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• Watch the moment China's Zhurong rover lands on Mars, hear it truckin' for the first time

  28-06-2021 23:49 via go.theregister.com
  
  Chinese space agency emits footage of Red Planet bot Videos  The China National Space Administration has released videos and pictures of its first Mars rover scooting around on the surface of the Red Planet.…
  
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• Watch the moment China's Zhurong rover landed on Mars, hear it truckin' for the first time

  28-06-2021 23:49 via go.theregister.com
  
  Chinese space agency emits footage of Red Planet rover Videos  The China National Space Administration has released videos and pictures of its first Mars rover scooting around on the surface of the Red Planet.…
  
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• Dissolving 'skyscraper' is aimed at reviving wildfire-damaged forests by distributing soil and seeds

  28-06-2021 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Italian architect Alberto Roncelli has designed Regenera, a 'skyscraper' made of soil, nutrients and seeds that would be blown apart naturally by the wind to restore forests devastated by wildfires.
  
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• New camouflage tech makes soldiers virtually 'invisible' both to the human eye and thermal detectors

  28-06-2021 22:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An Israel firm has redesigned the camouflage net to make soldiers virtually invisible on the battlefield. Soldiers warp themselves in the Kit 200 and resemble a rock while in position.
  
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• Headless 1,800-year-old statue of a woman unearthed in Turkey's 'City of the Mother Goddess'

  28-06-2021 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have unearthed an 1,800-year-old female statue near Izmir in western Turkey.Though her head and arms are missing they say the figure is generally well-preserved.
  
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• Clay minerals collected on Mars suggests it may have been habitable for up to a million of years

  28-06-2021 21:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clay collected from Gale Crater on Mars by NASA's Curiosity in 2016 contain remnants of a mineral that suggests the ancient lake in Gale Crater may have had conditions suitable for life.
  
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• Psychology: Babies who stare at illusions become more curious children - and may be more intelligent

  28-06-2021 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The curiosity of infants from the age of 11 months to three years was studied by a team of psychologists from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland.
  
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• Water conditions in Jupiter's clouds could support 'life', say astroboffins

  28-06-2021 20:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Gas giant's atmosphere has right concentration of water and temp, though other factors still unknown Astroboffins from Queen's University Belfast reckon the clouds that swirl around Jupiter might contain enough water to support "Earth-like" life.…
  
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• Forget about Venus – Jupiter's clouds are much more friendly to alien life, say astroboffins

  28-06-2021 20:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  Gas giant's atmosphere has the right concentration of water and temperature Astroboffins from Queen's University Belfast reckon the clouds that swirl around Jupiter might contain enough water to support life.…
  
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• Not so foolish after all! Pyrite, aka 'fool's gold' can contain tiny amounts of the real stuff 

  28-06-2021 20:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using atom probe tomography, scientists found traces of gold in pyrite 100,000 times thinner than a human hair. The gold can be extracted in an eco-friendly method called selective leaching.
  
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• Hubble's backup computer is now malfunctioning after NASA tried to get the main one back online

  28-06-2021 20:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hubble Space Telescope's problems continue, with NASA noting the backup computer on the space telescope is also malfunctioning.
  
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• EU approves data flow to UK but adds sunset clause

  28-06-2021 19:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Personal data can continue to be sent if UK maintains "adequate" data protection.
  
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• Weight-loss device uses magnets to clamp your TEETH together

  28-06-2021 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In an unbelievable attempt to curb the obesity epidemic, scientists in Dunedin, New Zealand have created a weight-loss device that uses magnets and locking bolts to clamp teeth together.
  
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• Climate change: Courts set for rise in compensation cases

  28-06-2021 18:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As links between climate change and extreme weather events increase, experts predict more lawsuits.
  
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• NASA's InSight lander expected to survive most of summer before choking to death on Martian dust

  28-06-2021 18:55 via go.theregister.com
  
  Why can't Ingenuity use its blades to clear panels? It's 2,145 miles away Amid reports of declining power levels, NASA's InSight lander looks set to keep its science instruments running for most of summer.…
  
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• Japan is opening up a UFO lab near the Fukushima nuclear disaster to local sightings

  28-06-2021 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japan is opening up a research lab dedicated to unexplained phenomena near the Fukushima nuclear plant. The International UFO Laboratory opened on June 24.
  
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• Labour calls for investigation into private emails

  28-06-2021 18:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is coming under scrutiny over the ex-health secretary's relationship with his aide.
  
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• Parasitic fungus growing out the rectum of a 50-million-year-old fossilized ant is discovered

  28-06-2021 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fossilized carpenter ant frozen in amber for 50M years died a slow and gruesome death due to a parasitic fungus growing throughout its body and out through the small insect's rectum.
  
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• Binance: Watchdog clamps down on cryptocurrency exchange

  28-06-2021 17:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The financial watchdog has ruled that Binance cannot conduct any regulated activity in the UK.
  
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• Apple warns kit may interfere with implanted medical devices at close proximity

  28-06-2021 17:53 via go.theregister.com
  
  It just works, until it unexpectedly and disastrously doesn't If you have a pacemaker, it’s probably not a good idea to hug your Apple kit. The company has warned about potential interference with implanted medical devices from virtually every product it sells.…
  
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• Elite freedivers have brain oxygen levels even lower than SEALS

  28-06-2021 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elite divers have similar physiology to marine mammals including seals, whales and dolphins while in the water, according to researchers from the University of St Andrews.
  
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• 'I had to leave through the fire exit': MailOnline tries Black Mirror Labyrinth at Thorpe Park

  28-06-2021 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Labyrinth is a new Black Mirror adventure at Thorpe Park in Surrey, centred around an evil artificial intelligence system that harvests your personal data.
  
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• Tesla driver receives ticket for parking in 'domestic cars only' spot at Missouri GM factory 

  28-06-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A GM plant in Wentzville, Missouri, mistakenly gave a US-made Tesla Model 3 a ticket for parking in a lot reserved for 'domestic cars.' Many car factories have brand-specific lots, including GM and Ford.
  
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• Hopes of finding life on Venus are DASHED as clouds don't contain enough water to sustain aliens

  28-06-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Concentration of water molecules on Venus is 'slightly below what is needed for the most resilient microorganism on Earth', according to a researcher from Queen's University Belfast.
  
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• Tennis is the most euphoric sport to watch, AI analysis reveals 

  28-06-2021 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Artificial intelligence was used to decipher the expressions of participants while they watched various sports on their home devices, in the study by London-based Freeview.
  
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• A mask that can diagnose COVID-19? Scientists develop mask that can detect virus in your breath

  28-06-2021 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have developed a mask that can test for COVID-19 and give results within 90 minutes of activation. The team is also looking into how to deploy the technology into clothing.
  
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• World's first wireless, battery-free, fully implantable pacemaker DISSOLVES within seven weeks

  28-06-2021 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The lightweight device was developed by researchers from Northwestern and George Washington universities, and is believed to be the first-ever transient pacemaker.
  
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• 'Eureka moment' helps unlock mystery of the Crab Nebula

  28-06-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is an electron capture supernova, which arise from the explosions of massive super-asymptotic giant branch (SAGB) stars, say the team from Las Cumbres Observatory run out of Goleta, California.
  
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• Psychology: Liars tend to have a higher cognitive ability, study finds

  28-06-2021 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tests to explore the link between people's willingness and skill at lying and their cognitive abilities were conducted by researchers from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada.
  
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• Yellowstone temperatures could soar by TEN DEGREES by 2100 thanks to climate change

  28-06-2021 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Great Yellowstone Area is being threatened by climate change, which will likely raise temperatures up to 10F by 2100. This will decrease soil moisture, making wildfires more common.
  
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• Apple has added to the list of products that can interfere with medical devices like pacemakers

  28-06-2021 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple updated its list of products that could interfere with medical devices such as pacemakers, nearly six months after it said the iPhone 12 could be an issue.
  
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• Apple lists products that pose risk to pacemakers

  28-06-2021 15:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Patients should use iPhone 12 and other listed devices at a safe distance.
  
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• Transhumans Use Cryonics In Hope Of Future Immortality

  28-06-2021 15:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Max More and his wife Natasha are “founding fathers” of the modern global Transhuman movement. Max also runs the Alcor Life Extension Foundation where you can have your head put in a deep-freeze for an indefinite period until science advances enough to bring you back to permanent life, or immortality. ⁃ TN EditorWhen an 87-year-old Californian man was wheeled into an operating room just outside Phoenix last year, the pandemic was at its height and medical protocols were being u
  
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• Hubble memory errors persist despite NASA booting long-idle backup payload computer

  28-06-2021 14:12 via go.theregister.com
  
  Different hardware, same problem NASA has fired up the Hubble Space Telescope's backup payload computer to find that the spacecraft still has problems.…
  
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• Mars: China's space agency releases stunning footage of Zhurong rover on the Red Planet 

  28-06-2021 13:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The footage - captured by a wireless camera the rover placed on the ground - was relayed back to Earth via the Mars-orbiting Tianwen-1 satellite which brought the rover to the Red Planet.
  
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• Antarctic lake suddenly disappeared in 2019, scientists say

  28-06-2021 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amery Ice Shelf in East Antarctica lost between 600 million and 750 million cubic metres of water, about twice the volume of San Diego Bay, researchers in California revealed.
  
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• Century-old dog biscuit suggests pups on early British Antarctic expeditions were underfed

  28-06-2021 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of a century-old dog biscuit known as 'Spratt's dog cake' by researchers from Canterbury Museum suggests dogs used on early Antarctic expeditions were underfed.
  
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• Hubble’s cosmic science is mind-blowing, but its soul celebrates something surprising about us

  28-06-2021 10:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  That which is born of the hack is hard to kill Column  As these words are written, the Hubble SpaceTelescope is out of commission, victim of a computer fault yet to be diagnosed. It still orbits 550km up, still automatically aiming itself at targets in this galaxy and others. But it is a zombie dance. Its instruments are blind and deaf, waiting for instructions from an onboard controller that lies silent.…
  
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• Dom Joly: Could this tech help my sleep apnoea?

  28-06-2021 09:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The comedian and travel writer tries some of the latest technology which could manage the condition.
  
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• This is what the high street of the future will look like

  28-06-2021 07:00
  
  Once the dust settles and retailers recover from the pandemic, the high street will transform again
  
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• The third wave of Covid is here… and it’s weird

  28-06-2021 07:00
  
  Cases of Covid-19 are rising again in the UK, but with most adults vaccinated the dynamics of this wave will be different
  
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• Use Of Security Robots Spreads But Few Tangible Results Seen

  28-06-2021 04:19 via technocracy.news
  
  The CEO of security robot manufacturer, Knightscope, says that America could be the safest nation on earth if only there were enough security robots deployed. Conversely, actual users of these robots have little to report in tangible results. However, each robot can collect over one terabyte of data per day! ⁃ TN EditorWhen the Westland Real Estate Group bought Liberty Village, a sprawling 1,000-unit apartment complex on the northeastern edge of Las Vegas nearly two years ago, the police d
  
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• The tech helping parents look after their babies

  28-06-2021 02:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A growing number of technology firms are aiming to help reduce the anxiety of new mums and dads.
  
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• Technocracy: Follow The Money, Follow The Power

  28-06-2021 01:31 via technocracy.news
  
  Is should be immediately logical that Technocracy would ultimately be run by Technocrats and that Technocrats would busy themselves with birthing Technocracy. If true, then examining the global financial landscape should give support, and indeed, it does.
  A recent infographic published by The Visual Capitalist displayed the stock market capitalization of the largest companies in the world. While critics often take aim at companies like Proctor & Gamble,  Pfizer, Merck & Co., Walt Di
  
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• Jack Dorsey: Unpicking Twitter boss's passion for Nigeria

  28-06-2021 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media platform is banned but Jack Dorsey remains a hugely popular figure in the country.
  
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• Climate change: Why action still ignites debate in Australia

  28-06-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Climate change has ended political careers in Australia and action over it remains widely debated.
  
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• Mother's plea after daughter dies swallowing button battery

  28-06-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Harper-Lee Fanthorpe died in Stoke-on-Trent in May after swallowing a battery from a remote control.
  
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