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• Fake Covid passes advertised for sale online

  20-12-2021 23:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC found Facebook posts claiming to sell Covid vaccine passes to people who hadn't been jabbed.
  
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• Southern Appalachian Mountain streams are not the cleanest for drinking, study finds

  20-12-2021 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientist at the University of Georgia identified high concentrations of nitratefrom farming runoff and sediment came from unpaved roads cutting through the Southern Appalachian Mountains.
  
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• Long-lost Temple of Hercules Gaditanus from the 9th century BC found off the coast of Spain 

  20-12-2021 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Temple of Hercules Gaditanus was a pilgrimage destination for ancient Greeks and Roman, who would use the shrine to pray to Hercules, who is said to be the son of Zeus.
  
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• UK donates 225 million stolen passwords to hack-checking site

  20-12-2021 19:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The National Crime Agency hands over 225 million stolen passwords to a hack-checking site.
  
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• Contact with nature in cities can reduce feelings of loneliness by up to 28%, study finds 

  20-12-2021 18:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The team from Kings College London, that led this study, said natural places in cities can reduce feelings of loneliness by enhancing feelings of attachment to a place.
  
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• Male darkling beetles perform oral sex on females to increase chances of mating, study reveals

  20-12-2021 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Male darkling beetles perform oral sex on females to gain consent to mate and if the female is not satisfied, it will run away and leave the male to look for another to perform the act on.
  
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• TikTok takes on Deliveroo with 'Kitchen' food delivery service

  20-12-2021 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Set to launch in the US in March 2022, TikTok Kitchen will let customers order dishes that were originally created by TikTok users in their short video posts.
  
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• Viya: Top Chinese live-streamer fined $210m for tax evasion

  20-12-2021 17:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Internet celebrity Huang Wei, known as Viya, is accused of hiding her personal income from officials.
  
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• 'Oasis of life' is discovered beneath Antarctica's Ekström Ice Shelf

  20-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Using hot water, the team from the Alfred Wegener Institute drilled two holes through nearly 656ft of the Ekström Ice Shelf near Neumayer Station III in the South Eastern Weddell Sea in 2018.
  
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• Almost identical Ostrich eggshell beads have been found across Africa spanning 50,000 years

  20-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Almost identical beads made from ostrich eggshells have been discovered by researchers in eastern and southern Africa that date back more than 50,000 years.
  
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• 28 of The Best Subscription Boxes to Send as Gifts

  20-12-2021 16:59
  
  From surprise tech treats and creative craft kits, to plants in the post and alcohol-free booze, these are the best subscription gift boxes to send in 2021
  
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• Swedish startup unveils rice-sized microchip implant that stores your COVID vaccine passport

  20-12-2021 16:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Epicenter, a Stockholm-based startup, unveiled a microchip that sits under the skin and stores the person's COVID vaccine passport. The data can be accessed with technology on a smartphone.
  
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• Vikings: Blood Eagle ritual where a victim's lungs were pulled out of their back WAS feasible

  20-12-2021 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The 'Blood Eagle' is said to have been reserved for only the most hated enemies of the Scandinavian raiders who lived from the 8th to the 11th centuries.
  
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• The Unlikely Revolutionaries Who Want To ‘Reboot’ The Internet

  20-12-2021 15:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and a group of tech titans are banding together to upend finance and governance structures with blockchain innovations, loosely called ‘Web3’. Offered on the basis of decentralization from existing power structures, it could easily morph into a system of total control over everything on earth. ⁃ TN EditorMembers of the tech elite are banding together to bring the Web back to its idealist origins. They call their vision ‘Web3.’
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• Facebook failed to crack down on extremist content, report reveals 

  20-12-2021 15:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Extremists have turned to Facebook as a weapon 'to promote their hate-filled agenda and rally supporters' on hundreds of groups, according to a new review by Virginia-based Politico.
  
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• Amazon-owned Twitch bans Amazon account after breast revealed on air

  20-12-2021 15:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon-owned Twitch bans Spanish Amazon Prime Video channel after host's breast revealed during live show.
  
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• Rickards: The Great Supply Chain Collapse

  20-12-2021 15:15 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy must murder capitalism and free market economics in order to flip the world – and humanity – into a Great Reset. The collapse of the global supply chain should be seen as an atomic weapon that will upend and disrupt every economy on earth. This is the fragility caused by globalism’s so-called “interdependence” of global economies started in the 1970s. ⁃ TN EditorWhat’s at the root of the supply chain breakdown? That’s a critical questio
  
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• Flashback: Social Credit And The Dark Side Of Blockchain

  20-12-2021 14:57 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrat Jack Dorsey recently resigned from Twitter’s dystopian culture to immerse himself full-time into the bitcoin and blockchain technology world in order to “reset the internet” (Web 3.0) and decentralize traditional global structures. Dorsey’s dystopian touch will expose blockchain as the ultimate system of total control. ⁃ TN EditorAs much as I believe that blockchain technology has the potential to solve many of the problems humanity faces today,
  
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• NASA confirms its $10 BILLION James Webb Space Telescope will finally launch on Christmas Eve

  20-12-2021 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The James Webb Space Telescope will launch atop a European Space Agency Ariane 5 rocket, from Arianespace's launch complex, located near Kourou, French Guiana.
  
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• This Startup Is Making—and Programming—Human Cells

  20-12-2021 13:00
  
  Creating bespoke cells could transform testing and help develop new treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
  
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• Self-Testing is a Feature of the Pandemic. It’s Here to Stay

  20-12-2021 13:00
  
  Personalized and self-managed medicine is gaining steam, but it must be easily available to all.
  
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• Hypebeasts With Bots Have Ruined Christmas

  20-12-2021 13:00
  
  As resellers snap up the scarce supply of new consoles and other must-have items, politicians, shoppers, and retailers are fighting back.
  
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• Don’t Look Up Nails the Frustration of Being a Scientist

  20-12-2021 13:00
  Writer-director Adam McKay’s new Netflix film, about a comet headed for Earth, is an allegory for inaction during the climate crisis.
  
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• Can Brain Organoids Be ‘Conscious’? Scientists May Soon Find Out

  20-12-2021 13:00
  
  These bundles of neurons, often used for research, will likely display complex activity patterns akin to humans—raising wider ethical questions.
  
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• Boom’s Quest to Make Supersonic Flights a Reality (Again)

  20-12-2021 13:00
  
  Denver-based startup Boom already has orders for its commercial supersonic planes. But is supersonic travel really the future, or best left to nostalgia?
  
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• 2021 Revealed the Depths of Global Vaccine Inequity

  20-12-2021 13:00
  
  Previous pandemics saw rich countries grabbing up vaccine supplies, leaving poor countries behind. Has the world learned nothing since?
  
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• NASA's Juno spacecraft reveals odd noises from Jupiter's moon

  20-12-2021 12:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 50-second audio track has been generated from data collected during Juno's flyby of Ganymede on June 7 this year, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California has revealed.
  
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• Mothers only devote 25% of their time to their toddlers if they're distracted by their smartphone

  20-12-2021 12:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This lack of attention due to smartphones could have 'far-reaching' consequences on a child's development, according to researchers led by Dr Katy Borodkin of Tel Aviv University in Israel.
  
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• Himalayan glaciers are melting at an 'exceptional rate', study warns

  20-12-2021 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fast-melting Himalayan glaciers has significant implications for hundreds of millions of people who depend on Asia's major river systems for food and energy, say University of Leeds experts.
  
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• China artificial intelligence firm relaunches SenseTime $767m listing

  20-12-2021 03:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  SenseTime's share sale was suspended last week after the US imposed an investment ban on the firm.
  
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• Nreal Light: Augmented reality specs put to the test

  20-12-2021 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC Click's Chris Fox finds out what Nreal's augmented reality specs can do.
  
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• The world’s first octopus farm - should it go ahead?

  20-12-2021 01:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world’s first commercial octopus farm is closer to becoming reality - but scientists are up in arms.
  
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• How to avoid gadget frustration on Christmas Day

  20-12-2021 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Modern tech gifts might not be ready to work straight away - are you ready for Christmas morning?
  
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• Virtual reality worship: What carols at home looks like this Christmas

  20-12-2021 01:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Church of England has released a series of virtual reality carols
  
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• What is the metaverse?

  20-12-2021 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  From virtual versions of ourselves to augmented reality, we break down what the metaverse is.
  
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• How to read your weather app

  20-12-2021 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What you need to know about weather forecasts on your phone
  
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• The robot chefs that can cook your Christmas dinner

  20-12-2021 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  If you fancy not having to do the cooking on 25 December then a robotic chef might be the solution.
  
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