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• Australian women will be able to have babies without males, fertility expert says

  11-10-2018 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Australian fertility expert Dr David Molloy said pregnancies will no longer need the input of males in the future thanks to the advancements in fertility technology after baby mice were born to two mothers.
  
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• Hearing aids and cataract surgery may prevent dementia

  11-10-2018 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Asri Maharani, co-author of the studies by Manchester University, said: ‘Age is one of the most important factors implicated in cognitive decline.'
  
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• INSIDE the cockpit of America's $18million tank-busting A-10C Thunderbolt II aircraft 

  11-10-2018 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is seen zooming by an American coastal pentagonal bastion for in Maryland. America. The aircraft, nicknamed Warthog, features iconic nose art, usually showing terrifying barred teeth.
  
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• New technology enables police to use DNA from sites like Ancestry.com to track down criminals

  11-10-2018 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It just got easier for police to use a family member's DNA to catch people like Joseph James DeAngelo, the suspected Golden State Killer, thanks to new technology that's raising privacy concerns.
  
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• Boston Dynamics shows video of its Atlas humanoid robot running and jumping over obstacles

  11-10-2018 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boston Dynamics has revealed a video of its terrifying Atlas robot running and jumping over obstacles with ease.
  
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• Facebook purges 251 accounts to thwart deception

  11-10-2018 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook on Thursday said it shut down 251 accounts for breaking rules against spam and coordinated deceit, some of it by ad farms pretending to be forums for political debate.
  
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• Government report calls for NASA to widen its search for extraterrestrial intelligence

  11-10-2018 21:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA should expand its search for alien life into new areas and focus on astrobiology, a new congressionally mandated report has concluded. 
  
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• How to spot an orgasm: Study reveals how our- and finds it differs from when we're in pain

  11-10-2018 21:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found Western and Eastern cultures agree on what our face looks like when we're in pain. But when it comes to what faces look during an orgasm, that's where the two cultures differ.
  
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• Apple patents software to warn users when calls come from a fake spam number

  11-10-2018 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has patented new technology that would automatically recognize a 'spoofing caller' and serve up a warning on users' iPhone screens, by looking at the call's network or server identifiers.
  
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• NASA's Mars megarocket has DOUBLED to $8.9bn

  11-10-2018 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The first test launch of the Space Launch System rocket, which is supposed to send humans to the moon and ultimately allow deep space exploration, was most recently slated for mid-2020.
  
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• Robot `to appear at select committee for first time´

  11-10-2018 21:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A robot will appear before a select committee for what is believed to the first time when it answers questions about the fourth industrial revolution.
  
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• Want to know the secrets to getting a job at @Spotify? We heard how Sam Young came from investment banking and land… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 21:10 via twitter.com
  Want to know the secrets to getting a job at @Spotify? We heard how Sam Young came from investment banking and land… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• .@smartdublin and @EntIrl want companies to create innovative, smart solutions for communities on a local, national… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 21:00 via twitter.com
  .@smartdublin and @EntIrl want companies to create innovative, smart solutions for communities on a local, national… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Female beast is the named the fattest bear in Alaskan national park

  11-10-2018 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bear 409, known as Beadnose, was dubbed the fattest bear on Tuesday in Katmai National Park and Preserve's fourth annual Fat Bear Week contest.
  
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• Pentagon grounds F-35 fighter jets in wake of crash

  11-10-2018 20:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pentagon has grounded the F-35 fighter jet in order to inspect the fleet in the wake of a crash last month in South Carolina.
  
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• #GDPR enforcement last May meant privacy officers had a lot on their plates, but the mysterious ePrivacy Regulation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 20:40 via twitter.com
  #GDPR enforcement last May meant privacy officers had a lot on their plates, but the mysterious ePrivacy Regulation… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Can YOU spot the missing letter from the alphabet in this chart?

  11-10-2018 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team at Optical Express has adapted the traditional Snellen chart millions of patients across the world are used to reading from in their eye tests.
  
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• .@scienceirel research centre @Futureneuro_ie has partnered with Irish cloud provider @ErgoIreland to help improve… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 20:20 via twitter.com
  .@scienceirel research centre @Futureneuro_ie has partnered with Irish cloud provider @ErgoIreland to help improve… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Are you feeling young happy or old happy? Generations feel pleasure in different ways

  11-10-2018 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that young adults find it difficult to find joy without excitement but as we get older we associate 80 per cent of happiness with 'contentment'.
  
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• Massive star has been spotted exploding into a compact binary neutron star for the first time

  11-10-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Observations by astronomers from the California Institute of Technology suggest that the dying star had an unseen companion.
  
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• The cellphone you have to BUILD: $89 kit lets you make your own mobile handset

  11-10-2018 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Croatian firm behind the Kickstarter kit says its should take about seven hours to build - and the finished phone will do everything from playing music and games to texting.
  
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• .@Apple is buying a portion of chipmaker @DialogSemi’s business. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…

  11-10-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  .@Apple is buying a portion of chipmaker @DialogSemi’s business. siliconrepublic.com/companies/appl…
  
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• VR Hall of Remembrance tour shows WW1 museum that was never built

  11-10-2018 19:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Imperial War Museum (IWM) in London has now recreated the hall so everyone can enjoy the works of art. Artists include Stanley Spencer and John Singer Sargent.
  
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• Amazon and Google smart speaker owners share the creepy comments

  11-10-2018 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One woman was so scared by comments made from her Amazon Echo AI device, that she simply unplugged it and put it in a draw for several days.
  
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• #Minsk is now a tech powerhouse. Check out some of its awesome start-ups, including @by_assistent @bookyourstudyc3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  #Minsk is now a tech powerhouse. Check out some of its awesome start-ups, including @by_assistent @bookyourstudyc3… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Can moons have moons? Yes, and they're called 'moonmoons'!

  11-10-2018 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earth's moon (file photo) may be orbited by a mysterious smaller moon that has alluded scientists for decades, according to a new study from University College London.
  
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• Controversy over #NationalBroadbandPlan seemingly made #Naughten’s position untenable. siliconrepublic.com/comms/naughten…

  11-10-2018 19:00 via twitter.com
  Controversy over #NationalBroadbandPlan seemingly made #Naughten’s position untenable. siliconrepublic.com/comms/naughten…
  
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• Mice with two MOTHERS are born in China

  11-10-2018 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twenty-nine healthy mice were created by scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing using DNA taken from two mouse eggs - without sperm from a father.
  
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• Who is winning and losing in terms of #GenderEquality? siliconrepublic.com/careers/equile…

  11-10-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  Who is winning and losing in terms of #GenderEquality? siliconrepublic.com/careers/equile…
  
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• Millions could be exposed to red tide algae by Hurricane Michael

  11-10-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 145-mile-long toxic algae bloom has been wreaking havoc onFlorida's Gulf Coast and has spread to its beaches. But scientists say the hurricane could wash the algae into neighborhoods.
  
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• Spherical robot with 32 legs could be used to explore planets or in disaster response missions 

  11-10-2018 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A robot from Keio University and the University of Tokyo, was presented at IROS 2018 in Madrid, Spain that resembles a sphere and all 32 arms move independently.
  
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• WannaCry cyber attack cost the NHS £92 MILLION

  11-10-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The WannaCry cyber attack which crippled computer systems at least 80 NHS trusts across England cost the health service £20 million during the five days it took place in May 2017.
  
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• China's Alipay says stolen Apple IDs behind thefts of...

  11-10-2018 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ant Financial's Alipay, the operator of one of China's top two mobile payment apps, said hackers have taken an unknown amount of money from accounts using stolen Apple IDs.
  
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• .@MIT researchers have found a way for #NuclearFusion reactors to shed excess heat, one of the biggest hurdles to m… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  .@MIT researchers have found a way for #NuclearFusion reactors to shed excess heat, one of the biggest hurdles to m… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• T rex's terrifying cousin called 'Dynamoterror' is discovered

  11-10-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remains of an ancient relative of the T rex (pictured) were found in the Menefee Formation of New Mexico which was part of an ancient continent called Laramidia.
  
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• Rocket launch malfunction forces astronauts to return to Earth

  11-10-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American Nick Hague and Russian Aleksey Ovchinin were forced to return to Earth and landed in Kazakhstan when the booster malfunctioned during launch on their Soyuz rocket.
  
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• Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin will receive part of a $2.3 billion fund to develop rockets for the US

  11-10-2018 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue Origin, based in Washington, received $500 million in funding to develop the New Glenn rocket which will carry defence payloads into space and curb reliance on foreign rockets.
  
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• Apple buys chunk of key iPhone chipmaker in 'unusual' $600 million deal

  11-10-2018 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is buying the power-management tech at the heart of its iPhones in a $600 million deal with Dialog Semiconductor. Apple will license some of its tech and bring over 300 engineers from Dialog.
  
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• UN: If we halved our meat consumption the whole world could feed itself

  11-10-2018 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists said the world could feed its growing population without causing irreparable damage to the environment if people ate less meat, halved food waste and adopted better farming practices.
  
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• Fixing Air Pollution And Soot Would Be Faster And 20X Cheaper Than CO2 Fix

  11-10-2018 17:51 via technocracy.news
  If you don’t think the world needs to spend $48 Trillion to get rid of CO2, then it has a Plan B for you: 16 other measures that could do the same thing for a fraction of the cost. Real air pollution has been very successfully reduced in cities like Pittsburgh, PA, but it wasn’t because CO2 was removed or that it followed some UN mandate. ⁃ TN EditorThe IPCC published their latest climate change report. They tried to justify spending $48 trillion over the next 20 years to trans
  
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• Seth Borenstein: Portrait Of A Master Climate Propagandist Masquerading As A Journalist

  11-10-2018 17:31 via technocracy.news
  One thing that Dr. Tim Ball doesn’t like is scientific fraud coupled with journalistic propaganda to deceive and manipulate readers. Such is the case with Seth Borenstein who is neither scientist or traditional journalist; rather, he is a propagandist with a singular agenda to advance global warming dogma. ⁃ TN EditorBorenstein has a journalism degree but claims to be a science reporter. He might have claim to the journalism label except that everything he writes is biased, misleadin
  
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• Smarter cities could solve the worst bits of urban living

  11-10-2018 17:24
  
  Cities are creaking under the pressure of growing populations and ageing infrastructure, but connected devices and data could change all that
  
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• Hawking's final science study released

  11-10-2018 17:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Stephen Hawking's final scientific paper has been released, and deals with one of the central topics in the physicist's 56-year-long career.
  
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• Why Technocrat Social Engineers Blame People Instead Of Their Own Incompetence

  11-10-2018 17:08 via technocracy.news
  Agenda 21, 2030 Agenda, Smart Growth, Sustainable Development, etc., all tell people what to do, what to consume and how to live. Are Technocrats gods that they know better how everyone should behave? Any why is it always our fault when their Utopian dreamscapes don’t work out?  This is good food for thought. ⁃ TN EditorOne of my more exalted positions while at the University was my time on the Building and Grounds Committee. As with all things, I knew there was something I
  
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• Same-sex mice have babies

  11-10-2018 17:00 via bbc.co.uk
  Scientists break the rules of reproduction, so what does it mean for the future of sex?
  
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• Fears thousands of labourers could be living with deadly lung disease as it becomes national crisis 

  11-10-2018 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thousands of Australian tradesmen may have contracted a deadly lung disease that is being dubbed a 'new asbestos'. 
  
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• From investment banking to Spotify in 6 not-so-easy steps siliconrepublic.com/people/spotify…

  11-10-2018 16:51 via twitter.com
  From investment banking to Spotify in 6 not-so-easy steps siliconrepublic.com/people/spotify…
  
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• Communications Minister Denis Naughten resigns over broadband row siliconrepublic.com/comms/naughten…

  11-10-2018 16:45 via twitter.com
  Communications Minister Denis Naughten resigns over broadband row siliconrepublic.com/comms/naughten…
  
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• Companies creating smart city solutions receive €700,000 in funding siliconrepublic.com/machines/smart…

  11-10-2018 16:38 via twitter.com
  Companies creating smart city solutions receive €700,000 in funding siliconrepublic.com/machines/smart…
  
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• While the @Gartner_inc and @IDC PC market reports disagree in some cases, they both awarded #Lenovo the top spot in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  11-10-2018 16:35 via twitter.com
  While the @Gartner_inc and @IDC PC market reports disagree in some cases, they both awarded #Lenovo the top spot in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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