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• Bezos' $2bn offer to get back in race to the Moon

  26-07-2021 22:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire offers to pay $2bn in Nasa costs to be reconsidered for a key Moon lander contract.
  
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• Stained glass windows of Christ's ancestors in Canterbury Cathedral may be among the world's oldest

  26-07-2021 21:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Analysis of radiation from stained-glass windows at Canterbury Cathedral suggest the panes date to between 1130 and 1160, at least a decade before Archbishop Thomas Becket's murder there.
  
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• Experts discover 100M year-old weevil that used its trunk as a weapon while trying to find a mate 

  26-07-2021 21:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have a 100-million-year-old weevil with a 'monstrous trunk' that took up nearly half of its body, encased in amber excavated in Myanmar's Hukawng Valley.
  
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• COP26 climate summit president says progress made, but not enough

  26-07-2021 20:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first in-person climate meeting in 18 months sees tentative progress, but not enough.
  
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• Extreme weather: What causes flash flooding?

  26-07-2021 18:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cities across the world are at risk of extreme rainfall overwhelming their streets
  
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• Nature: Four-legged animals can reach much higher running speeds than humans because they can gallop

  26-07-2021 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A model that can predict a a creature's maximum possible running speed based on body structure has been developed by researchers led from the universities of Cologne and Stuttgart.
  
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• Global Resistance By Anti-Lockdown Protestors Explodes As Technocrats Fight Back

  26-07-2021 18:06 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s so-called “Science of Social Engineering” isn’t going according to plan as massive protests around the world disrupt the expected orderly response. As a result, Technocrats are applying physical pressure to crush resistance, such as water cannons, rubber bullets, tear gas and financial fines. ⁃ TN EditorHundreds of fines have been issued and dozens charged in Sydney after anti-lockdown protesters marched and clashed with police in what one deputy commi
  
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• SpaceX awarded a $178M contract for NASA's mission to Jupiter's moon

  26-07-2021 17:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The contract marks NASA's latest vote of confidence in Elon Musk's Hawthorne, California-based company.
  
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• Archaeologists find 2,200 year-old shipwreck in underwater city in Egypt 

  26-07-2021 17:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have found an ancient shipwreck and funeral remains in the Mediterranean underneath the ancient Egyptian city of Heracleion, off its north coast.
  
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• Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, scientists say

  26-07-2021 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Improving air quality reduces dementia risk, according to Chicago-based non-profit Alzheimer's Association.
  
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• Two rare white orcas are spotted off the coast of Japan

  26-07-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Whale-watchers off the coast of Japan's northern island of Hokkaido were stunned to spot two rare white orcas swimming together as part of the same pod at the weekend.
  
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• Boris Johnson’s Transformation From ‘Conservative’ Libertarian To Technocrat Tyrant

  26-07-2021 17:12 via technocracy.news
  
  If COVID lockdowns were not bad enough, Chinese-style social credit scoring is establishing itself in Britain as Boris Johnson seeks to control food consumption and exercise regimens. Technocrats in Britain have totally betrayed the Brexit movement by imposing an even worse dictatorship on their own people than the EU could have ever done. ⁃ TN EditorPrime Minister Boris Johnson is set to launch a communist China-style social credit score app that will reward families based on government-a
  
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• Climate change: Deadly week-long heatwaves will be up to SEVEN times more likely by 2050

  26-07-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The frequency of extreme temperature episodes under various future emission scenarios were modelled by researchers led from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology.
  
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• How Geospatial-Based Tech Catalyzes Smart Cities In India

  26-07-2021 16:55 via technocracy.news
  
  Geospatial technology is like Google Maps on steroids, detailing all features of buildings and infrastructure in cities, and then overlaying that with the tracking of people as they move about that infrastructure. Such ubiquitous tracking leads to digital slavery and total control over the entire system. ⁃ TN EditorGeospatial technology is being used extensively in many development programs in India, such as Digital India, Smart Cities, and Clean Ganga Mission, etc. GIS serv
  
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• Over-60s with only virtual contact 'more lonely'

  26-07-2021 16:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK-US research finds old people who used only telephone and online communication were more lonely.
  
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• Canterbury Cathedral stained glass is among world's oldest

  26-07-2021 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research indicates that stained glass windows from Canterbury Cathedral may be among the oldest in the world.
  
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• Vineyards set to go high tech with smart systems

  26-07-2021 15:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Changing climate conditions and water shortages see some Australian wine growers turn to technology.
  
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• Covid cases in Reno rose after a heavy layer of wildfire smoke settled over the city last year 

  26-07-2021 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to a study, COVID-19 cases rose by nearly 18% last year in Reno, Nev., after a heavy layer of wildfire smoke settled over the city between August and October.
  
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• Amazon Bitcoin job ad boosts cryptocurrency surge

  26-07-2021 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  News Amazon is hiring a digital-currency expert has helped boost the value of Bitcoin.
  
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• Health: Obese mums 60% more likely to have children who develop mental health conditions as adults

  26-07-2021 14:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The relationship between maternal weight and offspring mental health was assessed among 68,571 births in Aberdeen from 1950-1999 by experts led from the University of Helsinki.
  
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• NASA's Mars helicopter completes its 10th flight on the Red Planet

  26-07-2021 12:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA 's Ingenuity helicopter reached a height of 40 feet (12 metres) over a region on the Red Planet called Raised Ridges.
  
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• Older adults who had more virtual contact during the pandemic were LONELIER

  26-07-2021 12:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over-60s who had more virtual contact during the pandemic experienced greater loneliness than those who shunned video chats, according to researchers from Lancaster University.
  
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• Cats are more susceptible to coronavirus infection than dogs

  26-07-2021 10:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Minnesota looked at the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 - the virus that causes Covid-19 - in the two most popular pets, dogs and cats.
  
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• Shares in Chinese online tutoring firms slump after shake-up

  26-07-2021 10:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is one of the biggest ever overhauls of China's $120bn private tutoring industry.
  
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• Russia's Pirs ISS module scheduled to fall away, much like Moscow's interest in the space station

  26-07-2021 09:54 via go.theregister.com
  
  Troubled Nauka might actually make it after four orbit corrections – since we left work Friday. Russia's space agency spent the weekend trying to get one module to the International Space Station and deciding to ditch another.…
  
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• Startups are scrambling to fix the social care system

  26-07-2021 07:00
  
  The UK is ageing, but its social care is not up to snuff. Can technology help?
  
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• How to fix your cursed commute

  26-07-2021 07:00
  
  Data shows we can avoid crowds and save money by switching up our route to work. Post-lockdown, this could become the norm
  
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• Tencent shares slide after Beijing crackdown on music rights

  26-07-2021 06:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  China's market watchdog said the technology giant broke the country's anti-competition rules.
  
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• Climate change: Researchers begin discussions on vital report

  26-07-2021 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A two-week virtual negotiation begins on the most critical climate change report since 2013.
  
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• The new surgical tool inspired by a wasp

  26-07-2021 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The device avoids clogging by using friction instead of suction, similar to the way a parasitoid wasp lays its eggs.
  
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• Why remote working leaves us vulnerable to cyber-attacks

  26-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts warn working from home has led to complacency over security protocols
  
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