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• Yale astrophysicists reveal detailed 'map' of dark matter

  01-03-2017 23:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yale astrophysicists have created one of the most detailed maps yet of dark matter using data from the Hubble Space Telescope Frontier Fields, building acase for the existence of cold dark matter.
  
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• NASA tweet asking for help naming new planets backfires

  01-03-2017 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter users have suggested absurd names for the star and its orbiting planets, including Planet McPlanetface and Gasy McGasface, the characters from Friends, and ‘Far from Trump’ 1-7.
  
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• Aarhus University eveal facts about stroppy adolescents 

  01-03-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Aarhus University in Denmark found that teenagers aren’t just ignoring the pungent aroma that so often surrounds them; in fact, they can’t even smell it.
  
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• Psychologists say your moral outrage is self-serving

  01-03-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists have found that those who express moral outrage at wrong-doings are not selfless, but rather self-serving, or doing it to reinforce their own status as a 'good person'.
  
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• Google quietly launches new videoconferencing app

  01-03-2017 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google rolled out a new video conferencing app called Meet. Only a desktop version is available that lets users input a code to enter a meeting and an area that displays future meetings.
  
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• Moon tourists risk rough ride, experts say

  01-03-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Non-stop vomiting, a puffy face and the constant need to pee: Volunteers for a week-long loop around the Moon may be in for a rough ride even if all goes to plan, experts have warned.
  
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• Snap prices its IPO at $3.4 billion

  01-03-2017 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snap Inc has priced its initial public offering above its target range on Wednesday, a source familiar with the situation said, raising $3.4 billion in what could be the hottest tech IPO in years.
  
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• The terrifying robots set to mine the seabed

  01-03-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Canadian mining company Nautilus Minerals plans to send robots to mine deposits rich in copper and gold in the waters of Papua New Guinea in 2019.
  
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• Wild African elephants sleep just two HOURS a day

  01-03-2017 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers tracked elephants at Chobe National Park, Botswana, and found that elephants would often stay awake for 46 hours at time while travelling distances of 30kms to avoid poachers.
  
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• Chimpanzees learn grooming habits from their mother

  01-03-2017 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chimpanzees learn certain grooming behaviors from their mothers and continue to show these behaviors long after their mothers have died, researchers from Harvard University have found.
  
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• Texas meteor caught on dashcam video

  01-03-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officer Tiffany Vanzant of the Weatherford, Texas police department was driving in the town on the outskirts of Fort Worth when she spotted the meteor streaking overhead on Sunday.
  
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• Amazon's Alexa is learning how to be a better listener

  01-03-2017 21:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon's Alexa is learning how to be a better listener. Sources told TIME that Amazon is working on a feature that would let the virtual assistant distinguish between differing users based on their voice.
  
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• Meet the Range Rover Velar 2017 – the sector-busting, urban-focused SUV to rule them all

  01-03-2017 21:30
  
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• Snake game is available to play on Facebook Messenger

  01-03-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fans who can't wait to play snake on the new Nokia 3310 handset can get an early fix on Facebook Messenger. A modern take on the cult classic game that you can play with friends is now available.
  
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• Facebook slashes price of Oculus VR headset

  01-03-2017 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The virtual reality headset, Rift, and motion controller Touch will together retail for $598, which Oculus hopes will make the technology more affordable for normal users.
  
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• Lego to launch 'Women of NASA' figures

  01-03-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lego has revealed they've chosen the Women of NASA fan design to move forward into production, featuring five women who played critical roles in the space program.
  
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• Over-fishing wipes out 90% of Caribbean predatory fish

  01-03-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of North Carolina claim that predatory fish are key to Caribbean ecosystems, and that each reef shark brings in $1 million (£810,000) in tourism revenue in its lifetime.
  
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• Dear Travis...

  01-03-2017 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC offers its best advice for Silicon Valley's beleaguered bad boy.
  
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• Public swimming pools contain 75 litres of URINE

  01-03-2017 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Alberta in Canada have found out how much urine is in pools and hot tubs by testing for an artificial sweetener, acesulfame potassium (ACE).
  
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• Netflix technology could bring better mobile streaming

  01-03-2017 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new technology has been announced by Netflix at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Dynamic Optimiser uses artificial intelligence to improve quality while reducing data consumption.
  
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• Earliest evidence of life on Earth 'found'

  01-03-2017 19:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers discover fossils of what may be some of earliest living organisms.
  
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• World's oldest fossils unearthed in Canada could help in the hunt for alien life

  01-03-2017 19:00
  
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• Will aeroplane cockpits be built like your TEETH?

  01-03-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Michigan University have created synthetic tooth enamel for the first time, and claim that the material effortlessly absorbs the stresses of constant vibration felt by aircraft.
  
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• Move over, Bernie Ecclestone. Scientists unearth Earth's oldest fossil yet: 4bn years old

  01-03-2017 19:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  Brits catch God yet again screwing with our heads Video  As far as we know, nearly four billion years ago nothing walked the lands of Earth, but there was life in the seas. Now British boffins think they've found a fossil record of some of the earliest lifeforms on the planet.…
  
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• Astronomers spot a bizarre black hole that could unlock the secrets of how our galaxy formed

  01-03-2017 19:00
  
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• Facebook is training its AI to try and spot suicides

  01-03-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook plans to use artificialintelligence and update its tools and services to help preventsuicides among its users. It plans tointegrate tools into Facebook Live and itsMessenger service.
  
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• Is Google developing a baseball cap mounted with a camera?

  01-03-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google Glass may have failed, but it seems Google isn't giving up. The firm received a patent for a baseball cap with a video camera mounted on the brim that uploads content to social media sites.
  
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• US approves 3 types of GM 'superpotato'

  01-03-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three new varieties of potato - the Russet Burbank, Ranger Russet and Atlantic - have previously been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and will go on sale in the fall.
  
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• Your TV licence is about to get more expensive

  01-03-2017 17:46
  
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• Your TV licence is about to get (a little bit) more expensive

  01-03-2017 17:46
  
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• Twitter algorithms will clamp down on abusive content

  01-03-2017 17:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter on Wednesday launched a wider effort to use algorithms to identify accounts as potentially engaging in abusive behavior, a departure from its practice of relying on users to report accounts.
  
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• Hacked robots could attack humans and burgle homes

  01-03-2017 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at IOActive, a cybersecurity firm with offices in Seattle and London, have warned that many robots on the market today are vulnerable to remote hacking, and could cause chaos in the home.
  
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• Imaging headband measures our minds when we communicate 

  01-03-2017 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Drexel University, Pennsylvania, used a 'mind-reading' headband to show that synchronisation between two people only occurs when they both understand the language.
  
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• Antarctic temperatures reach record high of 17.5°C

  01-03-2017 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The alarmingly high temperatures of up to 17.5°C were recorded during a two-day heatwave at the Argentine Experanza Base in the Antarctic Peninsula in East Antarctica.
  
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• Final image of Samsung's 'make or break' Galaxy S8 LEAKED

  01-03-2017 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A picture of the finished Galaxy S8 has been revealed on the Twitter page of a serial leaker called Evan Blass. The much-anticipated phone will be officially release on 29 March.
  
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• Is Snapchat developing a DRONE?

  01-03-2017 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three people working behind the scenes at Snapchat's secretive research laboratory in California have revealed that Snapchat is working on flying drone technology.
  
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• Amazon Echo now lets you book holidays HANDS FREE

  01-03-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI assistant from Amazon, which is based in Seattle, can now be used to search for and book holidays without lifting a finger. Alexa can search through millions of travel options in a split second.
  
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• Twitter adds more anti-abuse tools

  01-03-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social network introduces yet another set of tools to combat bullying and abuse on its platform.
  
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• Vikings were good at wooing women

  01-03-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Warwick andUniversity College London have published a paper suggesting Danish Vikings had a substantial legacy on the DNA on modern Britons.
  
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• Lava bursts from Mount Etna as the volcano erupts

  01-03-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mount Etna has erupted in a fiery show of lava in eastern Sicily. The volcano's latest eruptions, which can last days and even weeks, began on Monday evening.
  
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• Lime dating app matches users based on how active they are

  01-03-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New dating app Lime, created by developers in San Francisco, matches single hearts based on data from the iPhone's in-built Health app. The new service matches people based on their step count.
  
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• New drivers caught using phones to lose licence

  01-03-2017 15:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One text at the wheel could see a driver forced to retake both their practical and theory tests.
  
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• Origins of the squid, octopus and cuttlefish revealed

  01-03-2017 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Bristol used the genetic sequences of modern day squid and octopuses to trace the creatures' DNA back hundreds of millions of years.
  
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• Music as medicine: how songs could soon replace painkillers and help you sleep better

  01-03-2017 15:00
  
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• Kinky wolf spiders have threesomes that last FOUR hours

  01-03-2017 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania studied wolf spiders who have threesomes to avoid cannibalism.
  
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• How tech giants are using AI to prevent self-harm and suicide

  01-03-2017 14:36
  
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• Facebook's AI is now being used to prevent self-harm and suicide

  01-03-2017 14:36
  
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• Production of every loaf of bread emits half a kilo of CO2

  01-03-2017 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Sheffield found that a single loaf of bread produced in the UK contributes as much to global warming as more than half a kilogram of carbon dioxide.
  
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• Beauty.AI's 'robot beauty contest' is back – and this time it promises not to be racist

  01-03-2017 13:35
  
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• MWC 2017: Virtual rockets shoot toy drones from sky

  01-03-2017 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A mixed-reality mobile game lets players "shoot" real drones out of the air.
  
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