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• Flash over Phoenix spotted on security cameras

  15-11-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remarkable object was spotted by numerous people in the area, with reports streaming in from Arizona and surrounding states, including California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
  
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• Elon Musk admits pain since split from Amber Heard

  15-11-2017 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk spoke about his recent, emotional break up with actress Amber Heard during a wide-ranging interview with Rolling Stone magazine.
  
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• Jeff Bezos used to eat a whole can of Pillsbury biscuits

  15-11-2017 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billionaire Jeff Bezos has revealed that he used to eat an entire can of Pillsbury Biscuits every morning for breakfast in the late 1990s.
  
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• China Urges Christian Peasants To Replace Pictures Of Jesus With Xi Jinping

  15-11-2017 22:49 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats view Christianity as ignorant, mythical, superstitious, illogical and even harmful, especially to Technocracy. It is not surprising that in China, Chairman Xi seeks to displace Jesus as the main figure of worship. ⁃ TN EditorChinese officials and residents in a rural area of Jiangxi province have revealed a government plan to “melt the hard ice” in the hearts of Christians towards communism by denying them pivotal poverty relief packages if they do not replace
  
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• Amazon Go Getting Ready To Roll Out Cashierless Store

  15-11-2017 22:30 via technocracy.news
  You will walk in, walk out, get billed and go home with stuff. Amazon will have collected massive psychographic information about  you. What items did you look at? How long did you stare? Did you read the ingredients? Did you frown or smile? Just see what awaits you when you go shopping again… ads, coupons, verbal encouragements, etc. Go home to your computer and start browsing – watch what ads appear onscreen. This is far from humorous and portends a Scientific Dictatorship fr
  
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• NASA animation reveals the Earth's atmosphere in 2017

  15-11-2017 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new NASA visualization follows sea salt, dust and smoke from August to November to reveal how these particles are transported across parts of the world and how they can help track weather events.
  
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• Mysterious 'fireball' spotted in the sky in Germany

  15-11-2017 22:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mysterious 'fireball' has been spotted speeding through the sky above Germany. The UFO was seen as far away as Italy and Switzerland. A video shows the glowing object flying across Hochen.
  
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• China Is Defining The Way Governments Manipulate Their People

  15-11-2017 22:18 via technocracy.news
  China is leading the world in creating a Scientific Dictatorship, aka Technocracy, as it applies state-of-the-art technology to manipulate its citizens. By definition, Technocracy is the science of social engineering. ⁃ TN EditorChina’s army of keyboard propagandists have set the standard for manipulating public opinion online — and a growing number of countries are trying the emulate the model.The iconic image of a man holding his shopping while obstructing the path of a
  
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• Interactive UFO map of America reveal 60,000 sightings

  15-11-2017 21:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new map of reported UFO sightings in the US was created by Data Solutions Engineer Adam Crahen of the Data Duo , using data from Kaggle UFO sightings.
  
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• Chimpanzees warn others of danger just like humans

  15-11-2017 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, have found that chimpanzees possess similar communication abilities to humans.
  
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• Make sure you subscribe to the #Inspirefest newsletter for exclusive news and discounts. Issue 7 is out tomorrow! siliconrepublic.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post…

  15-11-2017 20:50 via twitter.com
  Make sure you subscribe to the #Inspirefest newsletter for exclusive news and discounts. Issue 7 is out tomorrow! siliconrepublic.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post…
  
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• #ICYMI: Kaseya announced 130 #jobs today. #Dublinjobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/kaseya-du…

  15-11-2017 20:15 via twitter.com
  #ICYMI: Kaseya announced 130 #jobs today. #Dublinjobs #jobfairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/kaseya-du…
  
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• Madagascar's healthcare will be unable with the plague

  15-11-2017 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Madagascar's healthcare system will be unable to cope if the deadly plague outbreak continues to spiral out of control,a scientist has warned. Scores of doctors have been struck down.
  
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• People who are good at video games are more intelligent

  15-11-2017 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two popular video games act like IQ tests, with the most intelligent players gaining the highest scores, research from York University has revealed.
  
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• To mark #ScienceWeek, we're looking at why it's so important, and not just for one week a year. #BelieveinScience siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…

  15-11-2017 19:40 via twitter.com
  To mark #ScienceWeek, we're looking at why it's so important, and not just for one week a year. #BelieveinScience siliconrepublic.com/innovation/sci…
  
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• Never use full stops in texts as makes you seem HEARTLESS

  15-11-2017 19:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Full stops can often make people seem abrupt whereas slang provides telltale signs about someone's real emotions, according to research from Binghampton University in New York (stock image).
  
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• Would YOU be fooled by these hyper-realistic masks?

  15-11-2017 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research by York University found people were very bad at spotting people wearing one of the 'hyper-realistic' masks in photographs and in real life.
  
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• Bosses with too high an IQ begin to lose employees respect

  15-11-2017 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Antonakis, from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, conducted a study that tested the IQ of 350 middle managers and asked their employees to rate their performance.
  
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• Mystery of Pluto's super-cold atmosphere is finally solved

  15-11-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University of California at Santa Cruz compared Pluto's temperature, taken by Nasa's New Horizons spacecraft in 2015, and predictions based on its atmosphere.
  
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• Amazon scraps plan to offer online TV streaming service

  15-11-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon hoped to offer a limited bundle of key broadcast and cable networks for a set fee, similar to offerings from Alphabet's YouTube and Hulu.
  
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• Europe steps in to cover US shortfall in funding climate science

  15-11-2017 19:11 via bbc.co.uk
  French and UK governments say they will make up for any shortfall in funding for a global science body.
  
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• SSTL to build Canadian satellite constellation

  15-11-2017 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Vancouver-based UrtheCast contracts UK firm SSTL to build a series of satellites to image Earth every day.
  
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• Just because you're a scientist, doesn't mean the world of business is closed to you. #BelieveinScience siliconrepublic.com/advice/lab-sci…

  15-11-2017 19:05 via twitter.com
  Just because you're a scientist, doesn't mean the world of business is closed to you. #BelieveinScience siliconrepublic.com/advice/lab-sci…
  
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• Origins of the rich-poor gap: Inequality hit Eurasia first

  15-11-2017 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Washington State University found that the arrival of farming and complex political systems established a rich-poor divide in ancient societies across the globe.
  
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• UpVote 18: Margrethe Vestager on Apple, Trump and tech monopolies

  15-11-2017 18:56
  
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• Maryland study: Penis curve may be sign of age or disease

  15-11-2017 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some have a bent penis for a harmless reason and age can make it more noticeable, according to Dr Matthew Mintz from Maryland, US. But a curve is a sign of Peyronie's disease.
  
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• Want to know the most important skill for a consulting partner? We spoke to Ita Langton at @DeloitteIreland about it siliconrepublic.com/people/consult…

  15-11-2017 18:30 via twitter.com
  Want to know the most important skill for a consulting partner? We spoke to Ita Langton at @DeloitteIreland about it siliconrepublic.com/people/consult…
  
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• Apple to help India on anti-spam app after regulator row

  15-11-2017 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has agreed to give limited help to the Indian government to develop an anti-spam mobile application for its iOS platform, after refusing to do so based on privacy concerns.
  
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• Apple's first ever 'gaming robot' is a mechanical spider

  15-11-2017 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MekaMon, which launches today on the Apple store for £300 ($300), was created by Bristol-based company Reach Robotics and has bot-on-bot brawls in real life and on the screen.
  
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• 'Frenemies' do more harm to children than physical bullies

  15-11-2017 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Hertfordshire have found 'frenemies' do more harm to schoolchildren than regular physical and verbal bullies (stock image)
  
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• Cyber-bullying in UK schools has increased by 40%

  15-11-2017 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than a third of teachers are not confident they would know if one of their students was being cyber-bullied, according to research by Leeds-based online safety firm, Smoothwall (stock image).
  
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• Secret four note chord that can make any song sound happy

  15-11-2017 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Indiana University, Bloomington found that seventh chords - chords with four different notes rather than the usual three - had the highest association with positive words,
  
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• Emily McDaid from @CIConnect spoke to Eoin Lambkin about how #blockchain will change the internet as we know it. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/bloc…

  15-11-2017 17:50 via twitter.com
  Emily McDaid from @CIConnect spoke to Eoin Lambkin about how #blockchain will change the internet as we know it. siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/bloc…
  
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• Russia 'tried to hack' Britain's national grid

  15-11-2017 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  National Cyber Security Centre chief Ciaran Martin (pictured) will confirm in a speech today the assault on major power companies ordered by the Kremlin.
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘Unconscious bias is deep-rooted within our cultural upbringing’ ow.ly/CNwH30gBc34

  15-11-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘Unconscious bias is deep-rooted within our cultural upbringing’ ow.ly/CNwH30gBc34
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ireland’s preoccupation with renewable energy is too narrow and simplistic ow.ly/DJP630gBc0H

  15-11-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ireland’s preoccupation with renewable energy is too narrow and simplistic ow.ly/DJP630gBc0H
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google’s €192m tax hit in India has major tech firms in Ireland worried ow.ly/sK8T30gBc4t

  15-11-2017 17:35 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google’s €192m tax hit in India has major tech firms in Ireland worried ow.ly/sK8T30gBc4t
  
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• #MostRead Today: Tesco Mobile awards €10m voice deal to BT ow.ly/fv2Q30gBbWK

  15-11-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Tesco Mobile awards €10m voice deal to BT ow.ly/fv2Q30gBbWK
  
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• #MostRead Today: Cisco to invest $1bn to connect up the world’s smart cities ow.ly/aGKr30gBbYI

  15-11-2017 17:34 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Cisco to invest $1bn to connect up the world’s smart cities ow.ly/aGKr30gBbYI
  
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• Experts edit DNA inside a body to cure a genetic disease

  15-11-2017 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Through an IV drip, patient Brian Madeux received billions of copies of a corrective gene and a genetic tool to cut his DNA in a procedure at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital in Oakland, California.
  
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• Cyber-bullying is rocketing in UK schools

  15-11-2017 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than a third of teachers are not confident they would know if one of their students was being cyber-bullied, according to research by Leeds-based online safety firm, Smoothwall (stock image).
  
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• Data storage is at the heart of any digital transformation siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dig…

  15-11-2017 17:17 via twitter.com
  Data storage is at the heart of any digital transformation siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dig…
  
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• 7 Irish start-ups with science at their core siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ndrc…

  15-11-2017 17:12 via twitter.com
  7 Irish start-ups with science at their core siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/ndrc…
  
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• Jack Dorsey saddened by Japan's 'Twitter killer'

  15-11-2017 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  The social network's chief reacts to reports that a killer used Twitter to lure suicidal victims.
  
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• Some bosses are bad because they’re too clever

  15-11-2017 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  John Antonakis, from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland, conducted a study that tested the IQ of 350 middle managers and asked their employees to rate their performance.
  
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• Picking up STEAM: How the arts have contributed to STEM innovation siliconrepublic.com/innovation/art…

  15-11-2017 16:50 via twitter.com
  Picking up STEAM: How the arts have contributed to STEM innovation siliconrepublic.com/innovation/art…
  
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• Archaeologists find Greco-Roman mummy in Egypt

  15-11-2017 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The well-preserved mummy (pictured) was found near New Fayoum city, about 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of the Egyptian capital, the ministry said in a statement.
  
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• Dubai reveals plans to grow palm trees and lettuce on Mars

  15-11-2017 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the Dubai Airshow, Rashid Al Zaadi, a senior strategic planner at the UAE Space Agency, revealed the that the agency plans to grow date palms, lettuces, tomatoes, and strawberries on Mars.
  
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• Rocky Ross 128 b might harbour ALIENS – and it's headed right for us

  15-11-2017 15:32 via go.theregister.com
  In 71,000 years, it'll be closer than disappointing dustball Proxima Centauri b A new study to appear in Astronomy & Astrophysics has detected what could be our closest exoplanet that is not only rocky, but also orbits a star with a low amount of solar activity that could help an atmosphere survive – Ross 128 b.…
  
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• Elaine O’Carroll of @Zendesk discusses the importance of diversity in all STEM sectors. #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/unconsc…

  15-11-2017 15:10 via twitter.com
  Elaine O’Carroll of @Zendesk discusses the importance of diversity in all STEM sectors. #womeninSTEM siliconrepublic.com/people/unconsc…
  
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