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• Salmon are being 'squeezed' from 40 YEARS of changes in the rivers and freshwater seas they swim in 

  21-10-2021 23:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five different species of Pacific salmon and trout are declining because of 40 years of changes in their marine and freshwater environmentsThe species being affected are seeing declines in numbers in the Keogh River, near Port Hardy on Vancouver IslandA fluctuating climate, increase in seals, competing salmon, warmer water temperatures and an increase in watershed logging are playing a roleSteelhead and coastal cutthroat trout populations declined by 80% and 70% between 1976 and 2015
  
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• Mosaic floors from the 1,500-year-old lost 'Church of the Apostles' are discovered in Israel 

  21-10-2021 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stunning mosaic flooring was designed with tiny yellow, red and orange tiles and includes inscriptions written in ancient Greek. The Church of the Apostles was destroyed in 725 AD.
  
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• Climate change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says

  21-10-2021 22:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countries will argue over a response and the poorest will suffer most, US intelligence says.
  
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• Rates of gun violence increased by 30% during pandemic

  21-10-2021 20:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Penn State found that there was a 30 percent increase in gun related injuries and deaths during the pandemic. They blame an increase in stress and gun purchases for spike.
  
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• Kim Kardashian is spotted wearing a purple pair of Apple's unannounced Beats Fit Pro

  21-10-2021 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A source familiar with the matter confirmed to DailyMail.com Kim Kardashian was wearing the secretive Beats Fit Pro. The star was sporting a purple pair while in Las Angeles.
  
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• New tree disease Phytophthora pluvialis is discovered in Cornwall

  21-10-2021 20:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Imported trees bringing disease has led to the loss of tens of millions of tree since 2016, according to the Woodland Trust, based in Grantham, Lincolnshire.
  
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• Female African elephants are rapidly evolving to become TUSKLESS due to ivory poaching, study warns 

  21-10-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Remaining elephants are more likely to be tuskless, meaning their children were also born tuskless, according to the team from Princeton University in New Jersey.
  
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• Amazon sees fresh push to unionise in New York

  21-10-2021 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Warehouse workers in Staten Island hope to organise, in the latest labour push at the firm.
  
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• Robot artist Ai-Da released by Egyptian border guards

  21-10-2021 18:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Authorities, who held the robot for 10 days, feared that it may have been hiding covert spy tools.
  
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• Shock: COVID Shots May Be Killing More People Than COVID Itself

  21-10-2021 18:27 via technocracy.news
  
  Reading statistical data can be tricky, but consistent inferences across different data sets is like “where there is smoke, there is fire.”  Globally, vaccine-related deaths may be approaching 1 million. Why haven’t these FDA Emergency Use Authorization injections been halted? Hint: The agenda doesn’t include saving lives.
  In the U.S., none of these shots have cleared normal FDA approval. All continue to operate under Emergency Use Authorization, including all the bo
  
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• 'World's most environmentally friendly' rocket is being built in Scotland

  21-10-2021 18:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the Orbex Prime rocket is finished, the plan is to launch it by late 2022 from Space Hub Sutherland, the carbon-neutral Spaceport in the Scottish Highlands.
  
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• Cow manure makes DRINKABLE water after scientists turn the animal feces into a filter

  21-10-2021 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cow manure was turned into a foam that sits on top of the seawater's surface and when sunlight hits the area, water beneath the black material turns to steam and passes through.
  
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• Vikings settled in North America in 1021AD, study says

  21-10-2021 17:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say they have precisely dated a camp in Newfoundland, Canada, thanks to a new technique.
  
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• GMO Sperm? Scientists Use Monkey Stem Cells To Create Sperm

  21-10-2021 17:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Now gene editing techniques are used to convert stem cells into active sperm cells that are efficacious for fertilization. This is the genesis of life itself, and the research is pointedly headed toward solving human infertility issues. The temptation to change a few DNA segments along the way will be irresistible. ⁃ TN EditorMale infertility can be an awkward topic to discuss for many patients, but on a global level, a concerning upward trend has become apparent. More and more men all ove
  
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• Lab-grown 'mini brains' are developed from the cells of dementia and motor neurone patients

  21-10-2021 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Being able to grow small organ-like models of the brain allowed researchers from the University of Cambridge to understand what happens at the earliest stages of disease.
  
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• Finally! A cryptocurrency for everyone on the planet

  21-10-2021 17:00
  
  Worldcoin wants to get one billion people into its new cryptocurrency by the end of 2022 – with a little help from iris-scanning Orbs
  
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• Early dinosaurs were SOCIABLE and moved in herds 193 million years ago

  21-10-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 100 eggs, complete with embryo remains still inside, have been dug up at a dinosaur graveyard in the Laguna Colorada Formation in Patagonia, Argentina.
  
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• Kidney From Genetically Modified Pig Transplanted Into Human

  21-10-2021 16:57 via technocracy.news
  
  The more DNA sequences are documented in living species, the more Technocrat/Transhuman scientists want to engineer them for other uses. This is a dangerous and slippery slope for all living creatures because there are no limits to say how much is too far. ⁃ TN EditorSurgeons in New York have successfully attached a kidney grown in a genetically altered pig to a human patient and found that the organ worked normally, a scientific breakthrough that one day may yield a vast new supply of org
  
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• British entrepreneur sells company to Twitter

  21-10-2021 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nick D'Aloisio previously sold an app to Yahoo when he was only 17 years old.
  
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• Interactive map reveals the UK areas with the highest carbon dioxide emissions

  21-10-2021 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In England, CO2 emissions have dropped by 36 per cent since 2005, compared with 35 per cent in Scotland, 29 per cent in Wales and 23 per cent in Northern Ireland, ONS figures reveal.
  
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• After more than a decade of development, South Korea has a near miss with Nuri rocket test

  21-10-2021 15:59 via go.theregister.com
  
  Nation playing catch-up following release from 1979 ban South Korea today came close to joining the small club of nations that can build and launch their own orbital-class rockets, with its maiden attempt blasting off successfully, but failing to deploy the payload.…
  
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• Dinosaur thought to be a carnivore is actually a timid VEGETARIAN that lived 220 million years ago

  21-10-2021 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new analysis by researchers from the University of Queensland has confirmed that the prints were actually left by a Prosauropod - a small and timid vegetarian.
  
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• AirPods 3 aren’t headphones. And that’s the point

  21-10-2021 14:20
  
  Apple’s AirPods 3 are about more than just music, and that might be their saving grace
  
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• Orion: Nasa's Moon-ship is attached to SLS megarocket

  21-10-2021 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nasa's next-generation spaceship is attached to the rocket that will launch it to the Moon.
  
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• These countries may end up being the villains of COP26

  21-10-2021 14:00
  
  At the climate conference in Glasgow, national interests are about to clash with environmental progress
  
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• Elon Musk wins approval to build a 29-mile tunnel system underneath the Las Vegas strip

  21-10-2021 13:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The SpaceX founder's Boring Company already operates a smaller version of the 'Vegas Loop' system underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center, which opened earlier this year to lackluster reviews.
  
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• Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey mocks Facebook's plans to create a 'metaverse'

  21-10-2021 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Facebook wants the 'metaverse' to be a future version of the internet, where users use virtual reality and augmented reality devices to enter virtual worlds, run from its Menlo Park, California HQ.
  
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• Environment Bill: MPs reject tougher air quality target

  21-10-2021 12:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ministers say the Environment Bill shows global leadership, but critics accuse them of "inaction".
  
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• Boeing's Starliner capsule corroded due to high humidity levels, NASA explains, and the spaceship won't fly this year

  21-10-2021 12:14 via go.theregister.com
  
  Meanwhile Elon's running orbital tourist trips and ISS crew missions Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner capsule, designed to carry astronauts to and from the International Space Station, will not fly until the first half of next year at the earliest, as the manufacturing giant continues to tackle an issue with the spacecraft’s valves.…
  
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• South Korea launches first homegrown space rocket Nuri

  21-10-2021 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The launch completes all its stages but fails in its goal of putting a dummy satellite in orbit.
  
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• Infertility breakthrough as scientists successfully create viable sperm from monkey stem cells

  21-10-2021 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rhesus macaques share similar reproductive mechanisms to humans, making them 'ideal... for exploring stem cell-based therapies for male infertility,' experts at the University of Georgia said.
  
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• Vienna museums join ONLYFANS to display nude artworks after they are 'blacklisted' on social media

  21-10-2021 10:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vienna Tourist Board has launched an OnlyFans page to display the nude artworks featured in the Leopold Museum, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna and Natural History Museum Vienna.
  
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• Trump to launch new social media platform TRUTH Social

  21-10-2021 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former US president was banned from Twitter and Facebook following the US Capitol riots.
  
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• COP26: Document leak reveals nations lobbying to change key climate report

  21-10-2021 08:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Countries are asking the UN to play down the need to move rapidly away from fossil fuels.
  
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• Theranos blood-test machine demos for VIPs rigged to hide any failures, court told

  21-10-2021 03:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Error messages effectively piped to /dev/null, it is alleged Theranos blood-testing machines, which US prosecutors claim failed over 51 per cent of the time, provided no indication if things went awry during demonstrations for visitors, a court has heard.…
  
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