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• Lyrid meteor shower will dazzle the pre-dawn sky April 22 with up to 20 shooting stars an hour

  14-04-2021 23:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the first meteor showers of 2021, known as Lyrids, reaches its peak in the pre-dawn hours of April 22. Stargazers should be able to see 10 to 20 meteors an hour, despite the bring pink supermoon.
  
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• Invasive frogs with CLAWS from sub-Saharan Africa are invading parts of Florida

  14-04-2021 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists confirmed small frogs with protruding eyes and claws are slowly invading southern Florida. They pose no threat to humans, but could pass diseases to native species living in the state.
  
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• Crypto firm Coinbase valued at more than oil giant BP

  14-04-2021 22:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Coinbase, which runs a leading trading platform for Bitcoin, hit nearly $100bn in its stock market listing, before slipping.
  
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• Ice, ice maybe? Astrobotic will ride SpaceX's Falcon Heavy to the Moon in 2023 and drop off NASA's water-hunting rover

  14-04-2021 22:34 via go.theregister.com
  
  Firm's Griffin lander to do the honours Astrobotic has provided an explanation for another of SpaceX boss Elon Musk's tweets with news that its Griffin lander lander will be riding a Falcon Heavy to the Moon in 2023.…
  
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• Mound of 4,300-year-old bat guano reveals ancient history of Jamaica

  14-04-2021 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of biomarkers in the layers of bat dung paints a 4,300-year-old timeline of everything from dry periods in the Middle Ages to the arrival of Europeans and cars in Jamaica.
  
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• Alaskan glacier is moving 100 TIMES faster than normal

  14-04-2021 20:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Muldrow Glacier, located on the north side of Mount Denali in Alaska, is undergoing a rare surge that is moving it up to 60 feet a day, which is 100 times faster than its normal speed.
  
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• History: Blackmailers in the London of 1601-1800 threatened to publicly accuse men of being GAY

  14-04-2021 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Criminologist Paul Bleakley of Middlesex University analysed court proceedings from the Old Bailey that date back to the period between 1674 and 1913.
  
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• Facebook faces investigation over data breach

  14-04-2021 19:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Irish Data Protection Commission is to launch an investigation into whether it broke GDPR rules.
  
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• Dinosaurs: Pterosaurs had 'ridiculously long' necks but could FLY carrying heavy prey, study finds

  14-04-2021 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They stood more than 18ft tall, which is higher than a modern day giraffe, with a neck that stretched to more than 7ft long and a head more than 5ft long.
  
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• SpaceX Dragon Resilience astronaut shares mesmerising timelapse video of the Milky Way

  14-04-2021 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'I didn't think the views could get any better, then my crewmate [Soichi Noguchi] took this night timelapse from Resilience and I was blown away,' Hopkins said.
  
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• Mysterious dog illness that swept the UK in 2020 was caused by a CORONAVIRUS

  14-04-2021 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports from concerned owners at the time indicated more pet pooches than usual were getting ill and severely vomiting. Lab analysis revealed it was a canine enteric coronavirus.
  
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• 'Zoom fatigue': Women more prone due to 'self-focussed attention anxiety'

  14-04-2021 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Women are more than twice as likely as men to report feeling 'very' to 'extremely' fatigued after Zoom calls. They also report feeling more distracted by the 'self-view' feature than men.
  
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• Denmark Is First Nation To Ditch AstraZeneca Vaccine

  14-04-2021 17:26 via technocracy.news
  
  The experimental vaccine and gene therapy programs are spiraling into chaos as deadly side effects surface. Both AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson are close to total rejection, and Moderna and Pfizer are not far behind.
  The Transhuman dream of taking over the “operating system” of humanity is equivalent to Microsoft’s famous “blue screen of death” in earlier versions of its Windows operating system. These unelected and unaccountable Technocrats must be rejected
  
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• Remains of a 'high-status' Roman villa discovered in Scarborough

  14-04-2021 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'fantastic find' was made during archaeological excavations at a housing development in the town of Eastfield, North Yorkshire.
  
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• Orange County, CA Plans Launch Of Digital Vaccine Passport

  14-04-2021 17:07 via technocracy.news
  
  This Technocrat initiative is the sole product of the Orange County Health Care Agency and its director, Dr. Clayton Chau. Normally conservative Orange County residents should drive this short-sighted thinking out of their country. ⁃ TN EditorCalifornia’s Orange County plans to launch a pilot program for digital CCP virus vaccine and testing passports, according to health officials.
  The vaccine and testing credentialing arrangement will be rolled out sometime in April, 
  
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• NASA says asteroid the size of a BUS passed just 12,000 miles from Earth on 8 April

  14-04-2021 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to astronomers from the Virtual Telescope Project, the asteroid, dubbed 2021 GW4, posed no threat to Earth as it passedat a safe distance.
  
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• Instagram will soon let users choose to hide likes

  14-04-2021 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Instagram said it is about to conduct 'a small global test' of a feature that hides the amount of likes people get on their posts.
  
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• Women whose GRANDMOTHERS were exposed to the toxic pesticide DDT are more likely to be obese

  14-04-2021 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study has found women whose grandmothers were exposed to DDT are up to three times more likely to be obese than those descended from nans who avoided the now globally prohibited pesticide.
  
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• Pterosaurs had spoked vertebrae that allowed them to take off carrying heavy prey, study finds 

  14-04-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They stood more than 18ft tall, which is higher than a modern day giraffe, with a neck that stretched to more than 7ft long and a head more than 5ft long.
  
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• Europe seeks to limit use of AI in society

  14-04-2021 16:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rules are proposals and could take several years to become law.
  
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• 7 Key Reasons Why Vaccine Passports Are A Dangerous Idea

  14-04-2021 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  With vaccine injuries spiraling upwards, Technocrats are scrambling to implement vaccine passports before it is too late to convince a skittish public to accept them. It is a dangerous sign of impending tyranny and should be resisted at all costs. ⁃ TN EditorAs the use of vaccine passports snowballs around the world, concerns about their potential reach and implications are growing.
  Vaccine passports (or passes or certificates) are being rushed through around the world, including in places
  
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• Geology: Pink quartzite was carried 600 miles across the US in the stomachs of long-necked DINOSAURS

  14-04-2021 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers explained that the giant sauropods likely swallowed the stomach stones, known as 'gastroliths', to help grind up food they had eaten.
  
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• Lettuce DNA analysis shows today's varieties similar to those grown 6,000 years ago in ancient Egypt

  14-04-2021 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new DNA analysis of more than 400 types of lettuce reveals the vegetable's humble beginnings as a wild plant grown by ancient Egyptians to the common vegetable we eat today.
  
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• Virgin Media broadband is back online

  14-04-2021 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Reports of problems with Virgin's broadband services sprung up around 10:30am BST and rocketed to more than 1,700 in just 15 minutes.
  
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• Suez canal blockage caused a spike in air pollution

  14-04-2021 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence from the Tropomi apparatus on the the EU's Sentinel-5P satellites revealed the chemical was being pumped out by boats in 'hotelling' mode.
  
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• Omegle: 'I'm being used as sex-baiting bot' on video chat site

  14-04-2021 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A user of video chat site Omegle says he was paired with a video bot of himself performing sexual acts.
  
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• Lack of regulation will create a 'Wild West in SPACE' warns expert

  14-04-2021 12:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paul Kostek a space policy specialist from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) says global agreement is 'highly unlikely' anytime soon.
  
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• Virgin Media and O2 'blockbuster' merger provisionally approved

  14-04-2021 12:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal will make the telecoms firm a "powerful" rival to BT, according to analysts.
  
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• Google's 'Heads Up' tool aims to reduce texting while walking

  14-04-2021 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is doing its bit to stop smartphone addicts from walking into road traffic, with a new feature called Heads Up.
  
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• St Vincent volcano: Island covered in layer of grey as La Soufriere erupts

  14-04-2021 11:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  La Soufriere, on the island of St Vincent, has been erupting for the past five days.
  
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• Reality TV competition 'Space Hero' signs an agreement with NASA

  14-04-2021 11:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Space Act Agreement between NASA and the production company doesn't guarantee space travel, rather allows for information sharing between the two.
  
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• Toxic gas in the brain may increase your risk of developing dementia 

  14-04-2021 11:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A potential treatment for dementia and epilepsy could look to reduce the amounts of a toxic gas in the brain - hydrogen sulfide (H2S).
  
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• Oldest ever evidence of HONEY is discovered in 3,500-year-old pottery shards

  14-04-2021 11:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts now know that long before Winnie the Pooh went scouring for his favourite snack, the Nok people in Western Africa were hunting honey and storing it in pots around 3,500 years ago.
  
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• Urbanista has made the world’s first solar-powered headphones

  14-04-2021 10:56
  
  The Urbanista Los Angeles are the first self-charging, wireless, active noise cancelling headphones. They can even harvest energy from indoor lighting, so, in theory, you need never plug them in
  
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• COP26: Delaying key climate meeting preferable to 'messing it up'

  14-04-2021 09:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Further postponement of the UK climate summit would be better than a failed event, says an expert.
  
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• Ludwig Ahgren breaks Twitch subscription record after 31-day stint

  14-04-2021 08:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ludwig Ahgren has more than 282,000 paying subscribers after a month-long Twitch ‘subathon‘.
  
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• What happens when you have a heart attack on the way to Mars?

  14-04-2021 07:00
  
  Millions of kilometres from Earth, even a minor health scare could be fatal. But with a thousand things that could go wrong, space pharmacists have some creative solutions
  
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• Robots are animals, not humans

  14-04-2021 07:00
  
  Humans have worked alongside animals for centuries. So why are we so obsessed with comparing robots to ourselves?
  
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• Covid lies are tearing through India’s family WhatsApp groups

  14-04-2021 07:00
  
  Conspiracy theories about the pandemic are a hit in Indian family WhatsApp groups and are helping bring dangerous disinformation to a global audience
  
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• US envoy John Kerry woos China over climate

  14-04-2021 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US envoy John Kerry will hold talks in Shanghai ahead of a climate summit hosted by President Biden.
  
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• UK woodlands 'at crisis point' amid wildlife decline

  14-04-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A review of the state of Britain's native woods and trees finds only 7% are in good condition.
  
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• Wearing a cloth face mask while exercising 'increases breathlessness and claustrophobia'

  14-04-2021 00:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A small trial of 31 people found a person's exercise duration drops by 14 per cent when exercising with a cotton face covering.
  
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• DNA analysis on lettuce shows today's varieties are similar to those grown 6,000 years ago

  14-04-2021 00:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new DNA analysis of more than 400 types of lettuce reveals the vegetable's humble beginnings as a wild plant grown by ancient Egyptians to the common vegetable we eat today.
  
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