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• Fruit fly study reveals why humans need personal space

  10-08-2017 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Western University found that the need for personal space all has to do with dopamine - the neurotransmitter that controls pleasure and reward.
  
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• Screening tool maps 'junk DNA' for mystery gene mutations

  10-08-2017 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tool, developed by Columbia University, explores the 98 percent of the human genome often referred to as biological 'dark matter' - because it's as mysterious as space.
  
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• Why middle-aged men are cycling more - it's not to get fit

  10-08-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of middle-aged British men who are taking up cycling is growing. The men said that they enjoy it because it makes them feel connected to others and celebrate mastering tasks.
  
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• Climate change causing earlier spring flooding in Britain

  10-08-2017 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of five decades' worth of figures led by Vienna University of Technology found that climate change is altering the timing of river flooding across Europe.
  
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• Yoga can help improve memory

  10-08-2017 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brazilian researchers found yoga-loving pensioners had a thicker prefrontal cortex - the region of the brain involved in complex cognition.
  
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• Ground around Yellowstone supervolcano has deformed

  10-08-2017 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new map from the US Geological Survey shows how the ground around the Yellowstone caldera has changed over the span of two years, as the quakes release uplift-causing pressure.
  
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• Gene editing used to eliminate viruses in pigs

  10-08-2017 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Harvard and a private company used the precision gene editing tool Crispr-Cas9 and gene repair technology to deactivate 100 percent of the virus in a line of pig cells.
  
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• Google's DeepMind to train AI to beat StarCraft II

  10-08-2017 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research lab teamed up with video game company Blizzardto open StarCraft II as an AI research environment the firms hope will give insight into the most complex problems related to AI.
  
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• Cancel the farewell party. Get back to work. That asteroid isn't going to hit Earth in October

  10-08-2017 21:47 via go.theregister.com
  ESA tells everyone to calm down and carry on The European Space Agency has confirmed there is no danger of asteroid 2012 TC4 hitting Earth in October, despite what some panicky YouTube videos might tell you.…
  
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• #Intel is set to expand its testing of #autonomouscars siliconrepublic.com/machines/intel…

  10-08-2017 21:00 via twitter.com
  #Intel is set to expand its testing of #autonomouscars siliconrepublic.com/machines/intel…
  
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• 2030: Medically-Enhanced ‘Elite Super Workers’ Will Be Smarter, Stronger, Faster

  10-08-2017 20:53 via technocracy.news
  The Technocrat and Transhuman dreams are merging on this fantasy, that humans can be fundamentally transformed without any undesirable side-effects. Such human enhancement was originally put into play by DARPA in 2001. ⁃ TN EditorThe year is 2030 and medical enhancement techniques have led to the creation of a new breed of elite super-workers.
  Employee’s performance is measured, monitored and analysed at every step by their corporate overlords.
  These elite super-workers use tech
  
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• How can you be a master communicator? @jkhoey has some tips #FutureofWork ow.ly/fic830ejqXJ

  10-08-2017 20:45 via twitter.com
  How can you be a master communicator? @jkhoey has some tips #FutureofWork ow.ly/fic830ejqXJ
  
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• China Is Building A Satellite-Based Global Quantum Communication Network

  10-08-2017 20:18 via technocracy.news
  Launched over a year ago, China’s satellite has now demonstrated quantum key distribution to the ground, potentially giving it control over the global communication network. This technology will undoubtedly dovetail with its ambitions to create a dominating global blockchain currency, because it will be “un-hackable”. ⁃ TN EditorChinese scientists have become the first to realize quantum key distribution from a satellite to the ground, laying the foundation for build
  
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• Uber launches chat feature for driver-rider communication

  10-08-2017 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber riders won't have to give drivers access to their personal phone numbers anymore, thanks to a new update in the app. Uber launched an in-app chat feature to keep exchanges on the platform.
  
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• Preparing for #GDPR is going to be big business siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/war…

  10-08-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  Preparing for #GDPR is going to be big business siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/war…
  
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• How Instagram conquered social media with co-founder Mike Kreiger

  10-08-2017 20:05
  
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• How Instagram conquered social media

  10-08-2017 20:05
  
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• Climate change is affecting when floods hit the UK

  10-08-2017 20:00
  
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• We spoke to some #Deloitte employees about what it’s like to work at the multinational organisation siliconrepublic.com/people/deloitt…

  10-08-2017 19:45 via twitter.com
  We spoke to some #Deloitte employees about what it’s like to work at the multinational organisation siliconrepublic.com/people/deloitt…
  
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• Deliveroo is benefiting from a little #datascience and #machinelearning siliconrepublic.com/machines/deliv…

  10-08-2017 19:25 via twitter.com
  Deliveroo is benefiting from a little #datascience and #machinelearningsiliconrepublic.com/machines/deliv…
  
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• A low-calorie diet is the key to youth, scientists claim

  10-08-2017 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of California, Irvine, analyzed how aging affects our circadian rhythm - the body's 'clock' - and slowly derails metabolism over time.
  
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• Ocado trials UK's first driverless delivery van Greenwich

  10-08-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Residents of London's Greenwich had access to the country's first self-driving grocery delivery service powered by an electric CargoPod.
  
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• The world's largest insect is as long as your arm

  10-08-2017 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stick insect is 64cm (25 inches) long and is bred by the Insect Museum of West China. The previous record-holder is its parent, which measured 62.4cm long (24.6 inches).
  
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• When it comes to #broadband, Ireland lags behind the countries it wants to emulate siliconrepublic.com/comms/ireland-…

  10-08-2017 19:05 via twitter.com
  When it comes to #broadband, Ireland lags behind the countries it wants to emulate siliconrepublic.com/comms/ireland-…
  
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• What the world would look like if animals ruled it

  10-08-2017 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Henk van Rensbergen, a Belgian photographer and airline pilot, is debuting his latest photo book No Man's Land in September, featuring animals trudging through otherwise uninhabited buildings.
  
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• The apps you should delete to boost your smartphone

  10-08-2017 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study of over three million Android devices, researchers at cyber security firm Avast, based in Prague have come up with a list of the 'greediest' apps on Android (stock image).
  
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• Seeing without eyes: The world of nonvisual photoreception

  10-08-2017 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University of Maryland researcher says that light sensitive cells are also found outside the eyes, generally to regulate sleep and wake and other cycles synchronized to the changes of day and night.
  
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• What is an ICBM and how would the US defend against it?

  10-08-2017 18:47
  
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• Scientists use CRISPR to alter social behaviour of ants

  10-08-2017 18:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and New York University made mutations to ants, revealing the molecular basis of their social behaviour.
  
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• Chinese quantum satellite sends "unbreakable" code

  10-08-2017 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China has sent an 'unbreakable' code from a satellite to the Earth, marking the first time space-to-ground quantum key distribution technology has been realised.
  
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• 'If the #accommodation crisis is not resolved within the next year, it could undermine the Irish digital sector’ siliconrepublic.com/careers/accomm…

  10-08-2017 18:35 via twitter.com
  'If the #accommodation crisis is not resolved within the next year, it could undermine the Irish digital sector’ siliconrepublic.com/careers/accomm…
  
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• Cake from 1911 found 'perfectly preserved' in Antarctica

  10-08-2017 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fruitcake is believed to have been taken to Antarctica by a group that split off from Captain Scott in 1911. New Zealand charity the Arctic Heritage Trust said it looked and smelled 'edible'.
  
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• Overwatch League strikes London deal

  10-08-2017 18:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The founder of US e-sports organisation Cloud9 becomes the first owner of a European Overwatch squad.
  
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• Sea snakes living near humans turn black due to pollution

  10-08-2017 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say the blacker skin of urban sea snakes living on coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific allows them to better bind and rid their bodies of contaminants each time they shed their skins.
  
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• Consistent backswing key to becoming a star tennis player

  10-08-2017 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People who performed consistent lead-in motions were able to perfect their techniques twice as quickly, found research led by the University of Plymouth (stock image, Roger Federer)
  
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• US Atlantic hurricane season could be 'extremely active'

  10-08-2017 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Atlantic Ocean now faces a higher likelihood of an 'extremely active' hurricane season with more storms than previously predicted, US forecasters warned, updating the May outlook.
  
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• Consumers Reports pulls Microsoft laptop recommendation

  10-08-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Consumer Reports is pulling its recommendation of four Microsoft laptops after one of its surveys found that users were complaining about problems with the devices.
  
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• Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a new exoplanet! ow.ly/y2rb30ejqOP

  10-08-2017 18:10 via twitter.com
  Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's a new exoplanet! ow.ly/y2rb30ejqOP
  
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• Consistent BACKSWING key to becoming a star player

  10-08-2017 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People who performed consistent lead-in motions were able to perfect their techniques twice as quickly, found research led by the University of Plymouth (stock image, Roger Federer)
  
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• Richard Craig-McFeely of @interxion has ideas about how broadcasters can adapt for an increasingly digital future. ow.ly/CXaC30ejqwX

  10-08-2017 17:45 via twitter.com
  Richard Craig-McFeely of @interxion has ideas about how broadcasters can adapt for an increasingly digital future. ow.ly/CXaC30ejqwX
  
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• #MostRead Today: The ultimate guide on how to get headhunted for your next job ow.ly/XbUV30ejsAw

  10-08-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: The ultimate guide on how to get headhunted for your next job ow.ly/XbUV30ejsAw
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ireland’s digital crown tarnished by out-of-control accommodation crisis ow.ly/rCUd30ejsyt

  10-08-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ireland’s digital crown tarnished by out-of-control accommodation crisis ow.ly/rCUd30ejsyt
  
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• #MostRead Today: Deloitte HR head: ‘We are a people business’ ow.ly/QkbK30ejsBC

  10-08-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Deloitte HR head: ‘We are a people business’ ow.ly/QkbK30ejsBC
  
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• #MostRead Today: Coming home: ‘I knew my family would have a better life in Ireland’ ow.ly/9D7I30ejsD4

  10-08-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Coming home: ‘I knew my family would have a better life in Ireland’ ow.ly/9D7I30ejsD4
  
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• #MostRead Today: At Deloitte, all levels are approachable and willing to help ow.ly/npeG30ejsEu

  10-08-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: At Deloitte, all levels are approachable and willing to help ow.ly/npeG30ejsEu
  
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• PwC claim medically enhanced workers could become the norm

  10-08-2017 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based firm PwC surveyed over 10,000 people globally toexamines four potential worlds of work shaped by competing forces, people, business, innovation and the environment.
  
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• Archaeologists discover lost native American civilisation

  10-08-2017 17:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of researchers, including the University of Oklahoma, decided to compare DNA of domesticated animals like dogs and turkeys from two sites to discover the fate of the Anasazi.
  
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• How do we solve a problem like buffering? @rootmetrics's general manager has some thoughts. ow.ly/Vo6c30ejpUQ

  10-08-2017 17:15 via twitter.com
  How do we solve a problem like buffering? @rootmetrics's general manager has some thoughts.ow.ly/Vo6c30ejpUQ
  
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• Scientists hack into a computer using DNA

  10-08-2017 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The biological malware was created by experts at the University of Washington in Seattle, who say it is the first 'DNA-based exploit of a computer system.'
  
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• You shouldn't be surprised that UK broadband speeds suck

  10-08-2017 16:50
  
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