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• Wannabe astronauts can stay in a Polish nuclear bunker repurposed to mimic the ISS and the Moon

  10-04-2021 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Looking for something cosmic for your next holiday? The Lunares research station in Poland is offering aspiring astronauts the opportunity to be part of simulated space missions.
  
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• Satellite collision anticipated by EU space agency fails to materialize... for now at least

  10-04-2021 13:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Internet rubberneckers and crisis-starved media left to ponder non-event Two days ago, the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EU SST) initiative warned of a possible collision on Friday between two orbiting objects, but it now appears they passed each other without incident.…
  
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• So many new watches dropped this week. Here are the best

  10-04-2021 07:00
  
  The Watches & Wonders 2021 watch fair revealed new timepieces from Rolex, Tudor, TAG Heuer, Patek Philippe, IWC and many more. We've selected our favourites
  
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• Netflix conquered TV. Now it’s coming for your phone

  10-04-2021 07:00
  
  Netflix's chief product officer, Greg Peters, on the streaming platform's upcoming shuffle feature, its trials of short-form content designed for mobile, and how the company navigates a world where people can go outside again
  
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• Yawning is contagious for lions, who synchronize their behaviors to help group cohesion

  10-04-2021 01:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lions in South Africa were over 139 times more likely to yawn if another lion had done so in the past few minutes. They would also mimic subsequent behaviors, like getting up and walking away.
  
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• SpaceX's Starlink and OneWeb satellite come within 109 feet of crashing into each other in orbit

  10-04-2021 01:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  OneWeb's satellite came within 109 feet of SpaceX's Starlink in orbot that sparked red alerts received by the US Space Force, which found there was a 1.3% of the two devices colliding.
  
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• Covid US: Pfizer asks FDA to expand emergency use of vaccine to include children aged 12 to 15

  10-04-2021 00:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pfizer Inc has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to expand emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine to Americans between ages 12 and 15 years old. 
  
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