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• Japanese billionaire purchases trip to the International Space Station in December

  17-05-2021 23:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yusaku Maezawa, a fashion tycoon, purchased a flight to the ISS for Dec. He and a production crew plan on capturing life on the orbiting laboratory and share the footage on YouTube.
  
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• Apple and Amazon are giving subscribers free access to CD-quality music

  17-05-2021 22:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple and Amazon both announced Monday they will make lossless audio available to subscribers at no additional fee. The format maintains CD-quality sound while keeping file sizes small.
  
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• More than half Americans over 40 feel seven years YOUNGER than they really are, study finds

  17-05-2021 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new survey among 2,000 Americans reveals 77 percent of those over 40 years old feel seven years young than they really are and nearly half refuse to admit they are aging.
  
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• 'Tree farts' from a ghost forest in North Carolina are adding to greenhouse gases

  17-05-2021 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Ghost forests' in North Carolina are causing 'tree farts' that are resulting in increased greenhouse gas emissions. Dead trees are releasing carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide in trace amounts
  
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• 8M year-old crocodile that loved to 'attack big prey' has just been discovered in Australia 

  17-05-2021 21:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skull of an 8 million-year-old crocodile previously unknown to was discovered in Australia. Ithunted 'big prey,' experts from the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory said.
  
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• Nature: Earth has roughly 50 BILLION birds - six for every human on the planet, study finds

  17-05-2021 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Australia's University of New South Wales (UNSW) estimated how many birds there are across 9,700 species, all the way from pigeons to penguins.
  
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• Females boost collective intelligence more than men, study finds 

  17-05-2021 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Pennsylvania's Carnegie Mellon University examined 22 studies covering 5,349 individuals engaged in group and individual activities.
  
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• Traces of Neanderthal DNA extracted from cave dust

  17-05-2021 19:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Small amounts of Neanderthal DNAdiscovered in Spanish and Russian caves from dust could give researchers from Max Planck Institute new insight into how they lived.
  
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• Lagrangey McLagrangeFace? ESA is letting the public name its new spacecraft

  17-05-2021 18:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Someone has already suggested 'Lagrangey McLagrangeFace' as a name for the spacecraft, which will fly 'behind' Earth to spot potentially hazardous solar storms.
  
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• Why is Huawei still in the UK?

  17-05-2021 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huawei defends its links with British universities, says it admires UK innovation
  
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• 80% of ocean plastics come from more than 1,000 rivers worldwide, study finds

  17-05-2021 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Approximately 1,656 rivers worldwide contribute to 80% of all ocean plastics. The study found that most of the systems are small and located in urban areas. With Asia and Africa deemed 'hotspots.'
  
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• Jake Paul investigated over suspected driving on protected turtle beach

  17-05-2021 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some Puerto Rico beaches are protected as endangered turtles nest in the sand.
  
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• Bill Gates left Microsoft amid affair investigation

  17-05-2021 17:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft has said that it investigated Mr Gates' attempt in 2000 "to initiate an intimate relationship".
  
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• Passwords: Cybersecurity experts reveal the riskiest words to use

  17-05-2021 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Popular password choices range from common dog names, TV shows (Only Fools and Horses, Mr Bean) and sports teams (FC Barcelona, Team GB), Nottingham-based firm Nexor reveals.
  
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• Dr. Michael Yeadon: ‘Not One Of Those Things Is Supported By The Science’

  17-05-2021 17:38 via technocracy.news
  
  You were warned. Michael Yeadon, PhD, the consummate whistleblower from inside the Big Pharma world , says the entire pandemic narrative is a web of lies: “not one of those things is supported by the science… I think we are standing at the very gates of hell … It’s all about control.” ⁃ TN Editor  
  How do you market and implement a financial system that nobody would want if they understood its full ramifications — a change so huge that it not only
  
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• Mayflower: Ship to sail across Atlantic without a crew

  17-05-2021 17:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The autonomous craft will travel 3,500 miles (5,630km) from Plymouth, UK to Massachusetts in the US.
  
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• Mitochondrial DNA variations that reduce HEIGHT more common in Scotland, Wales and Northumbria

  17-05-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team from the University of Cambridge used data on the DNA of 358,000 people in the UK biobank and created a new technique to study mitochondrial DNA.
  
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• Scientists convert waste plastics into jet fuel in less than an hour 

  17-05-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new catalytic process can efficiently convert polyethylene, the most widely used plastic in the world, to jet fuel and high-value lubricants, reveal experts from Washington State University.
  
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• OSHA Returns: Employers May Be Liable For ‘Any Adverse Reaction’ From Mandated Vaccinations

  17-05-2021 16:51 via technocracy.news
  
  A setback for Technocrats and Transhumanists: OSHA should have shut down employer-mandated face masks as a safety and health risk, but did not. Now it releases a blockbuster statement that employers who mandate experimental gene therapy shots will be liable for harm caused. ⁃ TN EditorThe federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has put employers on notice that should they attempt to require employees to receive injections of experimental COVID-19 gene-therapy vacc
  
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• China Seeks To Run Global Database For ‘Vaccine Passports’

  17-05-2021 16:41 via technocracy.news
  
  As a Technocracy, China has packaged and exported to the world its evil system of social and pseudo-scientific control. Global citizens, including Americans, are in total denial of these expansionist goals, even as China closes the trap. ⁃ TN EditorOn March 8, China launched its domestic vaccine passport, which shows a Chinese citizen’s vaccination status and virus test results via a program on Chinese social media platform WeChat.
  The following day on March 9, China urged
  
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• New emergency text alerts to be trialled

  17-05-2021 15:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A warning system will tested to advise people in areas affected by floods, fires, terror attacks or industrial incidents.
  
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• AT&T and Discovery to create new streaming giant

  17-05-2021 15:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal will see Harry Potter-maker Warner Bros. and Discovery take on Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon.
  
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• Chernobyl: UK scientists are fighting Ukraine over seizure of vodka made from 'radioactive' apples

  17-05-2021 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In March, the Security Service of Ukraine seized the first commercial batch of the vodka from its distillery in the west of the country, where it was being produced.
  
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• Japanese researchers develop new super compact toilet paper

  17-05-2021 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Japanese team of researchers developed the 300 metre (980ft) single-ply 'Penguin Coreless Ultra-Long' toilet paper to 'cut waste and reduce carbon footprint'.
  
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• Space is hard: Rocket Lab's 20th Electron launch fails

  17-05-2021 14:14 via go.theregister.com
  
  Firm working with FAA to 'investigate the anomaly' after second stage sputters What was supposed to have been a milestone in Rocket Lab's march toward reusability turned into a mishap over the weekend as a borked second stage sent the payload on the company's 20th Electron launch back to Earth considerably earlier than planned.…
  
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• Bloodhound racer displayed at Coventry Transport Museum

  17-05-2021 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The team will use this time to seek investment to help them break the land speed world record.
  
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• Israel-Gaza: Why is the region blurry on Google Maps?

  17-05-2021 14:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  High-resolution images of Israel and Gaza are available, so why not via public mapping tools?
  
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• Waymo self-driving taxi confused by traffic cones flees help

  17-05-2021 13:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The vehicle became stuck multiple times and repeatedly drove away when roadside assistance approached.
  
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• Twitter said to be working on a £2 subscription service

  17-05-2021 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter Blue, which will cost $2.99/month (about £2), will include an 'Undo Send' timer for tweets, says Hong Kong-based app researcher and tipster Jane Manchun Wong.
  
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• Freedom Day dawns: Britons rejoice as they can go back inside pubs, cinemas and friend's homes TODAY

  17-05-2021 12:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Prime Minister has urged families to adopt a 'heavy dose of caution' as he brought in the biggest easing of covid rules amid concerns the total scrapping of restrictions on June 21 is under threat.
  
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• Health: Premature boys born with an extremely low birth weight age FASTER than their peers

  17-05-2021 11:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Canada's McMaster University calculated the biological ages of 92 individuals, all aged between 30-35, of whom 45 were born with an extremely low birth weight.
  
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• Duke of Brittany 'asked for his first wife to be painted over' in 15th century manuscript

  17-05-2021 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The illustrated prayer book, Hours of Isabella Stuart, was commissioned in the 15th century. Experts at the University of Cambridge used non-invasive analytical techniques on the book.
  
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• UK plastic waste being dumped and burned in Turkey, says Greenpeace

  17-05-2021 10:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Greenpeace says it found plastic waste from UK supermarkets dumped and burned at numerous sites.
  
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• How algorithms took creativity out of social media

  17-05-2021 07:00
  
  It’s time we brought human curation back to the newsfeed
  
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• Help, the pandemic has made me an introvert!

  17-05-2021 07:00
  
  For some people, the end of lockdown isn’t as exciting an idea as they thought it would be
  
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• Covid-19: YouTube launches vaccination ad campaign

  17-05-2021 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The video-sharing site will pay for ads on buses, billboards and its own site to promote vaccination.
  
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• The app that lets you pay to control another person's life

  17-05-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  NewNew aims to connect artists with their fans who can vote on aspects of their work and daily life.
  
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