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• Michael Collins, once the world's 'loneliest man,' is dead. If that name means little or nothing to you, read this

  28-04-2021 23:41 via go.theregister.com
  
  Buzz Aldrin sole remaining survivor of Apollo 11 Moon landing Obit  Michael Collins, the one Apollo 11 astronaut too few remember, has died of cancer at the age of 90.…
  
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• Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies aged 90

  28-04-2021 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronaut Michael Collins passed away Wednesday at the age of 90 due to a 'valiant' battle with cancer. Collins was part of the three-man Apollo 11 crew that made history with the lunar landing in 1969.
  
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• Laos' mysterious Plain of Jars that has stone jars across the burial ground may be 3,000 years old

  28-04-2021 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using a technique that dates when quartz was last exposed to sunlight, researchers determined the limestone vessels in Laos' Plain of Jars are centuries older than previously believed.
  
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• Renovators at Uffizi Gallery uncover human bones and 400-year-old fresco of Medici ruler Cosimo II

  28-04-2021 21:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Renaissance-era painting of Cosimo II de Medici by painter Bernardino Poccetti was discovered behind plaster when the museum's coat room and ticketing booth were made over.
  
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• Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins dies at 90

  28-04-2021 21:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Michael Collins stayed in orbit as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon in 1969.
  
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• Accident leaves deep sea mining machine stranded

  28-04-2021 20:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A prototype deep sea mining machine is lying stranded on the floor of the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Mysterious boat-shaped 'satanic' rock structure is discovered in an Icelandic cave

  28-04-2021 20:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery is in a cave near a volcano that erupted almost 1,100 years ago at a time when the Vikings had recently colonised Iceland.
  
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• Facebook: Smoking and alcohol ads 'target Australian children'

  28-04-2021 19:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The platform profiled teenagers based on interests in alcohol, smoking, gambling and weight loss.
  
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• Scientists are monitoring cow burps to breed 'low emission' cattle varieties

  28-04-2021 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are tracking cows' methane emissions. They want to see if there are any advantages to breeding cattle that have lower emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas.
  
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• Conversations about others can help you to feel more connected and form relationships, study finds 

  28-04-2021 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neuroscientists had a group of volunteers play a series of online games and monitored the role of gossip between the different participants.
  
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• Microsoft is replacing Calibri as its default font after 14 years

  28-04-2021 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has announced that it's replacing its current default font of Calibri with one of five potential replacements.
  
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• Scientists identify 'psychedelic-like drug' without hallucinogenic side effects

  28-04-2021 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have identified a molecule called AAZ-A-154 that acts on beneficial pathways in the brain without causing hallucinations.
  
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• Former Pfizer VP: ‘Eugenicists Have Got Hold Of The Levers Of Power’

  28-04-2021 17:02 via technocracy.news
  
  In The Tempest, William Shakespeare wrote, “Hell is empty and all the devils are here.”  Eugenics on any scale is evil, but a global eugenics program is simply inconceivable, and yet it is a possibility that must be urgently discussed and neutralized before irreparable damage is done to the earth’s population. ⁃ TN EditorMike Yeadon is a soft-spoken microbiologist and a former vice-president of allergy and respiratory research at Pfizer. He spent 32 years working for
  
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• Earth's glaciers have shrunk by 267BILLION tonnes per year since 2000

  28-04-2021 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in France have analysed high resolution maps of over 200,000 glaciers from the past two decades to understand how they have changed.
  
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• Netflix launches 'Play Something' button that will randomly play TV programmes and films

  28-04-2021 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix's Play Something tool has been tested with select users since last year, but it is now being rolled out to all users globally.
  
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• View From Cyprus: The Road To Totalitarian Technocracy

  28-04-2021 16:32 via technocracy.news
  
  However imperfect their view might be, it is noteworthy that journalists and economists around the world are writing about Technocracy, its dangers and its outcome. It is totalitarian, dystopian and in the end, it is nothing short of global slavery. ⁃ TN EditorThere’s something pretty rum about the events of the past year, rendering it well beyond a global health story. Besides its impact in terms of individual human tragedies, the pandemic has unmistakably led to some draconian, aut
  
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• STUDY: ‘Third Wave’ Of Sickness And Death Will Be Dominated By Those Who Have Been Fully Vaccinated

  28-04-2021 16:15 via technocracy.news
  
  When genetic scientists decided to recklessly meddle with the human immune system, the aftermath of the first round of gene therapy jabs guaranteed only one thing: ongoing direct access to humans for an unending series of additional gene therapy shots. For those who died as a result, no apologies will be forthcoming. ⁃ TN EditorThe next big wave of COVID infections, already hitting states such as Michigan, will be dominated by people who have been fully vaccinated.
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• NASA shares bird's-eye-view photo of Perseverance taken by Ingenuity

  28-04-2021 15:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a tweet, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) said: 'I spy with my little eye…a rover,' sharing the image with the rover visible in the far corner.
  
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• New species of duckbilled dinosaur is discovered in Japan

  28-04-2021 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new discovery of fossilised remains of a never-before-seen dinosaur species dubbed Yamatosaurus izanagii reveals the route of migration was from Asia to America.
  
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• Household aerosols release more harmful smog chemicals than UK cars

  28-04-2021 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aerosol products used in the home now emit more harmful volatile organic compound (VOC) air pollution than all the vehicles in the UK, research shows.
  
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• New toothpaste container coating ensures every last morsel of paste comes out of the tube 

  28-04-2021 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  European consumers can now try the coating out with Colgate's new Elixir line, developed in partnership with LiquiGlide.
  
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• Breastfed babies score higher on cognitive tests at age 10, study finds

  28-04-2021 10:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Rochester Medical Centre analysed thousands of cognitive tests to determine whether children's scores could be linked to whether or not they were breastfed.
  
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• Boffins stumble upon method to make silicon control lasers

  28-04-2021 07:37 via go.theregister.com
  
  Quantum experiment may clear the way for silicon photonics – chips with electronic and photonic interconnects Researchers in a team led by the University of Surrey reckon they have accidentally found a new way to use silicon as a powerful photonic informational manipulation material, potentially making it possible to produce viable silicon devices that can control multiple lasers.…
  
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• The best 4K Blu-ray players for home cinema aficionados

  28-04-2021 07:00
  
  Long live the disc! To get the very best picture quality out of your movie marathons, take a look at our pick of the best 4K Blu-ray players you can buy
  
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• Māori are trying to save their language from Big Tech

  28-04-2021 07:00
  
  Te Hiku Media gathered huge swathes of Māori language data. Corporates are now trying to get the rights to it
  
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• 'Self-driving' cars to be allowed on UK roads this year

  28-04-2021 05:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government previously said it hoped to legalise hands-free driving by spring 2021.
  
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• Humans are using 73% more natural resources than the Earth produces in a year, study reveals

  28-04-2021 01:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wealthy nations account for 14% of the world's population, yet consume 52% of resources Earth produces in a year. This is causing 'ecological poverty' in poor areas home to 5.4 billion people.
  
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• Instagram launches new mental health campaign to tackle the taboo of male body image

  28-04-2021 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Facebook-owned social media giant will work with CALM to open a conversation about how male mental health and body dysmorphia has been hit by lockdown.
  
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• Expert warns that heavy drinking can suppress your immune system and weaken Covid shot's effects 

  28-04-2021 00:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Past research has shown that chronic heavy drinking can alter the number of microbes in the gut and can prevent immune system cells from reaching a site of infection to mount a response.
  
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