Daily Diamond - Man shot by robber is saved by his phone

Picture the scene: you’re a shop assistant working out back in a petrol station when you idly walk onto the shop floor, only to be confronted with a gun-wielding man demanding the safe be opened.
This is what happened in Florida, when an American man’s life was saved by his mobile phone, and......
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Daily Diamond - EU and Canada agree trade deal

A multibillion-dollar free trade agreement has been made between the European Union and Canada in a bid to boost growth and employment by merging two of the world’s biggest economies. Britain can expect a £1.3 billion boost from the deal and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) have estimated that......
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Daily Diamond - Marmosets engage in polite conversation

Marmosets are considered the most primitive of the monkeys because they lack even the ability to change their facial expressions, but marmosets may be more polite than humans when it comes to courteous conversation.
Scientists conducted a study which involved recording pairs of marmosets calling......
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Daily Diamond - Computer Powered by "Electronic Blood"

Companies are always looking for ways to build smarter computers that are more power-efficient, with many developers turning to the best computer in the world: the human brain.
One company has managed to develop a prototype of a computer inspired by the brain that is run by the computer......
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Daily Diamond - Wales launches bone marrow donor campaign

Have you ever thought about becoming a blood or bone marrow donor? A new campaign was launched in Wales this week with the aim of raising awareness for bone marrow donation.
Bone marrow is the tissue inside our bones with the important purpose of producing blood cells: red blood cells that carry......
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Daily Diamond - Diamond rain on Saturn and Jupiter

It’s raining diamonds! Scientists say the little shiny rocks of highly pressurised carbon, which are both highly rare and highly expensive, are falling out of the sky. But if you want to get your hands on them, it’s a hundreds-of-millions-of-miles-long trek. Sadly, the diamond rain is not......
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Daily Diamond - Irish Prime Minister says bailout will end in December

It’s November 2010, and the Republic of Ireland is seeking help as its economy plummets in a crash that leaves even the banks without enough money. Ireland appeals to the EU and International Monetary Fund (IMF) and is issued with a ‘bailout’.
Fast-forward three years and the Taoiseach......
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Daily Diamond - Inexperienced passenger lands plane after pilot falls ill mid-air

Imagine you are flying through the evening sky in an aeroplane that your friend is flying. Suddenly, the pilot falls ill and collapses at the controls. What would you do? If you are John Wildey, you take control of the plane, radio in a distress call, and follow instructions until you are safely......
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Daily Diamond - Study reveals kissing helps us find perfect partner

Do you think your partner is a good kisser? Most people will say yes when asked and a study by Oxford University has revealed that kissing is one of the ways of determining if someone will be the one for us – and a way of keeping them that way.
There has been much contention over years......
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Daily Diamond - Building firms set up compensation fund

What would you do if you found out the reason you hadn’t been able to find work was because your name had been secretly blacklisted – and you had no idea why?
This is what happened to more than 3,200 people when it emerged in 2009 that their names had been put on a building industry......
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Daily Diamond - Small investors favoured in Royal Mail privatization

In the widely publicised privatisation of the Royal Mail, it seems that small investors will be getting the best deal when it comes to allocating shares.
Although it was thought that everyone who applied for the shares would be getting them, Business Secretary Vince Cable said an astounding......
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Daily Diamond - Disney Develops Way To 'Feel' 2D Touchscreen Images

If you thought Disney was just a company that makes lots of films and theme parks – think again! Coming a long way from bringing you their first animated feature film in 1937, Disney has now come up with it’s most amazing invention yet: Flat touch screens that help people feel a 2D image......
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Daily Diamond - Volunteers help maintain monument during shutdown

The disputes among the House, Senate, and President are reflecting terribly on America’s government.  Congress has an all-time low approval rating, which is impressive given just how low that approval rating has been the last several years, and President Obama is finding himself in the......
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Daily Diamond - Lagos to be powered by garbage.

Lagos, Nigeria, one of the world’s largest cities and second only to Cairo in Africa, is about to turn a problem into an opportunity.  The city has earned the title “the garbage capital of the world”.  Up to now, that has been an unwanted moniker, making people think of dumps and......
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Daily Diamond - Could there be a cure for Jet Lag?

Jet lag could be a thing of the past – we just have to tinker with our body clocks, say Japanese scientists.
At Kyoto University, scientists have gotten one step closer to developing a drug that could cure jet lag and their findings are published in Science. Jet lag is that annoying......
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Daily Diamond - Has a new species of Owl been discovered on Oman?

Have you ever heard bird song and wondered which bird it was? Magnus Robb could tell you, but then he’s an expert in that kind of thing – which is why he was so sure he had discovered a new species of owl when he was in Oman.
Magnus Robb is an ornithologist and one of the founders of......
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Daily Diamond - America and Vietnam sign nuclear trade agreement

A pact signed on Thursday between the United States and Vietnam can pave the way for the latter to develop a nuclear energy industry.
The US-Vietnam Civil Nuclear Cooperation Agreement will allow Vietnam to have access to nuclear technology as long as used for peaceful means while US companies......
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Daily Diamond - New shape changing metals developed

There are metals that can be morphed into whatever shape needed, do its job, then be morphed into something else. It sounds amazing, but after too many changes the metal degrades and can’t be used any more.
Now US scientists at the University of Minnesota have published their findings in......
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Daily Diamond - UK Scouts to welcome Atheists with new pledge

For the first time in 106 years, atheists will be able to become a Scout without having to pledge to a God they don’t believe in.
A 10-month consultation between the Scout movement and religious leaders led to the decision that a new version of the Scouts’ promise will be introduced for......
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Daily Diamond - Ikea to start selling solar panels

Along with their famous flat-pack furniture and hot dogs, Ikea stores all over the UK will be having a little addition to their already expansive family: solar panels. Ikea will be the first large retailer in the UK to have a proper impact on its customers’ energy-saving.
An Ikea rooftop solar......
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Daily Diamond - World's first Malaria vaccine by 2016

After 60 years of research and trials, there is definitive hope for a vaccine for one of the deadliest diseases in the world: Malaria.
Malaria is one of the world’s biggest killers – about 800,000 people die from it every year. For over 60 years, scientists have been trying to find a way......
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Daily Diamond - Scientists gain new insights into Autism

A study of more than 800 people’s genes has led to the ‘deleted’ genes offering possible insight into autism and how it develops.
US scientists from the Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, have been studying the genetic profiles of 810 people – 431 with an Autistic Spectrum......
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Daily Diamond - Tiger Quoll thought extinct, seen 141 years later!

There is always one, isn’t there? A tiger quoll has managed to squash the fear that its species no longer resides in the Grampians, by fulfilling its lifelong dream to be captured on film.
That might not actually be the case, but there hasn’t been evidence of tiger quolls living in Grampians......
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Daily Diamond - Low income families to receive free education at Harvard

Recently, Harvard University confirmed that students coming from families with a low income and attend Undergraduate Honours programmes will not have to pay any tuition fees.
The scheme, known as the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative, ensures thorough support for students whose annual family......
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Daily Diamond - Wilson Kipsang breaks world marathon record

In an event that was largely ignored late last month, Wilson Kipsang broke the marathon world record in Berlin.  He beat the previous mark of 2:03:38, which was held by fellow Kenyan Patrick Makau, by fifteen seconds.  Makau had held the record for two years and four days since he broke it in......
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Daily Diamond - 60 new species found in Suriname

There are thought to be millions of species in the world yet to be discovered, but scientists in the US may just have struck 60 of them off the list.
Last year, 16 scientists trekked through the heart of Suriname’s rainforest as part of their Rapid Assessment Program. Their purpose was to......
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Daily Diamond - Roman skulls discovered in old riverbed

Finding skeletons while working on the new Crossrail project was something construction workers may not have expected, but they had ample warning with the discovery of Bedlam’s 16th century burial ground on the site earlier this year. They were not, however, expecting 20 Roman skulls.
The......
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Daily Diamond - "Frankenstein" Phone Powered By Lightning

Scientists have proven that Mary Shelley was right – a bolt of lightning can bring something to life! Okay, so it might just be a mobile phone battery and not a person, but pretty impressive nonetheless.
An experiment was carried out by scientists at the University of Southampton, working......
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Daily Diamond - Flowering Plants Began 100 Million Years Earlier Than Expected

Scientists from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, have found evidence that flowering plants have been around a lot longer than anyone thought possible.
The Swiss and German team at the University analysed core samples obtained by drilling into the ground and found six different types of......
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Daily Diamond - Gromit Unleashed auctions raise over £2 million

A cracking night for Bristol’s children’s hospital as Gromits fetch £2,357,000 When these fantastic sculptures first lined our streets back in July of this year, the slogan for the highly anticipated Gromit Unleashed trail read, “80 Gromits, 10 weeks, 1 city”. However as the final......
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Daily Diamond - Chimpanzees beat humans in memory test

Over the past few years, scientists have been studying chimpanzees’ memory skills in the hope that they can shine light on some of the mysteries of the human mind.
Back in 2007, after spending six months teaching his chimpanzees to count from one to nine, Professor Tetsuro Matsuzawa from Kyoto......
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Daily Diamond - Indian and Pakistani Prime Ministers Meet

Just three days after a pair of attacks by separatist rebels on Indian security forces in Kashmir, the Prime Ministers of India and Pakistan met at a hotel in New York during a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.  It was the first such meeting between Manmohan Singh and newly elected......
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Daily Diamond - Rare Pink Bottle-nose Dolphin in Louisiana

Bottle-nose dolphins are grey… Aren’t they? They are – except for Pinky, who just so happens to be pink.
In 2007, a pink dolphin was spotted in the Calcasieu Ship Channel, which connects Lake Charles, Louisiana, and the Gulf Mexico. Six years later and the pink dolphin is still in......
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Daily Diamond - Youngster Leads Clare to All-Ireland Glory

Nineteen year old Shane O’Donnell wasn’t selected to play for his county when they met up with favorites Cork back on the 8th of September.  He was considered a future star, but the student’s time had not yet come.
Manager Davy Fitzgerald instead opted for a more experienced player with......
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Daily Diamond - Shanghai launches free trade zone

In a brave attempt to overhaul their economy, China opened a free-trade zone in Shanghai on Sunday. The second-largest economy in the world announced last July that a free-trade zone would be developed in Shanghai, in the hope of giving their economy a boost.
A free-trade zone is a specific area......
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Daily Diamond - Water found on Mars

In the famous words of David Bowie: “Is there life on Mars?” Well… We don’t know yet, but there is water.
On Thursday, the journal Science published five papers from Nasa: one about the discovery of water on Mars, three papers covering the soil analysis, and one study about a......
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Daily Diamond - ACA - The Affordable Care Act

The time is nearly here, the moment that millions of Americans have been anxiously waiting for – the official launch of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), also known as Obamacare.
Passed by Congress in March, making it a law, the ACA officially opens its metaphoric doors today. This marks the......
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