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• Asteroid with a SKULL face makes a come back to zip passed earth just after Halloween

  27-09-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'death comet' with a human skull face will pass earth November 11 about 24million miles away. It last showed itself on Halloween 2015 about 302,000 miles away from earth.
  
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• Security experts discover the 'most sophisticated botnet ever seen'

  27-09-2018 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Keep an eye on your smart home devices. Security experts have identified what they consider the 'most sophisticated botnet they've ever seen' that targets IoT devices.
  
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• My race to get into SPACE aged 80! 

  27-09-2018 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sue Nelson documents Wally Funk's quest to visit space in a new book. Wally who is almost eighty years old paid $200,000 for a flight on Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic SpaceShipTwo in 2010.
  
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• Neanderthals were no brutes - they had hands capable of 'precision work', researchers find

  27-09-2018 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New evidence, published in Science Advances, reveals that the Neanderthals were also more similar to modern humans in their physical expression than previously thought.
  
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• Google gives virtual tour of the garage where the firm was founded

  27-09-2018 22:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In honor of the company's 20th birthday, the firm posted a Google Street View tour of the Menlo Park, California garage, owned by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki where it all began in 1998.
  
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• Health data hacks have surged by 50 percent in less than a decade, study finds

  27-09-2018 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Between 2010 and 2017, 78.8 million health data records have been breached. More hacks happen at doctor's offices and hospitals, but insurers are hit with the big ones, a Mass Gen study found.
  
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• Volvo aims to sell electric trucks in North America by...

  27-09-2018 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Volvo, the world's second-biggest truck maker, plans to begin selling electric trucks in North America by 2020, it said as it signed a partnership with California that will allow it to show-off the vehicles.
  
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• Home remedies 'no deterrent' against slugs and snails

  27-09-2018 22:23 via bbc.co.uk
  Traditional remedies used by gardeners to deter slugs and snails appear to have no scientific merit.
  
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• Warm waters boosted 2017's major hurricane tally, study...

  27-09-2018 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Atlantic's warmer waters triggered the unusual number of major hurricanes last year, according to a new study that predicts the region could see a couple of extra whopper storms each year.
  
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• Microplastics found in 50% of freshwater insects as

  27-09-2018 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A shocking study in South Wales rivers found microplastic fragments - pieces of plastic debris under five millimetres -ingested by one in every two insects, and at all the sites sampled.
  
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• Moth spotted drinking TEARS straight from a sleeping bird's eye in unsettling new footage

  27-09-2018 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An ecologist with National Institute of Amazonian Research has documented the disturbing moment a moth slurps tears out of a sleeping bird’s eye, using its long proboscis to pry the eyelids open.
  
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• Good news for #Wexford as @dulann_com is hiring! #jobfairy #Wexfordjobs #elearning siliconrepublic.com/jobs/dulann-e-…

  27-09-2018 21:30 via twitter.com
  Good news for #Wexford as @dulann_com is hiring! #jobfairy #Wexfordjobs #elearning siliconrepublic.com/jobs/dulann-e-…
  
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• When it comes to reporting on the results of potentially life-changing medicine, almost 90pc of academic clinical t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-09-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  When it comes to reporting on the results of potentially life-changing medicine, almost 90pc of academic clinical t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• This week, we're looking at some of the top start-ups in #healthsciences, including: @lociortho, #NeurentMedical,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-09-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  This week, we're looking at some of the top start-ups in #healthsciences, including: @lociortho, #NeurentMedical,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Could LIGHT be the key to finding alien life? 'Trillion planet survey' will hunt for alien signals

  27-09-2018 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emory University students hope to spot a 'light signal' beamed by an alien civilization - and say we may have been looking in the wrong place until now.
  
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• Climate change may be accelerating Earth's 'wobble'

  27-09-2018 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Our planet wobbles as it spins, shifting roughly four inches per year in a phenomenon known as polar motion. According to new research, climate change may be making the effect more extreme.
  
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• Up to HALF of the world's killer whales could be killed in the next 50 years

  27-09-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were first outlawed in 1978 by the US but have remained present in the environment as they decompose slowly in the natural environment (stock).
  
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• Pollution threatens the future of killer whales

  27-09-2018 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Chemical pollution threatens the long-term viability of the most exposed orca groups.
  
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• For the future of healthcare and medicine, one needs to look no further than the recent Career Development Award wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-09-2018 20:00 via twitter.com
  For the future of healthcare and medicine, one needs to look no further than the recent Career Development Award wi… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Dire outlook

  27-09-2018 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Chemical pollution threatens the long-term viability of the most exposed orca groups.
  
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• Plants in the Arctic are growing taller because of #climatechange, according to a recent study. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tun…

  27-09-2018 19:40 via twitter.com
  Plants in the Arctic are growing taller because of #climatechange, according to a recent study. siliconrepublic.com/innovation/tun…
  
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• Fortnite Season 6 pets 'could expand game's audience'

  27-09-2018 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  Adding pets could broaden the player base of a game dominated by young males, says one expert.
  
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• Snakes on a plane is not just a movie! #biology #Australia siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bro…

  27-09-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  Snakes on a plane is not just a movie! #biology #Australia siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bro…
  
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• Letter penned by Galileo in the 17th century shows he toned down his heretical ideas

  27-09-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the original letter, which had been lost in the Royal Society's library for 250 years, Galileo Galilei set down his argument against the church's belief that the sun orbits the Earth.
  
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• Incredible details of a 2,500-year-old mummy's hand are seen for the first time

  27-09-2018 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm studied the mummy which is believed to be that of a man who lived in around 400BC.
  
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• The UNDERWATER drone: $765 gadget can submerge , float like a boat and fly through the air at 40mph

  27-09-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The $765 (£585) gadget, known as Spry, features a built-in 4K camera that can both record video and snap photos on the fly. It was developed by Florida firm Urban Drones.
  
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• Ex-Google employee warns of 'disturbing' plans to launch Chinese search engine

  27-09-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jack Poulson wrote in a letter to the US Senate's commerce committee that the proposed Dragonfly website was 'tailored to the censorship and surveillance demands of the Chinese government'.
  
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• Check out some of the coolest #healthsciences start-ups in Ireland, including: @Diaceutics, #EnteraSense,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-09-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Check out some of the coolest #healthsciences start-ups in Ireland, including: @Diaceutics, #EnteraSense,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Will these bats hang around after HS2 construction?

  27-09-2018 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  HS2 is going to be built through these bats' habitat.
  
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• Japan's hopping Ryugu robots send back video from the surface of an asteroid 180million miles away

  27-09-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japan's space agency released the incredible video and images, saying 'Please take a moment to enjoy “standing' on this new world'
  
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• Want to know what it's like working as graduate in #healthsciences? We spoke to @MSDInvents' Michelle Cleary siliconrepublic.com/people/msd-mic…

  27-09-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Want to know what it's like working as graduate in #healthsciences? We spoke to @MSDInvents' Michelle Cleary siliconrepublic.com/people/msd-mic…
  
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• Majority of US teens have been bullied or harassed online

  27-09-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A majority of US teenagers say they've been victims of online harassment or bullying, and that social media companies aren't doing enough to fight the problem, a new study finds.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Stripe valued at $20bn as Irish brothers’ payments firm raises $245m ow.ly/Q9yZ30m04Fo

  27-09-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Stripe valued at $20bn as Irish brothers’ payments firm raises $245m ow.ly/Q9yZ30m04Fo
  
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• #MostRead Today: Researchers amazed by discovery of mysterious, neon-coloured fish ow.ly/RIXS30m04CZ

  27-09-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Researchers amazed by discovery of mysterious, neon-coloured fish ow.ly/RIXS30m04CZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: If you have one of these personality traits, you possess a ‘dark core’ ow.ly/kpiQ30m04Bg

  27-09-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: If you have one of these personality traits, you possess a ‘dark core’ ow.ly/kpiQ30m04Bg
  
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• #MostRead Today: DCU unveils €15m student centre built with ‘escape pods’ ow.ly/I5Br30m04Et

  27-09-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: DCU unveils €15m student centre built with ‘escape pods’ ow.ly/I5Br30m04Et
  
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• #MostRead Today: APC to create 50 highly skilled biotech jobs in south Dublin ow.ly/mEOl30m04DJ

  27-09-2018 17:56 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: APC to create 50 highly skilled biotech jobs in south Dublin ow.ly/mEOl30m04DJ
  
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• TLS proxies? Nah. Truthfully Less Secure 'n' poxy, say Canadian infosec researchers

  27-09-2018 17:47 via go.theregister.com
  You thought you were buying better security, right? Enterprises buying TLS proxies to improve their network security could easily be making things worse, according to Canadian research out this week.…
  
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• You can die from 'give-up-itis': Doctor warns many pass away when they simply stop trying in life

  27-09-2018 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A person can die in as little as three days after a traumatic life event if they believe they cannot overcome the ordeal, according to a doctor from the University of Portsmouth.
  
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• Durham university study shows 'community care' drove human evolution

  27-09-2018 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Sharon Kessler from Durham University used computer modelling to simulate the evolution of care-giving in four different social systems.
  
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• Japan firm signs with SpaceX for lunar missions

  27-09-2018 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Private lunar exploration company ispace said it would blast a lander and rovers towards the moon on a SpaceX rocket on two separate missions. The spaceware will first orbit the moon in mid-2020.
  
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• Big Tech To Congress: Privacy Rules On Our Terms Only

  27-09-2018 17:07 via technocracy.news
  Big Tech is already throwing millions into lobbying and jockeying for position on the upcoming privacy battle in America. They are pushing for self-regulation, which is likely even worse than the fox guarding the henhouse. Only consumers and citizens can cut Big Tech down to size, and they must. ⁃ TN EditorMajor companies including Amazon, AT&T, Apple and Google are lobbying Congress to craft legislation that would preempt a first-of-its-kind California pr
  
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• New species of giant plant-eating dinosaur found in South Africa

  27-09-2018 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossil was found around Clarens in South Africa's Free State Province and shows that the dinosaur was the largest land animal in the world when it lived around 200 million years ago,
  
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• Chinese warship 'Jingyuan' found in Yellow sea century after it was lost

  27-09-2018 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ship went down in the Yellow sea during the first Sino-Japanese war in September 1894, with only seven out of 270 crewmen surviving.
  
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• Why it’s important to get away from your desk during the working day siliconrepublic.com/people/shire-j…

  27-09-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Why it’s important to get away from your desk during the working day siliconrepublic.com/people/shire-j…
  
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• The FCC passed new #5G deployment rules that have come under criticism from cities in the US. #telecoms siliconrepublic.com/comms/fcc-5g-c…

  27-09-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  The FCC passed new #5G deployment rules that have come under criticism from cities in the US. #telecoms siliconrepublic.com/comms/fcc-5g-c…
  
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• Academia should be embarrassed by lack of clinical trial reporting siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cli…

  27-09-2018 16:50 via twitter.com
  Academia should be embarrassed by lack of clinical trial reporting siliconrepublic.com/innovation/cli…
  
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• FCC Ruling On 5G Fees Blocks Cities From Surcharge Fees

  27-09-2018 16:45 via technocracy.news
  5G carriers have successfully lobbied the FCC to block city surcharges on their 5G installations. This oversteps FCC authority and is patently unconstitutional. Basically, carriers want cities to stay out of their hair as they rollout 5G nilly-willy across America. This underscores that Big Tech is in full control of the political/regulatory process.  ⁃ TN EditorThe new rules cap fees cities can charge to telecom companies, which could undermine their efforts to fund digital inclusion
  
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• A recently published study believes nine different personality traits all link back to a central ‘dark core’.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  27-09-2018 16:30 via twitter.com
  A recently published study believes nine different personality traits all link back to a central ‘dark core’.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How a swarm of bees sticks together 'like a game of Ring a Ring o' Roses'

  27-09-2018 16:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard University researchers spent months shaking and rattling swarms of thousands of honey bees to understand how the insects can work together to keep their swarm in one piece.
  
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