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• Electric headband could tackle insomnia by tickling nerve in user's forehead

  24-05-2021 23:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new device, which is worn around the head, emits gentle electrical pulses via an adhesive electrode to stimulate the trigeminal nerve, the nerve responsible for sensation in the face.
  
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• One-of-a-kind 15.8-carat pink diamond, known as 'The Sakura' sold at auction for a record $29.3m

  24-05-2021 23:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A one-of-a-kind purple-pink diamond known as 'The Sakura' has broken records, selling for $29.3 million and becoming the most expensive purple-pink diamond ever sold at auction.
  
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• Earth's 'Eye of Sahara' resembles Mars in images snapped by an astronaut on the ISS

  24-05-2021 23:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  ESA's Thomas Pesquet shared images of a region in the Sahara Desert that look very similar to the landscape on Mars. The astronaut snapped the pictures while aboard the ISS.
  
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• Florida high school alters 80 'immodest' yearbook photos of students

  24-05-2021 22:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eighty students had yearbook photos edited without their consent to hide their chests and shoulders.
  
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• A 'supersensitized' brain connection may be why you hate the sound of loud chewing, study finds

  24-05-2021 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those who suffer with misophonia, a hatred of sounds, may have a abnormal connection between the hearing center of the brain and the motor system, a new study finds.
  
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• Stone 'runways' used as traps by hunters to corner prey some 2,000 years ago found in South Africa

  24-05-2021 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neolithic hunters built funnels made of stone walls to trap migrating gazelle. Though common in the Middle East, these killing floors have only been recently observed in southern Africa.
  
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• AI company uses deepfake technology to seamlessly dub your favorite actor's dialogue

  24-05-2021 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AI platform TrueSync, creates flawless foreign-language dubs using deepfakes that merge the actor's face and dubber's mouth. The system could make subtitles a thing of the past.
  
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• Peloton to build first US factory after supply problems

  24-05-2021 21:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exercise equipment company has struggled to keep up with demand during the pandemic.
  
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• Nature: Clownfish develop stripes at different speeds depending on the sea anemone they live in

  24-05-2021 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts surveyed clownfish in Papua New Guinea's Kimbe Bay, where they live either in the magnificent sea anemone or the more toxic giant carpet anemone.
  
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• Great white shark population rising in 'red triangle' off the coast of California, researchers find

  24-05-2021 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The population of great white sharks living off the coast of California in the 'red triangle' is nearing 300, up from slightly more than 200, 10 years ago, a new study has found.
  
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• Lab-grown 'mini-hearts' that BEAT mimic the organ of a 25-day-old human embryo

  24-05-2021 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mini-hearts are the first to beat like that of a human embryo. Dubbed'cardioid,' the miniature heart is the size of a sesame-seed and has a hollow chamber that beats 60-100 times per minute.
  
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• Epic v Apple: What have we learned?

  24-05-2021 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Epic's legal battle with Apple should wind up on Monday, but the judge may take months to make a ruling.
  
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• The best running shoes for any budget in 2021

  24-05-2021 18:30
  
  WIRED Recommends the best running shoes, whether you’re doing couch-to-5k or already eating marathons for breakfast
  
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• Three years of GDPR: the biggest fines so far

  24-05-2021 17:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  British Airways has received the largest fine issued so far under European data protection laws.
  
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• Roam if you want to: China’s Zhurong rover begins trundling on Mars

  24-05-2021 17:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  ESA's Rosalind Franklin waiting in the wings as engineers fix the parachutes China's Mars rover has taken its first tentative trundlings on the surface of Mars, a week after the vehicle's landing in Utopia Planitia.…
  
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• Elon Musk's Starlink satellites set off a wave of UFO sighting reports in the Bay Area

  24-05-2021 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A number of Bay Area residents spotted a strange trail of lights in the night sky, which many thought were UFOs. The lights were SpaceX's Starlinks that launched on May 9.
  
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• Health: Blind man, 58, has his vision partially restored by pioneering genetic treatment

  24-05-2021 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cells in one of the patient's eyes were genetically modified so they responded to pulses of light delivered via a special pair of goggles, experts led from the Sorbonne University explained.
  
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• Santa Clara County: Businesses Must Submit Vaccination Status Of All Employees-Every two weeks!

  24-05-2021 17:10 via technocracy.news
  
  In the heart of Silicon Valley, Santa Clara Country has gone totally 1984-dystopia by forcing business to report the vaccination status of every employee every two weeks. If an employee declines to answer, they are to be treated as unvaccinated and forced to wear a face mask. Criminal penalties are set for employer non-compliance. ⁃ TN EditorBusinesses in Santa Clara County, California are required to submit vaccination status of all employees.
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• Algae proteins partially restore man's sight

  24-05-2021 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The patient was completely blind before the treatment - now he can see and count objects on a table.
  
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• Milky Way formed slowly and quietly and NOT as a result of a violent collision

  24-05-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Creating a detailed cross-section of a galaxy 'broadly similar' to our own, allowed the team from the University of Sydney more insight into the Milky Way and how it formed.
  
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• Albert Einstein letter with 'E = mc²' formula has been sold for a whopping $1.2 million

  24-05-2021 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A letter written by renowned Albert Einstein that contained his famous 'E = mc²' mass-energy equivalence formulasold at auction for the princely sum of $1.2 million.
  
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• UK Vaccine Angst: Millions Secretly Surveilled After Taking Shot

  24-05-2021 16:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Those who took the vaccine had the expectation that they were “free” from government scrutiny and could return to normal life; they were sorely disappointed as they now discover a clandestine surveillance effort to track their every move. ⁃ TN EditorThe British government has been reported to have secretly surveilled the movements of millions of citizens to track changes in behaviour following the administration of coronavirus vaccines.
  A report from the SPI-B committee of gove
  
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• Oregon Imposes Vaccine Passports, Demands Compliance

  24-05-2021 16:34 via technocracy.news
  
  The Fascist state of Oregon has become the first state to mandate vaccination in order to be able to take your face mask off when entering businesses, churches, government buildings, etc. This is the resurrection of Jim Crow laws but based on a vaccine instead of skin color.
  Essentially, you will be forced to wear a mask forever unless and until you can prove that you are vaccinated. ⁃ TN EditorIt has come to this. Oregon health officials have approved the rollout of vaccine passports, req
  
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• Charlie Bit My Finger sells as NFT for $760,999

  24-05-2021 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The piece of internet history will now be taken off YouTube, after more than 880 million views.
  
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• Comets that swing by Earth once every 4,000 years are still able to cause meteor showers

  24-05-2021 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meteor showers can happen even with comets that have long orbits, including those approaching 4,000 years, according to a new study from researchers at NASA.
  
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• Prehistory: Park ranger finds fossil trove including mastodon skull and remains of a monster salmon

  24-05-2021 14:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Forest ranger Greg Francek stumbled across the fossil site while walking through the watershed of the Mokelumne River, in the foothills of the Sierra mountains.
  
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• Eight arrests in Royal Mail text scam investigation

  24-05-2021 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One man is charged following dawn raids in London, Coventry, Birmingham and Essex.
  
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• NASA announces $433.5million mission to send a rover to the MOON in 2023

  24-05-2021 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space agency plans to send the rover, named VIPER, to explore the lunar south pole to look for water ice and other resources that could be harvested by humans.
  
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• Adorable rare female black jaguar cub is born at a big cat sanctuary in Kent

  24-05-2021 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The adorable cub, which is being referred to as 'Baby' until it is officially named, was born at the Big Cat Sanctuary in Kent on April 6 to proud parents Keira and Neron.
  
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• Coronavirus: Training dogs to identify the scent of Covid-19

  24-05-2021 13:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Trials are underway with dogs trained to sniff out the coronavirus. If the trails are successful, dogs could aid efforts to prevent super-spreading in busy areas.
  
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• £300m investment to fuel electric car take-up

  24-05-2021 12:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Energy regulator Ofgem has approved funding for infrastructure needed to support more charging points.
  
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• Common food poisoning bacteria may also be an STI, scientists warn 

  24-05-2021 11:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Campylobacter infection, the most common foodborne illness in the Western world, can also be spread through sexual contact, according to researchers from the University of Oklahoma.
  
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• Virgin Galactic goes where it's gone twice before, for the first time in two years

  24-05-2021 10:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  First launch from New Mexico facility goes off without a hitch, ticks regulatory boxes and even does some science On Saturday, Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and the first from its new launch location outside White Sands National Park in New Mexico.…
  
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• Virgin Galactic goes where it’s gone twice before, for the first time in two years

  24-05-2021 10:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  First launch from New Mexico facility goes off without a hitch, ticks regulatory boxes and even does some science On Saturday, Virgin Galactic completed its third spaceflight and first from its new launch location outside White Sands National Park in New Mexico.…
  
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• To fix social media’s business model, look to China

  24-05-2021 07:00
  
  Ad-driven business models continually compete for our time and attention. But Chinese companies such as WeChat show there is an alternative
  
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• The couple who met on YouTube

  24-05-2021 01:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Australian Anitha Kannan and Ian Chalmers, from the UK, met over YouTube and bonded over social anxiety in lockdown.
  
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• Former miner: Why I’m giving up my coal fire

  24-05-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Stan Renton and his wife Audrey, have been heating their home with coal for their entire married lives.
  
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