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• Researchers create robot that shows PAIN to teach doctors 

  17-03-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humanoid, facially expressive robots have been designed by researchers at UC San Diego to help train medical professionals improve their diagnoses. Left is a virtual avatar, and right is a robot.
  
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• Netflix adds 'skip intro' button to its web platform

  17-03-2017 23:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix just answered the cry of many of its users. The firm is testing a 'Skip Intro' button that lets binge-watches bypass the opening credits to the start of the episode - but it is only available on the web.
  
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• Kalashnikov developing 20 ton drone tank for Russian Army

  17-03-2017 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian gunmaker Kalashnikov announced plans to super-size its 7-ton combat vehicle. It is developing a 20-ton 'robot tank' that will boast similar features and functions as its Soratnik (pictured) tank.
  
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• NASA's Hubble telescope reveals a real space battle

  17-03-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that around 1400, in the Orion Nebula, a group of stars was engaged in an even more impressive battle.
  It ended with the system breaking apart and at least three stars being ejected.
  
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• What happens to your penis when you take Viagra

  17-03-2017 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Viagra is one of the most popular pills for treating erectile dysfunction. But few know what the 'little blue pill' does. We break down the physiological effects in the minutes and hours after taking it.
  
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• US military's latest toy set: Record-breaking laser death star, er, truck

  17-03-2017 22:43 via go.theregister.com
  
  An armored station with enough power to destroy an entire... drone Vid  Lockheed Martin says it is ready to deliver its most powerful laser weapon yet to the US military. This Death-Star-on-wheels can shoot down drones, missiles, and similar stuff, we're told.…
  
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• Google challenged why Government ads fund extremism

  17-03-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Government withdrew its advertising from YouTube today after the problems emerged and a string of public and private organisations have followed.
  
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• Will changing the Three Laws of Robotics protect humanity?

  17-03-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert from Edge Hill University explains that because robots are far more varied than those in Isaac Asimov’s stories, it is necessary to update his Three Laws of Robotics to safeguard humans,.
  
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• First drone killing laser tank delivered to US Army

  17-03-2017 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Army bosses hope the radical weapon will give protection against threats such as swarms of drones or large numbers of rockets and mortars.
  
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• Amazon tribe have the healthiest arteries ever studied

  17-03-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tsimane people, who live in the Bolivian Amazon, spend most of every day active and have astonished scientists by their good health. Nine out of ten tribes people are at no risk of heart disease.
  
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• Internet infrared system 'Li-Fi' is 100 times faster

  17-03-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wireless networks crafted from rays of infrared light could soon allow you to connect to the internet 100 times faster than current systems, according to researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology.
  
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• $400 million plan to stop Salton Sea drying up revealed

  17-03-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During its heyday of international speed boat races, Salton Sea drew more visitors than Yosemite National Park and celebrities including Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby and the Beach Boys.
  
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• Scientists create 3D-printed CHEESE

  17-03-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of scientists from University College Corkput cheese through its paces to test out the effects of 3D printing on its micro-structure, resulting in a softer, springier and more fluid cheese.
  
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• Supercomputers could up our life expectancy by a DECADE

  17-03-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Jean-Christophe Desplat, the director of the Irish centre for high-end computing (ICHEC) said super-fast machines could help doctors offer patients personalised medicine based on their DNA.
  
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• US will 'not repeat' claims GCHQ wiretapped Donald Trump

  17-03-2017 18:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Allegations that Donald Trump was wiretapped are "nonsense", the UK's intelligence agency says.
  
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• Stunning pictures from space station show Earth beauty 

  17-03-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These stunning pictures of Earth were captured by French astronaut Thomas Pesquet who is living on the International Space Station - 240 miles above our planet.
  
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• Hulu shows off its cable killing $40/month live TV service

  17-03-2017 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hulu's Live TV service is set to launch this spring and the firm has shared more details about what features customers can expect for $40 a month including DVR storage, real-time alerts and more.
  
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• Man dies charging iPhone while in the bath

  17-03-2017 17:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Richard Bull is believed to have plugged charger into an extension cord and rested it on his chest.
  
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• Farewell thimble, boot and barrow. Monopoly unveils its three new playing pieces

  17-03-2017 16:50
  
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• Experts find phone addicts experience 'phantom buzzing'

  17-03-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Michigan found over 80% of college students experience phantom phone calls or texts messages - and it could be a sign of psychologically dependency on a handset.
  
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• Air Force's mysterious space plane nears record

  17-03-2017 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It’s been nearly two years since the US Air Force’s mysterious X-37B space plane reached orbit. The robotic plane will break its mission-duration mark of 674 days if it remains in orbit until March 25.
  
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• Jaguar shows off all-electric car with top speed of 200mph

  17-03-2017 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jaguar's new i-PACE concept car was tested for the first time at the Olympic Park in London as the British company shows off its green credentials.
  
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• Is THIS the strangest eye condition ever?

  17-03-2017 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese opticians found that she had a raised area known as an iris collarette after she sought medical advice for her watery eyes.Her vision was completely unaffected.
  
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• Why YOUR Twitter is not as safe as you think expert advice

  17-03-2017 16:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lilach Bullock, a London-based social media expert and Forbes top influencer has given MailOnline five golden rules for keeping your Twitter account safe (stock image).
  
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• These teenagers built their own mental health app

  17-03-2017 16:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  These four teenagers have created an app to help young adults like them get access to counselling.
  
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• World's first hydrogen-powered passenger train takes to the tracks in Germany

  17-03-2017 16:23
  
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• NASA image seems to show beer bottle on surface of Mars

  17-03-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Mars 'anomaly hunter' spotted an object that looks like a green in recent Nasa imagery of Mars. The bottle appears to have a red, green and white label and even a cork or cap at the end.
  
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• Netflix to axe five-star rating in favour of thumbs up

  17-03-2017 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based Netflix said rating movies using stars has become 'very yesterday'. The company will switch to a binary thumbs up and down rating system across the world from April.
  
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• What's happened to Dropbox? File sharing service crashes

  17-03-2017 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Dropbox users around the world have been hit with the error page. The issue was first reported at around 11:44 GMT (7:44 am ET) (stock image)
  
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• Emma Watson, Robot ethics: Podcast 309

  17-03-2017 16:06
  
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• Asteroid narrowly misses Earth for St Patrick's Day

  17-03-2017 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A near Earth asteroid first spotted by an observatory in Tucson, Arizona, was expected to pass within four lunar distances of planet earth at 10.37 GMT today, just in time for Saint Patrick's day celebrations.
  
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• Sony patents tech for wireless charging between devices

  17-03-2017 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tokyo-based Sony has patented technology that will enable phone users to 'steal' battery power from nearby devices. Phones could hunt down power using a system similar to Wi-Fi hot-spotting.
  
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• Experts find a dead baby whale in the corpse of its mother

  17-03-2017 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese experts dissecting a sperm whale were saddened to find that she had been pregnant at the time. Photos taken on March 16 show experts inspecting the foetus.
  
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• Baby pygmy hippo in debut splash

  17-03-2017 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Taronga Zoo's baby pygmy hippopotamus - the first born in seven years - has made its first public appearance.
  
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• Google pulls Beauty and the Beast 'ad' from Home

  17-03-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google says promotional audio which appeared on its smart speaker about the movie was not an advert.
  
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• Google DeepMind's NHS deal under scrutiny

  17-03-2017 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A paper examining DeepMind's use of 1.6 million patient records says there were "major inadequacies".
  
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• Now you can take a tour of the Titanic

  17-03-2017 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From May next year a London-based tour operator, Blue Marble Private, will run eight-day trips to the Titanic's final resting place at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean.
  
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• Behold The Megaprocessor! Half-ton machine reveals exactly how the chips in your phone work

  17-03-2017 13:30
  
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• Robots are learning to talk in a completely new language

  17-03-2017 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Elon Musk's artificial intelligence lab based in San Francisco have taught robots to create their own language in order to navigate a two dimensional world (stock image).
  
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• Want to enjoy St Patrick's Day? Steer clear of corned beef

  17-03-2017 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's customary for revellers to eat corned beef and cabbage to celebrate the patron saint of Ireland. But because of the way the former is prepared and served, it can become a breeding ground for bugs.
  
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• When robots kill: deaths by machines are nothing new but AI is about to change everything

  17-03-2017 13:00
  
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• Uber automated cars can only drive for a mile without help

  17-03-2017 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber has been testing its self-driving cars in Pennsylvania, Arizona and California. But leaked documents have now revealed the rocky progress of Uber's autonomous fleet.
  
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• Can dolphins reveal why whales strand?

  17-03-2017 12:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers in the US are working with dolphins in an effort to work out why closely related whale species in the wild strand themselves on land.
  
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• Sony wants phones of the future to 'share' battery power wirelessly

  17-03-2017 12:26
  
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• YouTube: UK government suspends ads amid extremism concerns

  17-03-2017 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Channel 4, the BBC and The Guardian also boycott site amid concern about ads appearing next to "extremist" material.
  
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• Liberals and conservatives have same intellectual humility

  17-03-2017 11:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Duke University in North Carolina measured levels of intellectual humility and found no difference between liberals and conservatives.
  
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• Amazing blenny fish are evolving to live on land

  17-03-2017 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of South Wales in Australia studied several species of blenny fish - often referred to as blennies - in Rarotonga, which is one of the Cook Islands (stock image).
  
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• Group who got into BBC have done the same at Facebook

  17-03-2017 11:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  During the video, YouTuber Trikkstar zooms in on desks at reception where staff are seemingly unaware of him.
  
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• Etna escape: 'Pelted with the deadly, hot debris'

  17-03-2017 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Science correspondent Rebecca Morelle describes her violent encounter with Europe's most active volcano.
  
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• Etna escape: 'Pelted with hot debris'

  17-03-2017 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Science correspondent Rebecca Morelle describes her violent encounter with Europe's most active volcano.
  
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