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• Couples who live together share microbes

  19-07-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Waterloo in Canada analyzed the skin microbial communities of cohabitating couples, finding that the area with the strongest similarities are partners' feet.
  
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• Amazon chief Jeff Bezos unveils £75bn macho makeover

  19-07-2017 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  What a difference 20 years and £75bn makes! Bezos, 53, caused a stir with his macho new look - particularly as it is in such contrast to his previous nerdy appearance when Amazon started out.
  
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• Smart puzzle that never runs out of batteries 

  19-07-2017 22:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'smart puzzle,' developed by researchers at Jeju National University in South Korea, runs on thin film nanogenerators, which convert mechanical energy into electricity to power the device.
  
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• Study pinpoints genetic marker that makes dogs social

  19-07-2017 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Princeton and Oregon State University found dogs have the same genetic marker as people with Williams-Beuren syndome, which causes hyper-social behaviour.
  
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• #DublinMaker is a free festival for people of all ages to design, build and code siliconrepublic.com/machines/dubli…

  19-07-2017 21:10 via twitter.com
  #DublinMaker is a free festival for people of all ages to design, build and code siliconrepublic.com/machines/dubli…
  
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• HIV senses its environment and attacks cells

  19-07-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientist at the University of Illinois used the Titan supercomputer to create a 64-million-atom simulation, showing 1.2 microseconds of the life of a ‘protein cage’ that carries HIV in the body.
  
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• How do you find the source of a leaky pipe? #Robotics might be the answer ow.ly/nHx730dKTzF

  19-07-2017 20:55 via twitter.com
  How do you find the source of a leaky pipe? #Robotics might be the answer ow.ly/nHx730dKTzF
  
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• UCSB says humans have produced 9.1 BILLION tons of plastic

  19-07-2017 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Bren School of Environmental Science at the University of California in Santa Barbara say the amount is comparable to the weight of 1.2billion African elephants.
  
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• Mangrove Capital Partners has revealed a new $170m fund, targeting #startups across #Europe and #Israel siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mang…

  19-07-2017 20:40 via twitter.com
  Mangrove Capital Partners has revealed a new $170m fund, targeting #startups across #Europe and #Israel siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/mang…
  
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• Smart toy that NEVER runs out of batteries 

  19-07-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'smart puzzle,' developed by researchers at Jeju National University in South Korea, runs on thin film nanogenerators, which convert mechanical energy into electricity to power the device.
  
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• NASA reveals an 'energy trap' at the center of our galaxy

  19-07-2017 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It spotted using NASA’s Fermi Space Telescope and the High Energy Stereoscopic System, and the researchers say the region may concentrate some of the fastest particles in the galaxy.
  
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• .@Google is going up against @facebook's news feed ow.ly/NWuH30dKToG

  19-07-2017 20:20 via twitter.com
  .@Google is going up against @facebook's news feed ow.ly/NWuH30dKToG
  
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• Risky business for fish in oil-polluted reef waters

  19-07-2017 20:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coral reef fish are more likely to engage in risky behaviour and be unable to identify predators if they swim in waters contaminated with petroleum-based oil, researchers said.
  
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• Spurred on by recent #cyberattacks, there is a race for talent in the #infosec industry siliconrepublic.com/jobs/wanted-it…

  19-07-2017 20:05 via twitter.com
  Spurred on by recent #cyberattacks, there is a race for talent in the #infosec industry siliconrepublic.com/jobs/wanted-it…
  
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• Humans have generated one billion elephants worth of plastic

  19-07-2017 20:00
  
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• Apple's September handset will be $1100 iPhone Pro

  19-07-2017 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  J.P. Morgan Apple analyst Rod Hall believes the new handset will be called the 'iPhone Pro', and will sell for $1100 - but will only be available in limited quantities when it is announced in September.
  
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• #Facebook is appeasing publishers with new subscription models siliconrepublic.com/life/facebook-…

  19-07-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  #Facebook is appeasing publishers with new subscription models siliconrepublic.com/life/facebook-…
  
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• Man beats odds of catching blue lobster donates to science

  19-07-2017 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A New Hampshire lobsterman has caught a 1-in-3 million rare blue lobster off the coast of Maine. It's the first time Greg Ward has ever caught such a crustacean in 32 years.
  
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• The most fearsome species ever known to have walked the Earth did just that: walked. #TRex siliconrepublic.com/innovation/t-r…

  19-07-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  The most fearsome species ever known to have walked the Earth did just that: walked. #TRex siliconrepublic.com/innovation/t-r…
  
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• Humans reached Australia 18,000 years earlier than thought

  19-07-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artefacts found at Madjedbebe in Arnhem Land, suggests that the continent was first occupied 65,000 years ago, long after ancestors of modern humans emerged in Africa.
  
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• American Chemical Society explain perfect fried chicken

  19-07-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a video titled 'Fried Chicken's Deliciousness, Explained', experts from the American Chemical Society, based in Washington,explain the chemistry behind making perfect fried chicken.
  
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• Nouabale Ndoki National Park's gorilla siblings hug

  19-07-2017 19:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two western lowland gorillas, named Avatar and Jingles, were halfway through a play session in Mbeli Bai, a forest clearing in the Republic of Congo’s Nouabale Ndoki National Park.
  
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• Amazon Spark is like an Instagram-inspired shopping feed

  19-07-2017 19:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Amazon Spark feature launches today in the US on the mobile app. Users are asked to choose at least five interests and then Amazon creates a customised feed.
  
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• UK rhino eggs 'could save last northern whites'

  19-07-2017 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A UK zoo is taking part in a radical plan to save the world's last northern white rhinos from extinction.
  
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• #GoogleGlass is back, with a renewed focus on industry siliconrepublic.com/machines/googl…

  19-07-2017 19:01 via twitter.com
  #GoogleGlass is back, with a renewed focus on industry siliconrepublic.com/machines/googl…
  
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• Climate change could spell the end of the aardvark

  19-07-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During a severe drought in the Kalahari desert, five out of six aardvarks monitored died of starvation. This is because their food source, ants and termites, need a certain amount of water in the soil to survive.
  
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• The very centre of the Milky Way is awash with action, according to the latest study from @NASA scientists. ow.ly/ZwWr30dKThw

  19-07-2017 18:50 via twitter.com
  The very centre of the Milky Way is awash with action, according to the latest study from @NASA scientists. ow.ly/ZwWr30dKThw
  
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• A new wave of investment from #Brexit fallout is not guaranteed siliconrepublic.com/companies/brex…

  19-07-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  A new wave of investment from #Brexit fallout is not guaranteed siliconrepublic.com/companies/brex…
  
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• April McClements and Aoife McCluskey from @MathesonLaw talk about how driverless cars will rev up #insurance costs ow.ly/wjWN30dKT4M

  19-07-2017 18:20 via twitter.com
  April McClements and Aoife McCluskey from @MathesonLaw talk about howdriverless cars will rev up #insurance costs ow.ly/wjWN30dKT4M
  
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• Half-buried whale corpses found on a Russian beach

  19-07-2017 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of the dead animals have been found stranded on the shore of Sakhalin Island's Chayvo Bay, off the southeast coast of Russia.
  
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• #Neurovalens is revolutionising weight loss with a new wearable device called @ModiusHealth siliconrepublic.com/machines/neuro…

  19-07-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  #Neurovalens is revolutionising weight loss with a new wearable device called @ModiusHealth siliconrepublic.com/machines/neuro…
  
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• Three Irish students score bronze at International Chemistry Olympiad in Thailand. #chemistry ow.ly/o60C30dKSSh

  19-07-2017 17:50 via twitter.com
  Three Irish students score bronze at International Chemistry Olympiad in Thailand. #chemistry ow.ly/o60C30dKSSh
  
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• Women may reap less benefits from exercising

  19-07-2017 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A clear difference between the two genders in how they respond to working out was established in a trial on mice, according to Colorado University researchers.
  
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• Apple contractors accuse Qualcomm of antitrust violations

  19-07-2017 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  iPhone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc faces a fresh set of antitrust allegations from a group of four companies that assemble the iPhone and other products on behalf of Apple Inc.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Wanted: IT security superheroes to fight cybercrime ow.ly/qmFB30dKSzn

  19-07-2017 17:38 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Wanted: IT security superheroes to fight cybercrime ow.ly/qmFB30dKSzn
  
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• #MostRead Today: Brexit investments won’t just fall into our laps, warns IDA Ireland CEO ow.ly/PXfX30dKSx4

  19-07-2017 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Brexit investments won’t just fall into our laps, warns IDA Ireland CEO ow.ly/PXfX30dKSx4
  
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• killer robots have no place on the battle field

  19-07-2017 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At the US Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Washington, General Paul Selva (pictured) said humans must have the final decision over whether someone died.
  
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• Canada Follows China With Social Scoring App For ‘Behavior Modification’

  19-07-2017 17:28 via technocracy.news
  
  This is a blatant behavior modification program that will eventually get teeth when users are punished for making the wrong choices. Canadian leaders love China and its implementation of Technocracy, so now social scoring apps are showing up across Canada. ⁃ TN EditorOntario announced earlier this month that it will become the fourth Canadian government to fund a behavioral modification application that rewards users for making “good choices” in regards to health
  
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• First half of 2017 was Earth´s second hottest on record

  19-07-2017 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts said it is now almost certain that 2017 will be the third year in a row to break global climate records. The figures confirm that global warming is at levels not seen for 115,000 years.
  
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• Japanese robot probes Fukushima's nuclear reactor

  19-07-2017 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The marine robot, nicknamed the 'little sunfish', is on a mission to study damage and find resources such as fuel inside Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant.
  
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• UpVote 11: Matthew Taylor on the gig economy, tech and work

  19-07-2017 16:54
  
  By:Rowland Manthorpeand Kelly FiveashContinue reading...
  
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• Matthew Taylor: My report on work was brilliant – but people don't get it

  19-07-2017 16:54
  
  By:Rowland Manthorpeand Kelly FiveashContinue reading...
  
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• North Carolina man films timelapse of spider weaving web

  19-07-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 76 cm (30 in) web, which took 40-45 minutes in real time, was spun by a spotted orbweaver. The footage was captured by amateur photographer Mark Gildner, from North Carolina.
  
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• Augmented reality startup Blippar's new Halos feature

  19-07-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new feature, created by London-based app Blippar, launches in beta today and will allow users to create and customise their own personal AR face profile.
  
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• US congressman stuns a Nasa panel with question on aliens

  19-07-2017 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The congressman's bizarre comments were made during a hearing of the US House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology in Washington DC.
  
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• Top US General Warns Against Rogue Killer Robots

  19-07-2017 16:13 via technocracy.news
  
  Hat tip to Gen. Paul Selva for bringing ethics into the argument to not give the military autonomous killing robots. However, he acknowledges the infighting within the military over the issue and describes it as ‘raucous’.  This is a battle between Technocrats and non-Technocrats. ⁃ TN EditorThe second highest-ranking general in the U.S. military on Tuesday warned lawmakers against equipping the military with autonomous weapons systems that humans could lose control o
  
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• .@DublinMaker returns to Merrion Square this Saturday siliconrepublic.com/machines/dubli…

  19-07-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  .@DublinMaker returns to Merrion Square this Saturday siliconrepublic.com/machines/dubli…
  
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• Robot shuttlecocks that travel through pipes to find leaks are the future siliconrepublic.com/machines/mit-p…

  19-07-2017 16:01 via twitter.com
  Robot shuttlecocks that travel through pipes to find leaks are the future siliconrepublic.com/machines/mit-p…
  
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• Google takes on Facebook with new algorithmic news feed siliconrepublic.com/play/google-al…

  19-07-2017 15:59 via twitter.com
  Google takes on Facebook with new algorithmic news feed siliconrepublic.com/play/google-al…
  
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• Mystery as bizarre sponge balls wash up on French coast

  19-07-2017 15:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mystery objects have been found in huge numbers on the beaches of France's northern Pas-de-Calais department.
  
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