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• Astroboffins find the stink of eggy farts wafting from Uranus

  23-04-2018 22:45 via go.theregister.com
  Hold your nose, it smells exactly like what you think it does Scientists have solved a pressing mystery about our Solar System. Does Uranus smell like farts? Yes, yes it does.…
  
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• Astroboffins discover the stink of eggy farts wafting from Uranus

  23-04-2018 22:45 via go.theregister.com
  Space, the rhinal frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Trivialize... Scientists have solved a pressing mystery about our Solar System. Does Uranus smell like farts? Yes, yes it does.…
  
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• Scientists confirm Uranus cloud tops are dominated by pungent gas

  23-04-2018 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using the 8-meter Gemini North telescope on Hawaii’s Maunakea, an international team of researchers has finally verified a major component of Uranus’ upper atmosphere.
  
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• US veteran receives world's first penis and scrotum transplant

  23-04-2018 22:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nine plastic surgeons and two urological surgeons were involved in the 14-hour surgery on March 26 at Johns Hopkins, transplanting an entire penis, scrotum without testicles, and abdomen.
  
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• The Samsung Galaxy S9's successor could feature a screen that dwarfs the iPhone X display

  23-04-2018 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung just released the Galaxy S9 and yet rumors are already swirling about what the tech giant might have in store next. Leaked images show a phone with a 6.3-inch display, which dwarfs the iPhone X.
  
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• Chinese tech giants' sexist job ads exposed

  23-04-2018 22:15 via bbc.co.uk
  Some adverts offered "men only" jobs while others wanted "trim" women applicants, Human Rights Watch found.
  
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• Archaeologists unearth 'rare' bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius

  23-04-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team doing work at the Egyptian Temple of Kom Ombo to protect the site from groundwater stumbled upon a sculpted head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius – an unusual find for this site, experts say.
  
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• Robot helps Jack McLinden, 14, to be Everton mascot

  23-04-2018 21:53 via bbc.co.uk
  A robot carried on to the pitch feeds panoramic live images and sound back to Jack McLinden's tablet.
  
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• Were you dreading work this morning after such a lovely weekend? Here's how to make sure that never happens again.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-04-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  Were you dreading work this morning after such a lovely weekend? Here's how to make sure that never happens again.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Gmail scam fools users into thinking their account has been hacked

  23-04-2018 20:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new spam attack is tricking users by making them think they sent malicious emails from their own accounts. As a result, many users believed that their Gmail accounts had been hacked.
  
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• Spotify tests filter to block swearing in songs

  23-04-2018 20:34 via bbc.co.uk
  The trial feature skips explicit tracks but only works on Apple devices and lacks a parental lock.
  
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• Professor defends role in Cambridge Analytica data scandal

  23-04-2018 20:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Cambridge lecturer Aleksandr Kogan says he 'never heard a word' of opposition from Facebook over his 'This Is Your Digital Life' quiz that was downloaded by 270,000 people.
  
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• This week, yet another nation distances itself from digital currency while #Twitter and #KasperskyLab are on a brea… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-04-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  This week, yet another nation distances itself from digital currency while #Twitter and #KasperskyLab are on a brea… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dim lighting makes people buy pleasurable products

  23-04-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has found that customers buy more selfishly when they are in a dimly lit room.
  
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• Warm spring means caterpillars are hatching early

  23-04-2018 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warmer springs are causing birds to be 'out of sync' with the caterpillars they feed their young on, according to researchers led by the RSPB and universities of Exeter and Edinburgh (stock).
  
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• #Flickr has left the @Oath family for a new home. siliconrepublic.com/companies/flic…

  23-04-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  #Flickr has left the @Oath family for a new home. siliconrepublic.com/companies/flic…
  
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• Tuhura megayacht based on ancient designs but filled with modern tech

  23-04-2018 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tuhura is a 377ft megayacht designed in the Netherlands which is based on the look of centuries-old outrigger canoes used by Polynesian peoples, but with modern technology.
  
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• Apple's Shazam deal faces European probe

  23-04-2018 19:33 via bbc.co.uk
  Seven countries asked the European Commission to review the purchase of the music identification app.
  
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• Aimée Madden’s @CliniShift wins €10,000 start-up prize at the 2018 Bolton Trust-PwC Innovation Awards. #medtec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-04-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Aimée Madden’s @CliniShift wins €10,000 start-up prize at the 2018 Bolton Trust-PwC Innovation Awards. #medtec… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Amazon is building a robot for the home via top secret 'Vesta' project

  23-04-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is building a domestic droid as part of a secret project codenamed 'Vesta'. The device is expected to be tested among employees first but could hit shelves as soon as 2019, Bloomberg says.
  
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• 'Oldest gold in Britain' found in a box of watch parts in Oxfordshire

  23-04-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Now folded in two pieces, the gold was bought by John Workman at a car boot sale in Berinsfield, south Oxfordshire, but he did not know how valuable it was.
  
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• Rotten egg gas around planet Uranus

  23-04-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The planet Uranus has clouds made up of hydrogen sulphide, the gas that gives rotten eggs their unpleasant smell.
  
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• Police 'visit funeral home to unlock dead man's phone'

  23-04-2018 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Police in Florida are criticised for allegedly entering a funeral home to use a dead man's finger to unlock his smartphone.
  
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• Archaeologists unearth 'rare' bust of Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius and shrine to the god Osiris

  23-04-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team doing work at the Egyptian Temple of Kom Ombo to protect the site from groundwater stumbled upon a sculpted head of Emperor Marcus Aurelius – an unusual find for this site, experts say.
  
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• Jupiter's 'Great Red Spot' up close

  23-04-2018 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incredible images was created by processing three separate images from NASA's JunoCam imager taken on April 1st.
  
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• Construction robots weld, bolt, lift to beat worker...

  23-04-2018 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese construction company Shimizu says robots that can weld, lift and bolt are being developed to help bridge labor shortages at Japanese construction sites.
  
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• When the weather is bad, the offshore #renewableenergy sector could struggle to reach a generator. But what if ther… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-04-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  When the weather is bad, the offshore #renewableenergy sector could struggle to reach a generator. But what if ther… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 'Pitch black' hot Jupiter planet may be the darkest celestial body ever discovered 

  23-04-2018 18:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings were made by researchers at Keele University, who used data from Nasa's Kepler space telescope to make the discovery about the planet, which appears as a dark lump, probably purple.
  
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• World's largest mosquito is caught in China

  23-04-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Chinese expert claimed to have caught the world's largest mosquito with an astonishing 11.15cm wing span - about 10 times longer than that of an average mosquito.
  
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• #Pharma giant @Amgen has partnered with @ucddublin and DublinCityUni to empower secondary school science teachers.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-04-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  #Pharma giant @Amgen has partnered with @ucddublin and DublinCityUni to empower secondary school science teachers.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Earth's oceans released CO2 that ended the last Ice Age

  23-04-2018 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of St Andrews in Scotland say the findings scientists understand the processes controlling the exchange of CO2 and oxygen between the ocean and atmosphere.
  
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• Man who posted video of dog giving Nazi salutes on YouTube fined £800

  23-04-2018 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 30-year-old, pictured arriving at Airdrie Sheriff Court today, taught his girlfriend's pug to react to the words 'gas the Jews' and filmed it for his YouTube channel last year.
  
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• Feminists have own computer font complete with slogans and images

  23-04-2018 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The font was created by ad agency Y&R, based in New York, in partnership with Women of Sex Tech and can be downloaded by users hoping for an added punch to their voices when protesting the patriarchy.
  
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• Hay fever survival guide

  23-04-2018 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings, made by Taiwanese researchers who assessed nearly 185,000 patients, come amid a 'pollen bomb' in the UK that has caused misery for millions of hay fever sufferers.
  
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• Droughts affecting people in Europe could become regular

  23-04-2018 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  International researchers led by hydrologists from UFZ in Germany have found that droughts in Europe will get worse and more frequent as global temperatures rise (stock image).
  
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• #MostRead Today: These are 11 of the top biopharma companies recruiting right now ow.ly/QcPz30jDj55

  23-04-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: These are 11 of the top biopharma companies recruiting right now ow.ly/QcPz30jDj55
  
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• #MostRead Today: Google confirms Russia is blocking some of its services ow.ly/tGwX30jDj8R

  23-04-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Google confirms Russia is blocking some of its services ow.ly/tGwX30jDj8R
  
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• #MostRead Today: Latest weird science of whirlpools could help build mega-sewers ow.ly/rGnJ30jDiXj

  23-04-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Latest weird science of whirlpools could help build mega-sewers ow.ly/rGnJ30jDiXj
  
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• #MostRead Today: Galway start-up Kite Medical secures €1.5m in funding ow.ly/76uB30jDj2g

  23-04-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Galway start-up Kite Medical secures €1.5m in funding ow.ly/76uB30jDj2g
  
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• #MostRead Today: Common artificial sweeteners found to hide a nasty little secret ow.ly/jgJR30jDj3F

  23-04-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Common artificial sweeteners found to hide a nasty little secret ow.ly/jgJR30jDj3F
  
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• Picture this: Oath sells photo-sharing platform Flickr to SmugMug siliconrepublic.com/companies/flic…

  23-04-2018 17:22 via twitter.com
  Picture this: Oath sells photo-sharing platform Flickr to SmugMug siliconrepublic.com/companies/flic…
  
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• Cryptocurrency crackdown as Iran central bank enforces ban siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cry…

  23-04-2018 17:03 via twitter.com
  Cryptocurrency crackdown as Iran central bank enforces ban siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/cry…
  
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• Get ready for a caterpillar explosion: Warm spring means grubs are hatching early

  23-04-2018 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warmer springs are causing birds to be 'out of sync' with the caterpillars they feed their young on, according to researchers led by the RSPB and universities of Exeter and Edinburgh (stock).
  
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• Not sure if you could pivot your career into #biopharma? Check out how @MSDCareers' John Harrington did it!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-04-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  Not sure if you could pivot your career into #biopharma? Check out how @MSDCareers' John Harrington did it!… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Robots will outnumber humans by 2048 and set to reach 9.4billion

  23-04-2018 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Ian Pearson, a British novelist, engineer and inventor, said robots could also become ‘emotionally intelligent’ by 2028.
  
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• Brexit has shafted the UK's space sector, lord warns science minister

  23-04-2018 16:51 via go.theregister.com
  We're off the team and everything is awful A letter to science minister Sam Gyimah MP has outlined the impact of Brexit on the UK space sector, and it doesn't make for happy reading.…
  
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• Streaming services boosted the music industry’s 2017 bottom line. #music #streaming #apple #spotify siliconrepublic.com/companies/stre…

  23-04-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  Streaming services boosted the music industry’s 2017 bottom line. #music #streaming #apple #spotify siliconrepublic.com/companies/stre…
  
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• Unattractive people earn more as they devote themselves to careers

  23-04-2018 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People perceived as 'very unattractive' earn more than many of their more alluringpeers, a study led by the London School of Economics found (stock image).
  
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• 'Nazi pug' video-maker has no regrets

  23-04-2018 15:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Mark Meechan was fined £800 after teaching a dog to give a Nazi salute.
  
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• Russia Telegram ban hits Google and Amazon services

  23-04-2018 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  Google and Amazon have been caught up in Russian attempts to block the Telegram messaging app.
  
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