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• Babies can tell who wears trousers in family at 17 months

  14-11-2017 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Babies are far smarter at analysing people around them, and toddlers as young as 17 months old can work out who the dominant person in the room is.
  
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• Five new jobs for humans if robots take over the world 

  14-11-2017 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While millions of jobs are set to be lost to robots in the coming years, one expert at the University of York has revealed five new (if a little odd) professions they say will spring up around the machines.
  
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• Video shows DNA sliced in two by CRISPR-Cas9

  14-11-2017 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Tokyo and Kanazawa University captured footage of CRISPR-Cas9 in action for the first time, revealing the moment the tool snips a strand of DNA.
  
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• Tim Flach's Endangered highlights threatened animals

  14-11-2017 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Acclaimed photographer Tim Flach spent years tracking the animals and documenting the movements of the world's most threatened species from the African desert to the Arctic ice caps.
  
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• Hyperloop firm to build 200mph 'traffic tubes' in Denver

  14-11-2017 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm behind the plan says it will connect every part of Denver in 20 minutes. It promises to 'eliminate traffic' in the city, and claims the first commercial route could be operating in 4 to 5 years.
  
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• Safety group releases 2017's 'Most Dangerous Toys' list

  14-11-2017 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A consumer safety group released its latest list of the 'Most Dangerous Toys' to avoid gifting your little ones this holiday season.
  
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• Austrian activist @maxschrems can't take a class action against #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/shr…

  14-11-2017 20:50 via twitter.com
  Austrian activist @maxschrems can't take a class action against #Facebook siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/shr…
  
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• Staten Island boy can unlock his mother's iPhone X

  14-11-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a video posted to YouTube, the shocked Staten Island parents have revealed how Apple’s FaceID registers both a mother's face and that of her son, allowing the fifth-grader instant access.
  
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• Indiana scientists reveal GM beetle with three eyes

  14-11-2017 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Indiana researchersgrew a fully functional extra eye in the center of the forehead of the common beetleas part of a study to understand how the insect head develops.
  
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• Deliveroo claims victory in self-employment case

  14-11-2017 20:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Deliveroo riders are self-employed finds labour law body the Central Arbitration Committee.
  
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• We spoke to @PTC's Paul Haimes about how the #tech industry has changed. siliconrepublic.com/people/ptc-pau…

  14-11-2017 20:00 via twitter.com
  We spoke to @PTC's Paul Haimes about how the #tech industry has changed.siliconrepublic.com/people/ptc-pau…
  
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• Apple Watch can detect sleep apnea and high blood pressure

  14-11-2017 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An app called Cardiogramtracks the body's heart rate and can alert a patient of abnormalities. It can detect sleep apnea with 90 percent accuracy and hypertension with 82 percent accuracy.
  
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• Chinese flea beetles to fight 'super invader' tallow tree

  14-11-2017 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tallow tree, a 'super invader' with toxic leaves and no natural enemies in North America, is conquering the South, overtaking forests from Texas to Florida.
  
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• ISS astronauts receive delivery of ice cream and pizzas

  14-11-2017 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Besides equipment and experiments, the Orbital ATK capsule holds chocolate and vanilla ice cream for the six station astronauts, as well as make-your-own flatbread pizzas.
  
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• University: Spraying Aerosols Into Atmosphere Will Cause ‘Climate Chaos’

  14-11-2017 19:41 via technocracy.news
  Geoengineering is already underway and is proving to be extremely dangerous to the world’s ecosystem. Scientists at University of Exeter are blowing the whistle and calling for strict regulation before uncontainable damage is done. Up to this point, the Technocrat mindset on chemically dousing the atmosphere has been that since they are right (in their mind only), they need no permission or consultation with anyone else. ⁃ TN EditorArtificially cooling Earth to counter global wa
  
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• NASA reveals new images of A-68 iceberg

  14-11-2017 19:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has been able to fly over the new trillion ton iceberg - the third biggest ever recorded - to see it up close for the first time. Scientists admit they were stunned by just how big it is.
  
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• Antarctica was once covered in towering polar forests

  14-11-2017 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Around 260 million years ago this prehistoric forest stretched across the entirety of Gondwana- the super-continent that spanned the whole of the Southern Hemisphere.
  
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• How much do you hate meetings? What if they didn't have to suck? #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/advice/company…

  14-11-2017 19:20 via twitter.com
  How much do you hate meetings? What if they didn't have to suck? #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/advice/company…
  
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• The Dark, Darker And Darkest Side Of Science

  14-11-2017 19:19 via technocracy.news
  This is a thoughtful article but does not recognize that Technocracy is a global ideology intent on capturing the entire planet into a scientific dictatorship. If successful, the concepts of freedom and liberty will be permanently snuffed out, with no means of escape. ⁃ TN EditorThe technology spawned by science grows ever more powerful, and does so at an ever-faster rate. Where is it taking us?
  Science has bestowed enormous benefits on mankind. But it has a dark side as wel
  
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• Asgardia launches first satellite into space

  14-11-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The small satellite, roughly the size of a loaf of bread, aims to establish Asgardia’s ‘sovereign territory,’ carrying half a terabyte of data into orbit. After a 3-week stay on the ISS, it will go to orbit,
  
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• Tube Crush finds women want men with ‘muscles and money’

  14-11-2017 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Coventry and Aberystwyth University looked at a website called Tube Crush where women secretly take pictures of men on the London Underground (pictured).
  
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• Google broadens takedown of extremist YouTube videos

  14-11-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has begun removing from YouTube extremist videos that do not depict violence or preach hate, YouTube said, a major shift as social media companies face increasing pressure.
  
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• YouTube promises iPhone and iPad battery fix

  14-11-2017 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of users from across the globe have reported that the app is sapping their device's battery, even if they don't have the app open.
  
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• Robots could be used on farms by 2020

  14-11-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers from Harper Adams University in Shropshire are working on robots that can autonomously plant seeds, weed, water and spray without a farmer needing to enter the field.
  
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• Stranded orca refloated in New Zealand

  14-11-2017 18:57 via bbc.co.uk
  Volunteers and military personnel worked together to help return the killer whale to the ocean.
  
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• FDA Approves First Digital Pill For Behavior Modification

  14-11-2017 18:57 via technocracy.news
  As one Technocrat physician stated, ““When patients don’t adhere to lifestyle or medications that are prescribed for them, there are really substantive consequences”. Healthcare enters a new phase as treatment is delivered by enforceable drug regimens. Physicians will be mandated to use digital drugs or face censure or dismissal. Physicians are already subject to “Evidence-Based Medicine” (EBM) where treatments are mandated from above, with penalties for
  
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• Antarctica melting because of heat deep within the Earth

  14-11-2017 18:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge have highlighted key areas of the Antarctic Ice Sheet affected by ‘geothermal heat flux’.
  
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• Into the woods: The Japanese way to beat stress

  14-11-2017 18:49 via bbc.co.uk
  One army veteran suffering from PTSD says Forest Bathing is helping him sleep.
  
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• Great news as @veriireland wins the the Google #adoptastartup autumn programme siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/veri…

  14-11-2017 18:45 via twitter.com
  Great news as @veriireland wins the the Google#adoptastartup autumn programme siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/veri…
  
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• Russia posts images from game as 'evidence' US helps ISIS

  14-11-2017 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia claimed the pictures showed that the US-led coalition was working together with ISIS troops 'to promote American interests' in the Middle East. But they were actually from a game.
  
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• ADHD sufferers are angry and stay up late, study suggests

  14-11-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania found ADHD sufferers swear more frequently and use words such as 'hate' and 'cry'. They also often post between midnight and 6am.
  
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• General Electric will sell lighting firm founded by Edison

  14-11-2017 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  General Electric CEO John Flannery has announced plans to sell the company's lighting business 139 years after it was founded by Thomas Edison to fund research on his incandescent bulb.
  
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• Prof Jerry Murphy, director of the MaREI centre in #Cork, believes we need new solutions to our #energy demands siliconrepublic.com/machines/marei…

  14-11-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  Prof Jerry Murphy, director of the MaREI centre in #Cork, believes we need new solutions to our #energy demands siliconrepublic.com/machines/marei…
  
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• UK supermarkets try face-based ID and payment system

  14-11-2017 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  The biometric system will let people buy alcohol and knives without needing to involve shop staff.
  
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• Artificially cooling Earth could cause 'climate chaos'

  14-11-2017 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study fromthe University of Exeter suggests that targeting aerosol geoengineering in one hemisphere could have a severely detrimental impact for the other.
  
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• #MostRead Today: IBM announces 150 jobs at new Digital Delivery Centre in Dublin ow.ly/Osp330gzDlD

  14-11-2017 17:37 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: IBM announces 150 jobs at new Digital Delivery Centre in Dublin ow.ly/Osp330gzDlD
  
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• #MostRead Today: Want a career in science? Follow these 10 people on Twitter ow.ly/yAbq30gzDhQ

  14-11-2017 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Want a career in science? Follow these 10 people on Twitter ow.ly/yAbq30gzDhQ
  
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• #MostRead Today: Tesco Mobile awards €10m voice deal to BT ow.ly/M2Sw30gzDjQ

  14-11-2017 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Tesco Mobile awards €10m voice deal to BT ow.ly/M2Sw30gzDjQ
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google’s €192m tax hit in India has major tech firms in Ireland worried ow.ly/WM9W30gzDgs

  14-11-2017 17:36 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google’s €192m tax hit in India has major tech firms in Ireland worried ow.ly/WM9W30gzDgs
  
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• #MostRead Today: These are the hottest tech skills for freelancers right now ow.ly/yx0X30gzDci

  14-11-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: These are the hottest tech skills for freelancers right now ow.ly/yx0X30gzDci
  
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• Space Delivery: Astronauts get ice cream, make-own pizzas

  14-11-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Besides equipment and experiments, the Orbital ATK capsule holds chocolate and vanilla ice cream for the six station astronauts, as well as make-your-own flatbread pizzas.
  
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• Ancient clay tablets used to find lost Bronze Age cities

  14-11-2017 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mapped trade routes created by Harvard University researchers based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, place Assyrian hubs hundreds of miles from previous estimates.
  
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• Max Schrems can sue Facebook, but only as a consumer siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/shr…

  14-11-2017 17:03 via twitter.com
  Max Schrems can sue Facebook, but only as a consumer siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/shr…
  
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• Google's voice search may be recording your conversations

  14-11-2017 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Global users of Google's Voice Assistant could find that recordings of their conversations have been made by the smart software after examples of background chatter being captured have emerged.
  
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• Life could be launched to TRAPPIST-1 on laser-driven ships

  14-11-2017 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Claudius Gros, a theoretical physicist at Goethe University, Frankfurt suggests that we could launch miniature gene labs into space aboard laser-driven ships.
  
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• Trio of lost leopard cubs reunited with mother in India

  14-11-2017 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A trio of tiny leopard cubs have been reunited with their mother and returned to the wild days after they were discovered deserted in an Indian village. They were found by a farmer in a sugar cane plantation.
  
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• Deadly plague epidemic in Madagascar is similar to Ebola

  14-11-2017 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Dr Derek Gatherer, from Lancaster University, revealed the plague could escalate in the same way as the haemorrhagic fever that decimated West Africa in 2014 and killed 11,000.
  
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• Boom Supersonic will be heading to airports by 2025 

  14-11-2017 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blake Scholl, founder of Boom Supersonic was speaking at the Dubai Airshow this week, when he revealed the latest details about the Boom Supersonic aircraft.
  
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• You could soon be unlocking smartphones with your sweat

  14-11-2017 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Jan Halámek, from the University at Albany, New York State, said using sweat to unlock smart devices could be the most secure way to keep your phone safe from scammers.
  
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• We need to put science into the national conversation, writes @MrJohnFKennedy #ScienceWeek @scienceirel siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…

  14-11-2017 15:50 via twitter.com
  We need to put science into the national conversation, writes @MrJohnFKennedy #ScienceWeek @scienceirel siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…
  
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