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• Scientists warn the next generation will have 'text neck'

  14-04-2017 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some patients, particularly young patients who shouldn't yet have back and neck issues, are reporting disk hernias and alignment problems, the US study authors write in The Spine Journal.
  
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• Tesla will unveil a SEMI-TRUCK in September

  14-04-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla is headed for bigger things. CEO Elon Musk used Twitter to reveal two new electric vehicles.A semi-truck is set to be unveiled in Sept. and a pickup truck in 18-24 months.
  
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• New leak suggests NSA penetrated Mideast banking networks

  14-04-2017 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hacking group has released a new batch of documents purportedly taken from the NSA, which suggests that American spies have burrowed deep into the Middle East's financial network.
  
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• Apple gets permit in California to test self-driving cars

  14-04-2017 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple Inc has secured a permit to test autonomous vehicles in California. The tech giant joins a growing list of carmakers and firms that are already testing cars on The Golden State's roads.
  
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• California's wildflower superbloom from SPACE

  14-04-2017 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California is now in the midst of a 'superbloom' after drought-relieving rains. Satellite images show the dramatic changes over the past few months as the vegetation comes back to life.
  
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• GM expanding its self-driving car unit with 1100 new hires

  14-04-2017 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the race of the self-driving cars, one firm is expanding operations to ensure they aren't left behind. GM announced it will add more than 1,000 new hires to its researcher and development unit.
  
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• The real-life gadgets James Bond's Q never dreamt of

  14-04-2017 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mini drones, invisibility cloaks and guns that shoot around corners may sound like gadgets used by James Bond in the 007 films, but are among many weapons used in the real world.
  
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• Russian humanoid learns how to shoot a gun with both hands

  14-04-2017 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russian's humanoid has learned a new trick - firing off a gun. Fedor squared up in front of a target, pulled the trigger and shot its first handgun with both hands. This skill helps develop its motor skills.
  
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• Drinking gin can speed up your metabolism, study finds 

  14-04-2017 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gin is good for your metabolism. That is according to researchers at Latvia's University of Sigulda.
  
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• Low-intensity workouts improve your VISION

  14-04-2017 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, the same benefits can't be seen from more vigorous forms of exercise, such as running, cycling or swimming. University of California, Santa Barbara researchers say.
  
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• Inside Netflix: we reveal how brain scans and bots help shows go from lens to your living room

  14-04-2017 19:00
  
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• High tech scans reveal some Viking swords were ceremonial

  14-04-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Technical University of Denmark have used neutron scanning to analyse Viking swords for the first time, to uncover new details of their construction.
  
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• Gamblers have a poor ability to adapt to risky situations

  14-04-2017 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Gambling addicts are inclined towards unnecessarily risky decisions, showing a defect in risk assessment, according to researchers at Kyoto University, Japan.
  
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• What impression does YOUR profile picture make?

  14-04-2017 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana, found key parts of the face like the forehead are used to help us make judgements about someone's dominance in a social situation.
  
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• Period-syncing is a MYTH, University of Oxford study says

  14-04-2017 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have been probing the phenomenon ever since a 1971 study showed female college roommates ended up synchronizing. But new evidence from Oxford researchers casts doubt.
  
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• Facebook may start using your private WhatsApp data

  14-04-2017 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ireland's Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon, the lead EU regulator on privacy issues for Facebook said that the European Union may now allow Facebook to use the data.
  
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• Forget solar panels, your home could one day be heated using hot sand

  14-04-2017 15:00
  
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• The £20 hidden cameras perverts are using to spy on you

  14-04-2017 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'spy' hooks can be bought online by anyone globally for as little as £20 ($25). They contain miniature cameras which film tiny a small hole at the top of the plastic.
  
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• 'Golden age' of digital could see FM radio scrapped

  14-04-2017 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rather than buying a traditional radio to tune to FM, there has been a huge shift in the number of people accessing live streams through their tablets and smartphones in the UK.
  
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• Penguin poop, high-tech BBQs: Podcast 313

  14-04-2017 13:00
  
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• Keeping the dead down: how Brits have meddled with corpses throughout the ages

  14-04-2017 13:00
  
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• Video shows divers caught in a 5.7 magnitude earthquake

  14-04-2017 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage, shot 18 metres (60 feet) deep as divers explored the ocean floor near Mabini in the Philippines, shows sand lifting into the water as a chilling deep noise blares in the background.
  
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• Can YOU spot the seahorse?

  14-04-2017 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wildlife photographer Suzan Meldonian was diving 80-feet below sea level for an hour off the coast of Aniloa, in the Philippines, when she spotted the creature in the coral.
  
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• 1 in 4 DON'T think one-night stands count as cheating

  14-04-2017 11:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, commissioned by the Deseret News and conducted by YouGov, polled 1,832 Americans about a range of scenarios they consider to be cheating on a partner.
  
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• What ingredients are needed for life beyond Earth?

  14-04-2017 10:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa believes one of Saturn's moons may be the best place to look for life beyond Earth.
  
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• How fast can YOU spot the hidden objects?

  14-04-2017 10:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The quiz results also show that the English are better at spotting hidden objects than the rest of the UK and that 18-24-year-olds are quicker and more accurate than any other age group.
  
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• How the 'Mother of All Bombs' works

  14-04-2017 10:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The GBU-43, otherwise known as the Mother of All Bombs, or MOAB unleashes a devastating fireball that incinerates anything within 30 feet when it first detonates.
  
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• The Lost City Of Z author David Grann on forensic science and true crime’s renaissance

  14-04-2017 10:00
  
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• LG G6 review: this superfast handset may be ahead of its time

  14-04-2017 10:00
  
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• In pictures: the LG G6

  14-04-2017 10:00
  
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• WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for April 14

  14-04-2017 08:33
  
  Enceladus could support life, Tesla plans to reveal an electric lorry in September, Google has trained an AI to doodle like a human
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• Pokémon Go's Easter event is now live – and it's an eggstravaganza

  14-04-2017 08:04
  
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• Women addicted to their phones at risk of depression

  14-04-2017 03:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who show a desire to constantly use their phone - known as nomophobia - display signs of the blues, a study at Binghamton University in New York found.
  
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• Dating profile photos should be picked by a stranger

  14-04-2017 02:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of New South Wales found images selected by strangers conveyed a much more favourable first impression than images people selected for themselves.
  
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• Enceladus provides a clue that we're not alone

  14-04-2017 02:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JOHN NAISH: Although it is almost 800million miles away, the fact we can see the planet whose moon may be host to primitive life is almost spooky, imparting a tangible sense that we may not be alone.
  
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• The under sevens suffering panic attacks and depression

  14-04-2017 02:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  98 per cent of teachers said they had seen pupils with mental health problems. Most teachers feel social media is making youngsters feel more unhappy, along with exam stress and bullying.
  
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• SOS feature saves Apple Watch wearer during a car accident

  14-04-2017 01:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Casey Bennett used his Apple Watch to call 911 after an accident left him dangling from the driver's seat. Unable to reach his phone, Bennett used the SOS Emergency feature on the Watch.
  
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• Facebook 'must not be a haven for paedophiles'

  14-04-2017 01:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Child protection charities have said that sex abuse pictures on Facebook act like a gateway drug to would-be paedophiles and can encourage them to abuse youngsters in real life.
  
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• The radical 'swimming bullets' you can fire through WATER

  14-04-2017 01:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DSG Technology has developed a range of supercavitating ammunition that can effectively ‘swim’ longer distances to hit the target. They rely on cavitation effects to reduce drag.
  
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• Artificial intelligence: How to avoid racist algorithms

  14-04-2017 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Why do so many algorithms seem to echo human bias?
  
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• Spring has got 1C warmer since the 1960s

  14-04-2017 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British springs are noticeably warmer than in the 1960s bringing fewer frosts for gardeners, Met Office figures show.
  
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• Astro-boffinry breakthrough: Loads of ingredients for life found on Saturn's Enceladus

  14-04-2017 01:08 via go.theregister.com
  
  And Jupiter's Europa is looking sweet, too Pics  Tantalizing new evidence of hydrothermal vents on Enceladus and liquid water on Europa have reignited our hopes that alien life might exist, NASA announced today.…
  
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• Robots are learning to be racist, new research has found

  14-04-2017 01:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers had discovered that the better AI becomes at interpreting the human language, the more likely it will adopt human bias about race and gender that lurks within the data it is fed.
  
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