla Model S and the BMW i3 — have fallen short of getting the highest safety ratings in new crash tests by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.
  
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• Two BILLION pixel image reveals Cat and Lobster nebulae

  01-02-2017 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new picture from the Very Large Telescope uses roughly two billion pictures to display the Cat’s Paw and Lobster nebulae, which sit 5500 and 8000 light-years away from Earth.
  
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• Queen Elizabeth Prize goes to inventors of digital camera

  01-02-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Queen Elizabeth Prize, awarded in London this week, celebrates a historic, ground-breaking innovation in engineering each year.
  
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• CSAIL makes wearable AI to judge the tone of conversations

  01-02-2017 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have made a wearable device that can predict if a conversation is happy or sad.
  
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• 83 gene variants that affect your height are discovered

  01-02-2017 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers led by Queen Mary, University of London, analysed the genes of more than 500,000 people to identify the genes that make us little or large.
  
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• Snap testing 'smart lenses' that overlay on the real world

  01-02-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snap Inc. is reportedly developing ‘smart lenses’ that let users overlay virtual images and objects on landscapes and interact with them. It's said they are an advanced version of 'world lenses'.
  
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• Atlanta Falcons upset New England Patriots in Super Bowl

  01-02-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Atlanta Falcons have got a bit of good news thanks to aresearcher who went back and analyzed seven seasons of in-game data from every NFL matchup to create a probability model.
  
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• How birds of a feather evolved together

  01-02-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Research shows how birds acquired beaks of all shapes and sizes over millions of years of evolution.
  
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• The key to colonising Mars could lie in the icy wastelands of the South Pole

  01-02-2017 19:00
  
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• Getting humans to Mars begins at the South Pole

  01-02-2017 19:00
  
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• Mummified royals loved tattoos and CANNABIS

  01-02-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tattooed Altai Mountain royals were entombed in ice in their burial mound, preserving their remains for thousands of years. Now researchers are using scanning technology to reveal new details.
  
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• This light-propelled probe could orbit exoplanets and hunt for alien life

  01-02-2017 18:44
  
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• Robot chef in prepares pancakes in 'robot kingdom'

  01-02-2017 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A robot chef is the star of the show at the Huis Ten Bosch amusement park restaurant in Nagasaki, Japan. The two-armed humanoid is capable of preparing pancakes, fried rice and doughnuts.
  
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• Boston Dynamics' new 'nightmare-inducing' robot

  01-02-2017 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leaked footage from the company’s first presentation of Handle reveals a robot that looks like the child of the Atlas bot and a Segway, with self-balancing capabilities to prevent falls.
  
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• Deformed wing virus could spell the end for bee population

  01-02-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Deformed wing virus couldhave a devastating effect on global bee populationssay scientists reporting in the Royal Society journal. The UN estimates that 40 per cent of pollinators are at risk of extinction.
  
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• Indian children died after 'eating lychees on empty stomach'

  01-02-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of children died due to eating the fruit on an empty stomach, research says.
  
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• Wearable AI will help judge the tone of conversations

  01-02-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have made a wearable device that can predict if a conversation is happy or sad.
  
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• Dakota pipeline: US Army to allow work on final section

  01-02-2017 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Native Americans vow legal action as the go-ahead is given to complete the Dakota Access oil pipeline.
  
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• Genetically modified wheat will be grown in the UK

  01-02-2017 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Rothamsted Research in Harpenden have been granted permission by the UK governmentto carry out the trials at Rothamsted in 2017 and 2018.
  
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• 9am on Sunday is the most popular time to have sex

  01-02-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: New research, commissioned by Superdrug, shows that 9am on a Sunday is the most popular time of the week for British couples to get busy between the sheets.
  
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• Poochy and Yoshi’s Woolly World review: Excruciatingly adorable, undeniably Nintendo

  01-02-2017 16:40
  
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• Poochy & Yoshi’s Woolly World review: Excruciatingly adorable, undeniably Nintendo

  01-02-2017 16:40
  
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• Graphene can now be made with cooking oil

  01-02-2017 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Canberra, Australia, have made the miracle material graphene (pictured) faster and cheaper than ever before.
  
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• NHS staff trigger Google cyber-defences

  01-02-2017 16:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NHS staff using Google's search engine triggers one of its cybersecurity defences.
  
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• This wearable will tell you how other people are feeling from the tone of their voice

  01-02-2017 16:00
  
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• Samsung unveil a new tablet this month

  01-02-2017 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has sent an official press invite to a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. It features a picture of a mysterious device which is rumoured to be the Galaxy Tab S3.
  
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• What Donald Trump's HANDWRITING reveals about him

  01-02-2017 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He's known much more for his Tweeting. But it's not too often we get to see a handwritten note by President Donald Trump - and break down what the characteristics say about his personality.
  
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• £1m Queen Elizabeth Prize: Digital camera tech lauded

  01-02-2017 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The inventors of digital camera technology win the highest international prize for engineering.
  
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• Discovery strikes deal to keep channels on Sky

  01-02-2017 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sky reaches a last-minute agreement to keep all 12 of Discovery's channels on its platform.
  
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• DuckDuckGo: what is it and how does it work?

  01-02-2017 14:00
  
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• All hail the privacy pioneers! DuckDuckGo's ambitious plans to be more than a search engine

  01-02-2017 14:00
  
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• UFO at Nasa laboratory 'spotted' on Google Earth

  01-02-2017 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The satellite images appear to show a 'flying saucer' spacecraft (pictured) parked at Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles.
  
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• Think you're in control of your cultural choices? Think again. Meet the tastemakers

  01-02-2017 13:00
  
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• Facebook could be working on an app for TV

  01-02-2017 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the hope of competing with Netflix, which currently dominates the TV streaming industry, California-based Facebook could be working on an app for TV, according to a new report.
  
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• Uber and Daimler join forces to bring a fleet of self-driving cars to our roads

  01-02-2017 12:31
  
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