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• Smoking marijuana DOES impair vision by altering key visual functions, study reveals

  22-04-2021 23:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visual trials following consumption of marijuana showed visual aspects such as three-dimensional vision (stereopsis), the ability to focus, and glare sensitivity significantly worsened.
  
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• Call of Duty: Warzone goes back to the 1980s

  22-04-2021 21:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The much-anticipated third season is released, resetting the title to a 1980s-based storyline.
  
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• Disaster that inspired Earth Day: Oil spill in 1969 killed thousands of marine animals

  22-04-2021 21:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An oil spill in 1969 led to the birth of Earth Day in spring of 1970. Known as the Santa Barbara Channel oil spill,up to 100,000 barrels of crude oil leaked into the ocean off the California coast.
  
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• Environment: Carbon footprint calculator reveals Britain's greenest locations

  22-04-2021 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ratings for each area were drawn up based on 300,000 people across the country filling out the calculator, which was made by SEI York and the WWF.
  
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• Genetics: Women may live longer than men due to toxic effects from the Y chromosome

  22-04-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that, as male fruit flies age, repetitive sections in their Y chromosomes become active - which causes toxic effects.
  
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• Children whose parents were exposed to Chernobyl radiation have 'no excess mutations'

  22-04-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost 35 years to the day after the catastrophic accident, researchers report 'a lack of trans-generational effects' ofradiation exposure.
  
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• Taiwan authorities look into Apple supplier hack

  22-04-2021 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Unreleased Apple product blueprints claimed to be among hackers' haul.
  
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• Use of 'stalkerware' apps to steal photos and data increased 93% since lockdown

  22-04-2021 18:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Software from security firm Avast found over 4,585 users in the UK had apps capable of spying on them and stealing information, known as spyware and stalkerware.
  
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• Eating a medium-sized mushroom a day can reduce your risk of CANCER 45%

  22-04-2021 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Higher mushroom consumption is associated with a lower risk of cancer, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State University.
  
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• Biden: This will be 'decisive decade' for tackling climate change

  22-04-2021 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The White House says the US will curb emissions by 50-52%, as leaders gather for virtual summit.
  
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• Signal slams Cellebrite security company over alleged security holes

  22-04-2021 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Messaging-app Signal's boss alleges a wave of embarrassing errors in a rival company's software.
  
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• 'Unicorn' spotted just 1,500 light-years from Earth makes it the closest black hole to our planet

  22-04-2021 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This one-of-a-kind black hole was discovered 1,500 light-years from Earth. Scientists say it is also the smallest on record with a mass just three times of the sun. The team has named it 'The Unicorn.'
  
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• NASA shares photos of Lunar Gateway space station to launch for moon in 2024

  22-04-2021 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA said the orbiting laboratory would provide astronauts with a 'home away from home' during trips to the moon, and a staging post for lunar landings.
  
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• Boris Johnson: Climate change about jobs not 'bunny hugging'

  22-04-2021 17:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Speaking at a virtual summit, Boris Johnson urges world leaders to "build back greener".
  
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• People are more likely to eat unhealthy food if co-workers do, says US study

  22-04-2021 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers analysed the social networks of some 6,000 employees at Massachusetts General Hospitals and their food choices in the staff restaurants.
  
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• Biden/Kerry Are Pledging To Slash Carbon By 50% At Global Climate Summit

  22-04-2021 17:35 via technocracy.news
  
  America’s leaders are railroading America into the arms of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development economic system, aka Technocracy. The manufactured threats of global warming and virus pandemics have only one goal: the Great Reset of the global economic system.
  In America, Biden’s goals will surpass those of the radical Green New Deal. Essentially, America will be rebuilt from the ground up and painted green from top to bottom. As the WEF proudly says, “You will own
  
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• Older adults who used the internet during lockdown reported lower depression

  22-04-2021 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Surrey found that people who reported using the internet once or more a day also had much lower levels of depression symptoms, and reported higher quality of life.
  
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• NASA shares stunning photos of its Lunar Gateway space station

  22-04-2021 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA said the orbiting laboratory would provide astronauts with a 'home away from home' during trips to the moon, and a staging post for lunar landings.
  
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• Is The U.S. Postal Service Preparing To Censor Our Mail?

  22-04-2021 17:08 via technocracy.news
  
  The U.S. Postal Service is discovered to be running a ‘covert operations program’ that monitors Americans’ social media posts. This is stunning and inexplicable except that the USPS is already scanning every piece of mail it handles.
  The USPS already reserves the right to open any piece of mail that it receives. Measuring your social media posts against so-called fact checkers could provide a list of senders or recipients whose mail needs to be “examined” more caref
  
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• Eating just one medium mushroom a day can reduce your risk of CANCER by 45%

  22-04-2021 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Higher mushroom consumption is associated with a lower risk of cancer, according to a new study from researchers at Penn State University.
  
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• NASA's Ingenuity helicopter climbs higher on second Mars flight

  22-04-2021 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency said it climbed up to 16ft above the surface, hovered briefly, tilted and moved sideways for 7ft, taking a series of colour photos and then land - due to be published this week.
  
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• Origami... in spaaaaace: Inflatable folded objects discovery brings new meaning to blowing up buildings

  22-04-2021 16:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Space-saving structures could work well in 'space missions' An applied maths professor and her team have dreamed up inflatable origami structures they say could save time and energy in erecting emergency shelters, such as those vital to refugee camps.…
  
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• Case Study: How Corporations Will Force Employees To Get Vaccinated

  22-04-2021 16:26 via technocracy.news
  
  Corporations are breaking away from the nation-state and the rule of law by imposing policies that are patently destructive to their employees and customers as well as society at large. Most governing bodies are leaving these corporations to do whatever they wish, with no regulatory oversight. ⁃ TN EditorAn update to Bridgestone Americas, Inc’s corporate travel policy dated April 4, 2021, is an example of how employers may leverage their influence over individuals to make the CO
  
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• Running: Nike Vaporfly 4% trainers boost elite athletes' performance by up to 1.7%, study finds 

  22-04-2021 16:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led from governing body World Athletics found that the launch of the racing shoes in 2017 boosted the performance of elite runners by up to 1.7 per cent.
  
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• NASA's Mars helicopter 'went big' for its second flight on Mars

  22-04-2021 16:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency said it climbed up to 16ft above the surface, hovered briefly, tilted and moved sideways for 7ft, taking a series of colour photos and then land - due to be published this week.
  
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• Jaguar Land Rover to suspend output due to chip shortage

  22-04-2021 15:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Britain's biggest carmaker to suspend output at two factories because of global semiconductor shortage.
  
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• Jack Dorsey and Elon Musk agree on bitcoin's green credentials

  22-04-2021 15:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  But their opinions are not shared with those more cynical about the cryptocurrency's impact.
  
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• People with big BELLIES more at risk of heart disease regardless of BMI, says US study

  22-04-2021 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, researchers from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland looked at the link between body fat dispersal and heart disease.
  
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• MI5 joins Instagram to bust martini-drinking stereotypes

  22-04-2021 14:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The service's first post says the secret to successful spying is to "consider all angles".
  
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• 2020 was Europe's warmest year on record, says EU climate change monitor

  22-04-2021 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  2020 temperatures were more than 2.8°F (1.6°C) above the average for between 1981 and 2010, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has revealed in its new report.
  
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• What is the Paris climate agreement and why did the US rejoin?

  22-04-2021 14:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After rejoining the agreement, the US wants to show it is serious about climate change.
  
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• Europe had its warmest year on record in 2020, says EU climate monitor

  22-04-2021 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  2020 temperatures were more than 2.8°F (1.6°C) above the average for between 1981 and 2010, Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) has revealed in its new report.
  
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• People with big BELLIES are more likely to develop heart disease - regardless of their BMI

  22-04-2021 13:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, researchers from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland looked at the link between body fat dispersal and heart disease.
  
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• Sucks to be you, any aliens living anywhere near Proxima Centauri's record-smashing solar flare

  22-04-2021 12:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Our stellar neighbor's biggest-ever belch would frazzle us Earthlings Astronomers detected the most energetic solar flare ever seen from the Sun’s closest stellar neighbor, Proxima Centauri. In fact, the cosmic belch was so intense, they doubt the star provides the right conditions to support DNA-based life on its exoplanets.…
  
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• AI unlocks ancient Dead Sea Scrolls mystery

  22-04-2021 11:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Cutting edge technology" reveals how scribes foiled modern scholars with one of the Biblical texts.
  
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• NASA's Mars helicopter is going bigger and bolder TODAY

  22-04-2021 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency said it would climb up to 16ft above the surface, hover briefly, tilt and move sideways for 7ft, take a series of colour photos and then land.
  
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• Met Office to receive new £1.2bn supercomputer built by Microsoft

  22-04-2021 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Met Office said the new £1.2 billion supercomputer will vastly improve the quality of their weather forecasts and provide significantly more detail from summer 2022.
  
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• The One and Only Ivan: How we brought the animals to life

  22-04-2021 09:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  MPC's animation director and VFX supervisor explain how they made the film's effects.
  
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• Ah, you know what? Keep your crappy space station, we're gonna try to make our own, Russia tells world

  22-04-2021 03:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Come 2025, we're Putin this collaboration to bed Russia's space agency hopes to launch its own orbiting science lab by 2030 after entering talks with NASA to pull out of the International Space Station in the coming years.…
  
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• Google and Apple attacked on app store 'monopoly'

  22-04-2021 02:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Republican and Democrat senators criticise Apple and Google for alleged anti-competitive behaviour.
  
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• Met Office and Microsoft to build climate supercomputer

  22-04-2021 02:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Met Office will work with Microsoft on a supercomputer which will help model climate change.
  
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• Gold ring found on Isle of Man was likely made to honor earl executed for treason in 1651

  22-04-2021 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The gold-and-crystal ring was likely made to commemorate James Stanley, the 7th Earl of Derby, who ruled the Isle of Man before being found guilty of treason and executed in 1651.
  
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• Climate change: Biden summit to push for 'immediate' action

  22-04-2021 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Forty world leaders will be urged to increase their carbon-cutting actions at US virtual summit.
  
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• Coffee waste: Companies offer up new solutions

  22-04-2021 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new crop of coffee companies have solutions to cut waste in their industry.
  
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• Is it the end of the line for landline phones?

  22-04-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Four million homes have dropped their fixed line phones since 2000 a trend which may see a post-pandemic boost.
  
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• SpaceX claims there was no 'close call' between Starlink and OneWeb satellites in orbit last month

  22-04-2021 01:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chris McLaughlin, OneWeb Chief of Government, told Daily Mail his team asked Spaceto turn a Starlink's collision avoidance system off so OneWeb could 'arrange a safe fly by.'
  
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• Climate Basics: Your carbon footprint explained

  22-04-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Reality Check's Chris Morris explains how changing three aspects of how you live can make the biggest dent to your carbon footprint.
  
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• 'Safety nets' built by army ants could help engineers design self-healing robot swarms 

  22-04-2021 00:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Army ants are blind and have no designated leader but researchers report the voracious foragers can build complex 'safety nets' that prevent workers carrying prey from falling off steep terrain.
  
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