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• How to shuffle a deck of cards perfectly

  22-02-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shuffling a pack of cards isn’t as easy as you think, not if you want to truly randomise the cards. Researchers have found that to produce a random pack, you need to use a riffle shuffle seven times.
  
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• Small birds mob larger predators to impress females

  22-02-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study conducted in Minas Gerais in south-eastern Brazil found that mobbing behaviors exhibited by smaller birds to keep larger predators at bay also serves as a way for males to impress potential mates.
  
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• Verizon reveals plan to offer 5G service in 11 U.S. cities

  22-02-2017 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Verizon will begin rolling out 5G pre-commercial services to select customers in 11 US cities around April. This pilot program is set to gauge user experience and the technology's performance.
  
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• Shocking new footage reveal Antarctic ice shelf crack

  22-02-2017 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The massive crack, now wider in parts than the Empire State Building, would create an iceberg with an area roughly the size of Delware or Wales, could leave the entire shelf unstable.
  
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• Snikt! Everything you need to know about X-23, Wolverine's protégé in 'Logan'

  22-02-2017 22:00
  
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• Pack your bags! NASA spots SEVEN nearby Earth-sized alien worlds

  22-02-2017 21:41 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's a Trap...pist mini solar system 44 million years away by jet plane Pics and video  NASA has discovered a mini solar system of seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a small cool dwarf star, including three within the Goldilocks zone where liquid water is possible.…
  
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• Albums are dying. Regular releases are being killed by the constant stream culture

  22-02-2017 21:00
  
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• Komodo DRAGONS could hold the key to beating superbugs

  22-02-2017 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from George Mason University found antimicrobial protein fragments in the blood of Komodo dragons that protects them against infections. This could help fight superbugs.
  
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• Pulsar spotted by ESA is the brightest ever found

  22-02-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the INAF-Osservatorio Astronomica di Roma in Italy said the neutron star is 50 million light-years away. It was spotted by a European Space Agency observatory rocket.
  
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• Newly-found star system has SEVEN Earth-like planets

  22-02-2017 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The planets were discovered orbiting a dwarf star known as Trappist-1, which is 39 light years from Earth. The international group of researchers claim they will know if life exists there within a decade.
  
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• The 20 toughest interview questions (and how to answer)

  22-02-2017 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Job site Glassdoor has pulled together a list of the 20 toughest interview questions candidates faced over the last year - and the companies where they were asked.
  
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• 50,000 seeds added to DOOMSDAY deposit in Arctic Circle

  22-02-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fifty thousand seeds from countries all over the world have been added to the The Svalbard Vault in the Arctic Circle. It is designed to protect crops against the worst cataclysms of nuclear war or disease.
  
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• How well can you read emotions? Take the test to find out

  22-02-2017 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study in the UK found that women tend to be more perceptive than men when determining another person’s emotion based only on their eyes and eyebrows, especially reading vulnerability.
  
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• Instagram unveils new carousels that holds up to 10 photos

  22-02-2017 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram has unveiled a new feature that lets users share up to 10 images and videos in a single post. A new icon, called 'select multiple' should appear after users download the latest version of the app.
  
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• US 'nuclear sniffer' plane flies to Norway

  22-02-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The WC-135 Constant Phoenix, which is specially modified to collect atmospheric samples, flew out of RAF Mildenhall on operational sorties.
  
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• Apple spaceship HQ open in April with Steve Jobs theater

  22-02-2017 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple said it will take six months to move all 12,000 staff into the $5 billion (£4 billion) 2.8 million-square-foot campus, which features a 1,000 seat auditorium named the Steve Jobs Theater.
  
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• YouTube could ditch unskippable thirty second adverts

  22-02-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A spokesman for Google, the California firm who own the video sharing site, confirmed they will be history by 2018. It may be replaced by a 6-second format that can't be skipped.
  
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• Seven Earth-sized planets found orbiting single star

  22-02-2017 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Seven planets orbiting a single star have been discovered in a solar system 40 light-years from Earth.
  
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• Star's seven Earth-sized worlds set record

  22-02-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have discovered seven Earth-sized planets orbiting a single star - a record number.
  
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• Nasa's discovers 'extraordinary' system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets that could host life

  22-02-2017 19:00
  
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• Nasa discovers 'extraordinary' system of seven Earth-sized exoplanets that could host life

  22-02-2017 19:00
  
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• SpaceX aborts approach to space station, delivery delayed

  22-02-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A navigation error forced SpaceX to delay its shipment to the International Space Station on Wednesday, following an otherwise smooth flight from NASA's historic moon pad.
  
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• Whether or not your diet will work depends on your TWEETS

  22-02-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By analysing tweets, researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology were able to predict how likely someone was to succeed in their diet with 77 per cent accuracy.
  
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• Student turns Honda into a self-driving car for just $700

  22-02-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brevan Jorgenson, a senior at the University of Nebraska, has developed a device that gives his 2016 Honda Civic self-driving capabilities - and it only cost him $700 to build.
  
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• Dolly the cloned sheep 20 years on

  22-02-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dolly the sheep continues to inspire research 20 years after she was revealed to the world. Although Dolly died 14 years ago, four clones of her are still living outside Nottingham.
  
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• Tinder CEO predicts the future of online dating

  22-02-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the Startup Grind Global Conference in California, Tinder's CEO Sean Rad said an app using augmented reality could be used to help strangers meet in the future.
  
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• Instagram now lets you upload multiple photos and videos. Here's how to use the tool

  22-02-2017 18:32
  
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• Range Rover reveals new Velar to its models

  22-02-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From 1970 to 2005 there was just one Range Rover. Fast forward 12 years and the line-up has multiplied to four. This is the Velar, a luxury 4x4 to take on Jaguar's F-Pace and Porsche's Macan.
  
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• Being a cat lady doesn’t show poor mental health says UCL

  22-02-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cat owners no longer need to fear being driven mad by their pets. Scientists from University College London discredited a link between a common feline parasite and psychosis.
  
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• You can now read Walt Whitman's long-lost Jack Engle novella 165 years after it disappeared

  22-02-2017 18:00
  
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• Most scientists 'can't replicate studies by their peers'

  22-02-2017 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Science is facing a "reproducibility crisis" as scientists fail to reproduce others' work, it is claimed.
  
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• Plane flies along Antarctica's giant Larsen crack

  22-02-2017 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New video is released of the Antarctic ice crack that promises to produce a giant berg.
  
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• World's only piece of a revolutionary metal goes missing

  22-02-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard scientists had created the metal only last month, a breakthrough which experts claimed would revolutionise technology with super-fast, efficient microchips and batteries.
  
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• Self-driving cars must be covered by insurance, says UK bill

  22-02-2017 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK proposes that insurance companies have to cover all accidents involving self-driving cars.
  
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• Study: Technology trouble dents car and truck reliability

  22-02-2017 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Technology glitches including Bluetooth phone pairing and misunderstood voice commands put a dent in car and truck reliability scores in a major survey of automobile owners.
  
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• Costa Rica monkey clings to mother after electrocution

  22-02-2017 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tiny howler monkey, called Ashley, was just two weeks old when she was orphaned when her mother was electrocuted by an electrical transformer in Playa Guiones, Costa Rica.
  
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• You Tube could ditch unskippable thirty second adverts

  22-02-2017 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A spokesman for Google, the California firm who own the video sharing site, confirmed they will be history by 2018. It may be replaced by a 6-second format that can't be skipped.
  
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• Facebook confusion over fake cancer babies U-turns

  22-02-2017 16:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook apologises after repeatedly restoring posts featuring stolen photos of children and posted claims they had cancer.
  
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• Where are the human clones? 20 years since Dolly was unveiled we look at the future of cloning

  22-02-2017 16:20
  
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• Is THIS what Samsung's Galaxy S8 will look like?

  22-02-2017 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest images were posted on Twitter by Ice Universe, who wrote: 'China protective film manufacturers expose Galaxy S8' alongside five images of the alleged device.
  
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• Should this Viking treasure remain where it was found?

  22-02-2017 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The objects were found inside a pot in Dumfries and Galloway and includeitems such as a gold bird-shaped pin, an enamelled Christian cross and silk from modern-day Istanbul as well as silver and crystal.
  
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• London Crossrail diggers find men buried hand in hand

  22-02-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Museum of London Archaeology discovered the pair facing each other with their hands entwined in a 15th century cemetery near Smithfield in London.
  
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• Futuristic drone helicopter will be invisible to radar

  22-02-2017 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Serbian manufacturer Engine Development and Production unveiled its prototype unmanned helicopter that will be invisible to radar at an arms fair in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• UPS delivery drone has glitch at launch event

  22-02-2017 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A demonstration of a package delivery drone service goes awry when the aircraft is nearly destroyed.
  
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• 90% of people don't want to know what their future holds

  22-02-2017 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers from the Planck Institute in Germany found that people would prefer not to know the future because they enjoy the feeling of suspense and wish to avoid regret (stock image).
  
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• Loopholes and luxuries: how Silicon Valley stays one step ahead of the tax man in the UK

  22-02-2017 15:06
  
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• Loopholes and luxuries: how Apple, Facebook and Google stay ahead of the tax man

  22-02-2017 15:06
  
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• The tell-tale signs you're having a baby girl

  22-02-2017 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to experts from Ohio State University, chemical reactions in the body provide a mother with tell-tale signs of whether she's carrying a boy or a girl.
  
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• Ron Howard is the new director of the Star Wars Han Solo spinoff

  22-02-2017 14:26
  
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• Meet the cast of Star Wars' Han Solo spinoff

  22-02-2017 14:26
  
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