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• Liftoff! SpaceX launches 60 new Starlink satellites into orbit aboard a recycled Falcon 9 rocket

  04-05-2021 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX launched 60 moreStarlinks into orbit Tuesday. The devices soared into space atop a a recycled Falcon 9 rocket that has been used in three previous missions.
  
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• More than 100 children's handprints found on a Mexican cave that were made some 1,200 years ago

  04-05-2021 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A total of 137 black and red handprints were found lining the walls of a Mexican cave, made by children 1,200 years ago during an ancient Mayan coming-of-age ritual.
  
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• Social media is 'no more harmful' to youngsters' mental health than TV was in the 1990s

  04-05-2021 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team explored the associations between technology use and mental health problems in teenagers, declaring the link between the two is 'thin at best'.
  
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• The Mouse That Roared: Basecamp CEO Fried Cancels Wokeness At Work

  04-05-2021 18:25 via technocracy.news
  
  Jason Fried is an Internet pioneer who has massively influenced the web application development industry. In 1999. he co-founded a web design company and in 2001 hired a Danish programmer, David Heinemeier Hansson.
  Together, Fried and Hansson made internet history.
  In 2003, Hansson first adapted the then-obscure programming language, Ruby, to create an application development framework known as Ruby on Rails, which was released into the Public Domain in 2004.
  Ruby on Rails has since been widely
  
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• Gates divorce: Business 'as usual' for foundation

  04-05-2021 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is likely to continue as now, Dr Beth Breeze says.
  
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• Spent Chinese rocket stage set to make an uncontrolled return to Earth

  04-05-2021 17:53 via go.theregister.com
  
  Friends don't drop rocket remnants on friends, m'kay? The spent booster stage responsible for placing the first module of China's next space station into orbit is set to make an uncontrolled rendezvous with Earth.…
  
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• Norwich peregrine falcons caught in battle with red kite

  04-05-2021 17:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The peregrines distract and dive-bomb the kite to protect their chicks in their cathedral nest.
  
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• Climate change: Promises will mean rise of 2.4C - study

  04-05-2021 17:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recent climate change pledges bring the world a fraction closer to Paris goals, analysis suggests.
  
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• Social Media Giants Give Trolls Free Pass To Harass Critics

  04-05-2021 16:07 via technocracy.news
  
  Trolls are a scourge to the Internet, vitriolically harassing people for only for the sake of seeing how much pain and suffering they can inflict. The collective troll culture is the largest source of pure hate speech and Big Tech social media giants could easily stop such trolls but do not. ⁃ TN EditorAs we enter the final hours of sport’s four-day online boycott, in protest at the social media giants’ pernicious failure to tackle hate, let’s try imagining an alternative
  
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• Brain Tech Advances Show Urgent Need For ‘Neuro-Rights’

  04-05-2021 15:46 via technocracy.news
  
  When Barack Obama unleashed the Transhuman/Technocrat initiative called Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neuro-technologies (BRAIN) in 2013, it was certain to cause alarm bells as the brain was “mapped” and then manipulated. Do you have a right to your own autonomous thoughts? ⁃ TN EditorAs sci-fi thriller “Inception” topped box offices across the world, audiences were delighted and appalled by its futuristic story of a criminal gang invading people&rsquo
  
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• Fossils: Newly identified sabre-toothed cat from 9 million years ago weighed 600 pounds

  04-05-2021 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers named the ferocious feline 'Machairodus lahayishupup' to honour the Cayuse people, on whose lands the original specimen was unearthed.
  
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• Scientists reveal the most AGGRESSIVE breeds - with Long-Haired Collies at the top of the list

  04-05-2021 14:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Smaller, older and male dogs are more likely to be aggressive and growl, snap and bark at humans, a study has found.
  
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• Air pollution puts children as young as FIVE at greater risk of high blood pressure

  04-05-2021 14:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that both short- and long-term exposure to common air pollutants including nitrogen dioxide was enough to significantly raiseblood pressure levels in children.
  
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• Sony’s PlayStation to integrate Discord chat for gamers

  04-05-2021 14:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As part of the deal, Sony will hold a minority stake in the popular gaming chat platform.
  
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• NASA captures eerie sounds from Venus during its closest-ever flyby of the planet

  04-05-2021 12:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The natural radio signal is helping scientists study the atmosphere of 'Earth's less hospitable twin,' according to the NASA team responsible for the probe.
  
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• One cup of leafy greens a day lowers risk of heart disease, study says

  04-05-2021 12:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating just one cup of nitrate-rich veg daily is a 'moderate' amount, scientists say - and 'hacks' like blending them in a breakfast smoothie can help people who don't like greens stay healthy.
  
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• Forget big feet! Men with large NOSES tend to have bigger penises, study reveals

  04-05-2021 12:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men with the biggest noses have a 'stretched penile length' of at least 5.3 inches. But, those with less prominent sniffers have a sex organ which measures just 4.1inches (10.37cm) when fully erect.
  
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• TikTok appears to ban accounts after overnight outage 

  04-05-2021 12:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TikTok suffered a strange glitch late on Monday and through the night that robbed people of their followers. The app said the issue has been resolved but some are still experiencing issues.
  
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• How can we avoid coded bias in facial recognition tech?

  04-05-2021 12:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Artificial intelligence researcher Joy Buolamwini explains why we should question the technology.
  
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• Royal Marines test out jet suit

  04-05-2021 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Royal Marines are testing out a jet suit to assist in Maritime Boarding Operations.
  
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• Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary is The Martian, again

  04-05-2021 10:56
  
  The author of the hit sci-fi novel explains how he’s swapped physics for planetary science and astrobiology
  
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• Teens, tech and mental health: Oxford study finds no link

  04-05-2021 10:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Oxford study used data from more than 430,000 young people, gathered over 28 years.
  
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• Bad weather forecasts are a climate crisis disaster

  04-05-2021 07:00
  
  Predicting the output of solar panels is tricky, but getting it right could slash carbon emissions
  
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• Not so fast, SpaceX: $3bn NASA Moon landing contract blocked by rivals' gripes

  04-05-2021 04:38 via go.theregister.com
  
  Blue Origin, Dynetics cry foul NASA’s $2.89bn contract awarded to SpaceX for its Starship rocket to send the first American woman and next man to the Moon has been put on ice after SpaceX’s competitors complained to the US Government Accountability Office.…
  
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• Bill and Melinda Gates: A life in pictures

  04-05-2021 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Images of the couple, who set up the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in 2000, after they announce their divorce.
  
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• Microchip shortage: Inside a factory racing to meet demand

  04-05-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katie Silver tours a microchip factory in Singapore racing to meet demand amid a global shortage.
  
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• Food giants respond to worries over packaging

  04-05-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The phasing out of single-use plastics gathers pace with big companies adopting alternatives.
  
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• Apple may add sensors to monitor blood sugar and alcohol levels in its upcoming Apple Watch

  04-05-2021 00:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rockley Photonics listed Apple as its 'largest customer' in a SCC filing. This suggests the UK firm's sensors could be added to the Apple Watch to monitor blood sugar and alcohol levels.
  
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• Stunning therapy lands knock-out blow to cancer

  04-05-2021 00:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patients who had exhausted all other options and been told they had just months to live have gone into remission. Others have even been cured by the one-off dose.
  
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• Why a home with no stairs can give you 'bungalow leg'

  04-05-2021 00:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts warn that making that move too early can actually hasten the decline associated with old age, leading to a phenomenon now being dubbed 'bungalow leg'.
  
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• NASA warns a giant asteroid heading for Earth could not be stopped - even with six months notice

  04-05-2021 00:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA looked at its in-space prevention, which showed we do not have technologies capable of stopping an asteroid traveling toward Earth - even with six months notice before impact.
  
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