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The British engineer who really HAS reinvented the wheel: Loopwheels system abandons spokes for springs

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 18:24
The £600 Loopwheel is set to go on sale in September. 44 year-old Nottingham engineer Sam Pearce came up with the idea after watching a pushchair struggle to get over a kerb.
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Morning, world! Breathtaking image of the first light of dawn over the South Pacific captured from the International Space Station

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 16:47
The stunning shot was captured by one of the crew of the space station as they passed a few hundred miles east of Easter Island.
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Plant bot: the world's first robot turns household plants into light-seeking drones

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 16:19
Engineers from Rutgers University have designed the world's first 'faunaborg' - a robot that carries plants around a room to make sure they are kept in sunlight.
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Life on Mars: Buzz Aldrin announces plans to colonise the red planet by 2035

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 15:54
Buzz Aldrin, the astronaut who was the second man to walk on the moon, has said he wants the US to permanently 'settle and colonise Mars.'
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New Zealand sea monster: Mysterious 30 FOOT rotting carcass found on Pukehina Beach

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 15:28
The carcass of a mysterious creature with jagged teeth and a gaping jaw has has been found on a beach off the coast of New Zealand. Marine experts are trying to determine what animal the carcass has come from.
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Glow-in-the-dark plants developed that could replace street lamps

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 13:27
Scientists from California have developed bacteria than can make plants glow-in-the dark. The doctors are hoping that luminescent trees could one day replace electric street lighting.
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Can how well we can read and do maths at SEVEN predict success in later life? Researchers claim it could add £5,000 to your salary

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 12:24
British researchers analysed data from over 17,000 people in England, Scotland, and Wales over a span of 50 years - and say being good at maths and reading at seven could add £5,000 to our salary in later life.
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Green 'fireball' meteor spotted shooting across the UK at 150,000 miles per hour

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:42
A green-tinged meteor was spotted shooting across England and Wales Wednesday night. Experts believe the meteor may have been formed from debris from Halley’s Comet.
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Ever fancied having your own submarine? Compact boat with underwater cabin lets you explore the ocean floor without getting wet

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 11:35
A South Korean manufacturer has designed a compact semi-submarine called 'Penguin' which has floating hulls and an underwater viewing cabin.
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Red sky at night, NASA's delight: Rockets release vapour clouds in atmosphere for wind experiment

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 08:37
This incredible image shows man-made clouds released into the sky by a Nasa rocket as part of an experiment to study the behaviour of wind in the ionosphere which can lead to GPS errors of up to half a mile.
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Spot a space warp: Astronomers ask for amateur help in search for astronomical 'UFO' abnormalities

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 07:38
They may look like UFOs in a far-off galaxy, but in fact these are 'space warps', strange mirror images caused by systems that act as a giant lens.
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It's not easy being green (and red): The tree frog struggling to stay hidden in the water

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 06:47
The notoriously shy red-eyed tree frog, photographed by a holidaymaker in Costa Rica, shows a more adventurous side in these pictures.
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Off with their heads... for fun! Game designers create simulator so players can try out a guillotine

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 06:45
By looking through the goggles, a simulator creates the effect that the user is surrounded by a crowd, and when they look down they can see a bucket, where their head will drop once they've faced the chop.
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Is the flying car FINALLY here? Terrafugia Transition set to go on sale in two years

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 06:44
The first flying car from Massachusetts-based firm Terrafugia is due to go on sale as early as 2015. It has also unveiled a new TF-X model could be small enough to fit in a garage, and can take off from a vertical position.
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Our brains can tell when we're being laughed at, or laughed with and it could affect our health, claims study

Thu, 05/09/2013 - 01:31
German scientists have discovered that our brains can distinguish between different types of laughter, such as joyous, taunting or 'tickling', and will react differently to each.
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How we go colour blind with age but don't even notice: Brains compensate as we lose the ability to distinguish different shades

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 23:40
Scientists have found that older people lose the ability to distinguish between colours as a part of the eye called the cone receptor becomes less capable of processing hues.
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Art graduate designs flat pack cardboard camera you can make yourself from a cereal box

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 16:46
An art graduate from Brighton has designed a retro-looking pinhole camera using a cereal box and soft drinks can. Kelly Angood is now making the designs available to buy through a Kickstarter campaign.
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Mysterious rotting 'sea monster' carcass found on New Zealand beach that has jagged teeth and is 30 FEET long

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 16:42
The carcass of a mysterious creature with jagged teeth and a gaping jaw has has been found on a beach off the coast of New Zealand. Marine experts are trying to determine what animal the carcass has come from.
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Spot the ball: Radical breakthrough study pinpoints exactly how our brains track fast-moving objects

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 16:16
For the first time ever scientists from California have discovered exactly how our brains track fast-moving objects by 'pushing' moving images forward so that our brains see them further along in their trajectory than what our eyes see.
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Syria suffers complete internet blackout for the second time in six months because of civil war

Wed, 05/08/2013 - 15:30
The people of Syria were without internet for at least four hours on Tuesday according to web traffic reports, and it is unclear how many services are back up.
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