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• The GEMSTONE planet:Shimmering super-Earth 21 light years away could be made of sapphires and rubies

  19-12-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers say unlike Earth, it most likely does not have a massive core of iron, but is rich in calcium and aluminium which makes it incredibly rich in gemstones.
  
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• NASA reveals it was hacked in October and that employees' personal information was compromised

  19-12-2018 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA discovered the breach on October 23rd and the servers that were targeted contained personal information from an unknown number of current and former NASA employees.
  
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• Pilot whales develop distinct dialects among their own social groups 'like hipsters'

  19-12-2018 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) has found that short-finned pilot whales living off the coast of Hawai'i have their own sorts of vocal dialects.
  
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• Hacked EU cables reveal diplomats' anxiety about Donald Trump

  19-12-2018 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 1,100 cables were supplied to the New York Times by security firm Area 1 after it discovered the breach, the newspaper said. The firm said it believed the hackers worked for China.
  
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• Prehistoric shark size of a great white leapt out of water to take down an eighteen foot pterosaur

  19-12-2018 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  USC researchers believe the find is the result of a fearsome shark six feet long leaping into the air to try and take down the much larger pterosaur with a wingspan of 18 feet.
  
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• Washington DC sues Facebook over privacy scandal, vowing to make company 'live up to its promise'

  19-12-2018 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The attorney general in Washington DC, Karl Racine, filed a lawsuit against Facebook on Wednesday for allowing Cambridge Analytica to improperly access data before the 2016 election.
  
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• Why do people believe in God? Researchers reveal the 'cognitive and social adaptations' of religion

  19-12-2018 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A recent psychological explanation is the idea that our evolution has created a 'god-shaped hole' or has given us a metaphorical 'god engine' which can drive us to believe in a deity.
  
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• Shocking rise in spam calls around the world revealed with 300% increase in just a year

  19-12-2018 20:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Truecaller reported 17.7 billion spam calls were received by users globally between January and October of this year, which is a stark increase from the 5.5 billion spam calls users received last year.
  
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• NASA sugar study adds support to controversial theory that life arrived to Earth on asteroids

  19-12-2018 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA astrophysicists have successfully created the sugar 2-deoxyribose – or, the ‘D’ in DNA – in the conditions of interstellar space. Findings suggest the ingredients may be common in the universe.
  
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• Social media addicted youngsters would demand up to $2,000 not to use Facebook

  19-12-2018 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research carried out by four US universities including Kenyon College in Ohio. A study of more than 1,300 adults showed just how much the social networking website was worth to youngsters.
  
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• Machine with sticky feet which can can climb up, down, and all around jet engines 

  19-12-2018 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard University engineers and Rolls-Royce partnered to make the robot which they say could inspect complex machines in the future.
  
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• MozARM's first symphony! Scientists create a 3D-printed robotic hand that can play Jingle Bells

  19-12-2018 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cambridge researchers working on the project say the robot has a limited movement compared to a human hand but were surprised by the wide range it was still capable of.
  
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• NASA reveals 'Martian rock garden' in a Pasadena warehouse that replicates the Martian surface

  19-12-2018 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Workers at the  agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, are using a replica of the lander, named ForeSight, to test every command they send to the red planet.
  
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• Dr. Tim Ball: Why Canada Must Get Out Of The Paris Climate Agreement

  19-12-2018 19:31 via technocracy.news
  The world can thank the late Canadian, Maurice Strong, for leading the first Earth Summit that produced Agenda 21, Sustainable Development and alarmist calls on global warming and population reduction. Another Canadian, Dr. Timothy Ball, is leading the CLEXIT movement to get Canada out of the Paris Climate Agreement. ⁃ TN EditorI am proud to be the Canadian representative for the climate exit (CLEXIT) movement. Canada has more culpability than any other nation in creating and perpetuating
  
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• World's first JET-POWERED Smart car can hit speeds of 220mph - and it's street legal 

  19-12-2018 19:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Owner Bill Berg from Colorado put a 2,000 horsepower helicopter engine in his tiny electric vehicle to make the world's first jet-powered Smart car.
  
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• Will Elon Musk's LA tunnel make riders SICK? First riders complain of 'surprisingly bumpy' journey

  19-12-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many riders complained of a 'surprisingly bumpy' journey, as each car is equipped with 'tracking wheels' that help it travel along concrete sections meant to help support the vehicle.
  
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• Elon Musk unveils revolutionary underground tunnel

  19-12-2018 18:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk unveiled his Los Angeles underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take the first rides in the revolutionary underground tube.
  
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• Scientists reexamine skeleton of the Prince of Helmsdorf to find that he was most likely murdered

  19-12-2018 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of scientists have reexamined the skeleton of the German Prince of Helmsdorf, who died 3,846 years ago, and found signs on his bones that he was murdered by an 'experienced warrior'.
  
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• NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft gets the 'all-clear' for its historic New Year's Day flyby

  19-12-2018 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After conducting three weeks of searches for potential hazards, NASA has given the green light for New Horizons to fly on a path that will bring it just 2,200 miles (3,500 km) of Ultima Thule.
  
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• Uber loses latest legal bid over driver rights

  19-12-2018 17:56 via bbc.co.uk
  The Court of Appeal upholds a ruling that Uber drivers should be classed as workers, not self-employed.
  
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• Cloud of gas left over from the Big Bang discovered in the distant universe

  19-12-2018 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia used the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaii, to trace the relic cloud of gas.
  
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• #MostRead Today: Ireland is losing competitiveness as Brexit storm clouds gather ow.ly/ZqPH30n2YSF

  19-12-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Ireland is losing competitiveness as Brexit storm clouds gather ow.ly/ZqPH30n2YSF
  
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• #MostRead Today: Dogpatch Labs expands with room for 100 more game-changers ow.ly/vJJP30n2YSe

  19-12-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Dogpatch Labs expands with room for 100 more game-changers ow.ly/vJJP30n2YSe
  
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• #MostRead Today: Boring Company to unveil its first road-legal autonomous cars at public test ow.ly/XI4T30n2YR1

  19-12-2018 17:47 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Boring Company to unveil its first road-legal autonomous cars at public test ow.ly/XI4T30n2YR1
  
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• #MostRead Today: Irish Government to help returning emigrants to start up ow.ly/ADTA30n2YOB

  19-12-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: Irish Government to help returning emigrants to start up ow.ly/ADTA30n2YOB
  
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• #MostRead Today: 7 career-boosting New Year’s resolutions for 2019 ow.ly/LyvD30n2YQu

  19-12-2018 17:46 via twitter.com
  #MostRead Today: 7 career-boosting New Year’s resolutions for 2019 ow.ly/LyvD30n2YQu
  
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• Could being separated from your partner affect your sense of SMELL?

  19-12-2018 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Wyoming in the US carried out the investigation into olfactory sensory receptors in mice, those relating to sense of smell.
  
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• Battle of the space billionaires put on hold AGAIN as Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos postpone launches

  19-12-2018 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX said an unusual reading on a rocket sensor caused it to stand down the launch, while Blue Origin blamed 'ground infrastructure issues'.
  
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• As part of its agreement with the #EU, the Irish Government has published its #ClimateChange action plan after bein… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 17:02 via twitter.com
  As part of its agreement with the #EU, the Irish Government has published its #ClimateChange action plan after bein… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Judges rule against Uber in landmark gig economy lawsuit

  19-12-2018 16:41
  
  The ruling from the Court of Appeals is the latest development in the ongoing legal battle between Uber and its workers
  
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• Got Milk? Driverless Cars Will Deliver Your Grocies

  19-12-2018 16:25 via technocracy.news
  The next step in the automated food chain will be for your ‘smart refrigerator’ to automatically order replacement groceries when you run low, and have them auto-delivered by driverless chariots. ⁃ TN EditorDeliveries from an Arizona grocery store will soon be arriving with no one behind the wheel.
  A fully autonomous vehicle is about to pilot public roads Tuesday with no back up driver, though it will be monitored by humans in another automobile.
  After almost a thousand test ru
  
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• Mysterious light in the sky that keeps changing its shape baffles residents of a Chinese city

  19-12-2018 16:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Witnesses shared picturesof an unidentified object appearing in the night sky of Hangzhou city, Zhejiang province at about 4.20am local time on Tuesday.
  
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• Weaponizing Child Protective Services To Enforce Adherence to Public Education

  19-12-2018 16:11 via technocracy.news
  Public schools teach government propaganda, conditioning students to be good global citizens without questioning the rhetoric. When home schooling fails to teach the same propaganda, the state moves to force them back into public schools. Such persecution of home school parents is seen in virtually every nation on earth. ⁃ TN EditorSchooling is adept at rooting out individuality and enforcing compliance. In his book, Understanding Power, Noam Chomsky writes: “In fact, the whole
  
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• A number of groups have called on the FTC in the US to investigate how #Google manages apps geared towards children… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 16:10 via twitter.com
  A number of groups have called on the FTC in the US to investigate how #Google manages apps geared towards children… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Chinese Authorities ‘Routinely Target Churches, Destroy Crosses, Burn Bibles And Arrest Pastors’

  19-12-2018 15:58 via technocracy.news
  Technocracy and Christianity are polar opposites. Technocracy insists on conformity to scientific dictates while Christians follow Romans 12:2, to “be not conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” As the severity of persecution increases in China, house churches are springing up everywhere, further aggravating Technocrats. ⁃ TN EditorIt was 40 years ago this week
  
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• Nasa hack exposes space agency staff's data

  19-12-2018 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  The US space agency says cyber-thieves may have compromised two of its computer servers.
  
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• Saturn is losing its rings at such a rate that it is now deemed the ‘worst-case scenario’ by astronomers. #space… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 15:40 via twitter.com
  Saturn is losing its rings at such a rate that it is now deemed the ‘worst-case scenario’ by astronomers. #space… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• #Hackers successfully targeted #EU diplomatic communications over a number of years. #cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…

  19-12-2018 15:10 via twitter.com
  #Hackers successfully targeted #EU diplomatic communications over a number of years. #cyberattacks siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/eu-…
  
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• Fascinating new map shows EVERY river basin on the globe with a different colour

  19-12-2018 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The guide, created by analyst Robert Szucs, 31, from Birmingham, shows every river basin represented by a different colour, which is contrasted with a dark, black background.
  
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• Forest fungus weighing 400 tons named by scientists as one of the largest living organisms on earth

  19-12-2018 14:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts calculate the parasitic fungus at Crystal Creek in Michigan, US, covers an area the size of 75 rugby pitches, weighs more than 400 tons and is at least 2,500 years old (pictured: stock image).
  
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• Today's featured employer is @Fidelity! Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/CKj382jqJh

  19-12-2018 14:30 via twitter.com
  
  Today's featured employer is @Fidelity! Find out more about the company here: siliconrepublic.com/employers/life… https://t.co/CKj382jqJh
  
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• Elon Musk launches high-speed underground tunnel

  19-12-2018 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  The prototype underground tunnel is designed to transport cars at speeds of up to 150mph.
  
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• Burst dam reveals ancient Turkish village that was hidden underwater for decades

  19-12-2018 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remarkable structures were found in Carikoren Neigbourhood in the Egil district of Diyarbakir, Turkey on Tuesday when one of Dicle Dam's gates broke off following heavy rainfall.
  
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• How can we boost our #privacy when it comes to online shopping? #ecommerce siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/onl…

  19-12-2018 14:00 via twitter.com
  How can we boost our #privacy when it comes to online shopping? #ecommerce siliconrepublic.com/enterprise/onl…
  
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• Facebook's data-sharing deals exposed

  19-12-2018 14:00 via bbc.co.uk
  A probe into private messages and other user data says firms had more access than they requested.
  
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• China warns US against 'weaponising' space

  19-12-2018 13:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China said that it opposed the 'weaponisation' of space today as it criticised U.S. President Donald Trump's orders to create a new command centre for controlling military space operations.
  
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• Expose claims Facebook allowed Netflix, Spotify, Amazon to access users' private information

  19-12-2018 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new New York Times expose has revealed that Facebook granted access to hundreds of millions of users' data to 150 companies.
  
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• Denver airport is first in the US to use FULL BODY scanner in bid to slash queuing times 

  19-12-2018 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Denver International Airport in Colorado launched the technology last week, which also aims to make the screening process more comfortable. It is pictured here at an airport in Germany.
  
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• When space and art combine, something magical happens. @SpaceNorah writes about how the Space Art Project helped pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  19-12-2018 13:30 via twitter.com
  When space and art combine, something magical happens. @SpaceNorah writes about how the Space Art Project helped pa… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• World's oldest large meat-eating dinosaur identified by scientists

  19-12-2018 13:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's oldest dinosaur was identified after it was discovered in Italy in 1996. Researchers reassembled the bones to find that it was still growing, making its size even more remarkable.
  
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