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• Ice shelf on Antarctic's doomsday glacier is CRACKING and is likely to break free within five years

  13-12-2021 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satellite images of the Thwaites Eastern Ice Shelf, which is connected to the 'doomsday glacier,' show several large, diagonal cracks extending across the bottom of the shelf.
  
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• Women 15% more likely to die, suffer complications, during surgery if operated on by a man

  13-12-2021 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Vanderbilt University and the University of Toronto found that women are more likely to suffer negative surgery outcomes if their surgeon is a male.
  
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• UberEats becomes the first delivery service to send food to SPACE after sending food the ISS

  13-12-2021 22:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UberEats teamed up with Yusaka Maeawa, the Japanese entrepreneur who launched to the ISS last week, to deliver canned Japanese dishes to the astronauts aboard the ship.
  
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• Archaeologists uncover oldest Buddha statues ever found in China

  13-12-2021 20:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The two statues date back more than 2,200 years and are made of copper. One is known as Shakyamuni and the other is for Five Tathāgatas, which highlights the five great Buddhas.
  
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• US tornadoes: Is climate change to blame?

  13-12-2021 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Are tornadoes becoming more frequent, dangerous or unpredictable - and is the changing climate to blame?
  
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• Artist whose Instagram handle was 'Metaverse' had her account disabled after Facebook name change

  13-12-2021 20:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Thea-Mai Bauman created the account in 2012 to document her life studying fine art in Brisbane, as well as her trips to Shanghai, where she built the augmented reality firm Metaverse Makeovers.
  
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• No more Commercial Space Astronaut Wings after this year because FAA has been handing them out like candy

  13-12-2021 19:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  You can still get a badge if you go now The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is ending its Commercial Space Astronaut Wings programme, citing waning exclusivity.…
  
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• Flaw prompts 100 hack attacks a minute, security company says

  13-12-2021 18:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Businesses race to fix a security vulnerability posing a "severe risk", agencies and researchers say.
  
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• Archaeology: Ethiopia's phallic, 20ft-tall monoliths were created around 2,070 years ago

  13-12-2021 18:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charcoal samples from the bases of the stones at three sites - Chelba Tututi, Sakaro Sodo and Soditi - were dated by researchers from the Washington State University.
  
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• Car theft! Toyota is CHARGING drivers $8-a-month to use its key fobs to start their vehicles

  13-12-2021 18:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Toyota is offering the convivence in a subscription service, called Remote Connect, that costs $8 a month or $80 for the year. The fee will be charged to all vehicles built after Nov. 12, 2018
  
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• Geminid Meteor Shower will peak this evening

  13-12-2021 17:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Geminid meteor shower takes place every year between December 4 and December 17, but will peak tonight and into tomorrow. It will be visible in dark-sky locations in Britain and worldwide.
  
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• Mysterious explosion dubbed 'The Cow' was likely a dying star giving birth to a black hole

  13-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The outburst was picked up by telescopes as a blue flash from the spiral arm of a galaxy, 200 million light years away from Earth, according to researchers from Massachusets Institute of Technology.
  
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• Harvard scientists discover new state of matter that could be used to develop quantum computers

  13-12-2021 16:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of Harvard physicist discovered the new state of matter that is called quantum spin liquid. This new statehas magnetic properties that could be used to develop quantum computers.
  
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• False Panic: WHO/CDC Finds Zero Omicron Deaths In The World, Only 1 Hospitalized Across 22 States

  13-12-2021 16:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Henny Penny, aka Chicken Little, doesn’t have a monopoly on fabricated panics. The Omicron variant is a giant nothing-burger with zero reported deaths in the U.S., and yet medical Technocrats continue to cry “The sky is falling!” Big Pharma is manufacturing booster shots, which are recommended for everyone to avoid this latest pandemic threat. Alas, the clever fox. ⁃ TN EditorEurope’s latest COVID wave appears to be slowing already, despite all this chatter abo
  
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• Scientists discover new state of matter that could be used to develop quantum computers

  13-12-2021 16:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of Harvard physicist discovered the new state of matter that is called quantum spin liquid. This new statehas magnetic properties that could be used to develop quantum computers.
  
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• Archaeology: Ethiopia's phallic, 20ft-tall monoliths were created around 1,920 years ago

  13-12-2021 16:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Charcoal samples from the bases of the stones at three sites - Chelba Tututi, Sakaro Sodo and Soditi - were dated by researchers led from the Washington State University.
  
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• Creepy robotic head is unveiled with eerily human-like facial expressions and movements

  13-12-2021 16:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Cornwall-based Engineered Arts, the creepy robot can display a huge range of human emotions, and can be made to look like anyone.
  
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• Yale Epidemiologist: Pandemic Of Fear ‘Manufactured’ By Authorities

  13-12-2021 15:56 via technocracy.news
  
  The manufactured pandemic of fear has infected everyone while the virus has infected a relatively few. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of deaths could have been prevented with early treatment of very inexpensive Hydroxychloroquine and Ivermectin, both of which were forcefully demonized and censored by Big Pharma. ⁃ TN EditorThe COVID-19 pandemic has been one of fear, manufactured by individuals who were in the nominal positions of authority as the virus began to spread across the gl
  
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• Mandatory Injections Spell Violent End Of European Liberalism

  13-12-2021 15:33 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocratic tyranny is a global issue. The author correctly concludes, “Bodily autonomy is the foundation stone of self-government, and self-government is the thing that gives freedom meaning. If we do not enjoy sovereignty over our minds and our flesh, then we are not free in any meaningful way.” ⁃ TN EditorEurope is on a precipice. It has marched, blindly, towards something very much resembling tyranny. Austria will shortly criminalise those who refuse the Covid va
  
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• ESA promises to get back to would-be astronauts by the end of 2021

  13-12-2021 15:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  A space thing running late? Who would have thought it? Delays are a way of life for the space community, and the European Space Agency (ESA) has flown past its latest deadline for replying to astronaut applicants.…
  
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• Bored Ape NFT accidentally sells for $3,000 instead of $300,000

  13-12-2021 14:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A "fat fingered" typing error seems to have cost an NFT dealer more than $250,000.
  
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• The Milky Way's supermassive black hole 'has a leak', NASA says

  13-12-2021 14:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Milky Way's black hole, Sagittarius A*, 'burps' a 'blowtorch-like jet' out into space through this leak, researchers from the University of North Carolina have revealed.
  
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• Microplastics: Experts in Antarctica find that 89% of samples analysed came from THEIR SHIP 

  13-12-2021 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eight million litres of water from the remote Weddell Sea were filtered by researchers from the University of Basel to determine the levels and origins of microplastic contamination.
  
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• Upside Foods Sues an Ex-Employee Over Secret Lab-Grown Meat Tech

  13-12-2021 13:00
  
  A three-person team within the startup was tasked with developing top-secret tech. When a cofounder was fired, things started to fall apart.
  
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• The Brixton Fund Looking for the Next Black Unicorns

  13-12-2021 13:00
  
  Cyril Lutterodt pitched to one hundred VCs with zero results. Now, with Black Seed, he’s helping to raise £10 million to fund thirty black-led startups.
  
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• Privacy Versus Security is a False Choice

  13-12-2021 13:00
  
  Consumers can make informed decisions about the societal impacts of the platforms they use—companies need to follow suit.
  
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• Building Safe Networks Makes Social Media Less Toxic

  13-12-2021 13:00
  
  Intimate and curated communities can reset the power imbalances that have long plagued platforms.
  
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• A Gene-Tweaked Jellyfish Offers a Glimpse at Other Minds

  13-12-2021 13:00
  
  Researchers have created jellyfish whose nerve cells light up when they fire, offering a tantalizing view of neurology before the rise of the brain.
  
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• Only The Best Tech Deals in The Christmas Sales

  13-12-2021 12:42
  
  Christmas is closing in and it's probably time to find that tech gift for your family and friends, from laptops to earbuds and tablets.
  
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• Japanese billionaire Yusaku Maezawa films a 'breathtaking' timelapse of Earth from the ISS

  13-12-2021 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yusaku Maezawa, a Japanese billionaire who is currently aboard the ISS, has shared a stunning timelapse video of Earth from the space station.
  
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• Scientists manage to keep water droplets in liquid form at -47.2°F 

  13-12-2021 11:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Texas have managed to reduce the limit of when water (H2O) freezes to -47.2°F (-44°C), down from -36.4°F (-38°C).
  
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• Nuclear fusion reactor experiment to produce clean energy

  13-12-2021 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An experiment is taking place on an industrial estate just outside Didcot in the south of England.
  
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• And Just Like That Peloton resurrects show character

  13-12-2021 05:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exercise equipment maker released an online parody after a scene that sent its shares tumbling.
  
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• How hologram tech may soon replace video calls

  13-12-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The coronavirus pandemic and travel bans have accelerated interest in holographic communication.
  
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