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• DNA confirms Japanese wolf extinct for 115 years is the closest known wild relative of modern dogs

  20-10-2021 23:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the Japanese wolf and dog share a common ancestor, an extinct species of gray wolves. Asian dog breeds like the Shina Ibu share as much as 5 percent DNA with the Japanese wolf.
  
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• Archaeologists discover three statues of ram heads near Egypt's Karnak Temple 

  20-10-2021 23:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have discovered three statues of ram heads, including one that had a cobra on its head, at Egypt's Karnak Temple in Luxor on a road known as the 'avenue of sphinxes.'
  
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• Termites that evolve into king and queens can grow their brains before they leave the nest

  20-10-2021 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered that king and queen dampwood termites can grow the size of their brains, in particular, the optic lobe, before they leave the nests.
  
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• First evidence of a wartime campsite used by Crusaders to invade the Holy Land is found in Israel

  20-10-2021 21:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Highway excavations in Israel turned up evidence of an encampment held by 12th-century Crusaders. Archaeologists unearthed arrowheads, horseshoes, and other items used to care for horses.
  
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• Crab discovered in 100 MILLION-year-old amber is the oldest modern-looking crustacean ever found

  20-10-2021 20:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harvard researchers used micro-CT scans to analyze the crab in amber. The team saw crab's tissues like its antennae, legs and mouthparts - and not a single hair was missing from the specimen.
  
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• Astronomers spot a planet 95 light-years from Earth that lost its atmosphere during a 'giant impact'

  20-10-2021 20:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have discovered the first evidence that a 'giant impact' 95 million light-years away from Earth 'stripped' part of a planet's atmosphere.
  
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• River Mimram turns PURPLE with pollution, hours after environment ministers posed in front of it

  20-10-2021 19:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When environment Minister, Rebecca Pow and members of the Chalk Stream Restoration Group visited the river yesterday, it was a clear looking stream.
  
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• Your essential guide to this autumn’s best sneakers

  20-10-2021 18:43
  
  Our pick of the most sought-after and stylish sneakers dropping this autumn and coming holiday season
  
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• NASA shares its vision for the future of space travel in exciting sci-fi video

  20-10-2021 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's vision of space travel would be to send tourists to exotic places around the solar system and beyond, where they can do exciting activities like kayaking on the waters of Titan.
  
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• The Vikings beat Christopher Columbus to the Americas by 471 years, study claims 

  20-10-2021 18:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The chopping of wood at L'Anse aux Meadows, in Newfoundland, Canada was dated to 1021 AD using a radiocarbon signal in trees from a solar storm, experts from the University of Groningen said.
  
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• Nigerian romance scam suspects targeted 100 women - FBI

  20-10-2021 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eight Nigerian men are charged in South Africa after an international operation involving Interpol.
  
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• Climate plan urging plant-based diet shift deleted

  20-10-2021 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A research paper recommending people shift towards plant-based foods is not policy, the government says.
  
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• Nearly 45 million received scam calls in three months, Ofcom says

  20-10-2021 17:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Almost a million people in the UK were misled by calls or messages over the summer.
  
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• Scientists find evidence modern domestic horse originated in Western Eurasia over 4,200 years ago

  20-10-2021 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The modern horse was domesticated around 2,200 B.C. in the Pontic-Caspian steppe in Western Eurasia, according to a newly published study.
  
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• Fossils: Woolly mammoths may have been driven to extinction because it was TOO WET, study claims

  20-10-2021 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DNA traces from plant and animal remains found in soil samples collected at Arctic sites known to have yielded mammoths fossils were analysed by experts led from the University of Cambridge.
  
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• WOOD steak knife is 23 times harder and three times sharper than stainless-steel blades

  20-10-2021 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The wooden knives are better for the environment, according to experts behind the development process from the University of Maryland in College Park.
  
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• Internet Of Things Is Driving Connected Medical Device Market

  20-10-2021 17:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Lest we forget other Technocrat initiatives, the Internet Of Things is rapidly filling up space in the medical field with the same philosophy, “If it can be connected, it will be connected”. Connectivity to the Internet plays prominently and the entire segment is growing at 25% per year. ⁃ TN EditorThe internet of things (IoT) technology has gained immense popularity in the recent times. The concept basically refers to the connection of devices, any device as long as it has an
  
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• UK's ARIA innovation body 'hasn't even begun to happen' says former research lead

  20-10-2021 16:38 via go.theregister.com
  
  DARPA imitator not doing much after two years of Johnson government The UK's efforts to copy US government and military innovation outfit DARPA are stalling, according to a leading figure in research and development.…
  
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• Medical Technocrats Rushing To Vaccinate Young Children

  20-10-2021 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  The Technocrat’s propaganda machine has shifted into high gear to praise the benefits of children being vaccinated. Millions of parents will likely be deceived into believing the propaganda. Children are the least likely of any age group to have trouble with COVID, and available shots are still given under Emergency Use Authorization. ⁃ TN EditorThe Biden administration on Wednesday unveiled its plan to ‘quickly’ vaccinate roughly 28 million children age 5-11, pending aut
  
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• Insight: The Great New Normal Purge

  20-10-2021 15:42 via technocracy.news
  
  TN has been pointing this out for months: “But it isn’t just a purge of “the Unvaccinated.” Anyone deviating from the official ideology is being systematically demonized and persecuted.” This purging is no respecter of political ideology or economic status: speak wrong, get tossed. ⁃ TN EditorSo, the Great New Normal Purge has begun … right on cue, right by the numbers.
  As we “paranoid conspiracy theorists” have been warning would happen&nbs
  
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• Covid vaccine pioneer: Lives depend on science funding

  20-10-2021 15:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Sir Andrew Pollard warns against possible moves to reverse planned investment in science.
  
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• COP26: Russia's Vladimir Putin will not attend climate summit

  20-10-2021 14:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  No reason was given for the Russian leader's decision not to attend the conference in Glasgow.
  
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• NASA's $12.2 billion Orion spaceship is ready to be attached to a rocket

  20-10-2021 14:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacecraft was moved between buildings at Florida's Kennedy Space Center on Monday, and is now due to be lifted on to the most powerful rocket in the world, the Space Launch System.
  
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• Activision Blizzard: More than 20 staff leave after harassment claims

  20-10-2021 14:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The video games giant is attempting to repair its reputation following a series of lawsuits.
  
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• What is Climate Justice?

  20-10-2021 13:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Who is responsible for climate change and who should take the lead in trying to fix it?
  
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• Archaeology: Neolithic relief with a frontal depiction of a man holding his phallus found in Turkey

  20-10-2021 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Excavations at the Sayburç site in Anatolia's Taş Tepeler ('Stone Hills') region are being carried out byIstanbul University and the Şanlıurfa Archeology Museum.
  
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• Facebook fined a record £50m by UK competition watchdog

  20-10-2021 13:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The CMA says the social media giant, which also may be changing its name, deliberately broke rules.
  
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• Tips on how to save energy at home and help the planet

  20-10-2021 12:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What can homeowners do to reduce their energy consumption?
  
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• Orionid Meteor Shower will peak this evening with up to 20 shooting stars every hour

  20-10-2021 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Orionid meteors occur every autumn when Earth passes through the stream of debris left by Halley's Comet, and will reach their peak tonight and tomorrow night.
  
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• Lunar rocks brought to Earth by China's Chang'e 5 show Moon's volcanoes were recently* active

  20-10-2021 11:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  * Just a couple of billion years The Moon remained volcanically active much later than previously thought, judging from fragments of rocks dating back two billion years that were collected by China's Chang’e 5 spacecraft.…
  
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• Is the UK's green plan enough to halt climate change?

  20-10-2021 11:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Support for roads, aviation and fossil fuel drilling could undermine UK's green credentials at COP26.
  
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• Men with high testosterone levels are more sexually active and more likely to CHEAT, study finds

  20-10-2021 11:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that men with more of the hormone really are more likely to have multiple partners at one time.
  
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• Inside Amazon’s epic fight for power in India

  20-10-2021 10:48
  
  A high-profile legal dispute between Amazon and Reliance Industries looks set to forever change the shopping habits of more than a billion people
  
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• Darmstadt, we have a problem – ESA reveals its INTEGRAL space telescope was three hours from likely death

  20-10-2021 10:17 via go.theregister.com
  
  Gamma ray-spotting 'scope was spinning uncontrollably and unable to make 'leccy until dramatic rescue The European Space Agency (ESA) revealed on Monday that its 19-year-old International Gamma-Ray Astrophysics Laboratory (INTEGRAL) had a near-death experience last month when failure of a small yet significant part caused it to spin uncontrollably and prevented its solar panels from generating power.…
  
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• A FIFTH of US adults received mental health treatment in 2020 during the Covid pandemic

  20-10-2021 10:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new CDC report found 20.3% of adults received mental health treatment in 2020 compared to 19.2% with women and whites being the most likely to take medication or go to therapy.
  
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• DNA: How genes could affect our mind and body

  20-10-2021 09:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Decode Genetics is researching how genetics shape our bodies, our minds and our personalities.
  
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• Climate change: Fossil fuel production set to soar over next decade

  20-10-2021 06:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Government plans to extract coal, oil and gas are incompatible with safe temperatures, says the UN.
  
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• Can Online Safety Bill tackle social media abuse of MPs?

  20-10-2021 01:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After Sir David Amess' death, we look at the detail of the Online Safety Bill and what measures it offers.
  
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• Squid Game helps Netflix subscriptions pick up

  20-10-2021 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The streaming giant added 4.4 million new users in the third quarter as foreign language shows continued to fly.
  
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• Ros Atkins on… Europe's climate challenge

  20-10-2021 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ros Atkins looks at how Europe is getting to grips with its emissions problem.
  
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• Environment bill: Green groups' dismay as ministers reject changes

  20-10-2021 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers say the new law will demonstrate global leadership, but critics accuse them of "inaction".
  
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• Archaeology: 'Korean' dish revealed as rare Imperial Chinese 'Ru' ware ceramic crafted 900 years ago

  20-10-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dating back some 900 years to the time of Imperial China's Song dynasty, 'Ru official ware' was noted for its lack of decoration and typically pale, 'duck-egg' blue glaze.
  
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• iCan't believe it! Apple launches cloth to clean screens of tech devices... at an eye-watering £19 

  20-10-2021 00:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tech giant's website boasts the embossed cloth is 'made with soft, non-abrasive material' that can wipe clean any Apple product 'safely and effectively'.
  
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