TECH TODAY: CONSTRUCTION GIANT DEWALT UNVEILS SMARTPHONE

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Construction giant Dewalt has entered the smartphone market with a tough Android-powered handset designed for building industry workers.

SCIENCE DAILY: GRAVITATIONAL WAVE MISSION PASSES SANITY CHECK 'SANITY CHECK'

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Image captionScientists have in mind their preferred type of space observatory - but it is expensive

A European Space Agency effort to try to detect gravitational waves in space is not only technically feasible but compelling, a new report finds.

SCIENCE DAILY: DINOSAURS 'IN DECLINE' 50 MILLION YEARS BEFORE ASTEROID STRIKE

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The dinosaurs were already in decline 50 million years before the asteroid strike that finally wiped them out, a study suggests.

SCIENCE TODAY: ECONOMIC LOSSES FROM NATURAL DISASTERS COUNTED

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Image captionEconomic losses to Ecuador from Saturday's quake could top a couple of billion dollars

Natural disasters around the globe have resulted in economic losses of roughly $7 trillion since 1900, according to a new calculation from scientists.

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HEALTH NEWS: SUPER-GONORRHOEA'S SPREAD 'CAUSING HUGE CONCERN'

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Doctors have expressed "huge concern" that super-gonorrhoea has spread widely across England and to gay men.

HEALTH NEWS: PARKINSON'S DISEASE 'MANY PATIENTS HIDE SYMPTOMS'

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More than a third of people in the UK with Parkinson's disease feel the need to hide their symptoms or lie about having the condition, a survey for a charity suggests.