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• 'Penis plant' that smells like rotting meat blooms at a botanical garden in the Netherlands

  29-10-2021 22:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is only the third time an Amorphophallus decus-silvae, or 'penis plant,' has flowered in Europe, according to the Hortus botanicus in Leiden. After it wilted, staff cut the plant open to reveal its innards.
  
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• Auroras will be visible across the northern US, from Pennsylvania to Iowa to Oregon, this weekend

  29-10-2021 22:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A powerful solar flare erupted on our sun on Thursday at 11:35am ET. The flares released a massive cloud of particles toward Earth that should arrive this weekend and creature auroras.
  
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• People who Google everything think they're smarter than they really are, study shows

  29-10-2021 20:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study found that when people use Google to find information they become overly confident in their ability to provide correct answers even without using the popular search tool.
  
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• Boston Dynamic's Spot robot mimics Mick Jagger's dance moves from The Rolling Stones' 'Start me up'

  29-10-2021 20:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boston Dynamics' engineers taught Spot to dance and lip-sync like Mick Jagger in The Rolling Stones' 'Start Me Up' music video that was released on the 'Tattoo You' album in 1981.
  
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• Scientists create a mysterious phase of water - 'supersonic ice'

  29-10-2021 19:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Superionic ice, sometimes referred to as 'hot ice,' was created at the Advanced Photon Source (APS), the US government's high-energy X-ray light source facility in Lemont, Illinois.
  
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• Tech: World's first electric two-seater Formula race car which can go from 0-60mph in 3.2s unveiled

  29-10-2021 18:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The British-made vehicle is the first to sport full-size lithium-ion battery cells using Johnson Matthey's advanced 'eLNO' cathode material technology.
  
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• Meta: The Final Disconnect From Reality?

  29-10-2021 18:50 via technocracy.news
  
  Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t lost his mind, but he wants you to lose yours… to the metaverse. He is investing billions of dollars to make sure that his rebranded company, Meta, will be the industry leader in the same way that IBM dominated the computer industry for many decades.Other major Big Tech companies are jumping in. Gaming software development companies, chip manufacturers and hardware developers. Together, it will create an entirely new industry that will run alongside Artificial
  
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• Climate change: What are the big polluters doing to cut carbon emissions?

  29-10-2021 18:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The top emissions-producing nations all have plans to tackle global warming, but what progress are they making?
  
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• Northern Lights could be visible in parts of the UK on Saturday

  29-10-2021 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sightings of the aurora are likely along the northern horizon across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Northern England, according to experts at the Met Office's HQ in Exeter.
  
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• Language: Dogs pick up on individual words in a similar way to human babies, study finds

  29-10-2021 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using a combination of brain imaging techniques, experts led from Hungary's Eötvös Loránd University have shown that dogs are capable of using 'statistical learning' to pick out unfamiliar words.
  
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• ‘Striketober’: Mass Resistance To Vaccination Is Carefully Hidden From View By Organized Labor Union Strikes

  29-10-2021 16:57 via technocracy.news
  
  There is rapidly expanding mass resistance of Americans refusing to take the experimental gene injections posing as “safe and effective” vaccines. The Technocrat response is to frame them as part of organized labor strikers in order to mute their thunder. ⁃ TN EditorIt is perhaps a sign of the waning influence of the mainstream media that even though they have been incessantly pumping the concept of “Striketober” for the past month, the majority of Americans rarely
  
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• 46 of the best documentaries on Netflix right now

  29-10-2021 16:44
  
  Our edit of the best Netflix documentaries right now, updated twice a month
  
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• 64 of the best films on Netflix UK this week

  29-10-2021 16:41
  
  Stuck for a good film on Netflix? Here's our pick of the best Netflix movies to feast your eyes on, updated weekly
  
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• Why Carbon Hysteria And Decarbonization Policies Are Economically Insane

  29-10-2021 16:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Carbon-based humanity lives in a carbon-based world. Those at the top of the pyramid who truly hate humanity, promote anti-carbon policies to reduce population and economic activity. The rest of the world accepts the greenwash agenda as a religious proposition without any clue of what they are doing. ⁃ TN EditorInternational Man: Western countries are leading the charge in restructuring their economies around the issue of climate change. They’re committed to a comprehensive agen
  
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• 61 of the best Netflix series to binge watch right now

  29-10-2021 16:36
  
  Struggling with what to watch on Netflix tonight? Look no further than the WIRED guide to the best Netflix TV shows in 2021. Updated weekly
  
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• Leaked photo of Meta's 'Milan' smartwatch shows the device will feature a front-facing camera

  29-10-2021 15:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An image of the smartwatch was spotted in Meta's app for controlling under the codename 'Milan.' Meta was rumored to be making a smartwach when it was still called Facebook.
  
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• Unravelling the mystery of the tomb of the Black Prince

  29-10-2021 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An analysis of the Black Prince's effigy at Canterbury Cathedral suggests it was ordered as a pair, along with an effigy of Edward III, the Black Prince's father.
  
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• Greta Thunberg joins climate activists at protest in London

  29-10-2021 15:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Greta Thunberg is expected to be one of thousands protesting across 26 countries and every continent in the world on Friday. She has joined protesters in London.
  
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• Juno what? Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than originally thought

  29-10-2021 15:26 via go.theregister.com
  
  Boffins release treasure trove of findings from NASA probe, including weird cyclones around the poles Revelations that Jupiter's Great Red Spot is much deeper than believed and details on the planet's famous banded structures below its cloud layer were among the atmospheric insights collected by NASA's Juno probe and published in science journals today.…
  
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• Meta: Facebook's new name ridiculed by Hebrew speakers

  29-10-2021 14:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media giant joins a number of companies that have fallen foul of translation blunders.
  
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• Location data collection firm admits privacy breach

  29-10-2021 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Huq says two apps it collects data from did not seek correct consent from users.
  
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• Facebook and Meta: Vice president denies putting profits before safety

  29-10-2021 13:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook vice president says Meta is about making sure people feel good about using their services.
  
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• Gigabit broadband: Half-a-million rural homes to get boost

  29-10-2021 13:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government aims to plug rural areas into the most "reliable connections available".
  
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• Bose’s QuietComfort 45s were great… five years ago

  29-10-2021 13:17
  
  The Bose QuietComfort 45 headphones have exemplary noise-cancelling, but there are issues with the sound. So, oddly, older models may be better
  
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• Carbon emissions from Netflix's top 10 akin to 'driving to Saturn'

  29-10-2021 13:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Netflix content in the global top 10 - including Stranger Things and Bridgerton - clock up hundreds of millions of hours' viewing time in the first month since their release.
  
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• Fossils: Sabre-toothed cats suffered from hip condition just like modern felines, study finds

  29-10-2021 12:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers scanned the deformed hip bone of a Smilodon that was preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits in California, finding that it was deformed at birth, rather than by a physical trauma.
  
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• Robo-boat sails on an Amsterdam canal and other tech news

  29-10-2021 12:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LJ Rich looks at the best of the week's technology news stories.
  
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• Ex-Facebook vice president Lord Allen says name-change to Meta is NOT due to whistle-blower scandal

  29-10-2021 12:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lord Richard Allen, who worked with the US tech giant for 10 years, says the firm's announcement is about addressing 'confusion' between Facebook the company and Facebook the product.
  
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• The poo-powered ZOO! Wildlife park in Winchester is running a new tropical house on dung

  29-10-2021 11:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Marwell Zoo in Winchester will use 600 tonnes of animal poo to power its new tropical house as part of the eco-friendly new scheme.
  
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• Halloween: Psychologists reveal why people are scared of clowns

  29-10-2021 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  With Halloween on the horizon, MailOnline spoke to a number of psychologists across Britain to get their thoughts about the causes of so-called coulrophobia.
  
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• UK’s electric Arrival promises greener deliveries

  29-10-2021 10:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A modular design lets vehicles carry the batteries needed for expected trips, avoiding extra weight.
  
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• Retro collectors are uncovering hoards of old data

  29-10-2021 07:00
  
  More and more people are collecting vintage computers. And they’re getting more than they bargained for
  
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• COP26: Arnold Schwarzenegger angered by world leaders' climate policies

  29-10-2021 07:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Terminator actor also says reducing meat intake does not have to mean sacrificing something.
  
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• Inside the controversial US gunshot-detection firm

  29-10-2021 03:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News has been given access to ShotSpotter, the controversial US technology company that detects gunshots.
  
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• Europe's floods: Lessons from German tragedy

  29-10-2021 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Recriminations have followed the July floods and the alleged failure to alert residents.
  
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• COP26: Four numbers to remember ahead of the climate change summit

  29-10-2021 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Queen cancelling her appearance and a climate pledge delayed - what do they mean for COP26?
  
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• Why the vending machine is making a comeback

  29-10-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From milkshakes to pizzas, new vending machines are selling an expanding range of products.
  
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• Archaeology: Roman statues found UNDERNEATH the site of a Norman church in Stoke Mandeville

  29-10-2021 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists for the HS2 railway uncovered the three stone busts beneath the ruins of the old St Mary's church in in Stoke Mandeville, which was demolished in 1966 for being unsafe.
  
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