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• One of the most complete pterosaur skeletons ever discovered was found during São Paulo police raid

  25-08-2021 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A fossil confiscated in a 2013 Brazil police raid is of an 'almost complete' pterosaur. The fossil is more than 90% complete and includes soft tissues, making it the most complete tapejarid known.
  
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• SpaceX running out of liquid oxygen to power its rocket because hospitals need it for COVID patients

  25-08-2021 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX president Gwyenne Shotwell revealed the firm is running low on liquid oxygen that powers Merlin engines on it's Falcon 9 rockets due to the lingering pandemic.
  
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• Christopher Columbus' theory that cannibals terrorized Caribbean has 'no basis in scientific fact'  

  25-08-2021 20:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report in Scientific Reports refutes a 2020 study alleging Carib Indians invaded the Bahamas in 800AD, saying the earlier work fuels the myth of ancient Caribbean cannibals.
  
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• T. rex had an East Coast cousin! Terrifying tyrannosaurs once roamed Appalachia 85 million years ago

  25-08-2021 20:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A re-examination of fossils found in New Jersey reveal they belonged to a cousin of the tyrannosaurs rex. The 'Merchantville tyrannosauroid' roamed Appalachia 85 million years ago.
  
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• Men and women of Roman Herculaneum had 'very different diets'

  25-08-2021 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Roman men and women in Herculaneum, Italy - which was buried under volcanic ash and pumice by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79 - had very different diets, a new study shows.
  
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• Fish can bend their heads upward like land-based animals, but have to flex their entire spine

  25-08-2021 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fish can tilt their heads upwards by bending their spines - similar to a person, with rotations on between 20 and 30 degrees on average, a new study has found.
  
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• Exposure to sunlight enhances romantic passion by boosting the release of sexual hormones

  25-08-2021 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 30 adults were exposed to different levels of ultraviolet radiation from sunlight, while experts from Tel Aviv University quizzed them about how horny they were feeling and took blood samples.
  
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• 55 of the best films on Netflix UK this week

  25-08-2021 19:27
  
  Stuck for a good film on Netflix? Here's our pick of the best Netflix movies to feast your eyes on, updated weekly
  
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• OnlyFans suspends policy change after backlash

  25-08-2021 19:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The platform had sparked controversy when it revealed plans to ban sex workers from its platform.
  
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• Manatees are dying in record numbers due to starvation as their habitat is destroyed by pollution

  25-08-2021 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over 900 manatees have died in Florida's lagoons this year, with the number expected to top 1,200 by the end of 2021. Algae isblocking sunlight and killing the seagrass the manatees live on.
  
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• Paper wasp nests are found to glow neon GREEN under UV light - and scientists aren't sure why 

  25-08-2021 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The nest of paper wasps glow green under UV light, scientists have found, with the glow stretching as far as 360 and 400 nanometers in wavelength.
  Scientists are unsure why, though.
  
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• Climate change and drought are causing a tree-killing disease to expand in the Sierra Nevada

  25-08-2021 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  White pine blister rust, which can kill entire trees, is shifting its reach in the Sierra Nevada. Data shows it has expanded into higher elevations due to climate change and drought.
  
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• Search for Covid's origins stalled, scientists say

  25-08-2021 17:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "The window of opportunity" for crucial studies into how the Covid-19 pandemic started is closing, scientists say.
  
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• Women find it more difficult to quit smoking than men, study finds 

  25-08-2021 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's possible several risk factors like depression make quitting harder for women, reports a researcher from the University of Burgundy in France.
  
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• Climate change: Europe's 2020 heat reached 'troubling' level

  25-08-2021 17:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Temperatures in Europe in 2020 broke the previous high mark by a worrying margin say scientists.
  
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• 'New type of human' found in cave on Indonesian island

  25-08-2021 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international research team isolated DNA from the ancient homo sapien, who was found in a cave called Leang Panninge ('Bat Cave') on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
  
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• Mass grave of 18th century plague victims found in northern Poland during construction for apartment

  25-08-2021 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 18th century cemetery containing the skeletal remains of plague victims has been discovered in northern Poland as construction workers were building an apartment.
  
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• If OnlyFans falls, so does porn as we know it

  25-08-2021 16:22
  
  A campaign by Christian lobbyists pushed OnlyFans to abandon its creators. OnlyFan’s reversal on the porn ban won’t stop them
  
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• AI can guess a person's race with up to 99% accuracy just by looking at their X-rays

  25-08-2021 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  AI can identify a patent's race just by analyzing chest and hand x-rays and mammograms. Scientists found AI can accurately predict a black person with 90% accuracy and even 99% accuracy at times.
  
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• Junking orbital junk? The mind behind ASTRIAGraph database project hopes to 'make space transparent'

  25-08-2021 15:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  Monitoring UN's Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space among use cases Forty-five years after the United States entered into the Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space, one of its citizens has some doubts about the way it's working out.…
  
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• Zoom announces hybrid return to workplace

  25-08-2021 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Only 1% of employees at the firm want to return to the office full-time, the video calls firm says.
  
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• Less than a THIRD of women return to their pre-pregnancy fitness levels one year after giving birth

  25-08-2021 14:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Martin Army Community Hospital in Georgia looked at how quickly female soldiers regained their fitness after giving birth.
  
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• Elon Musk laughs at a meme claiming Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin COPIED SpaceX

  25-08-2021 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Twitter user SpaceXMasterrace shared a photo of the prototype tanks at the Blue Origin Texas facility, with the caption 'Hey Elon, Can I Copy Your Homework.'
  
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• Ancient camp is discovered in Madrid where Neanderthals hosted 'hunting parties'

  25-08-2021 13:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Covering a space of 3,200 sq ft (300m2), archaeologists believe the Abrigo de Navalmaíllo site in Pinilla del Valle, Madrid could be the largest such camp in the Iberian Peninsula region.
  
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• Inside the one-of-a-kind museum in Amsterdam dedicated to MICROBES

  25-08-2021 13:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Artis-Micropia museum in Amsterdam is dedicated to teaching the world about microbes and how vital they are to life. It has interactive installationsand lots on the history of the discovery of microbes.
  
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• Giant Jurassic dinosaur was a scavenger, not a predator, study finds

  25-08-2021 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Allosaurus did not have the binocular vision (stereopsis) required to be a successful predator, researchers at Portland State University in Oregon report.
  
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• Homes in England produce more carbon emissions than all of the country's CARS, study claims 

  25-08-2021 11:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Poor insulation and Gas central heating systems are commonly to blame for heat loss in homes, according to the National Housing Federation, which represents social landlords in England.
  
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• Skeletons found embracing in 'eternal love lock' in 1,500-year-old Chinese grave

  25-08-2021 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists found the 1,500 year-old skeletal remains of a man and woman positioned in 'eternal love lock'  after theywere found in June 2020 while workers excavated northern China.
  
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• Mediterranean diet low in red meat can improve erectile dysfunction in men, study finds 

  25-08-2021 09:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of middle-aged men were put on a diet high in grains and low in red meat by researchers from the University of Athens in Greece, to see if it improved erectile dysfunction.
  
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• Ferocious cookiecutter shark mostly eats little critters, study says

  25-08-2021 09:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite leaving impressive bitemarks, the ferocious cookiecutter shark primarily feeds on crustaceans and squid, experts based in Newark, Delaware report.
  
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• Tallahassee launches app to record interactions with cops in wake of three local shootings

  25-08-2021 08:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Tallahassee Bystander app allows residents to stream their interactions with police officers live so they cannot be censored or edited. They are then streamed to the police department.
  
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• ESA swamped by over 23,000 applicants for astronaut with disability program

  25-08-2021 07:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Apologises for slow processing, says those invited for further tests will hear by November The European Space Agency's Parastronaut feasibility project – an effort to recruit astronauts with a physical disability – has far exceeded its most optimistic forecasts by generating 23,000 applications.…
  
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• ESA swamped by over 23,000 applicants for astronaut program

  25-08-2021 07:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  Apologises for slow processing, says those invited for further tests will hear by November The European Space Agency's astronaut recruitment project has far exceeded its most optimistic forecasts by generating 23,000 applications.…
  
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• Tornado investigators are unlocking the UK’s extreme weather secrets

  25-08-2021 07:00
  
  The costs of extreme weather are likely to rise in the coming years. Weather investigators are trying to understand what we may face in the future
  
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• On YouTube, you’re never far from a dying kitten

  25-08-2021 07:00
  
  Staged animal rescue videos featuring brutal violence and cruelty are racking up millions of views on YouTube
  
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• FDA/Media Shell Game: Pfizer ‘Vaccine’ Was Not Approved After All

  25-08-2021 03:41 via technocracy.news
  
  In just 24 hours, the mainstream media complex has been flooded with the headline “Full Approval!” for the Pfizer gene therapy injection. Let the vaccine mandates begin!
  Anthony Fauci is thrilled over this news, stating, “you’re gonna see a lot more [vaccine] mandates because there will be institutions and organizations which previously were reluctant to require vaccinations, which will now feel much more empowered to do that.” 
  But wait. Something is not addin
  
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• NASA postpones spacewalk as it would be too much of a pain in the neck for astronaut

  25-08-2021 03:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  ISS installation work to be carried out some other time NASA on Tuesday postponed a spacewalk after one of the astronauts due to work outside the International Space Station had a “pinched nerve” in his neck.…
  
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• Climate change: Consumer 'confusion' threatens net zero homes plan

  25-08-2021 01:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plans to decarbonise homes are too complicated and confusing, say consumer and industry groups.
  
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• Madagascar on the brink of climate change-induced famine

  25-08-2021 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The country is on the brink of experiencing the world's first "climate change famine", the UN says.
  
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• Consultation begins on beaver reintroductions

  25-08-2021 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK government is seeking people's views on whether beavers should return to England's rivers.
  
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• Could this solar farm be a climate change solution?

  25-08-2021 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UN experts say rapid innovative solutions are needed to end our dependency on fossil fuels. Could this new project provide an answer?
  
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