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• Watchdog DENIES Blue Origin's protest against NASA for choosing SpaceX to build lunar lander

  30-07-2021 23:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Government Accountability Office denied Blue Origin's protest against NASA's decision to award only SpaceX with alunar lander contract for the 2024 Artemis mission.
  
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• Giant sixgill shark filmed off the coast of County Clare

  30-07-2021 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 13-foot-long 'prehistoric looking' shark was discovered off County Clare on the west coast, where they can be found in relatively shallow water - at about 200 feet.
  
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• Elon Musk shares incredible image of the fuel lines in SpaceX's Super Heavy Booster

  30-07-2021 22:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk shared an image of the fuel lines inside SpaceX's Raptor engine. The maze of pipes look similar to Star Wars' Sarlacc - a beast buried in the sand, with only a mouth full of teeth visible.
  
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• Cicada killer wasps - which look scarily similar to 2020's murder hornets - emerge in the US

  30-07-2021 22:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cicada killer wasp grow up to two inches long and are either black or brown, with colorful yellow markings on several segments of their abdomen - which look very similar to the Asian hornet.
  
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• Elon Musk demanded to be made Apple CEO during 2016 phone call with Tim Cook, book claims

  30-07-2021 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wall Street Journal reporter Tim Higgins adapted a section of his upcoming book Power Play: Tesla, Elon Musk and the Bet of the Century for the newspaper on Friday.
  
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• Climate change is forcing sharks north as unprecedented numbers spotted off New York coast 

  30-07-2021 22:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharks that normally swim in warmer waters have trekked north due to climate change, officials have warned, including the blacktip reef shark, which usually swims in Caribbean waters.
  
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• Sitting for too long can have adverse effects on mental health, study warns 

  30-07-2021 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During the first coronavirus lockdown many people spent more than eight hours a day sitting, either because of working from home or while on furlough, University of Huddersfield researchers found.
  
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• Two 'very red' rocks in the asteroid belt may have come from beyond Neptune

  30-07-2021 19:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Two asteroids are redder than anything observed in the asteroid belt until now - which suggests they originated from beyond Neptune, report a team led by JAXA space agency in Tokyo, Japan.
  
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• Saturn will reach its closest point to Earth on Monday and be visible in the night sky

  30-07-2021 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Royal Astronomical Society's Dr Robert Massey told MailOnline it should be 'pretty easy' to spot Saturn because it will appear in a 'fairly empty part of the sky' for all stargazers across the UK.
  
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• Scientists eradicate malaria-transmitting mosquitos using genetic engineering

  30-07-2021 18:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have successfully used CRISPR gene-editing technology for the first time in a natural-like setting to make female mosquitoes infertile.
  
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• Psychology: Keeping former partners on the 'back burner' causes negative feelings, study finds

  30-07-2021 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly 400 adults in long-term relationships were surveyed by researchers led from the University of Oklahoma - revealing that more than half were keeping someone else 'in spare'.
  
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• Technocracy News & Trends Is Banned On Twitter! Switch To Telegram Now!

  30-07-2021 17:48 via technocracy.news
  
  Twitter’s Technocrat juggernaut AI has finally nailed Technocracy News & Trends as a formidable adversary of Technocracy’s coup d’etat, summarily terminating access to the platform.I will not bother to appeal, but will rather abandon the platform altogether.
  You can now follow TN on our Telegram account. Just go to your account (if you already have one) and search for the word “technocracy” and look for Technocracy News & Trends with my picture.
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• More than half of the white-tailed deer in Michigan have been infected with coronavirus

  30-07-2021 17:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials collected samples from 481 deer in Illinois, Michigan, New York and Pennsylvania and found 60% of the samples from Michigan had antibodies for SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
  
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• The best wireless headphones for audio without aggravation

  30-07-2021 17:18
  
  WIRED Recommends the best wireless headphones, in-ears and Bluetooth earbuds you can buy - for any budget - from Sony, Jabra and more
  
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• The best 4K TVs for gaming, movies and more in 2021

  30-07-2021 17:08
  
  Which TV should you buy in 2021? WIRED Recommends the best 4K TVs in all manner of sizes, specs and smarts
  
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• UK military opens first space command centre

  30-07-2021 17:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new operations centre will help the UK maintain a "battle-winning advantage", ministers say.
  
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• Ask Allan: “My Employer Wants Me To Get The Vaccine! What Do I Do?”

  30-07-2021 17:06 via technocracy.news
  
  There are millions of employees who will be bullied into taking the unapproved gene therapy shots, many to their own harm and injury. This article provides some useful thoughts on how to prepare and respond. It is also necessary to count the potential cost of resistance; if you meekly comply, then you are complicit in ushering in tyranny and your freedoms are lost. ⁃ TN EditorDear Allan, 
  Just received the below email from my CEO this morning. So, it looks like the county now is forci
  
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• Apollo 11 part that let Armstrong, Aldrin return safely from lunar surface may still orbit the moon

  30-07-2021 16:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ascent stage of the Apollo 11 'Eagle' Lunar Module may still orbit the moon, according to a new study, which suggests it could orbit at roughly 100 kilometers, the same distance it was left at.
  
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• Unraveling The Great Reset And The Irrational Global War On Carbon

  30-07-2021 16:34 via technocracy.news
  
  People should not forget that they are carbon-based units and that a war on carbon is essentially a war against them. Nevertheless, the global elite represented by the WEF, central banks, NGOs, foundations and Blackrock are shoving their policies of Technocracy down our throat. ⁃ TN EditorThe World Economic Forum’s (WEF) Great Reset has been sold to the public as an opportunity to build a sustainable, carbon neutral future. The ubiquitous sound bite of build back better, or 
  
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• Facebook, Google expect jabs for office return

  30-07-2021 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech companies will require vaccination for returning in-office employees as Covid-19 cases rise in US
  
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• Space: Porsche invests $75 million in a German rocket start-up

  30-07-2021 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Ottobrunn-based rocket firm - Isar Aerospace - develops and manages launch vehicles designed to transport satellites into orbit around the Earth.
  
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• Scientific Authoritarianism Erodes Private Property And Human Liberty

  30-07-2021 15:41 via technocracy.news
  
  This is a global view of from a professor of economics that notes the importance of private property rights and their rapid erosion as scientific authoritarianism takes over nation after nation. This is Technocracy, which is based on Scientism and increasingly written about around the world. ⁃ TN Editor“A fundamental difference between modern dictatorships and all other tyrannies of the past is that terror is no longer used as a means to exterminate and frighten opponents but as an i
  
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• 48 of the best Netflix series to binge watch right now

  30-07-2021 15:26
  
  Struggling with what to watch on Netflix tonight? Look no further than the WIRED guide to the best Netflix TV shows in 2021. Updated weekly
  
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• Google will BAN 'sugar daddy' apps from September 1 in new sexual content restrictions

  30-07-2021 15:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google is banning sugar daddy apps following feedback from governments and user advocacy groups concerned with safety, the Menlo Park, California-based tech giant said.
  
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• Polar bears are exposed to TOXIC 'forever' chemicals as they are released from melting Arctic ice

  30-07-2021 14:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The synthetic substances are released into the atmosphere by manufacturing sites and carried by the wind from the UK and other highly-populated areas to the Arctic.
  
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• Wages: Lesbians earn MORE but gay and bisexual men earn LESS than their straight counterparts 

  30-07-2021 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A series of past studies into salary discrepancies was reviewed by economist Nick Drydakis of the Anglia Ruskin University.
  
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• Britons are now suffering FOWO because of Covid, gym says

  30-07-2021 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fitness First says that Covid ruined many people's exercise regimes, with nearly half (45 per cent) of those polled saying they are still stuck in 'fitness doldrums'.
  
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• Untethered bi-pedal robot runs 5km and other tech news

  30-07-2021 10:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Jen Copestake looks at some of the best technology news stories of the week.
  
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• Scarlett Johansson sues Disney over streaming of Black Widow

  30-07-2021 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The star says box office takings for Black Widow were hit when it was streamed at the same time.
  
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• Your immune system is not ready for the office

  30-07-2021 07:00
  
  Stuffy, cramped offices and poor sick leave policies mean that workers could be about to experience a wave of post-lockdown colds
  
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• You need a skincare fridge in your life. No, really

  30-07-2021 07:00
  
  You need to be keeping your cosmetics cool and fresh with a skincare fridge. Here’s why
  
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• How many people really have long Covid?

  30-07-2021 07:00
  
  Pinning down the true number of people suffering from long Covid is an important task. It’s also proving impossible
  
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• Russian module mishap destabilises International Space Station

  30-07-2021 06:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The ISS was pushed out of position after engines on a new Russian module unexpectedly fired up.
  
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• Didi: Chinese ride-hailing giant denies plans to go private

  30-07-2021 05:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Didi shares surged by almost 50% in pre-market trade after a report that it planned to go private.
  
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• International Space Station stabilizes after just-docked Russian module suddenly fires thrusters

  30-07-2021 02:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Crew not in danger, NASA insists The International Space Station tilted 45 degrees today after Nauka, a just-docked Russian module, suddenly and unexpectedly fired its thrusters.…
  
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• The fungus and bacteria tackling plastic waste

  30-07-2021 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Bacteria, fungus and enzymes can all digest plastic, but can they work at a useful commercial scale?
  
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• A US company has turned a former coal plant into a gas-fired Bitcoin mine

  30-07-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Environmentalists have criticised the gas-fired mine but the company says it offsets its emissions.
  
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