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• When will you die? A new blood test could reveal how long you have left to live

  09-07-2018 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Yale University researchers insist their measurements offer the most accurate and easy-to-interpret result of any study to date since they used factors measured in an annual physical.
  
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• Apple launches iOS 11.4.1 with 'USB Restricted Mode'

  09-07-2018 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple new iOS 11.4.1 mobile update includes a feature, called USB Restricted Mode, which will make it harder for police to break into your phone without your permission.
  
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• Scientists defy 'force of nature' to unlock secrets of...

  09-07-2018 22:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have been measuring the eruptions 24/7 since Kilauea first exploded more than two months ago,
  
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• Snapchat developing 'visual search' that lets you point your camera at an item to see it on Amazon

  09-07-2018 21:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snapchat could have some big plans for the camera in its app. Code hidden in the social media giant's Android app shows that Snapchat may be prepping a 'Camera Search' feature.
  
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• World's first floating nation begins selling its Vayron cryptocurrency

  09-07-2018 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Backed by Peter Thiel, the plans will see the sea-bound city state, with 300 homes as well as hotels, restaurants, offices and more, built in the Pacific Ocean off the island of Tahiti.
  
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• Step inside the tomb of Queen Nefertari in new virtual reality experience

  09-07-2018 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A breathtaking new virtual reality experience created by Experius VR will transport you right into the 3,000-year-old tomb of the Egyptian queen, Nefertari. She was the favorite wife of Ramses II.
  
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• Four mile long iceberg breaks off a Greenland glacier

  09-07-2018 21:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The four-mile-long iceberg began breaking off Greenland’s Helheim Glacier at 11.30 p.m. on June 22. A team of researchers from NYU captured the event in stunning detail.
  
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• Lost rivers could heat London to cut capital's emissions

  09-07-2018 21:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rivers such as the Fleet and the Strand could be directed through heat pumps that could provide usable energy, according to researchers from the London-based climate charity 10:10.
  
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• NASA's Kepler Space Telescope about to run out of fuel

  09-07-2018 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space agency said the nine year old telescope is now in a 'hibernation-like state' as operators try to download data from it.
  
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• Dinosaur as big as a double decker bus is unearthed in Argentina 

  09-07-2018 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery in San Juan province in Argentina winds back the clock on the emergence of giant dinosaurs by 30 million years, according to research by the National University of San Juan.
  
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• ISS astronaut reveals incredible image of the moon from orbit

  09-07-2018 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst posted the amazing image of the Moon as seen from the International Space Station.
  
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• Mutant calf born with two heads shocks locals at farm in Brazil

  09-07-2018 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An astonishing video of the two-headed cow has emerged from the farm in Caiaponia, Brazil.The animal, which has four eyes and two mouths, can be seen lying on the ground.
  
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• ISS astronaut capture 'mind blowing' footage of lighting and auroras

  09-07-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Taken by ESA astronaut Alexander Gerst, the footage show numerous flashes during the dark night, which he described as 'Like a symphony orchestra turned into light.'
  
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• Being rich and successful really is in your genes, study suggests

  09-07-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Duke University,North Carolina, found that men and women with a certain combinations of genes are more likely to be socially mobile, regardless of their background.
  
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• Uber plans to offer scooter rentals through its app

  09-07-2018 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Uber could soon let users order a scooter through its app. On Monday, the firm announced that it's partnering with the bicycle renting service as part of an fresh investment round worth $335 million.
  
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• Maps reveal record-breaking temperatures across the world

  09-07-2018 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They show how cities across witnessed extreme temperatures in the past week, with records breaking in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Western Asia.
  
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• Britain's heatwave exposes historical secrets including Roman-era fort

  09-07-2018 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient sites in Norfolk, Lancashire and Wales have been uncovered. Shown here are newly-discovered crop marks of a prehistoric or Roman farm near Langstone, Newport.
  
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• A room with a lunar view: ISS astronaut reveals incredible image of the moon from orbit

  09-07-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European Space Agency astronaut Alexander Gerst posted the amazing image of the Moon as seen from the International Space Station.
  
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• Hooded thieves snatch 21 iPhones from display in NYC Apple store

  09-07-2018 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The five hooded men were caught on CCTV at the outlet in Huntington Station, New York casually browsing the wares for more than two minutes before ripping 21 iPhones from their display.
  
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• Samsung opens the world's largest phone factory in India

  09-07-2018 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samsung has opened the doors of what it's calling the world's largest smartphone factory. The 35-acre facility, located outside New Delhi, will double the tech giant's annual production there.
  
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• Uber invests in Lime city scooter hire company

  09-07-2018 19:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The deal with Uber means users will be able to hire scooters via the ride-hailing company's app
  
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• New research from researchers in the UK shows just how easy it is to identify the authors of tweets using metadata.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-07-2018 18:50 via twitter.com
  New research from researchers in the UK shows just how easy it is to identify the authors of tweets using metadata.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A new way to tackle climate change? Lost rivers could heat London to cut capital's emissions

  09-07-2018 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rivers such as the Fleet and the Strand could be directed through heat pumps that could provide usable energy, according to researchers from the London-based climate charity 10:10.
  
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• Has Kepler found its last alien world? NASA's planet hunting telescope about to run out of fuel

  09-07-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space agency said the nine year old telescope is now in a 'hibernation-like state' as operators try to download data from it.
  
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• The incredible moment a FOUR MILE long iceberg breaks off a Greenland glacier

  09-07-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The four-mile-long iceberg began breaking off Greenland’s Helheim Glacier at 11.30 p.m. on June 22. A team of researchers from NYU captured the event in stunning detail.
  
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• Starbucks to DITCH plastic straws over environmental concerns

  09-07-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starbucks announced on Monday that it will ban plastic single-use straws from all of its more than 28,000 company-operated and licensed stores, worldwide, in less than two years.
  
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• The #futureofwork is bringing so many changes. If you want a career in 2025, @CherylCran is here to tell you what t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-07-2018 18:15 via twitter.com
  The #futureofwork is bringing so many changes. If you want a career in 2025, @CherylCran is here to tell you what t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Amazon is still selling Nazi-branded merchandise

  09-07-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some white supremacist paraphernalia on the Seattle retail firm's website is even targeted at children, including a child-sized onesie with a burning cross on it, a new study reports.
  
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• A dinosaur as big as a double decker bus that roamed the Earth 200 million years ago is unearthed

  09-07-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery in San Juan province in Argentina winds back the clock on the emergence of giant dinosaurs by 30 million years, according to research by the National University of San Juan.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Take a look inside William Fry’s slick Silicon Docks office space ow.ly/Zh9j30kRRjq

  09-07-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Take a look inside William Fry’s slick Silicon Docks office space ow.ly/Zh9j30kRRjq
  
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• #MostRead Today: Limerick aims to be ‘lighthouse’ for smart cities as part of €6.5m EU project ow.ly/NLC130kRRic

  09-07-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Limerick aims to be ‘lighthouse’ for smart cities as part of €6.5m EU project ow.ly/NLC130kRRic
  
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• #MostRead Today: 7 companies hiring in blockchain right now ow.ly/rzcS30kRRgC

  09-07-2018 18:01 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 7 companies hiring in blockchain right now ow.ly/rzcS30kRRgC
  
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• #MostRead Today: Postman Padraig is Ireland’s first postal drone ow.ly/mOXb30kRRev

  09-07-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Postman Padraig is Ireland’s first postal drone ow.ly/mOXb30kRRev
  
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• #MostRead Today: Belfast’s Kainos invests £8m in R&D drive to ensure global growth ow.ly/BZ0230kRRbf

  09-07-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Belfast’s Kainos invests £8m in R&D drive to ensure global growth ow.ly/BZ0230kRRbf
  
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• Mesmerising maps reveal record-breaking temperatures across the world

  09-07-2018 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They show how cities across witnessed extreme temperatures in the past week, with records breaking in North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Western Asia.
  
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• Hidden artwork from chapel inside underground quarry captured on camera for the first time

  09-07-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Used as a hideout during the second world war, this former marl quarry in the Netherlands hosts spectacular drawings of religious figures believed to have been sketched from chalk.
  
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• Great news for Athlone! #jobfairy #jobs #techjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/neueda-te…

  09-07-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  Great news for Athlone! #jobfairy #jobs #techjobs siliconrepublic.com/jobs/neueda-te…
  
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• Amazon Prime Day: All you need to know

  09-07-2018 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon Prime Day, the biggest shopping day aside from Black Friday, is here again. The online retail holiday gives Amazon Prime members access to unbelievable deals on popular items.
  
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• ‘Microbubbles’ loaded with drugs could destroy more than half of hard-to-treat tumours

  09-07-2018 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology created a therapy that only targets immune cells that work to fight off tumours and therefore avoids the side effects of treating all cells.
  
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• Incredible video shows an AI being taught to drive a car in '15 to 20 minutes'

  09-07-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wayve, which was founded by researchers from Cambridge University's engineering department, used a technique known as ‘reinforcement learning’ to achieve the feat.
  
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• Your secret Twitter account may not be as anonymous as you think siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twi…

  09-07-2018 17:03 via twitter.com
  Your secret Twitter account may not be as anonymous as you think siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twi…
  
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• Scientists reveal top 10 items that make people seem wealthy

  09-07-2018 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the latest research by University of Chicago economists, the iPhone is more likely to indicate a higher level of income than any other product on the market.
  
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• Nazi-themed goods found on Amazon marketplace

  09-07-2018 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  The sale of the merchandise was helping hate groups "prosper", a report by rights groups says.
  
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• Want a career in 2025? Here’s what you need to know siliconrepublic.com/careers/future…

  09-07-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Want a career in 2025? Here’s what you need to know siliconrepublic.com/careers/future…
  
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• Mummified head of serial killer 'The Vampire of Dusseldorf' on display

  09-07-2018 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peter Kürten went to the guillotine in 1931 after confessing to strangling or stabbing at least nine people to death in Germany so he could draw sexual pleasure from the sight of their blood.
  
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• The remarkable @aishling_hyland has left our little SR clan but she will never leave our hearts. Watch this space f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  09-07-2018 16:29 via twitter.com
  The remarkable @aishling_hyland has left our little SR clan but she will never leave our hearts. Watch this space f… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• WAPO: Shift At EPA Shows Technocrats Are Replacing Big-Personality Cabinet Members

  09-07-2018 16:28 via technocracy.news
  This might be considered a weak link, but Washington Post themselves came up with the idea that Technocrats are infiltrating the Trump Administration. At the least, this lends support to the new political philosophy sweeping Europe, called ‘Technopopulism’, or a blend of Populism and Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorScott Pruitt was known inside the Environmental Protection Agency’s headquarters for sipping $10 organic juice infused with kale, sporting Ferragamo shoes with his Hic
  
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• People who see themselves as Albert Einstein suddenly think they are smarter

  09-07-2018 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Barcelona found that donning a virtual-reality headset that makes users look like the famous physicist causes them to score better on cognitive tests.
  
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• Britain's heatwave exposes historical secrets including a Roman-era fort

  09-07-2018 16:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient sites in Norfolk, Lancashire and Wales have been uncovered. Shown here are newly-discovered crop marks of a prehistoric or Roman farm near Langstone, Newport.
  
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• Scientists: Humans Cause 1000x Extinction Rate Of Animals, Plants

  09-07-2018 16:14 via technocracy.news
  Activist scientists who make sweeping accusations against humans for being the cause of mass extinctions have no proof to back up their assertions, but rather speculate behind their PhD degrees and call it ‘science’. Real science is observable and repeatable, speculation is not. ⁃ TN EditorWhen Sudan the white rhino was put down by his carers earlier this year, it confirmed the extinction of one of the savannah’s most iconic subspecies.
  Despite decades of effort from cons
  
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