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• China's Zhurong rover will land on Mars TOMORROW and endure 'seven minutes of terror'

  13-05-2021 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China is set to land its Zhurong rover on MarsFriday, making it the third country to touchdown on the Red Planet. Officials said the craft's 'seven minutes of terror' will being around 7:11pm ET.
  
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• Apple AirTag tracker is HACKED by security researchers just days after being released

  13-05-2021 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's AirTag tracker device was hacked by a German IT researcher known as Stack Smashing, just one week after it went on sale for $29.
  
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• Antarctic ice sheet could suffer 'chain reaction' collapse as retreating ice exposes land underneath

  13-05-2021 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Antarctic ice sheet was more unstable in its past than initially thought, a group of researchers, including ones from the University of Exeter, said in a new study.
  
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• Russia picks team for film shot on International Space Station

  13-05-2021 20:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An actress and director will blast off in October - but Tom Cruise also plans to visit the ISS.
  
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• Trigger warnings on TV shows may worsen bad memories, study claims

  13-05-2021 19:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Warning messages at the start of TV shows and films may actually prolong bad memories, reveal psychologists from Flinders University in Australia.
  
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• Driving: Congestion charges could encourage motorists to opt for smaller, more efficient cars

  13-05-2021 19:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from Washington State University found that drivers who often encounter traffic jams are drawn to larger cars, which they see as safer and more comfortable.
  
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• Native oysters reintroduced into Firth of Clyde

  13-05-2021 18:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A total of 1,300 oysters have been suspended in the water as part of a restoration project.
  
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• WEF, Denmark Partner In San Francisco To Embrace Great Reset

  13-05-2021 18:29 via technocracy.news
  
  Why San Francisco? Because that’s in the heart of Silicon Valley where the vast majority of Technocrat innovation has come from. The WEF is creating such giant Public-Private Partnerships to support its Great Reset, aka Technocracy.
  Also note that the “team” has a division operating in Beijing, China. ⁃ TN EditorThe ambitious new agreement, which is the first of its kind between the World Economic Forum (WEF) and any European country, will be signed on 24 April by Denmark
  
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• Trillions of cicadas set to emerge in the US remain are delayed due to cold temperatures

  13-05-2021 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A colony of cicadas, known as Brood X, were set to emerge from the ground early this month after 17 years of hibernation. But cold weather has delayed their return in the US.
  
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• Fossilised tracks show earliest known evidence of mammals at the seashore

  13-05-2021 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The earliest-known evidence of mammals at the seashore is at a brackish water lagoon at the Hanna Formation of Wyoming, scientists from the University of Utah report.
  
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• Physicians To Universities: Reverse Your Student Vaccine Mandates NOW!

  13-05-2021 18:03 via technocracy.news
  
  Many universities and other schools are requiring that students must be vaccinated for COVID-19 before they are allowed to return to campus. This is not only blatant discrimination but it also forces students to waive their rights to informed consent, which is flatly illegal. ⁃ TN EditorDear Deans, Governing Boards and Trustees,
  On behalf of the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, I am writing to ask you to reconsider your new policy mandating COVID-19 vaccination of students
  
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• Teens spend 12% less time looking at the face of the person they are speaking to than adults

  13-05-2021 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team led by the University of Kent recorded three groups of volunteers, aged 10-19, 20-40 and 60-80 inreal-world social interaction situations.
  
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• Wastewater is 'polluting rivers with microplastic'

  13-05-2021 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Frequent releases" of sewage create microplastic hotspots in UK rivers.
  
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• Overweight teenagers are TWICE as likely to suffer a stroke before the age of 50, scientists warn 

  13-05-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Hebrew University in Israel analysed the BMI and stroke data of 1.9 million people aged 16 to 20 tracked since the 1980s.
  
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• Maggots must be mass-farmed to combat malnutrition in humans, study says

  13-05-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Traditionally-eaten plant and animal-based foods, like meat and barely, are 'innately exposed to various acute and chronic stresses', experts at the University of Cambridge reveal in a new report.
  
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• Victim of 'Elon Musk' Bitcoin scam loses home deposit

  13-05-2021 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Teacher Julie Bushnell says she lost her deposit for a new home in a cryptocurrency giveaway con.
  
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• Brown bears that 'dance' and rub against more trees are more successful in mating, study reveals 

  13-05-2021 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Alberta studied the genomes of 213 individual brown bears and compared them to earlier DNA data to create a 'family tree'.
  
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• Archaeology: Remains of three MONKEYS dating back to Georgian times found at Nottingham Castle

  13-05-2021 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists came across the large bones of the guenon monkeys - which are native to central and western Africa - during redevelopment works on the castle.
  
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• ‘Shadow President’: Former Trilateral Commission Member Susan Rice

  13-05-2021 16:34 via technocracy.news
  
  Trilateral Commission hegemony started in 1973 and is still in control. If you haven’t read my book co-authored with the late Professor Antony Sutton, Trilaterals Over Washington, you should do so immediately. Then read Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order. ⁃ TN EditorRic Grenell, who served as acting director of National Intelligence in the Trump administration, is blasting Susan Rice and says she is acting as a “shadow president.”
  His comments came during an interv
  
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• Wineapp uses palate test to determine which bottles you'll enjoy based on the foods you like 

  13-05-2021 16:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based Wineapp describes itself as 'your very own pocket wine cellar', and offers on-demand delivery of over 550 wines, ranging from £9 to over £1,000.
  
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• NHS tracing app 'prevented thousands of deaths'

  13-05-2021 14:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Peer-reviewed research suggests the contact-tracing app prevented between 284,000 and 594,000 cases.
  
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• Jab that curbs calorie intake and cravings could help fight obesity crisis, study shows 

  13-05-2021 14:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patients given semaglutide lost a tenth of their body weight in just 20 weeks - 25 times more than those on a placebo, researchers from drug firm Novo Nordisk found.
  
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• Colonial hack: Biden orders tightening of cyber-defences

  13-05-2021 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The order calls for a wide range of moves likely to keep government departments busy.
  
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• Orca enthusiast captures incredible photo of a rare newborn calf off the coast of Scotland 

  13-05-2021 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The orange-tinted baby was accompanied by four older killer whales as it played in the Moray Firth, near Duncansbayhead, Caithness.
  
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• James Charles fans 'send death threats' to producer

  13-05-2021 14:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kelly Rocklein says she has received abuse since her legal action against the YouTuber became public.
  
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• Scientists develop the 'holy grail' of EV batteries

  13-05-2021 13:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bizarrely, the 'holy grail' of electric vehicle (EV) batteries, developed by a team at Harvard, uses a design inspired by a BLT sandwich.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope runs one last dress rehearsal for its massive golden mirrors before heading to launchpad

  13-05-2021 13:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  A few final tests then it's bags packed for French Guiana – and about time too ESA, CSA and NASA's James Webb Telescope opened its giant primary mirror one last time on Earth ahead of being packed up for long awaited launch later this year.…
  
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• Greenhouse gas emissions are causing Earth's stratosphere to SHRINK

  13-05-2021 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by Charles University in Prague found the region of the atmosphere from 12 to 40 miles above the Earth has been shrinking by 328ft per decade.
  
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• History: Long-lost 1949 letter by Albert Einstein predicted discovery of animal 'super senses'

  13-05-2021 12:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the correspondence with radar researcher Glyn Davys, the German-born Nobel laureate mused that new physics might one day emerge from the study of migratory birds.
  
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• Waking up early can help obese people avoid diabetes and heart disease, study reveals 

  13-05-2021 11:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts from the University Federico II of Naples, Italy analysed 147 middle aged obese people, examining the time they wake in the morning and go to bed at night.
  
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• These are the startups to watch after the pandemic

  13-05-2021 07:00
  
  Some European startups have not just weathered the crisis, they’ve laid the groundwork to thrive
  
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• Get ready for the era of augmented influencers

  13-05-2021 07:00
  
  Litho can transform any TikToker into a CGI supremo. Next stop? Hollywood
  
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• Tesla will no longer accept bitcoin over climate concerns, says Musk

  13-05-2021 04:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The initial decision made by Tesla in March to accept bitcoin caused an outcry from environmentalists.
  
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• 'Cocaine of the sea' threatens critically endangered vaquita

  13-05-2021 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vaquita marina in Mexico is threatened by a clash of interests between fishing and conservation.
  
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• HS2 high-speed rail project begins underground tunnel

  13-05-2021 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At 170m long, "Florence" is the largest ever tunnelling machine to be used on a UK rail project.
  
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• Man cooks pizza on Guatemala's active volcano using metal pans that withstand up to 1,800F

  13-05-2021 00:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A volcano in Guatemala recently 'woke' from its slumber and a man is using the oozing lava to cook pizza onto of metal dishes that withstand intense temperatures up to 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
  
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• Protein from ancient 'vampire fish' could turn off brain circuits linked to addiction and anxiety

  13-05-2021 00:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Protein from the eel-like fish lamprey could treat addiction, anxiety and depression by turning off brain circuits. Scientists found they can zap the protein with light to turn off specific regions.
  
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• Volkswagen will test self-driving minibus on public roads in the US and Germany this summer

  13-05-2021 00:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  VW hopes to add a driverless version of its ID.Buzz electric minibus to its ride-share service MOIA by 2025. But it will first test the vehicle in Munich and six US cities starting this summer.
  
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• Giant squid is seen hunting prey on video for the first time ever in footage taken by robot

  13-05-2021 00:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Video shows a giant squid stalking and attacking a jellyfish decoy 2,400 feet beneath the Gulf of Mexico. The first footage of the squid hunting, it disproves the theory it just ambushes its prey.
  
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