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• Men who ejaculate at least 21 times a month slash their risk of prostate cancer by A THIRD

  03-08-2021 23:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men who ejaculate at least 21 times a month may be at a decreased risk at contracting prostate cancer, a Harvard study finds. The scientific consensus is not certain on the issue, though.
  
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• Smelly deodorants and sun blocks are responsible for causing the majority of smog in New York City

  03-08-2021 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fragrant personal care products, like deodorant and sun block, include evaporative ingredients that come from fossil fuels, and are responsible for a large amount of smog in New York City.
  
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• 'Problematic' polar bear in Greenland may be shot dead after it endangered several people recently

  03-08-2021 23:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bear bit the hand the filmmaker after it stuck its head inside a research station in Greenland in search of food.The person was evacuated to Akureyri, Iceland, to treat his injuries.
  
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• Timelapse shows construction of NASA's supersonic aircraft set to fly next year

  03-08-2021 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's incredible supersonic aircraft that will travel faster than the speed of sound is taking shape. A timelapse of the construction shows the fuselage, wing and tail assembly coming together.
  
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• Rise of the athletics 'super-shoe': Carbon fibre plates and air pods boost speed

  03-08-2021 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sports chiefs are now facingpressure to banhi-tech footwear, such as the Nike Air Zoom Maxfly and Puma EvoSpeed Future Faster+ shoes from competition.
  
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• Melting permafrost in Siberia after last year's heatwave could release 'methane bomb'

  03-08-2021 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The summer 2020 heatwave in Siberia led to an increase in methane gas emissions from limestones, which could result in a 'methane bomb,' according to a new study.
  
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• Aliens could modify light given off by stars to send hidden messages across space, physicist says

  03-08-2021 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Physicist Terry Rudolph believes aliens could be communicating through starlight, by hiding messages in modified light that would appear like random blinking to anyone else listening in.
  
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• Digitally reconstructed skull of 340 million-year-old amphibian reveals it hunted like a crocodile

  03-08-2021 20:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skull, belonging to one of the earliest limbed animals that walked the earth 340 million years ago, shows it had massive fangs to eat large prey and hunted in the water unlike its decedents living today.
  
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• Blizzard Entertainment president steps down

  03-08-2021 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  J Allen Brack quits the Call of Duty and Warcraft game-maker, amid staff protests and allegations of a sexist workplace culture.
  
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• Massive hoard of Roman weapons dating back to 100 BC found at an ancient settlement in Spain 

  03-08-2021 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists digging near the Talayotic settlement in Menorca, Spain have unearthed a treasure trove of artifacts from Roman soldiers, dating back to around 100 BC.
  
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• Twitter officially kills off Fleets just eight months after it launched

  03-08-2021 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The disappearing-tweet feature, designed to compete with Snapchat and Instagram Stories, was removed today after failing to take off in the way the San Francisco-based company hoped.
  
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• UAE reveals plans to make drinking water from thin air

  03-08-2021 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The water generators are being tested as part of a pilot this year, but if successful they will be rolled out inMasdar - a futuristic 'sustainable city' currently being built next to Abu Dhabi airport.
  
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• Mandatory Madness: NYC Orders All Restaurants And Gyms To Demand Proof Of Vaccination From All Customers

  03-08-2021 17:27 via technocracy.news
  
  New York City, the tyrannical COVID mismanagement capital of the U.S., has bifurcated its society into bitter partisanship by ordering businesses to deny entrance to the unvaccinated. The have-nots are essentially banned from civic life and already struggling businesses will lose 30 percent of their customers. ⁃ TN EditorMaybe it was the rare laudatory op-ed in the thoroughly anti-de Blasio New York Post that inspired the mayor to impose even more restrictive COVID measures, but
  
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• Early birds survived dinosaur-killing asteroid because they had big brains, study finds

  03-08-2021 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study suggests early birds may have survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs because they started to develop complex brains.
  
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• NASA scientists use Apollo-era images to find water ice on the moon

  03-08-2021 16:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new model was created to factor in surface roughness seen in the Apollo images by the team from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California.
  
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• Five Eyes: Biden Authorizes Access To Everyone’s Social Media

  03-08-2021 16:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats in Big Tech have opened up governments like so many cans of sardines in order to aggregate virtually all data that exists in the world, including yours. Individual threats are just excuses to grab more data. This is the end result of Technocracy’s “Science of Social Engineering.” ⁃ TN EditorFor years, Americans have largely ignored corporate social media surveillance. But all of that is about to change, thanks to President Biden.No one has taken the White Hous
  
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• India Stack: The Future Of Fintech, Cashless Society And Total Inclusion

  03-08-2021 16:18 via technocracy.news
  
  The United Nations already declared Fintech as the chosen financial system for Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. It is, of course, all digital and includes creative blockchain technology for management and control of everything. It also demands 100 percent inclusion of all citizens in the system. This IMF article shows how India is leading the way. ⁃ TN EditorA digital infrastructure known as the India Stack is revolutionizing access to finance
  A decade ago, India’s vibrant l
  
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• Amazon's 'AI-powered cameras in vans determine driver's pay by scoring them on safety infractions' 

  03-08-2021 15:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon is reportedly using AI-powered cameras to determine the pay of delivery drivers. The system watches their behavior and scores them on safety infractions that could dock their pay.
  
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• Runaway star is being 'slingshotted' out of the Milky Way at speeds of almost two million mph

  03-08-2021 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The piece of 'star shrapnel', which is about 2,000 light-years away from Earth, is one of a rare breed of fast-moving stars left over from a supernova, researchers from Boston University said.
  
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• Planting trees to hit net zero would need land five times the size of India

  03-08-2021 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Oxfam's analysis also calculated that the 'net-zero' targets of four of the world's largest oil and gas corporations - Shell, Eni, Total and BP - would require an area of land twice the size of the UK.
  
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• Giraffes stop reproducing early to care for grandchildren, study finds

  03-08-2021 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giraffes spend up to 30 per cent of their lives in a 'post-reproductive state' to help raise their offspring's offspring and ensure the preservation of their genes, report University of Bristol experts.
  
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• Professors: Public Places Reserved As Privilege For The Vaccinated

  03-08-2021 14:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Ethics, the Rule of Law and the Constitution are in total disarray as Yale and NYU professors declare that the unvaccinated should be banned from active society and that the vaccinated should have the “privilege” of public interaction reserved for them alone. ⁃ TN EditorDo you have a right to leave your home to eat or recreate? Apparently not if you are a “non-vac.” NYU Professor Arthur Caplan and Yale Professor Sarah Hull have published an essay in MedPageToday&nbs
  
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• Finance firms plan to close coal plants in Asia

  03-08-2021 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Asian Development Bank aims to have the plan ready for the COP26 climate conference in November.
  
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• The sweetest tomatoes are underripe, study finds

  03-08-2021 11:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Green tomatoes that are high in chlorophyll have relatively higher sugar content, scientists from the University of Tsukuba in Japan report.
  
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• The slow collapse of Amazon’s drone delivery dream

  03-08-2021 11:43
  
  Amazon has triggered mass redundancies and transfers as it winds down a huge part of its UK drone delivery business
  
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• Instagram filters have made us forget what we look like, survey finds

  03-08-2021 11:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While beauty filters are hugely popular, a new survey by London-based cosmetics firm Uvence has warned that they have a negative impact on a third of social media users' self-esteem.
  
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• Boeing's Starliner spacecraft: A guide

  03-08-2021 11:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Starliner is one of two vehicles designed to transport astronauts to and from the space station.
  
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• Record-breaking winter winds have blown large swathes of old Arctic sea ice into warmer waters

  03-08-2021 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Old Arctic ice, known as perennial, is thicker than new ice, less prone to melting, and helps keep Earth cool by reflecting sunlight. It is also a vital habitat for polar bears, UCL researchers said.
  
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• Covid lockdowns may have triggered a rise in short-sighted children

  03-08-2021 10:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists studied the eyes of 1,793 children in Hong Kong. Around 700 of the children were recruited to the study at the start of the pandemic, while the rest had already been monitored for three years.
  
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• One of the world's rarest chameleons is facing EXTINCTION

  03-08-2021 09:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chameleon has been found 'clinging to survival' in patches of rainforest in Malawi bySouth African National Biodiversity Institute experts.
  
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• Shares slide after China brands online games 'electronic drugs'

  03-08-2021 08:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In recent months Beijing has cracked down on China's technology and private education industries.
  
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• COP26 'should be hybrid event' says former climate chief Figueres

  03-08-2021 07:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The main architect of Paris Agreement says the summit will need to be a mix of virtual and in-person meetings.
  
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• Olympic climbers are learning from monkeys

  03-08-2021 07:00
  
  A pioneering German coach is helping Olympic climbers reach new heights by aping the techniques of our closest relatives
  
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• Gangs on e-scooters targeting GPS farm equipment

  03-08-2021 06:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Total theft claims fall after the pandemic but technology stays a draw for criminals, says insurer.
  
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• Footballs should come with health warnings over heading them dementia expert says

  03-08-2021 02:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professional footballers who play in defence are five times more likely to develop dementia than people in the general population, new research from the University of Glasgow has found.
  
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• Official recommends rerun in Amazon union fight

  03-08-2021 02:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A National Labor Relations Board official wants another union vote for Amazon workers in Alabama.
  
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• Twitter works with news sites to tackle disinformation

  03-08-2021 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Twitter announces it will cooperate with two news agencies to promote more reliable information.
  
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• US govt calmly but firmly tells Blue Origin it already has a ride to the Moon's surface with SpaceX, thanks

  03-08-2021 00:40 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hit us up next time you're free, though SpaceX is clear to build a lander with NASA to put the first American woman and next American man on the Moon – after Uncle Sam dismissed complaints that the $2.94bn contract was awarded unfairly.…
  
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• NHS Covid-19 app in England and Wales tweaked to notify fewer contacts

  03-08-2021 00:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The app in England and Wales will now only alert contacts from the previous two days in asymptomatic cases.
  
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