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• Meteorites crashing into Mars created 'megatornado' winds

  12-05-2017 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tornado-like wind vortices swirling at 500 miles per hour or more scoured the surface and blasted away dust and small rocks to expose the blockier surfaces beneath, researchers say.
  
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• Firm launches online tool to check a smartphone is stolen

  12-05-2017 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You can instantly check whether a used phone has been reported stolen. Users type in the IMEI number in the tool Stolen Phone Checker and the status of the device will be revealed in real-time.
  
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• 'X-ray' map of the world's oceans reveals human impact

  12-05-2017 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The startling 'X-ray' map shows the many ‘hot spots’ of human influence, where fishing, shipping, and the effects of climate change have combined to become a detrimental force.
  
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• Drone lifts Ingus Augstkalns 1,082ft for a skydiving jump

  12-05-2017 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It could be the next big thing in extreme sport – 'drone-diving'. Daredevil Ingus Augstkalns was lifted 1,082 feet in the air by a 28-propeller drone, dropped and parachuted to the earth.
  
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• Forest area two-thirds the size of Australia discovered

  12-05-2017 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery, made using satellite images, increases the known amount of global forest cover by around 9%, and will significantly boost estimates of how much carbon is stored in plants worldwide.
  
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• US still boasts the most powerful military in the world

  12-05-2017 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US still boasts the most powerful military in the world, dwarfing both Russia and China behind them, according to the new global rankings of armed forces around the world.
  
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• NHS cyber attack: Computer systems and phones down

  12-05-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NHS staff have claimed pop-up messages (pictured) are appearing on screens saying the PC is 'under control' and they must pay a ransom to stop all the files being deleted.
  
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• Ransomware and the WannaCry virus that crippled the NHS

  12-05-2017 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A string of ransomware virus attacks has spread across the globe at an unprecedented speed. The software locks computers and asks for a digital ransom before control is safely returned.
  
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• Citymapper's bus, Amazon Echo Show: Podcast 317

  12-05-2017 20:05
  
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• Elon Musk reveals footage from first tunnel under LA

  12-05-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a series of posts today, Musk revealed a glimpse at the processes that are bringing the first tunnel to life, in the first stages of a network that will ‘cover all of greater LA.’
  
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• Video shows a home-made Cortana from Halo

  12-05-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida-based Halo fan Jared Archer has built his own holographic virtual assistant based on the character Cortana from the internationally-acclaimed Halo video game series.
  
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• Georgia families comforted by photo from fatal crash site

  12-05-2017 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hannah Simmons, 23, her nine month old daughter A'lannah, and friend Lauren Buteau, 28, from Gainesville, Georgia, were killed in a car crash on April 25. Anisa Gannon took a photo of the scene.
  
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• Apple Watch detects heart problem known to cause strokes

  12-05-2017 19:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By pairing the Apple Watch heart rate sensors with artificial intelligence, the University of California was able to detect atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that can cause a stroke, with 97% accuracy.
  
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• Spacewalks are 'Awesomesauce,' proclaims Jack Fischer

  12-05-2017 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  So what is it like to float out into the vacuum of space? "Ginormous fondue pot, bubbling over with piping hot awesomesauce," said American astronaut Jack...
  
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• Women find partners who look like their BROTHERS

  12-05-2017 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Northumbria University found there was 'clear evidence' for similarities between the brothers and partners of heterosexual women.
  
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• Social smoking is as harmful as lighting up regularly

  12-05-2017 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Ohio State University found that 76 per cent of frequent smokers have high blood pressure compared to 75 per cent of those who only smoke socially.
  
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• SeaBubbles unveils latest 'flying water taxi' prototype

  12-05-2017 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prototype has been revealed weeks after Dijon-based SeaBubbles announced that it had raised €10 million (£8.5 million) in funding from French insurance firm, MAIF.
  
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• Dutch group to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch

  12-05-2017 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Dutch foundation aiming to rid the world's oceans of plastic waste says it will start cleaning up the huge area of floating junk known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within the next 12 months.
  
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• The bizarre and groundbreaking designs of cargo planes

  12-05-2017 18:00
  
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• Marvel at the magnitude and strange beauty of these colossal cargo planes

  12-05-2017 18:00
  
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• Wanna Decryptor: what is the NSA 'atom bomb of ransomware' behind the NHS attack?

  12-05-2017 17:59
  
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• Wanna Decryptor: what is the 'atom bomb of ransomware' behind the NHS attack?

  12-05-2017 17:59
  
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• Wanna Decryptor ransomware: Microsoft takes aim at the NSA for the NHS attack

  12-05-2017 17:59
  
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• Wanna Decryptor ransomware appears to be spawning and this time it may not have a kill switch

  12-05-2017 17:59
  
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• Lack of dust makes China's air pollution much worse

  12-05-2017 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research suggests that less dust means means more dirty air in major Chinese population centres.
  
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• Why does Belgium shine so brightly?

  12-05-2017 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tens of thousands of people marvel over shots of brightly lit Belgium taken from space.
  
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• Vodka and Red Bull buzz is down to marketing and placebo

  12-05-2017 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marketing experts at the University of British Columbia in Canada havestudied how advertising effects people's perceived levels of intoxication from energy drink cocktails and found a placebo effect.
  
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• What's inside lipstick? The science of how make-up is made

  12-05-2017 17:00
  
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• WannaCry ransomware attack has links to North Korean hacking group, reports claim

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• WannaCry is back! Virus hits Australian traffic cameras and shuts down a Honda plant in Japan

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• WannaCry hits back: Honda is forced to temporarily shut one of its plants due to the virus

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• Security firms 'confident' the WannaCry attack was caused by the Lazarus group

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS cyberattack: security expert accidentally flicks the 'kill switch' on the ransomware

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS cyberattack: NCSC warns 'significant' ransomware attack could hit as UK returns to work

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS cyberattack is 'biggest ransomware outbreak in history'

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS cyberattack: hospitals and GPs across the UK hit by hack

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS cyberattack: hospitals across the UK hit by hack

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS computer hack: Russia denies involvement as report shows phishing wasn't to blame

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• NHS computer hack: North Korea and Russia are implicated as phishing attack is ruled out

  12-05-2017 16:31
  
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• Nasa's new Mars rover concept looks like the Batmobile

  12-05-2017 16:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The angular concept vehicle has six wheels, is made entirely of carbon fibre and aluminium, and is battery-powered. It is now on display at the the Nasa Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.
  
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• Narwhal is captured using its tusk to stun Arctic cod

  12-05-2017 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage was captured by researchers from WWF Canada observing the animals in Tremblay Sound, Nunavut. The scientists used two drones to see the behaviour from above for the first time.
  
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• Chinese 'click farm' where 10k phones boost app ratings

  12-05-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Footage has emerged of a giant 'click farm' in which thousands of phones are used to boost ratings with phoney likes. This click farm was captured in China.
  
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• First-borns make better leaders than their siblings

  12-05-2017 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First-born children are 30 per cent more likely to be CEOs or politicians, according to research by the University of Texas-Austin and Sweden's Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market.
  
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• Wives with masculine husbands ARE more satisfied

  12-05-2017 15:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Florida State University found women with dominant and assertive partners are more likely to report feeling happy with their relationship close to their time of ovulation.
  
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• Fiat Chrysler recalls 1.25m trucks over software error

  12-05-2017 15:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fiat Chrysler says it is recalling more than 1.25m pickup trucks worldwide over the problem.
  
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• HP laptops could be recording everything you type

  12-05-2017 15:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Swiss computer security consultancy has discovered that dozens of models of HP notebooks were sold with a flaw that could allow hackers to access your passwords and pin numbers.
  
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• World's tallest building in Saudi Arabia delayed AGAIN

  12-05-2017 15:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The completion date for the world's tallest tower has been pushed back to 2019, a Saudi Arabian billionaire said yesterday, almost six years after launching the record-breaking project.
  
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• It's about time we gave our Neanderthal ancestors a break

  12-05-2017 15:00
  
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• Men with low heart rate are more likely to be stalkers

  12-05-2017 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study led by Sam Houston State University in Texas found men with low levels of arousal are less fearful and more likely to seek opportunities to pursue victims to feel stimulated (stock image).
  
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• Evidence of US 'Black Eyed Kid ghost' uploaded to YouTube

  12-05-2017 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A US-based YouTube channel called Fantastic Daily has uploaded a video that purports to show the chilling spectre staring into a property in the middle of the night.
  
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