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• DNA reveals 4,000-year-old mummies from genetically isolated Chinese tribe, not Western visitors

  27-10-2021 23:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Genomic analysis of the Tarim Basin mummies indicates they were direct descendants of Ancient North Eurasians (ANE), a group that largely disappeared by the end of the last Ice Age.
  
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• Oldest specimens of an extinct bony fish that lived 244 million years ago are discovered in China

  27-10-2021 23:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three fossilized Peltoperleidus were found in China that date back 244 million years - deeming them the oldest to found. This means the fish lived 2 million years longer than believed.
  
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• Researchers find evidence of prehistoric human activity in Falkland Islands

  27-10-2021 23:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have found evidence of prehistoric humans on the Falkland Islands, centuries before European explorers visited the archipelago in the late 17th century.
  
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• Space Perspective founder responds to claims that space tourism is a rich person's game

  27-10-2021 21:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jane Poynter, co-founder of Space Perspective - a firm using a balloon to send humans into the stratosphere - the industry is not starving our world of help, but helping its inhabitants evolve.
  
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• Toilet aboard SpaceX's Inspiration4 craft malfunctioned and rained URINE down on spectators

  27-10-2021 20:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New details of SpaceX's malfunctioned toilet on the Inspiration4 craft reveal urine leaked under the capsule's floors and spilled outside onto spectators watching the craft return to Earth.
  
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• Genealogy: Method for using ancient DNA to analyse lineages paves way for testing historical figures

  27-10-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technique has been demonstrated by University of Cambridge-led experts by proving a man's claim to being the great-grandson of the Native American leader Sitting Bull.
  
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• Chemicals used to make plastics soft found in McDonald's, Chipotle and Pizza Hut food

  27-10-2021 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  George Washington University scientists tested dozens of fast food items from popular chains and found 80 percent contained phthalates linked to a heightened risk for asthma.
  
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• 'Unstable sunspot' fired off solar eruptions on Tuesday, NASA shows

  27-10-2021 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A series of eruptions from the sunspot over five hours on October 26 were captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) - a satellite that has been observing the Sun since 2010.
  
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• Neutrino result heralds new chapter in physics

  27-10-2021 18:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new chapter in physics is here, says a team that hunted for a key building block of the Universe.
  
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• 'Weird' turtle-like dicynodonts 'were the first animals to have tusks'

  27-10-2021 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Harvard University traced the first tusks all the way back to dicynodonts and shed light on the evolution of protruding teeth by first defining what makes a tusk a tusk.
  
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• Human BLOOD found in red paint used on 1,000-year-old gold mask found in Peru

  27-10-2021 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tomb was originally unearthed in the 1990, but only experts were unable to determine the organic binder used in the red paint that was made of cinnabar, a brick-red form of mercury.
  
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• NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has stopped working for the second time this year

  27-10-2021 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Hubble Space Telescope experienced a glitch for the second time this year, NASA said, as its
  science instruments went into 'safe mode' on October 25.
  
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• Autumn Budget 2021: Boost for science is less than promised

  27-10-2021 17:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The chancellor boosts science spending to £20bn a year by 2024 - £2bn less than previously pledged.
  
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• The Mary Rose: Henry VIII's favourite warship is being destroyed by specks of iron, sulphur and zinc

  27-10-2021 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The vessel was salvaged in 1982, having spent some four centuries on the seabed of the Solent, off the coast of the Isle of Wight, where she sank on July 19, 1545 in a battle against the French fleet.
  
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• Parasitic chicks in other birds' nests 'exercise' in the egg to get

  27-10-2021 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chicks of parasitic bird species move more in the egg than other species, to build up the strength to overcome other rival chicks once they've been born, a University of London-led study shows.
  
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• Durham, NC Gives Universal Basic Income To Ex-Cons

  27-10-2021 16:58 via technocracy.news
  
  Universal Basic Income seems to be spreading like wildfire but it does nothing to revive economic activity. Instead, it suppresses economic activity by enabling would-be wage earners to live off “free money.” UBI payments keep people impoverished, ultimately driving them further into despair and poverty. ⁃ TN EditorDurham City Council members have unanimously approved a pilot program that will soon provide more than 100 formerly incarcerated residents with a guaranteed inc
  
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• Los Angeles Launches Largest Universal Basic Income Pilot

  27-10-2021 16:44 via technocracy.news
  
  Ironically, Mayor Garcetti’s UBI program is called “BIG LEAP”. It’s easier to throw money at impoverished citizens than it is to take the jackboot off the necks of local business who could create jobs for these people. Most UBI experiments have been conducted by cities run by radical leftist mayors and councils. ⁃ TN EditorLos Angeles is launching a universal-basic income (UBI) pilot program, set to be the biggest in the US so far.
  The scheme will give about 3,
  
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• Chicago To Launch Huge Universal Basic Income Program

  27-10-2021 16:28 via technocracy.news
  
  Even though UBI trials have not produced tangible benefits to society, city after city continue to take the plunge, expecting different results. Americans are generally against UBI, preferring work to being on the government dole. Protagonists claim that robots will displace workers; others say that the economy just doesn’t work for some citizens.
  Universal Basic Income is an original tenet of historic Technocracy, an economic system developed by engineers and scientists at Columbia Univer
  
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• Scientists discover galaxy 56,000 light-years across that has a black hole at its center

  27-10-2021 16:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers have discovered that the active galactic nucleus J1420+1205 is actually a small radio galaxy with a black hole in the middle shooting out jets of light.
  
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• Google lets under 18s request that their pictures be removed from search results

  27-10-2021 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google now lets minors under 18 request images of themselves be removed from Search. Any user can also request child sexual abuse material also be removed from search results.
  
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• Iran blames foreign country for cyberattack on petrol stations

  27-10-2021 15:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Tuesday's attack crippled a system that lets motorists buy subsidised petrol, causing long queues.
  
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• NASA shares image of nebula that looks like GODZILLA

  27-10-2021 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The image, reminiscent of the fictional monster from Japan, was shared by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, which is managed by the nearby California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
  
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• Social media: AI tool can tell if a child is too young to use apps like Instagram and TikTok

  27-10-2021 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-based Yoti's 'Age Estimation' system - which may well soon be rolled out across social media - can tell how old users between 6-18 are to a 1.5-year margin of error.
  
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• The Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin is the comeback king

  27-10-2021 12:51
  
  With so little to gripe about reviewing this wireless wonder, the resurrection of B&W’s iconic Zeppelin speaker is pulled off with aplomb
  
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• UK science suffers as lawmakers continue to dither over Brexit negotiations

  27-10-2021 12:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Horizons Europe carrot dangled amid protocol wrangling A report from the UK House of Commons' European Scrutiny Committee has blamed delays in Brussels for choking off revenue streams to British institutions and businesses.…
  
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• Science Museum: Climate activists in overnight protest over fossil fuel sponsors

  27-10-2021 12:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The activists say they stayed at London's Science Museum for the "victims" of fossil fuel sponsors.
  
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• Young sharks 'mistake humans for seals', study finds

  27-10-2021 11:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sharks can mistake humans for their natural prey because they look the same when viewed from below, a study at Taronga Zoo in Sydney has revealed.
  
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• Barclays' mobile banking app is back up and running after three-hour outage

  27-10-2021 10:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, some 2,000 users across the UK began experiencing issues at around 06:00 BST.
  
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• Barclays' online banking system and app go DOWN

  27-10-2021 09:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, which monitors website outages, around 2,000 customers across the UK began experiencing issues at around 06:00 BST.
  
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• The untold story of the contraceptive pill

  27-10-2021 07:00
  
  Frustrated by a lack of information around birth control, Alce Pelton founded The Lowdown, a review platform and resource for contraception that’s run by women, for women
  
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• Is the Piaggio One the future of urban mobility?

  27-10-2021 07:00
  
  It looks like a toy, costs £2,500 and charges like an iPhone. The very modern Piaggio One might just be the way forward for city travel
  
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• Is the Piaggio 1 the future of urban mobility?

  27-10-2021 07:00
  
  It looks like a toy, costs £2,500 and charges like an iPhone. The very modern Piaggio 1 might just be the way forward for city travel
  
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• Life at 50C: Surviving in Kuwait's 'unbearable' heat

  27-10-2021 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Middle East is warming faster than much of the world, leaving Kuwaitis struggling with everyday life.
  
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