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• Ingenuity fails to lift off for its fourth and most ambitious flight yet on Mars

  29-04-2021 22:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Data shows Ingenuity did not liftoff the ground for its fourth flight test on Mars. NASA has rescheduled the event for Friday, April 30. It will lift off at 10:12am ET and data should be received at 1:39pm ET.
  
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• New beer called 'Torched Earth' shows the impact of climate change will have on a fermented beverage

  29-04-2021 22:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Belgium Brewing released a limited-edition Fat tire called 'Torched Earth.' The ale aims to show how 'awful' beer would taste if we do not urgently address climate change.
  
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• Wild horses and donkeys survive in DESERTS through an innate instinct to find buried water

  29-04-2021 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This same instinctive radar for underground water drives them to dig wells that in turn help other animals and plants that live within the same arid ecosystem.
  
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• Did North American's first settlers arrive from Asia via 'stepping stone' migration?

  29-04-2021 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A900-mile stretch of islands was once on the surface in the Gulf of Alaska that may have been used by migrants as stepping stones as they paddled from Asia to North America.
  
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• Technocracy’s Coup d’Etat Exposed In Mercola’s New Book ‘The Truth About COVID-19’

  29-04-2021 17:36 via technocracy.news
  
  This interview between Dr. Joseph Mercola and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. lays the groundwork to understand the coup d’edat of Technocracy through medical tyranny and censorship of all opposing views. Mercola fully understands Technocracy and is opening the eyes of millions. ⁃ TN EditorIn the interview above, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. interviews me about my new book, “The Truth About COVID-19 — Exposing the Great Reset, Lockdowns, Vaccine Passports and the New Normal,” co-wr
  
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• Tim Cook warns of Apple product shortages

  29-04-2021 17:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A global shortage of computer chips is threatening to eat into the technology giant's profits.
  
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• Matt Hancock warns modern medicine may cease to exist without if superbugs are not tackled

  29-04-2021 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drug-resistant diseases such as MRSA already kill 700,000 people around the world each year - including 800 in Britain. But experts fear this could surge to 10million by 2050 without action.
  
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• The best laptops for any budget in 2021

  29-04-2021 17:16
  
  WIRED Recommends the best laptops to help you find your perfect portable
  
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• Blue Origin teases ticket sales for the first seats on its New Shepard space tourism rocket

  29-04-2021 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been years in the making, but Blue Origin will finally start selling tickets for its space tourism business. The firm made the announcement Thurs with more details coming on May 5.
  
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• Foreign Policy Mag: Sec’y Of Treasury Janet Yellen Labeled As Technocrat

  29-04-2021 17:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Globalist publication Foreign Policy has squarely pegged Janet Yellen as a Technocrat, along the lines of Prime Minister Mario Draghi in Italy. Draghi has formed a Technocrat government in Italy and is an enthusiastic supporter of the WEF’s Great Reset. ⁃ TN Editor
  In recent years, the world has been regaled with stories about the crisis of expertise. The era of the liberal technocrat was over, we were told, killed off by the financial crisis and populism. But if democracies find it
  
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• Biden To Cancel Oil And Gas Lease Sales From Public Lands

  29-04-2021 16:42 via technocracy.news
  
  As the war against carbon accelerates under Biden, energy independence is again in jeopardy as public lands are placed off-limits to new drilling. The Federal government owns 640 million acres, or 28% of the total land mass in the United States, supposedly held in trust for the benefit of the nation.
  Notice on the map below that the vast majority of government land is in the western states where it was easier to acquire land due to sparse population and weak state legislation. To say that this i
  
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• Just three songs can identify who created the playlist, study finds

  29-04-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Israel conducted experiments to see if song choices could be linked to their curator, even without knowing their music tastes.
  
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• Nature: 'Super-sized' mice have eaten an adult albatross ALIVE on Gough Island for the first time

  29-04-2021 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Each year, around a third of Tristan albatross chicks are devoured by the mice, but it had not been certain before if adults of the species were also being consumed.
  
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• Ingenuity will attempt its FOURTH flight: NASA to push the Mars helicopter to its limit

  29-04-2021 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA said it would continue to push the 4lb copter to its limit in each subsequent test, this time almost doubling the speed of the third flight, reaching eight miles per hour.
  
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• App used by emergency services under scrutiny

  29-04-2021 14:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What3Words is used by 100 emergency services but one security researcher has found potential issues.
  
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• Judge declines to dismiss Amazon's Trump allegation

  29-04-2021 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant claims the former President used his influence to award Microsoft a defence contract.
  
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• Air pollution in the UK is at its LOWEST since records began

  29-04-2021 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DEFRA says the year-on-year drop in nitrogen dioxide levels is largely due to a decrease in emissions due to lockdown and lower than normal road traffic.
  
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• India’s vaccine crisis is a warning to the world

  29-04-2021 13:28
  
  As Covid cases soar, India is contending with a shortage of the raw materials needed to make enough vaccines
  
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• Confusion over use of NHS App as Covid passport

  29-04-2021 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The NHS App cannot "imminently" be used as a Covid passport, the BBC has learned.
  
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• World's first PREGNANT ancient Egyptian mummy has been discovered

  29-04-2021 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Through a combination of CT scans and X-rays, the team discovered the remains of a foetus, about 26 to 30 weeks old, inside the woman - the first time a pregnant mummy has been discovered.
  
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• Office work: Sitting at a desk by a WINDOW makes you more productive than by a wall, study claims

  29-04-2021 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After surveying workers in a London-based open-plan office, researchers concluded that have more 'visual control' at work makes employees happier and more efficient.
  
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• Short-headed dogs are more willing to make eye-contact

  29-04-2021 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Hungarian researchers concluded that short-headed, co-operative, young, and playful dogs are the best dogs when it comes to forming eye contact.
  
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• Mysterious boat-shaped rock structure is discovered in a 'satanic' Icelandic cave

  29-04-2021 10:41 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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• China launches first module of new, crewed, Tiangong-3 space station

  29-04-2021 09:26 via go.theregister.com
  
  Expected to host three astronauts for a decade, starting in 2022 China has placed the first module of a crewed space station in orbit.…
  
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• China launches first module of new space station

  29-04-2021 09:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's a major step in China's ambitions to rival the United States and Russia in space exploration.
  
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• Good: Water vapor signal detected for first time on distant planet. Bad: Er, we'll let one of the boffins explain

  29-04-2021 08:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hey, look, it's the galaxy's Florida Evidence of what was once possibly water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere in a distant world for the first time – though one of the scientists involved in the discovery told us this would-be interstellar getaway is "completely inhospitable."…
  
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• Good: Water vapor signal detected for first time on distant planet. Bad: Ah, we'll let one of the boffins explain

  29-04-2021 08:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ah look, it's the galaxy's Florida Evidence of what was once possibly water vapor has been detected in the atmosphere in a distant world for the first time – though one of the scientists involved in the discovery told us this would-be interstellar getaway is "completely inhospitable."…
  
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• Billion-year-old fossil found preserved in Torridon rocks

  29-04-2021 07:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists said the microscopic fossil was "exceptionally" preserved in ancient rock in Torridon.
  
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• How to upgrade your laptop audio

  29-04-2021 07:00
  
  Tips, tricks, headphones and accessories to maximise your laptop’s sound
  
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• Google’s plan to eradicate cookies is crumbling

  29-04-2021 07:00
  
  Regulators and rivals have raised concerns about Google’s grand plan to rewrite the rules of online advertising
  
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• China is scrambling for global semiconductor supremacy

  29-04-2021 07:00
  
  China is already the world’s largest consumer of chips. Now it’s hungry for more
  
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• They are killing our forest, Brazilian tribe warns

  29-04-2021 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Awa, who have been called "the most threatened tribe on earth", face fresh challenges in Brazil.
  
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• A BILLION-year-old fossil 'missing link' in evolution of life

  29-04-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fossil has been called Bicellum Brasieri and fills a gap between the emergence of single-celled life and the 'Cambrian Explosion' 600 million years ago which saw a huge diversification.
  
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• First MMA competition in SPACE will see two fighters battle in zero gravity

  29-04-2021 00:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Production company Space 11 is working on a reality tv show that will host the first MMA in space. 'Galactic Combat' will send two finalists into zero-gravity while fighting in a rocket orbiting Earth.
  
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• Headphones read your MIND to know when you need a mental break

  29-04-2021 00:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Enten headphones work like an EEG, monitoring the electrical signals generated by your brain. They use machine-learning to recognize what your brainwaves look like when you're distracted.
  
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• Surge in iPhone sales sees Apple's profits double

  29-04-2021 00:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Strong China sales help boost Apple, with social media firm Facebook also reporting bumper profits.
  
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• Boarding planes back-to-front DOUBLES Covid exposure risk because people more likely to 'cluster'

  29-04-2021 00:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study found back-to-front boarding has the highest risk because passengers sitting in the same rows crowd in the aisle as they store their suitcase in the overhead bins.
  
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