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• Ancient horses used the Bering Strait Land Bridge to cross between continents some 850,000 years ago

  18-05-2021 23:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Horses were domesticated in Eurasia and brought to North America by Europeans in the 1500s, but a DNA analysis shows the horses had traces of those that once lived in North America.
  
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• Apple working on several new Macs, including a new MacBook Pro, released as soon as this summer

  18-05-2021 22:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple may unveil a whole slew of new Mac computers as soon as this computer as the tech giant looks to boost sales and take advantage of trends kicked off by the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• Climate change: Ban new gas boilers from 2025 to reach net-zero

  18-05-2021 21:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A ban on new gas boilers from 2025 is one step to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, say energy experts.
  
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• Expert concerned over lack of porn age checks in Online Safety Bill

  18-05-2021 20:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Commercial pornography sites, such as Pornhub and YouPorn, could 'put themselves outside of the scope' of the UK government Bill by removing all user-generated content.
  
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• First-time astronaut Kaya Barron named final member crew SpaceX NASA crew who will fly to ISS

  18-05-2021 19:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kayla Barron, 33, will become the fourth and final member of the SpaceX Crew-3 mission that is headed to the International Space Station as soon as Oct. 23, NASA announced.
  
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• Greenland ice sheet close to tipping into 'accelerated melting,' scientists conclude

  18-05-2021 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of Copenhagen and the Arctic University of Norway found the Greenland ice sheet might be on the 'point of no return,' eventually raising sea levels by 23ft.
  
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• $8 BILLION of damages from Hurricane Sandy is linked to human-induced climate change

  18-05-2021 19:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane Sandy hit the northeast US coast in 2012, causing $62.7B in damages, but a new study finds $8.1B was a result of human-triggered climate change that allowed flooding to travel inland.
  
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• New form of matter was created by the first nuclear bomb explosion in 1945

  18-05-2021 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the oldest manmade quasicrystal - a new form of matter that breaks the rules of crystalline materials. The material was found in a mineral formed from the 1945 nuclear bomb test.
  
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• Green light for 'net zero' equivalent for nature

  18-05-2021 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government promises to "halt the decline of nature" as part of a drive to improve the environment.
  
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• Milky Way: Our galaxy had a sizable fraction of its stars when it hit another 10BILLION years ago

  18-05-2021 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led from the Ohio State University used new techniques to more precisely date some 100 red giant stars in the Milky Way and discover its history.
  
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• The Federalist Interviews Patrick Wood: How To Stop Technocrats From Turning The United States Into China

  18-05-2021 17:28 via technocracy.news
  
  Joe Allen, a journalist who writes for The Federalist, did an in-depth interview with me on Technocracy. This is an easily shared transcript plus video that should receive wide-spread distribution. ⁃ TN EditorIn many respects, technology has eroded personal autonomy. This insidious trend has only accelerated due to governments’ response to the global pandemic. The average citizen is left disoriented by rapid changes brought on by automation, mass surveillance, dizzying propaganda, an
  
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• DNA award: $1.2MILLION Millennium Technology Prize is awarded to two British chemists

  18-05-2021 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cambridge University chemists Shankar Balasubramanian (right) and David Klenerman (left) won the prestigious science and technology prize in 2020 for their new DNA technology.
  
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• Internet: Hilarious video resurfaces showing the retro technology used to check your emails in 1984

  18-05-2021 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Posted on Twitter by Canadian news anchor Jon Erlichman, the two-minute British TV clip features one of the first-ever notebook-style computers and an acoustic coupler-style modem.
  
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• The Wolf Den: Elodie Harper novel brings to life bleak reality of Roman prostitutes in Pompeii

  18-05-2021 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Set in Pompeii in the first century AD, The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper follows the story of Amara, a well-educated doctor's daughter who is sold into slavery and forced to become a prostitute.
  
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• 'British diet' high in fat and sugar 'impairs function of immune cells in the gut,' study shows

  18-05-2021 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eating a Western diet impairs the immune system in the gut, which may increase risks of inflammatory bowel disease, say scientists at Washington University School of Medicine.
  
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• Sweden: Damaging Side Effects From Vaccines Tops 31,000

  18-05-2021 16:58 via technocracy.news
  
  Sweden is experiencing a groundswell of reports the likes of which have never seen with past vaccines. The majority of these are associated with AstraZeneca, but side effects are serious enough to be reported to the Medical Products Agency. ⁃ TN EditorAs Europe pushes ahead with its vaccination program, the Nordic countries are reporting a surge in damaging side effects. In the country, the tally has surpassed 30K with the majority of these reactions reported in patients who received the A
  
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• NASA attempts to bring pieces of Saturn's moon Titan, which could be home to life, back to Earth 

  18-05-2021 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA gave a $125,000 grant to Compass Lab researchers in Cleveland, Oh. to find out whether they can come up with an idea to turn the moon's methane into fuel.
  
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• WHO Declares ‘Pandemic Is A Long Way Far From Over’

  18-05-2021 16:30 via technocracy.news
  
  The World Health Organization should be disbanded for driving the world to its knees over the COVID debacle. It is a constant source of lies, propaganda and misinformation while convincing the world that it is the final arbiter of all medical truth. ⁃ TN EditorThe global pandemic isn’t over yet despite high Covid vaccination rates in some countries, the head of the World Health Organization warned on Monday, days after the CDC told fully vaccinated Americans they can go without masks
  
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• The best juicers for making green juices, nut milks and smoothies

  18-05-2021 16:27
  
  WIRED Recommends the best juicers - no longer a novelty device, they can handle everything from green juices to late night aperitifs
  
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• Gas Boilers: What are heat pumps and how much do they cost?

  18-05-2021 15:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No new gas boilers should be sold from 2025 according to the the International Energy Agency.
  
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• Jupiter's moon Europa may have pockets of water in its icy shell

  18-05-2021 15:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the Georgia Institute of Technology used satellite images of features on the surface of the frozen moon and modelled their age and size.
  
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• Just 20 firms produce 55% of the world's plastic waste, report reveals

  18-05-2021 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ExxonMobil tops the list of polymer producers generating single-use plastic waste - the Texan oil firm contributed 5.9 million tonnes in 2019, the new Plastic Waste Makers index reveals.
  
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• Fossils: Modern mammal ancestors were not held back by the dinosaurs - but by OTHER early mammals

  18-05-2021 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Statistical analyses of fossils made by experts from the universities of Oxford and Birmingham have suggested that other mammals were the real obstacles to the evolution of modern mammals.
  
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• A Super Blood Moon and Lunar Eclipse will grace our skies next week

  18-05-2021 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The eclipse won't be visible from the UK but British skygazers will be able to see the larger than usual supermoon reach its peak on May 26 at 23:32 BST.
  
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• Amazon in talks to buy MGM Studios for $9bn: Reports

  18-05-2021 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal would give the e-commerce giant's streaming service a vast library of content.
  
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• This is why hardly anyone buys Google’s Pixel phones

  18-05-2021 07:00
  
  For years now Google’s phones have been a critical success but a sales flop. What gives?
  
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• Nike’s bendy shoes really do work

  18-05-2021 07:00
  
  The shoes use a hinge to let you put them on hands-free. But Nike botched their launch and hasn't done enough to make them available to people with disabilities
  
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• LadBaby and the wild rise of the Facebook Famous

  18-05-2021 07:00
  
  The Facebook Famous have millions of loyal followers and wield huge cultural influence. So why have you never heard of them?
  
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• Just 20 firms behind more than half of single-use plastic waste - study

  18-05-2021 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The study looked at approximately 1,000 factories that make the raw materials for single-use products.
  
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• Relaxing dip in a hot bath could be key to easing depression and anxiety, new study shows 

  18-05-2021 02:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Heat emerged as a potential treatment after it was found that when people with depression have a fever, say from a cold or another illness, their mood improved.
  
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• More than a billion sparrows in the world, study finds

  18-05-2021 01:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least 50 billion individual wild birds are on the planet, including 1.6 billion house sparrows, scientists say.
  
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• Oldest known cave art on Earth threatened by climate change, scientists report 

  18-05-2021 01:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Salt crystals on and behind ancient cave art in Indonesia is causing it to decay quickly, experts warn. Higher temperatures from climate change are magnifying the crystals 'shrink-and-swell' cycle.
  
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• Should encryption be curbed to combat child abuse?

  18-05-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber-security experts, tech firms and lawyers weigh in on the end-to-end encryption debate.
  
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• Rare orange-eyed owl species not seen for almost 125 years is spotted in Malaysia

  18-05-2021 00:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts believe the orange-eyed Bornean Rajah scops owl, photographed for the first time, represents a distinct species. Its home on Mount Kinabalu is threatened by habitat loss.
  
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• Monster from the deep! Anglerfish with a lifeless glaze and pointed teeth washes on California beach

  18-05-2021 00:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Pacific Football fish. a species of anglerfish, was found dead on a beach in California. The black creature laid in the sand with its giant mouth open, lifeless glare and dangling bulb-like antenna.
  
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