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• Huge 'Chinese pyramids' covering the graves of emperors were built to align with the North Star

  28-11-2018 22:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study investigating more than 40 of the so-called ‘Chinese Pyramids’ built after the famed funerary complex of the country’s first emperor has found some are not oriented to the four main directions.
  
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• Be careful what you write! Customer service agents see what you're typing BEFORE you press send

  28-11-2018 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some live chat services give representatives the ability to see your messages before you send. The tools are meant to improve the user experience, but many say it raises privacy concerns.
  
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• Apple reveals it's 'budget' $749 XR has been 'the best selling iPhone each and every day'

  28-11-2018 22:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Product Red range includes everything from a $49 watch strap to a special red version of the firm's $749 iPhone XR.
  
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• Great apes and ravens DON'T plan like humans: Researchers claim they make plans 'without thinking'

  28-11-2018 22:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Swedish researchers found the animals can make plans without thinking, instead planningby using prior experiences.
  
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• Scientists warn the world's food systems are 'failing us' as emissions speed up climate change

  28-11-2018 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report penned by 130 national academies warns that the food supply is becoming increasingly vulnerable to extreme weather, and is directly contributing to climate change.
  
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• Scientists grow 'mini-placentas' for future trials

  28-11-2018 20:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'organoids' were developed at Cambridge University as a tool for unravelling some of the mysteries of early pregnancy.
  
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• Boring Company forced to abandons plan to build a 2.5-mile tunnel under LA's Westside after pushback

  28-11-2018 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The firm has abandoned plans for a high-speed tunnel in LA's Westside after a lawsuit argued the city of LA violated state laws when it refused to review the tunnel's environmental impact.
  
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• Say goodbye to your fish and chips! Numbers of the fish will 'dwindle' with global warming

  28-11-2018 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cod is a cold-water fish, and will struggle to reproduce as Earth's oceans heat up with climate change, scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany found. (Stock image)
  
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• Researchers find some honeybees are part male and part female with up to FOUR parents

  28-11-2018 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a paper published to the journal Biology Letters, researchers from the University of Sydney have revealed new insight on the remarkable nature of honeybees with both male and female tissue.
  
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• America is going back to the moon 'sooner than you think': NASA boss teases announcement

  28-11-2018 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is set to announce a radical series of partnerships on Thursday with private firms to take America back to the moon - and the first missions could blast off next year.
  
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• Going bald may soon be REVERSED after scientists discover why hair growth stalls in later life 

  28-11-2018 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 'signalling issue' in the cells that form hair was found by New York scientists. This pathway can be stimulated in matured or wounded skin, the study on mice found.
  
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• Huawei: Why has UK not blocked Chinese firm's 5G kit?

  28-11-2018 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  New Zealand's bar on the company's 5G kit raises questions about why the UK seems less concerned.
  
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• You Only Need 50% of Job 'Requirements', says study

  28-11-2018 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international recruitment agency with offices in Boston and Manchester found that job applicants only need half of the job specifications listed to get an interview.
  
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• Google's 'mosquito cannon' releases millions of insects with a virus that wipes out the population

  28-11-2018 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Debug Fresno' project, launched byAlphabet's Verily life sciences unit, has been releasing millions of Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes in northern California's Fresno county.
  
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• World's most accurate atomic clocks will help detect faint signals from the early universe

  28-11-2018 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in the US have used a pair of atomic clocks to set 'unprecedented' performance records for stability and precision.
  
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• Democrats Introduce Massive Carbon Tax Legislation

  28-11-2018 18:54 via technocracy.news
  It’s the “The Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act of 2018” and it will face an uphill battle even though the House has a majority of Democrats. The mere fact that it is being reintroduced again demonstrates the persistence of global warming activists. ⁃ TN Editor  
  Democrat Florida Congressman Ted Deutch has introduced a carbon tax bill to impose a new national energy tax on the American people. The bill is a massive tax increase and would increase utilit
  
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• One Planet York: 'Ethical hacker' exposed council app flaw

  28-11-2018 18:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A developer proved phone numbers and encrypted passwords of One Planet York users could be found on the app.
  
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• Amazon's plan to capture space data: Firm launches web service ground stations

  28-11-2018 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Seattle-based firm is set to build 12 ground station facilities all over the world by mid-2019 that will allow customers to more easily download satellite data (stock image).
  
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• #MostRead Today: Call for share options action as European start-ups set to hire 100,000 workers ow.ly/lVJL30mMRu8

  28-11-2018 18:18 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Call for share options action as European start-ups set to hire 100,000 workers ow.ly/lVJL30mMRu8
  
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• #MostRead Today: Rural couple told they’re too near the exchange to get fast broadband ow.ly/ngMS30mMRlS

  28-11-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Rural couple told they’re too near the exchange to get fast broadband ow.ly/ngMS30mMRlS
  
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• #MostRead Today: Open banking revolution begins as AIB first out of gate with open APIs ow.ly/6T8N30mMRtn

  28-11-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Open banking revolution begins as AIB first out of gate with open APIs ow.ly/6T8N30mMRtn
  
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• #MostRead Today: After incredible Mars touchdown, InSight sends back its first photos ow.ly/ntQk30mMRsl

  28-11-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: After incredible Mars touchdown, InSight sends back its first photos ow.ly/ntQk30mMRsl
  
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• #MostRead Today: 33 Irish-based researchers listed among world’s elite scientists ow.ly/JcwD30mMRsJ

  28-11-2018 18:17 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 33 Irish-based researchers listed among world’s elite scientists ow.ly/JcwD30mMRsJ
  
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• Swedish AUTHORITIES ask banks to keep creating notes and coins as the country goes CASHLESS

  28-11-2018 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bills and coins represent just 1 per cent of the Swedish economy, compared with 10 per cent in Europe and 8 per cent in the United States.
  
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• Glowing green fireball is seen above Russia's 'scientific city' research institute

  28-11-2018 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bright flash and streaking tail was spotted by stunned motorists close to research town Akademgorodok, on the edge of regional capital Novosibirsk in southern Siberia.
  
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• Locked out of your smartphone or tablet? Now you can RECOVER your data!

  28-11-2018 17:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data recovery company DriveSavers, located inCalifornia, are launching a new service for consumersdesigned to unlock smartphones including the notoriously difficult-to-crack iPhones.
  
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• People talk honestly about their emotions to eerie lifelike social robot Furhat, creator says

  28-11-2018 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stockholm-based Furhat Robotics unveiled its 'world's most advanced social robotics and conversational artificial intelligence platform' last month.
  
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• Ancient stone mask is uncovered by Israeli archaeologists

  28-11-2018 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The pink and yellow sandstone object, designed to resemble a human face was discovered in a field in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
  
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• Blood-sucking insects preserved in amber for millions of years were infected with MALARIA

  28-11-2018 17:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microorganisms that cause a variety of deadly illnesses were discovered during a study of perfectly preserved blood-sucking insects and ticks, say scientists at Oregon State University.
  
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• Police facial recognition camera trial hindered by software setbacks

  28-11-2018 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Crime and Security Research Institute at Cardiff University found that large crowds, low light and people wearing glasses and hats hindered the technology's effectiveness.
  
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• Pushing the ethics of science and gene editing to its limits, a Chinese scientist is defending his decision to prod… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-11-2018 17:15 via twitter.com
  Pushing the ethics of science and gene editing to its limits, a Chinese scientist is defending his decision to prod… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• A piece of pottery found at a car boot sale revealed as 4,000 year old antique

  28-11-2018 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Derby native Karl Martin spotted the item at a local jumble sale five years ago and used it to store toothbrushes in his bathroom.
  
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• 'Digital smell' technology could mean you can send smells via online chats, scientists claim 

  28-11-2018 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Imagineering Institute in Malaysia claim to have created fruity, woody and minty 'electric smells' by putting electrodes inside participants' nostrils (stock image).
  
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• Chinese scientist says a second pregnancy is underway

  28-11-2018 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at a genome summit in Hong Kong, Dr He Jiankui said he was 'proud' of his controversial work, which involved using a powerful tool to modify the DNA of healthy twin babies.
  
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• Should we abolish loyalty cards once and for all? @CIConnect’s Emily McDaid finds out how we can declutter our wall… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-11-2018 16:00 via twitter.com
  Should we abolish loyalty cards once and for all? @CIConnect’s Emily McDaid finds out how we can declutter our wall… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Mosquitos: How Robots And AI Are Used For Species Extinction

  28-11-2018 15:47 via technocracy.news
  Nobody likes mosquitos but ordering their extinction gives Technocrat-minded scientists all kinds of ideas on how to best use technology on how to do it. Worse, Alaphabet, Inc. (owns Google) is leading the charge. ⁃ TN EditorSilicon Valley researchers are attacking flying bloodsuckers in California’s Fresno County. It’s the first salvo in an unlikely war for Google parent Alphabet Inc.: eradicating mosquito-borne diseases around the world.
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• #Malware is becoming increasingly sophisticated. The websites you think are safe may not be. #infosec #security siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/tru…

  28-11-2018 15:30 via twitter.com
  #Malware is becoming increasingly sophisticated. The websites you think are safe may not be. #infosec #security siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/tru…
  
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• New Porsche 911 tells owners how to 'offset' their carbon footprint 

  28-11-2018 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Porsche's new 911 has the perfect antidote to a guilt trip car that will cost buyers from $120,000, with its new green impact measure, which was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show.
  
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• Note To Technocrat Lawyers: Rules Are Not Laws

  28-11-2018 15:15 via technocracy.news
  The only silver bullet to permanently ground global warming fanatics in America is to strike down the EPA’s declaration that CO2 is a harmful gas. Until this is done, the higher court’s cannot and will not deal with the issue. ⁃ TN EditorI noticed years ago that rules are created to make society, or components of a society, function. The paradox is that when people say they are going to work to rule it means they intend to stop society functioning. America says it is a nation o
  
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• We’re at the Museum of Tomorrow in #Rio #Brazil where @annodeasr is addressing the #FITS2018 conference this aftern… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-11-2018 15:09 via twitter.com
  We’re at the Museum of Tomorrow in #Rio #Brazil where @annodeasr is addressing the #FITS2018 conference this aftern… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Intelligent #transport systems provider @INIT_en will establish a #SoftwareDevelopment centre in #Maynooth. #hiring… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-11-2018 15:00 via twitter.com
  Intelligent #transport systems provider @INIT_en will establish a #SoftwareDevelopment centre in #Maynooth. #hiring… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• One in five kids want a new phone upgrade every 18 months

  28-11-2018 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A poll of 2,000 UK parents found that one in five children want to upgrade their phone every 18 months and more than half of mums and dads are struggling to cope with the hefty price tags.
  
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• Today's featured employer is @Zendesk. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/fXTvOFbM0n

  28-11-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @Zendesk. Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/fXTvOFbM0n
  
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• Would you hand over your mobile phone for a free meal?

  28-11-2018 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  Kids will eat free at Frankie & Benny's this week if their parents surrender their phones to staff.
  
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• .@Amazon’s foray into #space continues as it announces a new network of Earth-based antennas to connect start-ups w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-11-2018 14:13 via twitter.com
  .@Amazon’s foray into #space continues as it announces a new network of Earth-based antennas to connect start-ups w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Massage app exposes 'sex pest' clients

  28-11-2018 14:09 via bbc.co.uk
  Urban Massage left thousands of customer records exposed, including complaints about its clients.
  
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• Eight Egyptian mummies that lived 3,000 years ago discovered near the Great Pyramids of Giza

  28-11-2018 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eight limestone coffins were found in the same pyramid as King Amenhoth II located in Dahshur, near the Great Pyramids of Giza west of capital Cairo.
  
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• Oldest whisky still in the world is discovered at a medieval abbey in Fife

  28-11-2018 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The historic discovery was made at Lindores Abbey in Fife, when archaeologists uncovered what they believe to be an installation that was used for the distillation process during medieval times.
  
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• Scientist who claims he made world's first gene-edited babies says a SECOND pregnancy is underway

  28-11-2018 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Speaking at a genome summit in Hong Kong, Dr He Jiankui said he was 'proud' of his controversial work, which involved using a powerful tool to modify the DNA of healthy twin babies.
  
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• Sophie Feruch, who spoke at the recent @DellEMC Supper Club, urges #WomenEntrepreneurs to get out there and share t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-11-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  Sophie Feruch, who spoke at the recent @DellEMC Supper Club, urges #WomenEntrepreneurs to get out there and share t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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