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• Ceredigion TB fears over 'thriving' wild red deer

  03-04-2017 23:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fears are raised TB could be linked to growing numbers of red deer running wild in parts of rural Wales.
  
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• Tesla's market value overtakes Ford

  03-04-2017 23:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The market value of the electric car maker sails beyond Ford, despite a much smaller vehicle output.
  
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• Google's Wi-Fi router can ban your child from going online

  03-04-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google revealed an update that helps parents limit their children’s internet use. Now with the Google Wi-Fi router, parents can schedule an 'internet pause' for specific times during the day.
  
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• Map lets you track animals around Yosemite National Park

  03-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wildlife enthusiasts around the world can now follow the daily journey of Yosemite National Park's black bears from their laptops and smartphones, tracking the animals as they cross vast distances.
  
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• 'Extinct' wild dog rediscovered in mountains of New Guinea

  03-04-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Guinea Highland Wild Dogs are said to be the ‘rarest, most ancient canid’ in the world today, and researchers have now documented the presence of at least 15 individuals.
  
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• World War I trenches in Alps reveal 450m year old fossils

  03-04-2017 23:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unique 425-million-year-old fossil find is giving scientists new ideas about how some of the earliest animals on Earth came to dominate the world's oceans.
  
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• Border-guard dogs to get smart collars to monitor health

  03-04-2017 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) project awarded $198,000 to a technology company that makes sensor collars which can monitor temperature, heart rate and and other vital signs.
  
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• Is consciousness just an illusion?

  03-04-2017 22:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cognitive scientist Daniel Dennett believes the human brain might not be that special.
  
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• Android beat Windows in internet usage for the first time 

  03-04-2017 22:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's Android has overtaken Windows for a 'milestone in technology history', new research has revealed. Android claimed 37.93% of internet usage in March - Windows only had 37.91%.
  
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• Chinese engineer gives up spouse search and marries robot

  03-04-2017 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named Yingying, the bizarre robot can identify Chinese characters and images, and even say a few simple words, and the creator has plans to upgrade the bot so she’ll be able to do chores.
  
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• World's only 'talking' sex doll has 18 personalities

  03-04-2017 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The doll, which is made by RealDoll, a firm based in California, talks in a Scottish accent, and can be programmed with 18 different personality traits, including 'shy' and 'sexual.'
  
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• Wearable that alerts you when someone checks you out

  03-04-2017 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The days of wondering if someone is checking you out are over. Ripple eliminates the uncertainty by sending a 'ripple' up the wearer's back when it feels someone's gaze is perceived as flirtatious.
  
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• Remains of ancient pyramid found in Egypt

  03-04-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pyramid from the 13th dynasty was found in Dahshur's royal necropolis, 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of Cairo. Excavations are still in their early stages, and the size of the pyramid remains unknown.
  
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• Google is teaching its computer systems to be ‘offended’

  03-04-2017 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google, based in Mountain View, California, says it is building computers which can learn context – helping to identify offensive content that should be removed.
  
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• Warning as experts find hackers can access sex toy camera

  03-04-2017 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Svakom Siime Eye is a $250 vibrator with a camera on the end, giving users the option to capture photos or videos during a session, including views from inside the body. And, it's a WiFi access point.
  
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• How Elon Musk could meld man and machine

  03-04-2017 20:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A researcher at the University of Essex discusses how Tesla CEO Elon Musk can use its latest acquisition, Neuralink, to establish a direct link between the mind and the computer.
  
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• Astronomer royal warns robots will WIPE OUT humans

  03-04-2017 20:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sir Martin Rees, an emeritus professor of cosmology and astrophysics at the University of Cambridge, says the reign of robots could last billions of years.
  
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• Bang & Olufsen's new wireless speaker system seamlessly clips together on your wall

  03-04-2017 20:00
  
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• Second World War explosive found on a Kent beach

  03-04-2017 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bomb disposal experts rushed to Reculver Beach near Herne Bay in Kent when shocked residents discovered a washed-up World War II bomb nestled in the sand.
  
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• Antiques Roadshow expert finds rare Shakespeare notebook 

  03-04-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthew Haley gushed that the miniature seventeenth-century pad of 'scientific scholarly notes' on Shakespeare's work was one of the most valuable items ever seen on Antiques Roadshow.
  
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• 150 Swedish Epicenter employees implanted with microchips

  03-04-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swedish startup Epicenter offers to implant workers with microchips the size of grains of rice that function as swipe cards: to open doors, operate printers, buy smoothies with a wave of the hand.
  
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• Graphene-based sieve turns seawater into drinking water

  03-04-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The development could help provide clean drinking water for millions of people who lack access to safe sources.
  
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• 'Serious' hack attacks from China targeting UK firms

  03-04-2017 19:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The hacking group is using tech service firms as a proxy to access data of its real targets.
  
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• Hackers can use RADIO signals to access your smart TV

  03-04-2017 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hack, demonstrated at a cyber security conference in Le Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland, accessed several Smart TVs at once without physically tampering with them.
  
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• 28 new Dead Sea Scrolls fragments have been sold in the US

  03-04-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At least 45 fragments of the 1,600-year-old texts, found across 12 caves in the West Bank, have appeared in the US in the past decade, and experts suspect that some are modern-day forgeries.
  
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• 'Prosthetic phone' helps people get off smartphones

  03-04-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'prosthetic phone' that helps people wean themselves off their devices has been developed by London-based financial services company MORE TH>N.
  
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• Are you a night owl or a lark? Take the science-based test

  03-04-2017 18:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers created a quiz to help people understand the complexity of their internal clocks. It also reveals if they are a night owl or a morning person to help them be more productive.
  
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• The 'bionic leaf' that could help end world hunger

  03-04-2017 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard University researchers have created an artificial system that mimics photosynthesis to create fertiliser. They hope it could help to avert a global food crisis in the coming decades.
  
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• Football-playing androids warm up ahead of RoboCup 2017

  03-04-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of the 2017 RoboCup in Japan this July, humanoid robots from around the world are currently in warm-up mode.
  
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• UK once plotted how to blow up Channel Tunnel with a NUKE

  03-04-2017 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Previously top secret papers have revealed the extraordinary back up plan drawn up while plans for the Tunnel between Kent and Calais were in their infancy.
  
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• Scientists in Staffordshire switch on futuristic-looking forest to measure carbon impact

  03-04-2017 18:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The launch of the giant outdoor experiment will see trees engulfed by high levels of carbon dioxide.
  
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• Facebook Live 'sex assault': Boy, 14, arrested in Chicago

  03-04-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dozens watched a Facebook Live stream but nobody reported it to Chicago police.
  
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• Scans reveal colours of cancer cells and body's defence

  03-04-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Striking images show the vivid and colourful scans of rare cancer tumours of the central nervous system. Pictures were taken by the Eye of Science studio in Reutlingen, Germany.
  
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• Greenland's glaciers are 'DOOMED', experts warn

  03-04-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Ohio State University found that 20 years ago, Greenland passed a tipping point, meaning the smallest glaciers and ice caps can no longer regrow lost ice.
  
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• Ordnance Survey's digital map of Britain offers stunning views

  03-04-2017 17:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ordnance Survey launches 3D aerial images to help people plan walks, cycle routes and climbs.
  
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• Graphene filter could provide drinking water to millions

  03-04-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Manchester have created a molecular 'sieve' using graphene-oxide, which filters out salt and other impurities to create clean, fresh drinking water.
  
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• Tesla delivers quarterly record of 25,000 vehicles in Q1

  03-04-2017 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The California-based electric car manufacturer, Tesla, says its sales have jumped 69 percent from a year ago and it is selling a record 8,000 vehicles a month.
  
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• Lawnmower clippings could be used as plane fuel

  03-04-2017 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Centre for Microbial Ecology and Technology (CMET) at Ghent University in Belgium have developed a way to turn cut grass into biofuel (stock image).
  
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• Four candidates for Planet 9 have been located

  03-04-2017 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers from the Australian National University in Canberra are investigating the four unknown objects, following the launch of their planetary search on BBC's Stargazing Live.
  
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• U.S. Navy using brain stimulation to create super-soldiers

  03-04-2017 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elite U.S. Navy SEAL units are using a headphone-like device which fires electrical pulses into the brain, inducing a 'hyper-learning' state which makes training more effective.
  
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• Five must-know motoring hacks using everyday items

  03-04-2017 16:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a recent study, the cost of motoring has increased by 10% in the last year. To save drivers time, money and effort, here are five hacks can help drivers out all year round.
  
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• Global reign of terror: map plots every terrorist attack and death in real-time

  03-04-2017 16:00
  
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• Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic will go to space in 2018

  03-04-2017 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Richard Branson said the Virgin Galactic space programme, which was founded in 2004 and is based in New York, should be running by the end of next year.
  
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• Drones prompt 'flood' of complaints to police

  03-04-2017 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Incidents reported to police include invasions of privacy, neighbour disputes and near misses.
  
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• Millennials want their mums to stay at home says survey

  03-04-2017 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report by the Council on Contemporary Families, a non-profit organisation based in Austin, Texas, found young people are increasingly conservative about the domestic role of women (stock).
  
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• Dark web trackers could reveal identities of criminals

  03-04-2017 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Deusto in Spain found that more than 20% of dark web pages import data from non-private sites, and that tracking software exists on 27% of dark pages.
  
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• How hibernating animals are helping doctors treat diabetes and Alzheimer's

  03-04-2017 15:00
  
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• The surprising benefit of melting ice in the Arctic

  03-04-2017 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Southern Denmark found that melt ponds - pools of water formed when ice melts - could help biological organisms to survive.
  
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• Android apps swap information without your permission

  03-04-2017 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team of experts from Virginia Tech University suggest that apps designed around the personalisation of ringtones, widgets, and emojis are the most at risk of security breaches.
  
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• First edition of world's earliest atlas will sell for £60k

  03-04-2017 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 437-year-old book, called the 'Theatrum Orbis Terrarum', was the first attempt to pull together all the maps of the known world. It will go under the hammer at Sotehby's in London next month.
  
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