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• $4 million satellite the size of a CHEERIOS box is going into space to search for alien planets

  23-09-2021 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A satellite the size of a 'family-sized box of Cheerios' will head into space later this month to look at the physics 'hot Jupiters,' including the hottest planet ever discovered.
  
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• Boston Dynamics' Spot robot embarks on its latest thrilling adventure: Insurance!

  23-09-2021 22:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  US company equips cybernetic pooch to help in building inspections, post-disaster assessments Boston Dynamics' creepy robot dog Spot has found another new employer for its unique skillset.…
  
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• Artificial intelligence could reveal climate change's tipping points, act like early warning system 

  23-09-2021 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers are creating an artificial intelligence that could act as an 'early warning system' against runway climate change, according to a newly published study.
  
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• Scientists read bird' brain signals to predict what they'll sing next

  23-09-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Feeding the brain signals through artificial intelligence allowed the team from the University of California San Diego to predict what the birds would sing next.
  
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• Footprints in New Mexico are oldest evidence of humans in the Americas

  23-09-2021 20:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists have found evidence that humans reached the Americas earlier than previously thought.
  
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• Cracks appearing on the International Space Station are a 'fairly serious issue'

  23-09-2021 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest crack was spotted in the Russian Zarya module in August, but was just the latest in a string of fissures found on the station 253 miles above the Earth.
  
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• Hubble Space Telescope finds 6 dead galaxies, as expert says 'all galaxies' should be forming stars 

  23-09-2021 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hubble Space Telescope, has found six galaxies in deep space that died when the universe was 3 billion years old, a timeconsidered to be 'the peak epoch of star formation.'
  
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• Apple bans Fortnite from App Store during Epic Games legal battle

  23-09-2021 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The game won't be available on iPhones or other Apple devices until its legal battle with Epic Games ends.
  
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• Cause And Effect: Technocracy Directly Linked To Medical Tyranny

  23-09-2021 17:26 via technocracy.news
  
  The writer, Thomas Knapp, is director and senior news analyst at the William Lloyd Garrison Center for Libertarian Advocacy Journalism. He is spot on to see the so-called pandemic as a direct outcome of Technocracy, and concludes, “the technocrats exercised their power abusively — and ineffectually too boot. It’s time to take that power away.”
  This echoes a statement written by a broadcaster who interviewed me on April 7, 2020. The podcast title was Patrick Wood: Technocr
  
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• Scientists translate chemicals secreted by sawfly larvae to repel predators into eerie music

  23-09-2021 17:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences have translated the secretions into eerie sounds, and tested their effect on humans.
  
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• Bizarre armoured spike fossil belongs to dinosaur that lived in Africa 168 MILLION years ago

  23-09-2021 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The exciting discovery was made in the Middle Atlas Mountains of Morocco at the same site where Natural History Museum in London researchers discovered the oldest stegosaur ever found.
  
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• London School Of Economics (LSE) Launches Course On ‘Technocracy 1914-1945’

  23-09-2021 16:48 via technocracy.news
  
  LSE is a leading academic driver of globalization, and has scheduled a course on historic Technocracy for the period of 1914-1945. These were the formative years leading to modern Technocracy. Not surprisingly, Technocracy Rising: The Trojan Horse of Global Transformation and Technocracy: The Hard Road to World Order do not appear on the reading list. ⁃ TN EditorTeacher responsibleProfessor Alexander NützenadelAvailabilityThis course is available on the MA in Asian and Internatio
  
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• AI cannot be the inventor of a patent, appeals court rules

  23-09-2021 16:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  "Only a person can have rights. A machine cannot," one of the judges wrote.
  
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• Megacomet C/2014 UN271 is likely bigger than one of Mars' moons with a 93 mile-wide diameter: study

  23-09-2021 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Megacomet C/2014 UN271 could have a diameter of 150 kilometers or 93 miles, making it larger than many objects in the solar system, including one of Mars's moons, a new study says.
  
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• The Danger Of Ignoring Dictatorial Powers of a Technocracy

  23-09-2021 16:21 via technocracy.news
  
  An increasing number of people are waking up to the fact that Technocracy is a clear and present danger and that it intends to create a scientific dictatorship. Further, Technocracy is the mortal enemy of all citizen-involved political systems such as a Constitutional Republic in America. ⁃ TN EditorThe United States government is working with big tech companies to build a technocratic system that will remove civil liberties from American citizens.
  If you believe that is too strong of a st
  
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• NASA's InSight lander measures one of the biggest and longest marsquakes yet

  23-09-2021 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robotic seismometre celebrated 1,000 days on the Red Planet on September 18, when it detected the largest tremor since it arrived at the Elysium Planitia on Mars in 2018.
  
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• Climate: Arctic summer sea ice is at its twelfth lowest extent on record, NASA reveals 

  23-09-2021 16:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the US space agency and the National Snow and Ice Data Center have used satellites to monitor the minimum Arctic sea ice coverage each summer since 1978.
  
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• Boris Johnson: Humanity is reaching a turning point on climate change

  23-09-2021 15:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  World leaders must make major changes in four areas - "coal, cars, cash and trees", Boris Johnson says.
  
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• Konami’s eFootball 2022 is a botched FIFA rival

  23-09-2021 15:00
  
  Konami has gone all in on making PES free-to-play with eFootball 2022. But at launch, at least, the game is lacking features and has too much DLC
  
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• 50 of the best podcasts for curious minds

  23-09-2021 14:59
  
  Our pick of the best podcasts on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and more covering technology, culture, science, politics and new ideas
  
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• EU rules to force USB-C chargers for all phones

  23-09-2021 13:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Manufacturers could be forced to change devices to a uniform charging system.
  
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• Apple threatened Facebook ban over slavery posts on Instagram

  23-09-2021 13:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The media giant warned it would take Facebook products out of its App Store.
  
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• 'Side-eyeing Chloe' Clem to sell iconic meme as NFT

  23-09-2021 12:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The image of Chloe Clem could fetch her tens of thousands of dollars at auction.
  
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• Scotland’s four-day week trial is fatally flawed

  23-09-2021 11:46
  
  Scotland's government is trialling a groundbreaking four-day week, but it's powerless to make widespread change happen
  
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• Robots: Hyundai is using Boston Dynamics' Spot to patrol its motor plants in South Korea

  23-09-2021 11:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starting with a pilot operation in one factory, the augmented Spot will support late-night security patrols and create a safer environment for plant workers in South Korea.
  
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• Amateur freedivers discover 53 perfectly-preserved Roman gold coins off the coast of Alicante

  23-09-2021 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thought to have been hidden from barbarian invaders around 1,500 years ago, the stash was discovered by two brothers-in-law cleaning rubbish from the seabed in Alicante.
  
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• These academics are trying to fix the last mile gig economy

  23-09-2021 07:00
  
  The future is gig work – but the system is currently broken. Solutions are coming from academia
  
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• Boris Johnson: Time for humanity to grow up on climate change

  23-09-2021 03:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world is approaching a critical turning point, Boris Johnson warns the UN's General Assembly.
  
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• 'Side-eying Chloe' Clem to sell iconic meme as NFT

  23-09-2021 01:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The image of Chloe Clem could fetch her tens of thousands of dollars at auction.
  
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• Charred remains of Jamestown church burned down in 1676 Bacon's Rebellion discovered

  23-09-2021 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists in Jamestown, Virginia, have uncovered burnt deposits dating from a church burned to the ground in the first revolt in the colonies, a century before the American Revolution.
  
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• Extremists using video-game chats to spread hate

  23-09-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners say including extremist narratives among everyday conversations can be a pathway to radicalisation.
  
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