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• Being 'too busy' has become a status symbol

  22-03-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While being busy at work is associated with a higher status among Americans, the opposite is true for Italians - who view people with leisurely lives as higher status, researchers have found.
  
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• Soon you can book your hair appointment using Instagram

  22-03-2017 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram will soon let users book appointments directly through the app. The social media platform will add the new feature later this year in a bid to take on the likes of OpenTable and Yelp.
  
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• 1 in 4 Brits think robots would be better poloticians

  22-03-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey found UK citizens believe robots would make better politicians than human officials. Approximately 66% see it happening by 2037, but 16% said it will occur in the next one to two years.
  
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• Farmers turn to black market for John Deere software

  22-03-2017 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Online black markets for cracked John Deere firmware have sprung up in Eastern Europe after the tractor manufacturer introduced restrictive new licensing agreements that ban self-repair.
  
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• Ceres' tilt leaves areas in darkness for million of years

  22-03-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA researchers found that Ceres mysterious bright deposits, which are thought to be water ice, are more likely to appear in craters subjected to millions of years without sunlight.
  
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• Twitter unites after London terror attack in Westminster

  22-03-2017 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Metropolitan Police confirmed that one of their servicemen was stabbed to death outside parliament by the attacker.
  
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• Three other plants act like catnip to drive kitties nuts 

  22-03-2017 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three plants other that catnip have been found to induce a state of kitty bliss, researchers at The University of Texas at San Antonio have found.
  
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• Paleo artist

  22-03-2017 21:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An award-winning artist brings ancient fossil discoveries to life through illustrations.
  
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• Facebook Live victim 'afraid to go home'

  22-03-2017 21:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Police say the 15-year-old girl was assaulted in a Facebook live video viewed by at least 40 people.
  
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• Brain scans predict how well a movie will do in theaters 

  22-03-2017 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Northwestern scanned brain waves of people watching movie trailers to determine what type of content is most engaging and memorable to consumers.
  
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• Dinosaurs could have come earlier with a UK origin

  22-03-2017 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of fossil records from the University of Cambridge suggests that current understandings of the origin of dinosaurs and how they evolved may be wrong.
  
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• How to still get work done on flights adopting the laptop ban

  22-03-2017 20:24
  
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• Samsung unveils teaser trailer for the Galaxy S8 handset

  22-03-2017 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung is set to unveil the Galaxy S8 in just over a week – but it has shared a teaser to hype up customers. The clip still leaves room for mystery, but it does give clues on the handset's design.
  
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• High-res animation reveals Earth's magnetic field

  22-03-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ESA has released the highest resolution map yet of Earth’s ‘lithospheric magnetic field,’ a weak layer in the massive ‘cocoon’ around our planet, using data the Swarm satellites.
  
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• Studios set to charge $30 to watch new movies at home

  22-03-2017 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six out of the seven biggest Hollywood studios want to offer new movies on-demand shortly after their debut in theaters. Consumers could pay $30 to see a move 30-45 days after itis released.
  
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• WW1 sharpshooters used primitive kit to shoot enemy

  22-03-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chilling photographs reveal the primitive equipment deadly Allied snipers were forced to work with during the harsh and unrelenting conditions of the Great War.
  
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• Nasa picture reveals barren surface of the spotless sun

  22-03-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Images by Nasa’s Solar Dynamics Observatory reveal the the sun has been spotless for 15 days. This is the longest stretch of spotlessness since the last solar minimum in April 2010.
  
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• Aircrafts will be based the flight of world's fastest bird

  22-03-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BAE Systems and City, University of London have been studying how peregrine falcons fly in order to make aircrafts more safe, aerodynamic and fuel efficient.
  
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• Romans may have abandoned modern life to join the Huns

  22-03-2017 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge on gravesite remains in Hungary has revealed for the first time how ordinary people may have dealt with the arrival of the Huns.
  
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• Hackers threaten to wipe 300 million iCloud accounts

  22-03-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hackers who identified themselves as the 'Turkish Crime Family' are threatening to wipe data from 300 million global iCloud accounts as well as remotely resetting iPhone handsets.
  
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• Elon Musk gobbles up $70MILLION-worth of Bel Air mansions

  22-03-2017 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astounding photos show one of the massive, eco-friendly compounds where Tesla CEO Elon Musk lives.
  
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• Arctic and Antarctic sea ice hits record wintertime low

  22-03-2017 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At its 2017 winter maximum, the extent of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean covered just 14.49million square kilometres (5.59 million square miles) on Feb.22, almost the size of Russia
  
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• Blind person's brain ‘rewires’ itself to heighten senses

  22-03-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The brain of a blind person ‘rewires’ itself to enhance their other senses - just like the Hollywood film Scent of a Woman, according to new research from the US.
  
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• Major shake-up suggests dinosaurs may have 'UK origin'

  22-03-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists reclassify dinosaurs, putting British fossils at the base of their family tree.
  
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• Facebook Safety Check activated after London terror attack

  22-03-2017 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tool allows Facebook users in London to tell friends they are safe automatically, and users are offered to view a list of friends who might be in thecapital.
  
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• Researchers reveal glasses that enhance human color vision

  22-03-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison developed a device that uses transmission filters to allow humans to see distinct hues that normally appear identical.
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg might reveal MIND-READING brain implants

  22-03-2017 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg's 'Building 8' team, which is based in Menlo Park in San Francisco, is using Facebook's billions to create experimental technology.
  
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• Google allow users to share their locations in mapping app

  22-03-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is to revamp its popular maps appto allow users to share their locations, in order to boostengagement on a product of increasing strategic importance tothe search giant.
  
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• Space tourist offers advice to those on SpaceX moon rocket

  22-03-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The advice comes from video game developer Richard Garriott de Cayeux, from Cambridge. He paid $30million (£24 million) to spend 12 days aboard the International Space Station in 2008.
  
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• US firm wants to run all-electric flights in 10 years

  22-03-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Start-up Wright Electric, based in Allston, Massachusetts, claims that its electric flights could drastically cut the cost of travel by removing the need for jet fuel.
  
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• London Taxi Company opens first dedicated electric vehicle factory in the UK

  22-03-2017 17:44
  
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• Can YOU spot the volcano? NASA captures Etna erupting

  22-03-2017 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thomas Pesquet of the European Space Agency captured this image and shared it with his social media followers, admitting that at first glance you might miss the massive eruption.
  
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• Brain pleasure centre is revealed by scientists

  22-03-2017 17:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered that the central amygdala, the brain area has previously been linked to fear, also acts as a centre for pleasure.
  
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• US military tests railgun fires 'bullets' at 4,500 mph

  22-03-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology has been described as 'game-changing'. The railgun was tested Dahlgren naval facility's new Terminal Range in Virginia was created by BAE Systems.
  
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• Elon Musk blasts Trump's Nasa bill

  22-03-2017 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bill, which grants Washington-based Nasa $19.5 billion (£15.6 billion) in funding for deep space exploration, is the first of its kind to pass through Congress in six years.
  
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• Ex-Nasa engineer builds a dartboard that MOVES

  22-03-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dartboard that incorporates an infrared motion capture system that tracks the movement of the dart through the air was built by YouTube engineer Mark Rober from Orange County, California.
  
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• Is VR really the 'magic pill' we need to treat mental health conditions?

  22-03-2017 16:30
  
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• Indian drug-addicted parrots battle it out with farmers

  22-03-2017 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parrots have been caught raiding farms in the town of Neemuch, India, to eat morphine-rich poppies. The birds sleep for hours after a hit and have even been seen falling to their death in a dazed stupor.
  
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• These lightweight adidas shoes are made from spider silk grown in a lab

  22-03-2017 16:00
  
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• Airline laptop ban brings chaos for passengers

  22-03-2017 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Laptops, iPads and Kindles will be outlawed on services into Britain amid fears terrorists have perfected a new type ofbomb that blew a hole in a Somalian jet last year (pictured).
  
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• UK schoolboy corrects Nasa data error

  22-03-2017 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The A-level student noticed something odd in radiation levels from the International Space Station.
  
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• Jerusalem tomb of Jesus at risk of 'catastrophic' collapse

  22-03-2017 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the National Technical University of Athens have warned that the sacred site in Jerusalem is at a 'very real risk' of collapsing as it is discovered it lies on unstable ground.
  
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• Three mobile glitch reveals customer details to strangers

  22-03-2017 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some users of the Maidenhead-based company Three have complained after they were shown personal details of strangers when logging into online accounts in the 'My3' app.
  
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• Tech workers get paid more and contribute more to the UK economy than other industries

  22-03-2017 14:14
  
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• Soviet submarine hideout that could be revived

  22-03-2017 14:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dark maze of tunnels in Pavlovsk, Russia, was supposed to serve as a nuclear shelter for Soviet Union submarines, but construction slowed in in the 1980s and the hangar was left unfinished.
  
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• Tech geniuses turn their car into a Mario Kart controller

  22-03-2017 14:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two gamers from Illinois have created a car hack which turned their family saloon into a giant driving simulator, using the cars controls to play the N64 classic Mario Kart.
  
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• Sea otters 'ahead of humans' in using tools

  22-03-2017 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team of researchers led by the University of Wyoming found sea otters may have been using tools for millions of years in order to break open clams and marine snails.
  
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• Is the UK Europe's best hub for tech workers?

  22-03-2017 13:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK tech is 'leaps and bounds ahead of anywhere else’
  
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• iPads banned but iPhones OK: What can you bring on flight?

  22-03-2017 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The move, which is likely to spark travel chaos at affected airports, was imposed just hours after a similar ban was unveiled by the US but Government deny they are copying Donald Trump.
  
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• Diesel cars pumping out 9 times limit for harmful emission

  22-03-2017 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Diesel cars on British roads can emit more than nine times the level of dangerous pollutants allowed in official tests.
  
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