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• eBaywill guarantee 3-day delivery on 20 million items 

  20-03-2017 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a bid to take on Amazon, eBay has promised its customers faster and more precise delivery. The firm is guaranteeing delivery in three days or less on 20 million items in the US.
  
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• Teen designs rapping AI by feeding it Kanye West lyrics

  20-03-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robbie Barrat, 17 year old, taught a bot to write its own rap lyrics by feeding it more than 6,000 Kanye West lines. The digital MC was developed using open-source software and a laptop.
  
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• DARPA reveals animal magnetism breakthrough

  20-03-2017 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DARPA aims to develop magnetic field sensing for applications such as brain-machine interfaces for controlling prosthetic limbs through the magnetic signals associated with thought.
  
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• Anti-aircraft laser revealed by the Ministry of Defence

  20-03-2017 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Ministry of Defence have for the first time demonstrated their prototype high-tech laser capable of cutting through aircraft's and mortars in seconds.
  
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• Spontana app lets people rate your selfies

  20-03-2017 22:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spontana lets users upload a selfie that is rated from by a ‘community of people helping each other look attractive’. And if two users highly rate each other's photos, they can start communicating.
  
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• Norway unseats Denmark as happiest country in the world

  20-03-2017 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Norway, one of the richest nation in the world, has overtaken Denmark as the happiest country on Earth.Britain was ranked only 19th on the list of happiest countries, while the US came 14th.
  
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• Expert explains why we DON'T live in a computer simulation

  20-03-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Theoretical physicist Sabine Hossenfelder argues that the simulation scenario ignores the laws of nature, as such a universe that would either have to ‘overthrow quantum mechanics.’
  
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• Python swallows hyena whole in epic Masai Mara encounter

  20-03-2017 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mobile phone footage captures the gruesome moment an enormous rock python in a Kenyan reserve swallows a fully grown hyena. The incident is said to be the first of its kind recorded on film.
  
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• Sex triggers an 'afterglow' that lasts two whole days

  20-03-2017 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Florida State University have concluded that the lovey-dovey feeling triggered by sex lingers for two whole days - and that this feeling is linked with long-term relationship quality.
  
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• A medium sized dog has the same carbon footprint as an SUV

  20-03-2017 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pet food trends encourage owners to feed their pets the same foods humans eat, but this is not necessary for pets' health nor is it environmentally sustainable
  
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• Stephen Hawking will travel to SPACE on Virgin Galactic

  20-03-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Stephen Hawking revealed on Good Morning Britain that Richard Branson has offered him a seat, which he accepted without hesitation.
  
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• Apple's augmented reality will first hit iPhones

  20-03-2017 21:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is said to be moving forward with its plans for augmented reality. But sources told Bloomberg it is developing a plan to add it to the iPhone, as it ischeaper and offers more interesting content.
  
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• King snakes coil helps it win battles with larger snakes

  20-03-2017 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kingsnakes are the strongest constrictor snakes in the world, researchers at Missouri Southern State university and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette have found.
  
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• LHC: Five new particles hold clues to sub-atomic glue

  20-03-2017 20:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers discover five new sub-atomic particles that could help to explain how atoms are held together.
  
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• Historic restoration of Jesus' burial shrine completed

  20-03-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just in time for Easter, a Greek restoration team has completed a historic renovation of the Edicule, the shrine that tradition says houses the cave where Jesus was buried and rose to heaven.
  
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• Amazon releases 'outfit compare' feature for Prime members

  20-03-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US Prime members can send two images of themselves wearing different outfits and receive advice on which to wear minutes later.
  
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• Nasa astronaut tweets image of London at night

  20-03-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Texan astronaut Robert Shane Kimbrough has shared an image he took of the UK's capital city, capturing the bright lights and several landmarks while orbiting the planet at a distance of 250 miles.
  
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• Boston schools replace World maps with more realistic one

  20-03-2017 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For more than 400 years, the standard representation of the world has been illustrated by the Mercator Projection. The schools have now adopted the Gall-Peters Projection.
  
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• Bill Gates named world's richest man again by Forbes

  20-03-2017 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates once again topped the Forbes magazine list of the world's richest billionaires, while US President Donald Trump slipped more than 200 spots.
  
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• HUGE Brahma chicken leaves viewers scared over it's size

  20-03-2017 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Is it a bird? Or is it a plane? An astonishingly large male chicken in Kosovo (pictured) has sent the internet into meltdown. Video of the bird has been viewed an amazing 81million times.
  
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• Samsung unveils Bixby, its AI to take on Siri

  20-03-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Watch out Siri, there is a new virtual assistant in town. Samsung has unveiled its intelligent interface that will live in the firm’s highly-anticipated Galaxy S8 smartphone set to launch next week.
  
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• Indonesian sulphur miners brave toxic fumes from a volcano

  20-03-2017 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A photographer has captured incredible images of the harsh conditions braved by miners who face rocky terrain and sulphurous smoke at the active Ijen volcanic range in East Java, Indonesia.
  
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• Instagram now allows users to save live videos 

  20-03-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram has introduced a new global feature, allowing users to save their live broadcasts. The update is available in version 10.12 for iOS, and for Android in the Google Play store.
  
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• Apple could release a trio of new tablets tomorrow

  20-03-2017 18:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite claims the launch of the large-sized devices, the 10.5-inchand 12.9-inch models, had been rescheduled for 'May or June', it now appears they may go on sale without a launch event.
  
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• Cure for pancreatic cancer could lie in gene mutation

  20-03-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at King's College London are hoping to find people whose immune systems may provide a powerful defence against pancreatic cancer, through a rare genetic anomaly.
  
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• Research suggests buildings might cause tiredness at work

  20-03-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Universities of Exeter and Bath believe skyscrapers could be bad for your health as they vibrate in the wind. They are testing this hypothesis with a new simulator (stock image).
  
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• Earth experiences second-hottest February on record

  20-03-2017 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Maryland-based National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) found global temperatures in February were 0.98°C (1.76°F) above the 20th-century average.
  
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• Sex robot Silicon Samantha has a functioning G-spot

  20-03-2017 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI bot, which has dark brown hair and piercing green eyes, is even capable of 'emotional closeness', according to engineer Sergi Santos, from Barcelona.
  
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• New protection system on Ford cars to save pedestrians

  20-03-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'pedestrian protection system' created by Ford's engineers at its headquarters in Detroit could prevent injuries suffered by pedestrians should they be hit by a car.
  
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• SpaceX and Nasa working to identify Mars landing sites

  20-03-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At a presentation in Texas this weekend, Paul Wooster of SpaceX revealed one site in particular appears to be a ‘promising’ candidate, with a flat terrain and access to ice.
  
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• Gear WIRED loves: Love Hultèn's synthesiser mixes 70s nostalgia with modern minimalism

  20-03-2017 18:00
  
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• Large Hadron Collider finds FIVE new subatomic particles

  20-03-2017 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new particles were discovered by scientists in charge of the LHC 'beauty' experiment, based in an underground tunnel near Genenva, which is exploring what happened just after the Big Bang.
  
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• Robocop set to serve and protect in Dubai from May

  20-03-2017 16:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dubai Police have claimed that robot officers with face recognition technology will be patrolling the city's streets in May. The real-life bots can report crimes and take payment for traffic fines.
  
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• Samsung's Galaxy S8 will be missing a key Bixby feature

  20-03-2017 16:29
  
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• Samsung officially unveils its Bixby AI ahead of the Galaxy S8 release

  20-03-2017 16:29
  
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• Samsung Bixby: first impressions of the Galaxy S8's Siri-rival

  20-03-2017 16:29
  
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• Sharers rather than authors more important on social media

  20-03-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The person who shares a news story on social media is more important than the story's actual source in determining whether readers believe it, a study by the Media Insight Project has found.
  
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• Layla's childhood leukaemia was 'incurable' until this radical 10-minute treatment saved her life

  20-03-2017 16:00
  
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• Spring has sprung! Four things you need to know about the vernal equinox

  20-03-2017 15:07
  
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• Spring has sprung! Five things you need to know about the vernal equinox

  20-03-2017 15:07
  
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• Can you 'cure' a terrorist? Inside the controversial scheme hoping to deradicalise ISIS recruits

  20-03-2017 15:00
  
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• Frédéric Duriez's images show WWI trenches in COLOUR

  20-03-2017 14:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT -- The images colourised by Frédéric Duriez reveal the daily lives of French soldiers, seen marching through towns and carrying bodies across the battlefields.
  
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• Mysterious 700-year-old skeleton discovered in Cambridge

  20-03-2017 14:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge found the skeleton under St John's College in 2012. They have now analysed his bone structure to recreate his face and reveal clues about his life.
  
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• The secret to curing cancer could lie in treatments that 'supercharge' immune systems

  20-03-2017 14:00
  
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• Samsung, Sony and LG make the list of Netflix Recommended TVs for 2017

  20-03-2017 14:00
  
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• The mathematical formula for sperm's success

  20-03-2017 13:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers led by the University of York, found the sperm's tail creates a characteristic rhythm that pushes it forwards, while the head is pulled backwards and sideways.
  
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• Alaska polar bear skull could support Inuit accounts

  20-03-2017 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A giant polar bear skull discovered on a Northern Alaska beach after a 2014 storm could be a previously unknown subspecies and perhaps be related to Inuit accounts of a 'king bear.'
  
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• Stephen Hawking could soon become a verified astronaut

  20-03-2017 13:19
  
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• Insect-size robot weapons could render humanity extinct

  20-03-2017 13:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a new book by Louis Del Monte, a physicist and futurist from Minnesota, nanotechnology could render humans extinct in the near future (stock image).
  
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• University of Leicester hire 14 year old child genuis

  20-03-2017 13:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yasha Asley, 14, is employed by the University of Leicester - where he is also a degree student - to run tutorials. Now in his final year, he plans to start a PhD when he finishes the course.
  
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