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• The activist entrepreneurs running zero-waste shops

  06-08-2021 23:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Environmentally conscious entrepreneurs explain the movement towards zero-waste lifestyles.
  
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• Minke whale carcass that washed-up on Massachusetts beach smells 'like death in a dumpster'

  06-08-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A minke whale carcass that washed on the shores of a Plymouth, Massachusetts beach last month will head to a landfill, wildlife officials said on Thursday.
  
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• NASA is seeking individuals to live in 3D-printed simulated Mars habitats for one year

  06-08-2021 22:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is now excepting applications for its Mars simulation project that will see participants spend a year in 3D-printed habitats that simulate what life would be like on the Red Planet.
  
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• SpaceX stacks its Starship atop the Super Heavy booster for a 400ft tall craft

  06-08-2021 21:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX stacked its Starship SN20 atop the Super Heavy booster for the first time as the Elon Musk-owned firm prepares for its first Starship orbital launch that is set for the next coming months.
  
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• Evidence of 12,000-year-old flood that drained ancient lake at high rate of speed found

  06-08-2021 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 12,000 year-old flood that drained a lake at speeds of more than 800 Olympic swimming pools per second may have pushed Earth back into an ice age, researchers said in a new study.
  
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• Archaeologists may have found 13th century castle after finding wall, blocks of wood in Shropshire 

  06-08-2021 21:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists hae likely uncovered the remains of a 13th century castle in Shropshire after they found a wall and blocks of wood on a dig at Soulton Hall.
  
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• 'Dancing ghosts' are spotted about a billion light years from Earth that formed from electrons

  06-08-2021 20:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'dancing ghosts' are clouds of electrons spewing from two supermassive black holesat the center of two 'host' galaxies. Galactic winds captured the electrons to form the figures.
  
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• US consumer watchdog criticises Facebook's NYU ban claim

  06-08-2021 20:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, the FTC criticises the social network for inaccurate statements.
  
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• Tourists are warned to stay out of the Grand Canyon as heatwave turns attraction into 115F cauldron

  06-08-2021 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The base of the Grand Canyon will reach 115F today and park officials are urging tourists to stay away from 10am-4pm GMT. This is caused by compressed air descended into the canyon.
  
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• Mars helicopter Ingenuity travels 1,250ft to scout out locations for Perseverance

  06-08-2021 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Ingenuity flew for a little over two minutes before landing in a region scientists have dubbed South Séítah, a rugged patch of ground on the floor of Mars' Jezero Crater.
  
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• Technocracy Cometh: Government Dictates ‘Truth’, Rejects Truth-Tellers

  06-08-2021 18:31 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy’s plans to transform society and Transhumanism’s plans to transform humans cannot stand up in the light of verified truth, so they lie, obfuscate the truth, destroy the messengers of truth, create academic chaos, etc. Now, the government has been coopted to create an Orwellian “Ministry of Truth”: “How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?” ⁃ TN Editor“Misinformation is much more destructive when it emanates from a monopolistic ‘
  
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• China cracks down on celebrity online culture

  06-08-2021 18:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Weibo is to remove a list ranking celebrities by popularity on social media amid state criticism.
  
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• Perfectly preserved cave lion cub found frozen in Siberia

  06-08-2021 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It was one of the best preserved ice age animals ever found and has been named Sparta by the team from the Centre for Palaeogenetics, Stockholm, Sweden.
  
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• Apple Starts Scanning All Personal Photos And Images Uploaded To iCloud

  06-08-2021 18:07 via technocracy.news
  
  Apple is now taking on the role of policeman as starts scanning all of your photos uploaded to its iCloud service. The first wave of extraction is photos representing child exploitation, and they will report you to the police! Their Technocrat AI algorithms will not be made public. You can turn off iCloud on your Apply devices, but you will lose the ability to sync them.
  The excuse is to trap child abusers and sexual predators but in the process 100 percent of your photos must be scanned as well
  
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• Relationships suffer when people base their self worth on financial success, study finds 

  06-08-2021 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  People in relationships who base their self worth on how much they earn clash with their partner more often, researchers in Michigan and Texas found.
  
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• United Airlines Mandates Injections For 67,000 Employees

  06-08-2021 17:48 via technocracy.news
  
  The lure of genetically modified injections, all unapproved by the FDA, is too great for global corporations to resist. Pilots are particularly at risk of vaccine injury because of flying at altitude and sitting for long periods of time. Genetic engineering is the chosen field of Transhumanists and Technocrats. ⁃ TN EditorUnited Airlines will require its 67,000 U.S. employees to get vaccinated against Covid by no later than Oct. 25 or risk termination, a first for major U.S. carriers
  
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• Feeding your dog peas could lead to canine heart disease, study finds

  06-08-2021 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Peas may cause canine dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), an often fatal condition that causes a dog's heart muscle to enlarge, report experts at Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
  
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• Huawei revenue sees biggest ever fall

  06-08-2021 16:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Revenue from its consumer business, which includes phones, fell by nearly half.
  
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• 39 of the best Amazon Prime series right now

  06-08-2021 15:34
  
  WIRED picks the best Amazon Prime shows from what's new on Amazon Prime UK. Featuring Clarkson's Farm, The Boys, Futurama and more
  
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• European Space Agency prepares for back-to-back flybys of Venus

  06-08-2021 15:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacecraft are both using the gravitational pull of Venus to help them drop a little bit of orbital energy to reach their destinations at the centre of the solar system.
  
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• Jupiter's atmosphere is heated by it's auroras that are fueled by its volcanic moon

  06-08-2021 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jupiter's atmospheric temperature is 798F, despite it being five times from the sun than Earth. This is due to the planet's powerful arouras releasing that are fueled by its moon Io.
  
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• Sky Brown: Science behind why children are so good at skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics

  06-08-2021 13:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline spoke to experts including Prof Craig Williams of the University of Exeter to find out the science behind the success of so many young skateboarders at the Olympic Games in Tokyo.
  
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• Psyche asteroid is packed full of precious metals and could be worth more than $10,000 quadrillion

  06-08-2021 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ahead of a NASA mission in 2026 to Psyche the team from Caltech in Pasadena, California created a temperature map of the asteroid to provide insight into its surface properties.
  
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• Minor volcanic eruptions 'could cascade into global catastrophe'

  06-08-2021 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's not just big volcanic eruptions we need to worry about - even small eruptions at Vesuvius (pictured) or Santorini could have devastating effects, according to the University of Cambridge.
  
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• This number could help end the pandemic

  06-08-2021 07:00
  
  The world desperately needs new Covid vaccines, but trials are still taking too long. Enter: correlates of protection
  
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• Cruises have a cunning plan to stop superspreaders

  06-08-2021 07:00
  
  International cruises are being hampered by confusing rules that could result in another Covid major outbreak
  
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• Skeletal remains at Sobibór death camp identified as Ashkenazi Jews

  06-08-2021 02:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Between 1942 and 1943, up to 180,000 people are thought to have been killed by the Nazi's at the death camp in Sobibór operating in German-occupied Poland.
  
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• Apple to scan iPhones for child sex abuse images

  06-08-2021 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Apple announces it will implement a system to scan US iPhones for images of child sexual abuse.
  
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• Why artificial intelligence is being used to write adverts

  06-08-2021 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Advertisers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to come up with their winning slogans.
  
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• World's oldest coin mint is discovered in China

  06-08-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists made the discovery during excavations at Guanzhuang, a city and administrative centre of the Zheng state - a regional power before the rise of Imperial China.
  
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• Virgin Galactic will start selling tickets to the edge of space, starting at $450,000 a seat 

  06-08-2021 00:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Galactic is reopening tickets for its space tourism trips to the edge of space that will start at $450,000, nearly double what they previously sold for.
  
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