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• Africa’s ancient and strange baobab trees are being ‘killed by climate change’

  01-01-2019 23:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Published in the journal Nature Plants last month, the report claims scores of the ancient baoab trees, some of which are up to 3,000 years old, are now dying because of rising global temperatures.
  
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• Queen guitarist Brian May releases song as tribute to NASA's historic New Year's Day flyby

  01-01-2019 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  He may be better known as Queen's lead guitarist, but Dr Brian May also holds a doctorate in astrophysics - and today revealed a song he wrote for NASA.
  
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• Leaked video reveals new Nokia PureView handset with FIVE cameras

  01-01-2019 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leaked video claims to show off Nokia's yet-to-be-released Nokia 9 Pureview. In it, the phone can be seen featuring a whopping five cameras on the rear panel, as well as a nearly 6-inch 'PureDisplay.'
  
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• Mark Zuckerberg is slammed for his 'tone-deaf' end of year message

  01-01-2019 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Capping a tumultuous year for Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg said in his year-end message that he was 'proud of the progress we've made' in addressing the social media giant's problems.
  
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• The AI that learnt to hide data from its creators to CHEAT at tasks they gave it

  01-01-2019 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The neural network was trained to transform aerial images into street maps. Researchers discovered that details omitted in the final photo reappeared when they told it to revert back to the original image.
  
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• Chinese spacecraft 'in position' for historic landing on the dark side of the moon

  01-01-2019 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The probe, the Chang'e-4, entered a planned orbit on Sunday 'to prepare for the first-ever soft landing on the far side of the moon', the news agency said, citing the China National Space Administration.
  
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• Was that a bed bug on my couch? This app has the answer

  01-01-2019 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Susan Jones, an entomologist at Ohio State, said the app was needed because there's a lot of misinformation out there about the critters.
  
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• The AI that could keep you happy at work: Ex-Google team reveal software that 'nudges' workers

  01-01-2019 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The startup, called Humu, uses machine learning to parse through employee data and then 'nudges' workers to help them improve in areas that might make their work lives better.
  
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• secret of the warped star: protostar with a deformed disc sheds new light on planetary formation 

  01-01-2019 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using observations from the ALMA radio observatory in Chile, Japanese researchers saw a warped disk around an infant protostar that formed just several tens of thousands of years ago.
  
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• How British scientists invented nuclear landmines designed to be triggered by CHICKENS

  01-01-2019 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Military chiefs planned to use the explosives, codenamed Blue Peacock (pictured), to devastate Soviet forces if they forced the western Allies into retreat during an invasion of Europe.
  
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• Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos shows off cowboy skills with bizarre horseback ride in Colorado western store

  01-01-2019 18:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Instagram video shows Bezos entering the Aspen store, called Kemo Sabe, atop a quarter horse named Bean before he takes off his cowboy hat and waves it in the air, flashing a big smile.
  
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• Breakthrough as Australian scientists discover a cell that can ‘put melanoma tumours to sleep'

  01-01-2019 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research carried out by Australian scientists has uncovered that special immune cells have the power to put melanoma tumours 'to sleep', stopping them from spreading.
  
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• Waymo's self-driving cars have been attacked by people with rocks and knives nearly two dozen times

  01-01-2019 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Waymo's self-driving minivans have been the target of violent attacks during tests outside of Phoenix, as some residents object to the rise of autonomous cars in their neighborhood.
  
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• NASA scientists wait for confirmation New Horizons completed record-breaking New Year's Eve flyby

  01-01-2019 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The New Horizons probe was slated to reach theuncharted heart of the Kuiper Belt at 12:33 a.m. Eastern - but NASA did not receive confirmation it was a success until 10:30am this morning.
  
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• Here’s how to fit exercise into your hectic work schedule. #WorkLifeBalance siliconrepublic.com/advice/exercis…

  01-01-2019 17:00 via twitter.com
  Here’s how to fit exercise into your hectic work schedule. #WorkLifeBalance siliconrepublic.com/advice/exercis…
  
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• Struggling couples could soon get relationship help from AI 'woebots'

  01-01-2019 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Similar 'woebots' including one called 'Ellie' (pictured) have already been tested on US Army soldiers with post-traumatic stress disorder.
  
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• The REAL reason a group of cane toads banded together to hitch a ride on a giant snake

  01-01-2019 16:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The picture, dubbed the most Australian image of 2018, was of a 3.5m python on a Western Australian farm with 10 cane toads on board.
  
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• NASA spacecraft enters orbit around ancient asteroid Bennu ahead of 2020 sample return mission

  01-01-2019 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Osiris-Rex spacecraft entered orbit Monday around the asteroid Bennu, 70 million miles (110 million kilometers) from Earth, and the smallest celestial body to be orbited by a spacecraft.
  
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• 7 career-boosting #NewYearsResolutions for 2019, brought to you by Careers editor @Jenny_Darmody siliconrepublic.com/advice/career-…

  01-01-2019 15:00 via twitter.com
  7 career-boosting #NewYearsResolutions for 2019, brought to you by Careers editor @Jenny_Darmody siliconrepublic.com/advice/career-…
  
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• #SciTech100 2019: @Lana_Salmon @LizMacKerry @SheezaAhmad @gellisie @sharonomiwole @Beyond_The_Lab @Hugo_W93… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  01-01-2019 13:00 via twitter.com
  #SciTech100 2019: @Lana_Salmon @LizMacKerry @SheezaAhmad @gellisie @sharonomiwole @Beyond_The_Lab @Hugo_W93… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• How Hitler honoured British troops and nurses for saving the lives of German sailors

  01-01-2019 12:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Months before Adolf Hitler was at war with the Allied Forces, he awarded the Red Cross to 37 British military personnel who saved sailors wounded on the German ship Deutschland.
  
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• U.S. military posts and then deletes New Year's Eve video bragging about thermonuclear bombs

  01-01-2019 07:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Users on Twitter were angry for what they said was the American military’s making light of the use of destructive weapons, including thermonuclear bombs, during a festive time.
  
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• Your New Year's detox diet could do way more harm than good

  01-01-2019 07:00
  
  Fad diets, detox smoothies and other dodgy detoxes aren't just a waste of time and money, they can also harm your body
  
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• Follow these tech resolutions for a more productive 2019

  01-01-2019 07:00
  
  A few simple changes will help you to get the most out of the technology in your life
  
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• Text and drive: Hi-tech cameras targeting drivers using their smartphones are active from TODAY

  01-01-2019 06:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The state-of-the-art lenses will be turned on from January 1 on Anzac Parade in Sydney's east - and at the test site in Prospect on theM4 motorway.
  
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• State Of The Union 2019: Why America Is Suffering Gridlock At Every Level

  01-01-2019 05:30 via technocracy.news
  As I was talking with a friend the other day, she expressed that she wanted get involved in her local community but didn’t know how to go about it. Because she was new to the concepts of Sustainable Development, Smart Growth, Technocracy, Agenda 21, etc., she felt overwhelmed by ignorance and was insecure in her ability to explain it to anybody else. 
  Since she had been also listening to various alternative media-induced conspiracy theories, she found herself spending a lot of time sp
  
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• Recycling: Where is the plastic waste mountain?

  01-01-2019 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  A year ago China imposed a ban on waste imports, so what's happened to the UK's plastic?
  
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• Startup plans to launch the world's first jetpack racing league in 2019

  01-01-2019 00:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  JetPack Aviation is preparing to launch the world's first jetpack racing league in 2019. To mark the announcement, it released a video showing a test flight between two jetpack-wearing pilots.
  
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• Scientists drill into mysterious Antarctic lake under 3,500 ft of ice in bid to find if life exists

  01-01-2019 00:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts say any life there could raise hopes of finding similar organisms deep inside Mars or on the ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn.
  
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