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Watch: ‘Headless chicken monster’ discovered by new photo technology

Australian researchers have filmed an unusual sea cucumber in the Southern Ocean using deep-sea cameras and hope it can help a conservation drive.

22/10/2018

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Human powers of hibernation may be dormant in genetic code

"It sounds like science fiction, but there is absolute biological truth to this."

22/10/2018

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This bizarre-looking font helps you remember what you read

The half-finished letters are designed to make us more engaged with what we're reading, which increases memory retention.

21/10/2018

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Exclusive: Twitter pulls down bot network pushing pro-Saudi talking points

Twitter became aware of some of the bots on Thursday when NBC News presented the company with evidence of coordinated activity.

19/10/2018

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Stephen Hawking claims 'no possibility' of God in last book

"I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing."

18/10/2018

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Elon Musk is buying up $20 million of Tesla stock

Tesla stock rose almost 2 percent in pre-market trading on news of the filing.

18/10/2018

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Reddit CEO talks fending off Russians and limits of free speech

"We've become more sophisticated," CEO Steve Huffman said of Reddit's efforts to stop foreign influence campaigns.

18/10/2018

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Huge alien planets detected around baby star for first time ever

The unprecedented discovery challenges long-held ideas about how planets form.

18/10/2018

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Twitter releases massive data trove on foreign influence campaigns

The data includes more than 10 millions tweets as well as images, GIFs, videos and live broadcasts, Twitter said.

17/10/2018

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Barry Diller warns that media companies won't catch Netflix

"The movie business, for all intents and purposes, is dead," Diller said on the day Netflix reported it had reached 137 million subscriptions.

17/10/2018

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Ocean plastic is a big problem. Blockchain could help.

The nonprofit Plastic Bank offers cryptocurrency in exchange for collected plastic waste.

17/10/2018

Ireland

Facebook hack affected 3 million Europeans, Irish official says

Facebook could face a sizable fine due to the E.U.'s General Data Protection Regulation.

16/10/2018

USA

Tech figureheads lead tributes to Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen | The Cube

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen has died of cancer aged 65

16/10/2018

World News

Facebook bans false information about voting ahead of midterms

The social networking company announced the change in policy on Monday, three weeks before the Nov. 6 midterm elections, as voter mobilization efforts are heating up.

16/10/2018

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Facebook posts may point to depression, study finds

The findings raise significant privacy issues, the researchers said.

16/10/2018

World News

How much does space travel cost?

With the rise of private spaceflight, costs are falling — but leaving the planet is still far from cheap.

16/10/2018

USA

Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen dies at 65

Allen died in Seattle from complications from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, his family said in a statement released by Vulcan Inc, a company Allen founded to pursue his various interests.

16/10/2018

World News

Watch what happens when a drone smashes into an airplane wing

Dramatic experiment spotlights the growing risk of collisions between drones and other aircraft.

15/10/2018

World

Donald Tusk tears through Paris on a scooter

European Council President Donald Tusk impressed everyone by cruising through the Paris on a fashionable electric scooter.

15/10/2018

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Driverless car hype gives way to e-scooter mania among technorati

Millions of dollars in funding and billions of dollars in valuations have made scooters the next big thing since the last big thing.

15/10/2018