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Chalcid wasp (Aprost

Chalcid wasp (Aprostocetus sp.) collected in Mingan Archipelago National Park Reserve, Quebec, Canada, and photographed at the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (sample ID: BIOUG12652-A10; specimen record: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_RecordView?processid=CNMIH1932-14 BIN: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Public_BarcodeCluster?clusteruri=BOLD:ACW3983)

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ai weiwei to wrap the façade of florence's palazzo strozzi in rubber life boats

the large orange life rafts, anchored to the palace's windows, aim to draw attention to the fate of refugees who risk their lives daily.

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European Space Agency release highly detailed map of Milky Way video report

The European Space Agency [ESA] have released the most detailed map of the Milky Way galaxy to date, based on the first delivery of data from the ESA's Gaia probe, which was launched in 2013. The map represents 1% of the Milky Way's stars, but this map is at least 20 times more complete than any previous representations

Astronomers unveil most detailed map of the Milky Way to date

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Astronomers unveil most detailed map of the Milky Way to date

The map, based on observations from the European Space Agency's Gaia probe, will transform what we know about the galaxy, say scientists

Astronomers have unveiled the most detailed map to date of the Milky Way, after charting the positions of more than 1bn stars with stunning precision.

The map, based on observations from the European Space Agency's Gaia probe, still only represents about 1% of the Milky Way's stars, but is already 20 times more complete than any previous observations of the night sky.

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Astronomers shed light on different galaxy types
Scientists have taken a critical step towards understanding why different types of galaxies exist throughout the Universe. The research, made possible by cutting-edge instrumentation, means that astronomers can now classify galaxies according to their physical properties rather than human interpretation of a galaxy's appearance.
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Piracy in the UK could earn you a decade in jail

In an effort to stamp out online piracy, the United Kingdom could soon impose a maximum 10 year sentence for file sharers. The Digital Economy bill, now on its second reading in Parliament and inching ever closer to becoming law, seeks to jail online pirates with sentences that would normally be reserved for hardened criminals. Due to UK copyright law ‘only' allowing two year custodial sentences under current guidelines, anti-piracy groups such as the Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) have often chosen to seek harsher sentences intended for those committing fraud, rather than the appropriate charge of copyright infringement. Under the new…

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FBI director says we should all cover our webcams with tape

It sounds next-level paranoid, but covering your webcam with tape might not be a bad idea. Mark Zuckerberg does it. FBI Director James Comey does too. In fact, he came out today in defense of previous statements about using tape to cover his devices. “Do you still have a piece of tape over your cameras at home?”an interviewer at the Center for Strategic and International Studies conference asked FBI Director James Comey earlier today. Comey responded: “Heck yeah, heck yeah. And also, I get mocked for a lot of things… much mocked for that… but I hope people lock their cars […] lock…

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Month-old Windows 10 anniversary update won't reach everyone until November

More than a month after August 2, my media center still doesn't have the Windows 10 anniversary update. I'm not alone, and it's not a bug. Microsoft says the release may not roll out to everyone until November. ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley noticed a little bit of text, hidden in the bottom of an email blast, that admits this extremely slow rollout is intentional. The Anniversary Update will download and install via Windows Update. The download is automatically available to you. It will begin rolling out on 2 August 2016 and may take up to 3 months to reach all…

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The United Kingdom could be getting its own ‘Great British Firewall'

The National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) is exploring the creation of a national internet filter, according to Ciaran Martin, the head of Britain's newly-formed cybersecurity agency. While the plan is to use the filter to weed out malicious websites and software, for some citizens the mere existence of a government-controlled firewall raises serious questions. According to Martin: Because we know automated defenses work on the Internet. It's possible to filter unwanted content or spam. It's possible to filter offensive content. It's possible to block malicious content. So why aren't we doing more of it? At its surface, a firewall to block internet bad guys…

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The first phone to use Google's ‘Tango' AR technology just got delayed

If you were waiting for Lenovo's Phab 2 Pro, the first phone to include Google's revolutionary augmented reality platform ‘Tango,' you'll just have to keep waiting. The official launch page, which once said “coming this summer” has since changed to “fall,” leaving augmented reality enthusiasts to shed virtual tears. TNW reported the launch of the Project Tango/Lenovo partnership at CES and were in awe of the early beta. At Google I/O (part two), we saw another demo of just how far it had come. Both instances left us with the feeling that this was a legitimate game-changer in the AR space. Tango…

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Facebook and Twitter join forces to stop the spread of bogus news

Facebook and Twitter have joined likes of the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN and others to improve the quality of information on social media. The group hopes to target fake news and misinformation, although it stops short of saying what steps it would take or how it'd react once it's found. First Draft Coalition, an Alphabet-backed venture, said it'd create a voluntary code of practice, attempt to increase news literacy among social media users and launch a platform intended to verify questionable sources of information. For both Facebook and Twitter, bogus news has been a growing problem. Just last month, a Facebook…

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North of England has seven of Britain's top 10 endangered buildings

Victorian Society says 2016 list, featuring no structures in London or south-east, may reflect ‘vastly different financial climate'

From the former home of explorer Gertrude Bell to a landmark of the Grimsby skyline, seven of Britain's 10 most endangered historic buildings are in the north of England.

The annual list of once-celebrated structures, compiled by the Victorian Society, is dominated by “at-risk” buildings in the north and for the first time features none in London or the south-east.

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Sweatbox heaven: welcome to the sauna and steam of your dreams

From steamrooms suspended under remote Czech bridges to the Swedish robot sauna straight out of Star Wars, the spa experience is getting a guerilla makeover

An awkward grey creature stands on the edge of Frihamnen harbour in Gothenburg. It looks like a homemade robot elephant, cobbled together from industrial remains strewn around the dock. Clad in rusty sheets of corrugated steel, its truncated body stands on gawky little legs, lurching this way and that with cartoonish wonkiness.

“We wanted people to be curious about what this thing could be,” says Francesco Apuzzo of Raumlabor, the Berlin-based architectural collective behind this mysterious structure. It could be the chubby cousin of one of the laser-wielding AT-AT killing machines from Star Wars, but it has a more benign purpose. “People have to climb up the steps and only then do they discover the soft wooden interior of the sauna within.”

Related: Carnival of design

We're not sauna obsessives … but with everyone stripped of clothing, the sauna is ultimately a democratic space

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The Heights of Charm

Needing to remove Vice President Henry Wallace from the Democrats' 1944 election ticket, President Roosevelt sent him on one of those foreign junkets contrived to refresh sagging egos in the warming balm of publicity. This one took Wallace to China, Mongolia, and Siberia. At his departure, the president said, “I think you ought to see a lot of Siberia.”

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