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• Radical new microscope shows living nerve synapses

  24-03-2017 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The closest image yet of working nerve synapses has been captured by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine.
  
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• Dogs can detect breast cancer by smelling a bandage

  24-03-2017 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With just six months of training, a pair of German Shepherds became 100-percent accurate in their new role as breast cancer spotters, researchers with project Kdog, in France, said.
  
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• New study claims monogamy may NOT be best for us

  24-03-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the University of Michigan argues that scientists have upheld an ‘invisible’ bias. They found that non-monogamous relationships are just as ‘functional.’
  
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• Astronauts prepare for the arrival of SpaceX

  24-03-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A French and an American astronaut floated outside the International Space Station Friday on a successful spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting outpost for the...
  
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• How to toilet train your CAT in four steps

  24-03-2017 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clifford Brooks, an author from the Silicon Valley, claims all cats are capable of being trained to use a toilet in three months. Training a cat is similar to potty-training a toddler, he said.
  
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• Why we don't use the word 'I' to say something negative

  24-03-2017 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People use the word 'you' to make meaning from negative experiences by allowing them to normalize the experience and reflect on it from a distance, University of Michigan researchers have found.
  
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• Russia covered up a nuclear disaster worse than Chernobyl 

  24-03-2017 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fallout from a Soviet nuclear weapons test at Semipalatinsk in August 1956 resulted in more than 600 people ending up in hospital with radiation sickness, four times the amount from Chernobyl.
  
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• NASA moonwalker says he 'knows the truth' about aliens  

  24-03-2017 22:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alan Bean, who was a pilot aboard Apollo 12 mission in 1969, said aliens have yet to visit Earth, as advanced life would be friendly, and would have made contact with humans.
  
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• Million dollar submarine can take you a mile under the sea

  24-03-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SEAmagine, a Californian submarine manufacturer, makes personal submarines that have capacities ranging from two to six people, with spherical cabin's providing unobstructed views.
  
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• Excavation digs up statue that could be King Tut's grandma

  24-03-2017 22:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An excavation mission at the funerary temple of Amenhotep III in Luxor, Egypt has unearthed a ‘beautifully carved’ statue of a woman that could be King Tutankhamun’s grandmother.
  
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• Spacewalk a success for French, US astronauts

  24-03-2017 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A French and an American astronaut floated outside the International Space Station Friday on a successful spacewalk to upgrade the orbiting outpost for the...
  
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• Samsung will kill off every Galaxy Note 7 with new update

  24-03-2017 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung is taking action to rid the world of its faulty Galaxy Note 7 handsets once and for all. The South Korean firm will remotely disable the charging ability on smartphones that users refuse to return.
  
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• The lunar motorbike that almost made it to the moon

  24-03-2017 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunning new images show a series of tiny motorcycles being tested by astronauts in full spacesuits at NASA's mission control and even aboard zero gravity flights to replicate lunar gravity.
  
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• New study claims monogamy may NOT be best

  24-03-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the University of Michigan argues that scientists have upheld an ‘invisible’ bias. They found that non-monogamous relationships are just as ‘functional.’
  
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• What it’s REALLY like to die: VR

  24-03-2017 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'The Last Moments,’ is a harrowing VR assisted suicide film by London-based writer-director Avril Furness. It simulates what a person’s experience might be at Swiss clinic Dignitas.
  
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• Cats CAN be toilet trained according to a bizarre new book

  24-03-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clifford Brooks, an author from the Silicon Valley, claims all cats are capable of being trained to use a toilet in three months. Training a cat is similar to potty-training a toddler, he said.
  
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• 'Opposites attract' is a MYTH says psychologist

  24-03-2017 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Viren Swami, a social psychologist at Anglia Ruskin University inCambridge, explains why the romantic myth that 'opposites attract' is far from the truth (stock image).
  
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• Trump administration approves Keystone XL pipeline

  24-03-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The State Department says the project, blocked by Barack Obama, is in the national interest.
  
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• Can you spot Bentley in 57.7 billion pixel image of Dubai

  24-03-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bentley suspended a camera 264 metres up the Cayan Tower to capture theimage, made up of  1,825 individual frames electronically stitched together.
  
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• Earth's worst mass extinction was caused by global warming

  24-03-2017 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Brock University in Ontario have shed new light on the world's worst mass extinction event, the end Permian. The event wiped out around 90 per cent of species.
  
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• Atheists and the most religious fear death the least

  24-03-2017 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researches from Oxford University found that atheists and very religious people are among those least afraid of dying. The experts suggests that atheists find comfort in death instead of fear.
  
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• Meet BIG-i, the 'first personalised household robot'

  24-03-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BIG-i, which was developed by Shenzhen-based NXROBO, can interpret voice commands and perform household tasks, such as controlling other smart devices and providing reminders.
  
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• Researching the researchers: meet Stanford school's 'Cassandra' of fake news

  24-03-2017 18:00
  
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• Robotic barman pours Rory a pint

  24-03-2017 17:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC’s technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones gets a beer poured for him by a robotic barman - but how long does it take?
  
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• Researchers dramatically underestimate risk of earthquakes

  24-03-2017 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research into the 2016 New Zealand earthquake shows that in earthquake scenarios where fault segments link up, there's a bigger area available to rupture, ramping up the quake's energy.
  
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• Death in VR, Hawking in space: Podcast 310

  24-03-2017 17:51
  
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• 2017 Sony Photo Competition shows of stunning buildings

  24-03-2017 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pictures are all shortlisted and commended entries in the architecture category of the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards - the world's largest photography competition.
  
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• The 'snake dunes' of Mars revealed in new NASA images

  24-03-2017 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sand dunes are scattered across Mars and one of the larger populations exists in the Southern hemisphere, just west of the Hellas impact basin - where this strange formation is.
  
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• The Foehn feeling

  24-03-2017 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  For centuries, people in the Alps have attributed health issues, headaches in particular, to the mountain wind known as the Foehn.
  
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• Ofcom plans instant payback for broadband woes

  24-03-2017 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Customers who suffer poor service could get automatic payouts under Ofcom's plan.
  
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• Stunning pictures entered into astrophotography contest

  24-03-2017 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With weeks left until submissions close for the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year contest, the Royal Observatory Greenwich has released images of some of the entries.
  
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• Search for alien life on Europa will begin in next decade

  24-03-2017 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa discussed its plans for the two probes at a conference in Houston this week. 'Clipper' will do a flyby of Europa in 2022, while a surface lander mission is planned for a few years later.
  
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• Artificial blood breakthrough using immortal stem cells

  24-03-2017 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bristol used early-stage stem cells to 'grow' unlimited blood in the lab. Artificial supplies could be used to help patients who have rare blood types.
  
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• Stunning footage shows Mars clouds shaped by gravity waves

  24-03-2017 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On Curiosity's 1,302th day on Mars, researchers from York University in Toronto captured the first incredible footage of Martian clouds shaped by gravity waves.
  
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• F1 2017: inside Renault Sport Formula One Team

  24-03-2017 16:09
  
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• Neolithic rock carving from 6,000 years ago found in Egypt

  24-03-2017 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rock carvings depicting men dancing around an ostrich were found at the ancient graveyard known as Qubbet el-Hawa near Aswan along the Egyptian Nile.
  
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• Apple hack cyber criminals raise their ransom to $700k

  24-03-2017 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of London-based hackers called the Turkish Crime Family is demanding $700,000 from Apple, claiming they can access to up 750 million iCloud accounts which they will wipe on April 7.
  
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• The Rotating House shaped like a washing machine

  24-03-2017 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Rotating House was designed by architect George Clarke and Sussex-based designer William Hardie. It is being unveiled at the Ideal Home Show this weekend.
  
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• Brazilian bird is born with 4 legs

  24-03-2017 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The strange bird has stunned onlookers and confused biologists because of its many legs. A short clip shows the creature happily walking around on its extra limbs on a farm in Brazil.
  
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• MIT's 'flying building' assembles itself in mid-air and can be dropped into disaster zones

  24-03-2017 14:54
  
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• Infographic: Renault Sport Formula One Team by numbers

  24-03-2017 14:54
  
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• Behind the scenes at Renault Sport Formula One Team

  24-03-2017 14:53
  
  F1 2017: Inside Renault Sport Formula One Team as it prepares to take on the radical new race season using the Microsoft Cloud
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• Google boycott could see the end of automated ad placement

  24-03-2017 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has seen global companies withdraw ads fearing placement alongside extremist content. Analysts said brands could abandon firms using automated ads.
  
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• Spanish woman finds strange double-headed creature

  24-03-2017 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Luján Eroles, 46, was walking in her courtyard in Santa Fe, Argentina when when she came across this creepy-looking critter which she thought was a 'mutant animal'.
  
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• Gallery: Explosions are captured milliseconds after detonation

  24-03-2017 14:00
  
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• Breathtaking photos capture explosions milliseconds after detonation

  24-03-2017 14:00
  
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• Nasa will launch laser for interplanetary internet by 2019

  24-03-2017 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa Goddard Space Flight in Maryland will launch a satellite in 2019 that will allow astronauts to send back data at speeds 10 to 100 times greater than existing technology.
  
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• Google and Symantec clash on website security checks

  24-03-2017 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Web browsers could be blocked from accessing sites caught up in a row over basic security tools.
  
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• Scientists search for Tasmanian tigers in Queensland

  24-03-2017 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers are preparing to launch a search in Far North Queensland for the long-lost Tasmanian tiger following two detailed descriptions of what scientists believe may be the died out apex predator.
  
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• 'Devastating' coral loss in South China Sea - scientists

  24-03-2017 13:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers are warning of a "devastating" loss of coral at the Dongsha Atoll in the South China Sea.
  
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