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• The terrifying robot snake that can scale ladders, swim underwater and slither down a pipe

  10-10-2018 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese researchers at Kyoto University have unveiled a prototype 'robot snake' that slither, curl around surfaces and climb just like the real thing. They believe it could be used to save lives.
  
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• The 'lost world' under Tasmania: New chain of volcanic towers 'teeming with wildlife' 

  10-10-2018 23:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian researchers mapping the area found a previously unknown chain of volcanic towers under the water about 250 miles east of Tasmania.
  
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• North Carolina is plagued with tens of thousands of frogs and toads

  10-10-2018 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The frogs and toads have invaded North Carolina's coastal plains this month, with residents spotting them on sliding doors, hanging off the walls, and even popping up in their beds.
  
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• The blue rose is (almost) here: Researchers reveal bloom injected with bacteria

  10-10-2018 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found a way to express pigment-producing enzymes from bacteria in the petals of a white rose, tinting the flowers blue.
  
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• Microsoft fixes catastrophic Windows 10 update bug that mass-deleted user's files

  10-10-2018 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has fixed a bug in its latest Windows 10 October 2018 update that deleted files en masse for some users. The software giant was forced to pull the update over the weekend due to the issues.
  
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• Hurricane Michael turns into a terrifying skull in satellite image

  10-10-2018 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sinister-looking skull appeared briefly on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellite images on Tuesday as Hurricane Michael moved closer to Florida.
  
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• Car-sized Sarahsaurus that roamed Arizona 185m years ago hold the key to how they got big

  10-10-2018 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A paleontologist at Petrified Forest National Park says the rare find 'can help tell us how getting big happens.'
  
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• Did Easter Island's stone heads 'point to fresh water sources'?

  10-10-2018 22:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Binghamton researchers say the clusters of statues near the coast make 'tremendous sense' as they are near areas where seawater had a salt concentration low enough for humans to safely drink.
  
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• Nepal busts chimp smugglers after BBC investigation

  10-10-2018 21:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Police in Kathmandu rescue two trafficked chimps after the BBC revealed the smugglers' methods.
  
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• Australian researchers DOUBLE the number of known fast radio bursts

  10-10-2018 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian researchers have discovered a record breaking number of brief but powerful bursts of mysterious 'FRB' radio waves they say come from 'the other side of the universe'.
  
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• Was a Neanderthal child eaten by a giant bird?

  10-10-2018 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at  Jagiellonian University in Krakow say tiny holes in the bones, found in a cave in South Poland, show they passed through a 'large bird's digestive system'.
  
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• Astroboffins discover when white and brown dwarfs mix, the results are rather explosive

  10-10-2018 21:02 via go.theregister.com
  350-year monkish mystery could be down to a merger Astrophysicists have finally solved a mystery lasting almost 350 years to uncover the first documented merger between a white and brown dwarf star.…
  
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• Astroboffins discover that when white and brown dwarfs mix the results are explosive

  10-10-2018 21:02 via go.theregister.com
  350-year monkish mystery could be down to a merger Astrophysicists have finally solved a mystery lasting almost 350 years to uncover the first documented merger between a white and brown dwarf star.…
  
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• The more bizarre your baby's babble is, the better reader they will be

  10-10-2018 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Years before they start reading, babies make all manner of babbling, gurgling and cooing sounds. A Florida State University study found that better readers made more complex baby noises.
  
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• Mount Etna may trigger a TSUNAMI as the iconic volcano is slowly sliding into the Mediterranean

  10-10-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new analysis of the volcano in Sicily shows its gradual movement is mainly being driven by it collapsing under its own weight - a phenomenon known as 'gravitational instability'.
  
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• Your mental health is important, and it’s important to think about it in your working life as well as your personal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-10-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Your mental health is important, and it’s important to think about it in your working life as well as your personal… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Software allows driverless cars to interpret traffic 'more like humans'

  10-10-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Engineers at Perceptive Automata - based near Boston - have teamed up with Hyundai Cradle to create software that anticipates what pedestrians, cyclists and other motorists might do.
  
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• Two breakthrough UK studies start to solve the mysteries of genetics

  10-10-2018 19:30
  
  Some of the first research to make use of data from the UK's Biobank show the incredible potential for genetic research into disease and ageing
  
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• British city set to be the first in the UK to go 'plastic bag-free'

  10-10-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tourism board in Ely has launched a 'borrow bags' scheme that will encourage its 20,000 residents to scrap plastic and make reusable bags from old fabric.
  
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• #Brexit, taxes and peer-to-peer lending – what do SMEs need to know about the #Budget19? siliconrepublic.com/companies/smes…

  10-10-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  #Brexit, taxes and peer-to-peer lending – what do SMEs need to know about the #Budget19? siliconrepublic.com/companies/smes…
  
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• More than 300 silver coins that are thought to be 1,000 years old have been unearthed in Poland

  10-10-2018 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Farmers in the region had been ploughing along a sloped field for decades, unearthing ancient artifacts in the village of Stare Czarnowo in north-western Poland.
  
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• BBC News disrupted by software glitch

  10-10-2018 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  The BBC had to replace live broadcasts with recorded material on its TV news channels for about an hour.
  
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• NASA animation shows the International Space Station pass by the sun

  10-10-2018 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This composite image, made from nine frames, shows the ISS, with a crew of three onboard, in silhouette as it transits the Sun at roughly five miles per second on Sunday, Oct. 7, 2018.
  
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• Falling rocks can explode more violently than any non-nuclear bomb on Earth

  10-10-2018 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy investigated reports of 'extremely energetic' rock falls spanning more than two decades.
  
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• Research into nail polish free of a particular harmful chemical has found, in some cases, they still contain other… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-10-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Research into nail polish free of a particular harmful chemical has found, in some cases, they still contain other… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chemical in plastic 'raises the risk of premature birth sixfold', scientists claim

  10-10-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by the Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health in Boston, analysed the urine of 364 women at a fertility clinic before they became pregnant.
  
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• Chair of biochemistry at @tcddublin, Luke O’Neill, is one of the co-founders of Sitryx. #biopharma #lifesciences siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/sitr…

  10-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Chair of biochemistry at @tcddublin, Luke O’Neill, is one of the co-founders of Sitryx. #biopharma #lifesciences siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/sitr…
  
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• Playmobile pirate ship sails 3,700 miles from Africa to Barbados

  10-10-2018 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ollie Ferguson, nine, and brother Harry, six, from Turriff, Aberdeenshire, caught the attention of the book industry after their £40 ship set sail from Peterhead fitted with a tracker device.
  
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• Facebook's WhatsApp says has fixed video call security bug

  10-10-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook's WhatsApp messenger service saidhas fixed the latest bug on its platform that allowed hackers to take over users' applications when they answered an incoming video call.
  
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• Amazon scraps secret AI recruiting tool that 'didn't like women'

  10-10-2018 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon.com Inc's machine-learning specialists uncovered a big problem: their new recruiting engine did not like women. 
  
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• It's better to be born rich and stupid than smart and poor, study finds

  10-10-2018 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at New York University used a database more than a million individual genomes for their study. (Stock)
  
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• German satellites sense Earth's lumps and bumps

  10-10-2018 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  The German space agency releases a spectacular 3D map of the Earth's land surfaces.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Global survey finds who are the three biggest plastic polluters around ow.ly/JwIw30mb3r2

  10-10-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Global survey finds who are the three biggest plastic polluters around ow.ly/JwIw30mb3r2
  
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• #MostRead Today: Game-changing biodegradable implant could replace many pharma drugs ow.ly/x5No30mb3pQ

  10-10-2018 17:32 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Game-changing biodegradable implant could replace many pharma drugs ow.ly/x5No30mb3pQ
  
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• A giant piece of moon will go on sale for an astronomical $500,000 

  10-10-2018 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 12lbs lunar meteorite is made of up six fragments which can be pieced together like a jigsaw. It will go up for sale at Boston-based auction house RR Auctions on October 18.
  
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• #MostRead Today: What does Budget 2019 mean for the employees of Ireland? ow.ly/QHdx30mb3eZ

  10-10-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: What does Budget 2019 mean for the employees of Ireland? ow.ly/QHdx30mb3eZ
  
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• #MostRead Today: Scientists find ‘switch’ in the brain that lets us sleep, and why it makes us colder ow.ly/vwLU30mb3dG

  10-10-2018 17:31 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Scientists find ‘switch’ in the brain that lets us sleep, and why it makes us colder ow.ly/vwLU30mb3dG
  
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• Wireless Wars: When Censors Control the Sensors

  10-10-2018 17:30 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy is about using collected data to engineer and control all of  society by a select few who believe they have the answers for mankind. This movement got traction in the 1930s but was rejected by American by the 1940s. Now, it’s back and little has changed. ⁃ TN EditorThe conveniences of the emerging explosion of artificial intelligence, machine-to-machine learning, and ubiquitous “5G” fifth-generation connectivity of the 4th industrial revolution may s
  
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• #MostRead Today: How to turn your love of gaming into a career ow.ly/vUSc30mb389

  10-10-2018 17:30 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: How to turn your love of gaming into a career ow.ly/vUSc30mb389
  
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• IoT Implementation in Renewable Energy Will Create New Cyber Attack Risks

  10-10-2018 17:20 via technocracy.news
  The Internet of Things (IoT) will come alive with the implementation of 5G wireless communications, and everything ‘Smart” will be connected to it. The Technocrats who came up with all this have little concern for security, so hacking will be a cake-walk for evil doers. ⁃ TN EditorWater, Wind and Solar energy (WWS) has the potential to replace diminishing and polluting fossil fuel, petroleum, coal and other traditional power sources in a way that can change the very course of o
  
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• In its latest magical trick, @Apple has bought a Danish start-up #Spektral to amp up its #AR capabilities. siliconrepublic.com/companies/spek…

  10-10-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  In its latest magical trick, @Apple has bought a Danish start-up #Spektral to amp up its #AR capabilities.siliconrepublic.com/companies/spek…
  
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• Waze rolls out its Carpool app nationwide in bid to 'eliminate traffic altogether'

  10-10-2018 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waze is expanding its Carpool app across the US, after successful trials in select states. Now, no matter where you are, you'll be able to find a ride from someone headed in the same direction as you.
  
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• Snapchat unveils new original shows under own brand

  10-10-2018 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The shows unveiled under the Snap Originals brand include a new comedy, a mystery thriller and a 'docuseries' following rising stars in Laguna Beach, California.
  
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• Bees go silent during total solar eclipses

  10-10-2018 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Missouri organised a group of citizen scientists a in setting up acoustic monitoring stations to keep track of bee's activity during a 2017 eclipse.
  
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• Google wants to censor the internet to tackle 'cyber harassment, racism and venting'

  10-10-2018 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 85-page document, leaked by an employee of the San Francisco firm, blames a number of reasons for the 'erosion' of free speech online, including harassment, racism and bullying.
  
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• Smart Regions Bypass Elected Officials To Implement Regional Governance

  10-10-2018 15:51 via technocracy.news
  A new and purely Technocrat invention to impose unelected regionalism will soon sweep the nation. Phoenix is the pilot and model, with over 30 cities and 4.7 million  citizens. Three non-governmental organizations are simply rising up to dominate the entire region to set policies and implementation plans relating to Smart City technology. There is no public mandate or authority for these actions. You heard this first on Technocracy.News! ⁃ TN EditorThe public-private partnership
  
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• “When you come to sell, a buyer can completely rely upon your record. Intermediaries will have a reduced role, soli… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  10-10-2018 15:45 via twitter.com
  “When you come to sell, a buyer can completely rely upon your record. Intermediaries will have a reduced role, soli… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Good news for #Derry! #NIJobs #JobFairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/fleming-a…

  10-10-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  Good news for #Derry! #NIJobs #JobFairy siliconrepublic.com/jobs/fleming-a…
  
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• Given recent warnings on #ClimateChange, many were shocked at the decision to freeze #CarbonTax in #Budget19 siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bud…

  10-10-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  Given recent warnings on #ClimateChange, many were shocked at the decision to freeze #CarbonTax in #Budget19 siliconrepublic.com/innovation/bud…
  
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• Is your company prepared for the next major #DNS outage? #cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dns…

  10-10-2018 14:50 via twitter.com
  Is your company prepared for the next major #DNS outage? #cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/dns…
  
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