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• Astronauts experience a decline in positive emotions throughout the entire mission, study finds

  21-04-2021 23:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists stationed at the South Pole reported a continuous decline in positive emotions throughout their mission. That may affect how NASA handles psychological risks in space.
  
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• US Honey contains traces of radioactive fallout from nuclear bomb testing during the Cold War

  21-04-2021 23:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than half of honey samples from Main to Florida were found to have traces of a radioactive isotope calledcesium-137, which stems from nuclear bomb testing from the Cold War.
  
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• First truly biodegradable PLASTICS that break down with heat and water within weeks developed

  21-04-2021 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers embedded polyester-eating enzymes, protected by a special polymer wrapping, into polyester plastics as they were made.
  
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• Brain chips like Elon Musk's Neuralink could lead to companies harvesting our thoughts, experts warn

  21-04-2021 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr. Susan Schneider, and AI expert, told DailyMail that the brain chips could create a new data selling industry where companies use our thoughts stored in a cloudto better sell market products.
  
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• Humans have reshaped Earth's ecology for 12k years, but ancient civilizations didn't misuse land

  21-04-2021 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Areas untouched by humans were just as rare 12,000 years ago, but a new study finds Earth's modern day inhabitants' misuse of resources and land has caused the environmental crisis.
  
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• NASA shares enhanced side-by-side videos from Ingenuity helicopter's first Mars flight

  21-04-2021 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video, shot by the Mastcam-Z camera on the Perseverance rover reveal plumes of Martian dust made by Ingenuity upon takeoff and landing.
  
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• Dead Sea Scrolls: AI reveals the 2,000-year-old texts were likely written by multiple scribes

  21-04-2021 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  First found in 1946 in the Qumran Caves of the Judaean Desert, near the Dead Sea, the scrolls comprise some 972 ancient manuscripts in thousands of fragments.
  
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• Global carbon emissions may see 'second-biggest' increase in history as post-Covid industry resumes

  21-04-2021 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Coal demand is fueling a historic increase in CO2 emissions, which is predicted to reach the second-highest amount in history. The surge is due to manufacturing resuming after COVID lockdowns.
  
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• Climate change: Shipping industry calls for new global carbon tax

  21-04-2021 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The global shipping industry wants governments to tax their carbon emissions as they try to tackle climate change
  
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• Air pollution: Coroner calls for law change after Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah's death

  21-04-2021 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah's mother calls on the government to "reduce air pollution immediately".
  
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• Scientists calculate the amount of bubbles in a glass of lager

  21-04-2021 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists calculated the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) bubbles in lager - which accounts for its creamy white froth - and imperfections in a glass that make the CO2 bubbles form.
  
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• Lyrid meteor shower: Skywatchers set for sunrise or sunset view on Thursday

  21-04-2021 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The best time to view it will be early morning or after sunset on Thursday, astronomers say.
  
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• NASA reveals enhanced side-by-side videos from Ingenuity's first flight

  21-04-2021 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The video, shot by the Mastcam-Z camera on the Perseverance rover reveal plumes of Martian dust made by Ingenuity upon takeoff and landing.
  
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• Amazon is opening a hair salon in London

  21-04-2021 17:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The salon will use augmented reality to show styles and colours on clients before they have their hair done.
  
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• Ivy can act as free AIR CONDITIONING by cooling your home by up to 12.9°F in the summer 

  21-04-2021 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have revealed that ivy can act as free air conditioning for your home in the summer, while heating the building in the winter.
  
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• Scientists make Pepper the robot 'think out loud'

  21-04-2021 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In video of scientists' experiments, Pepper reveals its thought processes out loud when asked to pass a napkin by a human. This process help the robot make better decisions, the experts say.
  
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• Environment: First truly biodegradable PLASTICS developed that break down with just heat and water

  21-04-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers embedded polyester-eating enzymes, protected by a special polymer wrapping, into polyester plastics as they were made.
  
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• Free Speech Has Legal And Ethical Confines, Propaganda Does Not

  21-04-2021 16:57 via technocracy.news
  
  American’s are not afraid of ignorant people saying ignorant things. They are afraid of their own voice being forcibly censored when they try to refute them. Censorship is tantamount to assault and it is anything except Free Speech. ⁃ TN EditorThe non-profit organization that I founded in 2018, Citizens for Free Speech, is weary of the constant propaganda that all speech is protected by the First Amendment, no matter how vile, ignorant or deceptive it might be.
  It’s time to set
  
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• The Davos Revolution And The Re-Making Of Civilization

  21-04-2021 16:38 via technocracy.news
  
  Carl Teichrib takes us inside the 2021 meeting of the World Economic Forum featuring the Great Reset. The priesthood of techno-totalitarianism is guiding the global transformation into an other-worldly existence barren of human choice and dignity. ⁃ TN EditorThe Great Reset dangles before us: a global public-private partnership that follows the mystic path of social feelings, the holy writ of consensus politics, and the self-anointed prophets of international finance… all watched ov
  
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• Scientists Are Mixing Human Body Parts With Robots And Monkeys

  21-04-2021 16:07 via technocracy.news
  
  When Technocrats see no difference between humans, animals and inanimate material, there is no ethical boundary in mixing the three to see what might happen. This smacks of Transhumanism, which seeks to merge technology into human flesh in order to achieve immortality. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s been a big month for sci-fi primates. On Apr. 8, Elon Musk’s start-up Neuralink announced they created a cyborg monkey who can play MindPong using a brain chip. The following week, scien
  
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• Apple quietly reveals iOS 14.5 will launch next week

  21-04-2021 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has revealed in the small print of a press release that its new software update - iOS 14.5 - will be available 'next week'. The firm declined to specify exactly when.
  
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• Roman artefacts dug up by detectorists tipped to sell for £100,000  

  21-04-2021 14:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A bust of Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius is among a collection of 2,000-year-old bronze hoard of artefacts dug up in a Yorkshire field - and now set to go for around £90,000.
  
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• TikTok loophole sees users post pornographic and violent videos

  21-04-2021 14:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TikTok says it is fighting to stop a trend exposing users to explicit and shocking material
  
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• Drug takers are 'significantly' more likely to engage in BDSM and have sex with strangers

  21-04-2021 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers polled 2,631 adults at a British musical festival in 2016 and 2019 about their recent experiences with taking drugs and having sex.
  
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• Climate change: EU to cut CO2 emissions by 55% by 2030

  21-04-2021 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU's climate-change goals of becoming climate neutral by 2050 will become legally binding.
  
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• Underwater volcanoes unleash enough energy to power an entire continent

  21-04-2021 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research found underwater eruptions produce ash clouds and they megaplumes of hot water which dissipates upwards and then outwards.
  
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• T-Rex roamed the Earth at a 'leisurely' pace, study finds

  21-04-2021 09:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists performed a 3D tail reconstruction of a T. Rex specimen known as Trix to provide an accurate estimate of the species' walking speed.
  
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• Instagram launches new anti-bullying tools including a filter for abusive DMs

  21-04-2021 09:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Facebook owned social network hopes to also tackle hate speech and bullying with stricter penalties for people who send abusive messages to other users.
  
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• China has a satellite with an arm – and America worries it could be used to snatch other spacecraft

  21-04-2021 07:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  Send more money to help us protect our space toys, military tells Congress US military leaders have claimed China has a satellite with a grappling arm, and said its existence highlights the needs for increased funding to match the Middle Kingdom's and Russia's expanding orbital arsenals.…
  
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• Climate change: Growing doubts over chip fat biofuel

  21-04-2021 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new study questions the sustainability of used cooking oil imports into Europe to make biodiesel.
  
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• Shanghai Auto Show: Five electric car brands to look out for in China

  21-04-2021 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Robin Brant talks through five companies showcasing electric vehicles at the Shanghai Auto Show.
  
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• Apple announces a PURPLE iPhone 12 and all-new iMac in seven different shades

  21-04-2021 00:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini will be available in a stunning purple. The announcement came at the Spring Loaded event that also saw an all-new iMac in seven different colors.
  
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• Can PLANT extract protect against COVID? Clinical trial begins for vaccine made from tobacco shrub

  21-04-2021 00:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Canadian-based biopharmaceutical company Medicago has developed a coronavirus vaccine candidate that is derived from a tobacco plant.
  
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