Lenovo's £449 Yoga Book has a virtual keyboard you can draw on and learns your typing style







When is a keyboard not a keyboard? When it's also a notepad and a graphics tablet



By: James Temperton

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Holy cats! The Moto Z Play has a 50-hour battery life







Motorola's latest handset, announced at IFA 2016, is making a big battery claim



By: James Temperton

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Thursday, August 25, 2016

Meet Dragonfly 44, the galaxy made of 99.9% dark matter







The galaxy is roughly the same mass as the Milky Way, but our galaxy has a hundred times more stars



By: Sarah Griffiths

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Wednesday, August 24, 2016

'Second Earth' exoplanet found just outside our Solar System could harbour alien life







Proxima b has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface



By: Sarah Griffiths

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Tuesday, August 23, 2016

Zika 'clone' could finally lead to a vaccine for the devastating virus







Researchers have cloned an epidemic strain of the virus, which could lead to a cure for Zika



By: Sarah Griffiths

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Kobe Bryant and the wild rise of sports venture capitalists







Kobe Bryant isn't the first: super-rich, business-minded sports stars have been investing in startups for years



By: James Temperton

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Monday, August 22, 2016

Another billionaire goes all in on the “barbarous relic” gold

Billionaire Crispin Odey recently released a management letter to his hedge fund clients praising gold and explaining gold products constituted the next, great investment wave.

Ice Flow climate change game puts the fate of Antarctic penguins in your hands







Ice Flow models how the Antarctic ice sheet responds to changes in the environment



By: Matthew Reynolds

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Humans and chimps are even more similar than first thought







Study suggests the roots of human cooperation are shared with other primates



By: Sarah Griffiths

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Friday, August 19, 2016

From Bieber to K-Pop, how fanfic predicts popularity







Wattpad's army of enthusiasts don't just write - they know what teens actually like



By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

Facebook partners with Unity to build a PC gaming platform







Game development suite Unity has announced plans to integrate Facebook



By: Matt Kamen

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Wednesday, August 17, 2016

White dwarf start caught exploding out of hibernation







A star was monitored over a 12-year period to gain insight into classic nova explosions



By: Amelia Heathman

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Monday, August 15, 2016

The brain has a 'generosity centre,' scientists say







The 'generous' brain area is more active in more empathetic people



By: Sarah Griffths

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Uber warns new TfL rules will mean longer waiting times







A requirement for some drivers to pass a written English language exam will mean fewer drivers and longer waiting times, according to Uber



By: James Temperton

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Solving the mystery of miscarriage: Scientists identify a possible genetic cause







The discovery will be used to better understand the processes of human reproduction



By: Amelia Heathman

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WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for August 10







SpaceX begins testing its Mars rocket engines, study links Zika with infant joint deformation



By: WIRED

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