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• Rate of binge-drinking baby boomer women increasing by 4%

  29-03-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from the US National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, found that the rate of baby boomer women binge drinking is increasing by four percent every year.
  
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• Data for sale

  29-03-2017 23:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trump may repeal an Obama-era internet privacy rule - how does this impact users?
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 officially unveiled

  29-03-2017 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The South Korean firmhas unveiled its flagship Galaxy S8 and S8+ at joint events held in New York and London today. They are available for preorder on March 30th and will be shipping on April 21st.
  
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• Canada comes online

  29-03-2017 23:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Canada is experiencing an influx of funding for AI research and commercialisation.
  
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• Six jobs eliminated for every robot in the workforce

  29-03-2017 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When one or more robots was introduced into the workforce between 1990 and 2007, it led to the elimination of about six jobs, a report by the National Bureau of Economic Research finds.
  
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• Algae could be the answer to climate change

  29-03-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microalgae can be used to make biofuels and even feed for farm animals and fish farms, researchers at Cornell University have found. It grows faster than terrestrial plants and requires less space.
  
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• James Webb Telescope completes 'most rigorous' tests yet

  29-03-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The acoustic and vibration tests completed at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center simulated the shaking and ‘ear-splitting noise’ the telescope will experience during its 2018 launch.
  
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• Do you see a rocket ship icon in your Facebook app?

  29-03-2017 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users around the world were surprised by a new icon in their Facebook app - a rocket ship. Facebook revealed it is testing an 'alternate News Feed' that shows content from pages users aren't following.
  
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• Video games linked to sexist attitudes in teenagers

  29-03-2017 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study found a link between video game exposure and sexism in a study of more than 13,000 young people. Those who played more video games were more likely to agree with sexist statements.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 - but is it art? The internet reacts

  29-03-2017 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The experts and public respond to the newly unveiled Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ smartphones.
  
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• Max Cooper’s science-inspired music videos will blow your mind

  29-03-2017 22:00
  
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• Lampreys become male or female depending on growth rate

  29-03-2017 20:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If sea lamprey's grow at slower rates when they're larvae, it may increase their odds ofbecoming male, research by the US Geological Survey and Michigan State University has revealed.
  
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• Termites are NOT to blame for Namibia’s ‘fairy circles'

  29-03-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, researchers from Indiana University -Purdue University Indianapolis found evidence to support the idea that these circular patterns are the result of competition for water.
  
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• 43,000-year-old carved raven bone 

  29-03-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The raven bone was discovered at the Zaskalnaya VI site in Crimea by researchers from the University of Bordeaux.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+: First look

  29-03-2017 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Samsung's new phones feature a new virtual assistant, Bixby, and longer screens than past devices.
  
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• Rogue asteroid orbits the wrong way around the sun

  29-03-2017 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Found by astronomers at Western University in Ontario, the asteroid is the only one in the solar system to have an opposing orbit around the sun while sharing a planet's orbital space.
  
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• Siri and Alexa devices can offer relief from loneliness

  29-03-2017 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Kansas found that human-like technology may offer short-term relief from loneliness, but at the long-term cost of social interaction.
  
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• Hundreds of new emojis available on the Samsung Galaxy S8

  29-03-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seoul firm Samsung has created a range of 646 new emojis for its new Galaxy S8 handset, due to be launched today. Male and female versions in differing skin tone options will be available.
  
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• Stressed teens more likely to be depressed in menopause

  29-03-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest University of Pennsylvania study is believed to be the first to focus on the role of childhood adversity in the onset of depression during the menopause (stock image)
  
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• Yale students create anti-hangover cure drink

  29-03-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yale students unveiled a hangover cure thatis 'all-natural' and 'based on science'. Called, SunUp the supplementis taken the night before and prevents hangover symptoms the next day.
  
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• Ikea launches smart light bulbs that could be hacked

  29-03-2017 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new smart bulbs, created by the Swedish home-goods giant Ikea which is based in Delft in the Netherlands, could be vulnerable to attack according to a cyber expert.
  
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• Gallery: posters give a glimpse at the stars of American Gods

  29-03-2017 18:26
  
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• Hawaii kayakers shown getting close to a lava waterfall

  29-03-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A firehose of molten lava from the Kilauea volcano, which is on the Hawaiian island of Hilo, is dumping directly into the Pacific ocean. Footage was taken by extreme kayaker Rafael Ortiz, from Mexico City.
  
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• 3D map of Antarctica made using 250 million measurements

  29-03-2017 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Detailed 3D maps created by the European Space Agency's CryoSat satellite are used by scientists to follow how Antarctica's ice levels change over time.
  
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• Is a restaurant's MUSIC making you spend more money?

  29-03-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from HUI Research, a research-based consulting firm in Stockholm, created the Soundtrack Your Brand system to help restaurants to boost sales.
  
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• Bitcoin entrepreneur Amir Taaki quizzed over fighting in Syria

  29-03-2017 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Developer quizzed by UK police after fighting against so-called Islamic State alongside Kurds.
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 hides home button and gains Bixby AI

  29-03-2017 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest flagship phones from Samsung feature bigger screens and a new kind of virtual assistant.
  
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• Blue Origin gives a sneak peak of its tourist capsule

  29-03-2017 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'New Shepard' capsule's roomy interior includes seats for six travellers, who will be treated to views from the 'largest windows in space'. Flight tests will launch from Van Horn, Texas, this year.
  
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• House votes to block Obama-era online privacy rule

  29-03-2017 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The House voted Tuesday to block online privacy regulations issued during the final months of the Obama administration. The rule was designed to give consumers control over their information.
  
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• Sat Nav app Waze offers drivers the chance to buy donuts

  29-03-2017 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Waze app, pictured, will feature adverts from Dunkin' Donuts which will allow a motorist to pre-order coffee and donuts and collect them instore without any undue delay.
  
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• Virgin Media overstated superfast broadband rollout

  29-03-2017 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media suspends four employees after it emerged it overstated its superfast broadband rollout.
  
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• Scotland's 'first' digital tech charity launched

  29-03-2017 16:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Digital Xtra Fund aims to give Scotland's under 16s skills in digital technology.
  
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• Bugatti cars releases the ultimate superbike 

  29-03-2017 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The luxury car manufacturer Bugatti, based in Molsheim, France, has built a bike from reinforced carbon that weighs just 5kg (11 pounds). It will be released later this year.
  
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• Stem cell technique could help boost transfusion supplies

  29-03-2017 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Boston Medical Centre are trying to brew their own blood to combat the issue of blood shortages for transfusions.
  
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• Kent man gets £1m investment for his high school invention

  29-03-2017 15:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yasser Khattak, 21, from Maidstone, Kent, developed his light switch at just 16-years-old. 'Den' allows users to control their lighting from their smart phone.
  
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• Apple drops hint about the return retro laptop 'Powerbook'

  29-03-2017 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has been granted a worldwide trademark for the word 'PowerBook'. It became a hit in 1991, one of a trio of lighter portables that helped Apple enter the laptop market.
  
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• Everything you need to know about the Samsung Galaxy S8

  29-03-2017 14:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  South Korean firm Samsung will reveal its S8 phone at simultaneous events in New York and London. The phone's user guide was leaked on Samsung's own website earlier today.
  
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• Ancient palace belonged to earliest states in Mesoamerica

  29-03-2017 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Excavations at the site of El Palenque in Mexico by researchers from the American Museum of Natural History in New York have recovered the oldest-known palace in the Oaxaca Valley.
  
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• Lost in space: the most captivating images from Nasa's vast archive

  29-03-2017 14:15
  
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• iPhone users fooled by fake ransomware

  29-03-2017 14:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Malware appeared to lock the web browser and demanded money for its release.
  
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• Life returned 'very quickly' after dino-killing asteroid

  29-03-2017 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Christopher Lowery, a researcher from the University of Texas-Austin, revealed that life returned to the sea floor just 30,000 years after the asteroid struck 66 million years ago .
  
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• Don't think borders, think big: why Article 50 can't, and won't, stop the thriving Euro tech scene

  29-03-2017 13:40
  
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• Magic Leap's Light Field smart glasses to release in 2017

  29-03-2017 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Florida-based startup's augmented reality glasses, backed by $542 million (£435 million) in funding led by Google, will project smartphone notifications and applications at eye level.
  
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• Nasa launches a new searchable media library

  29-03-2017 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Members of the public from all over the world can now search and download more than 140,000 images, videos and audio files, including stunning views of Mars, and the famous first steps on the moon in 1969.
  
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• Flybe fined for sending 3.3 million unwanted emails

  29-03-2017 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The airline is fined £70,000 after sending more than 3.3 million marketing emails to people who did not want to receive them.
  
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• Cyclone Debbie: Experts fear damage to Great Barrier Reef

  29-03-2017 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Australian state of Queensland is assessing the extent of the damage caused by the major storm.
  
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• Ligo's next trick? Finally hunting down dark matter

  29-03-2017 12:55
  
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• Elephants in dramatic muddy escape

  29-03-2017 12:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eleven Asian elephants manage to drag themselves clear of a muddy hole in Cambodia.
  
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• How free wi-fi is transforming India's rail stations

  29-03-2017 12:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Free high-speed wi-fi is now being offered at 115 stations on India's railway network.
  
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• Russian volcano awakes for the first time in 250 years

  29-03-2017 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 7,103ft tall (2.2km high) Kambalny volcano is located in the Kamchatka peninsula in the far east of Russia. The colossal volcano was last active during the reign of Catherine the Great.
  
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