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• Scientist claims to have found mushrooms on Mars - but NASA says they're just rocks

  11-05-2021 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers claim that images from Mars taken by NASA rovers and orbiting spaceships appear to show fungus-like specimens emerging from the Martian soil.
  
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• Skeleton found in Herculaneum was a Roman officer trying to help others during Mt. Vesuvius eruption

  11-05-2021 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The remains were initially said to be of an ordinary soldier, but a new analysis suggests the skeleton was of a man in Rome's elite army that attempted to rescue those during the Mt. Vesuvius eruption.
  
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• Uber and Lyft set to offer free rides to US vaccine sites

  11-05-2021 21:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The White House highlights the upcoming offer of free trips in the US by the ride-hailing firms.
  
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• Apple rejected or removed 1m malicious apps from App Store in 2020 and stopped $1.5bn transactions

  11-05-2021 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New figures from the US tech giant shows the scale of fraud on the App Store. The California-based firmused 'sophisticated tech and human expertise' to protect consumers last year, it said.
  
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• 'Progressive and feminist' women read erotic novels, says study

  11-05-2021 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Contrary to popular opinion, women don't read erotic novels for a cheap sexual thrill, according to researchers at Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics in Germany.
  
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• Exercise: Pink-coloured sports drinks can boost performance 4.4% compared to clear fluids

  11-05-2021 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Westminster, London asked volunteers to exercise on a treadmill while washing their mouths out with one of two drinks.
  
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• Extinction Rebellion Verdict Elevates Lawlessness And Anarchy

  11-05-2021 17:23 via technocracy.news
  
  A British trial exonerated Extinction Rebellion protestors who committed violent criminal acts in abject defiance of the law, setting a chilling precedent for future anarchy. The U.S. has arrived at the same state with Antifa and BLM. The 1918 poem below foretold of the lunacy now gripping the world. ⁃ TN EditorCan we find a suitable poem for Covid? Well, how about this:
  Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold,Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and eve
  
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• ImmunaBand Bracelet Is A Wearable Vaccine Passport

  11-05-2021 17:00 via technocracy.news
  
  If you get the COVID vaccine and wear your ImmunaBand for all to see, you are serving the greater good and saving humanity; all others are scum. Technocrats are dead set on dividing society in ways that will ultimately rip it apart, splitting families, friends and co-workers. ⁃ TN EditorAn enterprising company is selling a way for people to easily share their COVID-19 vaccination status: a $20 bracelet with a QR code that can be scanned to show their shot cards.
  “Wear this bracelet t
  
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• Demand Craters As Propaganda To ‘Create Vaccine Demand’ Spikes

  11-05-2021 16:36 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy is the “science of social engineering” and so Technocrats are “using surveillance, bots, and ‘behavior change’ mass marketing schemes to press reluctant people into getting the shots.” This alone should be enough to cause everyone to caution. ⁃ TN EditorThe U.S. is awash in a surplus of coronavirus vaccines as there has been a sudden in drop in demand for them; most Americans who want the shots have had them. Now an army of Big Biotech’
  
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• NASA's Kepler space telescope discovers FIVE double-sun planets that 'could support alien life' 

  11-05-2021 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Illinois scientists used the Kepler data to create a new methodology that can identify systems with two stars that could host habitable Earth-like planets.
  
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• Feeling younger can protect adults against health decline, study finds

  11-05-2021 15:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having a younger 'subjective age' can protect against stress and its ability to damage our functional health, experts at the German Centre of Gerontology in Berlin reveal.
  
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• WWII: Wreck off the coast of Malta is confirmed to be missing submarine HMS Urge

  11-05-2021 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists from the University of Malta dove to the wreck twice in April and were able to identify the vessel based on the the 'N17' id embossed on its conning tower.
  
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• Tesla crash: Autopilot was off, says preliminary report

  11-05-2021 14:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A car involved in a fatal crash in April had no-one in the driving seat when it was discovered.
  
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• Deepest points of the world's oceans revealed

  11-05-2021 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five Deeps Expedition (FDE) data reveals precise measurements for the five ocean's depths and pinpoints the deepest location in the Indian and Southern oceans for the first time.
  
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• Giant turtles are now so common in UK waters that they 'should be classed as British animals'

  11-05-2021 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visits from leatherback and loggerhead turtles are common enough to suggest that the seas around Britain are a home from home, according to Peterborough-based charity Froglife.
  
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• Meaningful films make us feel more prepared to deal with life's challenges, study claims 

  11-05-2021 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ohio State University researchers created two lists of films made after 1985 with high viewer ratings, one with meaningful and one with less meaningful movies.
  
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• Contest inspires next generation of female code breakers

  11-05-2021 12:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 6,500 pupils from across the UK took part in the CyberFirst Girls competition.
  
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• Sex toys are switching from hedonism to health

  11-05-2021 12:14
  
  No longer merely concerned with pleasures of the flesh, sex tech is now all about wellness
  
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• 43 years and 14 billion miles later, Voyager 1 still crunching data to reveal secrets of the interstellar medium

  11-05-2021 12:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Gazing into the void for at least a few more years yet Nearly nine years after leaving the solar system, and decades beyond its original mission, Voyager 1 is still gathering valuable data, providing plasma readings to continuously sample the density of the interstellar medium.…
  
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• An epic row is brewing over Uber’s Soho ‘taxi rank’

  11-05-2021 12:00
  
  The latest fight between Uber and taxi drivers once again pits the gig economy against centuries-old laws
  
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• NHS app ready to become vaccine passport next week

  11-05-2021 11:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People will be able to use the app for travel - but only if they have received two vaccine doses.
  
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• Forests the size of France regrown since 2000, study suggests

  11-05-2021 06:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Conservation groups say naturally restored forests can help in the fight against climate change.
  
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• History: Bizarre shrunken HEAD used as a film prop is confirmed as a real 'ceremonial tsantsa'

  11-05-2021 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the Mercer University in Georgia - among whose collections the head was found - analysed the artefact to confirm that it was indeed genuine.
  
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• Apple's UK users deserve app price compensation, claim says

  11-05-2021 02:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Legal action in the UK seeks compensation from Apple for high prices from a lack of competition.
  
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• New propulsion system could enable jets to reach speeds up to Mach 17

  11-05-2021 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The system has a chamber with a 30-degree angle ramp that sits near the propellent mixing chamber. It stabilizes the detonation wave and uses it as a power source for jets.
  
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• Mind-boggling magnets could unlock plentiful power

  11-05-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Powerful magnets are bringing abundant, pollution-free electricity a step closer.
  
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• Facebook is testing a new pop-up that asks users if they have READ an article before sharing it

  11-05-2021 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook is adding more censorship to its platform with new pop-ups that appear when a user attempts to share an article they did not click on to read. The goal is to reduce misinformation.
  
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• Amazon rolls out 'pay-by-palm' in New York City Go Store

  11-05-2021 00:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon debuted its One palm scanner at a Amazon Go in Manhattan on Monday. Shoppers can pay with a wave by connecting their unique palm 'signature' to a credit card or Amazon account.
  
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