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Dogs can tell when humans are happy or upset just from photos

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Just by looking at photos of people faces, and even parts of faces, dogs can tell when we are happy or upset, researchers from...
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Spectacular NASA time-lapse video of the Sun over last five years

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On the fifth anniversary of NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), the space agency has released a spectacular time-lapse video revealing the Sun’s activities since 2010,...
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Apple said to be producing an electric iCar

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According to various sources, Apple will be producing a car that will "give Tesla a run for its money". It may seem like a bit...
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Facebook rolls out “legacy contact” to take control of a user’s account when they...

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Facebook has implemented a new feature that allows its users to decide what will happen to their accounts when they pass away. A new option...
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Gene that shaped Darwin’s finches’ beaks identified by US and Swedish scientists

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American and Swedish scientists have identified a gene that influenced the beak shape of Darwin’s finches, also known as Galápagos finches, which evolved from...
Antarctic

Oceans’ stored CO2 helped end the last ice age

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The last ice age ended mainly because of a release of CO2 stored deep in the ocean, which helped warm the planet, say Australian...
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Stradivarius loud, deep-sounding violins were created by accident

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When the Stradivari family created the world’s best-sounding violins because of their longer, f-shaped sound holes and thicker back plates, they did so by...
bee populations in towns

Bees thrive as well in towns as in the countryside

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Towns and cities are ideal habitats for pollinators like bees, in fact, with such a wide variety of flowering plants in British urban gardens,...
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Nvidia posted revenue of $4.68 billion for fiscal 2015

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The computer chip giant Nvidia posted better than expected quarterly gains on Wednesday, thanks to a surge in demand for its computer graphics chips. For...
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Tesla posts Q4 loss of $107.6 million, 2014 loss of $294 million

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After trading hours on Wednesday Tesla Motors announced that it lost $107.6 million the fourth quarter (86 cents per share), worse than the $74.7...