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• Algorithms similar to what Netflix and Facebook use can 'predict' the biological language of cancer

  08-04-2021 23:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts used a recommendation AI to teach train a large-scale language model to look at what happens when something goes wrong with proteins that leads to disease.
  
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• Climate change: Electric trucks 'can compete with diesel ones'

  08-04-2021 22:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Heavy goods vehicles powered by batteries can compete with diesel ones, say researchers.
  
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• Brain organoids could spark a 'Planet of the Apes' scenario, scientists warn

  08-04-2021 21:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at Kyoto University warn of the ethical implications that arise with transplanting lab-grown human 'mini' brains into animals, saying it could give them humanized traits and even consciousness.
  
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• Italian man 'offered €10,000 in Bitcoin' to maim ex-partner

  08-04-2021 20:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The 40-year-old allegedly contacted a man via the dark web to paralyse his ex-girlfriend.
  
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• London's congestion charge has caused HIGHER pollution levels as bus and taxi traffic increased 20%

  08-04-2021 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that while the congestion charge, introduced in 2003, eased traffic, and reduced some pollutants, it led to an increase in the most harmful aspects of vehicle pollution.
  
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• Biden gun control: Another mass shooting as White House signs gun orders

  08-04-2021 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A doctor, his wife and three grandchildren die in South Carolina as White House announces new measures.
  
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• Modern human brain evolved as far back as 1.7 million years ago, study finds

  08-04-2021 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers examined the skulls of Homo fossils that lived in Africa and Asia 1 to 2 million years ago. They then compared the fossil data with reference data from great apes and humans.
  
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• Rising sea levels are poisoning North Carolina woodlands causing 'ghost forests' near coasts

  08-04-2021 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ghost forests have invaded 11% of North Carolina's Alligator Wildlife Refuge due to rising sea levels pushing seawater inland, which poisons living trees and turns them into lifeless trunks.
  
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• Mars alternated between dry and wetter periods before drying up completely

  08-04-2021 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data collected by the NASA Curiosity rover, which has been on Mars since 2012, was used by researchers from theResearch Institute in Astrophysics and Planetology.
  
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• Deep sea mining to help make electric vehicles

  08-04-2021 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many companies want to exploit deep sea minerals but campaigners warn it could damage fragile ecosystems.
  
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• Rare blood clots - what you need to know

  08-04-2021 18:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  We take a look at why these unusual clots happen and when they occur.
  
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• Rickards: The War On Cash, Phase II

  08-04-2021 17:59 via technocracy.news
  
  TN has covered the war on cash as a prime initiative of Technocracy. Technocrats cannot tolerate anonymity or lack of control over any segment of society. Thus, driving cash out of circulation and ultimately replacing it with a digital currency will force every human on earth to hook up to the “system”.
  The only insulation against digital currency takeover if physically-held gold and silver, which is in shorter supply every year. The problem with this is that if you wind up spending
  
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• WIRED Innovate

  08-04-2021 17:51
  
  WIRED Innovate celebrates nine founders and co-founders paving the way for a sustainable future
  
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• Redcar cyber-attack: Government to help cover costs

  08-04-2021 17:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Redcar and Cleveland Council will be given almost £3.7m after being targeted by hackers.
  
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• Low fat diets 'decrease men's testosterone levels', study finds

  08-04-2021 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a sample of 206 men, nutritionists found low fat diets decreased testosterone levels by an average of 10 to 15 per cent. But this was as high as 26 per cent for vegetarian low fat diets.
  
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• Say it with your chest! Bigger silverback gorillas make deeper noises when they beat their chest

  08-04-2021 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  German researchers found bigger gorillas make a deeper noise than their smaller peers and each individual's thwacking pattern is unique.
  
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• Delingpole: Prince William Virtue Signals For ‘Green Reset’

  08-04-2021 17:30 via technocracy.news
  
  Some Brits are calling for Prince William to leapfrog his father as the future King of England. However, he is likely more hip to the Great Reset and the Green Revolution than any royalty before him. Statements like “our trajectory as a species” are troubling if he is at the helm. ⁃ TN EditorPrince William has confirmed that he’s at least as dodgy a kingly prospect as his father the Prince of Wales by calling for a ‘Reset.’
  William, who is second in line to th
  
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• Secrets of gorilla communication laid bare

  08-04-2021 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists reveal how male gorillas tell others how big and strong they are by chest beating.
  
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• Dog owner's warning over deadly plant that caused her golden retriever severe brain damage

  08-04-2021 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chloe Allen, 22, has issued a warning over deadly lord-and-ladies plants after her golden retriever Lola was left severely brain damaged and had to be put down.
  
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• London's congestion charge has led to HIGHER pollution levels

  08-04-2021 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that while the congestion charge, introduced in 2003, eased traffic, and reduced some pollutants, it led to an increase in the most harmful aspects of vehicle pollution.
  
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• Did China Start U.S. Social Engineering On Pandemic In 2016?

  08-04-2021 16:31 via technocracy.news
  
  China may have started a social engineering project in the U.S. as early as 2016 to soften the public will to wear face masks in the face of pandemic, and to accept vaccines as the only solution to return to “normal.” This tightens the case that China has deeper involvement in the Pandemic that it is letting on. ⁃ TN EditorWe have previously examined the army of “consultants” who have infiltrated our public schools, turning them into centers for indoctrina
  
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• Clubhouse: Is the audio app really worth $4bn?

  08-04-2021 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A report suggests Twitter considered paying the sum for the rapidly growing live-audio app.
  
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• Travel: Airline passengers may soon be able to securely connect to the internet via LASER

  08-04-2021 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ground-based tests of the UltraAir system are expected to begin later this year in Germany, with the first in-flight trial - connecting to a station down on Earth - expected for mid-2022.
  
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• Milk Tea Alliance: Twitter creates emoji for pro-democracy activists

  08-04-2021 15:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Milk Tea Alliance unites pro-democracy protesters in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand and Myanmar.
  
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• Scientists discover two new species of burrowing mammal ancestors

  08-04-2021 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two species of mammal predecessors have been identified from remains found in northeastern China, according to the American Museum of Natural History.
  
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• Wild boar in the Forest of Dean 'could swim across the River Severn', expert claims

  08-04-2021 14:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr John Dutton, an ecologist at the University of Worcester, says the biggest boar population in the UK is in the Forest of Dean and the feral pigs could cross the River Severn with relative ease.
  
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• Trump tweets can't be brought back to life on Twitter

  08-04-2021 13:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president's tweets are being archived but will not appear back on the platform.
  
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• More than HALF of people who test positive for Covid have no symptoms

  08-04-2021 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Office for National Statistics data showed 53 per cent of those who had a high viral load in March said they had no warning signs - including a temperature or cough.
  
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• Changes to the Standard Model of physics could point to a 'God Equation'

  08-04-2021 13:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In his latest book, Kaku, a leading string theorist from City College of New York, describes the on going search to find a 'God Theory' that explains everything.
  
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• Bizarre creature called a Goose Barnacle found washed up on south coast beach in NSW

  08-04-2021 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bizarre creature resembling a 'mollusc with a big foot' has perplexed beachgoers after it washed up on a secluded beach in New South Wales.
  
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• Swedish bishop was buried with his unborn GRANDSON at his feet in 1679

  08-04-2021 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bishop Peder Winstrup was a prominent Lutheran church member in 17th century Scandinavia and he was buried in 1679 in a crypt at Lund Cathedral.
  
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• Neuralink could create 'exotic species' of dinosaurs, co-founder says

  08-04-2021 12:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Co-founder of Neuralink Max Hodak posted the astonishing claim on Twitter, suggesting the benefits of generating 'novel diversity'.
  
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• NASA unlocks the 'blades of glory' on its Mars Ingenuity helicopter

  08-04-2021 11:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a short clip shared on Twitter, the 4ft wide blades can be seen slowly unlocking on top of the tiny 19 inch tall helicopter, ahead of a 'spin up' test in the coming days.
  
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• The artists creating digitally immersive storytelling

  08-04-2021 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  CreativeXR's acceleration programme helps those in creative industries produce new types of content.
  
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• The quest to make genuinely cheesy dairy-free cheese

  08-04-2021 07:00
  
  Making dairy-free cheese that lives up to the taste and texture of the real thing is a scientific conundrum. Now, several startups reckon they’ve solved the challenge
  
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• Golf is facing an existential crisis

  08-04-2021 07:00
  
  New equipment and beefier players have created an era where tournaments belong to big hitters. Course designers are struggling to fight back
  
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• Amazon’s European workers are plotting action on an epic scale

  08-04-2021 07:00
  
  For almost a decade, workers at the heart of Amazon’s operations in Europe have fought for better working conditions, and failed. After Alabama, they have a new plan
  
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• Study says bitcoin could derail China's climate change targets

  08-04-2021 06:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bitcoin emissions in China exceed the total emissions of the Czech Republic and Qatar, study says.
  
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• Should firms be more worried about firmware cyber-attacks?

  08-04-2021 04:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft says firmware cyber-attacks are on the rise, but enterprises are not paying attention.
  
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• NASA's Perseverance and Ingenuity snap a selfie as the copter prepares for its first flight on Mars

  08-04-2021 01:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Perseverance rover and Ingenuity helicopter took a selfie on Mars. The moment represents one of the last moments the two will be together, as the copter will soon begin its mission.
  
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• Were Bronze Age dogs vegetarians? Protein in 3,000-year-old bones reveal canines at mostly grains

  08-04-2021 01:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dog remains at a Bronze Age site in Spain show many canines ate cereals like millet and almost no meat. The carb-heavy menu helped with herding cattle and other strenuous tasks, researchers say.
  
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• The woman who took on Google and won

  08-04-2021 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  When Shannon Wait was suspended after posting about working conditions, she fought back.
  
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• Google's AI software used to create 'new' Nirvana song 'Drowned in the Sun'

  08-04-2021 01:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's AI, Magenta, was fed dozens of Nirvana songs, stripped down to their individual elements. Eric Hogan, lead singer of the Nirvana cover band Nevermind, provided the song's human voice.
  
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