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• NASA blames the wrong kind of Martian rock for Perseverance sample failure

  12-08-2021 23:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Not a hardware or software bug, for a change Mars rover Perseverance failed in its first attempt to collect a sample of rock from the Red Planet because the material crumbled to dust, NASA scientists have said.…
  
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• Tusk reveals woolly mammoth's massive lifetime mileage

  12-08-2021 23:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists analyse the chemistry in a woolly mammoth tusk to work out how far it travelled.
  
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• Black holes emit 'burps' when they're eating gas and stars, directly correlated to their size

  12-08-2021 22:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Supermassive black holes emit flickers of light when consuming matter, with the change in brightness directly correlated to size, scientists have said in a newly published study.
  
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• NASA's NEXT Mars helicopter will be 'bigger and better' with a robotic arm to collect samples

  12-08-2021 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is working on designs for its next Mars helicopter. It will likely feature six blades, weigh 66 pounds and include a robotic arm that will enable it to collect its own samples from Mars.
  
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• Shape-shifting whalefish is spotted swimming 6,600 feet below surface near California

  12-08-2021 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The female whalefish is only one of 18 spotted by  the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in 34 years of and is famed for its different body transformations throughout life.
  
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• Competition watchdog says Facebook could have to sell Giphy

  12-08-2021 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook’s merger with Giphy will harm competition between social-media platforms, the CMA says.
  
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• Metabolism: Rate of calorie burning stays stable for decades and doesn't decline until you're SIXTY

  12-08-2021 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 6,600 individuals of various ages - from birth to late in life - were tested by researchers from Duke University in the US to see how metabolic rates change.
  
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• Arctic woolly mammoth covered an area twice the diameter of the Earth in its lifetime

  12-08-2021 20:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scanning the six foot tusk of a mammoth that died aged 28 in what is now Alaska, exerts from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks retraced its astonishing life.
  
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• Relationships: Women are turned off by men who have a lot of female friends, study claims

  12-08-2021 19:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Men with a lot of female friends might be seen as being 'hard to secure', psychologists from Monash University in Australia concluded.
  
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• Orangutans instinctively know how to use hammers and do not need to be taught, study reveals 

  12-08-2021 19:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have learned that orangutans living in zoos can use tools to crack nuts, becoming just one of a few species of primates with the capability.
  
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• 45 of the best documentaries on Netflix right now

  12-08-2021 18:36
  
  Our edit of the best Netflix documentaries right now, updated twice a month
  
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• Experts find previously unknown deep-water shark nursery near Israel's coast

  12-08-2021 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A deep-water shark nursery with 'hundreds' of sharks has been found near Tel Aviv, Israel and may help scientists better understand climate change.
  
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• Ghostly rings that look like a 'Stargate' are found around a black hole 7,800 light-years away 

  12-08-2021 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA took images of a 'spectacular' set of rings around a black hole 7,800 light-years from Earth.
  The black hole and its star system, V404 Cygni, were photographed by two space floating telescopes.
  
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• Elon Musk calls out Jeff Bezos over his use of lobbying and lawyers in lunar lander spat

  12-08-2021 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It comes a week after Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin called Elon Musk's SpaceX lunar Starship a 'high risk' approach to sending the first woman and next man to the moon in 2024.
  
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• Filipino ethnic group have the most Denisovan DNA in the world, study finds

  12-08-2021 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Filipino ethnic group known as the Ayta Magbukon have the highest level of Denisovan ancestry today, report experts at Uppsala University in Sweden.
  
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• Fossils: Scientists unearth TWO new giant dinosaur species that lived in China 130 million years ago

  12-08-2021 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Unearthed near Hami, Xinjiang, the sauropods - 'Hamititan' and 'Silutitan' - are between 56 and 66ft long and among the first vertebrates from the region, Chinese Academy of Science experts said.
  
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• Carnegie Mellon Study: Vaccine Hesitant Are Most Highly Educated

  12-08-2021 17:25 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat narrative says that being vaccine hesitant means you are an ignorant, psychopathic and stupid knuckle-dragging hillbilly Neanderthal, but a new study proves just the opposite: the more highly educated are the ones most likely to refuse the shot. ⁃ TN EditorA new report by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Pittsburgh has found that the most highly educated Americans are also the most vaccine hesitant.
  The researchers canvassed no fewer than 5 mil
  
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• 20 of the best TV box sets on Sky and Now TV right now

  12-08-2021 16:58
  
  Our picks of the best Sky box sets available right now. They’re also available on Now TV
  
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• Here’s the truth behind the biggest (and dumbest) battery myths

  12-08-2021 16:46
  
  Yes, keeping your phone on charge overnight is bad news for its battery. And no, you don’t need to turn off your device to give the battery a break. Here’s why
  
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• Legal Bombshell: Over 45,000 Americans May Have Died From COVID-19 Jabs

  12-08-2021 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Ohio attorney Tom Renz is suing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on behalf of America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS), using expert whistleblower testimony that massive numbers of deaths have occurred after receiving experimental gene therapy injections. ⁃ TN EditorAn attorney stated today that over 45,000 people in the USA have died as a result of the experimental COVID-19 vaccines.
  At the Stop the Shot Conference hosted by the Truth for Health Foundation and live-strea
  
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• Haunting images of Venus snapped during BepiColombo's flyby shows the Earth's evil twin glowing 

  12-08-2021 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  BepiColombo spacecraft snapped 86 haunting images of Venus during its close encounter of the hellish world on Tuesday. ESA released the gallery Thursday that shows Venus in a stunning glow.
  
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• Fired Over Lack Of Vaccine? You May Lose Unemployment Benefits

  12-08-2021 16:02 via technocracy.news
  
  People’s lives could be totally ruined if they opt out of company-mandated vaccination. Being fired “with cause” generally means you cannot get unemployment benefits. This is being used as a lever to force more vaccinations. ⁃ TN EditorAs companies across the country including Facebook, Walmart, Google, Uber and Disney begin to mandate Covid-19 vaccinations as a condition of employment, workers who are fired for refusing to do so might not receive unemploym
  
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• TikTok announces new safety measures for younger users 

  12-08-2021 15:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ability to direct message others on the site will be turned off by default for 16 and 17-year olds, TikTok, owned by Beijing firm Bytedance, has revealed.
  
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• Activision Blizzard: Diablo 4 director and two others leave company

  12-08-2021 15:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Three more high-profile leaders leave the gaming giant, including key staff on its latest Diablo game.
  
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• Cutting methane is the best way to avoid disaster

  12-08-2021 14:56
  
  Drastically cutting methane emissions in the near-term might be our only hope of keeping heating below 1.5°C
  
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• TikTok hopes to help teenagers work, rest and sleep

  12-08-2021 14:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The network changes direct messaging and stops late-night push notifications,
  
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• The far right are running riot on Steam and Discord

  12-08-2021 13:31
  
  Discord, DLive, Steam and Twitch have become breeding grounds for far-right extremists
  
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• Google search led to arrest of cleared campaigner

  12-08-2021 13:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An innocent housing campaigner was suspected of hacking after sharing documents he found online.
  
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• NASA's Ingenuity Mars helicopter snaps a picture of Perseverance from above

  12-08-2021 11:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ingenuity has been helping the rover in its mission, having recently completed its 11th flight on the Red Planet where it captured images of rocks and sand dunes in the 'South Séítah' region of Jezero Crater.
  
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• Good news: There's a slightly increased chance of asteroid Bennu hitting Earth. Bad news: It's still really slight

  12-08-2021 08:11 via go.theregister.com
  
  Don't get your hopes up about that Sept 24, 2182 end-of-world party Bennu, already considered the second most dangerous asteroid in the Solar System, has a slightly increased chance of hitting Earth in the coming centuries, NASA said this week.…
  
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• Green aviation: Electric powered plane trialled over Orkney

  12-08-2021 07:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A hybrid-electric plane is being trialled in Orkney as part of a study into ways of reducing aviation emissions.
  
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• The UK is about to hit its Covid vaccine ceiling

  12-08-2021 07:00
  
  The nation’s Covid-19 vaccine uptake rate is slowing. The question now is how long until it flatlines altogether?
  
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• India's return to space fails after first locally built cryogenic engine experiences 'anomaly'

  12-08-2021 05:05 via go.theregister.com
  
  Upper stage didn't ignite, Earth observation satellite likely lost India's return to space has failed, after the upper stage of a Thursday launch went awry.…
  
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• Climate: WWF warns UK spending is lagging behind targets

  12-08-2021 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The conservation group WWF says the UK government must keep its promises on climate change.
  
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