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• Walgreens limits people to purchasing only four at-home COVID-19 test kits at a time

  21-12-2021 23:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Walgreens announced that it's limiting customers to purchases of four at-home COVID-19 test kits, due to an 'unprecedented increase in demand'. CVS and Walmart are also limiting test purchases.
  
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• Snow is seen GLOWING in Russia after tiny bioluminescent animals wash ashore from the White Sea

  21-12-2021 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Glowing snow was spotted in a remote part of Russia that scientists found was caused by tiny bioluminescent animals called copepods that came ashore from the nearby White Sea.
  
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• Fossils: Terrifying 10'-long relative of velociraptor roamed the Isle of Wight 125 million years ago

  21-12-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The creature has been named 'Vectiraptor greeni' in honour of local collector Mike Green, who found its fossils at Compton Bay, on the island's south coast, in 2004.
  
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• Brain region linked to genital touch in women is discovered

  21-12-2021 19:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by Charite University Hospital in Berlin said they were able to map the exact region linked to genital touch by measuring the brain's response to clitoral stimulation.
  
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• OnlyFans founder is making way for firm's marketing chief

  21-12-2021 19:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The founder of the content subscription site is stepping aside to focus on new endeavours.
  
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• Alien lifeforms could be living within habitable pockets in Venus' clouds

  21-12-2021 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Chemical processes that show how ammonia could neutralise sulphuric acid in Venus' clouds and make it possible for life to survive were modelled by experts at Cardiff University, MIT and Cambridge University.
  
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• RT-PCR Test Loses FDA Emergency Use Authorization On January 1, 2022

  21-12-2021 17:50 via technocracy.news
  
  The CDC originally applied for EUA status for the RT-PCR test for COVID-19 in February 2020. Since then, it has proved to be notoriously unreliable and has largely been discredited as a diagnostic tool to detect the COVID-19 virus. The test will be outlawed on January 1, 2022.
  However, when reading the details on the CDC website, a strong smell of rotting fish fills the room.
  First, the test was never granted full FDA approval. Instead, it was permitted for use under the Emergency Use Authorizat
  
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• Nationwide customers hit by payment delays

  21-12-2021 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Problems with inbound and outgoing payments mean some people face issues receiving their wages.
  
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• Net Zero Carbon In UK Means Dumping Private Car Ownership And Gas Engines For Bicycles

  21-12-2021 17:11 via technocracy.news
  
  As the world continues to deal with The Great Panic, climate alarmists are quietly marching forward to greenwash transportation policies, taking private cars off the road and implementing shared solutions instead, including people-powered bicycles.
  For those who have missed the parade thus far, this means that because of the horrible things you have done to the earth, you are utterly selfish for owning a resource-guzzling means of transportation for things like going to work, driving kids to sch
  
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• Robogeddon: Autonomous ‘Slaughterbots’ Programmed To Kill

  21-12-2021 17:04 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats invent because the can, not because there is a demonstrated need to do so. When AI, GIS, GPS, facial recognition and military hardware meet, what would you expect other than automated slaughter? It’s faster, easier and far removed from pulling the trigger with an enemy in your sights. ⁃ TN EditorA superpower arms race to build killer robots could wipe out humanity if left unchecked, experts fear.
  The doomsday warning comes after a UN conference failed to agree a ban on Te
  
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• Scientists discover plastic in 'pristine' Pyrenees mountain air - 2,800 miles from their source 

  21-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tiny particles of plastic pollution were originally produced in Africa and add to evidence microplastics have reached everywhere on Earth - from Antarctica to the North Pole.
  
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• Fossils: Exquisitely preserved dinosaur embryo discovered inside a 72 million-year-old EGG in China

  21-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The embryo - which has been dubbed 'Baby Yingliang' - was found in the rocks of the 'Hekou Formation' at the Shahe Industrial Park in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province.
  
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• Scientists call for the world's first OCTOPUS FARM to be shut down amid concerns animals feel pain

  21-12-2021 14:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Spanish multinational Nueva Pescanova has announced that it will start marketing farmed octopus next summer, to sell in 2023, but scientists are strongly opposed to the plan.
  
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• Earth is spinning FASTER now than it was 50 years ago, scientists say

  21-12-2021 14:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Now, UK National Physical Laboratory scientist, Peter Whibberley, has warned that if the rotation rate increases further, a negative leap second may be needed.
  
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• Ozone layer: Hole that was larger than ANTARCTICA is finally set to close this week

  21-12-2021 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The current hole above Antarctica, which is unusually large, is on track to last only a few days less than its counterpart last year, which was the longest-lived on record since 1979.
  
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• Dimming the lights may make Christmas dinner taste better, study says

  21-12-2021 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lower lighting levels improve people's enjoyment of food, according to a team led by an academic at Murray State University, Kentucky.
  
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• Proprioception Will Be the Next Big Experiential Trend

  21-12-2021 13:00
  
  Our relationship with goods and services will be determined by spatially intelligent design and our bodily experience.
  
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• How crowds can make bridges as big as the Golden Gate wobble

  21-12-2021 12:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The theory that bridge swaying is caused by people falling into step with each other, causing a synchronised pendulum effect, has been dismissed by researchers at Georgia State University.
  
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• Asteroid Ryugu contains some of the 'most primordial' materials EVER examined

  21-12-2021 11:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Samples from the diamond shaped, half-mile diameter space rock were returned to Earth forstudy by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) in2020.
  
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• Botox injections may reduce anxiety, study says

  21-12-2021 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There were reductions in anxiety symptoms for people receiving Botox, regardless of where it was injected, scientists at University of California San Diego report.
  
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• Boeing and Airbus warn US over 5G safety concerns

  21-12-2021 10:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The world's two biggest plane makers say the technology could have a negative impact on the aviation industry.
  
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• China Mobile to raise up to $8.8bn in Shanghai share listing

  21-12-2021 07:57 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm was kicked off the New York Stock Exchange due to rules imposed by Donald Trump.
  
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• How to Stay Cool Without Warming the Planet

  21-12-2021 07:00
  
  The race is on to create climate-friendly air-con technology.
  
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• James Webb: A last look at Hubble's successor before launch

  21-12-2021 05:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  See the $10bn James Webb Space Telescope hoisted atop its launch rocket in French Guiana.
  
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• Largest-ever millipede fossil found on Northumberland beach

  21-12-2021 04:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is thought to have been more than 2.5m long and lived 326 million years ago in Northumberland.
  
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• Miners experiment with hydrogen to power giant trucks

  21-12-2021 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Anglo American is testing a hydrogen-powered giant truck in a bid to make its business greener.
  
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• Why stem cells from teeth could help treat depression

  21-12-2021 02:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The theory is that stem cells - master cells that can grow into different kinds of specialised cells - in the pulp may help to encourage the formation of new nerve cells in the brain.
  
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• Fossils: Huge 8.9ft-long millipede dating back 326 million years is uncovered near Newcastle 

  21-12-2021 01:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Arthropleura'was found on the beach at Howick Bay in Northumberland, some 40 miles north of Newcastle, and dates back 326 million years to the Carboniferous.
  
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• Everything the scientists know right now about Omicron

  21-12-2021 00:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to research by Cambridge University, Omicron appears less efficient at infecting cells in the deep part of the lungs, which can lead to severe illness.
  
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