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• Mosquitoes infected with virus-fighting bacteria cut dengue fever rates by more than 75 percent 

  11-06-2021 23:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After scientists in Indonesia released mosquitoes infected with a bacterium that stopped them transmitting dengue fever, infection rates in treated areas were 77 percent lower.
  
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• 7,000-year-old letter seal found in Israel could have been used for signing for deliveries

  11-06-2021 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A clay impression that is almost 7,000 year-old was recently discovered in Israel. It could have several different uses, including signing for deliveries.
  
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• Defense Department demonstrates interceptor that uses 'Silly String' to take down unmanned drones

  11-06-2021 21:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Defense Department demoed a drone interceptor that fires 'strong, stringy streamers' that gum up enemy drone's propellers. The tech causes less collateral damage than explosives.
  
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• Humanity should look for Dyson spheres if they want to find aliens

  11-06-2021 21:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Though humanity has yet to find life, one researcher from the University of Oxford suggests we look for hypothetical star-sized structures known as Dyson spheres if we want to find aliens.
  
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• Scientists 3D-print a cube-shaped human liver tissue in a lab using live cells

  11-06-2021 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  3D printing technologies created gel-like molds that allowed living cells to grow into human liver tissue, which also provided it enough oxygen and nutrients to function for 30 days.
  
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• Michelin transforms freighters into eco-friendly hybrid ships with new INFLATABLE sails

  11-06-2021 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michelin has unveiled inflatable sails that can be retrofitted to tanks and bulk carriers, augmenting engines with wind power. The telescopic mast retracts, allowing ships to pass under bridges.
  
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• Global warming: Antarctica's Pine Island glacier could COLLAPSE within 20 years, study warns

  11-06-2021 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Pine Island ice shelf - located on the West Antarctic Ice Sheet - has been known to have been thinning now for decades as a result of climate change.
  
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• Freeze-dried mouse sperm remains viable after being in space for almost six YEARS

  11-06-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Not only did radiation not affect the sperm's DNA or its ability to produce healthy 'space pups', but scientists in Japan say it could be preserved in space for more than 200 years without damage.
  
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• Virgin Atlantic explores 'flying taxi' partnership

  11-06-2021 19:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The airline considers whether it could launch air taxi flights from cities to major airports.
  
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• NASA is set to explore the far side of the moon for the FIRST time

  11-06-2021 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is set to deliver experiments to the far side of the moon that will collect data to help ensure astronauts landing in 2024 are safe from meteorite impacts and other elements.
  
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• Deliveroo drivers can now volunteer to spot crimes

  11-06-2021 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The training course, verified by the Metropolitan Police, covers six topics, ranging from rider vehicle safety to spotting crimes, according to Deliveroo.
  
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• Moray species first fish known to feed on dry land without water thanks to secondary 'jaw'

  11-06-2021 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at UC Santa Cruz have captured incredible footage of a snowflake moray eel slithering out of the water to snatch and swallow a piece of sashimi with its 'second' jaw.
  
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• Polynesians 'beat world to Antarctica by 1,000 years'

  11-06-2021 17:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Polynesian chief Hui Te Rangiora sailed from the deep south to Antarctica in the 7th century, and may even have set foot on the continent with his crew, researchers in New Zealand claim.
  
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• 'Disagreeable' married men who don't help out around the house get paid MORE

  11-06-2021 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Disagreeable' men in opposite-sex marriages are less helpful with domestic work, allowing them to devote greater resources to their jobs, according to the team fromUniversity of Notre Dame.
  
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• Tesla unveils the Model S Plaid, which can go 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds

  11-06-2021 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla finally unveiled its long-awaited Model S Plaid on Thursday, capable of going 0 to 60 in under 2 seconds, CEO Elon Musk said.
  
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• Mysterious 'skyquake' that rattled San Diego may have been caused by a supersonic aircraft flying

  11-06-2021 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A sonic boom hit the southern coast of California that sparked fears of an earthquake, but data suggests it was caused by a supersonic plane during mission training activities.
  
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• Health: Exercise can increase the risk of motor neurone disease, scientists warn

  11-06-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three large-scale genetic analyses involving people who undertake different habitual levels of exercise were conducted by expertsfrom the University of Sheffield looking for links to motor neurone disease.
  
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• UK space race investment 'is heating up'

  11-06-2021 16:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The space industry is one of the UK's fastest growing sectors, worth £14.8bn a year.
  
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• Virgin Atlantic and Rolls-Royce back £3 BILLION flying car rollout

  11-06-2021 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vertical Aerospace, a Bristol-based firm, is working towards building the fleet of electrically powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)aircraft, as part of a £2.8 billion ($4 billion) project.
  
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• Sun sets on Reddit Secret Santa

  11-06-2021 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Users angry as site axes long-running gift swap which attracted celebrity participants.
  
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• MA Fusion Center Assists Setup For Live Monitoring Of Springfield Students

  11-06-2021 14:45 via technocracy.news
  
  As students get back to class, their every movement will be monitored in real-time by cameras with facial recognition, license plate readers, weapon detectors, vape detectors in bathrooms, emotion analyzers, etc. This essentially turns the school into a panopticon prison. ⁃ TN EditorHow does a school committee respond to a year of remote student learning? How will the Springfield, MA School Committee respond to post-COVID schooling?
  Now that public schools are reopening (just in time for s
  
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• Why Technocracy Cannot Exist Without ‘Location Intelligence

  11-06-2021 14:35 via technocracy.news
  
  To understand the global drive to track and collect massive amounts of data on everyone and everything (literally, the Internet of Everything), you must read every single word of this article on the role and nature of Location Intelligence. This is the heart and soul of Technocracy and Scientific Dictatorship. ⁃ TN EditorLet us start with a statement of fact; ‘Everything Happens Somewhere’! So therefore, it should follow that knowing ‘where’ matters? Nearly all data
  
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• Government Data Will Pour Into Private AI Research At Scale

  11-06-2021 14:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Massive storehouses of personal data on American citizens have been opened up like so many cans of sardines to be served up to the AI community for machine learning purposes. The $250 billion initiative is a windfall for Technocrats and a step closer to Scientific Dictatorship for Americans. ⁃ TN EditorThe Biden administration launched an initiative Thursday aiming to make more government data available to artificial intelligence researchers, part of a broader push to keep the U.S. on the
  
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• Listening to 'earworm' songs before bed is disruptive to sleep, study finds

  11-06-2021 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People who listen to more music before bed have persistent 'earworms' - catchy songs that loop in the mind - as well as poorer sleep, researchers at Baylor University, Texas reveal.
  
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• Plastic pollution: take-out food is littering the oceans

  11-06-2021 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Single-use plastic from take-out food is a big source of pollution in oceans and rivers, scientists say.
  
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• Simulated robot performs realistic acrobatics and other news

  11-06-2021 12:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's LJ Rich looks at the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• Astronomers spot a 'blinking giant' near the centre of the galaxy

  11-06-2021 11:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The star, VVV-WIT-08, was observed using the VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) telescope in Chile.
  
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• Didi: Chinese ride-hailing giant files to go public in US

  11-06-2021 08:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is set to be the biggest share offering in the United States by a Chinese company since 2014.
  
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• Perseverance Mars rover sets off on its first mission, to boldly drill and return samples as no rover has drilled before

  11-06-2021 07:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  All systems check out, it's time to science the s**t out of Mars NASA has finished the Perseverance Mars rover's post-landing shakedown and the vehicle has therefore embarked on its first sample collection mission, the space agency confirmed on Wednesday.…
  
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• Perserverance Mars rover sets off on its first mission, to boldly drill and return samples as no rover has drilled before

  11-06-2021 07:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  All systems check out, it's time to science the s**t out of Mars NASA has finished the Perseverance Mars rover's post-landing shakedown and the vehicle has therefore embarked on its first sample collection mission, the space agency confirmed on Wednesday.…
  
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• No, the 2021 iPad Pro won’t replace your laptop

  11-06-2021 07:00
  
  Apple’s best-ever tablet is powerful, wonderful to use and as opinionated as the company that made it
  
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• Facebook’s content moderators are fighting back

  11-06-2021 07:00
  
  Facebook content moderators in Ireland want to tear down the outsourcing model. They might actually succeed
  
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• OnlyFans must do more to protect children, watchdog says

  11-06-2021 03:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's children's commissioner writes to the firm to express her "shock" after a BBC investigation.
  
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• E3 2021: What to expect at the world's most influential gaming event

  11-06-2021 02:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Newsbeat's gaming reporter Steffan Powell looks ahead at this year's gaming convention.
  
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• Poorer nations 'more focused on sustainability'

  11-06-2021 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Developing nations put scientific research into sustainability than richer countries, a Unesco report finds.
  
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• Backlash against 'frightening' tests on whales

  11-06-2021 01:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An international group of scientists has called on Norway to halt plans for acoustic experiments on minke whales.
  
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• Fashion for pointy shoes unleashed a plague of BUNIONS in Medieval Britain, study finds 

  11-06-2021 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A change in shoe style during the 14th century, from a rounded toe to a lengthy, pointed tip, drove the rise in foot deformities, researchers at the University of Cambridge believe.
  
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• Why it's the end of the road for petrol stations

  11-06-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many petrol stations will close over the next 20 years, accelerating the shift to electric cars.
  
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• Coronavirus is detectable next to the beds of COVID-19 patients - but surface transmission is rare

  11-06-2021 00:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus can survive on surfaces near hospital patients - but it is unlikely to infect anyone through those surfaces, a new study shows. It adds to evidence that COVID spreads through the air.
  
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• Facebook remote working plan extended to all staff for long term

  11-06-2021 00:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says working remotely has made him happier and more productive.
  
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• Health: 'Fat but fit' people still at risk of health issues, study warns

  11-06-2021 00:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Metabolically healthy obesity increases the risk of various health issues in comparison with people of a regular BMI, researchers from the University of Glasgow found.
  
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