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• Proteins taken from SHARK immune systems can prevent COVID-19 and its new variants

  16-12-2021 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Antibody-like proteins found in a shark's immune system can not only prevent the coronavirus, but also the delta variant and the omicron variant that is currently spreading across the world.
  
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• Meta bans surveillance-for-hire firms for targeting users

  16-12-2021 23:28 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook's owner is to alert about 50,000 people in more than 100 countries about "malicious" actions.
  
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• Don't miss the LAST full moon of 2021 when the 'Cold moon' lights up the night sky from Saturday

  16-12-2021 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cold moon will be the last full moon of 2021 and also the longest full moon of the year when it peaks at at 11:37pm EST on December 18. It will appear full from Friday through Monday.
  
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• Newly discovered millipede earns its name by being the first to walk on one thousand legs

  16-12-2021 21:08 via go.theregister.com
  
  Millipede? Has something been bugging you about the name? Not any more Pedantic observers of arthropods can finally sleep at night as scientists have discovered a millipede with more than 1,000 legs.…
  
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• Millions more get fibre broadband but take-up lags

  16-12-2021 20:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Eight million more homes have access to full-fibre broadband but fewer than a quarter choose to upgrade.
  
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• 13 Great Last-Minute Christmas Gifts Under £50

  16-12-2021 19:21
  
  These gifts will make you look thoughtful, conscientious and generous – and the good news is, they’re all on budget.
  
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• Sainsbury's payroll hit by Kronos attack

  16-12-2021 18:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A ransomware attack on payroll systems provider Kronos hits multiple major companies in the UK and US
  
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• NASA is preparing to build new rocket launch site at Cape Canaveral for SpaceX's Starship

  16-12-2021 18:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SpaceX requested NASA conduct environmental assessments of Launch Complex 49 at Kennedy Space Center, which could be the company's new orbital lunch pad for its Starship rockets.
  
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• Why You Should Care About Oppo's China-Only Foldable Phone

  16-12-2021 18:22
  
  The new Find N Phone suggests a major future role for OnePlus, the Westerner-friendly face of Oppo.
  
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• Composition of rocks a meteorite hits determines how deadly an impact it will have, study finds 

  16-12-2021 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Liverpool analysed 44 impacts over the past 600 million years, and found that those that hit rocks rich in potassium feldspar always lead to a mass extinction episode.
  
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• A Totally Fair Progression System Is Impossible

  16-12-2021 17:15
  
  The developers of Halo: Infinite fell short when designing the game's reward system. Some systems are far more equitable, and here’s why.
  
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• British or Irish reached remote Faroe Islands before Vikings

  16-12-2021 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People from Britain or Ireland may have reached the remote Faroe Islands before the Vikings.
  
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• Brazil wildfires killed an estimated 17 million animals

  16-12-2021 17:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  'Body count' study gives first estimate of animals killed in wildfires in Brazil's Pantanal wetland.
  
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• TikToker Demi Skipper trades up from a hairpin to a house

  16-12-2021 17:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Demi Skipper started with a hairpin and traded it up until she got a house.
  
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• Theropod dinosaurs evolved more robust jaws with time, study finds

  16-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using digital modelling and computer simulations, a team from the University of Birmingham were able to map changes through the fossil record.
  
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• The Vikings were NOT the first to reach the Faroe Islands

  16-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New evidence from the bottom of a lake in the Faroe Islands, which are midway between Norway and Iceland, suggests an unknown group of people settled there around 1,500 years ago in 500 AD.
  
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• First millipede with 1,000 legs discovered in Australian mine

  16-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eumillipes persephone was found at a mining area, Eastern Goldfields, Australia. Despite being called mille ('thousand') most millipedes only have a few hundred legs.
  
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• NASA's Ingenuity helicopter completes its 17th flight on Mars - despite only being designed for FIVE

  16-12-2021 16:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ingenuity, the first aircraft to operate from the surface of another world, is inching closer to its original airfield, where it'll await the arrival of the US space agency's newest rover, Perseverance.
  
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• Samsung and IBM unveil new chip they say will keep smartphone batteries charged for a WEEK

  16-12-2021 16:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  IBM and Samsung have announced a chip 'breakthrough' that uses 85% less energy, allowing it to keep smartphone batteries charged for a week - current chips only power devices for a day.
  
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• Technocrats Send Message: You Will Never Be ‘Fully Vaccinated’

  16-12-2021 16:41 via technocracy.news
  
  TN has stated that Big Pharma’s first goal was to get the mRNA/DNA needle into your arm, and then to continue injecting you with a never-ending string of future shots. Thus far, this is exactly what is happening, with the term “fully vaccinated” being redefined on a regular basis. Shots continue to be administered under Emergency Use Authorization. ⁃ TN EditorIt’s time everyone realised they are chasing an intentionally impossible goal that will be pushed back over
  
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• Work stress and money worries can increase your risk of having a stroke or heart attack by up to 30%

  16-12-2021 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The risk of cardiovascular disease rises with perceived feelings of stress, financial problems and adverse life events, University of Gothenburg experts say.
  
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• Global Warming Activist Michael Mann Demands Censorship Of Dissenters

  16-12-2021 15:54 via technocracy.news
  
  Michael Mann is the discredited climate scientist who fabricated the infamous “hockey stick” model of global warming. His answer to critics like Dr. Tim Ball is to sue them. Now he wants all dissenters forcibly censored and removed from public discussion. This is how the “science is settled” by pseudo-science ideologues.
  Climate alarmists like Mann cannot stand up to the traditional rigor of scientific debate, so their only defense is to simply shut critics out of the dis
  
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• New York City Set To Ban Natural Gas From New Buildings

  16-12-2021 15:04 via technocracy.news
  
  The irrational war on carbon is extending into public policy as major cities consider banning natural gas. Natural gas is abundant, inexpensive, clean. reliable and already built into our national infrastructure, but that’s not good enough for global warming ideologues who have declared war on carbon. ⁃ TN EditorNew York City authorities are set to decide today whether to ban natural gas connections for new buildings in a bid to reduce the city’s carbon footprint, the Associate
  
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• Archaeology: Neanderthals cleared a forest in Germany with fire or tools 125,000 years ago

  16-12-2021 13:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sediments at an archaeological site called Neumark-Nord some 20 miles west of Leipzig were analysed by a team of archaeologists led from Leiden University.
  
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• Ancient Greek drug used to treat gout could reduce the risk of death from Covid-19

  16-12-2021 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Colchicine has long been used to prevent inflammation from gout, say experts from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, who have been studying its use in treating Covid-19.
  
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• Why Computers Don’t Need to Match Human Intelligence

  16-12-2021 13:00
  
  With continuing advances in machine learning, it makes less and less sense to compare AI to the human mind.
  
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• How Can People Harmed by Climate Change Be Compensated?

  16-12-2021 13:00
  
  There is a growing movement to make the world's richest countries pay reparations to the global south for “loss and damage” caused by the climate crisis.
  
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• A Quantum Leap in Computing is Good for the Climate Crisis

  16-12-2021 13:00
  
  New breakthroughs in understanding molecules can trigger a revolution in green energy, global warming, medicine and more.
  
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• This Watch Can Withstand 30,000g Accelerations

  16-12-2021 12:50
  
  IWC has taken its retro Pilot’s Watch and given it a 21st century upgrade in styling, materials and resilience.
  
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• Album made up of tweets and squawks from endangered BIRDS debuts in Australia's top charts

  16-12-2021 11:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The album, called Songs of Disappearance, was created by BirdLife Australia, and features the birdsongs of 53 of Australia's most threatened bird species.
  
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• Ex-US navy commander reaches the bottom of all four of the world's deepest ocean trenches

  16-12-2021 11:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vescovo reached the bottom of the Kermadec Trench in the South Pacific at the weekend. In doing so, he completed a goal of diving to the four deepest known areas on Earth.
  
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• Reddit: Social media platform files to go public

  16-12-2021 07:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reddit was at the centre of the so-called "meme stock" phenomenon earlier this year.
  
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• Mars helicopter (yes, the one with the Log4j bug) overcomes separate network glitch to confirm new flight record

  16-12-2021 06:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ingenuity clocks up 30 minutes flying in the Martian skies NASA has revealed that Ingenuity – the experimental helicopter sent to Mars with the Perseverance Rover – has clocked up a whole half-hour of flight in the Red Planet's meanly thin atmosphere.…
  
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• Mars helicopter plagued with Log4j bug overcomes network glitch to confirm new flight record

  16-12-2021 06:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ingenuity clocks up 30 minutes flying in the Martian skies NASA has revealed that Ingenuity – the experimental helicopter sent to Mars with the Perseverance Rover – has clocked up a whole half-hour of flight in the red planet's meanly thin atmosphere.…
  
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• Mars helicopter mission (which Apache says is powered byLog4j) overcomes separate network glitch to confirm new flight record

  16-12-2021 06:57 via go.theregister.com
  
  Ingenuity clocks up 30 minutes flying in the Martian skies NASA has revealed that Ingenuity – the experimental helicopter sent to Mars with the Perseverance Rover – has clocked up a whole half-hour of flight in the Red Planet's meanly thin atmosphere.…
  
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• Pets: French bulldogs have such severe health issues they can no longer be considered 'typical dogs'

  16-12-2021 01:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the stark warning of researchers from the Royal Veterinary College, who analysed the health records of 24,631 canines - including 2,781 French bulldogs.
  
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• Kentucky tornado killed dad moments after phone call

  16-12-2021 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Katie Fields lost her father in the Kentucky twisters - just after urging him on a call to flee.
  
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• Archaeologists find 13,100-year-old tooth belonging to the Americas' oldest-known domesticated dog

  16-12-2021 00:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tooth was found in a cave on Canada's Haida Gwaii. DNA analysis shows the dog was related to the grey wolf native to Asia at the time, which suggests it came across the Bering Strait Bridge.
  
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• Bird songs bump stars off Australian music chart

  16-12-2021 00:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Debuting in the top 5, the album featuring endangered birds is above Justin Bieber and Abba.
  
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