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• 'Jesus' cockroach with a HALO discovered in Vietnam

  09-03-2017 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new species of cockroach discovered in an underground lava-tube cave in Vietnam has a helmet that bares a strong resemblance to a halo.
  
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• Google 55inch 'megatablet' will cost $5,000

  09-03-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The'Jamboard,' boasts a 55-inch, ultrahigh-definition screen capable of recognizing the difference between when someone is writing on it with a stylus or touching it with a finger, Google says.
  
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• Black hole in the Milky Way hasn't eaten for 6m years

  09-03-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outflow of the Milky Way's last big meal still billows both above and below the galaxy’s center, containing ‘cool’ gas that races through the bubbles at 2 million miles per hour, according to NASA.
  
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• California desert has stunning wildflower 'superbloom'

  09-03-2017 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The once-dusty foothills of the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park have been carpeted with colorful blossoms thanks to a 'superbloom' brought by California's wet winter, as these pictures show.
  
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• AirBnB raises $1bn of investment funding

  09-03-2017 22:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Home rental company AirBnB has raised $1bn in investment funding in a deal that values the firm at $31bn.
  
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• Woman asks Amazon’s Alexa if it’s connected to the CIA

  09-03-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon's Alexa is being questioned about its ties to the CIA. A video surfaced showing a woman asking Alexa if it is connected to the CIA and instead of responding, the AI shutdown.
  
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• EPA boss: Carbon dioxide isn't cause of global warming

  09-03-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incoming head of America's Environmental Protection Agency, climate skeptic Scott Pruitt, said Thursday he believes that carbon dioxide is not a primary contributor to global warming.
  
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• Cassini images reveal Saturn moon Pan's strange shape

  09-03-2017 22:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA today revealed its Cassini probe has captured the first ever closeup pictures of Pan, Saturn's smallest moon - and is has a bizarre 'flying saucer' shape
  
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• What went up, Musk come down again: SpaceX to blast sat into orbit with used rocket

  09-03-2017 22:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Make-or-break launch this month for Elon's upstart March is going to be a crunch month for SpaceX: it hopes to, for the first time ever, launch a commercial satellite into orbit using a previously used rocket.…
  
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• Three bird-eating tarantulas discovered in South America 

  09-03-2017 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three bird-eating tarantula species new to science have been discovered in South America by researchers at the Instituto Butantan in Brazil, with the biggest being 6.4inches long.
  
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• Highlights from WIRED Health 2017

  09-03-2017 21:53
  
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• Premier League gets piracy court order to ban streams

  09-03-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The court order allows English Premier League bosses to blanket block internet servers that are powering the illegal streams, shutting them down permanently from the source.
  
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• Apple's Siri learns Shanghainese is smart AI battle

  09-03-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the broad release ofGoogle Assistant last week, the voice-assistant wars are in fullswing, with Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc,Microsoft Corp and now Alphabet Inc's Googleall offering AI assistants.
  
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• Facebook rolls out Snapchat-like feature in Messenger app

  09-03-2017 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is not yet done being a Snapchatcopycat. The firm is rolling out a feature in Messenger called 'Messenger Day' that lets users decorate and share content that disappears in 24hrs.
  
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• Study claims female pessimism is sustaining the pay gap

  09-03-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The controversial new study from the University of Bath concluded that pessimism among women could cause them to have little inclination to seek higher wages or a better paid position.
  
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• Are fast radio bursts powering alien space probes?

  09-03-2017 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics say an artificial origin is 'worth contemplating' as they argue mysterious signals could be evidence of alien space explorers.
  
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• Nokia's 3310 retro phone WON'T be coming to America (yet)

  09-03-2017 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those living in the US may have to wait a little longer for the revamped Nokia 3310. It has been revealed that the phone's frequencyis not supported by US carriers - but HDM is working to fix the issue.
  
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• Scientists create synthetic life after building yeast DNA

  09-03-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of scientists, including researchers from Imperial College London, successfully created five synthetic chromosomes with DNA made from chemicals in the laboratory.
  
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• Weird names

  09-03-2017 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The stories behind CIA's weird names for its hacking tools, from "Weeping Angel" to "Starving Weasel".
  
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• Brain is hardwired to make us copy other people's itching

  09-03-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Washington University found the brain is hardwired to copy others when they scratch or yawn. Itching is controlled in a brain area called the suprachiasmatic nucleus.
  
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• Children in prams exposed to DOUBLE pollution in mornings

  09-03-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Surrey has found that babies in buggies on the school run are at risk of harm from pollution and are twice as likely to be exposed during the morning drop off (stock image).
  
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• Should scientists be allowed to create 'supersoldiers'?

  09-03-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are already researching how to enhance the capabilities of soldiers, but one concern revolves around a soldier's capacity to give informed consent to undergo enhancement.
  
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• Robber fly: Hunting secrets of a tiny predator

  09-03-2017 19:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The mid-air hunting strategy of a tiny fly the size of a grain of rice has been revealed by an international team of scientists.
  
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• Baby chimp thriving after rescue from traffickers

  09-03-2017 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We revisit Nemley Junior who was freed from wildlife traffickers in Ivory Coast after a BBC News investigation.
  
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• Passenger-carrying drone converts to car

  09-03-2017 18:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plane-maker Airbus reveals a future travel concept that would fly people through cities.
  
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• Facebook AI machines could predict the future

  09-03-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The head of AI at Facebook has confirmed that that the Silicon Valley firm is working on computer systems that can judge how humans will respond to certain situations.
  
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• Robber fly: Hunting secrets of a tiny predator revealed

  09-03-2017 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A tiny robber fly the size of a grain of rice has an advanced hunting strategy, researchers discover.
  
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• This AI doctor knows what's wrong with you by checking your genome

  09-03-2017 18:21
  
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• Dopamine in the brain could shape the decisions you make

  09-03-2017 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Salk Institute for Biological Studies in San Diego found that they could accurately predict the snap decisions of mice simply by measuring dopamine levels in the brain.
  
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• China developing advanced lunar mission spaceship

  09-03-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China is developing an advanced new spaceship capable of both flying in low-Earth orbit and landing on the moon, according to state media, in another bold step for a space program.
  
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• Nation states will fight over big data says Eric Schmidt

  09-03-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google parent company Alphabet, made the comments- at the annual Google Cloud Next conference in San Francisco.
  
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• France skeleton wearing a jacket with seashells is found

  09-03-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Bordeaux Montaigne University in the south of France studied a skeleton of a man discovered in Avignon and found he was wearing a jacket decorated with 158 shells.
  
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• The graphic novel that makes T&Cs actually quite fun

  09-03-2017 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  iTunes' notoriously long terms and conditions are explained in a graphic novel.
  
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• Wikileaks is offering tech firms CIA files first

  09-03-2017 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a press conference, Julian Assange has said that further revelations about the CIA will go first to tech firms.
  
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• Larry Page upgrades his fleet of mysterious flying cars

  09-03-2017 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Larry Page's company 'Zee Aero', based in Hollister, California, registered two new vehicles powered by rotary blades like a helicopter with the US Federal Aviation Administration in January.
  
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• How parents can track pollution

  09-03-2017 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The scheme hoping to help parents steer their offspring away from exhaust fumes
  
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• Here comes the pollution pram

  09-03-2017 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The scheme hoping to help parents steer their little ones away from exhaust fumes.
  
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• Facebook Messenger adds Snapchat features

  09-03-2017 16:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook adds Snapchat-style disappearing photos to Messenger.
  
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• How gene editing could help rid the world of its biggest killer

  09-03-2017 16:00
  
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• Oldest croc eggs discovered in dinosaur nest

  09-03-2017 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The oldest crocodilian eggs known to science have been discovered in the cliffs of western Portugal.
  
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• Facebook takes on Snapchat with Messenger Day stories. Here's how to use the self-destruct tool

  09-03-2017 15:46
  
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• IBM creates hard drive from a single atom magnet

  09-03-2017 15:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nano technology experts working at IBM's research facility in San Jose have created a single atom magnetic hard drive, which has has the potential to revolutionise data storage and shrink device sizes.
  
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• Security flaws 'undiscovered for years'

  09-03-2017 15:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Security holes that can be exploited by hackers can lie dormant for up to 10 years, a study suggests.
  
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• Teenagers have risk-prone brains but parents CAN help

  09-03-2017 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by a professor of psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia found that teenagers' risk-taking brain is far more powerful than brain's rational control (stock image)
  
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• Watching the scratching bear is good for you

  09-03-2017 15:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of California has found that watching nature programmes, such as Planet Earth II, is good for you.
  
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• Douglas Preston talks on 'The Lost City of the Monkey God'

  09-03-2017 14:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The images were captured by author Douglas Preston, from Massachusetts, who was part of a group of explorers who found the remains of a lost civilisation in the Mosquitia rainforest in Honduras.
  
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• How to get started with Facebook's 360 VR app

  09-03-2017 14:00
  
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• LSD doesn't just treat mental illness, 'it could actually heal the brain'

  09-03-2017 13:30
  
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• Controller issues with Nintendo Switch

  09-03-2017 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nintendo says an issue with controllers not synching could be caused by wireless interference.
  
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• Sinclair ZX Vega+ funding campaign halted by Indiegogo

  09-03-2017 13:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Vega+ console is prevented from raising more funds because of a lack of communication with backers.
  
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