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• Female octopuses throw shells, silt, and other debris at males who are harassing them

  27-08-2021 23:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Female octopuses in Australia ward off unwanted advances from males by blasting streamssilt, shells and debris at them. One hen was recorded throwing silt ten times at the same male
  
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• Perseverance to take a second stab at Martian rocks ... but first it has to scratch'n'sniff

  27-08-2021 22:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hopefully this'll be the sample that eventually gets sent back to Earth NASA’s Perseverance rover will make a second attempt at collecting a sample of Mars rock for eventual return to Earth – though it's going to scratch its latest target first to make sure it's worth bothering.…
  
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• Covid origin: US spy agencies publish 'inconclusive' report

  27-08-2021 22:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The office that oversees US spy agencies could not establish how the coronavirus pandemic began.
  
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• Cane toad tadpoles have turned to CANNIBALISM in Australia, study finds

  27-08-2021 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cannibalistic behavior is due to the overwhelming number of tadpoles born in Australia, along with the fact they have developed a taste for toxins put into the fertilized egg by the mother.
  
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• More than 40% of Americans believe some UFO sightings are alien spacecraft

  27-08-2021 21:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new Gallup survey says that 41% of all Americans now believe that some UFOs 'involve alien spacecraft,' up from 33% in 2019. College graduates are also more likely to believe in aliens.
  
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• NASA's Perseverance is trying again to collect Mars samples after the first rocks crumbled to pieces

  27-08-2021 20:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Perseverance rover is getting ready for a second attempt to collect rock samples from Mars, scraping a rock nicknamed 'Rochelle' with a tool on its robotic arm, the agency said on Thursday.
  
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• Greenland island is world's northernmost island - scientists

  27-08-2021 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  They say a tiny island off Greenland's coast was discovered by luck during a recent expedition.
  
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• Health: Premature babies feel less pain when they hear their mothers' voice while in intensive care

  27-08-2021 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings, highlight the importance of parents being present while their baby is in intensive care and undergoing an important stage of development, University of Geneva experts said.
  
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• Candela's C-8 electric hydrofoil speedboat can go 35mph and last over 56 miles before charging

  27-08-2021 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Candela's C-8 is 30 inches longer than the recent C-7 and uses less energy. Its larger battery allows it to surpass the C-7's 50 nautical mile limit before needing a charge, while still offering room for eight.
  
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• When pigs fly! Wild boars work together to free two piglets trapped inside a cage

  27-08-2021 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of eight wild boars worked together to free a pair of piglets trapped inside a cage. A large female led the mission by manipulating a log that had locked the cage. It took just 29mins to open.
  
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• Exercising when obese reduces the number of calories burnt while sitting still, study shows 

  27-08-2021 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  You may have to work extra hard to lose weight if you're obese due to a 'cruel' metabolic quirk, researchers based in London and Shenzhen, China, report.
  
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• Elon Musk blasts Jeff Bezos, saying he has a 'full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX'

  27-08-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk criticized Jeff Bezos on Twitter, after Amazon filed a protest against SpaceX launching another Starlink batch. Musk said Bezos' has a new full-time job filing lawsuits against SpaceX.
  
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• Disease that blinded, killed thousands of US birds may be tied to eating Brood X cicadas

  27-08-2021 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials say a strange outbreak that blinded and killed thousands of songbirds is in decline. Experts at Cornell believe the illness was caused by birds eating Brood X cicadas this summer
  
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• Mystery firm is developing a base in low Earth orbit for civilian astronauts

  27-08-2021 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Collins Aerospace builds life support and water recovery systems for NASA that are in use on the International Space Station (ISS) from its base in Charlotte, North Caroline.
  
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• This way up: James Webb Space Telescope gets ready for shipment after final tests

  27-08-2021 16:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Next stop, Kourou It's been a big week for the much-delayed James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) as testing of the observatory was completed and operations to ship the spacecraft to the Kourou launchpad began.…
  
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• LED streetlights kill off insect populations by half, study finds

  27-08-2021 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eco-friendly LED lights along roadsides kill moths, warn experts at Newcastle University, the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) and UK charity Butterfly Conservation.
  
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• Space weather: Large solar storms could cripple the world's internet for WEEKS, study finds

  27-08-2021 15:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Interference from severe solar storms could damage signal boosters along fibre optic cables, cutting off parts of the internet from each other, a University of California, Irvine study found.
  
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• Overwatch to change cowboy character McCree's name

  27-08-2021 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cowboy character Jesse McCree will be renamed after his namesake leaves Activision-Blizzard.
  
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• 17 of the best audiobooks in 2021, fiction and non-fiction

  27-08-2021 14:16
  
  The best audio books on Audible featuring A-list actors and top-notch productions in fiction and non-fiction
  
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• The best sci-fi movies everyone should watch once

  27-08-2021 13:13
  
  Our pick of the best sci-fi movies for you to explore
  
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• The best films coming out in 2021 (and the best ones so far)

  27-08-2021 13:01
  
  It's a big year for cinema, with a host of delayed blockbusters and big sequels coming to screens
  
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• Penis length makes a difference during sex, study finds

  27-08-2021 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experiments involving silicone rings on men's erect penises showed the length really does improve sexual pleasure for the woman during intercourse, King's College London reports.
  
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• Little penguin feeding behaviour revealed with trackers

  27-08-2021 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ten males were fitted with sensors in the breeding season to give greater insight into the birds.
  
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• Apple tweaks app pay rules in $100m settlement

  27-08-2021 12:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Developers will be able to tell app customers how to avoid Apple's 30% cut on payments.
  
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• Good news: Japanese boffins 3D print what looks like marbled Wagyu beef. Bad news: It's tiny and inedible

  27-08-2021 08:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Still, that'll be 100 quid, please Scientists in Japan have 3D printed an approximation of one of the nation's delicacies, Wagyu beef, in an experiment involving bovine stem cells.…
  
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• Zoom dysmorphia is following us into the real world

  27-08-2021 07:00
  
  Eighteen months of using front-facing cameras has distorted our self-image – and a new study reveals that the effects aren't going away easily
  
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• The Great Resignation is here and no one is prepared

  27-08-2021 07:00
  
  Around the world, workers are quitting their jobs in record numbers – and bosses are still scrambling to figure out how to keep them
  
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• 6 things you need to do to stop yourself getting hacked in 2021

  27-08-2021 07:00
  
  You are your own biggest weakness. Changing just a few of your behaviours can reduce the chances of your online accounts being hacked
  
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• Apple chief executive Tim Cook gets $750m payout

  27-08-2021 05:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The award of more than five million Apple shares comes as Mr Cook marks a decade as the firm's boss.
  
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• Coroner Certifies: BBC Personality Died From AstraZeneca Vaccine

  27-08-2021 02:08 via technocracy.news
  
  Where are the coroners, you ask? Well one coroner performed an autopsy on Lisa Shaw and determined that she died from the AstraZeneca Covid-19 “vaccination.” This flies in the face of “Animal Farm” fact-checkers and the larger Technocrat narrative. These gene therapy injections should have been terminated long ago. ⁃ TN EditorAn award-winning BBC radio presenter died due to complications of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination, a coroner in England has concluded.
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• Indian Bar Association Sues WHO Chief Scientist Over Bashing Ivermectin, Needless Deaths Of Indian Patients

  27-08-2021 01:48 via technocracy.news
  
  This will bring yawns to most Americans but it is the biggest story in India thus far in the pandemic era. The Indian Bar Association is suing WHO’s chief scientist for purposefully misleading India’s medical establishment over live-saving Ivermectin. ⁃ TN EditorThe Indian Bar Association (IBA) sued WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan on May 25, accusing her in a 71-point brief of causing the deaths of Indian citizens by misleading them about Ivermectin.
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• Indian Bar Association Sues WHO Chief Scientist Over Bashing Ivermectin

  27-08-2021 01:48 via technocracy.news
  
  This will bring yawns to most Americans but it is the biggest story in India thus far in the pandemic era. The Indian Bar Association is suing WHO’s chief scientist for purposefully misleading India’s medical establishment over live-saving Ivermectin. ⁃ TN EditorThe Indian Bar Association (IBA) sued WHO Chief Scientist Dr. Soumya Swaminathan on May 25, accusing her in a 71-point brief of causing the deaths of Indian citizens by misleading them about Ivermectin.
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• Snowden Warns: Apple Has Declared War On Your Privacy

  27-08-2021 01:24 via technocracy.news
  
  It was always Apple that always protested about user privacy, right? “The lady doth protest too much, methinks.” (Hamlet, Shakespeare) Turns out that Apple’s apple is rotten as it is becoming the company that delivers user content to the Technocrat/Government surveillance machine.
  Whether or not you are an Apple user, you must read this article from Ed Snowden, word for word and thought for thought. Google, Microsoft and Amazon are sure to be close behind. ⁃ TN EditorBy n
  
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• Twelve-year-old boy makes £290,000 from whale NFTs

  27-08-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Benyamin Ahmed created a set of more than 3,000 whale images and sold digital tokens of them.
  
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• Climate Basics: Can carbon offsetting help the planet?

  27-08-2021 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Reality Check looks at whether it's possible to buy your way out of creating harmful greenhouse gas emissions.
  
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• Why is there a chip shortage?

  27-08-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The big chip crunch is really biting now, leaving even the most unexpected industries in crisis.
  
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• Peloton cuts price of bike as sales growth slows

  27-08-2021 00:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The fitness company's losses have widened as people head back to gyms to exercise.
  
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