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• The common cold could predate humans and have plagued Neanderthals 700,000 years ago,

  07-07-2021 23:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of virus DNA found in prehistoric teeth suggests human adenovirus C, an infection associated with the common cold, dates back 702,000 years, long before modern humans evolved.
  
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• Chickasaws repurposed artifacts left by de Soto after bloody battle in 16th-century Mississippi

  07-07-2021 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A trove of more than 80 metal objects in Mississippi-including axe heads, and cannonballs-offers rare archaeological evidence of de Soto's expeditions into what would become the southeast United States
  
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• Massive explosion from previously unknown source could explain why ancient star is full of metal  

  07-07-2021 22:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A previously unknown explosion in deep space that occurred nearly 13 billion years ago may be the first evidence of a mysterious type of star, according to a newly published study.
  
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• Scientists find way to measure stress levels of snow leopards in the wild looking at their poop 

  07-07-2021 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists figured out a way how to measure snow leopard stress levels in the wild, analyzing their fecal matter, according to a newly published study from researchers at Kyoto University.
  
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• Dinosaur with razor-sharp claws 'like a Swiss Army knife' roamed Spain 130 million years ago

  07-07-2021 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of a fossilised jawrevealed the disturbing details of this strange creature, called Portellsaurus sosbaynati, say experts from Jaume I University, Valencia.
  
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• Newport Wafer Fab: Chip plant's purchase by Chinese company reviewed

  07-07-2021 20:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson's national security adviser is examining the purchase of Newport Wafer Fab.
  
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• Space: China reveals plan to launch rocket fleet to divert potentially apocalyptic asteroid

  07-07-2021 20:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's target is asteroid Bennu - a 1,614 feet (492 m) -wide spinning-top shaped body whose orbit will bring it within 7.5 million kilometres of Earth's from 2175-2199.
  
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• NASA readies commands to switch on Hubble's back-up hardware

  07-07-2021 19:55 via go.theregister.com
  
  Observatory might be able to spot distant stars, but it can't hear a bunch of engineers holding their breath NASA is preparing to have another crack at restoring the veteran Hubble telescope to service with a multi-day test of procedures to fire up back-up hardware aboard the spacecraft.…
  
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• Trump sues Twitter, Google and Facebook alleging 'censorship'

  07-07-2021 19:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former president's accounts were suspended over safety concerns after the Capitol riots.
  
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• Gates Foundation agrees break-up back-up plan

  07-07-2021 19:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The deal would give Melinda Gates the option to resign and receive "personal resources" for further charity work.
  
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• Mysterious illness blinding and killing thousands of songbirds now reported in nine US states

  07-07-2021 19:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A unknown fatal disease causing eye swelling and neurological symptoms in bluejays, starlings, robins and other songbirds has now been reported in at least nine US states and appears to be spreading.
  
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• Microsoft urges Windows users to install a security update IMMEDIATELY 

  07-07-2021 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All versions of Windows are vulnerable to the security flaw, which has been dubbed 'PrintNightmare', according to the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant.
  
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• North America sets record for the hottest June ever as temps rise 2°F higher than 30-year average

  07-07-2021 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The heatwave that traveled across North America last month resulted in the continent having the hottest June on record, officials said on Wednesday.
  
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• Gene increases your risk of Type 2 diabetes by six-fold, study finds 

  07-07-2021 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Variants in a gene called GIGYF1 can increase the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes six-fold, report researchers at the University of Cambridge.
  
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• SpaceX could send its Starship into orbit as early as August

  07-07-2021 16:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starship requires the booster stage to reach orbit and combined the two reach a whopping 394ft tall, more than twice the size of the Statue of Liberty in New York.
  
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• China's 'midnight patrol' cracks down on young gamers

  07-07-2021 16:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chinese gaming giant Tencent will scan gamers' faces to prevent children playing at night.
  
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• Masculinity: Men like meat because it makes them feel more MANLY, study claims

  07-07-2021 16:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To see if the 'real men eat meat' stereotype plays out in reality, Researchers from the University of of California, Los Angeles polled more than 1,700 US adults about their diet and sense of gender identity.
  
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• NASA Administrator Bill Nelson thinks there is intelligent life in the universe beyond our own

  07-07-2021 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA Administrator Bill Nelson, a former astronaut and US Senator, believes humans will get an indication intelligent life outside of our own exists in the universe.
  
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• Right to repair movement gains power in US and Europe

  07-07-2021 15:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Lawmakers and advocates want to give consumers more choice when it comes to fixing devices.
  
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• U.S. Army Is Preparing For Mandatory COVID Shots For Troops

  07-07-2021 15:00 via technocracy.news
  
  The military/industrial complex is tightly aligned with Big Tech and Big Pharma Technocrats to bring about the WEF’s Great Reset. Soldiers will receive the injections, already knows to cause serious injury to the recipients, up to and including death. ⁃ TN EditorTroops will soon be forced to take unapproved gene therapy shots
  The US Army is preparing to enforce mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for service members from the beginning of September, according to an Army Times repo
  
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• Great Reset: Technocrat Agenda To Steer Global Society Towards Massive Surveillance And Control

  07-07-2021 15:00 via technocracy.news
  
  The WEF’s planned Great Reset is the main column of attack in the battle to implement Technocracy on a global scale. It is a return to frontal assault after 4 decades of “end run around national sovereignty.” Its plans for scientific dictatorship are laid bare by its own actors.
  Note that the author of this article calls it “a technocratic agenda that waited years for a global crisis to exploit” and a “vision of a technocratic Utopia.” Technocracy News &
  
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• Deadly: First-Ever Autonomous AI ‘Search And Destroy’ Drone Swarm Deployed In Combat

  07-07-2021 15:00 via technocracy.news
  
  The global arms race for autonomous killer drones is officially on with the first-use of such weapons systems by Israel. Even 3 years ago, world governments foolishly assured us that such technology would be absolutely off limits. We new better and warned that it was coming soon. That day has now arrived. ⁃ TN EditorIsrael used the first ever drone swarm deployed in battle to hunt down Hamas terrorists, it was reported.
  The drones have no human input but instead link together using artific
  
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• Dogs can 'effortlessly' learn names of their toys, study finds

  07-07-2021 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a sample of 40 dogs, 17 per cent were able to learn the names of their toys after three months of training, report experts at Loránd University in Budapest, Hungary.
  
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• Health: Lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are THINNER than straight people, study finds 

  07-07-2021 14:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings come from the 2011-2018 iterations of the Health Survey for England , which is conducted annually by the National Centre for Social Research and UCL.
  
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• Methane gas on Saturn's moon Enceladus may indicate life, study says

  07-07-2021 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unknown methane-producing process, maybe from microbes, is at work in the hidden ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Enceladus, reveal experts based in Arizona and Paris.
  
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• Australian geoboffins have zoomed in and enhanced CSI-style soil analysis: Bung it in a machine, find the crime scene

  07-07-2021 12:47 via go.theregister.com
  
  New approach could lead to a system for geolocating dirt samples The University of Canberra and Australian Federal Police have detailed a new method for digging up dirt on crims – and it could mean an end to literally digging up dirt on crims.…
  
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• Air pollution can increase the risk of painful PERIODS

  07-07-2021 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Long-term exposure to air pollutants can increase the risk of dysmenorrhea - severe and painful cramps - in women, according to experts from China Medical University in Taiwan.
  
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• We need to kick Big Tech out of the Metaverse

  07-07-2021 10:46
  
  Technology monopolies have conquered the web. As we move to virtual world, we should strive for openness
  
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• People display tell-tale signs of a looming stroke up to 10 YEARS before it happens

  07-07-2021 10:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dutch researchers say stroke patients experience a more rapid mental decline and decreased ability to perform every day tasks, such as banking and cooking.
  
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• Record June temperatures point to more 'extraordinary' extremes

  07-07-2021 09:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  North America experienced its warmest June on record and experts say the figures are frightening.
  
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• Meditation can give children more than an HOUR of extra slumber per night, study finds 

  07-07-2021 09:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Low-income families were recruited to test how lessons in how to relax and manage stress could be used to help with sleep, by scientists from the Stanford University School of Medicine.
  
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• Kepler spots four rogue Earth-mass exoplanets floating in space, unbound to any star

  07-07-2021 08:41 via go.theregister.com
  
  Data from NASA's 'scope may be years old now though discoveries keep on coming Astronomers have discovered four faraway Earth-mass exoplanets that appear to be floating in space all by themselves without a parent star to orbit.…
  
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• Why would anyone want a 16-inch iPad?

  07-07-2021 07:00
  
  With the 12.9in iPad Pro already at the very edge of being manageable, the rumoured supersize iPad Pro Max makes no sense at all
  
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• Europe makes the case to ban biometric surveillance

  07-07-2021 07:00
  
  Companies are racing to track your emotions, how you walk and your voiceprint. Should Europe ban biometric tracking entirely?
  
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• 17th century sled dogs were CANNIBALS, analysis of frozen faeces samples reveals

  07-07-2021 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Proteins from frozen canine faeces samples have been analysed by researchers from the University of York to reveal more about the diets of Arctic sled dogs in the 17th century.
  
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• Why North America's killer heat scares me

  07-07-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It's not the new record temperatures that concern the BBC's Roger Harrabin - it's the way they were smashed.
  
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• Neanderthals may have been spared devastating effects of supervolcano eruption 74,000 years ago

  07-07-2021 00:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient humans were spared from the worst effects of the Toba super volcano, an eruption drastically changed the Earth's climate 74,000 years ago, according to a new study.
  
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• Fossil shark scales provide a glimpse of reef predator populations before human impact

  07-07-2021 00:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The reef shark population has declined nearly three-fold for nearly 7,000 years, due in part to human activities, as well as a loss of habitat and prey, a new study said.
  
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• Nintendo finally unveils its more expensive Switch - it'll be available starting in October 

  07-07-2021 00:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nintendo announced its long-expected Switch (OLED model) on Tuesday. The new console, available on October 8, will be priced at $349.99, $50 more than the base model Switch.
  
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• Trout are addicted to meth in our rivers, study warns

  07-07-2021 00:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Brown trout exposed to methamphetamine had reduced activity and signs of dependence, report experts at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague.
  
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