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• Neural pathways in the brain that enable 'mental time travel' through experiences are discovered

  29-06-2021 23:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Neural pathways in the brain's hippocampus have enable humans to time travel through their memories and can be decoded to see information about the time and order of events.
  
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• Icebergs 1,000 feet tall flowed 3,000 miles from Canada to the Florida Keys nearly 30,000 years ago

  29-06-2021 23:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 30,000 years ago, icebergs flowed from Canada to the Florida Keys, as researchers discovered nearly 700 iceberg plow marks on the seafloor near North Carolina's Outer Banks.
  
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• Scientists identify sleep-like slow waves as responsible for daydreaming and... sorry, what were we talking about again?

  29-06-2021 21:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  Localised brain sleeping behind wakeful forgetfulness and poor atten Neuroscientists have developed a method for predicting when your mind might go blank or completely forget whatever it was we were talking about.…
  
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• 5,000-year-old man was 'oldest plague victim'

  29-06-2021 20:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists piece together clues from "patient zero", who likely caught the plague from a rodent.
  
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• Artist behind Utah monolith stunt auctions off video of his own feces as NFT for autism research 

  29-06-2021 20:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The artist behind 2020's monolith stunt is auctioning off the first non-fungible token made with fecal matter, which will be used to raise money for autism research.
  
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• Elon Musk says SpaceX's Starlink is on track to have more than 500,000 users within 12 months

  29-06-2021 20:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk via Zoom at Mobile World Congress 2021 where he announced Starlink will have more than 500,000 users within the next 12 months and global coverage is set to roll out by August.
  
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• Elon Musk sets out Starlink goals

  29-06-2021 20:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Tesla founder's satellite-internet business passes 69,000 users but subsidises dish cost.
  
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• Carved stone depicting 'naked horseman' uncovered near Hadrian's Wall

  29-06-2021 19:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The priceless artefact was found during the annual excavations at the Roman fort of Vindolanda near Hadrian's Wall in Northumberland.
  
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• Israel’s New Post-Zionist Leadership Is Embracing Technocracy

  29-06-2021 19:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Greenfield equates Israel’s new post-Netanyahu regime with Technocracy:  “Israeli Post-Zionism, unlike Anti-Zionism, was born out of technocracy.” His most prescient observation states that “Unlike socialism, technocracy isn’t ideological. But it’s so non-ideological that it fails to comprehend those who are.” ⁃ TN EditorThe technocrats haven’t been doing too well in Europe and there’s no particular reason to think that they can su
  
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• Endangered fungus which looks like rotting fingers clinging to life in Australia

  29-06-2021 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An endangered form of fungus has been discovered on French Island, Victoria, off the coast of mainland Australia, surprising researchers.
  
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• Air turbulence from coughs and sneezes can cause Covid droplets to travel at near-ballistic speeds

  29-06-2021 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Florida research team found the COVID-19 'puffs' could travel more than six feet, as some larger virus particles often fired off like a bullet, carrying other particles with it, faster and further.
  
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• Mouse embryo with beating heart and nervous system is grown in a lab using stem cells

  29-06-2021 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mouse embryo has a beating heart and is starting to develop a nervous system in 'the first in vitro model of a mammalian embryo with so many tissues to be built from stem cells.'
  
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• 'Scintillating Starburst' optical illusion tricks you into thinking a spinning wheel is shimmering

  29-06-2021 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The illusion, dubbed the 'Scintillating Starburst', is made up of several concentric star polygons, that rotate, and was developed by researchers from New York University.
  
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• China Report: Weaponized Viruses Can Target Ethnic Cleansing

  29-06-2021 17:33 via technocracy.news
  
  China is a Technocracy. With advances in genetic engineering, China wrote that particular races can be targeted with stealth bio-weapons to change body resistance to other pathogens. This is darkest side of Eugenics that the world has ever seen, and now it is going global.
  As I recently wrote in Why Does China Collect Americans’ DNA,
  As a Technocracy, China’s Technocrat scientists believe that the future of mankind lies in the engineering of its collective DNA. Nevertheless, China&rs
  
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• Council workers suspended over TikTok cemetery videos

  29-06-2021 17:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The clips, filmed at a Derby cemetery, were described as "insensitive and disrespectful".
  
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• Geology: Sunken continent of 'Icelandia' could stretch 231,000 square miles from Greenland to Europe

  29-06-2021 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Icelandia theory challenges long-held ideas about the make-up of the crust underlying the North Atlantic - as well as how volcanic islands like Iceland form, experts from Durham University said.
  
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• Dinosaurs were in decline for 10 MILLION years before they were wiped out, scientists say 

  29-06-2021 17:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A combination of global cooling, the loss of herbivores and the inability of dinosaurs to adapt to new conditions were all to blame, said a team of scientists led by the University of Montpellier.
  
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• 5,000-year-old man had the earliest known strain of plague

  29-06-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yersinia pestis - the bacteria that caused the Black Death - was found in the 5,000-year-old remains of a hunter-gatherer in a region called Rinnukalns in present-day Latvia.
  
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• Is Canada Re-embracing Historic Technocracy?

  29-06-2021 16:56 via technocracy.news
  
  In a historically and very accurate accurate description of the 1930s Technocracy movement, the author concludes,  “it would be wrong to dismiss Technocracy Incorporated as just another failed utopian scheme”.
  The level of meticulous detail in this article shows the author’s deep understanding of Technocracy, its history and its claims. He sees the modern attraction of libertarian thinking among technocrats and acknowledges the growth or Technocracy while alluding to Techn
  
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• Systems with two stars could be hiding Earth-sized planets in plain sight

  29-06-2021 16:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study suggests there could be more Earth-sized planets that are part of two star systems, withthe planets hidden by the glare of the stars they orbit.
  
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• Rare black hole and neutron star collisions sighted twice in 10 days

  29-06-2021 15:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Separate collisions of a neutron star and a black hole are detected in a short space of time.
  
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• The best robot vacuums for any budget in 2021

  29-06-2021 15:27
  
  Give the house a quick once over without lifting a finger with our pick of the best robot vacuum cleaners
  
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• Bezos v Branson: Battle of the wannabe Space Barons as Virgin Galactic cleared by FAA to start flying customers

  29-06-2021 14:49 via go.theregister.com
  
  Amazon boss's Blue Origin New/Shepard launch currently scheduled for 20 July A pair of rich white men look set to duke it out at the edge of space after Virgin Galactic was given the green light by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to fly customers to space.…
  
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• Black holes swallow neutron stars like 'Pac-Man', scientists reveal

  29-06-2021 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hope is the discovery will help unlock some of the most complex mysteries of the Universe, including workings of space and time, scientists at the Australian National University said.
  
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• The best coffee machines for any budget

  29-06-2021 14:03
  
  The WIRED Recommends guide to the best coffee machines for your home, including the best espresso machine and the best for Nespresso pods
  
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• RIP Pepper robot? SoftBank 'pauses' production

  29-06-2021 13:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Production of the robot is suspended and will only be restarted if there is a need for it.
  
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• Music: Compositions by Bach provide 'a sound of reassurance' on ads, expert claims

  29-06-2021 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The context in which Bach was used in 19 adverts that aired in the US from 2009-19 was analysed by Musicologist Peter Kupfer of the Southern Methodist University in Texas.
  
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• Google is giving Brits incorrect Covid-19 advice

  29-06-2021 12:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The incorrect answers are being given to particular questions to Brits regarding self isolation, according to a new investigation of the California-based tech giant's search engine.
  
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• European Space Agency detects a unique exoplanet with 'no known equivalent'

  29-06-2021 12:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new exoplanet, which has a mass almost nine times that of Earth, is 'sure to be a golden target for future study', scientists from the universities of Geneva in Switzerland and Liège in Belgium said.
  
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• Facebook joins $1 trillion club after anti-trust victory

  29-06-2021 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US federal court dismisses two anti-trust lawsuits, sending the tech giant's share price higher.
  
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• Mario Golf: Super Rush takes golf too far

  29-06-2021 08:26
  
  Golf probably needs some reinvention. But not this much
  
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• Hubble telescope in another tight spot: Between astrophysicists sparring over a 'dark matter deficient' galaxy

  29-06-2021 07:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  One team says DF2 is 72m LY away, another disagrees – we speak to both sides Never mind memory errors from radiation. Another deteriorating part of the decades-old Hubble Space Telescope has found itself in a spot of bother. This time its camera unit is once again in the middle of a clash between scientists over whether or not the galaxy NGC 1052-DF2 contains any dark matter.…
  
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• This startup is reinventing dark kitchens

  29-06-2021 07:00
  
  Dark kitchens are a mess. London-based Karma Kitchen, backed by more than £250m, is fixing a food-delivery staple
  
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• Mario Golf: Super Rush works best when it mimics the real thing

  29-06-2021 07:00
  
  Golf probably needs a reinvention. But not this much
  
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• England vs Germany will be settled by spreadsheets

  29-06-2021 07:00
  
  Ahead of their Euro 2020 clash, both teams are in the midst of a data revolution that's changing the way they prepare for big games
  
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• Is this inhaler the answer to anxiety attacks? 

  29-06-2021 02:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The device, which looks like an inhaler, is being tested in two clinical trials in the U.S. with patients who suffer from panic attacks.
  
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• Stars call for 'gadget levy' to fund UK creatives

  29-06-2021 02:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A small percentage of devices' cost should go into a fund for UK creators and performers, a group says.
  
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• Why small investors are piling into share-trading apps

  29-06-2021 01:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A boom in cheaper trading is tempting some inexperienced investors to take big risks, warn experts.
  
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• Stone age wooden snake 'staff' found in Finland

  29-06-2021 01:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unbelievably well-preserved wooden stick, found at Järvensuo 1, a wetland site in Finland's southwest, was intricately carved in the shape of a snake slithering away.
  
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