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• US wants giant radar in UK to track space objects

  16-07-2021 23:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes amid growing concern about congestion, competition and even an arms race in space.
  
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• NASA fixes Hubble Space Telescope using backup power supply unit, payload computer

  16-07-2021 23:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hardware gremlins plagued orbiting observatory for over a month NASA’s beloved Hubble Space Telescope is able to snap the heavens again after overcoming a hardware issue that had plagued it for more than a month.…
  
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• NASA's Curiosity rover may have accidentally landed near an active source of methane on Mars

  16-07-2021 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists believe they have located the source of methane on MarsIt's roughly a 'few dozen miles' from where NASA's Curiosity rover isThe methane could be coming from the northwestern Gale craterCuriosity landed inside Gale Crater in August 2012 at Bradbury LandingThe rover first measured a 'strong signal' of methane June 15 2013On Earth, methane has a detectable life span of 330 years and then it's completely destroyed
  
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• Statins may cut the risk of dying from Covid-19, study finds

  16-07-2021 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Individuals taking cholesterol-lowering drugs, known as statins, prior to hospitalisation for Covid were significantly less likely to die, report experts in San Diego.
  
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• London's expanded ultra low emission zone in London will help 130,000 asthmatics

  16-07-2021 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  About 200,000 people with asthma live within the boundaries of the expanded zone, compared to just 8,600 living in the current central London area.
  
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• NASA successfully performs 'very risky' maneuver to switch the Hubble to backup computer

  16-07-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA said on Friday that it successfully switched the Hubble Space Telescope to its backup computer, which could allow the telescope to resume full operations soon.
  
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• Memoji: Apple launches new customisations - including outfits, eye colours and hats

  16-07-2021 16:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new Memoji options are due to make their official debut with the release of iOS 15 in the Autumn of this year, but can be seen now in the system's public beta preview .
  
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• New WhatsApp feature enables users send messages from a computer without a phone

  16-07-2021 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The feature lets WhatsApp users send messages on PC (either Mac or Windows) if their phone is switched off. WhatsApp is owned by Menlo Park, California-based tech giant Facebook.
  
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• Roman fort and treasure trove of artefacts are uncovered in Yorkshire

  16-07-2021 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 62,000 objects have been recovered from the town as part of the £400 million Highways England upgrade of the A1 Leeming to Barton road.
  
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• AI narration of chef Anthony Bourdain's voice sparks row

  16-07-2021 15:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A recreation of the late celebrity cook's voice is used in a film about his life.
  
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• Emoji set to be coming to your smartphone in 2022 include a biting lip and a pregnant man

  16-07-2021 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emojipedia, which is part of the Mountain View, California-based Unicode Consortium, the central bank of all approved emoji, has revealed draft candidates for the next emoji release, Emoji 14.0.
  
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• Valve reveals handheld Steam Deck PC games console

  16-07-2021 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gaming giant Valve has produced a handheld console that can play popular PC games.
  
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• Astronomers capture stunning images of nearby galaxies looking like cosmic fireworks

  16-07-2021 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Observations were obtained with the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope and the the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) in Chile.
  
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• Health: Switching to a soy-rich vegan diet causes an 84 per cent drop in menopausal hot flushes

  16-07-2021 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Of the women who followed the soy-rich diet in their study, 59 per cent saw moderate-to-severe hot flushes gone within 12 weeks, researchers from the George Washington University reported.
  
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• Robot helps people get dressed and other tech news

  16-07-2021 13:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Romana Kreider looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• Climate change: Science failed to predict flood and heat intensity

  16-07-2021 13:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists want a super-computer powerful enough to accurately project the most damaging extremes.
  
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• Japan SMASHES the record for data transmission speed

  16-07-2021 13:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technology works with existing infrastructure so can be easily upgraded, say experts from Japan's National Institute of Information and Communications (NICT) in Tokyo confirmed.
  
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• Here's the emoji set to be coming to your smartphone in 2022 

  16-07-2021 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Emojipedia, which is part of the Mountain View, California-based Unicode Consortium, the central bank of all approved emoji, has revealed draft candidates for the next emoji release, Emoji 14.0.
  
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• Microsoft's paperclip mascot Clippy is coming back as an emoji

  16-07-2021 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The much-hated digital helper is returning to Microsoft Office - but only as an emoji, not an annoying assistant, the Redmond, Washington-based tech giant has confirmed.
  
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• Buyer of $28m Blue Origin space ticket has a scheduling conflict – so this teen will go instead

  16-07-2021 08:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  Bezos and his bro on rocket jaunt A Dutch 18-year-old is set to be the youngest person to go into space after securing at the last minute a seat on Blue Origin’s first commercial spaceflight.…
  
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• This machine bakes your food waste. But who is it for?

  16-07-2021 07:00
  
  Food waste is a huge problem. But the Sage FoodCycler takes hours to run, isn’t big enough and is pretty costly too
  
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• Rental clothing is the next big retail boom

  16-07-2021 07:00
  
  Resale and rental retailers have been thriving in the pandemic – and not just because the high street was shuttered
  
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• Rats took over this Pacific island. Now drones are leading the fightback

  16-07-2021 07:00
  
  Rats have colonised remote islands to the detriment of pretty much everything else in the ecosystem, but bait-slinging drones could spell their demise
  
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• Hohmann: Technocrats Are Leading The World Into A New Dark Age

  16-07-2021 05:24 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat promise of a brand new and better world are as hollow as an empty balloon. Their policies are driving the world into a scientific dictatorship and a new era of neo-feudalism that crushes liberty and freedom. The time to reject Technocracy is now! ⁃ TN EditorIf you think the first six months of the Biden-Harris regime has brought head-spinning turns of events, from runaway inflation and open borders to a nationwide propaganda campaign for a specific medical treatment, brace y
  
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• Melbourne In Chaos As Protestors Resist New COVID Lockdowns

  16-07-2021 04:57 via technocracy.news
  
  ⁃ TN Editor [/su_note] Australia is about to go into full lockdown again which will paralyze the economy, drive more small businesses out of existence. Citizens are completely fed up with their authoritarian government, are demanding change and that their Premier Daniel Andrews resign immediately. ⁃ TN Editor [/su_note]
  Hundreds of protestors have stormed Melbourne‘s CBD to rally against the looming five-day lockdown coming into force across Victoria from midnigh
  
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• Technocracy’s Authoritarianism Advances As World Battles Pandemic

  16-07-2021 04:37 via technocracy.news
  
  The race toward global authoritarianism is a manifestation of advances of Technocracy and especially with the pandemic. Democracy is “fragile” because Technocrats are killing it with a thousand cuts. ⁃ TN EditorHere’s some of what happened while the world was distracted by the coronavirus: Hungary banned the public depiction of homosexuality. China shut Hong Kong’s last pro-democracy newspaper. Brazil’s government extolled dictatorship. And Belarus hijacked a
  
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• Finding 'Grace': Murder, DNA and ancestry

  16-07-2021 02:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How a novel use of DNA and ancestry websites is helping police uncover clues in cold case murders.
  
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• How your personal data is being scraped from social media

  16-07-2021 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  As hackers scoop up data from social media sites, should firms be taking better care of your data?
  
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• Formula 1 boss Ross Brawn says hydrogen could be future fuel

  16-07-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hydrogen-powered cars could be the future of Formula 1 according to Ross Brawn, the F1 managing director for motorsports.
  
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