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• Massive black hole feasted on a giant star for 10 years

  06-02-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The drawn out feeding frenzy is still underway in a galaxy 1.8 billion light years from Earth, and astronomers say the supermassive black hole is growing at an ‘extraordinarily high rate.’
  
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• Incredible animation reveals exoplanets orbiting a star

  06-02-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The planets, each more massive than Jupiter, are circling a bright young star that lies in the constellation Pegasus, 129 light years away. It was created with seven years of observations.
  
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• Bison return to Banff national park in Canada

  06-02-2017 22:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The staged reintroduction since the end of last month is going smoothly, officials say.
  
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• Intel powered the 300 drones during Super Bowl halftime 

  06-02-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lady Gaga's incredible Super Bowl halftime show, was due in part to Intel's fleet of 300 drones that helped create her dazzling performance on Sunday night.
  
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• Learning sign language could give you super vision

  06-02-2017 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Sheffield have found that learning sign language can be beneficial for hearing adults too, giving them faster reaction times in their peripheral vision.
  
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• Apple to launch augmented reality glasses this year

  06-02-2017 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is believed the iPhone maker is working on lightweight glasses with a small display that would link to a user's iPhone, according to blogger Robert Scoble.
  
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• Would YOU pay $10,000 for robot sex doll with an AI brain?

  06-02-2017 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A sex doll company is set to release a robotic sex assistant that can form emotional bonds with its users. Each life-like silicon 'RealDoll' requires about 80 hours of work to make and has customized genitalia.
  
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• How to win an Oscar (according to science)

  06-02-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the international team of researchers, the trend suggests viewers are more likely to see a performance as ‘truly brilliant’ if they from the same social group as the actor.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S8 will have finger sensor on the rear

  06-02-2017 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The leather cases, complete with a Samsung logo, show the S8 will have a fingerprint sensor on the rear - fitting with previous claims it will have no home button but an 'infinity screen' on the front.
  
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• Researchers warn people can be TOO nice

  06-02-2017 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It does also appear that it is possible to be 'too nice'. This is clearest in instances where people become overburdened with the need to care for or provide for others.
  
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• Paedophiles luring kids into nude selfies using Mylol app

  06-02-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A warning went out to millions of parents around the world that schoolchildren could be sending nude selfies after being groomed by paedophiles through teenage dating app Mylol.
  
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• Gene therapy restores hearing in deaf mice

  06-02-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study comes from researchers at the Boston Children's Hospital, who used a laboratory-made virus to deliver corrective DNA into the inner ear of mice.
  
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• Gene therapy allows 'deaf' mice to hear

  06-02-2017 18:22
  
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• Biologists help deaf mice hear again by inserting healthy genes into their ears

  06-02-2017 18:22
  
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• Google Home device goes mad during Super Bowl advert

  06-02-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During last night's Super Bowl in Houston, Google's advert for its Home device left some viewers annoyed, as their own Google Home systems thought the TV was trying to communicate.
  
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• Enceladus up close: Stunning new image of Saturn's moon

  06-02-2017 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 313-mile-wide moon (504 kilometers) has been of great interest to scientists in recent years, with Cassini’s observations revealing possible signs that it could support life.
  
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• Catch 'em all in Minecraft with fan-made Pokémon Cobalt and Amethyst

  06-02-2017 17:40
  
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• Phobias could be cured by exposing people to burst of fear

  06-02-2017 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The short exposure technique was devised by researchers from the Institute for the Developing Mind at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (stock image).
  
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• Samsung Gear VR shipped more devices than Oculus, HTC Vive, and PSVR combined

  06-02-2017 17:34
  
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• Uber hires Nasa engineer to lead flying taxi project

  06-02-2017 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the race to build a commercially available flying car, Uber has hired Mark Moore, an advanced aircraft engineer from Nasa's Langley Research Centre in Virginia.
  
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• Japan's troubled 'space junk' mission fails

  06-02-2017 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An experimental Japanese mission to clear 'space junk' or rubbish from the Earth's orbit has ended in failure, officials said Monday, in an embarassment for Tokyo.
  
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• Amazon to open a ROBOT-run supermarket

  06-02-2017 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seattle-based Amazon has plans for a robot-run supermarket with a drive-thru service. A staff of robots on the top floor will automatically grab shopping from shelves and bring it down to customers.
  
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• Terrific Scientific: BBC Breakfast's fizzy bottle rocket flop

  06-02-2017 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Breakfast presenters battle it out in the Terrific Scientific Bottle Rocket Challenge.
  
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• Technology explained: What is Fifa betting?

  06-02-2017 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unofficial websites let Fifa players gamble with their virtual currency
  
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• Listen to the song guaranteed to make your baby smile

  06-02-2017 15:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an article for The Conversation, Caspar Addyman, a Lecturer in Developmental Psychology at Goldsmiths, University of London explains how the 'ultimate lullaby' was created (stock image).
  
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• Elon Musk tweets photo of his giant tunnel boring machine

  06-02-2017 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk posted the photo with the caption 'Minecraft'. When Musk first announced his plans to bore a tunnel to his SpaceX offices in Los Angeles in December it appeared he was joking.
  
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• A vision for 3D precision: this robot arm 'prints' giant structures using AI

  06-02-2017 15:00
  
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• China is leading the world in solar energy production

  06-02-2017 14:27
  
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• Satisfying the thirsty

  06-02-2017 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Land Speed Record holder Andy Green describes how the Typhoon jet engine in the Bloodhound supersonic car will be fed with fuel.
  
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• The best movie and TV trailers from Super Bowl 2017

  06-02-2017 14:06
  
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• Why you SHOULD be selfish at work

  06-02-2017 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania professor, Dr Adam Grant, and researcher Reb Rebele, explain that selflessness at work ends up hurting the very people you intended to help.
  
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• Film site IMDB to shut down message boards

  06-02-2017 13:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Users have been warned they have two weeks to archive material they want to save.
  
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• Super Bowl trailers whip up fan anticipation

  06-02-2017 13:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Adverts for Fast and Furious 8 and Stranger Things' second series entertain Super Bowl viewers.
  
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• Will a robot take your job? 250,000 public sector admin jobs at risk

  06-02-2017 13:39
  
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• Apple, Google, Facebook and 94 others fight Trump's travel ban

  06-02-2017 13:37
  
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• Sky and Virgin issue 20-day warning to stop torrenting

  06-02-2017 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The warnings are part of the government's 'Get It Right' campaign which aims to warn internet users of the dangers of online piracy. The consequences for ignoring the warning are not yet clear.
  
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• Fall armyworm 'threatens African farmers' livelihoods'

  06-02-2017 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say a pest that destroys maize is spreading rapidly across Africa and could reach Asia and the Mediterranean in the next few years.
  
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• France's Jean-Luc Mélenchon uses hologram during campaign

  06-02-2017 12:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To create Mr Melenchon's hologram, designers filmed him in Lyon, before using a projector in Paris aimed at a screen on the ground to broadcast the footage.
  
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• Hacker briefly hijacks insecure printers

  06-02-2017 12:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warning messages urging printer owners to beef up security are left on insecure devices.
  
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• Penumbral lunar eclipse will appear with a comet on Friday

  06-02-2017 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A lunar eclipse is forecast to appear, casting a mysterious shadow across the moon. And just a few hours later, Comet 45P - the New Year comet - will make its closest approach to the Earth.
  
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• AI should replace 250,000 civil servants, says report

  06-02-2017 11:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robots and computers could replace almost 250,000 public sector workers over the next 15 years, improving efficiency and saving billions of pounds, according to a think-tank report.
  
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• Middle class jobs at risk of becoming automated says study

  06-02-2017 10:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oxford University director, Carl Frey,has revealed the high paying jobs most likely to become obsolete because of the march of technology. Middle class roles such as loan officers could soon disappear.
  
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• Hackers took more than 10,000 dark web sites offline

  06-02-2017 10:27
  
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• Juno how to adjust a broken Jupiter probe's orbit?

  06-02-2017 09:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're asking because Juno's still in a bigger-than-hoped orbit. The pics are still lovely though NASA's revealed that its Juno probe has made another close pass around Jupiter, but sadly not as close as was first hoped.…
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for February 6

  06-02-2017 08:55
  
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• New app sees couples quizzed on their partners desires

  06-02-2017 07:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 70,000 people worldwide have downloaded a new app that promises to improve couples' sex lives by quizzing them on their desires and fantasies.
  
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• Hedgehogs’ survival fight as sightings fall again

  06-02-2017 02:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine found just one in eight had regularly spotted a hedgehog in their garden. The drop isblamed on a reduction of their natural habitat.
  
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• Boosting water table can curb climate risks, says study

  06-02-2017 02:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Increasing the water table under arable peatland can help boost yields and the amount of carbon stored in the soil, a study says.
  
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• Illustrious light bulbs

  06-02-2017 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Once too precious to use, now too cheap to notice – the significance of the light bulb is profound.
  
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• Unlocking car parks

  06-02-2017 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Australian app that frees up parking spaces owned by hotels and offices for the public.
  
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