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• Archaeologists uncover Iron Age wooden pagan idol in Irish bog

  17-08-2021 23:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 8-foot tall wooden sculpture created during the Iron Age has been discovered in a bog in Ireland. It was found in Gortnacrannagh, Ireland 3.7mi from the prehistoric royal site of Rathcroghan.
  
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• Scientists dispute claim melting ice caps will boost plankton levels, warn less nitrogen may kill it

  17-08-2021 22:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nitrogen may fall as temperatures rise, hurting plankton, new study suggests. Researchers looked at sediment from the western/central Arctic & found the ocean wasn't as separated as it is now.
  
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• Einstein's E=mc2 equation has been used to create matter from pure light for the first time

  17-08-2021 22:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Albert Einstein's E = mc2 equation has been used to create matter from light after researchers sped up two gold ions that are positively charged, in a loop.
  
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• Psychology: Young women who spend hours on Instagram are more likely to want cosmetic surgery

  17-08-2021 21:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Exposure to sexualised imagery from Instagram tends to increase young women's levels of body dissatisfaction, experts from the University of Surrey found.
  
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• Boston Dynamics' two-legged robot takes on parkour

  17-08-2021 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The company, which is based in Waltham, Massachusetts, has previously released similar videos of Atlas taking on parkour, jogging around a grassy field and leaping over logs.
  
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• Astronomers see galaxies in ultra-high definition

  17-08-2021 19:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers capture some of the most detailed images ever seen of galaxies in deep space.
  
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• Fearing Taliban Purge, Afghan Citizens Scramble To Delete Digital History, Evade Biometrics

  17-08-2021 19:21 via technocracy.news
  
  It is now amply demonstrated that Technocrat tools of total surveillance can be used for unspeakable evil. Afghans who were lured into surveillance systems by U.S. forces are now running for their lives as Taliban soldiers go house-to-house searching for people to kill. ⁃ TN EditorThousands of Afghans struggling to ensure the physical safety of their families after the Taliban took control of the country have an additional worry: that biometric databases and their own digital history can b
  
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• Will Americans Accept No-Fly List For Unvaccinated?

  17-08-2021 18:37 via technocracy.news
  
  Why is Big Pharma so desperate to get all humans vaccinated? The Technocrat pandemic narrative is now turning on the unvaccinated, redefining them as “domestic terrorists” and putting them on “no-fly” lists to prevent travel. Will Americans stand for it? ⁃ TN EditorIn June 2021, the U.S. National Security Council released a new “National Strategy for Countering Domestic Terrorism” document.1 While it’s being largely framed as a tool to fight W
  
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• Analysis: When Technocracy Replaces Democracy

  17-08-2021 18:19 via technocracy.news
  
  The writer sates, “Technocracy has become a ubiquitous feature in the national pandemic response.” While the world recognizes Technocracy as the natural enemy of other forms of government, the United States remains largely clueless. ⁃ TN EditorDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, political influence has been transferred to the hands of unelected scientific experts as governments worldwide have rushed to address the immediate threat of the virus.
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• Green hydrogen 'transitioning from a shed-based industry' says researcher as the UK hedges its H₂ strategy

  17-08-2021 18:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Am I blue? Am I green? Government report isn't quite transparent The UK government has released its delayed hydrogen strategy which – in a strange move for a colourless gas – hedges its bets between green and blue.…
  
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• NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes its 12th flight on Mars over rocky terrain named South Séítah

  17-08-2021 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completed its 12th flight on Mars on August 16, climbing nearly 33ft in the air, flying almost 1,500ft roundtrip for a span of 169 seconds.
  
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• Sucking up to the boss pays off for chimpanzees, study finds

  17-08-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, which was led by the University of Michigan, in collaboration with Arizona State and Duke universities, looked at why male chimpanzees form close relationships with each other.
  
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• Health: You should ALWAYS wash your hands for at least 20 seconds, mathematical model reveals

  17-08-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Applied mathematician Paul Hammond of South Cambridgeshire created a two-dimensional model that captures the key mechanics of handwashing.
  
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• Florida zoo welcomes baby albino alligator siblings born to albino parents, second time in two years

  17-08-2021 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A zoo just outside Orlando, Florida has announced that two more albino alligators were born earlier this month to albino parents, Snowflake and Blizzard.
  
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• Lambs can identify their mother through her bleats, study finds

  17-08-2021 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This audio communication is vital in helping lambs display a strong preference for their mother over other ewes, researchers from the Universidad de la República in Uruguay said.
  
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• Partially mummified skeleton with white hair discovered in Pompeii

  17-08-2021 16:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named Marcus Venerius Secundio, the wealthy 60-year-old was buried in the tomb int he necropolis of Porta Sarno in an area currently not open to the public.
  
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• Mastercard to end magnetic strip on cards

  17-08-2021 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company sets an expiry date of 2033 for the decades-old technology.
  
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• Electronic waste: Toxic metals are seeping into our BONES, study warns 

  17-08-2021 13:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the warning of experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem who studied lead pollution in the remains of 130 people buried in a cemetery in central Rome.
  
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• Bad buying: Peter Smith reveals how organisations waste billions

  17-08-2021 12:50
  
  Procurement expert Peter Smith explains how ineptitude, mismanagement and fraud are costing companies billions – but it can be fixed
  
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• Inflatable robotic hand gives amputees real-time tactile control

  17-08-2021 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The smart hand, which weighs about half a pound, was designed by engineers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  
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• Men who try and fail to crack jokes are judged more harshly than women, study finds 

  17-08-2021 12:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Through a series of experiments, the team from Yale University in Connecticut explored how people are judged in everyday life.
  
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• A new island has popped up off the coast of Japan thanks to an underwater volcano

  17-08-2021 12:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  The saying is that they aren't making any more land yet here we are A new island formed by a submarine volcano was spotted off the coast of Japan this weekend.…
  
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• They’d rather quit than end the remote working dream

  17-08-2021 12:00
  
  Forced returns to the office and pay cuts for remote workers are clashing with those who never want to come back
  
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• Blood donors will now help to make plasma to boost supplies of medicine that treats immune diseases

  17-08-2021 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eventually around 250,000 litres of plasma from around one million blood donations each year in England will be used to make a medicine which treats rare immune diseases.
  
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• Cassini data from last decade reveals insights into 'diffuse' nature of Saturn's core

  17-08-2021 11:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  Internal structure extends to 60% of gas giant's radius, study shows New analysis of data from the Cassini space probe has revealed Saturn possesses a fuzzy or diffuse core without clearly defined boundaries.…
  
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• Scientists calculate pi to a new record of 62.8 TRILLION figures

  17-08-2021 11:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The previousrecord was calculated to 50 trillion figures, and was set in 2020, said experts from Graubuenden University of Applied Sciences in Chur, Switzerland.
  
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• Angry bees produce higher quality venom that could help against Parkinson's, osteoarthritis: study

  17-08-2021 09:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Angry' honeybees produce better venom than docile ones, a new study says. Experts found there are 99 bee venom proteins and the more protein in the venom, the higher quality it is.
  
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• China starts testing tech to harvest solar energy from orbiting panels

  17-08-2021 08:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ground facility to be finished this year as early trials focus on balloons just 300m away A Chinese ground-based facility for converting solar energy bounced to Earth is scheduled for completion by the end of 2021 and has already conducted energy transfer tests up to 300-meter altitudes, a key project member told state-run media China Science Daily.…
  
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• Scan that can predict how well chemotherapy will work

  17-08-2021 08:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scan, which involves waving a probe resembling a shower head over the tumour site, can detect tiny changes that indicate whether it is responding to chemo drugs after one round of treatment.
  
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• Afghans are racing to erase their online lives

  17-08-2021 07:00
  
  Every photo and every data point is a link to the old way of life in Afghanistan – and a reason for Taliban retribution
  
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• Hydrogen power offers jobs boost, says government

  17-08-2021 03:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kick-starting a hydrogen industry could attract billions in investment, the UK government says.
  
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• New police CCTV use rules criticised as bare bones

  17-08-2021 01:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  However, the guidelines empowered police and maintained public trust, the Home Office says.
  
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• Images show decline of California's 'life source'

  17-08-2021 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Justin Sullivan has been following California's second-largest reservoir's falling water levels.
  
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• No need to swap data for drinks, says privacy body

  17-08-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some pub ordering apps ask too many questions, but you can refuse, says the information watchdog.
  
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• Just how hard is it to recycle a jumbo jet?

  17-08-2021 00:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands of aircraft were left on the tarmac due to Covid, and many will now be broken up for parts.
  
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• Blue Origin sues NASA for awarding SpaceX $3bn contract to land the next American boots on the Moon

  17-08-2021 00:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  In Jeff's world, it's not 'you snooze, you lose', it's 'you lose, you sues' Blue Origin sued NASA late on Friday, claiming the space agency unfairly awarded top rival SpaceX a $2.94bn contract to develop the next lunar lander.…
  
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• Blue Origin sues NASA for awarding SpaceX $3bn contract to land next American boots on the Moon

  17-08-2021 00:25 via go.theregister.com
  
  In Jeff's world, it's not 'you snooze, you lose', it's 'you lose, you sues' Updated  Blue Origin sued NASA late on Friday, claiming the space agency unfairly awarded top rival SpaceX a $2.94bn contract to develop the next lunar lander.…
  
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