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• Hypersonic spaceplane engine set for Colorado tests

  18-12-2017 23:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site, at Front Range Airport near Watkins, Colorado, will test a key technology in Reaction Engines hypersonic air-breathing combined cycle Sabre rocket engine.
  
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• The Winter Solstice 2017 will be the worst day of the year

  18-12-2017 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2017 Winter Solstice is predicted by astrologers to be the worst day of the entire year due to a rare cosmic incident that hasn't occurred in over 350 years. The sun and Saturn will actually line up.
  
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• New approach promises early warnings of soggy summers

  18-12-2017 23:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers develop a new technique to give a more accurate advance forecast for summer weather.
  
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• Scientists set to image the event horizon of a black hole

  18-12-2017 22:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists with the Event Horizon Telescope, a ‘virtual Earth-sized telescope,' expect to spot the edge of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy in 2018.
  
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• Boeing teases plane that will 'change future air power'

  18-12-2017 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The craft, seen hidden under a cloth,is believed to be a radical new craft using electric 'hairdryer' to allow it to land and take off vertically. Boeing will unveil their mystery aircraft on December 19th.
  
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• Kaspersky files lawsuit over anti-virus software ban

  18-12-2017 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  The Moscow-based company said claims that it is vulnerable to Kremlin influence are unfounded.
  
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• Oldest life on Earth began more than 3.5 billion years ago

  18-12-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings were made by researchers at UCLA and the University of Wisconsin-Madison, who used a state of the art secondary ion mass spectrometer to analyse the fossils.
  
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• Can brain injuries make you a CRIMINAL?

  18-12-2017 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers, from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, claim their study could one day help experts to prevent or even 'treat' criminal behaviour.
  
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• Venus is not a dead planet and has signs of activity 

  18-12-2017 20:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new global view of some well-known features on Venus's surface indicate its crust is moving, in a process extremely similar to the same process on Earth.
  
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• Climate change hits Winter Olympic preparation

  18-12-2017 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This season, American skiiers uprooted to glaciers at Saas-Fee, Switzerland, and Ruka, Finland, for training needed to be competitive at February's Winter Games in South Korea.
  
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• Twitter suspends Britain First leaders' accounts

  18-12-2017 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Among the accounts to be suspended is that of deputy leader Jayda Fransen who gained notoriety when three anti-Muslim videos she posted were retweeted by Donald Trump.
  
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• The ancient turtle that migrated from Africa to Europe

  18-12-2017 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New study found that river turtles crossed into the ancient continent Laurasia from what's now Africa, where they adapted from a freshwater lifestyle to survive in the coastal marine environment.
  
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• Chimpanzees and children will pay to see justice done

  18-12-2017 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During a study conducted by an international team of researchers, led by the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, experts taught children and chimps to identify others as either pro or anti-social.
  
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• Interstellar object may hold 'alien' water

  18-12-2017 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  The first known interstellar asteroid may hold water from another star system in its interior, according to a study.
  
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• Ofcom to investigate BBC climate change interview

  18-12-2017 19:20 via bbc.co.uk
  It's the regulator's first investigation since taking over responsibility for BBC standards.
  
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• Aerion and Lockheed Martin work on supersonic business jet

  18-12-2017 19:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aerion and Lockheed Martin have revealed they are joining forces in the race to create the world's first supersonic business jet, and hope it will fly by 2023.
  
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• Alpha Centauri may be home to mini-Earths

  18-12-2017 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new study led by a team of Yale astronomers rules out the existence of a number of larger planets in the system. Instead, the team found small, Earth-like planets may be more common.
  
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• More Americans killed by lawnmowers than Jihadi terrorists

  18-12-2017 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The statistic was selected as the winner by the London-based Royal Statistical Society as the International Statistic of the Year.
  
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• Wired Magazine: 2018 Will Usher In The Green Cryptocurrency Revolution

  18-12-2017 19:08 via technocracy.news
  Finally, the global Green Economy (aka Sustainable Development or Technocracy) has been tied directly to the development of blockchain-based ‘green’ cryptocurrencies. From a pro-Technocracy point of view,  this makes perfect sense. Until now, financing the transformation of the global economic system has been an undeclared mystery. TN predicts that green ‘assets’ of the world (heritage zones, nature conservancies, etc.) will be monetized by green cryptocurrencies. &#
  
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• Claim: China Will Be Key To Creating A Global Circular (Green) Economy

  18-12-2017 18:53 via technocracy.news
  The terms ‘circular economy’ and Sustainable Development are UN terms that are tied together as synonymous thoughts. It stresses efficiency and cutting waste. As a Technocracy, China is agressively leading the global community in its path. ⁃ TN EditorInterest in the “circular economy” has grown over the past decade in recognition that current rates of resource consumption are unsustainable. The shift to a more sustainable model of economic growth requires a circular
  
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• Uber driver arrested after Briton murdered in Lebanon

  18-12-2017 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  Rebecca Dykes, a British embassy worker in Beirut, was strangled and sexually assaulted, police say.
  
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• Twitter rolls out stricter rules on abusive content

  18-12-2017 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter has begun enforcing stricter policies on violent and abusive content like hateful images or symbols, including those attached to user profiles.
  
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• Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao To Keynote Smart Cities Conference

  18-12-2017 18:21 via technocracy.news
  If Elaine Chao is not a Technocrat herself,  her globalist history and current outlook plays into their hands and their doctrine of connectivity and smart cities. Smart cities have emerged as a key global component of Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorU.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao will headline the Smart Cities conference programming at CES 2018 next month.
  Chao and Consumer Technology Association (CTA) president/CEO Gary Shapiro will have a candid conversation about
  
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• Facebook to demote posts that 'bait' for shares, likes

  18-12-2017 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has said that starting this week it will begin punishing 'engagement baiters' worldwide by pushing their 'spammy' postsfurther down the News Feed.
  
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• What's the worst #jargon you've ever heard in the #office? siliconrepublic.com/careers/worst-…

  18-12-2017 18:05 via twitter.com
  What's the worst #jargon you've ever heard in the #office? siliconrepublic.com/careers/worst-…
  
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• Interstellar 'comet' Oumuamua is just a crusty old rock

  18-12-2017 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space rock which floated into our solar system has withstood the intense heat of the sun because it is coated in a special crust, a new studyfrom the University of Belfast suggests.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Spotahome opens the door to a world of real-estate possibilities ow.ly/4Ldm30hiDAr

  18-12-2017 17:50 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Spotahome opens the door to a world of real-estate possibilities ow.ly/4Ldm30hiDAr
  
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• #MostRead Today: 2018 tech predictions for the bitcoin bubble, 5G and robot overlords ow.ly/kfCd30hiDw4

  18-12-2017 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 2018 tech predictions for the bitcoin bubble, 5G and robot overlords ow.ly/kfCd30hiDw4
  
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• #MostRead Today: 14 amazing start-ups from Madrid to watch in 2018 ow.ly/fJBk30hiDtx

  18-12-2017 17:49 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 14 amazing start-ups from Madrid to watch in 2018 ow.ly/fJBk30hiDtx
  
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• #MostRead Today: Virgin switches on free public Wi-Fi in Drogheda and Gorey ow.ly/udef30hiDoP

  18-12-2017 17:48 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Virgin switches on free public Wi-Fi in Drogheda and Gorey ow.ly/udef30hiDoP
  
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• #MostRead Today: Have we just achieved the moon landing moment of quantum computing? ow.ly/nOlr30hiDrW

  18-12-2017 17:48 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Have we just achieved the moon landing moment of quantum computing? ow.ly/nOlr30hiDrW
  
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• Apple has sold out of its wireless earphones until January

  18-12-2017 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There are worldwide shortages of the popular Apple AirPods just one week before Christmas for the second year running.
  
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• Twitter suspends Britain First leaders

  18-12-2017 17:31 via bbc.co.uk
  The leader and deputy of a far-right British political party's Twitter accounts are frozen.
  
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• A new survey of a patch of #deepspace has found a planet the size of Jupiter that only ‘grazes’ its star system.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-12-2017 17:20 via twitter.com
  A new survey of a patch of #deepspace has found a planet the size of Jupiter that only ‘grazes’ its star system.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Chimps and children will pay to see justice done

  18-12-2017 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During a study conducted by an international team of researchers, led by the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig, Germany, experts taught children and chimps to identify others as either pro or anti-social.
  
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• Simulations challenge Yellowstone formation theory

  18-12-2017 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Illinoisexperts rewound and played back a portion of the park's geologic history, finding that its volcanic activity is more complex and dynamic than was previously thought.
  
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• WATCH: At Deloitte, you work with role models every day siliconrepublic.com/video/deloitte…

  18-12-2017 17:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: At Deloitte, you work with role models every day siliconrepublic.com/video/deloitte…
  
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• Those pesky spam posts could be soon on their way out according to #Facebook #clickbait siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…

  18-12-2017 16:55 via twitter.com
  Those pesky spam posts could be soon on their way out according to #Facebook #clickbait siliconrepublic.com/companies/face…
  
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• Security flaw in Windows 10 opened passwords to hackers

  18-12-2017 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A California-based analyst has found that a bug in Windows 10 versions of the popular password manager 'Keeper' allowed hackers to access the users' login codes.
  
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• YouTube money-makers

  18-12-2017 16:40 via bbc.co.uk
  YouTuber Evan Edinger's latest video explains the five main ways of making money from YouTube.
  
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• Looking for some #books that will boost your #career? Careers reporter @evadiminutive is here to help siliconrepublic.com/advice/books-r…

  18-12-2017 16:30 via twitter.com
  Looking for some #books that will boost your #career? Careers reporter @evadiminutive is here to help siliconrepublic.com/advice/books-r…
  
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• Facebook: Post more to feel better about yourself

  18-12-2017 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  Using Facebook more proactively can combat its negative impact on wellbeing, says the social network.
  
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• Mysterious molten rock discovered under New Hampshire

  18-12-2017 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the largest geological study of its kind, researchers led by Rutgers University used a network of thousands of seismic measurement devices to detect the strange blob.
  
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• Penguin tourism

  18-12-2017 16:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Reports of a tourist flight over Antarctica highlight China's growing interest in the poles.
  
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• Researchers have found a way to turn carbon emissions into syngas, a mixture of H2 and carbon monoxide that can be… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  18-12-2017 16:10 via twitter.com
  Researchers have found a way to turn carbon emissions into syngas, a mixture of H2 and carbon monoxide that can be… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rare Jupiter-sized planet found ‘grazing’ distant star system siliconrepublic.com/innovation/qat…

  18-12-2017 16:02 via twitter.com
  Rare Jupiter-sized planet found ‘grazing’ distant star system siliconrepublic.com/innovation/qat…
  
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• How to spot ISS 'Santa's sleigh' before Christmas

  18-12-2017 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The International Space Station (ISS) is scheduled to fly over the UK at around 4:40 pm GMT (11:40am ET) on December 19, and will appear as a bright streak in the night sky.
  
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• The six most bizarre Christmas injuries

  18-12-2017 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Adam Taylor, a lecturer in anatomy at Lancaster University, revealed how a 28-year-old woman was putting up an ornament when the bar stool slipped under her - causing her vaginal trauma.
  
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• Expert reveals tips for avoiding arguments this Christmas

  18-12-2017 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nicholas Joyce from the University of South Florida recommends people manage their expectations, either confront relatives or let things go, and prepare in advance how they will respond.
  
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• Apple develop voice assistant that can detect whispering

  18-12-2017 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cupertino-based Apple has filed a patent to allow Siri to understand when you're whispering and to respond accordingly, allowing users more privacy.
  
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