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• Satellite constellations are 'ruining' the night sky that indigenous groups say hurt traditions

  07-10-2021 23:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Certain indigenous groups believe that the satellite megaconstellations companies are launching amount to 'astrocolonialism' and are washing away cultural traditions.
  
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• Mass extinction that saw 63% of mammal species vanish from Africa just now documented

  07-10-2021 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A dramatic change in climate that occurred about 30 million years ago resulted in a mass extinction in Africa and the Arabian Peninsula that has been documented by scientists for the first time.
  
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• New kind of building material is made of concrete waste and CO2 from industrial exhaust gasses 

  07-10-2021 21:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new building material is a combination of concrete waste and carbon dioxide, which undergoes the same process aquatic animals endure when hardening into fossils overtime.
  
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• Staring at phone screens for too long can increase the risk of short-sightedness

  07-10-2021 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Half the world could need glasses in 30 years because of young people staring at screens, experts from Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge, England.
  
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• Florida eradicates eight-inch giant land snail for the second time in 10 years

  07-10-2021 20:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida announced on Wednesday that it has eradicated the African giant land snail after the invasive species reemerged in the Sunshine State in 2011.
  
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• Tesla's Model 3 and Model Y are $2,000 more expensive following new price change

  07-10-2021 20:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla increased pricing for its Model 3 and Model Y vehicles by $2,000 Wednesday night. Now the cheapest Model 3 is the Standard Range Plus for $41,990
  
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• Moon rocks returned by the Chang'e-5 mission date back 2 billion years

  07-10-2021 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Chinese space agency's Chang'e-5 mission launched on November 23, 2020 from Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on Hainan Island, China.
  
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• Mars' Jezero crater was a quiet lake 3.7 billion years ago

  07-10-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The latest batch of images were taken inside the ancient crater and studied in detail by experts from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), in Cambridge.
  
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• Nothing says 'We believe in you' like NASA switching two 'nauts off Boeing's Starliner onto SpaceX's Crew Dragon

  07-10-2021 19:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  All change on 2022 ride to the ISS NASA has shown its tremendous confidence in Boeing's Starliner by shifting astronauts scheduled to launch aboard the calamity capsule to SpaceX's Crew Dragon.…
  
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• Snowshoe hares are losing camouflage due to climate change, but they still manage to avoid predators

  07-10-2021 18:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Snowshoe hares are losing their camouflage due to climate change, but they can still avoid predatorsOnly one in seven hares that were captured by predators were mismatchedWhite hares foraged 17-77 minutes less per day than the brown hares at temperatures between 0 and -10 ºCThe hares are more insulated when they turn white and expend less energyThese North American hares turn white in the winter and brown in the summer
  
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• H&M, Primark and Zara among major high-street brands accused of 'greenwashing' eco-credentials

  07-10-2021 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Changing Markets Foundation, and plastic pollution campaigners City to Sea, produced a new report into the lifecycle of recycled plastic used in clothing.
  
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• Major high-street brands accused of 'greenwashing' eco-credentials

  07-10-2021 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Changing Markets Foundation, and plastic pollution campaigners City to Sea, produced a new report into the lifecycle of recycled plastic used in clothing.
  
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• Birds learn to avoid plants that host toxic insects, study finds 

  07-10-2021 17:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Birds don't just learn the colours of dangerous prey, they can also learn the appearance of the plants such insects live on, report experts at the University of Bristol.
  
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• Ducklings swim in a line behind their mother to reduce drag and propel themselves forwards

  07-10-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Strathclyde found that swimming in a line behind their mother helps to reduce drag, and actually propels the ducklings forwards.
  
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• Unvaccinated Canadians Can’t Travel, Lose Government Benefits

  07-10-2021 16:55 via technocracy.news
  
  The unvaccinated in Canada are effectively on permanent lockdown, effectively forcing many into compliance and others into despair. According to Trudeau, however, prompt vaccination allows you “to get back to the things you love.” ⁃ TN EditorAfter managing to preserve Canada’s political status quo during last month’s “snap” federal election, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has decided to use whatever political capital he gained from the experience
  
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• NASA moves two astronauts off delayed Boeing missions and reassigns them in rare move to SpaceX

  07-10-2021 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA moved two astronauts from Boeing to SpaceX. The mission was set to be Boeing's first crewed flight, but its Starliner rocket has experienced delays due to hardware errors.
  
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• Scientists develop a robot that can rapidly sift through piles of clutter to locate lost items 

  07-10-2021 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The prototype, created by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, has a robotic arm with a camera and radio frequency antenna attached to its gripper to find hidden items.
  
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• Apple is working on new tech to let CarPlay access car functions like climate-control and seats

  07-10-2021 16:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple is looking into an expansion of its CarPlay feature used by over 600 vehicle models and control aspects like climate, the radio and how a person sits in a car, according to a media report.
  
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• Department of Justice Slams First Amendment, Claims Parents Are Engaged In ‘Domestic Terrorism And Hate Crimes’

  07-10-2021 15:57 via technocracy.news
  
  Parents across the nation are outraged that their own Department of Justice has been weaponized against them, claiming that school board critics and protestors are charged with being instruments of “domestic terrorism and hate crimes.” How did this happen and how was it suddenly fanned into a raging fire? The timeline below shows the key events and players.
  For all parents who have been engaging their local school boards over a number of concerning issues such as mask mandates, criti
  
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• Yes, Urbanista’s solar-powered headphones really do work

  07-10-2021 15:20
  
  Urbanista’s new Los Angeles wireless, noise-cancelling cans are a fine listen and, amazingly, do indeed make good on their “no more charging necessary” promise
  
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• Sky launches streaming TV with no satellite dish

  07-10-2021 14:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  By ditching the satellite and the need for a set-top box, the offering will shake up the market.
  
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• Three humans were buried in the Tomb of Nestor's Cup, study shows

  07-10-2021 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There wasn't just one human buried in the Tomb of Nestor's Cup, a famous burial in Italy, researchers at the University of Padua report, but three.
  
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• Greenpeace loses North Sea Vorlich field legal challenge

  07-10-2021 14:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The environmental group had argued permission should not have been granted by the UK government for the Vorlich oil field.
  
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• Meet LEO, the professional slackliner robot built to act like a drone-bot hybrid

  07-10-2021 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  LEO was developed from parts found around the lab, including from two-legged robots and drones, by engineers from the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.
  
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• Sky unveils Glass - a no-dish, no-box TV from £39/month

  07-10-2021 13:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sky Glass has been billed as a way to 'buy your TV like you buy your mobile phone', with the Ultra HD television available in five colours and three sizes when it is launched in the UK on October 18.
  
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• Twitch blames server error for massive data leak

  07-10-2021 13:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The livestreaming site says a mistake exposed its data to a malicious third party on the internet.
  
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• Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry awarded to boffins studying complex systems, organic catalysts

  07-10-2021 12:28 via go.theregister.com
  
  20m Swedish kronor – close to 2 million quid – to be shared The Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry were this week awarded to scientists for groundbreaking research into climate, complex systems, and a new type of catalyst.…
  
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• Draconid Meteor Shower set to peak on Friday night

  07-10-2021 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The best views of the Draconids Meteor Shower will be under clear skies and in areas with very little light pollution, according to Royal Observatory Greenwich.
  
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• Extinct sloth that lived 1.8 million years ago was not a strict vegetarian like its living relatives

  07-10-2021 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It had long been thought that Mylodon darwinii was a herbivore because most living sloths only eat plants, but research by the American Museum of Natural History disputes this.
  
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• Scientists discover a colour-changing diamond that transforms from grey to yellow

  07-10-2021 09:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The discovery was made by Stephanie Persaud at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, California. She was grading diamonds for clients when she noticed the 'cryogenic diamond'.
  
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• Meteorite detectives are hunting for strange visitors

  07-10-2021 07:00
  
  Geography and greenery make it hard to find celestial rocks scattered across the UK. UKMON wants to change that
  
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• Facebook and Google’s new plan? Own the internet

  07-10-2021 07:00
  
  America’s tech giants already own the online world. Now they want to own the internet's infrastructure, too
  
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• How the semiconductor shortage could be a problem for you

  07-10-2021 01:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Intel is making an effort to combat the global semiconductor shortage at their new site in Arizona.
  
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• Stink bug discovery raises fears of threat to crops

  07-10-2021 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The lone insect found in Surrey may be a stowaway or part of an undiscovered population.
  
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• You can now buy an electric Aston Martin DB6

  07-10-2021 01:01
  
  Silverstone-based Lunaz is restoring and electrifying classic British cars using its own bespoke EV drivetrain
  
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• Obsidian 'spirit mirror' used by Elizabeth I's confidant John Dee has AZTEC origins, study finds

  07-10-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mirror (right), now held in the British Museum in London, belonged to John Deer (left), has long been suspected of being made by the ancient South American empire, but the truth was lost to history.
  
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• Ros Atkins On... China's climate change promises

  07-10-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ahead of COP26, Ros Atkins looks at what the world's biggest emitters are doing to tackle climate change.
  
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• Ivermectin: How false science created a Covid 'miracle' drug

  07-10-2021 00:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thousands worldwide have taken ivermectin to fight Covid. But what's the evidence?
  
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