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• Glass octopus which has transparent skin and visible organs caught on camera in the Pacific Ocean 

  09-07-2021 23:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare glass octopus, which has internal organs visible to the naked eye, was spotted twice by researchers exploring an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean.
  
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• Rare 1987 copy of Legend of Zelda sells for $870,000, becomes most expensive video game ever after

  09-07-2021 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The sale, made by Dallas-based Heritage Auctions, is the most ever spent at auction on a video game. It's a rare early edition of Zelda that has a round seal of quality compared to the oval one used later.
  
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• NHS Covid app settings changing to send fewer alerts

  09-07-2021 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alterations to take place amid fears that millions would be asked to isolate as people mixed more.
  
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• You can own shares in a rare unopened iPod from 2001 as collectibles go mainstream

  09-07-2021 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rare Apple iPod from December 2001 is being offered for sale on collectibles app, asRally Rd. offers the 1st-generation device for for an initial offering price of $25,000.
  
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• Giant predatory ancient insects pioneered mobile comms 310,000,000 years ago

  09-07-2021 22:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Late Carboniferous period critters used wings to reflect light and make sound Scientists have discovered fossilised insect wings which suggest the flying creatures they belong to may have been communicating 310 million years ago – 50 million years before the first known insect comms.…
  
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• Fish brains grow when they have to think harder and shrink when in less challenging environments

  09-07-2021 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biologists at the University of Guelph in Canada say fish have 'elastic' brains that grow larger when they're faced with complicated environments and then shrink down when the challenge is over.
  
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• Mystery over Jupiter's aurora is finally solved in new study

  09-07-2021 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have observed Jupiter producing an X-ray aurora for four decades, but until now didn't know how this happened, according to academics from University College London.
  
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• China's space agency releases five new images from Mars

  09-07-2021 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The China National Space Administration released 5 new images of Mars taken by its Zhurong rover on Friday, including several that show tire tracks left by the rover.
  
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• Wanna feel old? It is 10 years since the Space Shuttle left the launchpad for the last time

  09-07-2021 19:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  In celebration of STS-135 and the final launch of Atlantis It is now more than 10 years since a Space Shuttle last launched from Kennedy Space Center, marking the end of the reusable orbiter era.…
  
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• Microsoft pays staff $1,500 for work in pandemic

  09-07-2021 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech firm says the payment is a symbol of appreciation for what has been a challenging year.
  
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• Thousands of medieval Islamic tombs were arranged in clusters 'little like galaxies'

  09-07-2021 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in east Sudan have determined that thousands of tombs constructed over millennia were laid out in a galaxy-like pattern, with sacred 'parent' tombs anchoring subclusters of burials.
  
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• Are lots of people deleting the NHS Covid app?

  09-07-2021 17:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are people using the government's Covid app or are they deleting it?
  
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• Planets that have a tilt like Earth could be more likely to host life, NASA study says 

  09-07-2021 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exoplanets that have a modest tilt of their axis like Earth are more likely to have complex life and could have an oxygenated atmosphere, a new study says.
  
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• British hedgehogs need greater legal protection, MP warns 

  09-07-2021 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hedgehogs need legal protection from members of the public who snatch themfrom the bottom of gardens and 'sell them on for £300 a pop', argues Matthew Vickers, MP for Stockton South.
  
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• Health: Castration could help men to live LONGER, sheep study suggests

  09-07-2021 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is well known that women live longer than men - and the findings from University of Otago experts shine a light on the role of male hormones in this phenomenon.
  
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• Trillions of baby cicadas to fall from trees as Brood X eggs hatch, but they'll be almost invisible

  09-07-2021 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With the Brood X cicadas done mating and dying, a new generation of trillions of cicadas will soon hatch and 'rain' down from the trees. Unlike adults, these young cicadas are whisper quiet.
  
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• Men with deeper voices are worse at communicating with a partner and forming attachments

  09-07-2021 15:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Those with a 'more masculine' voice found it harder to develop strong attachments in a relationship, say experts from Sichuan Normal University in Chengdu, China.
  
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• Dating app Hinge will give out free 'premium likes' if England wins the Euro 2020 final on Sunday

  09-07-2021 15:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dating app Hinge has announced that it will be giving out free Roses - its name for 'premium likes' - if England wins this weekend.
  
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• 3D police line-ups could improve eyewitness accuracy, study finds 

  09-07-2021 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The software, developed and tested at the University of Birmingham's School of Psychology, allows witnesses to rotate and view line-up faces from different angles.
  
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• Pollution-eating car shown off at Goodwood Festival

  09-07-2021 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The car looks radically different but critics are not convinced it can really help the environment.
  
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• Winchcombe meteorite has its classification formally accepted

  09-07-2021 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The space rock fell to Earth in a fireball seen from across the UK, eventually landing in the Cotwold town of Winchcombe back in February.
  
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• Geology: Early Earth was bombarded by a series of CITY-sized asteroids every 15 million years

  09-07-2021 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This means that the onslaught may have been some ten times more intense than was previously estimated, experts from the Southwest Research Institute have reported.
  
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• NHS Covid app may change as rules change, Grant Shapps says

  09-07-2021 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The transport secretary says the app's sensitivity may need to be reduced as restrictions change.
  
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• Richard Branson goes to space with Virgin Galactic this SUNDAY

  09-07-2021 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Branson will travel to space on VSS Unity on Sunday July 11, with a live stream of the event starting at 14:00 BST (09:00 ET) from Spaceport America in New Mexico.
  
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• How LEGO perfected the recycled plastic brick

  09-07-2021 10:20
  
  After 72 years and billions of interlocking polymer toy bricks, at last the company has an eco alternative
  
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• Yes, you should keep wearing a face mask

  09-07-2021 07:00
  
  The mask mandate will be lifted in England on July 19. You should still mask up
  
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• Why can’t I stop watching food videos while I eat?

  09-07-2021 07:00
  
  Vicarious eating has grown during the pandemic. It taps into our brain’s hunger for energy-dense foods, and our desire for human connection
  
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• What Will You Do When The Feds Come Knocking?

  09-07-2021 03:13 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats, who always expect predictable and uniform outcomes, are shocked that so many citizens are refusing the experimental and unauthorized gene therapy shots. So now, they have coopted government to come knocking on your door to intimidate and bully you into compliance. Get ready to respond BEFORE them come knocking. ⁃ TN EditorJoe Biden announced this week he has commissioned “surge response teams” from the federal government to enter communities and neighborhoods with
  
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• Legal challenge over ministers' private email use

  09-07-2021 02:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Current official guidance on the use of email and messaging leaves an "accountability gap", campaigners say.
  
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• Big Media Talking Points: Mask Mandates To Return By Fall 2021

  09-07-2021 02:29 via technocracy.news
  
  The talking points have been released to Big Media as several have stated that mask mandates will surely return because of the delta variant of COVID-19. The un-vaxxed are positioned as the enemy and cause of ‘two Americas’ that are emerging. America needs to run these carpetbaggers out of town. ⁃ TN Editor
  As the highly transmissible delta Covid variant continues to spread rapidly across the United States and elsewhere around the world, scientists and other health experts are
  
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• China’s Killer Underwater Drone Can Track, Blast Subs With No Human Input

  09-07-2021 02:09 via technocracy.news
  
  TN has long tracked Technocrat efforts to create autonomous agents of destruction via killer robots and drones, and a new arms race is clearly underway. This is bad news for China’s enemies who deploy nuclear submarines. ⁃ TN EditorChina has revealed it is developing a top secret underwater drone designed to track and destroy enemy submarines with no human input.
  The unmanned attack robot was first test fired in the Taiwan Strait a decade ago but its existence was not made public unt
  
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• Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi sued in US as shares slide

  09-07-2021 01:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The lawsuits come after a crackdown by Beijing triggered a slump in its share price of more than 20%.
  
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• Tired of working from home? Put the office on wheels

  09-07-2021 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How digital nomads get state-of-the-art connectivity while working on the road
  
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• Quadriplegic driver makes Goodwood Festival racing debut

  09-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Former IndyCar driver Sam Schmidt was paralysed from the shoulders down in a racing accident in 2000.
  
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• 11-year-old graduate announces plans to achieve immortality by 'replacing body parts with mechanical parts'

  09-07-2021 00:41 via go.theregister.com
  
  Walking sci-fi horror movie plot wants to look inside boffin brains to find way to help ailing grandparents Eleven-year-old Laurent Simons has become the second-youngest college graduate in history after obtaining a bachelor's degree in physics from the University of Antwerp.…
  
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• Air Force reveals new pictures of classified $600 million B-21 Raider stealth bomber

  09-07-2021 00:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force unveiled a new artist rendering image of its B-21 Raider stealth bomber that shows the Northrop Grumman built plane with a sleeker profile than the B-2 Spirit.
  
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