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Insects are gorging themselves on 'junk' as rising CO2 levels make plants less nutritious 

Experts studying a grassland preserve in Kansas discovered that its grasshopper numbers have fallen by more than 30 per cent over the last two decades.




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Twitter tests warning message in iOS that asks users to re-think potentially 'harmful' replies

According to the social platform, it is conducting a test for users on iOS that will use its AI to scan replies before they're posted and give users a chance to re-think or revise them.




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Gas stoves are 'exposing millions of Americans to dangerous pollutants', report finds

About 40 percent of homes in America have a gas stove, but a new report reveals the appliance may be bad for your health. They can cause cancer in adults and asthma in children.




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Google's medical AI far less accurate at identifying illness in clinics than in the laboratory 

A Google-developed AI that was capable of identifying cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 90 percent accuracy in the testing laboratory has turned out to be much less useful in clinics.




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Virgin Galactic teams up with NASA to develop 'high-Mach' aviation that could transport civilians

Virgin Galactic, says the Space Act Agreement is designed to 'advance the United States' efforts to produce technically feasible, high Mach vehicles for potential civil application.'




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GoDaddy admit 'unauthorised individual' accessed 28k accounts

BleepingComputer reports GoDaddy has informed customers that an 'unauthorized individual' had gained access to login information of the company's hosting accounts.




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Creator of one of world's first global computer viruses has regrets after infecting 45 million

The creator of one of the world's first global computer viruses says he regrets his creation. Called the Love Bug, or ILOVEYOU, the virus initially spread through email in May 2000.




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Instagram glitch lets iOS users post unusually long photos that create 'endless' scrolling

Once posted, the towering images - instead of being cropped portrait-style to fit the app's interface - require users to scroll for an inordinate amount of time in order to see the next image in one's feed.




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'Potentially fatal' heat and humidity are occurring around the world due to global warming

A damning study found global warming is driving temperatures and humidity to levels exceeding what the human body can deal with.




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Researchers build the world's fastest 'soft' robot, THREE TIMES faster than the last record holder

Engineers at North Carolina State University have achieved a new record for the fastest moving soft robot, using silicon bands to mimc the elastic running motions of a cheetah.




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Where will the world's next Zika, West Nile or dengue come from?

Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have studied thousands of species of animals and birds to work out where reservoirs of contagious, mosquito-borne viruses could be.




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Amazon unveils 'Scout' delivery bot set to roam the streets of Washington to deliver packages

The battery-powered devices about the size of a small cooler and can deliver packages autonomously, but for now, they'll be accompanied with a human while they're being tested out.




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Vladimir Putin calls for set of 'moral rules' to guide interaction between humans and AI

Speaking at an event on AI technology in Moscow, Russia, on Saturday, president Putin called for safeguards, setting out rules for how humans should interact with the robots.




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Hidden code reveals Samsung working on camera modes like 'Director's View' and 'Night Hyperlapse'

'Director's View' lets users cycle between different lenses on their phones and also allows them to 'lock on' to a subjects that they're recording, keeping them in focus according to snippets of code.




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Black Friday UK 2019: Amazon is starting Black Friday a week early

Black Friday fever is almost upon us, and this year online retailer Amazon is rolling out the deals a whole week early in what will be its 'biggest ever' event.




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Studies suggest NASA's Mars 2020 mission landing site could hold signs of ancient life

NASA Mars 2020 mission is set to explore the Jezero crater, which scientists have now determined is littered with hydrated silica and carbonates - two elements that could hold signs of microbial life.




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Mysterious 300-million-year-old 'Tully monster' may not be the creature scientists thought it was

A 2016 discovery that the Tullimonstrum had a stiffened rod of cartilage saw Tully classified as a predatory vertebrate - now University College Cork researchers believe the grouping was wrong.




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Jeff Bezos' futuristic vision of self-sustaining habitat that could house a TRILLION people in space

Building off of a concept introduced by physicist Gerard O'Neill - who Bezos himself studied under during his time at Princeton - the Blue Origin founder outlined habitats that could hold cities.




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Blue Origin is 'going to the MOON': Jeff Bezos unveils giant concept lunar lander

On stage, Bezos took the wraps off a massive model of what will be the firm's first lunar lander, dubbed Blue Moon. The event kicked off at 4 p.m. in Washington D.C, and was not live streamed.




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Bill Nye warns 'the planet's on f***ing fire' as he calls on viewers to address climate change

In a profanity-laden tirade from one of TV's most famous liaisons of science and learning, viewers were dealt a stark warning about the disastrous effects of climate change.




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NASA's Juno spacecraft spots violent plumes on Jupiter's moon Io 

On Dec. 21, during winter solstice, four of Juno's cameras captured images of the Jovian moon Io, the most volcanic body in our solar system, on the mission's 17th flyby of the gas giant.




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'Sinister' Chinese mussel has found its way into British waters

First found in China, it has caused significant problems in other areas it has invaded. It can form dense mats of up to 1,500 mussels per square metre - which can suffocate scallops and oysters.




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The AI that could keep you happy at work: Ex-Google team reveal software that 'nudges' workers

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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Ford's noise-cancelling dog house can keep your pup calm during fireworks and thunderstorms

Ford created a futuristic-looking dog kennel that uses noise-cancellation panels and the carmarker's active noise control technology to create an insulated environment for pets.




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Climate change is making sharks 'right-handed'

Australian scientists found sharks incubated in tanks that simulate temperatures in 2100 became 'right handed', preferring to swim to the  right, a process known as lateralization.




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The 'urban forests' of New York revealed: New study finds the city has five MILLION trees

Most visitors think of New York's Parks as the only place to find trees. However, a new study found New York City has  over 5 million 'forested natural areas' along with 666,000 street trees.




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Remarkably well-preserved wreck of a 2,000-year-old Ancient Roman 'sewn ship' unearthed in Croatia 

The vessel was unearthed from the Porta de Mar archaeological site on the ancient waterfront of the town of Poreč, where it had sunk near an ancient pier.




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Extinct 'extra-terrestrial equivalent of the Rhine' spotted on Mars

Researchers from Utrecht used high-resolution images from orbiters circling the planet and found evidence of a river that continuously shifted. This created created sandbanks like the Rhine.




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Apple patents 'bendable' MacBook design made from single piece

Apple has filed a patent illustrating an experimental new design for a bendable laptop that would be made from a single piece of material and fold in the same way as a stack of papers.




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Rarely seen 'ghost dogs' of the Amazon moved on to endangered list, according to new study

A new study from the Amazon predicts the mysterious 'ghost dogs' of the Amazon may face new environmental threat, as deforestation is expected to reduce their natural habitat by 30 percent.




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Houston we have a slime blob! Astronauts release Nickelodeons' iconic green slime on the ISS

Astronauts on the ISS received a package of Nickelodeon's iconic green slime, which they used to play ping pong and slime each other to see how the goo behaves in microgravity.




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Erecting dykes along a third of Europe's coastline could prevent 83 per cent of flood damage by 2100

The researchers found that the ultimate benefits of erecting dykes would outweigh the costs for a quarter of the UK coast under 16 inches of sea level rise.




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Asteroid up to 20ft wide flew within 9,000 miles of Earth this week

It was discovered using the Mt Lemmon Survey in Arizona at almost the exact time it made its fly-by past Earth.




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People who attend church are less likely to die from 'despair'

Healthcare professionals who attend religious services at least once a week are less likely to die despair-related deaths such as suicides, a new study suggests.




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Statins may help fight obesity 'by destroying bad gut bacteria'

Researchers from Belgium found statins destroy bad gut bacteria that fuel cardiovascular disease and bowel cancer and are often found in obese people.




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Apple's iOS 13.5 will automatically share medical data like blood type during emergency calls

The feature will use information that's entered into the Health app's Medical ID section which contains data on blood type, food allergies, current medication, and more.




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Zoom in your car? Elon Musk reveals video conferencing is 'a future feature' of Tesla vehicles 

Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed in a tweet that video conferencing is 'definitely a future feature', as the latest model it has a camera in the rearview mirror that points inside of the vehicle.




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Coronavirus: Recovered patients could provide 'shield immunity'

Researchers from Georgia Institute of Technology say the recovered patients would be more active and mobile than those who have remained uninfected.




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Europe's invasive warty comb jellyfish eats its own offspring

The cannibalistic animal in question is a species called Mnemiopsis leidyi, which is also known as the warty comb jelly. It regularly washes up on Baltic shores.




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Repurposing drugs to treat COVID-19 will allow tackle the pandemic faster than developing a vaccine

Any effective vaccine will take over a year to be developed and ready to be brought to bear on the coronavirus outbreak on a large scale, the UK-led team argued.




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Japan's Hayabusa2 spacecraft captures pictures of asteroid Ryugu in stunning detail

The image is the latest stunner to come back from Japan's Hayabusa2 mission, which previously landed two rovers on the asteroid in a world's first.




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Elon Musk says Neuralink will do brain implants 'within a year'

Speaking on Joe Rogan's podcast, Elon Musk said Neuralink will have a version of brain implant ready 'within a year', which aims to treat brain injuries and trauma, and enable symbiosis with AI.




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Japanese honeybees COOK invading 'murder hornets' to death

Murderous Asian hornets are invading honeybee hives- decapitating the insects and feeding the bodies to their young. But Japanese bees are fighting back by cooking the predators to death.




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Microsoft unveils Xbox Series X gameplay and new 'badge' for when games run best on the console

In a live-streamed event on Thursday the gaming titan showcased in-engine gameplay of several upcoming titles for the Series X, Microsoft's upcoming next-generation console.




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'Smell cameras' built to detect explosives could sniff out coronavirus in the air

California-based Koniku partnered with Airbus on the project as the start-up specialises in neurotechnology.




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Stunning 'lucky' image of Jupiter turns the gas giant into a 'jack-o-lantern'

It is a mosaic formed from three years' worth of 'lucky images' taken by the Gemini telescope in Hawaii and is one of the clearest photos of Jupiter ever taken from Earth.




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WeChat monitors international users' text messages to identify content to censor in China 

WeChat is monitoring messages sent by international users to help identify content that might need to be preemptively censored in China and maintain a database of blacklisted content.




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YouTube blames removal of a live-streamed women's sex tech conference on moderation algorithm

The conference, Women of Sex Tech, had its live feed auto-banned from YouTube just four minutes into the broadcast for allegedly violating the platform's community guidelines.




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Boston Dynamics' 'Spot' robotic dog deployed in Singapore to remind people to keep a safe distance

Spot will traverse a 4-mile swath of Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park during off-peak hours while playing a recorded message that reminds park-goers 'observe safe distancing measures.'




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Arsenal 'prepare £12million bid for Hull striker Jarrod Bowen'

Arsenal are preparing to make a bid of £12million for Hull City striker Jarrod Bowen, according to The Sun. He may be seen as a cheaper option than Wilfried Zaha.