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• NASA reveals Parker Solar Probe is now closer to the solar surface than any spacecraft has ever got

  29-10-2018 23:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Parker on Monday surpassed the record of 26.6 million miles (43 million kilometers) set by Helios-2 back in 1976, NASA said.
  
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• Mountain birds on 'escalator to extinction' as planet...

  29-10-2018 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A meticulous re-creation of a 3-decade-old study of birds on a mountainside in Peru has given scientists a chilling look at how climate change affects birds.
  
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• Google seeks to grant $25 million to AI for 'good'...

  29-10-2018 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google announced on Monday that it would grant about $25 million globally next year to humanitarian and environmental projects seeking to use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up and grow their efforts.
  
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• The $150,000 HOVERBIKE: 'Scorpion' quadcopter craft available for preorder

  29-10-2018 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Russian built craft, which has already been sold to the Dubai Police force, has been redesigned with a new battery and carbon fiber frame.
  
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• Hi there, Hubble, glad to hear you're doing okay

  29-10-2018 23:23 via go.theregister.com
  Our eye on the sky winks open Astroboffins the world over drew a collective sigh of relief to hear that the Hubble Space Telescope has been formally returned to service.…
  
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• The end of chemotherapy? Scientists discover all cancerous cells have a KILL CODE

  29-10-2018 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Every human cell contains a 'kill code' which can be triggered to cause its own self-destruction, say Northwestern University, who believe it could be utilised for the future fight against cancer.
  
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• Orlando cops have begun a secretive SECOND trial of Amazon's controversial facial recognition system

  29-10-2018 23:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New documents obtained by BuzzFeed News show that the internet giant provided the Orlando Police Department with 'tens of thousands of dollars worth of technology' for free.
  
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• Channel 4's Food Unwrapped: Why tea tastes better from a mug

  29-10-2018 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In tonight's Food Unwrapped, psychologist Charles Spence from the University of Oxford explained that the heaviness of a mug makes us believe that the drink inside is better quality
  
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• Deep-sea expedition stumbles upon 'garden' of more than a THOUSAND brooding octopuses

  29-10-2018 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts with the E/V Nautilus say the ‘garden’ of cephalopods seen near Monterey Bay’s Davidson Seamount is the most massive cluster they’ve encountered.
  
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• US warship shoots down missile in space in spectacular test of 'kill vehicle'

  29-10-2018 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test, off the west coast of Hawaii, follows two failed tests of the missile designed to shoot down enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles should they ever be fired at the U.S.
  
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• NASA tests parachute that will land on the red planet with Mars 2020 mission

  29-10-2018 21:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 180-pound parachute inflated within four-tenths of a second after it was deployed during the test last month, in the fastest-ever inflation for a parachute of this size.
  
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• Leaked images show Apple's new 'all screen' iPad Pro - and it WILL drop home button for Face ID

  29-10-2018 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The icon shows an iPad with rounded corners, thin bezels, no home button and no notch, confirming previous rumors that said the iPad Pro would receive a major overhaul at Apple's NYC event.
  
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• Backlash after Philip Hammond targets online giants with new digital services tax

  29-10-2018 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Announcing the plan, Chancellor Philip Hammond insisted his new tax would not be levied on online purchases and that tech start ups would be protected.
  
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• One day left to nab 1/2 price tickets to the most progressive and forward-looking tech conference #Inspirefest 2019 twitter.com/inspirefesthq/…

  29-10-2018 21:22 via twitter.com
  One day left to nab 1/2 price tickets to the most progressive and forward-looking tech conference #Inspirefest 2019 twitter.com/inspirefesthq/…
  
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• Climate change is 'escalator to extinction' for mountain birds

  29-10-2018 21:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A new study shows that rising temperatures drive the disappearance of mountain-top bird species in Peru.
  
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• Budget 2018: Tech giants face digital services tax

  29-10-2018 20:45 via bbc.co.uk
  Chancellor Philip Hammond plans to tax the sales that digital giants generate in the UK.
  
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• Scientists extract Seabiscuit DNA from HOOF being used as an ashtray

  29-10-2018 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Binghampton Univerisity team found Seabiscuit had gene variants often found in good distance runners - but with variants in genes that are usually only found in sprinting horses.
  
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• Early human migration was EASIER than we thought

  29-10-2018 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Humans moving out of Africa for the first time went to the Arabian peninsula and new research has found that this happened 100,000 years earlier than previously thought.
  
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• Red Hydrogen One: The internet reacts to the 3D-enabled phone

  29-10-2018 19:31 via bbc.co.uk
  A smartphone with a pioneering 3D display fails to convince technology experts of its merits.
  
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• Mysterious 900 MILE long 'plume' cloud spotted on the surface of Mars near a giant volcano

  29-10-2018 19:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The huge cloud is now over 900 miles (1500km) long, and began forming near the 20 km-high Arsia Mons volcano. However, scientists believe the vast cloud is not caused by volcanic activity.
  
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• Philip Hammond targets online giants with new digital services tax

  29-10-2018 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Announcing the plan, Chancellor Philip Hammond insisted his new tax would not be levied on online purchases and that tech start ups would be protected.
  
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• Plants soak up more carbon dioxide at night than previously thought, scientists say

  29-10-2018 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory developed a new model to account for what plants do during the photosynthesis-inactive period.
  
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• NASA’s Opportunity rover has been lost on Mars as its batteries die months after a raging dust storm

  29-10-2018 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Therobotic device, which is located on the rim of Mars'Endeavour Crater, has been silent since a dramatic dust storm encircled the red planet on June 10.
  
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• CCTV AI tool could make finding criminals in security footage 'as easy as Googling their name'

  29-10-2018 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system, built by researchers in India, uses artificial intelligence to automatically match targets in video footage to their description. (Stock image)
  
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• Mystery of fast radio bursts deepens as new study finds they're invisible to many telescopes

  29-10-2018 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A pair of Australian radio telescopes pointed at the same spot in the sky have revealed new clues on the nature of mysterious signals known as fast radio bursts.
  
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• Twitter considers killing off the 'Like' button to improve 'healthy conversation' on its platform

  29-10-2018 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The social media firm said Monday it's in the 'early stages' of considering whether or not to remove the like button, which appears as a heart icon, as part of an overall redesign of the platform.
  
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• Florence Nightingale's childhood home revealed in 360-degree tour

  29-10-2018 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lea Hurst in Matlock, Derbyshire, was the childhood home of the Nightingale family after they moved away from mainland Europe.
  
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• NASA's Hubble space telescope returns to full service

  29-10-2018 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA said it completed its first science observations on Saturday, Oct. 27 at 2:10 AM EDT. The return to conducting science comes after successfully recovering a backup gyroscope.
  
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• Can a holographic screen help a new phone break out?

  29-10-2018 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Red Hydrogen One has a holographic screen that produces 3-D visuals without needing special glasses. However, experts say the effect is disappointing.
  
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• Walmart to take on Amazon Go by opening cashier-less stores

  29-10-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Sam's Club in Dallas, Texas is testing a new store format, similar to Amazon Go, where shoppers use am app to buy groceries without the need to stand in a checkout line.
  
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• AI 'deep fake' software that can be used to make bogus news videos gets UK government funding

  29-10-2018 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based firm Synthesia received £70,000 ($90,000) from a government-funded organisation this year, a shocking report has revealed (stock image).
  
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• Eerie looking 'cold stars' may be formed by invisible dark matter, say Russian experts

  29-10-2018 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research comes from a team of scientists at the Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow.
  
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• Pollution is linked to almost HALF A MILLION premature deaths across the EU

  29-10-2018 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Copenhagen-based European Environment Agency says premature deaths across Europe in 2015 down to air pollution mostly resulted from tiny airborne particles known as PM2.5.
  
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• When Ciara-Beth Ní Ghríofa was 14, she was diagnosed with #autism. What happened next set her on a path of explorat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
  When Ciara-Beth Ní Ghríofa was 14, she was diagnosed with #autism. What happened next set her on a path of explorat… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• OnePlus 6T review: the most important phone it's ever made

  29-10-2018 17:30
  
  Highly competitive on price with the best in-screen fingerprint scanner around. However, the headphone jack is missing, but the real win is the OnePlus 6T is going to be available everywhere
  
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• Fracking firm Cuadrilla has been forced to stop drilling in Lancashire yet again

  29-10-2018 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Cuadrilla spokesman said work had stopped again as a micro-seismic event measuring 1.1 magnitude was detected at the site in Preston New Road, Little Plumpton.
  
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• DHS: Push Notifications to Your Phone From Police, Emergency Crews

  29-10-2018 17:24 via technocracy.news
  The Department of Homeland Security seeks to establish a communication connection between emergency and civilian vehicles. Since when is DHS concerned about local transportation safety issues? There are Technocrat minds working overtime on this to increase the national surveillance grid. ⁃ TN EditorPolice officers, firefighters and paramedics have no time to waste when responding to emergencies, and the Homeland Security Department wants to keep everyone safe as they speed to the scene.
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• Consumers in the UK throw away 295 BILLION pieces of plastic waste a year

  29-10-2018 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For a year campaigner Daniel Webb, who lives in Margate, Kent, stored all the plastic waste he threw in the bin, collecting up a total of 4,490 individual pieces of plastic.
  
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• Mining Bitcoin could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033

  29-10-2018 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Huge farms of computers used to mine Bitcoin produce the same amount of carbon dioxide as every car in the UK combined, warn scientists at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.
  
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• Traces of drinks made from cacao are found in 3,900 year old pottery in South America 

  29-10-2018 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of British Columbia claim ancient people in South America developed a taste for cacao 1,500 years before the Mexicans began growing the plant.
  
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• #Cambridge is a veritable powerhouse when it comes to creating a cluster of tech and life sciences #startups with t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-10-2018 17:00 via twitter.com
  #Cambridge is a veritable powerhouse when it comes to creating a cluster of tech and life sciences #startups with t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Emperors of the animal kingdom! Stunning photographs showcase the world's biggest penguin

  29-10-2018 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Former BBC Blue Planet associate producer Sue Flood has ventured to Antarctica more than 20 times in a bid to capture the world's largest species of penguin in action.
  
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• Apple investigates report that Chinese high school students were forced to make watches

  29-10-2018 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is currently investigating a report that claims high school students in China were forced to make the company's watches through 'compulsory internships'.
  
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• IBM buys software company Red Hat for $34bn: statement

  29-10-2018 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New York based IBM has initiated what will be the third biggest tech merger in history and the biggest involving a software company if approved in a bid to enhance its cloud computing offerings.
  
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• Rocket carrying 1st UAE-made satellite launched from Japan

  29-10-2018 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The KhalifaSat Earth observation satellite was launched by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency from the Tanegashima Space Center off the south coast of mainland Japan.
  
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• The #Inspirefest podcast is back with a bang! Catch up on the first season here: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/ins…

  29-10-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  The #Inspirefest podcast is back with a bang! Catch up on the first season here: itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/ins…
  
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• Climate change: 'Wetlands vital to protect cities'

  29-10-2018 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Urban areas need to cherish wetlands as a natural defence against flooding, experts warn.
  
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• Sniffer dogs can detect malaria in SOCKS worn by undiagnosed children with up to 90% accuracy

  29-10-2018 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Durham University researchers hope the non-invasive test could be used to quickly diagnose and treat patients. Popstar Cheryl Cole caught malaria while on holiday in Tanzania.
  
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• Nineteen mysterious black wooden statues found that are more than 800 years old

  29-10-2018 15:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Peruvian statues are more than two-foot tall and line an ancient passageway. Each wooden statue has its own alcove in a small wall and some appear to be wearing ceramic masks.
  
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• MIT invites you to control a human on Halloween

  29-10-2018 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers want internet users to vote on which actions an actor will take in a new social experiment.
  
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