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• Experts say AI machine learning could improve weather predictions

  21-06-2018 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have long struggled with accurately predicting climate models because clouds and their atmospheric heating and moistening prove to be a challenge.
  
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• Scientists reveal the best way to tickle rats in new study

  21-06-2018 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Purdue University shows that tickling rats really can improve their quality of life. The behavior mimics how they might play with other animals, boosting positive responses.
  
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• Video shows river of molten material pouring from Kilauea

  21-06-2018 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists monitoring activity at Hawaii’s erupting volcano have captured dramatic footage of lava pouring across the landscape at roughly 17 miles per hour as the eruption continues.
  
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• Malicious fake Fortnite apps are spreading on Android

  21-06-2018 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of its release on Android later this summer, the gaming sensation Fortnite, made in North Carolina, is being imitated by scammerstrying to get users to download malicious apps.
  
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• Drinking four cups of coffee a day could help heart grow stronger

  21-06-2018 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Germany found in experiments on mice that levels of caffeine equivalent to four cups of coffee could help to strengthen the cells which line the heart and blood vessels.
  
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• Mystery extinct ape found in ancient Chinese tomb

  21-06-2018 22:30 via bbc.co.uk
  The discovery of a prehistoric pet gibbon suggests humans pushed apes to extinction far back in history.
  
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• Apple will finally launch its AirPower charging mat in September

  21-06-2018 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's AirPower charging mat may no longer by missing in action. The firm is expected to release its wireless charging accessory in September, likely alongside new iPhone models.
  
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• Smartphone rivals Apple and Samsung join forces to replace car keys

  21-06-2018 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international partnership of companies has worked together as the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to create a digital key to replace the old-fashioned key fobs.
  
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• The $1 keyboard you can crumple up and put in your pocket: Scientists unveil new ultra-thin device

  21-06-2018 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Korea have created a keyboard that is sothin, tough and flexible it can be crumpled up and put in a pocket without damaging it. They used silicone rubber.
  
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• Trump's tweets, explained: Middle of night tweets are impulsive

  21-06-2018 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Bristol used artificial intelligence to analyse the language used in content posted to Twitter, discovering dramatic changes between night and day.
  
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• SapceX reveals the Dragon that will blast America back into orbit

  21-06-2018 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's space firm has revealed its capsule has already been delivered to NASA for final testing ahead of its first, unmanned, test mission.
  
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• Trump's tweets, explained: Morning tweets correlated with logic, middle of night tweets impulsive

  21-06-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Bristol used artificial intelligence to analyse the language used in content posted to Twitter, discovering dramatic changes between night and day.
  
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• 2,300-year-old extinct gibbon found in burial chamber of grandmother to China’s first emperor

  21-06-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made by scientists led by international conservation charity the Zoological Society of London who made 3D computer models of the skull fragment.
  
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• “If you don’t have romantics in your organisation then you’re not going to be truly innovative.” - @timleberecht sp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-06-2018 19:30 via twitter.com
  “If you don’t have romantics in your organisation then you’re not going to be truly innovative.” - @timleberecht sp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Hawaii eruption: How Kilauea lights up the night sky

  21-06-2018 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The amazing image was takenby Ricky Arnold, a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station.
  
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• Amazon accidentally leaks the date of this year's Prime Day

  21-06-2018 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon may have accidentally leaked the date of this year's Prime Day. The e-commerce giant's UK website posted a banner that advertised July 16 as the day of the event.
  
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• Amazing moment green fireball appears in sky beside moon and Venus captured in jaw-dropping image

  21-06-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uwe Reichert set up a camera and tripod in Germany on June 16 to document the alignment of Venus and the three-day-old moon. By chance, he also captured a meteor passing through.
  
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• Wimbledon tennis to be screened in 4K HDR by BBC for the first time

  21-06-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Ultra HD trial coverage on BBC iPlayer includes every match from the Wimbledon Centre Court throughout the tournament. Pictured is last year's winner, Spain's Garbine Muguruza
  
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• Malicious fake fortnite apps are spreading on Android ahead of hotly-anticipated release date 

  21-06-2018 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of its release on Android later this summer, the gaming sensation Fortnite, made in North Carolina, is being imitated by scammerstrying to get users to download malicious apps.
  
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• #Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich is stepping down after a relationship that violated company conduct rules was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-06-2018 18:30 via twitter.com
  #Intel chief executive Brian Krzanich is stepping down after a relationship that violated company conduct rules was… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Sleep researcher explains science behind ghost and alien sightings

  21-06-2018 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alice Gregory, Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths University in London, set about to determine how anxiety, REM sleep, and 'exploding head syndrome' could offer an explanation for the paranormal.
  
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• ‘What will it mean to be human in an age of machines?’ siliconrepublic.com/people/inspire…

  21-06-2018 17:53 via twitter.com
  ‘What will it mean to be human in an age of machines?’ siliconrepublic.com/people/inspire…
  
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• #MostRead Today: There’s a pretty big problem with Trump’s space force declaration ow.ly/otIs30kBwEf

  21-06-2018 17:41 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: There’s a pretty big problem with Trump’s space force declaration ow.ly/otIs30kBwEf
  
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• #MostRead Today: EU MEPs vote to approve maligned copyright law changes ow.ly/6cSm30kBwFK

  21-06-2018 17:41 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: EU MEPs vote to approve maligned copyright law changes ow.ly/6cSm30kBwFK
  
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• #MostRead Today: New audio odyssey as Google Home smart speakers arrive in Ireland ow.ly/Uugz30kBwCu

  21-06-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: New audio odyssey as Google Home smart speakers arrive in Ireland ow.ly/Uugz30kBwCu
  
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• #MostRead Today: ‘In Ireland, we cannot produce data scientists fast enough’ ow.ly/7HS130kBwB9

  21-06-2018 17:40 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: ‘In Ireland, we cannot produce data scientists fast enough’ ow.ly/7HS130kBwB9
  
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• #MostRead Today: 10 terrific start-ups from Toulouse to watch ow.ly/LGxo30kBwyN

  21-06-2018 17:39 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 10 terrific start-ups from Toulouse to watch ow.ly/LGxo30kBwyN
  
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• Venus' atmosphere is so violent that it makes the planet spin faster

  21-06-2018 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California Los Angeles used computer simulations to model the circulation of the Venusian atmosphere to make the discovery.
  
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• Smartphone rivals Apple and Samsung join forces to create a 'universal standard' to replace car keys

  21-06-2018 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international partnership of companies has worked together as the Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) to create a digital key to replace the old-fashioned key fobs.
  
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• Ex-Tesla employee being sued for 'sabotage' claims he is a whistleblower

  21-06-2018 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Martin Tripp, a process engineer from Nevada, was hit with a $1 million suit alleging he hacked into Tesla's system, transferred data to third parties and gave false leaks to the media.
  
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• Sleep researcher explains the science behind late-night ghost, demon and alien sightings

  21-06-2018 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Alice Gregory, Professor of Psychology at Goldsmiths University in London, set about to determine how anxiety, REM sleep, and 'exploding head syndrome' could offer an explanation for the paranormal.
  
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• Koko: Gorilla who mastered sign language dies in California

  21-06-2018 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  Koko is said to have been able to communicate thoughts and feelings using more than 1,000 hand signs.
  
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• Find out which World Cup footballer you look like with this AI tool

  21-06-2018 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Find Your World Cup Twin AI, created by Norwegian developers, matched British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen with Uruguay national team defender Diego Godin.
  
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• Puppies naturally trust humans 'like they are their own mother'

  21-06-2018 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary, say dogs have evolved to trust their human allies like a member of their own species. (Stock image)
  
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• Brookings: Italy’s Hazardous New Experiment – Genetically Modified Populism

  21-06-2018 16:37 via technocracy.news
  The Brookings Institution is an elitist, Trilateral Commission connected think tank in Washington. When they write on Technopopulism, you can bet that it has arrived and had better be considered, because Italy is now a model of what is happening in the U.S. ⁃ TN EditorFinally, three months after its elections, Italy has produced a new creature in the political biosphere: a “populist but technocratic” government. What we will be watching is not really the result of a Frankenstei
  
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• Intel chief Brian Krzanich resigns over relationship

  21-06-2018 16:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The company says Brian Krzanich is leaving because of "a violation of Intel's non-fraternisation policy".
  
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• Intel CEO Brian Krzanich resigns over relationship with employee

  21-06-2018 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has resigned, effective immediately, after a probe revealed that a past consensual relationship with the company's non-fraternization policy.
  
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• Follow The Data: A Funder’s Push For Evidence-Based Local Policy

  21-06-2018 16:27 via technocracy.news
  Super-Technocrat Micheal Bloomberg is changing the face of philanthropy by promoting data-driven giving toward projects that promote Technocracy. Most philanthropy occurs without scrutiny or fanfare, but hundreds of millions of dollars per year can change the face of a nation within just a few years. ⁃ TN EditorWhere do funders turn when political roadblocks stop progress on the federal level? If the recent past is any indication, many of the more technocratic among them go local
  
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• Wired: Italy’s Weird Technopopulism Could Be The New Normal

  21-06-2018 16:14 via technocracy.news
  Castellani believes that “far from being foes, technocracy and populism are increasingly becoming allies in a war against a common enemy: representative democracy and traditional politicians.” Whether intentional or not, a major European nation was just flipped into Technocracy by Populists.  ⁃ TN EditorSo Italy has a government. On Wednesday June 6, Giuseppe Conte, an obscure academic handpicked by a coalition between the far-right League party and the anti-establishment
  
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• The man who was fired by a machine

  21-06-2018 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  When a machine decided Ibrahim Diallo no longer worked at his office there was little any human could do.
  
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• Changing the colours given off by mobiles and TVs could combat both daytime sleepiness, study finds

  21-06-2018 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Manchester found that adding or removing a turquoise hue to phone screen's three primary colours tricks the brain into thinking it is day or night time.
  
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• Does watching this video of ear licking give you a 'brain orgasm'?

  21-06-2018 15:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In one of the first studies into the health benefits of ASMR clips, which number more than 13 million on YouTube, scientists at the University of Sheffield found the strange videos carry health benefits.
  
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• Horses really can understand humans in the same way that dogs do

  21-06-2018 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Psychologists from the University of Tokyo say horses combine facial expressions and voice tones to work out how people are feeling even if they are strangers(stock image).
  
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• Ghost face seen in baby's cot by Toronto mum who had miscarriage

  21-06-2018 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mother-of-two, who had a miscarriage in 2016, is convinced her Toronto home has since been haunted. The footage shows a 'ghostly face' staring at eight-month-old Leah in her cot.
  
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• Endangered eels getting high on cocaine in contaminated rivers

  21-06-2018 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biologists from the University of Naples Federico II experimented with eels, exposing one test group to the average concentration of cocaine detected in surface waters for 50 days.
  
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• ‘One of the key pillars for Irish companies to achieve global ambition is our Seed and Venture Capital Scheme’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-06-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  ‘One of the key pillars for Irish companies to achieve global ambition is our Seed and Venture Capital Scheme’… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Can technology make our streets safer? siliconrepublic.com/machines/smart…

  21-06-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  Can technology make our streets safer? siliconrepublic.com/machines/smart…
  
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• American swamp sparrows have been chirping same song for 1,000 years

  21-06-2018 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Queen Mary University, London, Imperial College London and Duke University studied the species of songbird (pictured) from the marshes of north-eastern US.
  
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• Koko the sign language gorilla dies aged 46 

  21-06-2018 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Koko, who was born at the San Francisco Zoo in 1971, was 46. She could reportedly communicate with humans by using 1,000 words of sign language and understand 2,000 spoken words.
  
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• Instagram star Daryl Aiden Yow used stock image photos

  21-06-2018 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Big brands including Sony and Uniqlo had worked with Daryl Aiden Yow because of his online fame.
  
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