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• Rats can produce half a BILLION descendants in three years

  20-04-2017 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A female rat typically births six litters per year, consisting of around 12 pups. But rats don't outnumber humans because some factors keep their populations from spiraling out of control.
  
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• Researchers unveil robot that moves like a cheetah

  20-04-2017 22:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Twente pulled inspiration from Cheetah to create an energy efficient robot. The team believes that this design can produce more elegant moving machines in the future.
  
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• Sex toy maker facing legal action collecting customer data

  20-04-2017 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian sex toy maker Standard Innovation has been collecting the data from when and how intense its toys were being used to monitor 'for defects' but customers say it invades privacy.
  
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• Virtual reality could help the elderly improve balance

  20-04-2017 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The VR system, created by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and North Carolina State University, creates the visual illusion of a loss of balance as a participant walks on a treadmill.
  
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• Apple is going green, as it aims to use recycled materials

  20-04-2017 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has vowed to end destructive mining and use 100% recycled materials in its iPhones, MacBooks and all of its other products - along with used components from discarded devices.
  
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• Supernova is captured from four different angles

  20-04-2017 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The strange phenomenon was possible because light from the exploding star bent through a galaxy before reaching Earth, report researchers from the University of Stockholm.
  
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• Lilium has completed flight tests of VERTICAL takeoff jet

  20-04-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Along with the successful completion of flight tests, Lilium has also revealed it is working on a larger, five-seater version that the firm says could soon be used for ride-sharing services.
  
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• Lilium's jet-powered taxi completes its first test flights over Germany

  20-04-2017 19:00
  
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• Jet-propelled sky taxi tested in Germany

  20-04-2017 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plane-maker Lilium hopes to launch a five-seater sky taxi service in the future.
  
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• US Army could add ‘devastating’ weapon to its arsenal

  20-04-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Army could soon arm itself with a 'devastating' weapon that hitsspeeds of 'Mach 3 to Mach 6' and destroys everything in its path by bursting into flaming metal fragments.
  
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• US Army could add ‘devastating’ weapon to its arsenal

  20-04-2017 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Army could soon arm itself with a 'devastating' weapon that hitsspeeds of 'Mach 3 to Mach 6' and destroys everything in its path by bursting into flaming metal fragments.
  
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• Brain electric stimulation may help people create memories

  20-04-2017 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pennsylvaniafound deep brain stimulation with electrodes helped people who usually struggle to remember things to create new memories.
  
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• How bad breath could be a sign of a vitamin deficiency

  20-04-2017 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rob Hobson, a London-based nutritionist, says that many people are completely unaware of the fact their common problems could be down to a poor diet that lacks vitamins and nutrients.
  
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• Sneaky speed cameras hidden inside rubbish bins

  20-04-2017 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new speed camera launched by Charleroi-based company SecuRoad in Belgium uses infrared lights to catch speedy drivers - and it can be hidden almost anywhere.
  
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• Octopus EDIT their own genes to learn new skills

  20-04-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Chicago found that squid and octopuses display an extraordinarily high rate of editing in the coding regions of RNA.
  
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• Most habitable planets will be dominated by WATER

  20-04-2017 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Institute of Cosmos Science at the University of Barcelona constructed a statistical model to predict the coverage of land and water on various exoplanets.
  
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• What's made Canada's Slims River disappear?

  20-04-2017 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What's made this river in Canada disappear? Geoscientist Daniel Shugar explains.
  
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• AI turns children’s books illustrations into nightmares 

  20-04-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers trained a deep learning algorithm to recognize illustrations. Once it had learned the defining characteristics, it transferred them to a new image that is sure to give children night terrors.
  
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• AI turns children’s books illustrations into nightmares 

  20-04-2017 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers trained a deep learning algorithm to recognize illustrations. Once it had learned the defining characteristics, it transferred them to a new image that is sure to give children night terrors.
  
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• Male robins cater to dietary whims of expectant mates

  20-04-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Victoria University of Wellington studied the feeding habits of New Zealand robins after the female birds had laid eggs to determine if males could cater to their mate's dietary whims.
  
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• Facebook’s future: first destroy Snapchat, then own reality

  20-04-2017 17:00
  
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• Hajime worm infects 'tens of thousands' of devices

  20-04-2017 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Security experts are baffled as to who created the Hajime worm or what it may be used for. But the software could actually be used to protect vulnerable devices across the globe from malicious hacks.
  
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• Stunning glass shapes created using pioneering 3D printers

  20-04-2017 16:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have used pioneering 3D printing to create complex glass designs that are just micrometres across.
  
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• Cut-back crew for ISS launch

  20-04-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Russia scales back staff on the ISS until a long-delayed space lab is sent to the outpost in 2018.
  
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• Ultrasonic dryer shakes clothes and halves drying times

  20-04-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee have created two working models of an ultrasonic dryer that uses high-pitched sounds so intense it shakes wet clothes dry.
  
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• Men make sexist jokes when their masculinity is threatened

  20-04-2017 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Western Carolina University found that sexist and anti-gay jokes provide self-affirmation to men who have precarious beliefs about their masculinity (stock image).
  
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• Best dating profile pics for successful likes

  20-04-2017 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data scientists from New York-based dating app, Hinge, analysed the photos of 1,000 people to reveal what profile pictures get the most likes. The results differed for men and women.
  
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• Why children under 14 struggle to cross busy streets

  20-04-2017 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the University of Iowa has found that children, until they reach age 14, lack the perceptual judgment and motor skills to cross a busy road without possibly getting hit by a car.
  
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• Facebook chief says smartphones will be glasses by 2022

  20-04-2017 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At Facebook's annual conference in San Jose Michael Abrash, the chief scientist of Facebook-owned Oculus Research, said super glasses would take over from phones in 2022.
  
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• Climate change is NOT to blame for polar bear hybrids

  20-04-2017 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre in Frankfurt shows that the swapping of genes among bear species has occurred plenty of times in the past.
  
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• Architects design Hanging Gardens of Birmingham

  20-04-2017 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based firm Architects of Invention drew up the Garden Hill designs for Digbeth in Birmingham city centre which are inspired by the Hanging Gardens of Babylon.
  
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• HD images show the moment the Soyuz rocket blasts off

  20-04-2017 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Jack Fischer and Russia's Fyodor Yurchikhin lifted off from the Russia-leased launch facility in Kazakhstan at 13:13 pm (08:13 BST/03:13 EDT).
  
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• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe review: switching things up for Nintendo's racer

  20-04-2017 15:09
  
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• Mario Kart 8 Deluxe review: Switch racer is the pinnacle of Nintendo's series

  20-04-2017 15:09
  
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• Brain scans reveal how psychedelic drugs create a 'higher state of consciousness'

  20-04-2017 15:09
  
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• Sir David Attenborough will be turned into a hologram

  20-04-2017 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The broadcasting legend will talk about his favourite fossils from the Natural History Museum in London during a new immersive experience developed by London-based Sky VR.
  
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• 'Eating with your eyes' is hardwired in the brain

  20-04-2017 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from Japan's National Institute of Genetics, say that in future this behaviour could be shifted to help those with eating disorders or even people in need of an easy diet (stock image).
  
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• RIP Wunderlist: Microsoft is killing off the task manager in favour of its own To-Do app

  20-04-2017 14:04
  
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• Spain government 'has not planned for a zombie apocalypse'

  20-04-2017 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Plans for dealing with an invasion of the undead have not been formulated because - perhaps unsurprisingly - officials in Spain say it is unlikely ever to occur.
  
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• 'Benign' worm seeks out vulnerable smart devices

  20-04-2017 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The program is vying with other malicious worms trying to take over gadgets to use them in attacks
  
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• Arctic seas called 'dead end' for plastic floating

  20-04-2017 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  On top of the danger of wildlife wallowing the plastic, the material contains toxic chemicals that leak into the ocean, a new report led by theUniversity of Cadiz in Spain found.
  
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• Wi-fi connected 'smart' juicer criticised

  20-04-2017 13:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A smart juicing device has been criticised on social media after journalists found you could squeeze a similar amount of juice using your hands.
  
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• Scientists 'breed' terrifying red-eyed mutant wasps...because they can

  20-04-2017 13:04
  
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• Facebook needs to stop relying on us to police its content. It's time its AI took responsibility

  20-04-2017 13:04
  
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• Facebook is hiring 3,000 people to finally tackle the problem of offensive videos and posts

  20-04-2017 13:04
  
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• Crayfish who live in groups 'get drunk easier'

  20-04-2017 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Maryland have found that drunk crayfish adopt an aggressive stance and perform strange 'tail flips' more quickly if they have been living in groups.
  
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• Electric cars could cause power ‘brown-outs’ in homes

  20-04-2017 12:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by the Green Alliance has warned energy networks are not ready for a leap in the number of people using electric cars.
  
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• Robotic dog that likes stroking could keep seniors company

  20-04-2017 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MiRo, a biomimetic robot created by the University of Sheffield and designers from Consequential Robotics, likes company and could provide emotional engagement for the elderly.
  
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• Bose sued for logging listening habits

  20-04-2017 12:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lawsuit alleges the firm is gathering data on listening habits without getting permission.
  
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• New Zealand earthquake gives unexpected benefit

  20-04-2017 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Raised coastline could end the threat of sea erosion for the time being.
  
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