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• Stephen Hawking's black hole theory that event horizons never shrink is proven

  01-07-2021 22:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MIT researchers have proven Stephen Hawking's theory that a black hole's even horizon does not shrink by observing a merger of two black holes and studying the released gravitational waves.
  
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• New wasp discovered looks like a 'flying jewel' and its body glows electric blue in light 

  01-07-2021 22:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new wasp species was discovered in South America, nicknamed a 'flying jewel',' which has
  yellow wings and its body glitters electric blue in light.
  
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• How tens of thousands of fire ants form living 'rafts' to help them escape floods 

  01-07-2021 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One species of fire ants can survive dangerous floods, creating a living 'raft' using their bodies to link together and create a conveyor belt-like structure that changes shape almost constantly.
  
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• Fecal records show Maya population fell due to climate change over the course of 3,300 years

  01-07-2021 21:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fecal matter pulled from lake sediments near what was once the city of Itzan in Guatemala reveals the Maya population declined during three drought periods and a very extreme wet period.
  
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• Twitter 'troll' to pay Stephen Nolan six-figure sum in damages

  01-07-2021 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC presenter traced the identity of a person behind defamatory remarks about him.
  
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• Rare genetic variants protect against obesity, study says

  01-07-2021 20:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study provides potential therapeutic targets for treating obesity in humans, according to a team led by Regeneron, a New York-based biotechnology firm.
  
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• Blue Origin flight: Wally Funk, 82, to join Jeff Bezos space flight

  01-07-2021 20:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The historic journey will see her become the oldest person to ever fly to space.
  
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• UK's first deep geothermal steam is produced in Cornwall

  01-07-2021 20:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been hailed as a 'big moment' and could help solve Britain's search for alternative sources of energy, according to Geothermal Engineering, the firm running the project near Redruth, Cornwall.
  
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• Single cloud of dust and gas bigger than the Milky Way is in a 'no man's land' for galaxies 

  01-07-2021 19:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An isolated cloud larger than the Milky Way has been discovered in deep space, 300 million light-years from Earth. It has a mass of 10 billion suns and is between 10,000 and 10,000,000 Kelvin
  
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• NASA's James Webb telescope is 'go' for launch on Halloween

  01-07-2021 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It will take off no earlier than October 31 from Europe's spaceport in French Guiana, with the review marking a major milestone in its 25 year development program.
  
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• Nature: Migrating birds can reach dizzying heights of up to 28,500ft during their marathon flights

  01-07-2021 17:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Great snipes - small, stocky waders which breed in Sweden, among other places, but spend their winters in Africa - were studied by researchers at Lund University.
  
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• TikTok ditches its 60 second limit and will now let users post videos up to three minutes long 

  01-07-2021 17:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The change will pave the way 'for richer storytelling and entertainment', according to TikTok, which is owned by Beijing-based company ByteDance.
  
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• Whitehead: Big Tech Plus Big Government Equals ‘Big Brother’

  01-07-2021 17:23 via technocracy.news
  
  Collectively, Technocracy-bent Big Tech companies dominate national governments and use them for parasitic control of everything that can be monitored and controlled. In the end, Technocracy will jettison governments completely and rule by pure scientific dictatorship. ⁃ TN Editor“If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face—for ever.”— George Orwell, 1984
  Tread cautiously: the fiction of George Orwell (Jun. 25, 1903-Jan. 21
  
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• World’s First Mega Lab-Grown Meat Factory To Produce 5,000 Burgers Per Day

  01-07-2021 17:11 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats think that they can out-perform nature by creating meat in a factory. Agenda 21/2030 seeks to eliminate traditional ranching and farm animals as being “unsustainable”. Products will hit shelves in 2022. ⁃ TN EditorThe World Economic Forum’s (WEF) The Great Reset plan includes a complete transformation of the global food and agricultural industries and the dieting of humans. The architects behind this plan are preparing for a meatless society with the
  
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• When you lose your virginity 'may be written in your genes'

  01-07-2021 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Genetics can explain anywhere between 5-17% of when individuals have sex for the first time or have a first child, according to academics at the University of Oxford.
  
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• Change needed to tackle climate crisis, Queen says

  01-07-2021 17:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The monarch was visiting the Edinburgh Climate Change Institute during her visit to Scotland.
  
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• Wally Funk, 82, will become oldest person to go to space as she joins Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin flight

  01-07-2021 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue Origin announced that 82-year-old astronaut Mary Wallace 'Wally' Funk will join Jeff Bezos, his brother Mark and the winner of the auction on Blue Origin's first human flight later this month.
  
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• Climate change: 'Last refuge' for polar bears is vulnerable to warming

  01-07-2021 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A "last ice area" is crucial for the survival of polar bears but is suffering from climate change.
  
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• Mammoths and mastodons were pushed to extinction by climate change, scientists say

  01-07-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  However, the University of Bristol study does not totally absolve humans of blame, suggesting that hunting may well have finished off some proboscideans around 10,000 years ago.
  
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• Coding error spotted in Tim Berners-Lee NFT sale

  01-07-2021 16:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An error has been spotted in a video displaying the original source code for the world wide web.
  
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• Jeff Bezos names the fourth person for the first New Shepard flight: Wally Funk

  01-07-2021 16:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  60 years after Alan Shepard made his Mercury flight, one of the Mercury 13 will get her turn Jeff Bezos has upped the ante in the battle of the billionaire bros by handing a seat in the first crewed New Shepard flight to Virgin Galactic customer and member of the Mercury 13, Wally Funk.…
  
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• Biden’s Infrastructure Package Will Federalize Local Zoning Laws, Displace Single-Family Homes In Suburbs

  01-07-2021 16:26 via technocracy.news
  
  This is pure Agenda 21/2030 Agenda policy to eliminate “unsustainable” single-family housing. Since the carrot is withholding of transportation funds, the patently unconstitutional Councils of Governments (COGS) will be used to force compliance. `
  We have warned for years about the dangers of soviet regionalization through COGS, and how they strip city/county sovereignty while enforcing Agenda 21 zoning and transportation mandates. ⁃ TN EditorDemocrats plan to federalize local
  
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• It's about time! NASA's orbital atomic clock a boon for deep space navigation – if they can get it working for long enough

  01-07-2021 15:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Lifespan of 3 to 5 years falls short of what's needed for a Mars mission NASA has demonstrated the first trapped-ion space clock in a move that could pave the way for real-time navigation in deep space.…
  
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• Archaeology: Lost medieval road uncovered that may have been used by Robert the Bruce 700 years ago

  01-07-2021 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stone-built road, which was around 13 feet wide, was unearthed on Saturday in a dig at Coxet Hill led by Stirling University archaeologist Murray Cook.
  
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• Russian cargo ship will narrowly avoid a collision with a SpaceX Starlink satellite tonight

  01-07-2021 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Russian Progress 78 spacecraft, which was launched from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Tuesday, will come close to the SpaceX debris at 17:32 ET (22:32 BST) tonight.
  
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• Fukushima disaster has created boar-pig hybrids, scientists say

  01-07-2021 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers took DNA samples from muscle of animals at Fukushima's exclusion zone in Japan. They found evidence of a new hybrid species - but it wasn't caused by radioactivity.
  
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• Terrifying visual reveals how humans will look if lockdown norms continue

  01-07-2021 14:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LloydsPharmacy doctors predict that skin will become sallow from a lack of sunlight, gain weight from a lack of exercise and develop a hunch from poor posture.
  
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• Right to repair rules will extend lifespan of products, government says

  01-07-2021 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Appliances will be cheaper to own, the government says, under plans that will extend the lifespan of household goods.
  
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• US-Canada heatwave: Visual guide to the causes

  01-07-2021 12:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Maps, graphics and charts explaining the Canada and north-west US heatwave, with temperatures at nearly 50C.
  
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• Battery recycling boosted by dentist-style ultrasonics, if manufacturers can cooperate

  01-07-2021 12:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  New technique quicker and greener, but needs batteries to be designed for dismantling Boffins have laid claim to a "ground-breaking invention" which they say will make it considerably easier to recycle batteries from electric vehicles, laptops, and the like – an ultrasonic delaminator.…
  
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• High-profile women want action to stop online abuse

  01-07-2021 11:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 200 women, including former Australia prime minister Julia Gillard, write to social media chiefs.
  
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• Have we reached the era of flying cars?

  01-07-2021 09:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nick Kwek looks at how close we are to personal aviation vehicles and the challenges they face.
  
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• Remote working has a huge sexual harassment problem

  01-07-2021 07:00
  
  Office-based sexual harassment has shifted to video calls and chats. Not enough is being done to prevent it
  
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• Cricket is having its Moneyball moment

  01-07-2021 07:00
  
  When Twenty20 launched, the game of cricket changed forever. Now a team of data evangelists are taking the sport to the next level
  
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• Didi: Chinese ride-hailing giant makes $68bn US debut

  01-07-2021 06:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is the biggest US stock market listing by a Chinese company since Alibaba's debut in 2014.
  
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• Pets can catch Covid from owners, study suggests

  01-07-2021 02:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Pet owners with Covid could infect about 20% of cats and dogs, although most symptoms are mild.
  
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• How a US teen developed an app to help his sister talk

  01-07-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sixteen-year-old Archer Calder developed an app to help his nonverbal sister Della communicate.
  
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• Former NASA 'naut and Shuttle boss weigh in on fixing Hubble

  01-07-2021 00:43 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're still keeping everything crossed that the engineers extract a rabbit from a hat once again The outlook continues to look a little bleak for NASA's veteran Hubble telescope as a former astronaut and a Space Shuttle manager weighed in on repair options and the possibility of a fix.…
  
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• Former NASA astronaut and Shuttle boss weigh in on fixing Hubble Space Telescope

  01-07-2021 00:43 via go.theregister.com
  
  We're still keeping everything crossed that the engineers extract a rabbit from a hat once again Updated  The outlook continues to look a little bleak for NASA's veteran Hubble telescope as a former astronaut and a Space Shuttle manager weighed in on repair options and the possibility of a fix.…
  
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