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Shell Eco-marathon: An electrifying challenge: Thousands of students take part in three day event to find the blueprint for the car of tomorrow

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 22:48
The cars have been designed and built by student teams from 24 countries as part of the Shell Eco-marathon Europe 2013, which came to a close in Rotterdam today.
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Number of people dying because of unbearable heat 'set to double this century because of climate change'

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 18:02
A study in Manhattan found the number of fatalities caused by global warming will far outstrip the reductions in those perishing from the cold.
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Is our universe merely one of billions? Evidence of the existence of 'multiverse' revealed for the first time by cosmic map

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 13:15
Scientists studying radiation data from the European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft have found unexpected anomalies that they say can only be explained by the existence of other universes.
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My Google glimpse of the future... or am I making a spectacle of myself? The revolutionary 'smartphone in your glasses' which fans admit makes you look stupid

Sun, 05/19/2013 - 11:57
Welcome to the wonderful world of Google Glass. Last week, I became the first British newspaper journalist invited to 'test-drive' the £1,000 device.
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Ten per cent of Facebook users are not human including Mark Zuckerberg's dog Beast

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 17:03
Market research company, eMarketer, claims that of Facebook's one billion users at least 100 million are pets, brands and companies.
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Asteroid 9 times larger than the QE2 set to whizz past Earth

Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:28
The asteroid, which has been named 1998 QE2, is due to sail past the Earth at 9.59pm UK time on May 31.
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Sportsmen who wear red are more likely to be winners because they are 'dressing to kill'

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 23:17
Researchers at the University of Sunderland found that men who choose to wear red when taking part in competitive sports have higher levels of testosterone.
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Spring has sprung in the lab: The beautiful images of flowers that are actually microscopic chemical reactions

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 20:17
They look for all the world like a collection of flowers bursting into life. Yet in fact, these are microscopic crystals grown in a Harvard laboratory.
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On Facebook, nobody knows you're a dog (or a cat, or a pony): Researchers find 10% of social network's users aren't human

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 18:48
Market research company, eMarketer, claims that of Facebook's one billion users at least 100 million are pets, brands and companies.
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The 'stealth drone' boat set to hunt for pirates and go undercover around the world

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 17:46
This 35 foot long boat is designed to invisibly glide across the ocean acting as a spy and spotting pirates.
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Why the Egyptians only had sex in the summer: Researchers find key time for conception was in July and August to coincide with the Nile flooding

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:58
Archaeologists working at a cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis in Egypt found that there were 20 per cent more births in March and April than in other months.
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Asteroid nine times larger than the QE2 set to whizz past earth ¿just 3.6million miles away¿

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:24
The asteroid, which has been named 1998 QE2, is due to sail past the Earth at 9.59pm UK time on May 31.
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Chris Hadfield: Canadian space station commander lands safely in Kazakhstan

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 16:11
A Soyuz space capsule carrying the Canadian astronaut, American Thomas Marshburn, and Russian Roman Romanenko landed as planned in the Steppes of Kazakhstan at 8.31am local time today.
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Is Google making us RACIST? researchers claim auto-complete function 'perpetuates prejudices'

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:55
The investigation from Lancaster University found that results from Google’s auto-complete internet search tool produce suggested terms which were racist, sexist and homophobic.
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At last, we'll find out what's going on in a teenager's head: Scientists will study brains to see how they change as we mature

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 11:49
Scientists at Cambridge University have begun a £5.4million study to understand the workings of the adolescent brain, personified by Harry Enfield's Kevin The Teenager (pictured).
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Which ear are you? Researchers find how the brain decides how we listen to our mobile

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 10:43
Researchers at the Henry Ford Hospital, in Detroit, U.S., found that people who are left-brained tend to use their right hand to hold their phone to their right ear.
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The Minoans were Caucasian: DNA debunks longstanding theory that Europe's first advanced culture was from Africa

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 08:49
The Minoan civilisation arose on the Mediterranean island of Crete in approximately the 27th century BC and flourished for 12 centuries. (A Minoan fresco is pictured)
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The caring side of dinosaur dads: Male beasts liked nothing more than playing with their children

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 07:13
Some carnivorous species had such a caring side they worked with the females to look after their clutch of eggs, US researchers have revealed.
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Google reveals the hilarious prototypes for its Glass wearable computer

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 06:45
Google has revealed the early prototypes of its Glass wearable computer - and admits the early versions, consisting of a tablet on a pole and two mobiles strapped to a head, were bizarre.
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Will the next iPhone handset be available in GOLD? Apple fans in a frenzy after new 5S parts leak online

Fri, 05/17/2013 - 06:45
Internal parts believed to be from Apple's next iPhone handset have leaked online - and appear to show the phone will be launched in a range of new colours.
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