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• Photographs show gorilla cradle and kiss her newborn baby

  16-04-2018 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astonishing photographs and video from the National Zoo in Washington, D.C.show the first interaction between mother gorilla, Calaya, and her newborn baby, Moke.
  
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• Launch of NASA's planet-hunting TESS satellite pushed back to Wednesday

  16-04-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has scrubbed today's launch of its planet-hunting spacecraft to allow additional time for Guidance and Control Analysis. TESS, flying on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, is now set to launch Wed.
  
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• Bed Beats app can create custom playlists while you have sex

  16-04-2018 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bed Beats, which is $1.99 for iOS and Android users, measures the movements on your mattress while you and your partner are having sex and then curates a music selection based on them.
  
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• Google to add extra Gmail security… by building a walled garden

  16-04-2018 22:37 via go.theregister.com
  Wants to make money and ignore end-to-end encryption Google is planning to add several new security features to its ubiquitous email service, Gmail, but they will come with a cost – literally and figuratively.…
  
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• 'Finsta' accounts may help to boost social bonding, researchers say

  16-04-2018 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Finsta is a ‘fake’ Instagram account often used to show a realer side of life. In a survey of users who had two Instagram accounts, a real one and a secret Finsta, researchers uncovered new insight.
  
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• Delay for Nasa's Tess planet-hunter

  16-04-2018 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The launch of the Tess mission to find new worlds beyond our Solar System is delayed by 48 hours.
  
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• Delay for Nasa planet-hunter

  16-04-2018 22:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The Tess mission designed to survey the sky for new worlds has its launch delayed by at least 48 hours.
  
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• Recycling hope for plastic-hungry enzyme

  16-04-2018 21:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Science created a 'wonder material' in plastic; now nature is helping to unmake it.
  
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• Woolly mammoths will come to life and SAVE the Arctic, says scientist

  16-04-2018 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard University scientists are using DNA from a woolly mammoth that has been preserved in Siberian ice for more than 42,000 years.
  
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• Scientists develop an enzyme that can destroy the most common type of plastic used in water bottles 

  16-04-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers, led by the University of Portsmouth, have found an enzyme in a Japanese plastic processing plant that eats PET - the common form of plastic used in food and drink packaging.
  
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• Gorilla Calaya gives birth at Smithsonian National Zoo

  16-04-2018 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  Calaya, the western lowland gorilla, gave birth at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC.
  
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• .@ian_harkin, CEO of @Lottie_Dolls and angel investor @susanmcp1 are among the latest #Inspirefest speakers to be a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-04-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  .@ian_harkin, CEO of @Lottie_Dolls and angel investor @susanmcp1 are among the latest #Inspirefest speakers to be a… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pentagon funds software that uses smartphone to monitor health

  16-04-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kryptowire, a cybersecurity firm based in Fairfax, Virginia was awarded a $5.1 million (£3.5 million) contract to create the app (stock image).
  
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• Facebook AI predicts your future and sells this info to advertisers

  16-04-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Leaked documents have revealed that the California-based social network offers advertisers an ability to target users based on how they may think and act in the near future.
  
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• Plans to grow human organs inside ANIMALS to go ahead in Japan

  16-04-2018 19:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An expert panel, commissioned by Japanese ministers, concluded that allowing the experiments could lead to major scientific breakthroughs.
  
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• Early humans feasted on termite nests as long as 1.8 million years ago

  16-04-2018 19:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Heriot-Watt University and Wayne State University found insects - including termites (pictured) - made up almost 50 per cent of our ancestors' diet 1.8 million years ago.
  
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• Incredible flying car concept can drop off passengers and lift off

  16-04-2018 19:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An innovative flying car manufacturer based in Woburn, Massachusetts has developed a concept car which can transport passengers form door-to-door via the roads and the skies.
  
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• Buzz Aldrin did not see a UFO during moon mission

  16-04-2018 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite widely circulated claims that astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second human to step foot on the moon, saw alien activity during his historic 1969 mission, no such close encounter everhappened.
  
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• Catch up on the latest from the world of #infosec and enterprise from app bans in #Russia to dodgy #passwords siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/tel…

  16-04-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  Catch up on the latest from the world of #infosec and enterprise from app bans in #Russia to dodgy #passwords siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/tel…
  
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• Asteroid skimmed past earth only hours after it was noticed

  16-04-2018 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Asteroid 2018 GE3 passed by earth yesterday getting within 120,000 miles of it. It was detected Saturday night just hours before its came closest to earth.
  
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• Brain stimulation successfully treats depression in mice

  16-04-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia has shown a brain pathway can be stimulated to create 'antidepressive' behavior in animals, sparking hope for drug-free treatment in humans.
  
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• WhatsApp now allows Android users to recover deleted photos

  16-04-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based WhatsApp has released an update that allows users to recover pictures, videos, GIFs, documents or voice notes that were sent and subsequently deleted.
  
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• Russia accused of global net hack attacks

  16-04-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  Russia is seeking to hijack essential internet hardware, US and UK intelligence agencies allege.
  
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• Nasa's Tess planet-hunter: What stars sound like

  16-04-2018 18:58 via bbc.co.uk
  UK astronomer Bill Chaplin demonstrates the noises that stars make and why this is useful to know.
  
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• Want to work at @PwC? Find out how they recruit top talent. #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/jobs/pwc-gradu…

  16-04-2018 18:45 via twitter.com
  Want to work at @PwC? Find out how they recruit top talent. #careeradvice siliconrepublic.com/jobs/pwc-gradu…
  
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• Hyperloop begins construction in France

  16-04-2018 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test track in Toulouse will help US firm Hyperloop Transportation Technologies develop a Hyperloop system that promises to propel passengersthrough near-vacuum tubes.
  
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• Mark Carney : Robots could lead to job loses and rise of 'COMMUNISM'

  16-04-2018 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the Canada Growth Summit in Toronto, Mark Carney (pictured) said there will be vast inequalities between workers who benefit from AI and those who have their job wiped out by it.
  
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• New #Inspirefest speakers have been announced! Check out who has been added to the lineup and grab your tickets bef… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  16-04-2018 18:10 via twitter.com
  New #Inspirefest speakers have been announced! Check out who has been added to the lineup and grab your tickets bef… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Girls are more likely to spread nasty rumours about attractive women

  16-04-2018 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from Florida State University, suggest the bias may not be malicious, and could be because gossipers are concerned for the safety of their more skimpily dressed peers.
  
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• US stealth cruise missile used for first time during Syria strikes

  16-04-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AGM-158B JASSM-ER missile was fired from a B-1B Lancer bomber over the Mediterranean at Damascus as a U.S.-led coalition targeted chemical weapons sites in Syria.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Unravelling the complexities of drug addiction in the brain ow.ly/untH30jw00w

  16-04-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Unravelling the complexities of drug addiction in the brain ow.ly/untH30jw00w
  
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• #MostRead Today: Green-haired turtle that breathes through genitals is now endangered ow.ly/L4M830jw021

  16-04-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Green-haired turtle that breathes through genitals is now endangered ow.ly/L4M830jw021
  
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• #MostRead Today: Construction of Europe’s first Hyperloop test track is now underway ow.ly/qGXV30jw052

  16-04-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Construction of Europe’s first Hyperloop test track is now underway ow.ly/qGXV30jw052
  
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• #MostRead Today: 8 of the most exciting medtech organisations hiring right now ow.ly/1xVK30jw03D

  16-04-2018 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 8 of the most exciting medtech organisations hiring right now ow.ly/1xVK30jw03D
  
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• #MostRead Today: MeetingRoom makes VR conference calls productive in one click ow.ly/EOYO30jvZWn

  16-04-2018 17:48 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: MeetingRoom makes VR conference calls productive in one click ow.ly/EOYO30jvZWn
  
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• Baboons roam Texas after escaping from medical research center

  16-04-2018 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The primate foursome sneaked out of their enclosure at the Southwest National Primate Research Center in San Antonio, Texas, sneaking from enclosures and climbing a fence.
  
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• Women really are the 'fairer' sex: Genes mean females are more likely to be blonde, study finds  

  16-04-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from King's College London and Erasmus University discovered 124 genes that play a major role in determining human hair colour, of which 100 were previously unknown.
  
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• China's ZTE 'poses risk to UK security'

  16-04-2018 17:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Cyber-defence watchdog tells the UK telecoms sector not to use the Chinese firm's equipment.
  
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• Telegram the latest app to be banned as Russia sends defiant message siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/tel…

  16-04-2018 16:52 via twitter.com
  Telegram the latest app to be banned as Russia sends defiant message siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/tel…
  
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• Six more speakers set to take the Inspirefest 2018 stage siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…

  16-04-2018 16:51 via twitter.com
  Six more speakers set to take the Inspirefest 2018 stage siliconrepublic.com/companies/insp…
  
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• Dinosaurs found success after extinction event 232 million years ago

  16-04-2018 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of scientists found footprints at a site in the Dolomites Mountains of northern Italy, which they say mark the moment dinosaurs exploded onto the Earth as its dominant form of life.
  
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• First European Hyperloop track that will propel passengers at 670mph begins construction in France

  16-04-2018 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test track in Toulouse will help US firm Hyperloop Transportation Technologies develop a Hyperloop system that promises to propel passengersthrough near-vacuum tubes.
  
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• MAFS experts reveal signs to look out for on emotional cheating

  16-04-2018 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When Married at First Sight aired this year emotional cheating was discussed. This begs the questions, what is emotional cheating and what are the signs? Samantha Jayne explains.
  
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• Wetherspoons close Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts

  16-04-2018 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British pub chain JD Wetherspoon is closing down its Twitter, Instagram and Facebook accounts for all its 900 pubs the trolling of MPs and others.
  
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• Archaeologists uncover Viking treasure on German island

  16-04-2018 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts uncovered the collection on the German Baltic island of Rügen, aftera single coin was found in a field near the village of Schaprode in January.
  
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• Meet the winner of #FameLab Ireland 2018! @scienceirel siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fam…

  16-04-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  Meet the winner of #FameLab Ireland 2018! @scienceirel siliconrepublic.com/innovation/fam…
  
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• Robots could take millions of people's jobs causing a revival in COMMUNISM, Mark Carney warns

  16-04-2018 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at the Canada Growth Summit in Toronto, Mark Carney (pictured) said there will be vast inequalities between workers who benefit from AI and those who have their job wiped out by it.
  
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• Coffee lovers should use a 'tulip' shaped mug for the best tasting brew, scientists say

  16-04-2018 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Oxford University found the shape of a cup has a big influence on the aroma, taste and enjoyment of coffee (stock image).
  
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• €500m is a vote of confidence in the Irish #NationalBroadbandPlan, writes @MrJohnFKennedy siliconrepublic.com/comms/broadban…

  16-04-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  €500m is a vote of confidence in the Irish #NationalBroadbandPlan, writes @MrJohnFKennedy siliconrepublic.com/comms/broadban…
  
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• Testing of #HyperloopTT is expected to get underway this summer siliconrepublic.com/machines/hyper…

  16-04-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  Testing of #HyperloopTT is expected to get underway this summer siliconrepublic.com/machines/hyper…
  
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