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• The Tories' factcheckUK Twitter stunt was cleverly designed to fail

  20-11-2019 11:49 via WIRED UK
  
  “Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia.”
  
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• Bug expert claims to have found evidence of 'insect-like' beings living on Mars

  20-11-2019 10:32 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  NASA is getting ready to send a rover to Mars in search of life, but a professor from Ohio University believes we have already uncovered numerous beings crawling on the red planet.
  
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• The Disney+ hack shows why you need to up your password game

  20-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  Within days of its launch, Disney+ accounts have been compromised. The likely method of attack? Hackers using the passwords you've used on other websites
  
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• How to use Google Docs like a pro

  20-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  Google Docs can be baffling, but it doesn't have to be. Here's how to get the most out of its various features
  
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• Elon Musk's satellites are starting to really annoy astronomers

  20-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  SpaceX has a plan to launch 42,000 Starlink satellites into orbit, but the first 120 are already blocking astronomers' view of space
  
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• Manta rays and whale sharks in Indonesia are consuming 63 PIECES of plastic pollution per hour

  20-11-2019 00:09 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Every year, some 5.25 trillion new pieces of plastic debris are thrown into the ocean, much of which ends up being eaten by manta rays and whale sharks according to a new study from Indonesia.
  
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• Report finds more than TWO MILLION Americans do not have access to clean water

  20-11-2019 00:08 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  A shocking report reveals over 2 million Americans do not have access to a basic need - clean water. The study also found that Native Americans, African-Americans and Latinos suffer the most.
  
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• Startup uses AI-powered mirrors to help make cement and glass without ever using fossil fuels

  20-11-2019 00:01 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The company, called Heliogen, says it uses artificial intelligence to help operate an array of mirrors capable of reflecting and focusing the sun's light and creating a type of solar oven.
  
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• New research gives insight into way of life around ancient ritual site in Poland

  19-11-2019 23:56 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Researchers in Poland have begun excavating the site of a mysterious 7,000-year-old ring structure believed to have been used for semi-regular religious rituals, finding human bones and more.
  
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• NASA confirms water vapor is present under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa

  19-11-2019 23:52 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  NASA confirmed plume-like water vapor above Europa's surface, which were detected as a wavelength of emitted infrared light. Experts believe they could find an ocean under the surface.
  
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• Michigan farmer becomes the sixth person to die of mosquito-borne EEE virus

  19-11-2019 23:07 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Jim Whitmore, fourth generation farmer in Eu Claire, Michigan died on Saturday, becoming the sixth victim of Eastern equine encephalitis in the state amid a historic outbreak in the US.
  
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• Ohio University professor claims insect-like beings are living on Mars

  19-11-2019 22:24 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  NASA is getting ready to send a rover to Mars in search of life, but a professor from Ohio University believes we have already uncovered numerous beings crawling on the red planet.
  
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• Shocking map shows the UK coastal towns at risk of being wiped out over the next 20 years

  19-11-2019 21:40 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Experts found that the UK's east coast is being hardest hit, with the erosion rate the fastest in Yorkshire and the Humber, where 56 per cent of the coastline is at risk.
  
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• SpaceX's Starship may start making missions to the moon by 2022 after joining NASA lunar lander race

  19-11-2019 20:44 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  SpaceX was recently selected by NASA as one of five companies vying to help deliver payloads to the lunar surface as a part of its new mission to return humans to the moon by 2024.
  
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• NASA confirms liquid water is present under the ice of Jupiter's moon Europa

  19-11-2019 20:37 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  NASA confirmed plume-like water vapor above Europa's surface, which were detected as a wavelength of emitted infrared light. Experts believe they could find an ocean under the surface.
  
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• Spaceflight can halt and even reverse blood flow in astronauts' upper bodies

  19-11-2019 20:35 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  For the study researchers examined 11 astronauts who had stayed aboard the International Space Station for an average of six months and found seven suffered reversed or stall blood flow.
  
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• Nikola Corporation announces new battery technology that could double the range on electric cars

  19-11-2019 19:46 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  This week, Nikola Corporation announced a powerful new battery that could double the range of electric vehicles without adding any extra size or weight, expected for full unveiling in 2020.
  
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• Electric bike startup launches weekly subscription plan targeted at delivery people and gig workers

  19-11-2019 19:25 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  This week, a Sydney-based electric bicycle company Bolt Bikes officially announced its expansion into the US and UK, with a $39 a week subscription fee and a rent-to-own option.
  
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• Researchers uncover 143 previously hidden and unknown figures drawn in the desert soil in Peru

  19-11-2019 18:23 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The newly discovered figures depict a wide range of living creatures including birds, monkeys, fish and reptiles. A humanoid creature was discovered by artificial intelligent software.
  
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• Facebook meme-making app lets users edit stock photos and share them on Instagram and Messenger

  19-11-2019 18:13 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The meme-making app, called Whale, was quietly rolled out by Facebook last week according to a report by The Information and is currently only available via the Canadian App Store.
  
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• Artist places AirPod stickers in San Francisco to see how many people would try to pick them up

  19-11-2019 18:03 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Artist and digital creator Pablo Rochat pranked people in San Francisco, CA by placing multiple life-size AirPod stickers around the city to exaggerate how easy it is to lose one of the earbuds.
  
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• Astronomer captures incredibly detailed picture of the Andromeda galaxy using a smartphone

  19-11-2019 17:50 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The astronomers were impressed that the smartphone was able to overcome high levels of artificial light to take the picture.
  
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• A shark proof wet suit has been created by scientists in Australia

  19-11-2019 16:18 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The new 'shark proof' material features strong very light weight fibres that make it harder for teeth to penetrate the fabric. Scientists from Australia tested the new material on Great White Sharks.
  
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• David Attenborough says the world is finally tackling the 'vile' scourge of plastic waste

  19-11-2019 16:15 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Sir David made the comments as he and the BBC were announced as the winners of the London-based think tank Chatham House's 2019 award for improving international relations.
  
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• Virgin Media insists broadband service is working as normal despite reports of outage

  19-11-2019 15:24 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Virgin Media has issued a statement saying there is no national broadband outage affecting the network.
  
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• Private Consortium Launches Smart Region To Slam Smart City Tech

  19-11-2019 15:17 via Technocracy News
  
  Arizona State University President Michael Crow has created a unconstitutional consortium of organizations to impose smart city technology across 20 cities and 4.4 million people in central Arizona.
  This is a global first, and other regionalists around the world are watching like hawks to see if they can pull it off. If they do, it will instantly become the global template to create Smart Cities without public intervention. ⁃ TN EditorCox Communications and Arizona State University&nb
  
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• Globalists Openly Admitting To Population Control Agenda

  19-11-2019 15:01 via Technocracy News
  
  Technocrats among the global elite have long called for population control to reduce the consumption of resources and to cleans the human genome. Once regarded as a conspiracy theory, it is in plain view today. ⁃ TN EditorEugenics and population control are long time hobbies of the financial elites. In the early 1900’s, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Institute were deeply involved in promoting Eugenics laws in the US. These laws led to the forced sterilization of ov
  
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• Find your next dream job on WIRED Hired

  19-11-2019 14:54 via WIRED UK
  
  A new careers marketplace from WIRED and Jobbio can help you find your next big move
  
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• Genetically Engineered Babies Only Two Years Away

  19-11-2019 14:50 via Technocracy News
  
  Transhumanism advances in the name of preventing genetic disease, thus extending life. Universities around the world are working feverishly and largely on tax payer money, to create a future nobody else wants. ⁃ TN EditorGenetically engineered designer babies could be just two years away and spark a revolution in editing human embryos, scientists have said.
  Researchers have predicted the “ethically sound” creation of the so-called designer babies by 2022.
  It is expect
  
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• European Space Agency captures the 'sound of our planet singing' as solar storms batter it

  19-11-2019 14:43 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Astronomers led from the University of Helsinki in Finland have recorded the eerie 'song' sung by the Earth's magnetic field when hit by a storm of charged particles from the Sun.
  
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• Patent images show Sony's Dualshock 5 gamepad has a microphone and no light bar 

  19-11-2019 12:48 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  One of the most distinguishing features of the Playstation 4's controller - the light bar used to tell players which controller is currently active - doesn't appear to be on the new device.
  
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• Bad grammar, typos and language errors make prospective partners seem less attractive, study shows 

  19-11-2019 10:40 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The study found that errors such as writing 'teh' instead of 'the' and putting capital letters in the wrong place suggested a lack of attention to detail, which would in turn make people seem less attractive.
  
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• 50 years on: Apollo 12 failed at selfies but succeeded at dismantling a probe

  19-11-2019 10:01 via The Register - Science
  
  Mind where you're pointing that thing, Al Part 2  Welcome to the second part of our Apollo 12 retrospective, where we look at the breaking of cameras and the (almost) breaking of the lunar module pilot. You can read about the eventful launch in Part 1, here.…
  
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• The tricks Johnson and Corbyn will use to win the election debate

  19-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  Labour and the Conservatives will debate each other as part of the ITV leaders' debate. This is what they must do to get ahead in the election race
  
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• The best games on Google Stadia, ranked

  19-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  Underwhelmed by Google Stadia's underwhelming list of launch titles? It might be missing a killer title, but there are some games of genuine quality on there too
  
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• Google Stadia review: a terrible but tantalising glimpse of the future

  19-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  Streaming games could well be the future. But in real-world conditions, Google Stadia shows the future is a long way off yet
  
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• Google Stadia review: a terrible but tantalising glimpse at the future

  19-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  Streaming games could well be the future. But in real-world conditions, Google Stadia shows the future is a long way off yet
  
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• A trade war with the US could claim an unlikely victim: British cheese

  19-11-2019 07:00 via WIRED UK
  
  An innocent bystander, UK cheese has been caught in the crossfire of the global trade war
  
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• Researchers teach autonomous car how to safely avoid 'selfish' motorists by using social psychology

  19-11-2019 00:51 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Unlike other mechanical self-driving algorithms, the system from MIT's Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, uses social psychology to classify drivers as selfish or selfless.
  
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• THOUSANDS of Facebook, Messenger, and Instagram users experiencing outages across the US and UK

  19-11-2019 00:41 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Messenger, Facebook's app for direct messaging, appears to be the most affected with more than 8,000 reports of users experiencing issues in the UK and US on Monday night.
  
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• Early Black Friday deals: These ENACFIRE wireless headphones are currently reduced by £86 on Amazon

  19-11-2019 00:09 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  If you're looking for a more affordable option to Apple's Airpods then ENACFIRE's wireless headphones are worth a look - especially since they're currently enjoying 68 per cent off on Amazon.
  
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• Infants buried with 'helmets' made from skulls of other children protected them from 'wild souls'

  18-11-2019 23:11 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Archaeologists unearthed 11 burials in South America, two of which were infants with 'helmets' made from the skulls of other children that may have been used to protect them from wild souls.
  
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• REVEALED: Facebook gets more than 16,000 reports of users posting revenge porn EVERY DAY

  18-11-2019 22:10 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The reports have persisted despite increased efforts from Facebook to quickly identify and remove the images - nude pictures that have been uploaded without a person's consent.
  
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• Regions where voters have neurotic personalities in the US voted for Donald Trump

  18-11-2019 21:52 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Regions where voters have neurotic traits were more likely to vote for Trump.Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Ohio were more neurotic and Trump won these areas in the 2016 election.
  
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• Chinese bus and truck manufacturer plans for 200,000 'new energy' vehicles by 2025

  18-11-2019 21:20 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  This weekend, the Chinese truck manufacturer Beiqi Foton Motor announced a new plan to make 200,000 'new energy' commercial vehicles by 2025, including electric and hydrogen fuel cell powered.
  
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• Amazing ultra slow-motion video shows bees using their wings to surf on water

  18-11-2019 21:00 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Researchers used the video to discover that when a bee falls into a water it's able to use the fact water makes its wings sticky to create a wave that it can then use to get to the side.
  
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• Regions where voters have neurotic personalities in the US and UK voted for Donald Trump and Brexit

  18-11-2019 20:54 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Regions where voters have neurotic personality traits were more likely to vote for Trump in the US or for the Brexit in the UK, as these campaigns used fear and worry as the main focus.
  
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• How to calculate the 'true age' of your dog 'in human years'

  18-11-2019 19:58 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Researchers claim to have finally found an accurate way to calculate your dog's age in human years - and it's not as simple asjust timing it by seven. It involves DNA clocks and natural logarithms.
  
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• Stinger Bell! Idris Elba has a WASP named after him because it 'protects' crops

  18-11-2019 19:30 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  The wasp has been likened to Elba's character Heimdall in Thor, who is based on the Norse god Heimdallr - the sole protector of the bridge linking the human world and the realm of the gods
  
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• Gay behaviour 'is the norm for most animals': 1,500 different species engage in 'homosexual' acts

  18-11-2019 19:24 via Science & tech | Mail Online
  
  Homosexuality in animals is widespread and new research from Yale University suggests it may have been part of animal behaviour from the beginning
  
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