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	Boy Scientist Invents a Sandbag to Protect Against Salt Water Floods [VIDEO]
	Peyton Roberton is a boy scientist. He's made use of his knowledge to make the world a better place. In October last year, he won the 3M Young Scientist Challenge for his ingenious sand-less ‘sandbags’ invention that will be able to protect land fr...
	Imagine if You Could Genetically Test Your Unborn Child's IQ. One Company in China is Doing This.
	We know around 65% of the genes that determine IQ are inherited. We just don't know which make the difference. But if we did, we could predict intelligence in an embryo. Chinese company BGI is working on that. The company is also cloning pigs on an ...
	Japan Will Try to Scoop Up All That Space Junk with a Giant Net
	The scenario in Gravity quite freakishly shows off the Kessler syndrome. In 2013, a Russian satellite was destroyed by a fragment of a Chinese satellite that had blown up six years earlier. The year before that, the ISS changed its orbit to keep out...
	This Super-Thin Battery is Packing a Whallop of Power
	Remember how Vorson managed to squeeze a 2,500 mAh battery into its Bookmark power pack measuring 4.7 millimeters? That's nothing compared to EnerPlex's Jumpr Slate. It packs 10,000 mAh battery in a super blade thin package!At 6.7 millimeters the Ju...
	NSA Bugs Can Spy on Computers, Even if They Are Offline [VIDEO]
	Here's a shocking discovery: The NSA has planted spy software and hardware into 100,000 computers worldwide. The bugs will allow the agency to conduct surveillance on a computer and it doesn't even have to be online. The implants are tiny radio tra...
	HP Announces Two Huge Smartphones Today - Slate 6 and Slate 7
	Hewlett-Packard has two extra-large smartphones coming out today, Re/code reports. It will be called Slate 6 and Slate 7 and have 6 and 7 inch screens respectively. The phablets will run on Android 4.2.2 and have a quad-core processor, 16GB of stora...
	Facebook Might Be Launching a Flipboard Like News Reader This Month
	Rumor has it that Facebook might be developing a Flipboard-style news reader. A report from re/code suggests that they might launch a service like that called "Paper" this month. The service will be similar to Flipboard, taking the form of either a ...
	Samsung Could Make High-End Windows Phone Handsets Again
	Now that Samsung is the biggest mobile success, they're looking to diversify. And they've not given up on Windows Phone yet. Rumor has it that a high-end Windows Phone 8 handset might be on the way. According to shipping documents, a 5 inch phone is...
	The Iron Man suit is made with Lego, According to Tony Stark's Code
	Iron Man was powered by Lego. The Tumblr "Source Code in Television and Films" by John Graham-Cumming has exposed the programming code Tony Stark used to bring the Iron Man suit to life. You'll never guess it but it is code for a Lego computer.The I...
	China Is Mass Cloning Pigs in The World's Largest Center for Genome Sequencing
	The BBC reveals that China isn't just experimenting with cloning. In fact, they're doing in on an "industrial scale". And this is all to produce healthier and tastier food. The cloning is being spearheaded by a company called BGI. According to the B...

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