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• Coins found in Poland may have been bribe to keep Vikings from sacking Paris over 1,200 years ago

  09-06-2021 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than a hundred silver coins found in northern Poland may have been part of a payoff by Carolingian king Charles the Bald to prevent local Vikings from invading Paris in the 9th century.
  
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• 1,000-year-old chicken egg preserved in human feces inside an ancient cesspit unearthed in Israel

  09-06-2021 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chicken egg, which measures about 6 centimeters, was discovered perfectly persevered in human feces that was inside an ancient cesspit that dates to the Byzantine period.
  
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• Facebook is working on its own smartwatch, exec for the social media giant confirms 

  09-06-2021 22:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook has confirmed it is working on a smartwatch, though a top exec cautioned that the idea may not actually lead to a product.
  
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• One if five Americans hold anti-vaxxer beliefs and some may be hard to reach

  09-06-2021 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than one-in-five Americans hold anti-vaxx beliefs and more than eight percent identify as anti-vaxxers. The growth in these beliefs is a worrying trend for public health officials.
  
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• Northern lights caused by powerful electromagnetic waves that accelerate electrons toward Earth

  09-06-2021 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Iowa have proven the northern lights are caused by Alfven waves accelerating electrons toward Earth until they collide with the upper atmosphere.
  
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• China's Zhurong rover spotted traveling across Mars by the Tianwen-1 orbiter circling the Red Planet

  09-06-2021 21:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chinese official released a high-resolution image of itsZhurong rover on Mars that was captured by the Tianwen-1 orbiter circling the Red Planet. The image also highlights the landing zone in the south.
  
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• Meteorites come from some unknown source and not different space rocks in the asteroid belt: study

  09-06-2021 21:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After looking at more than 500 million years worth of sedimentary rock, scientists have discovered that meteorites may have a common, unknown origin at an unknown spot in the asteroid belt.
  
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• Health: Low doses of LAUGHING GAS can relieve symptoms of depression for up to two WEEKS

  09-06-2021 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An hour-long session inhaling 25 per cent nitrous oxide was nearly as effective as the same with a 50 per cent mix, researchers led from the the University of Chicago found.
  
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• Lobsters are given CANNABIS to see if it reduces anxiety and pain when boiled alive

  09-06-2021 19:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study is testing a Maine restaurant owner's theory that giving lobsters marijuana before they are boiled will ease their unpleasant death, but experts found it only slows the lobsters down.
  
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• Spaceport Cornwall signs agreement with US company

  09-06-2021 19:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A memorandum of understanding is signed by Spaceport Cornwall and a US firm to explore opportunities.
  
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• Food: Making a Cornish PASTY produces up to 4.4 pounds of CO2 - but a vegan filling could halve this

  09-06-2021 18:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new tool which can determine how much carbon emissions are released in the making of a given Cornish pasty has been developed by researchers from the University of Exeter.
  
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• Exoplanet the size of Neptune 90-light years from Earth could have water vapor, researchers suggest

  09-06-2021 18:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Neptune-sized exoplanet with a 'substantial atmosphere' and the potential for water has been identified in deep space, 90 light-years from Earth.
  
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• CHIME telescope detects over 500 mysterious fast radio bursts

  09-06-2021 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CHIME - a radio telescope in British Columbia, Canada - detected 535 new fast radio bursts during its first year, say scientists.
  
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• Experts share tips on protecting homes against moths during warm spell

  09-06-2021 18:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have been sharing their tips on how to keep the clothes-eating pests at bay during the warmer summer temperatures in Britain.
  
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• Technocrats’ Pandemic Narrative Explodes As Lies, Coverups And Deception Are Exposed, But The Damage Is Already Done

  09-06-2021 17:34 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic is now completely debunked as lies, coverups, deception and corruption. Anthony Fauci is caught in a web of lies, blatantly misleading Congress and former President Trump. Comparable in action to falsely yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater, hundreds of thousands of Americans have needlessly died.
  This is a must-read, must-study report by Dr. Joseph Mercola. If you want to understand the unmitigated evil of Technocracy, you must put t
  
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• Technocrats’ Pandemic Narrative Explodes As Lies, Coverups And Deception Are Exposed

  09-06-2021 17:34 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat narrative of the COVID-19 pandemic is now completely debunked as lies, coverups, deception and corruption. Anthony Fauci is caught in a web of lies, blatantly misleading Congress and former President Trump. Comparable in action to falsely yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater, hundreds of thousands of Americans have needlessly died.
  This is a must-read, must-study report by Dr. Joseph Mercola. If you want to understand the unmitigated evil of Technocracy, you must put t
  
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• Worldwide internet blackout was caused by ONE Fastly customer

  09-06-2021 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yesterday's outage was caused by a software bug triggered when a customer for Fastly - the US cloud-computing company responsible for the problems - changed their settings, the firm said.
  
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• Texas Bans Businesses From Requiring ‘Vaccine Passports’

  09-06-2021 16:36 via technocracy.news
  
  Every state in America should immediately follow in Texas’ footsteps to prohibit businesses from requiring customers to present vaccine passports. Such proofs of vaccinations are a key part of Technocracy’s attempted coup d’etat and must be totally rejected as such. ⁃ TN EditorTexas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday signed into law a bill to ban government entities and private businesses from requiring proof of vaccination as a condition for service or entry amid the CCP vi
  
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• China-Led Research Team In La Jolla, CA Creates Man-Monkey Hybrid

  09-06-2021 16:15 via technocracy.news
  
  The venerable Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, California is host to a research project to blend DNA between monkeys and humans. Shockingly, the research team is being led by Chinese scientists, reinforcing TN’s observation about Technocrat-minded scientists that “birds of a feather flock together.” ⁃ TN EditorResearchers conducting human-animal hybrid experiments struck fear into federal lawmakers worried that nightmare scenarios of Frankenstein creatur
  
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• NASA Ingenuity helicopter completes its seventh successful flight on Mars

  09-06-2021 16:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Ingenuity helicopter made its seventh successful flight on Mars, landing in an airfield that had only previously been seen by a Mars orbiter.
  
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• NASA Ingenuity helicopter completed its seventh successful flight on Mars

  09-06-2021 15:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Ingenuity helicopter made its seventh successful flight on Mars, landing in an airfield that had only previously been seen by a Mars orbiter.
  
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• Tier e-scooters in London will now ask if you've been boozing

  09-06-2021 14:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The anti-drink e-scooter feature is active between 9pm and 4am on Thursday, Friday and Saturday - popular times for boozing in London.
  
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• Richard Branson 'could beat Jeff Bezos to space by flying two weeks before Amazon founder'

  09-06-2021 14:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Galactic began planning Sir Richard Branson's July 4 weekend flight before Monday's announcement that Jeff and Mark Bezos would fly to the edge of space, a source told Parabolic Arc.
  
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• Maps: Earth 'officially' has FIVE oceans as National Geographic finally recognises Southern Ocean

  09-06-2021 13:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Geographic Society - which has been releasing maps of the world since 1915 - announced their acknowledgement of the Southern Ocean yesterday on World Ocean Day .
  
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• Why Apple went all in on audio at WWDC21

  09-06-2021 13:11
  
  Audio is the next big user interface and Apple is all over it
  
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• Halogen lightbulb sales to be banned in UK under climate change plans

  09-06-2021 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  September's ban will cut carbon emissions and save consumers money, the government says.
  
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• Ancient 'megalake' covered more than one million square miles 10 million years ago

  09-06-2021 12:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  At its vastest, Paratethyshad a surface area of more than a million square miles (2.8 million square km) - slightly larger than the present-day Mediterranean Sea, researchers reveal.
  
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• Solar eclipse: Shetland 'will be best place in UK for view'

  09-06-2021 11:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Shetlanders can expect to have 39% of the Sun obscured during the annular eclipse on Thursday.
  
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• Mighty Jupiter moon Ganymede pictured in close-up

  09-06-2021 10:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa's Juno probe makes the closest pass of the Solar System's largest moon in more than 20 years.
  
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• University of East Anglia 'Climategate' scandal to be turned into film

  09-06-2021 07:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Crown's Jason Watkins will star as a professor who found himself at the centre of a media storm.
  
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• Marvel’s Loki is a comment on the very nature of the MCU

  09-06-2021 07:00
  
  The latest entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about time, free will… and the MCU itself
  
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• Marvel’s Loki is a comment on the nature of the MCU

  09-06-2021 07:00
  
  The latest entry to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is about time, free will… and the MCU itself
  
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• A mystery cube, a secret identity, and a puzzle solved after 15 years

  09-06-2021 07:00
  
  In 2005, an alternate reality game asked players to find a man named Satoshi based just on a photograph. Fifteen years later, the mystery was solved
  
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• Renewable crypto mining - from cow to coin

  09-06-2021 05:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One company is trying to persuade small-scale renewable generators to mine crypto currency.
  
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• How cow poo is powering crypto mining

  09-06-2021 05:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One company is trying to persuade small-scale renewable generators to mine crypto currency.
  
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• Native Australian mammal are known for having the 'weirdest penises' in the animal kingdom

  09-06-2021 05:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The native Australian echidna has a 'very strange and unusual' penis. The phallus is so large, it is a third of the mammal size when fully erect. One scientist said 'only God' understands it.
  
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• Pandemic accelerated UK's shift online, says Ofcom

  09-06-2021 05:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Online shopping soared, topping £110bn in sales, while adult sites were visited by half of over-18s.
  
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• Young clownfish living closest to the shore die FASTER than those further out

  09-06-2021 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The clownfish exposed to artificial light also grew 44 per cent slower than those in natural lighting conditions, according to a study involving scientists from the UK, France, Chile and Australia.
  
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• University College London scientists hope stem cell breakthrough could one day cure heart failure

  09-06-2021 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University College London researchers have worked out how to keep stem cells alive for longer in the heart - leading to hopes an innovative new injection could help cure heart failure in the near future.
  
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