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• Inkjet cartridges from container that fell off ship near New York in 2014 are found 4,000 miles away

  12-05-2021 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Six ocean currents in the Atlantic Ocean distributed 1,500 inkjet cartridges from off the coast of New York up into Norway and along England after they were dumped during a cargo ship spill in 2014.
  
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• Northern Lights could be visible across north of UK this evening, Met Office reveals 

  12-05-2021 21:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Met Office tweeted: 'Aurora sightings are possible in the north of the UK tonight'. Thephenomenon should be visible under clear skies in Scotland and maybe parts of Northern England.
  
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• 'Covid arm' side-effect from Moderna vaccine is HARMLESS and disappears within a week, study finds

  12-05-2021 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Yale found the rash disappeared an average of five days later among dose 1 patients and about three days later within dose 2 patients, with no serious reactions reported.
  
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• App and portable device can detect gonorrhoea in less than 15 minutes

  12-05-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  PROMPT, developed by a team led by Johns Hopkins University, performs a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test on swabs of bodily fluid and displays results on a smartphone app.
  
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• Experts develop harmless bacteria strain that eliminates dogs' bad breath 

  12-05-2021 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists designed a harmless bacteria stain that can be added to treats and dog food to eliminate canine halitosis for up to two hours. The team is improving efficiency so it lasts eight to 12 hours.
  
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• Incredible infrared images show Jupiter's churning atmosphere

  12-05-2021 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hawaii's Gemini North observatory and the NASA Hubble space telescope captured the largest planet in the solar system in a range of light wavelengths.
  
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• The best gaming laptop for any budget in 2021

  12-05-2021 18:15
  
  WIRED Recommends the best laptops for gaming, whether you want a budget gaming laptop under £1,000 or a money-no-object monster
  
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• Plants: Experts urge buyers to only purchase from 'reputable British garden centres or nurseries'

  12-05-2021 18:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Plant diseases and pests accidentally imported from abroad have the potential to damage crops, gardens and landscapes - and often are able to spread rapidly.
  
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• Technates: Building Private Cities Outside Of U.S. Government Control

  12-05-2021 17:27 via technocracy.news
  
  Emboldened Silicon Valley billionaires are ramping up efforts to build completely automous cities in the U.S., outside of traditional government control and rule of law. Instead, they will rule themselves as a Technate, the city building-block of Technocracy.
  Historically, every Technate built from the early 1930s onward, have been dismal failures; only vague remnants remain. Today’s Technocrats have no regard for history however, believing their new tech can solve all their problems.
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• The Insidious Technocrat War On Food And Human Diet

  12-05-2021 17:05 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrat Bill Gates wants to control your body with gene therapy and to control what you eat with synthetic food products. What started in the early 1970s as a radical, crackpot idea is now going mainstream throughout the Western world. Controlling food is controlling people. ⁃ TN EditorAs you may have heard, Bill Gates has been buying up farmland across 18 U.S. states through various subsidiary companies.1 In all, he now owns about 242,000 acres of farmland.2 He&rsqu
  
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• NASA's Perseverance rover switches to science investigator in a search for signs of life 

  12-05-2021 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US space agency confirmed that the SUV-sized rover has started to test the ancient lakebed in the Jezero crater by focusing its science instruments on rocks.
  
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• Brain computer interface turns 'mental handwriting' into text

  12-05-2021 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The BrainGate implant system, developed by researchers at Brown University, Rhode Island, turns 'mental handwriting' into text on a screen in real time.
  
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• Gardeners rejoice! Experts predict an imminent SURGE of flowers in the UK

  12-05-2021 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The London-based Royal Horticultural Society says that an unusually cold April has held back blooms by as much as three weeks - a phenomenon known as 'seasonal compression.'
  
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• Allbirds and adidas have made the world’s lowest carbon footprint running shoe

  12-05-2021 16:45
  
  The collaboration aims to cut the environmental footprint of running’s shoe habit
  
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• Vaccine Passport Rebellion: ‘You’re Not Going To Brand Us!’

  12-05-2021 16:43 via technocracy.news
  
  The Orange County protest was filled with people who are waking up to Scientific Dictatorship, aka Technocracy, and taking it out on county officials who are trying to sneak in vaccine passports to further fracture society. The officials couldn’t fathom why anyone would protest their policies. ⁃ TN Editor
  On the same day that Orange County recorded some of its most positive coronavirus statistics to date — nearing the least restrictive yellow tier in the state’s reopening
  
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• Amazon has €250m 'back taxes' overturned in court

  12-05-2021 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A court has overturned an EU order for Amazon to pay millions in taxes to Luxembourg.
  
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• Facebook moderator: ‘Every day was a nightmare’

  12-05-2021 15:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This is the first time a social media moderator has testified to a parliamentary committee.
  
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• History: Letter by Albert Einstein containing his famous E = mc² formula goes on sale for £282,000 

  12-05-2021 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The one-page letter, which is signed off 'A. Einstein', is being auctioned off by Boston-based RR Auction in a timed sale which will end next week, on May 20.
  
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• Another week, another issue: Virgin Galactic mulls test flight restart as VSS Unity fixed – but VMS Eve might be borked

  12-05-2021 15:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Company continues to make losses without troubling space Virgin Galactic reckons it has dealt with an electromagnetic interference (EMI) problem that aborted a recent test flight just as another technical gremlin rears its head.…
  
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• NASA's James Webb Space Telescope unfolds its giant mirror ahead of its launch this October

  12-05-2021 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This event marked a key milestone in preparing the observatory for launch on an Ariane 5 rocket from the ELA-3 launch site in Kourou, French Guiana in October.
  
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• People who cycle wearing earphones are more than FOUR SECONDS slower to identify road hazards

  12-05-2021 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Car maker Ford tested more than 2,000 participants with an immersive virtual experience - which the public can now try out for themselves.
  
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• Chernobyl: Fears of another explosion as nuclear reactions found smouldering in inaccessible chamber

  12-05-2021 14:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists monitoring Chernobyl in Ukraine have seen a rise in fission reactions in a subreactor room that hasn't been entered by any human since the disaster 35 years ago.
  
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• The lonely century with Noreena Hertz

  12-05-2021 13:52
  
  Economist Noreena Hertz shares how we can heal fractured communities
  
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• Fossils: 200 million-year-old South African dinosaur's bones revealed it grew variably like a tree

  12-05-2021 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just like you would for a tree, researchers led from the American Museum of Natural History studied Massospondylus carinatus' thigh bones by counting growth rings.
  
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• Cats must be microchipped under animal care plan

  12-05-2021 12:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A wide-ranging plan to improve welfare also enshrines in law that animals can experience emotions.
  
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• Language started with iconic SOUNDS and not charades-like gestures, study claims 

  12-05-2021 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of Birmingham tested whether people from different linguistic backgrounds could understand vocalisations for 30 different meanings.
  
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• Police caught one of the web’s most dangerous paedophiles. Then everything went dark

  12-05-2021 07:00
  
  A trail of clues helped police close in on a dangerous predator. Now, a battle over the future of end-to-end encryption could change the rules of engagement
  
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• A $4 bit of plastic could have saved Peloton millions

  12-05-2021 07:00
  
  Form may have come before function for Peloton’s Tread and Tread+, and now it’s paying the price
  
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• Pets: Stroking a dog on a regular basis can 'significantly' reduce anxiety and enhance thinking

  12-05-2021 06:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Washington State University found that stress management programs focussed on therapy dogs were more effective for struggling students.
  
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• US petrol supplies tighten after Colonial Pipeline hack

  12-05-2021 05:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some petrol stations run out of fuel in the US southeast as the Colonial Pipeline remains shut.
  
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• Government lays out plans to protect users online

  12-05-2021 03:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Online Safety Bill threatens media giants with big fines - but aims to protect political debate.
  
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• Sleeping pills DON'T work as a long-term cure for insomnia, study reveals

  12-05-2021 03:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, in Boston, US, have said doctors and patients should reconsider their extended use of sleeping pills.
  
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• Nature: Throwing money at biodiversity schemes is ineffective

  12-05-2021 02:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many internationally funded conservation schemes are underfunded and ineffective, researchers conclude.
  
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• All-electric 'seaglider' is part plane, part boat that will travel along US coastal routes in 2025

  12-05-2021 02:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Seaglider starts trips as a boat leaving a dock and once it reaches open waters, the hybrid vehicle takes off and tops speeds of 180mph as it transports passengers along coastal US routes.
  
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• Apple may be working on a display that shows 3D images on an iPhone

  12-05-2021 01:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's newly-awarded patent describes showing 3D images on a flat screen of an iPhone by showing each eye a different view that allows users to simulate a complete 3D graphic.
  
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• Pet and shopping scams surge during pandemic

  12-05-2021 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC highlights ways to avoid fraud following a 44% rise in online shopping fraud during Covid.
  
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• Brain implants force mice to make friends

  12-05-2021 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts designed a brain implant to control the minds of mice. Using a simple beam of light, they forced social bonds between the animals by targeting neurons that facilitate relationships.
  
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• Organisms found in NASA's clean rooms may have already contaminated Mars, scientist warns

  12-05-2021 01:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Cornell scientist analyzed DNA in NASA's JPL clean rooms where spacecraft are built and found a organisms that can attach to metal and survive the harsh trip to Mars.
  
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• Female football fans share experiences of abuse

  12-05-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Meliza and Kendall are dedicated football fans but say they experience abuse because of their gender.
  
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