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• NASA to reveal 'new results about ocean worlds'

  10-04-2017 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency says the new findings come from both the agency’s Cassini spacecraft and the Hubble Space Telescope. It will reveal them at 2pm on Thursday.
  
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• Early quake warning system expands to Oregon, Washington

  10-04-2017 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An early warning system for earthquakes has been expanded to Oregon and Washington, joining California in testing a prototype that could give people seconds or up to a minute of warning.
  
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• Brain stimulation with electrodes can increase honesty

  10-04-2017 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Zurich have identified the brain mechanism that governs decisions between honesty and self-interest. And this can be tampered with using electrodes.
  
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• Drones could soon help you shop in Walmart

  10-04-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While Amazon aims to unleash drones in the sky, Walmart is looking to use them in its stores. The firm has been granted a patent for in-store drones that transport items from one department to another.
  
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• Russian arrested in Spain 'over mass hacking'

  10-04-2017 22:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Spanish police say he ran the Kelihos botnet, hacking information and installing malicious software.
  
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• Man captures moment Malibu mountain collapses

  10-04-2017 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dust and rubble filled the air after the 'dirt waterfall' near Zuma Beach in Malibu, California. At first there is a trickle of dust falling off the mountain like a stream.
  
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• 'Pink moon' set to light up the sky tonight

  10-04-2017 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pink Moon isn’t actually pink, but instead earns its name from the flowering of the brightly-coloured herb ‘moss pink,’ which typically coincides with its arrival. It will appear April 10-11.
  
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• Couple witness their identical twins kissing in ultrasound

  10-04-2017 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Carissa Gill of Pennsylvania who is 25 weeks pregnant with identical twins, and her boyfriend, Randy, witnessed the moment their twin girls shared a kiss in their mom's womb.
  
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• Canadian snowboarder becomes engulfed in rare snownado

  10-04-2017 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A snowboarder who was hitting the slopes ended up becoming engulfed by an extraordinarily rare 'snownado', and it was all caught on cameraon mountains above Lake Louise, Alberta.
  
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• Iceland magma drilling project may revive UK power cable

  10-04-2017 21:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Producing geothermal energy from magma would enable Iceland to export more energy and could also revive a plan to build a power cable from Iceland to Britain to provide power to British homes.
  
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• Hubble spots intense auroras over Uranus

  10-04-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stunning new images, with observations from Voyager 2 and Hubble, show bright spots above Uranus as high-energy particles collided with the upper atmosphere to set off a cosmic light show.
  
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• Step aside sponges, jellies were first animals on Earth

  10-04-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evolutionary biologists from Vanderbilt University may have solved the question of whether sponges or delicate marine predators called comb jellies (pictured) appeared first.
  
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• Ancient walker

  10-04-2017 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's not a household name, but an ancient amphibian found in the Scottish borders fills a crucial period in the evolutionary record.
  
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• Minecraft set to add its own currency for in-app purchases

  10-04-2017 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Minecraft is set to launch a marketplace for content for Pocket and Windows 10 players. Users will be able to purchase maps, skins and more using a new form of currency - Minecraft Coins.
  
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• Twin 1987 Buick Grand Nationals found neglected in garage

  10-04-2017 19:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two identical classic muscle cars were recently purchased in a small town in western Oklahoma by a pair of friends who say they'll be restored and kept together for all time.
  
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• Mars is more Earth-like that thought NASA finds

  10-04-2017 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The MAVEN craft made the first direct detection of the permanent presence of metal ions in the ionosphere of a planet other than Earth, NASA has confirmed.
  
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• Wind farms could be paid to STOP producing energy

  10-04-2017 19:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warwick-based National Grid has predicted in a new report that the minimum demand on the UK's high-voltage power grid will dramatically fall this summer.
  
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• 14,000-year-old village found in British Columbia, Canada

  10-04-2017 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 14,000-year-old village was found on Triquet Island 310 miles (500km) northwest of Victoria, Canada. The discovery could shed more light on how civilisation beganin North America.
  
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• Scam on Google Maps directs you to fake businesses

  10-04-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fraudsters have taken to Google Maps to find unsuspecting victims. Google uncovered 100,000 fake business on the site that scam customers into paying higher prices.
  
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• Ice Age find of 13,000-year-old teeth contains bitumen

  10-04-2017 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered a pair of ancient teeth in northern Italy that show evidence of primitive dental work, each containing an unusual hole that extends down to the pulp chamber.
  
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• Poultry in England allowed outside as anti-bird flu measures relaxed

  10-04-2017 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They had been kept indoors to protect them from an infectious strain of bird flu.
  
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• Could THIS be the way to cure a spider phobia?

  10-04-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Manchester devised the new technique, which allows the client to control how much they approach, or avoid, spiders (stock image).
  
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• Brain areas key to dreaming are discovered

  10-04-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Wisconsin–Madison studied the brain activity of people who were dreaming and found a region called the posterior cortical 'hotzone' is key to dreams (stock image).
  
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• Conspiracy video explores alien origins of Roswell Rock

  10-04-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  YouTube channel SecureTeam10 explores the origins of a mysterious rock found in Roswell, New Mexico, that conspiracy theorists say is evidence of aliens visiting the planet.
  
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• iPhone 8 won't arrive for weeks after September unveil

  10-04-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm is still expected to unveil the handset, which some claim will be called the iPhone Edition, at a September event, and to let customers preorder it.
  
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• Laser scanning Iron Age settlement under Viking shrine

  10-04-2017 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research (NIKU) have used laser scanning to find further remains under an 11th century church in Trondheim.
  
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• Google bladeless air conditioning fan could be see-through

  10-04-2017 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The design by the Californian company, which looks similar to Dyson's bladeless fans, could herald a move for affordable air conditioning units to join Google's other smart home devices.
  
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• 'Super' bedbugs are becoming resistant to treatment

  10-04-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blood-sucking 'super' bedbugs becoming resistant to insecticides, causing the number of the critters to skyrocket. according to scientists at Purdue University, Indiana.
  
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• Only work out when you’re HUNGRY claim scientists

  10-04-2017 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After eating, the body is too busy responding to the meal consumed - meaning exercise won't stimulate excess fat, researchers from the University of Bath claim.
  
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• Google employee on how Snapchat and Facebook are ADDICTIVE

  10-04-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Silicon Valley giants such as Google and Facebook are using underhand tactics to get our brains hooked to our smartphones, according to former Google product manager Tristan Harris.
  
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• A faint galaxy 1.3 billion light years away reveals what the early Universe looked like

  10-04-2017 17:00
  
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• Plane-tracking app explores airspace in 3D

  10-04-2017 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of planes can be seen flying above the UK in a new plane-tracking app.
  
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• Brain power is boosted by photos of colder climes

  10-04-2017 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel found looking at a photo that reminds us of the cold can boost 'cognitive control' and help us make more informed decisions.
  
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• Wonga hackers steal bank details of 270,000 customers

  10-04-2017 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cyber attack has affected 245,000 people in the UK and 25,000 in Poland, according to payday loan firm Wonga. Stolen data may include account numbers and addresses of users.
  
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• SKYN find men's penis size has grown by 1 inch since 2015

  10-04-2017 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A survey by the condom brand SKYN found that the average man aged between 18 and 34 measures in at 6.1 inches, but a 2015 study by King's College London found it came in at 5.16 inches.
  
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• Modular 3D printed home could withstand zombie apocalypse

  10-04-2017 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kiev-based firm PassivDom has created a range of 3D printed modular homes which can be customised to create properties ranging from the basic to the luxurious.
  
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• Is bioengineering the answer to preventing ageing?

  10-04-2017 16:01
  
  Daisy Robinton explores bioengineering and its potential to end ageing.
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• A rare glimpse behind the scenes of UK warship HMS Ocean

  10-04-2017 16:00
  
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• Teen dumps boyfriend using music streaming playlist

  10-04-2017 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Utah student Kirsten Titus has dumped her boyfriend using a creatively crafted Spotify playlist.
  
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• Experts claim roast beef is best served with CHOCOLATE

  10-04-2017 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The suggestions are the result of research by scientists at the University of Cambridge who examined the chemical compounds that are shared by different ingredients.
  
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• Web to stop spreading 'nasty' ideas said Tim Berners-Lee

  10-04-2017 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Berners-Lee, a London-born computer scientist who invented the web told the Innovate Finance global fintech summit in London that we must fight the spread of 'nasty' ideas online.
  
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• Minecraft: New marketplace for community creators

  10-04-2017 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Minecraft to allow community creators to sell their content officially in the game for the first time.
  
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• Google Pixel 2 phone borrows Samsung Galaxy curved screen

  10-04-2017 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports suggest Google is investing $880 million (£709 million) in LG's flexible OLED screens for its Pixel 2 phone which is due to be released globally this autumn.
  
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• Rocket launch firm blasts onto Milan stock market

  10-04-2017 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Avio, dubbed Europe's answer to SpaceX, expects demand for satellites to rise in the coming years.
  
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• 33 million-year-old fossilised turtle skeleton for auction

  10-04-2017 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 33 million-year-old fossilised skeleton of a turtle that lived in an area of South Dakota known as the White River Badlands will go up for auction at Christie's auction house in London this month.
  
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• Web not to spread 'nasty' ideas said Tim Berners-Lee

  10-04-2017 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tim Berners-Lee, a London-born computer scientist who invented the web told the Innovate Finance global fintech summit in London that we must fight the spread of 'nasty' ideas online.
  
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• Wikileaks' CIA Vault 7 files linked to North American hacking group

  10-04-2017 15:00
  
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• US military could be using powerful LASER weapons by 2020

  10-04-2017 14:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Gunzinger, senior fellow at the Centre for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments in Washington DC thinks that in just a few years, powerful prototypes of 150 kW could be used.
  
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• Attack forces people to get a high score in an anime GAME

  10-04-2017 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Resenware' is a malicious programme created by Korea-based Tvple Eraser, that is infecting systems, encrypting documents, music and pictures to make them inaccessible.
  
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• Tesla unveils solar panels that blend into your rooftop

  10-04-2017 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The solar panels were designed exclusively by Panasonic and will be manufactured only in Tesla's factory in Fremont, California. They will be available as early as this summer.
  
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