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Apple has decided to recall the first generation of iPod Nano due to a defect of batteries

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Apple has decided to recall the first generation of iPod Nano due to a defect of batteries. The company has warned that the batteries on...

A Canadian study published in British Medical Journal Open says that increasing use of the contraceptive pill is being linked with the rise of prostate cancer in men

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A Canadian study published in British Medical Journal Open says that increasing use of the contraceptive pill is being linked with the rise of...

Beauty Pays, a new book by economics professor Daniel S. Hamermesh at the University of Texas-Austin, reveals what the world of advertising has known for decades - that beauty sells

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Beauty Pays, a new book by economics professor Daniel S. Hamermesh at the University of Texas-Austin, reveals what the world of advertising has known...

Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the social networking pioneer and Internet privacy advocate who dared to challenge Facebook and Google, died on Saturday in San Francisco

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Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the social networking pioneer and Internet privacy advocate who dared to challenge Facebook and Google, died on Saturday in San Francisco. Ilya Zhitomirskiy,...

According to expert analysts from iSuppli, the real cost of iPhone 4S is just $173

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Sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S topped 4 million in just 3 days following last month’s launch, and it’s still the must-have smartphone this winter. Out...

The map shows where the warheads are (in red), where the civilian nuclear power plants can be found (in green) and the location of labs and nuclear weapons plants (in blue)

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5,113 atomic warheads currently scattered across America and on U.S. submarines around the world, according to Mother Jones magazine. In 2009, President Barack Obama spoke...

Chuck O'Rear

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The former National Geographic magazine photographer, Chuck O’Rear, was driving to visit his girlfriend when he was struck by the beauty of the Californian...

800 endangered Powelliphanta giant land snails, were accidentally frozen to death by conservationists in New Zealand

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800 endangered Powelliphanta giant land snails, were accidentally frozen to death by conservationists in New Zealand. The giant land snails from a rare species, rescued...

Eating plenty of cereals and whole grains could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a study published in British Medical Journal says

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Eating plenty of cereals and whole grains could reduce the risk of developing colorectal cancer, a study published in British Medical Journal says. Scientists from...

Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne have been created a real "mighty mouse" with double the normal muscle strength while looking for ways to treat age-related diseases

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Researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale in Lausanne have been created a real "mighty mouse" with double the normal muscle strength while looking for...

2005 YU55, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier whistled past Earth at a distance of 202,000 miles away, slightly nearer than the moon, on November 8

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2005 YU55, an asteroid the size of an aircraft carrier whistled past Earth at a distance of 202,000 miles away, slightly nearer than the...

Abiliti is a gastric pacemaker, the latest hi-tech device in the battle of obesity, which works as a stomach implant that tricks the brain into feeling ful

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Abiliti is a gastric pacemaker, the latest hi-tech device in the battle of obesity, which works as a stomach implant that tricks the brain...

Prof. Chris Hutchison used N-acetyl cysteine to slow the ageing of cells taken from children with Hutchinson Gilford Progeria Syndrome (HGPS)

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British researchers from Durham University have found a way of slowing down ageing in individual cells, which will be reflected in a future "forever...

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Call clarity and the number of minutes provided used to be the main criteria by which people chose their cellular phones.   Today how "smart" a...

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Almost everybody has a cell phone nowadays.   Even the people who vowed they would never ever discover the usefulness of a cell phone have given...

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Twitter Marketing Techniques That Will Get You Fast Traffic By starting your Twitter marketing campaign with the correct tactics you can maximize the time you...

Workers at Everglades National Park, Florida captured and killed a 16-foot-long Burmese python, who was found to have a whole adult deer in its stomach

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Workers at Everglades National Park, Florida captured and killed a 16-foot-long Burmese python, who was found to have a whole adult deer in its...

A major British study found that taking aspirin regularly can reduce the long-term risk of cancer by 60 per cent

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A major British study found that taking aspirin regularly can reduce the long-term risk of cancer by 60%. Researchers found that aspirin can reduce the...

Facebook’s Lulea plant is the firm's first facility outside the US, in a location chosen because the fierce cold will help to keep the company's racks of high-performance computers cool

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Facebook has a new server farm located in the northern Swedish city of Lulea. Facebook’s Lulea plant is the firm's first facility outside the U.S.,...

Lytro light field cameras come in two models 8GB (blue, graphite) and 16GB (red).

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World's first digital camera that allows multiple refocuses after the picture was taken, Lytro light field camera, becomes available to customers.   The camera uses a...

Dr Stephen Buckley with the mummified body of Alan Billis

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Alan Billis, a terminally ill taxi driver from Torquay, UK, has become the first man to be mummified in the style of the ancient...

BlackBerry has officially announced today it is offering free apps worth $100 to the users hit by its three-day global blackout

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BlackBerry has officially announced today it is offering free apps worth $100 to its users hit by its three-day global blackout. The Canadian company behind BlackBerry,...

The British researchers from Sanger Institute used cutting-edge methods to correct a genetic mutation in stem cells derived from a patient's skin biopsy, and then grew them into fresh liver cells

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A new stem cell technique for growing working liver cells which could eventually avoid the need for liver transplant has been developed by British...

Dr Ramzi Amri claimed that Steve Jobs died from pancreatic cancer more quickly because of his apparent refusal to embrace “conventional treatment” especially over the last year

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Dr. Ramzi Amri, a researcher at Harvard Medical School, claims that Steve Jobs would probably be alive today if he had not put off...

Research in Motion announced that the BlackBerry service has been fully restored today

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Mike Lazaridis, the founder and co-CEO of Research in Motion announced on Thursday that the BlackBerry service has been fully restored. “All of the services...