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• Space Perspective test flies its balloon 20 miles over Florida that will take humans to orbit

  18-06-2021 23:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Space Perspective completed its first unmanned test flight Friday of a gigantic balloon that will soon take humans to orbit when it launches the first commercial flight in 2024.
  
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• Porsche will only offer Golden State drivers new 911 GT3 with automatic gearbox manual is too noisy

  18-06-2021 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Porsche's 2022 911 GT3 Touring will not be sold in California as a manual because the car falls short of stringent California noise limitation guidelines which date back to 1992.
  
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• New US Post Office stamps honor discoveries made by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory since 2011 

  18-06-2021 23:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A collection of 10 new stamps are celebrating NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory by sharing the craft's discoveries, including solar flares, sunspots and coronal loops.
  
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• Asteroid believed to be worth $10,000 quadrillion could just be a pile of rubble, study suggests

  18-06-2021 21:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA will head to asteroid 16 Psyche, long thought to be the core of a dead planet, in 2022. This asteroid might contain enough metal that it could be worth $10,000 quadrillion.
  
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• Jurassic throwback reeled in from the deep has barbed arms and eight sets of razor-sharp teeth 

  18-06-2021 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in the South Pacific discovered a strange new species of brittle fish with eight arms covered in spines and eight rows of razor-sharp teeth used to snatch and shred its prey.
  
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• Huge meteorite did not play a part in demise of dinosaurs, study says

  18-06-2021 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Geologists led by the University of Glasgow applied dating techniques to samples of melted rock created during the fiery landing of the meteorite, which created the Boltysh impact crater in Ukraine.
  
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• Air Force is designing bird-like microdrones with flapping wings for surveillance in warzones 

  18-06-2021 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force is creating microdrones that can flap their wings like a bird or insect. It is working with Airion Health to create a micro air vehicle that can alter its speed and maneuver like an insect.
  
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• 2,000-year-old leather shoe is discovered in Northern Germany after it disappeared into a bog 

  18-06-2021 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 2,000-year-old leather shoe is a type of sandal, with a closed toe and strap. Experts found it beside remains of a Bronze Age road that once stretched across a bog in northern Germany.
  
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• 'Spacebok' is a four-legged robot that is set to be the first powered vehicle to WALK on Mars 

  18-06-2021 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceBok uses its four legs to get around, which could prove vital when it lands on Mars. Unlike Perseverance that has wheels, SpaceBok is able to travel over the rough Martian terrain.
  
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• Millions along Gulf Coast on alert as 'tropical storm Claudette' expected to make landfall Friday 

  18-06-2021 17:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Close to six million people are under tropical storm warning, with Louisiana declaring a state of emergency. The system's been labeled a 'Potential Tropical Cyclone,' with winds of at least 40 mph.
  
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• Racist malware blocks The Pirate Bay by tampering with victims' Windows hosts file

  18-06-2021 17:47 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hello, 2002 called with one of the oldest low-tech tricks in the book Malware laced with racial epithets tries to block Windows-based victims from visiting file-sharing sites associated with copyright infringement, according to new Sophos research.…
  
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• Mercola: Social Engineering Is Central To Technocrat Control

  18-06-2021 17:18 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocracy movement defined itself in 1938 as the “Science of Social Engineering”. The fact that the entire planet is being driven by fear to a predetermined outcome is defensible evidence that it is Technocrats who are currently in control. Want to see this more clearly? Ditch the fear and look around. ⁃ TN EditorGovernments are using fear to control and manipulate their citizens. That has now been admitted by members of the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Behavior
  
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• Young sharks that live in mermaid purses are vulnerable to predators due to rising sea temperatures

  18-06-2021 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Young sharks, which live in egg cases known as mermaid purses that are common on beaches around the world, could be at risk because of rising sea temperatures, a new study suggests.
  
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• 3D-printed STRAW with 'forceful suction' promises to stop the hiccups instantly

  18-06-2021 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nine out of ten of the 203 people who trialled the HiccAway device said it was significantly better at stopping hiccups than home remedies, according to a study by the University of Texas.
  
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• UK gets glowing salute from Bezos-backed General Fusion: Nuclear energy company to build plant in Oxfordshire

  18-06-2021 17:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Biz will develop Magnetized Target Fusion technology at the site General Fusion – the Canadian-based atomic outfit backed by Jeff Bezos and a battalion of other major investors – is to build a test facility in Oxfordshire to showcase its power-generating technology.…
  
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• Dwarf elephant evolved from one of the largest ever land mammals, study says

  18-06-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The dwarf elephant from Sicily had a shoulder height of approximately 6.5 feet (2 metres), and weighed 1.7 tonnes, say a team that includes researchers at Nottingham Trent University.
  
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• Military/Industrial Quest To Turn Troops Into ‘Invincible Technomancers’

  18-06-2021 16:48 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats invent because they can, not because it makes any sense to do so. The military has long sought technology in order to create “super-soldiers”. A new startup company, founded by the original inventor of Oculus, is promising just that: “Invincible Technomancers”.
  Anduril serves both military and law enforcement with a range of advanced weaponry, so there is every expectation that it will show up on U.S. streets as well. ⁃ TN EditorAnduril founder Palmer Lu
  
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• Largest concentration of endangered garter snakes found living near San Francisco's airport

  18-06-2021 16:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only up to 2,000 garter snakes are living in the wild, but wildlife officials announced 1,300 serpents reside in wetlands surrounding the San Francisco International Airport.
  
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• Nearly a FIFTH of fathers of premature babies experience postpartum depression

  18-06-2021 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Postpartum depression is a condition often associated with women, but Chicago researchers have found it can occur in men as well. Around 17 percent of men will develop the condition.
  
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• 44 of the best documentaries on Netflix right now

  18-06-2021 15:40
  
  Our edit of the best Netflix documentaries right now, selected by the WIRED editorial team and updated twice monthly
  
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• Nearly a third of e-scooter injuries are to the head and neck, study says

  18-06-2021 15:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were 103,943 e-scooter-related injuries at US emergency departments between 2009 and 2019, physicians in Detroit report - of which 28 per cent were to the head and neck.
  
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• Facebook tests ads in virtual reality headsets

  18-06-2021 14:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ads will appear in only a few games at first as the firm assesses users' reactions.
  
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• All the (actually) good early deals in the Amazon Prime Day sale

  18-06-2021 14:17
  
  Ahead of the big sale early next week, we've rounded up the best offers you can get right now
  
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• HarmonyOS: Hands-on with Huawei's rival to Android

  18-06-2021 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Chris Fox explores what Huawei's new operating system can do.
  
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• Meringue-like material could reduce jet engine roar to sound of a HAIRDRYER

  18-06-2021 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The graphene oxide-polyvinyl alcohol aerogel weighs just 4.6 pounds (2.1kg) per cubic metre, according to scientists at the University of Bath, and could be in use within 18 months.
  
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• Russia and China reveal their roadmap to build a base on the MOON

  18-06-2021 11:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as the International Lunar Research Station (ILRS), the Russian and Chinese project will consist of a surface moon base and station in lunar orbit, with construction expected to start in 2026.
  
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• Why it’s so hard to fix lag on Euro 2020 live streams

  18-06-2021 11:02
  
  Since the last World Cup, BBC and ITV have made their streams more reliable – but delays will still be an issue
  
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• Climate change: UN virtual talks make little progress

  18-06-2021 09:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three weeks of talks see little movement amid worries about the impact of Covid on poorer nations.
  
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• TikTok owner ByteDance sees its earnings double in 2020

  18-06-2021 07:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's biggest technology companies have been coming under increasing scrutiny both at home and abroad.
  
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• To make Luca, Pixar had to reinvent water

  18-06-2021 07:00
  
  To craft the movie's stylised elegance, Pixar blended scientific simulations with the simplicity of traditional animation, as effects supervisor Jon Reisch explains
  
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• To make Luca, Pixar had to forget everything it knew about water

  18-06-2021 07:00
  
  To craft the movie's stylised elegance, Pixar blended scientific simulations with the simplicity of traditional animation, as effects supervisor Jon Reisch explains
  
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• No, it doesn’t need to be a Zoom

  18-06-2021 07:00
  
  We’re wasting hours of our lives on inefficient video calls. Here's how to decide when you should jump on a Zoom – and when not to
  
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• Giant rhino fossils in China show new species was 'taller than giraffe'

  18-06-2021 06:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Paraceratherium linxiaense was taller than a giraffe and weighed as much as four large African elephants.
  
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• ICO watchdog 'deeply concerned' over live facial recognition

  18-06-2021 02:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Information Commissioner says the technology could be used "excessively or even recklessly".
  
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• Police to crack down on drones flown dangerously

  18-06-2021 02:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anyone flouting the rules faces having their drone confiscated, being fined or even imprisonment.
  
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• How market research reveals what you really think

  18-06-2021 01:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  By sifting and analysing huge amounts of data, market researchers say they can find out what's on your mind.
  
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