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• Sentinel satellites to monitor every volcano

  19-04-2017 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European satellites will routinely map every land volcano on Earth, looking for early eruption signs.
  
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• Restless mountains

  19-04-2017 23:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  European satellites will routinely map every land volcano on Earth, looking for early eruption signs.
  
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• Is the $400 Silicon Valley Juicero juice machine a scam?

  19-04-2017 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Juicero, a Silicon Valley start-up that was hailed as the 'Keurig for juice', appears to be a rotten scam.
  
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• Bose accused of spying on customers with tracking app

  19-04-2017 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The complaint seeks an injunction to stop Bose's "wholesale disregard" for the privacy of customers who download its free Bose Connect app.
  
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• Lockheed shows off radical 'Raider' special forces

  19-04-2017 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Raider helicopter is capable of reaching speeds that double a traditional craft and Lockheed conducted the first test run to show off its co-axial rotor and push propeller design.
  
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• Timelapse shows Pennsylvania changing over two years

  19-04-2017 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's been two years in the making, but Will Strathmann has finished a stunning timelapse of aPennsylvania farm that was taken by a drone from spring of 2015 to January 2017.
  
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• Facebook reveals its radical 'mind reading' system

  19-04-2017 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The social network's secretive Building 8 project is also working on radical touch interfaces that transmit information through skin, boss Regina Dugan at the firm's developer conference.
  
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• Apple iPhone 8's Touch ID WILL be on the back

  19-04-2017 21:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new schematic may finally put an ongoing debate to rest - where will Apple place the Touch ID in the iPhone 8? The drawing shows a a home button cutout on the back of the smartphone.
  
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• Starblood Arena PSVR review: VR's best answer to Overwatch

  19-04-2017 21:00
  
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• World’s biggest airliner ‘nosedives into a field’

  19-04-2017 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The £25 million Airlander 10, which is part plane and part airship, fell forward in the field in Bedfordshire after the ropes tying the back of the aircraft to the ground came loose.
  
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• Google's timeline feature is rolling out on iOS

  19-04-2017 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google Maps' Timeline feature is now globally available on iOS after being launched on Android and desktop in 2015.
  
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• Air Force's X-37B space plane reaches 700 days in orbit

  19-04-2017 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While some details of the X-37B space plane, known as as Orbital Test Vehicle-4 (OTV-4) ,payload have been revealed - we still do not know exactly what's on board the spacecraft, or its mission.
  
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• Newly discovered exoplanet LHS 1140b could host alien life

  19-04-2017 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists used telescopes based near La Serena, Chile, to spot the planet, dubbed LHS 1140b. Its large size means that a magma ocean could have existed on its surface for millions of years.
  
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• Newly discovered Egyptian meat-eater hunted our ancestors

  19-04-2017 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The animal, known as Masrasector nananubis, was once near the top of the African food chain and lived in the same swampy ecosystem, near what is now Cairo, that was home to early human relatives.
  
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• Alarming video reveals streams of melted ice in Antarctica

  19-04-2017 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, led by scientists at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, is the first to reveal a vast network of streams, channels, ponds, and even waterfalls.
  
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• Vodafone lists £80 virtual reality headset as FREE

  19-04-2017 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Savvy shoppers snapped up the Samsung gadgets for nothing on Easter Sunday and instead of squirming away from the gaffe - the mobile giant honoured orders of one headset each.
  
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• Egypt unveils giant restored statue of Ramses II

  19-04-2017 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The statue was presented in a floodlit ceremony at the Luxor Temple on the banks of the Nile on Tuesday evening. When it was discovered between 1958 and 1960, the statue was in 57 pieces.
  
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• Anonymous STI text messaging service launches in the UK

  19-04-2017 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under a new scheme being tried in Teesside patients who test positive for an STI will be offered the chance to have their previous sexual partners notified that they are at risk (stock image).
  
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• Could key to eternal youth be blood from umbilical cord? 

  19-04-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study, from Stanford University School of Medicine in California, has discovered that umbilical cord blood could be the key to reversing the effects of age-associated mental declines.
  
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• Asteroid impact would rupture internal organs finds study

  19-04-2017 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers for the first time ranked the effects from most to least deadly, or how many lives were lost to each effect.
  
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• PACK YOUR BAGS! Boffins spot Earth-size planet most likeliest yet to harbor alien life

  19-04-2017 19:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Water, check. Low radiation, check. Possible to get to... oh wait, darn Scientists have spotted a planet slightly larger than Earth orbiting a distant star that looks to be the best contender yet for hosting life as we know it.…
  
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• This is the one! Super-Earth 40 light years away is our 'best chance of finding alien life yet'

  19-04-2017 19:00
  
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• Facebook's chatbot 'dating coach' Lara sets up singletons

  19-04-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A chatbot called Lara, which is now available on Facebook Messenger in the UK, talks to singletons and helps learn about their interests before introducing them to other single people.
  
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• Technology will turn future workers into cyborgs

  19-04-2017 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claims that robots and people will work more closely together than ever before. This will involve tech-augmented human workers, both in factories and in offices.
  
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• Face map shows the features you're likely to inherit

  19-04-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Kings College London studied the features of 1,000 female twins to find parts of the face that are likely to be controlled by genetics. Cheekbones are highly heritable.
  
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• Artists create climate change menu in stunning photos

  19-04-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artists have revealed a stunning series that 'visualizes the possible future effects of climate change on our food system'. 'Flooded' features a menu with jellyfish salads, ousters and more.
  
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• 'Gibraltar-sized' space rock passes Earth

  19-04-2017 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A large asteroid the size of the Rock of Gibraltar has passed safely by Earth.
  
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• Microsoft lets users access accounts without passwords

  19-04-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft is slowly killing the password. The firm has launched Microsoft Authenticator account that sends an alert to the user's phone, which they need to approve to gain access to their account.
  
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• Worried about gigantic asteroids hurtling towards Earth? There's a graph for that

  19-04-2017 18:00
  
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• Samsung Galaxy S8 ships with 'faulty' red tinted screens

  19-04-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Customers in South Korea who have received their pre-ordered Samsung Galaxy S8s were quick to discover a fault with the handset's super AMOLED screen, which display a peculiar red tinge.
  
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• Optical illusion will make you question this quaint scene

  19-04-2017 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Most optical illusions don't leave viewers shrieking in horror in addition to scratching their heads, but the illustration 'Blue Plate Special' by Jeff Lee Johnson packs tons of horrifying details.
  
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• Game of Thrones ship designed for Panama Papers criminals

  19-04-2017 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Architects from the Ecole d’Architecture de Paris-Belleville have designed a jail ship with open-air pods similar to the 'sky cells' that kept Tyrion Lannister prisoner in Game of Thrones.
  
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• Alphabet's Verily unit launches study to track health data

  19-04-2017 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Verily, Alphabet Inc's life sciences business, said it was launching a four-year study with about 10,000 participants to understand how people transition from being healthy to becoming sick.
  
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• 3 sexual positions men should avoid

  19-04-2017 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doggy position was responsible for 28 per cent of the penile fractures reported, making it the second-most dangerous position, according to previous Brazilian research.
  
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• NSA 'has hacked Putin and Iran's websites'

  19-04-2017 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Surveillance Agency has been accused of keeping the presidents of Russia and Iran as well as nuclear facilities and internet service provider according to secretive group Shadow Brokers.
  
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• Species of clingfish with more teeth than a shark found

  19-04-2017 16:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists searching through preserved specimens at the Western Australian Museum in Welshpool discovered a fish estimated to have between 1,800 and 2,300 individual teeth.
  
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• Apple settles patent case at last minute

  19-04-2017 16:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patent owner Unwired Planet had already beaten Huawei and Samsung in earlier disputes.
  
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• Ultrasonic clothes dryer 'halves drying time'

  19-04-2017 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The dryer uses high-frequency sound waves to shake water out of clothing in much less time.
  
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• Birds sing shorter songs in response to traffic noise

  19-04-2017 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Birds change their songs to ensure they carry over the noise of heavy traffic, allowing them to still call to mates and defend their territory, research from George Mason University in Virginia has found.
  
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• Freezer melts 22,000 years of historical records

  19-04-2017 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ice cores had been collected from the Canadian Arctic by scientists at the University of Alberta since the mid-1970s. They contained gases and pollen dating back thousands of years.
  
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• Drink beetroot juice and exercise for a 'younger' brain

  19-04-2017 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beetroot juice's nitric oxide content increases blood flow to the brain and improves exercise performance, making the brain more youthful, said scientists at Wake Forest University, North Carolina.
  
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• Holiday Inn hotels hit by card payment system hack

  19-04-2017 14:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  About 1,200 hotels in the US and Puerto Rico were infected by credit card-stealing malware.
  
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• The 3 sexual positions men should avoid

  19-04-2017 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Doggy position was responsible for 28 per cent of the penile fractures reported, making it the second-most dangerous position, according to previous Brazilian research.
  
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• Physicists observe 'negative mass'

  19-04-2017 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Physicists have created a fluid with "negative mass", which accelerates towards you when pushed.
  
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• Instagram now works offline...but only on Android

  19-04-2017 13:50
  
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• From 'swimming' with sloths to 'climbing' the Shard: the best new features of Google Earth

  19-04-2017 13:25
  
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• San Diego SeaWorld Polar bear suddenly dies

  19-04-2017 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Szenja, a 21-year-old polar bear kept at SeaWorld in San Diego, died suddenly on Tuesday, just weeks after her companion Snowflake was shipped to Pittsburgh for a breeding program.
  
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• Asteroid will be visible as it zooms close to Earth today

  19-04-2017 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Object 2014 JO25 will be visible as it passes at a distance of 1.1 million miles - or about 4.6 times the distance from Earth to the moon. It is due to pass today at 8:24AM ET (1:24PM BST).
  
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• Mutant wasps are created for the first time in California

  19-04-2017 12:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The wasps were created by researchers in California to prove that CRISPR gene-slicing technology can be used successfully on the tiny insects. It may help reveal some of the wasp's interesting biology.
  
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• 'Nearly half' of firms had a cyber-attack or breach

  19-04-2017 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A government study suggests 46% of UK businesses had at least one cybersecurity breach or attack in the past year.
  
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