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• 'There is no God': Stephen Hawking's final book reveals his answers to the 'big questions'

  15-10-2018 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Shortly before his death, Professor Stephen Hawking began compiling the answers to 10 'fundamental questions' he was constantly being asked.
  
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• Would YOU wear it? The hi-tech ring that could finally banish your snores

  15-10-2018 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, which needs to be charged up every three days, will be available in the UK later this year and costs around £75.
  
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• NASA's 'brilliant' plan for a cloud city of airships in the atmosphere of Venus

  15-10-2018 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two Professors at Nottingham trent University hailed the NASA plans as 'brilliant' - although describe Venus as a 'hellish' planet
  
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• Supersonic Bloodhound hits cash roadblock

  15-10-2018 23:11 via bbc.co.uk
  The project to race a car at more than 1,000mph runs into a financial roadblock, with the company behind the venture going into administration.
  
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• Company launches an at-home gym inside a full-length MIRROR, and it comes with classes

  15-10-2018 22:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brynn Putnam, a former ballerina and Harvard University alum, launched MIRROR - an interactive at-home gym that hangs on your wall.
  
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• NASA chief in Moscow: 'We will fly again on a Russian Soyuz rocket'

  15-10-2018 21:56 via go.theregister.com
  'I have no reason to believe at this point that it won't be on schedule' For reals, my dude? NASA boss Jim Bridenstine says he's confident the next Russian Soyuz rocket carrying crew and gear to the International Space Station will launch "on schedule."…
  
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• NASA Administrator: 'We will fly again on a Russian Soyuz rocket'

  15-10-2018 21:56 via go.theregister.com
  'I have no reason to believe at this point that it won't be on schedule' For reals, my dude? NASA boss Jim Bridenstine says he's confident the next Russian Soyuz rocket carrying crew and gear to the International Space Station will launch "on schedule."…
  
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• AI can analyze changes in Earth's magnetic field to predict quakes 'unprecedentedly early'

  15-10-2018 21:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tokyo team say their system can predict natural disaster far earlier than current methods.
  
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• Schoolchildren are being wrongly diagnosed with ADHD

  15-10-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pupils are being wrongly diagnosed with ADHD and unnecessarily medicated, a study has warned. Younger pupils are more likely to be labelled as hyperactive, researchers claim.
  
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• Depression could be spotted MONTHS before a formal diagnosis by algorithm scanning social media

  15-10-2018 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from both the University of Pennsylvania and Stony Brook University believe spotting 'depression-associated language markers' could improve treatment for up to 16million Americans.
  
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• Stephen Hawking´s words from beyond the grave bring...

  15-10-2018 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking from beyond the grave, Professor Stephen Hawking has told a new generation growing up in an increasingly insular world: “Remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet.”
  
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• People donate more money to good causes when they are being watched

  15-10-2018 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, from the University of Virginia, collected data on 34,100 people visiting a children’s museum over 28 weeks, counting up their donations when faced with a sign including eyes, ears.
  
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• Chandra X-ray Observatory 'back from the dead' after gyro troubles caused it to shut down

  15-10-2018 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has said its Chandra space telescope will return to normal operation next week following a major technical problems.
  
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• Want a career in #DataScience? We spoke to @ASOS lead data scientist @b_p_chamberlain about trends you should watch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 19:50 via twitter.com
  Want a career in #DataScience? We spoke to @ASOS lead data scientist @b_p_chamberlain about trends you should watch… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Virgin Media faces 'power issue'

  15-10-2018 19:36 via bbc.co.uk
  A fault with Virgin Media has left many customers in London without internet access and TV.
  
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• Fracking starts at landmark Lancashire site

  15-10-2018 19:34 via bbc.co.uk
  It is first time fracking has occurred in the UK since it was linked to earthquakes in 2011.
  
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• T Rex DIDN'T have feathers! King of the dinosaurs had smooth skin and tiny arms, experts say

  15-10-2018 19:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Concept artist RJ Palmer, from San Francisco, spent 320 hours creating the finished image. It comes after a 2017 paper in journal Biology Letters suggested the animal's skin lacked plumage.
  
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• New research from @CheckPointSW shows cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting #iPhones in crypto-mining attacks.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 19:15 via twitter.com
  New research from @CheckPointSW shows cyber-criminals are increasingly targeting #iPhones in crypto-mining attacks.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Virgin Media is DOWN: Hundreds of users report issues across the UK

  15-10-2018 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Media is down with hundreds of users reporting issues with the broadband service across the UK.
  
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• Palm is back! 'weekend' handset running Android and designed to curb app addiction 

  15-10-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new handset, called Palm, is designed to work alongside your main phone as a 'companion' handset. It runs Android apps and has a 3.3inch screen, but is designed to be used as a 'weekend phone'.
  
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• Microsoft employees revolt over Pentagon contract

  15-10-2018 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a letter published on blogging site Medium, the employees wrote that they joined Microsoft with 'the expectation that the technologies we build will not cause harm or human suffering.'
  
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• Squirrel! Dog MRI study reveals canines really CAN understand some of what their owners say

  15-10-2018 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Emory study suggests that dogs have at least a rudimentary neural representation of meaning for words they have been taught.
  
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• The @scienceirel has launched Ireland’s newest #agritech centre, @VistaMilk, with the aim of leading dairy research… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 18:40 via twitter.com
  The @scienceirel has launched Ireland’s newest #agritech centre, @VistaMilk, with the aim of leading dairy research… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chinese engineers rotate two 7,000-tonne rail bridge sections into place

  15-10-2018 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese engineers are constructing a huge high-speed railway bridge near working rail lines by building two sections at an angle and then swinging them into position.
  
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• Next generation 5G mobile data networks could be at a greater risk of cyber-attacks

  15-10-2018 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of communications security experts, including an academic from the University of Dundee, have found that the 5G network has security flaws which could expose personal data (stock).
  
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• Looking to work in #DataScience? Check out who's hiring, including: @PwCIreland, @Fidelity, @Accenture_Irl and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 18:05 via twitter.com
  Looking to work in #DataScience? Check out who's hiring, including: @PwCIreland, @Fidelity, @Accenture_Irl and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #MostRead Today: Trinity College Dublin gets €100m backing for four capital developments ow.ly/3x7A30meSF3

  15-10-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Trinity College Dublin gets €100m backing for four capital developments ow.ly/3x7A30meSF3
  
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• #MostRead Today: Should you have taken that counter-offer? ow.ly/fO8H30meSC0

  15-10-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Should you have taken that counter-offer? ow.ly/fO8H30meSC0
  
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• #MostRead Today: Senior directors lead MBO at Sligo engineering firm LotusWorks ow.ly/i2fW30meSAc

  15-10-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Senior directors lead MBO at Sligo engineering firm LotusWorks ow.ly/i2fW30meSAc
  
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• #MostRead Today: Crucial nuclear fusion breakthrough solves one of its biggest problems ow.ly/ZDtS30meSDj

  15-10-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Crucial nuclear fusion breakthrough solves one of its biggest problems ow.ly/ZDtS30meSDj
  
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• #MostRead Today: Adding up to be the Silicon Valley of Europe ow.ly/Fwi630meSE8

  15-10-2018 17:54 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Adding up to be the Silicon Valley of Europe ow.ly/Fwi630meSE8
  
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• .@CIConnect's Emily McDaid speaks to the team behind @axial_3D about the role of #AI algorithms in transforming 2D… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 17:20 via twitter.com
  .@CIConnect's Emily McDaid speaks to the team behind @axial_3D about the role of #AI algorithms in transforming 2D… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Climate change could cause beer to DOUBLE in price

  15-10-2018 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research has found that climate change will make barley a scarcity in the near future. They say a six-pack of beer could go up by an extra $20 dollars (£15) in Ireland.
  
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• The 'silent treatment' DOES work! Avoiding a partner's demands could BENEFIT your relationship

  15-10-2018 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at California University studied nearly 1,000 couples for the research, which found the wives being hostile, dominating or threatening- while their husbands avoided confrontation.
  
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• A Smart Home Is A Surveilled Home As Governments Demand Data

  15-10-2018 17:01 via technocracy.news
  Wherever there is personal data, including in the privacy of your own home, it will be pried out into public view to be potentially used against you. All Smart Home devices contain such data and the barriers to access are rapidly breaking down. Don’t  fall back on “If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to worry about.” ⁃ TN EditorAnyone pumped for this week’s launch of Google’s Home Hub might want to temper their excitement. A smart home
  
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• Want to be a data scientist? Here’s what you need to know siliconrepublic.com/advice/data-sc…

  15-10-2018 16:51 via twitter.com
  Want to be a data scientist? Here’s what you need to know siliconrepublic.com/advice/data-sc…
  
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• Inside China's first Mars simulation base in the Gobi desert

  15-10-2018 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site in a remote section of China's dry and rocky Gobi desert features living accommodation to simulate what life would be like on the red planet.
  
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• Al Gore Declares ‘We Have A Global Emergency’ Over Jet Stream ‘Getting Loopier And Wavier’

  15-10-2018 16:45 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats Al Gore, the IPCC and the UN are locked in a groupthink death spiral. The UN calls it an ‘ear-splitting wake-up call. Gore declares that Earth’s atmosphere is an ‘open sewer’. Yes, something is ‘loopier’ here, but it isn’t the jet stream. ⁃ TN EditorFormer Vice President Al Gore declared that scientists predicted hurricane “consequences” of climate change and warned “they’re going to get a lot worse still until w
  
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• Scientists Freak Out Over Pandemic Potential Of Genetically Engineered Smallpox

  15-10-2018 16:27 via technocracy.news
  The fact that 300 million people have died from Smallpox was not enough to stop Technocrat scientists from using CRISPR DNA editing technology to bioengineer the killer virus – and then tell the world how they did it1! Again, Technocrat scientists invent because they can, not because there is any good reason to do so. ⁃ TN EditorFollowing the release of a paper earlier this year which describes how researchers stitched together segments of DNA in order to revive horsepox &n
  
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• .@SSEAirtricity and @VerdeLED are partnering to offer lighting upgrades and energy-efficiency improvements to busin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  15-10-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  .@SSEAirtricity and @VerdeLED are partnering to offer lighting upgrades and energy-efficiency improvements to busin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• The data revolution in #Dublin is underpinned by maths, writes @MrJohnFKennedy #MathsWeek #DataScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mat…

  15-10-2018 15:25 via twitter.com
  The data revolution in #Dublin is underpinned by maths, writes @MrJohnFKennedy #MathsWeek #DataScienceWeek siliconrepublic.com/innovation/mat…
  
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• The new @talentgardenie facility was opened today at @DCUalpha, and @Intel_IRL will have an #AI presence there siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/tale…

  15-10-2018 15:05 via twitter.com
  The new @talentgardenie facility was opened today at @DCUalpha, and @Intel_IRL will have an #AI presence there siliconrepublic.com/start-ups/tale…
  
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• Remains of Viking ship discovered in ancient burial mound in Norway

  15-10-2018 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research detected the boat (pictured) in Halden, a municipality some 90 miles (150km) south of Oslo.
  
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• Check out today's featured employer, @Globoforce. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/xquE0Se4YM

  15-10-2018 14:45 via twitter.com
  
  Check out today's featured employer, @Globoforce. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/xquE0Se4YM
  
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• Kanye West wants a futuristic hydrogen-powered iPlane 1 to replace Air Force One

  15-10-2018 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During the meeting between Kanye West and President Donald Trump at the Oval Office the rapper pitched the futuristic designs of Shabtai Hirshberg's 2012 masters project.
  
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• Researchers at @CarnegieMellon have identified two ways user tracking can be achieved through smart speakers siliconrepublic.com/machines/smart…

  15-10-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  Researchers at @CarnegieMellon have identified two ways user tracking can be achieved through smart speakers siliconrepublic.com/machines/smart…
  
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• Scotland's first spaceport could launch its first rocket by 2020

  15-10-2018 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The project in Sutherland, on Scotland's north coast, will initially host launches of rockets and satellites, but commercial passenger trips could then follow.
  
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• The ODPC is investigating #Twitter over alleged user tracking. #GDPR siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twi…

  15-10-2018 14:15 via twitter.com
  The ODPC is investigating #Twitter over alleged user tracking. #GDPR siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/twi…
  
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• 85 million-year-old fossil finally identified as a baby Tylosaurus mosasaurs

  15-10-2018 14:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Small fragments of fossil found in Kansas 15 years ago has been identified as a sea monster known as Tylosaurus mosasaurs which can grow up to 50 feet (15 metres) long (stock).
  
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• Bloodhound Super-Sonic-Car lacks Super-Sonic-Cashflow

  15-10-2018 14:05 via go.theregister.com
  Plucky Brit land speed record chaser fails to find £25m down the back of the sofa, calls in Administrators Twenty-one years to the day since Wing Commander Andy Green cracked the land-speed record with ThrustSSC, the UK outfit attempting to go one better with Bloodhound has entered administration.…
  
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