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• WhatsApp reveals new Covid-19 vaccine stickers

  06-04-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new sticker packincludes a range of Covid-19 vaccine-related illustrations, including including syringes, plasters and glass phials.
  
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• Is this the oldest map in Europe? Stone slab with markings made 4,000 years ago shows part of France

  06-04-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists analyzed a Bronze Age stone slab in France that is deemed Europe's oldest map. Etchings made 4,000 years ago land area and rivers located in West Brittany.
  
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• Leeds Bradford Airport development plan ruling delayed

  06-04-2021 22:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is to take more time to examine a £150m scheme to redevelop Leeds Bradford Airport.
  
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• NASA's Orion that will carry the first woman and next man to the moon completes second drop test

  06-04-2021 21:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Orion capsule completed its second drop test. The craft will house the first women and next man set for the moon, and sit atop NASA's Space Launch System rocket for the Artemis missions.
  
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• CDC tells businesses to 'end the hygiene theater'

  06-04-2021 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'People can be infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 through contact with surfaces and objects, however... the risk by this route of transmission is actually low,' said CDC director Dr Walensky.
  
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• Will.i.am is set to launch a $299 'smart mask' with built-in noise-canceling headphones

  06-04-2021 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Will.i.am, the founding member of Black Eyed Peas, is releasing a unique 'smart mask' Thurs for $299. Called Xupermask, it has built-in noise-cancelling headphones and a charging port.
  
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• Robots: Scientists develop four-legged guide dog bot that can lead blind people around obstacles

  06-04-2021 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The setup - built on a robot design called a mini cheetah - features a laser-ranging system to map out its surroundings and a camera to track the human it is guiding.
  
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• Sharing and enjoying meals with loved ones reduces obesity risk, study shows

  06-04-2021 19:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Family meal routines, such as sharing food, sitting around a table without digital devices or having a pleasant conversation, are beneficial to reducing the risk of obesity in children, study found.
  
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• Elon Musk says '(relatively) small' methane leak caused Starship SN11 explosion

  06-04-2021 18:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk said SN11 suffered a methane leak during flight that led to an engine fire that 'fried' parts of the avionics system. This is the same mishap that caused SN10 to explode in March.
  
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• Bronze Age slab found in France is oldest 3D map in Europe

  06-04-2021 18:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bronze Age engravings are a map of part of Brittany, north-west France, researchers believe.
  
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• Health: Women under more stress around conception are twice as likely to give birth to a GIRL

  06-04-2021 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the hair of 108 women from around week nine of their pregnancy through to delivery was recorded by researchers from Spain.
  
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• Astrophotographer captures shot of the International Space Station as it passes across the sun 

  06-04-2021 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mehmet Ergun took the photo on April 2 from his base in Germany and had been planning the photo for three weeks.
  
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• Regret does not keep people from avoiding future one night stands

  06-04-2021 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women are likely to regret a one-night stand more than men. Conversely, men are more likely to regret missing an opportunity for a one-night stand, a study reveals.
  
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• Kaboom: Texas Bans Vaccine Passports

  06-04-2021 17:20 via technocracy.news
  
  This is a huge exercise of “states rights” to self-determination of their own affairs. In short, “Don’t mess with Texas.” However, this does not prevent the Federal government nor private companies from issuing their own vaccine passports for use within the state. Will other states follow suit? ⁃ TN EditorTexas Governor Greg Abbott issued an executive order Tuesday morning banning the creation or use of a “vaccine passport.” It prohibits state agen
  
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• Stone Age humans were HYPERCARNIVORES and survived on mostly meat

  06-04-2021 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Study authors discovered that humans were an apex predator for about two million years and it was only the extinction of larger animals that changed their diets.
  
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• A Glimpse Under Technocracy: ‘Treating Us Like Robots’, Say Amazon Workers

  06-04-2021 16:38 via technocracy.news
  
  Maximum efficiency, relentless quotas, ubiquitous monitoring, measuring and intensity. Amazon is the poster child for how Technocracy treats and values humans. It’s not a question of pay levels, which are above average, but rather about pushing human limits and dignity. ⁃ TN EditorLinda Burns was excited at first to land a job at the Amazon warehouse outside Birmingham, Alabama. The former nursing assistant had always enjoyed ordering from the company, Now, she would be working for t
  
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• How Big Banks Will Force Americans Into The Great Reset

  06-04-2021 16:20 via technocracy.news
  
  The global banks will be the principal fulcrum to lever the world into the Great Reset, which is Technocracy, a resource-based economic system where oligarchs own everything and citizens own nothing. The pandemic was merely a rehash of Greta Thunberg stamping her feet to get people to panic over climate change. ⁃ TN EditorIn June 2020, elites from around the world gathered to announce the launch of a plan to “reset” the entire global economy, a proposal they ominously name
  
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• Porn websites promote 'sexually violent' acts, study finds

  06-04-2021 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sexually violent pornography is being regularly promoted to first-time visitors on the landing pages of the UK's most popular pornography websites, UK researchers reveal.
  
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• Nature: Mysterious jelly 'blobs' off Norway coast may be filled with tiny squid eggs and mucus

  06-04-2021 14:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since the mid-eighties, 90 blob sightings have been recorded both around Norway and also in the Mediterranean, but it is only recently that they have been sampled.
  
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• British scientist claims adding milk BEFORE boiling water gives your tea 'superior flavour'

  06-04-2021 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Alan Mackie of Leeds University says people with hard water should consider using the milk first method.
  
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• Tool checks phone numbers from Facebook data breach

  06-04-2021 13:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new online tool lets users check their phone numbers against the leaked database.
  
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• Women regret casual sex more than men, scientists claim

  06-04-2021 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women are likely to regret a one-night stand more than men. Conversely, men are more likely to regret missing an opportunity for a one-night stand, a study reveals.
  
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• Redheads feel less pain: People with ginger hair are less sensitive due to genetic quirk

  06-04-2021 12:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Redheads have faulty version of a cell receptor that prevents them getting a tan. A knock-on effect is a chemical imbalance which ultimately enhances the effect of pain-blocking receptors.
  
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• CERN boffins zap antimatter with ultraviolet lasers in the hope of revealing the secret symmetry of the universe

  06-04-2021 11:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  If you can't measure it, you can't research it A team of European researchers have succeeded in slowing down antimatter in a study that could lead to more accurate measures of this strangely elusive substance and help confirm the fundamental symmetry of nature.…
  
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• Streaming algorithm is 'more likely to pick music by male artists'

  06-04-2021 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Music streaming services like Spotify 'give much more exposure' to male artists, according to researchers who analysed the listening habits of 330,000 people.
  
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• We’ve got carbon capture all wrong

  06-04-2021 07:00
  
  Carbon capture is viewed by many as a last resort. But in the race to tackle the climate crisis, intelligently taking advantage of natural processes will be key
  
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• Israel is a fake meat powerhouse

  06-04-2021 07:00
  
  From plant equivalents to cultured cells, Israeli startups are winning the race to cruelty-free meat. But no one knows whether 3D-printed steaks are kosher
  
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• GM unveils its $105,595 Hummer EV SUV with an 'extract mode' that raises it six feet off the ground

  06-04-2021 01:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Debuting in early 2023 the five-seat Hummer EV SUV will offer 830 horsepower, removable roof panels, and 'extract mode,' which allows the vehicle to raise up to six feet to avoid ground obstacles.
  
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• Chinese robotics firm shares 'terrifying' video of its four-legged robots moving in unison

  06-04-2021 01:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A video shared on Twitter has sparked fears of a real world robot take over. The clip shows a squadron of four-legged, canine-like robots made by a Chinese firm, all of which move in unison.
  
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• Remote working: Is Big Tech going off work from home?

  06-04-2021 01:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After much hype about working from home, some tech companies are getting cold feet.
  
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• 'We went here, there and everywhere to make it happen'

  06-04-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Budding academic entrepreneurs say that scientific discovery is only the start of the journey.
  
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• Light pollution: How lockdown has darkened our skies

  06-04-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One impact of lockdown is that there has been a big reduction in light pollution in some areas.
  
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