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• Scientist takes clearest picture ever of living bacteria, revealing a dense 'patchy' surface

  25-10-2021 23:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photos, taken by a biophysicist at University College London, reveal Gram-negative bacteria like Salmonella and E. Coli, which have protective outer membranes, aren't uniformly impenetrable.
  
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• Tesla raises the starting price of all four of its vehicles by almost $5,000

  25-10-2021 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Model 3 sedan and Model Y compact SUV are now $2,000 more, bringing their starting prices to $43,990 and $56,990. TheModel S and Model X increased by $5,000 each to $94,990 and $104,990.
  
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• Tesla surpasses $1 trillion valuation after Hertz order

  25-10-2021 22:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The electric carmaker becomes the fifth such company to reach the milestone after its shares rise 12%.
  
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• Signs of first planet found outside our galaxy

  25-10-2021 21:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have found hints of what could be the first planet ever to be discovered outside our galaxy.
  
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• Blue Origin announces its commercial space station, Orbital Reef, will be operational by 2030

  25-10-2021 21:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blue Origin describes the Orbital Reef station as a "'mixed use business park' in space,' aimed at commercial and academic clients as well as space tourists. The platform will be operational by 2030.
  
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• Moment a polar bear hunts and feasts on a reindeer is seen in first-ever footage

  25-10-2021 21:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Biologists stationed at Norway's Svalbard archipelago watched a female polar bear hunt, kill and feast on an adult reindeer - and they captured the event on film for the first time.
  
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• First planet OUTSIDE the Milky Way galaxy is discovered 28 million light-years from Earth 

  25-10-2021 20:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A group of astronomers may have found the first planet outside the Milky Way, roughly 28 million light-years from Earth in the spiral galaxy Messier 51.
  
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• Frances Haugen says Facebook is 'making hate worse'

  25-10-2021 20:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Frances Haugen, who leaked thousands of documents, appeared before MPs working on online safety.
  
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• Facebook: 'Financial interest to create a safe environment'

  25-10-2021 20:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook's vice-president of content policy, Monika Bickert, spoke to the BBC about the site.
  
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• Recycling plastics does not work, says Boris Johnson

  25-10-2021 20:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Recycling Association responds by saying Boris Johnson has "completely lost the plastic plot".
  
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• Frances Haugen tells MPs: 'Facebook makes hate worse'

  25-10-2021 19:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The former Facebook employee gives evidence to MPs amid fresh revelations about the company.
  
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• Climate change: Winter migration of birds from Europe to Africa may end, researchers warn 

  25-10-2021 19:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  More than 50 years of trans-Saharan migratory bird sightings from both Gibraltar and The Gambia were analysed by team of researchers led from Durham University.
  
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• Ancient Earth was bombarded with 10 times the number of asteroids and comets than previously thought

  25-10-2021 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Billions of years ago, the Earth was hit by more asteroids and comets than previously thought, which caused a disruption in the formation of its atmosphere and lower oxygen levels.
  
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• Evidence of ancient life is found in a RUBY for the first time

  25-10-2021 18:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient ruby, described as 'really unique', was taken from the North Atlantic Craton of southern Greenland.
  
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• Mystery of a man who died 1,300 years ago in China is SOLVED - and experts say it was murder

  25-10-2021 18:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A male's skeleton found in a tomb was thought to be of a grave robber who accidently died, but a new analysis shows the man was murdered and may have dumped in a cemetery by the killers.
  
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• MPs say UK research frozen because of Brexit delay

  25-10-2021 18:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UK scientists are likely to be "frozen out" of EU research programmes, a committee of MPs warns.
  
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• Pixel 6: Hands-on with Google's 'magic eraser' phone

  25-10-2021 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Google says its latest smartphone can erase unwanted objects and people from photographs.
  
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• COP26: What is the Glasgow climate conference and why is it important?

  25-10-2021 18:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A crucial climate change summit is being held in the UK - this is why it's important.
  
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• The Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are impossible to ignore

  25-10-2021 18:00
  
  Google claims the Pixel 6 is its first true flagship Pixel, taking on Samsung and Apple. Great price, great specs and great fun make it a compelling package
  
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• Scientists create a detailed map of the mysterious auroras on Uranus 

  25-10-2021 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazing video shows aurora - spectacular natural light shows caused by the Sun - on Uranus. Experts at the University of Leicester led three days of observations of the planet earlier this month.
  
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• Dutch company unveils electric Super Sub that can go almost 10mph and outpace a bottlenose dolphin 

  25-10-2021 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Netherlands' U-Boat Worx says the Super Sub can reach depths of nearly 1,000 feet and stay submerged for eight hours before recharging. Its clear acrylic hull provides near 360-degree views.
  
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• Scientists discover one of the youngest planets ever found, 400 light-years from Earth

  25-10-2021 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have discovered 'one of the youngest planets ever found.' Exoplanet 2M0437b is 'several million years' old and estimated to be a 'few times more massive than Jupiter.'
  
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• Rhythm: 'Singing' lemurs in Madagascar have a natural ability to keep a beat just like humans

  25-10-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The songs of critically endangered indri lemurs in the rainforests of Madagascar were studied by experts from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and the University of Turin.
  
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• NatWest's online banking is working again after two-hour outage

  25-10-2021 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, customers began having issues from around 12:30 BST. NatWest said the problems were resolved at about 14:30 BST.
  
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• NatWest is down with customers unable to access their accounts, hours after HSBC outage

  25-10-2021 16:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, hundreds of users across the UK began experiencing issues shortly before 13:00 BST.
  
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• Here’s a diversity programme that actually works

  25-10-2021 16:00
  
  This is how American food-delivery startup DoorDash created a diversity and inclusion programme that worked for everyone
  
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• Climate change: Pledge of $100bn annual aid slips to 2023

  25-10-2021 15:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A key pledge on climate funding has still not been met, and the money is not sure to be there before 2023.
  
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• New York flats have furniture that falls from the ceiling on command 

  25-10-2021 15:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clever technology that stores furniture in the ceiling during the day has already been installed in apartments at The Smile, a building in East Harlem, New York.
  
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• Tesla rolls out updated version of its Full Self-Driving system AGAIN after roll back due to issues

  25-10-2021 15:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tesla rolled out version 10.3 of its Full Self-Drivingsoftware Saturday evening, but within hours, CEO Elon Musk tweeted that issues were discovered and cars were put back to 10.2.
  
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• NatWest is down with customers unable to access their accounts

  25-10-2021 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, hundreds of users across the UK began experiencing issues shortly before 13:00 BST.
  
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• Tesla withdraws self-driving beta over software issues

  25-10-2021 14:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk says Tesla is rolling back its latest self-driving car software after a series of issues.
  
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• Schools pause facial recognition lunch plans

  25-10-2021 13:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nine schools in Scotland had planned to allow pupils to pay for their meals using the technology.
  
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• Space: Hubble telescope spots two 'squabbling' galaxies locked in a cosmic dance

  25-10-2021 12:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The larger spiral galaxy is known as NGC 7753, while its smaller companion is called NGC 7752. The pair are 220 million light-years away in the Pegasus constellation.
  
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• HSBC's online banking goes DOWN leaving customers without account access

  25-10-2021 12:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, hundreds of users across the UK began experiencing issues at around 9:30 BST.
  
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• Greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere hit record high in 2020

  25-10-2021 12:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Concentrations of CO2, methane and nitrous oxide rose faster than at any point during the previous decade, with the trend continuing into 2021, the UN's World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said.
  
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• New 'smart bandage' tells doctors when a wound has healed

  25-10-2021 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bandage is equipped with a sensor to read moisture levels - an indicator of if a wound has healed, according to scientists at the University of Bologna, Italy.
  
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• Climate change: Greenhouse gas build-up reached new high in 2020

  25-10-2021 11:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Despite the pandemic, atmospheric levels of CO2 and methane once more broke records last year.
  
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• World's greenhouse gas emissions are on course to be 16% HIGHER by 2030

  25-10-2021 11:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UN scientists also warned that levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere reached record highs again last year, a week before the UK hosts the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow.
  
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• HSBC's online banking is DOWN as customers struggle to access accounts

  25-10-2021 11:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, hundreds of users across the UK began experiencing issues at around 9:30 BST.
  
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• Age of Empires IV wants to teach you a lesson

  25-10-2021 09:01
  
  Can Age of Empires IV, a game about war and conquest, ever be historically accurate? Heck, should it even try?
  
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• Digicel Pacific: Australia's Telstra buys Pacific firm 'to block China'

  25-10-2021 06:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government and telecoms giant Telstra purchase Digicel Pacific in a joint venture.
  
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• Global Blueprint Exposed: The Takeover Of All Genetic Material On Earth

  25-10-2021 06:01 via technocracy.news
  
  Few people, including this author, saw the real driving force behind Agenda 21 and the Biodiversity Convention in 1992. This article is necessarily long and detailed. Some may find it difficult to follow. However, the research is explosive and gives a new and poignant explanation of how and why the world was thrown upside down with a pandemic narrative orchestrated by Big Pharma and the biotechnology industries.
  In the interest of space, I have purposefully left out other important areas that ti
  
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• Mercola: Chinese Defector Reveals COVID Origin

  25-10-2021 04:54 via technocracy.news
  
  It is ultimately important to know for certain where SARS-CoV-2 was engineered and what motive was behind its release. Technocrats in China have no problem working with Technocrats in the United States or around the world, to achieve common goals. The non-stop propaganda machine since January 2020, is definitely trying to obscure the truth. ⁃ TN Editor  STORY AT-A-GLANCE> Li-Meng Yan, M.D., Ph.D., escaped from China to the United States to expose China’s cover-up of the origi
  
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• Sweden Indefinitely Suspends Moderna Shot After Deadly Heart Condition

  25-10-2021 04:24 via technocracy.news
  
  Sweden is the fourth nation to ban Moderna. Brick by brick, the globalist fear-mongering campaign is being dismantled and recognized for what it is. Propaganda and experimental injections at the expense of lives is unacceptable, and the Technocrats who control the narrative should be removed from all public policy. ⁃ TN EditorNew concerns are being raised about side effects from the Moderna vaccine against the coronavirus.
  Swedish health officials have now decided that a moratorium on givi
  
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• NASA sets a date to begin lunar tuning

  25-10-2021 02:18 via go.theregister.com
  
  First Artemis mission is stacked on a rocket – now for five punishing sets of tests before liftoff NASA has set a date for the test of the technologies it hopes will see it return to the Moon and explore Mars: February 2022.…
  
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• Climate change: How do we know it is happening and caused by humans?

  25-10-2021 02:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What's the evidence for global warming and how do we know it's being caused by human activity?
  
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• Climate change: The environmental disasters we've almost fixed

  25-10-2021 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From acid rain to the ozone hole: Can we learn from the environmental "success stories" of the past?
  
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• Is internet addiction a growing problem?

  25-10-2021 01:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Experts warn that the pandemic lockdowns have made more people vulnerable.
  
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• Inside the Indonesian cave where oldest animal art was found

  25-10-2021 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC is given rare access to film the 45,500-year-old images found on an Indonesian island.
  
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