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• F35B finally fires its guns in the air

  08-03-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test near Naval Air Station Patuxent River on February 21st is believed to be the first time the F-35B and C's belly-mounted gun pod has been fired in flight.
  
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• Technology could DESTROY humanity claims Stephen Hawking

  08-03-2017 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The physicist, who has spoken out about the dangers of artificial intelligence in the past says  our 'logic and reason' could be the only way to defeat the growing threat of nuclear or biological war.
  
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• Researchers reveal the three types of online porn user

  08-03-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Université Laval in Quebec has discovered that there are three types of porn viewers: recreational, distressed and compulsive - but only one of the groups was found to be 'healthy'.
  
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• Gravitational waves pioneer Ronald Drever dies

  08-03-2017 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scottish physicist Ronald Drever, one of the architects behind the discovery of gravitational waves, has died at the age of 85.
  
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• Is this the ultimate mobile home for the apocalypse?

  08-03-2017 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Globecruiser Family 7500, built by Austrian company Action Mobil, measures 10 metres in length and was built to last for days in the wilderness without stopping off for fuel or water.
  
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• Study reveals how potatoes could grow on Mars

  08-03-2017 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experiments to grow potatoes in the harsh soil of the southern Peruvian desert have revealed new promise for their ability to thrive on Mars. Martian conditions were simulated inside a CubeSat.
  
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• Dutch scientists on how to get super-sized memory in days

  08-03-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Radboud University Medical Center in the Netherlands found that memory training alters brain functions and can double memory capacity (stock image).
  
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• Scientists reveal yellow is the safest color for a taxi 

  08-03-2017 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of taxi and accident data by the National University of Singapore revealed that yellow taxis were 9 per cent less likely to be involved in accidents than blue ones.
  
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• Premier League gets Kodi piracy court order

  08-03-2017 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Premier League gets the power to block computer servers that power pirated video streams.
  
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• Neanderthals discovered aspirin 40,000 years ago

  08-03-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, led by the University of Adelaide, made the discovery after studying dental samples taken from the remains of five Neanderthals found in Spain, Italy and Belgium.
  
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• Archaeologists discover 66 statues of Sekhmet in Luxor

  08-03-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers with a German archaeological mission in Egypt discovered 66 well-preserved statues of Sekhmet near Luxor, the site of the ancient city Thebes.
  
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• Apple's next phone set to be called 'iPhone Edition'

  08-03-2017 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest rumor regarding Apple's next flagship smartphone suggests it will be called 'iPhone Edition' and although it will be announced in Sept., it will not officially be released until much later.
  
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• Plans for handheld chemical tricorder

  08-03-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Australian National University have designed a handheld device that can analyze chemicals in objects. It was inspired by the tricorder from Star Trek which analyzes living things.
  
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• The Silk Road emerged from the footsteps of nomads

  08-03-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Washington University in St Louis used mathematical modelling to recreate the movements of pastoral farmers. They used their simulation to create 'herd flow' maps.
  
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• New insight into secret lives of Neanderthals

  08-03-2017 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neanderthals dosed themselves with painkillers and possibly penicillin, according to a study of their teeth.
  
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• Neanderthals 'self-medicated' for pain

  08-03-2017 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Neanderthals dosed themselves with painkillers and possibly penicillin, according to a study of their teeth.
  
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• How to super-size your memory, according to science

  08-03-2017 19:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  You can super size your memory to make it more like the brain of a world memory champion, a scientific study suggests.
  
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• China to launch lunar space probe before year's end

  08-03-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China announced plansto launch a space probe to bring back samples from themoon before the end of the year, in what state media cast ascompetition to U.S. President Donald Trump's ambitions.
  
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• Nest developing a security system that recognizes visitors

  08-03-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alphabet's Nest is expanding into the security business with a solution that shows home owners who is at their door using facial recognition and lets them grant access via their smartphone.
  
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• Neanderthal teeth reveal they ate woolly rhinos and may have used plants as primitive painkillers

  08-03-2017 19:00
  
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• Sony's PS4 4.5 update is out now. Here are its new features and how to download

  08-03-2017 18:02
  
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• PS4 update adds 'Boost Mode' and finally lets you back up your games

  08-03-2017 18:02
  
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• 'Rock star' fossil to leave London and fly to Japan

  08-03-2017 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeopteryx, the missing link between birds and dinosaurs is leaving its home in the Natural History Museum in London and going on display in Japan for a global exhibition.
  
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• Chinese archaeologists discovered rare tomb cluster

  08-03-2017 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have unearthed a tomb cluster containing nearly 200 rare boat-shaped coffins in China. More than 1,000 ancient burial items have been discovered in the tombs.
  
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• Malta's landmark 164ft-high Azure Window finally crumbles

  08-03-2017 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists had warned that the Azure Window, on the north-western coast of the small island of Gozo, was eroding fast. The icon was a top visitor attraction and even appeared in Game of Thrones.
  
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• How going to Mars could give you LEUKAEMIA

  08-03-2017 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study on mice transplanted with human stem cells conducted at the Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, this directly caused blood cancer in the rodents in two ways.
  
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• CIA hacking tools: Should we be worried?

  08-03-2017 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What the documents posted on Wikileaks say about our online privacy.
  
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• WIRED Money 2017 Agenda: RegTech, Blockchain, Democratising and the Future of Banks

  08-03-2017 17:02
  
  From Regtech to Blockchain, WIRED Money event will provide a 30,000ft view of the future of finance, fintech and banking.
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• This map claims it can predict crimes across London before they happen

  08-03-2017 17:00
  
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• The startups using apps and phones to solve the global healthcare crisis

  08-03-2017 16:41
  
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• Is Spotify planning to take on Shazam?

  08-03-2017 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The streaming-music service Spotify announced it has acquired a London-based company called Sonalytic, which makes audio detection technology and is a key rival of Shazam.
  
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• Violent video games do not affect empathy

  08-03-2017 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Hannover Medical School in Germany found that long-term gamers' empathetic neural responses were unchanged by long hours of violent games.
  
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• Want to be healthier and happier? Then watch Planet Earth

  08-03-2017 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Planet Earth II boosted our emotions of awe, contentedness, joy and amusement and reduces anxiety, fear and tiredness, the BBC study found.
  
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• 5G, fibre broadband, robots and batteries get funding boost in the Spring Budget

  08-03-2017 15:32
  
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• 5G, fibre broadband, robots and batteries get boost in the Spring Budget

  08-03-2017 15:32
  
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• Women in science: celebrating the leading females in physics, chemistry and beyond

  08-03-2017 15:23
  
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• Airbus 'capsule' taxi can be picked up by a drone to fly

  08-03-2017 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Airbus's Pop.Up aims to put an to end traffic jams. The concept is a capsule that riders order via an app, which functions as a car or is carried by VOTL vehicle when roads are too congested.
  
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• Budget 2017: Robotics, driverless cars and 5G to get UK funds

  08-03-2017 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chancellor promises £270m to put the UK at the forefront of ground-breaking technologies.
  
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• Infoporn: how men in Hollywood are still getting the best lines

  08-03-2017 15:02
  
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• Men still get (almost) all of Hollywood's best lines. Here's the proof

  08-03-2017 15:01
  
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• Elite version of Tinder available to the rich and famous

  08-03-2017 14:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A secret group of Tinder users have been invited to join a members-only club by the West Hollywood firm behind the dating app. Individuals selected so far have been 'attractive' with relatively high profiles.
  
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• BBC, ITV launch BritBox video streaming service in US

  08-03-2017 14:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British broadcasters BBC and ITV have launched BritBox in the US this week, a new subscription-based video service for streaming popular British shows such as EastEnders (scene pictured).
  
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• Autism spectrum disorder linked to 18 new genes

  08-03-2017 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international group of researchers, funded by New York-based advocacy group Autism Speaks, looked at the analysis of 5,205 whole genetic sequences from families affected by autism.
  
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• Women choose salad when dining with a handsome man

  08-03-2017 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, from Aarhus University, Denmark, found such effects are gender-specific and depend on whether the eating occasion includes same-sex or opposite-sex individuals.
  
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• Malta's Azure Window collapses into the sea

  08-03-2017 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The popular limestone arch was featured on the first episode of Game of Thrones and several films.
  
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• An exclusive look at how Sonos designed and built its Playbase TV speaker

  08-03-2017 13:32
  
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• 600BC palace found buried under tomb destroyed by ISIS

  08-03-2017 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists were assessing the damage caused by ISIS militants to the tomb of the prophet of Jonah, a sacred shrine in eastern Mosul, Iraq, blown up by the terrorist group in 2014.
  
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• WIRED's 2017 Smart List: tech's biggest names pick the stars of tomorrow

  08-03-2017 12:53
  
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• Could there be life after death? Brain activity continues

  08-03-2017 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doctors in a Canadian intensive care unit found a patient who continued to release delta wave bursts for ten minutes after they were declared clinically dead.
  
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• New app that REPLACES doctors to launch nationally

  08-03-2017 12:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Developed by Babylon Health, it is now hoping to roll the concept of chat-bots for NHS 111 helplinesout nationwide. It tells patients which specific service to visit, as close to their home as possible.
  
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