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• Boffins decide what world really needs is indestructible robot cockroaches

  06-07-2021 18:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's fine: they'll just be used for searching disaster sites, checking structures, spying on people If there is one thing the world doesn't need, more cockroaches would surely be it.…
  
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• Seven Viking tombs discovered in a 'Christian-looking burial' in Sweden

  06-07-2021 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The graves in the Swedish town of Sigtuna, just north of Stockholm, contain remains of both children and adults and have marks of Christian burials.
  
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• Planting 20% more trees throughout Europe could help climate change, boost summer rainfall nearly 8%

  06-07-2021 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Planting 20 percent more trees throughout Europe could help stave off the effects of climate change, with rainfall patterns also rising by an average of 7.6 percent in the summer, according to a new study.
  
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• Alvarezsaur dinosaurs rapidly SHRANK to the size of chickens 95 million years ago

  06-07-2021 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Measuring dozens of specimens of the dinosaur spanning millions of years, allowed Zichuan Qin of the University of Bristol to track its change in size and diet.
  
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• Nintendo Switch OLED Model gets an upgraded screen

  06-07-2021 16:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A larger OLED screen is the main feature, with a host of other small improvements to the device.
  
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• Lapland records its hottest day since 1914 

  06-07-2021 14:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kevo, a protected nature reserve near to the border with Norway, reached highs of 92.3°F (33.5°C) on Sunday -the second highest temperature in Lapland since records began.
  
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• British Airways data-breach compensation claim settled

  06-07-2021 13:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of people are to receive compensation over a 2018 data breach at British Airways.
  
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• Audio editor Audacity denies spyware accusation

  06-07-2021 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An update to the privacy policy of the free software, used by 100 million people, has caused alarm.
  
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• Meat from gene-edited 'super pigs' could hit British supermarket shelves within five years

  06-07-2021 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pigs that are resistant to a respiratory disease affecting livestock worldwide will be produced by University of Edinburgh's Roslin Institute and genetics company Genus.
  
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• ‘There were no avatars like me so we made a game’

  06-07-2021 13:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lack of black characters led graphic designer Yvonne and daughter Alyssa to create a videogame.
  
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• NASA telescope spots mysterious 'free-floating' planets

  06-07-2021 12:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A mysterious population of 'free-floating' planets may be alone in deep space, unbound to any host star, according to University of Manchester researchers.
  
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• 'Supra-massive' population of more than 100 black holes found

  06-07-2021 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Palomar 5 has three times as many black holes as would normally be expected for a cluster of its size, say experts from the University of Barcelona.
  
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• Genealogy: Historians trace da Vinci's descendants and find 14 living male relations

  06-07-2021 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Historians Alessandro Vezzosi and Agnese Sabato have spent a decade delving through records to piece together the male line of the da Vinci family.
  
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• Climate change is causing dragonflies to lose their 'bling'

  06-07-2021 10:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Many species of dragonfly have dark patches on their wings, which they use to attract potential mates and intimidate rivals, according to the team from Washington University in St Louis.
  
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• Influencers react to Norway photo edit law: 'Welcome honesty' or a 'shortcut'?

  06-07-2021 09:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The rule on clearly labelling posts is part of an effort to "reduce body pressure" on young people.
  
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• Hong Kong defends privacy law after Big Tech raises concerns

  06-07-2021 07:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An industry body has warned that tech companies could stop offering services if the new law goes ahead.
  
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• This is Europe’s plan to crush China’s battery power

  06-07-2021 07:00
  
  With a gigafactory under construction and new R&D deals signed, Northvolt could help Europe gain an edge, and create the battery of the future
  
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• They were competitive eaters. Then they fell in love

  06-07-2021 07:00
  
  Randy Santel and Katina DeJarnett are in love: with each other, and with eating 10lbs of pizza in under an hour
  
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• Missouri Hospital CEO Says Vaccine Opponents Should ‘Shut Up’

  06-07-2021 04:41 via technocracy.news
  
  When Technocrat health officials run out of arguments to persuade citizens to take the experimental gene therapy injections, they resort to bully tactics and Ad hominem attacks. Vaccine critics are simply told to “Shut up!” as they are smeared as “deep vaccine resistance” that let the Delta variant into the state. ⁃ TN EditorOne Missouri hospital official is telling anyone making disparaging remarks about the COVID-19 vaccine to “Shut up” as state o
  
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• Compulsory Injections: Governments, Employers Are Coming After Anti-Vaxxers

  06-07-2021 04:10 via technocracy.news
  
  The iron teeth of compulsory injections are crushing resistance all around the world. Remember that these are still experimental gene therapy injections and not approved by any government health authority. The global Technocrats and Transhumanists who are pushing this agenda have no ethical boundaries to constrain their actions. ⁃ TN EditorA growing number of countries and territories around the world are forcing people, often in specific sectors, to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
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• UK Post-Vaccinated COVID Death Rate Surpasses Non-Vaccinated COVID Deaths

  06-07-2021 03:47 via technocracy.news
  
  But, the authors claim, “Don’t think of this as a bad sign, it’s exactly what’s expected from an effective but imperfect jab.”  What gaslighting. The experimental gene therapy injection is acknowledged as imperfect but nevertheless effective even it people die from COVID after receiving the shot? This is insanity. ⁃ TN Editor
  A MailOnline headline on 13June read: “Study shows 29% of the 42 people who have died after catching the new strain
  
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• Archaeologists find 17 entirely new species in undersea 'nursery' buried 518 million years ago 

  06-07-2021 03:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paleontologists in south China have uncovered what they're calling a 'paleonursery,' with thousands of juvenile specimens dating to the Cambrian age, some 518 million years ago.
  
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• What next for the NHS Covid-19 contact tracing app?

  06-07-2021 01:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some businesses are complaining that the app for England and Wales is issuing too many alerts.
  
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• How to get a lucrative job in cybersecurity

  06-07-2021 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There's a serious shortage of IT security workers, so recruiters are fishing in a bigger pool.
  
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• Bafta-nominated young game designers take on real-world issues

  06-07-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bafta's nominees for Young Game Designer of the year tackle important issues for a new generation.
  
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• Climate change: The craft brewery using algae to cut emissions

  06-07-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An Australian craft brewery is using microalgae to turn their carbon emissions into oxygen.
  
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• London air pollution turned into art to raise awareness

  06-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Marina Vitaglione used a traditional photographic process to create striking images of air pollution in London.
  
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• Is busking on TikTok the future?

  06-07-2021 00:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Liv Harland live streams herself on TikTok and says she makes a lot more online than on the street.
  
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• Geology: Ancient diamonds reveal Earth was ready for life's 'explosion' 2.7 BILLION years ago 

  06-07-2021 00:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The atmosphere during the 'Neoarchean' period had a similar volatile makeup as today, researchers from the University of Lorraine, France, showed.
  
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