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The Argus One has the capacity to carry 30 pounds of high tech sensors and cameras and the ability to hover over remote locations between 10,000 and 20,000 feet, even in rough weather

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Argus One is the Pentagon's newest unmanned spy plane, which cheeky observers are already calling it the “Flying Sperm”. The Argus One has the capacity...
Graphene is a flat layer of carbon atoms tightly packed into a two-dimensional honeycomb arrangement

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A new study in Science journal shows that membranes based on the "miracle material" graphene can be used to distil alcohol. An international team created...
Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000) each in compensation

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Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia, has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000) each in compensation. The deal comes...
Teodora, the world's largest cut emerald, which is the size of a watermelon, is set to go up for auction and is expected to fetch $1.15 million

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Teodora, the world's largest cut emerald, which is the size of a watermelon, is set to go up for auction and is expected to...
Megaupload filesharing closed fbi

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The FBI has caused incalculable damage, far in excess of the losses claimed by the content lobbies, in a fruitless attempt to prevent access...
NASA announces that an asteroid the size of a bus is set to pass extremely close to Earth today

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NASA announces that an asteroid the size of a bus is set to pass extremely close to Earth today. Asteroid 2012 BX34 will pass within...
McDonald's have altered its burger’s ingredients after Jamie Oliver forced them to remove a processed food type that he labelled “pink slime”

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McDonald's have altered its burger’s ingredients after chef Jamie Oliver forced them to remove a processed food type that he labelled “pink slime”. Chef Jamie...
Skin and Morgellons disease

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There is no scientific evidence that Morgellons disease is an infectious illness, a study published this week in the journal PLoS One has shown. The...
Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000) each in compensation

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Costa Cruises, the Italian company that owns the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia has offered passengers 11,000 euros ($14,000; £9,000) each in compensation. The deal...
New York Police announced that a bag containing 16 kg (35.5lb) of cocaine was found at the United Nations headquarters in the city last week

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New York Police announced that a bag containing 16 kg (35.5lb) of cocaine was found at the United Nations headquarters in the city last...
A former Apple executive claimed that the company has had knowledge of labour abuses in some factories for four years

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Some of the employees at Apple’s manufacturing centres in China complain about working excessive overtime without a single day off during the week, living...
In the After Lately show, Chelsea Handler proudly introduces her friend Jennifer Aniston to her E! writing team and tells them that she was tickled by a sketch they're working on

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Jennifer Aniston and Chelsea Handler have been known as being the best friends, with Jennifer saying: “I am madly in love with Chelsea Handler.” What...
New pictures of The One World Trade Center show its frame stands at 90 storeys high, with 20 more yet to be completed

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New pictures of The One World Trade Center show its frame stands at 90 storeys high, with 20 more yet to be completed. The One...
Facebook’s Timeline will bring to your pages a more magazine-like photo-heavy feel, with a large “cover photo” at the top of the page

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Facebook's Timeline, which exposes people’s entire history on the site, will become mandatory for all users. Timeline has been voluntary up until now. From now, users...

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Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to develop an early-warning system based on material "scraped" from social networks. FBI says the application should provide information...
About 50 police escorted PM Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott from Canberra's Lobby restaurant after it was surrounded by some 200 supporters of the city's Aboriginal Tent Embassy

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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard and leader of the opposition Tony Abbott had to be rescued after becoming trapped in a restaurant by angry...
3-D object cloaking demonstration works only for waves in the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum

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Researchers from Austin, Texas, have "cloaked" a 3-D object, making it invisible from all angles, for the first time. However, the demonstration works only for waves...
Streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have been filled with masonry and cars have been covered with debris after two buildings - one nearly 20 storeys high - have collapsed in the city

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Streets in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have been filled with masonry and cars have been covered with debris after two buildings - one nearly...
Jean-Claude Mas has been under investigation since he revealed in a police interview last year that PIP ordered employees to hide the unauthorized silicone when inspectors visited its factory

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French Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) founder Jean-Claude Mas has been arrested at his home in Six-Fours-les-Plages, southern France, according to police. In 2010, France banned...
Demi Moore has become frighteningly thin since her split with Ashton Kutcher

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Reports claim that Demi Moore collapsed after taking nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas, while at her LA home. Demi Moore, 49, allegedly inhaled...
A new research suggests that frenetic star-forming activity in the early Universe is linked to the most massive galaxies in today's cosmos

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A new research suggests that frenetic star-forming activity in the early Universe is linked to the most massive galaxies in today's cosmos. This "starbursting" activity...
Like a Titanic scene, lifeboats can be seen spilling from the sides of the ship into the gloomy waters off the island of Giglio as Costa Concordia cruise liner sinks into the sea

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Dramatic pictures, released this evening, show the aftermath of the Costa Concordia disaster as like a scene from the Titanic. Lifeboats can be seen spilling...
Detecting melanoma cells when they start to spread into the blood stream, might be a way to improve treatment and prevention.

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A team of researchers from University of Missouri Columbia has developed a method to detect melanoma cells when they start to spread into the...
Officials at Thorpe Park in Surrey, UK, needed to take “drastic measures” after a number of dummies sent on $30 million ride The Swarm came back with limbs missing

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Officials at Thorpe Park in Surrey, UK, needed to take “drastic measures” after a number of dummies sent on $30 million ride The Swarm...

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Actors in adult movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms while filming, under a new law signed by the city mayor. The...