Geoboffins claim to find oldest trace of life in rocks 3.5bn years old

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/30/geoboffins_claim_to_find_the_oldest_trace_of_life_in_rocks_35_billion_years_old/

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Honolulu is the first big US city to ban phone use at crosswalks

https://www.engadget.com/2017/07/30/honolulu-bans-phone-use-at-crosswalks/

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South Park episode plays epic prank on Amazon Alexa owners

http://feeds.slashgear.com/~r/slashgear/~3/uC3q0yFkXsc/

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Researchers estimate the human cost of emissions cheating

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/18/study-diesel-emissions-preventable-deaths-nitrogen-oxide/

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09/15/17 PHD comic: 'Inner Gollum'

http://www.phdcomics.com/comics.php?f=1973

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Cassini mission ends with final plunge into Saturn

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/cassini-end-of-mission-rip/

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A nanoparticle-coated skin patch could treat obesity and diabetes

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/15/nanoparticle-coated-skin-patch-treat-obesity-diabetes/

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Using viruses to fight cancer

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/home/~3/wNWQR0ChvvA/using-viruses-to-fight-cancer

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Relive the first 11 seasons of 'South Park' on Blu-ray this fall

https://www.engadget.com/2017/09/07/relive-first-11-seasons-south-park-blu-ray-this-fall/

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More than half in UK are non-religious, suggests survey

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41150792

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Voyager 1 at 40: Scientists 'amazed' 1970s space probe still works

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41147213

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Give a boffin a Xeon and a big GPU, get a new big prime number

http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2017/09/05/new_colossal_prime_number/

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