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• Can YOU spot the six hidden snipers in this picture?

  26-12-2017 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The picture was taken in July on Salisbury plain and shows six British Army snipers camouflaged in the greenery. The Household Cavalry tweeted the challenge on Christmas Day.
  
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• Asteroid that flew past Earth is BIGGER than thought

  26-12-2017 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has captured the highest-resolution images yet of a massive asteroid that skimmed past Earth earlier this month. Asteroid 3200 Phaethon is now known to be 3.6 miles (6 kilometers) wide.
  
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• Growing up with a dog will protect children from asthma

  26-12-2017 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of 20,000 children found having a pet dog before the age of three cuts the chance of asthma by 40 per cent.
  
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• Bitcoin surges to $16,000 in Boxing Day bounce back

  26-12-2017 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's largest cryptocurrency's rebound comes after falling nearly 30 per cent on Friday from an all-time high of $19,843 to $11,159.93 - losing more than a quarter of its value in a single day.
  
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• U.S. Slashes UN Budget By $285 Million After Being Rebuked Over Jerusalem Embassy

  26-12-2017 21:02 via technocracy.news
  It is a good first step to chop funding of the United Nations, but there is still no recognition of its draconian doctrine of Agenda21/Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. Still, this opens the window for local activists to rid their own communities of UN dogma and policies.  ⁃ TN EditorThe United States announced a $285 million cut in the United Nations’ “bloated” budget for next year, negotiated by UN Ambassador Nikki Haley. A statement by the United States Mi
  
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• Chinese Form Clones Gene-Edited Dog For Medical Research

  26-12-2017 20:35 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats in China are pushing forward with gene editing and cloning, ostensibly for medical research, but the ethical issues are piling up at breakneck speed. Human trials are clearly in view in China. Technocrats ‘invent’ because they must, not because there is a good need to do so. ⁃ TN EditorWith his black, brown and white fur, Longlong looks like most beagles. But the puppy has been sick with a blood-clotting disorder since birth — exactly what scientists in China
  
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• U.S. Fishermen Fear Forests Of Wind Turbines At Sea

  26-12-2017 20:22 via technocracy.news
  Wind turbines and fishing don’t mix, but that isn’t stopping turbine operators from installing hundreds of giant wind generators in the Atlantic ocean. Industry studies support deep-water turbines as symbiotic with marine life but actual fisherman know better. From regulations to harmful sounds and electromagnetic vibrations, offshore wind farms portend as much ecological damage as their terrestrial counterparts. ⁃ TN EditorEast Coast fishermen are turning a wary eye toward an
  
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• Military turns to oyster reefs to protect against storms

  26-12-2017 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Environmentalists say 'living shorelines' including oyster colonies are far preferable to, and cheaper than, armoring the coast with steel seas walls or wooden bulkheads that accelerate erosion.
  
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• Czech club unveils giant robotic arm that can choose songs

  26-12-2017 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Prague's Karlovy Lazne Music Club has employed a specially adapted former automotive industry robot as a DJ in the popular nightspot. It's shaped like a giant arm capped with a pincer.
  
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• Fewer strong earthquakes in Oklahoma thus far in 2017

  26-12-2017 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Oklahoma Geological Survey reports the number of quakes of at least that magnitude during 2017 was 294 through mid-December, compared to 624 total during 2016.
  
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• Apple suppliers drop on report of weak iPhone X demand

  26-12-2017 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Sinolink analyst Zhang Bin, shipments could be as low as 35 million in first quarter – roughly 10 million less than previously estimated. Apple will also slash sales forecast to 30 million units.
  
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• Winds of worry: US fishermen fear forests of power...

  26-12-2017 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fishermen dread the possibility of navigating a forest of turbines as they make their way to the fishing grounds that have made New Bedford the nation's most lucrative fishing port for 17 years.
  
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• Sea smoke phenomenon on Lake Superior, Minnesota

  26-12-2017 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Footage captures the Christmas Day scene over Lake Superior, US.
  
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• WATCH: Start-up Stories: Tandem HR Solutions siliconrepublic.com/video/tandem-h…

  26-12-2017 16:00 via twitter.com
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• Trendy dentals fads that are wreaking havoc on your teeth

  26-12-2017 15:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE Dr Ben Atkins, a dentist based in Manchester and Trustee of the Oral Health Foundation, warns hot water and lemon effectively dissolves teeth and could even make them darker.
  
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• WATCH: High-flying biofuels set to soar at UL’s Bernal Institute siliconrepublic.com/video/biofuels…

  26-12-2017 14:00 via twitter.com
  WATCH: High-flying biofuels set to soar at UL’s Bernal Institute siliconrepublic.com/video/biofuels…
  
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• We are living longer lives thanks to the kind of remarkable medical advances dreamed up by some of these innovators… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-12-2017 13:00 via twitter.com
  We are living longer lives thanks to the kind of remarkable medical advances dreamed up by some of these innovators… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Noah's Ark could be buried on Mount Ararat in Turkey

  26-12-2017 12:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Previous research has claimed to have found traces of the biblical ship on Mount Ararat, and now a US researcher has says he is convinced the vessel's remains are there.
  
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• Universities Must Prepare ‘Smart Engineers’ For Tomorrow’s Smart Cities

  26-12-2017 04:33 via technocracy.news
  Indeed, universities are cranking out ‘smart engineers’ centered in Sustainable Development, even though “with AI, cities can soon enough cities run on its own.” This trend was driven by the Smart City ideologues, not by natural or existing demand for such engineers. ⁃ TN EditorThe future of our cities is undoubtedly smart. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automated Learning are set to revolutionise the way data is collected, managed and implemented in our lives. So
  
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• Central Banks Are Considering Digital Currency To Speed Payments

  26-12-2017 04:21 via technocracy.news
  There are two key thoughts here: 1) blockchains will be centralized, not distributed and anonymous and 2) all central banks are involved. If central banks take this path, it spells the end of public crypto-currencies and the establishment of global Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThe Bank of Israel is examining issuing digital currency as a means of creating a faster payments system as well as reducing the amount of cash in the economy, a central bank source said on Sunday, though he stressed no d
  
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• FP Magazine: Populism And Technocracy Are Mutually Reinforcing Each Other

  26-12-2017 03:45 via technocracy.news
  The EU was designed as a Technocracy to govern outside the political realm as a ‘protected sphere of policymaking’, ‘free from direct democratic pressures. Four current and former Trilateral Commission members are prominent in this article: Samuel Huntington, Fareed Zakaria, Mario Monte and Lucas Papademos. This is a very thoughtful article and is worthy of careful consideration. The author concludes,
  “Indeed, the more that citizens believe that political elites and insti
  
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• Electric armband to banish agony of migraines

  26-12-2017 02:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The theory is that the electric pulses stimulate nerves under the skin and block pain signals from reaching the brain — and it’s now being tested in a trial of nearly 300 patients.
  
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• China's first emperor ordered a search for elixir of life

  26-12-2017 02:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A set of wooden slips found in the Chinese province of Hunan contain an order from emperor Qin Shihuang for a nationwide search for the elixir of life, along with replies from local governments.
  
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• How baby play is helping robots imagine the future

  26-12-2017 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley have taught a robot to play.
  
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