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• People exposed to formaldehyde at work have a 17% higher risk of having thinking and memory problems

  22-12-2021 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following several cognitive tests, researchers found people exposed to formaldehyde on the job had, on average, a 17% higher risk of having thinking and memory problems.
  
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• Earth 'evolved from collisions between smaller planetary embryos in the inner Solar System'

  22-12-2021 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The compositions of Earth and Mars are more consistent with those of chondritic meteorites that come from the inner solar system, researchers led by the University of Münster found.
  
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• Ancient mass migration transformed Britons' DNA

  22-12-2021 19:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists uncover evidence for a large-scale, prehistoric migration into Britain in the Bronze Age.
  
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• Stunning 'Good Shepherd' ring that depicts a young Jesus holding found on Roman-era shipwreck

  22-12-2021 19:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ring, which likely belonged to a woman, wasfound on 1,700-year-old shipwreck in Israel's in the ancient port of Caesarea. The ring's gemstone shows an image of a young Jesus.
  
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• Tech: Boston Dynamics releases a festive video showing a Spot robot hiding in a Christmas present

  22-12-2021 19:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This is the simultaneously comic yet oddly unsettling spectacle played out in Boston Dynamic's freshly released festive video that stars their iconic robot dog, Spot .
  
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• Taking part in a carol concert makes you happier, study claims 

  22-12-2021 18:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Over 1,000 people attending Christmas services at Liverpool Cathedral were surveyed before and afterwards with the Oxford Happiness Inventory, a widely-used psychometric scale.
  
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• US safety body to probe Tesla on in-car gameplay

  22-12-2021 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It follows a complaint from an owner who discovered he could play games while driving.
  
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• Barbados: First Diplomatic Embassy To Open In Metaverse

  22-12-2021 17:49 via technocracy.news
  All Americans recognize an “auto mall” as a grouping of big car dealers in the same complex. Now imagine a virtual “embassy row” in the metaverse where your avatar can visit to conduct official business with embassy avatars from your favorite nation. Barbados is claiming the first spot, but don’t expect sandy beaches and warm waters. ⁃ TN EditorWhen Barbados, population 287,370, opens its next embassy, almost anyone on the planet will be able to knock on the d
  
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• Black hole eruption 12 million light years away is captured by astronomers

  22-12-2021 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The image, captured by the Murchison Widefield Array telescope in Boolardy, Australia, shows radio emission from a supermassive black hole in the centre of Centaurus A.
  
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• Amazon Web Services crashes AGAIN: Unit was down for nearly two hours in its third outage this month

  22-12-2021 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon Web Services crashed at 7:35am ET, marking its third outage this month. Other sites like Hulu, Slack and Venmo also went down. Services was restored about two hours after the outage.
  
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• Nature: Fish in Mexico work together to produce waves to protect them from predatory birds

  22-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Sulphur mollies' living in Teapa Municipality were studied by researchers from the Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries in Germany.
  
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• Mass migration from France to England and Wales took place 3,000 years ago

  22-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers based their findings on ancient remains from British towns including Amesbury in Wiltshire, Lechlade in Gloucestershire, Ditchling Road in Brighton and Ulva Cave in Scotland.
  
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• DNA analysis of 35 people in Neolithic tomb in the Cotswolds reveals they were from a single family

  22-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cairn at Hazleton North in the Cotswolds included two L-shaped chambered areas, to the north and south of the main 'spine' of the linear structure, where individuals were buried.
  
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• Astronomers discover 70 'rogue' Jupiter-size exoplanets, 420 light years away

  22-12-2021 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These are planets with no star to illuminate them, according to astronomers from the Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, France.
  
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• Austria’s Deep Tyranny Expands As People Are Hired To ‘Hunt Down Vaccine Refusers’

  22-12-2021 16:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Austria, the birthplace of Adolph Hitler, is reverting back to the harshest authoritarianism it has experienced since WWII. You will take the experimental mRNA injection or else you will be hunted down, fined, jailed or exiled from society. Citizens are taking to the streets by the tens of thousands to protest. ⁃ TN EditorThe Austrian government is hiring people to “hunt down vaccine refusers,” according to a report published by Blick.
  Yes, really.
  The burden for enforcing the
  
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• Technocrats At IMF, World Bank Plus 10 Countries Held Alarming “Simulation” Of Global Financial System Collapse

  22-12-2021 16:22 via technocracy.news
  
  Just as the Great Panic of 2020 pandemic was carefully scripted with Event 201 in October 2019, a cyber-attack induced collapse of the global financial system has just concluded with the direction of the Technocrat-laden IMF and the World Bank. Skeptics are greatly concerned that this could turn out to be another self-fulfilling prophecy.
  In order for Technocracy to rise, the current economic order must die. This was the case during the Great Depression when Technocracy was first codified by sci
  
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• Stunning 'Good Shepard' ring that depicts a young Jesus holding found on Roman-era shipwrecks

  22-12-2021 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ring, which likely belonged to a woman, wasfound on 1,700-year-old shipwreck in Israel's in the ancient port of Caesarea. The ring's gemstone shows an image of a young Jesus.
  
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• Great Barrier Reef corals face a mass bleaching event in January, experts warn 

  22-12-2021 16:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NOAA forecasts also show that by mid-February, areas north of Cairns in Queensland will be at 'Alert Level 2' - where both widespread bleaching and significant coral mortality are likely.
  
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• Nature: Crows keep their best tools extra safe - suggesting they have a concept of relative 'value'

  22-12-2021 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Caledonian crows are renowned for using tools, held in their beaks, to extract prey from their hidey-holes - but they have to put them down to eat, University of St Andrews experts said.
  
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• People with IBD have more microplastic in their faeces, study finds

  22-12-2021 14:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Microplastics could be causing or exacerbating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) - disorders that cause chronic pain and swelling in the intestines, report scientists in Nanjing, China.
  
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• Big tech names withdraw from Las Vegas CES conference

  22-12-2021 13:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Amazon, Facebook and Twitter say they will no longer attend in person.
  
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• Ever More Powerful Predictors Are Tackling Disease

  22-12-2021 13:00
  
  Intelligent use of science offers ways to prevent obesity, heart disease, cancer and dementia.
  
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• Antibodies Are Being Created to Fight Disease in New Ways

  22-12-2021 13:00
  
  Targeting cancers and viruses, better knowledge of the human immune system is leading to new medicines.
  
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• 2022 Will Be a Big Year for Space Exploration

  22-12-2021 13:00
  
  Missions to Mars, Jupiter, and—yes—Texas are all part of the next wave of space research previously delayed by Covid-19.
  
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• Dogs seem to know the basic way objects should behave, study claims 

  22-12-2021 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dogs have asense of the basic way objects should behave, according to scientists from the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna.
  
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• Female seals 'can recognise their pup's voice from just two days old'

  22-12-2021 12:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This ability makes sense because it helps both mothers and their babies survive during a perilous time, researchers at the University of California Santa Cruz said.
  
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• Boffins' first take on asteroid dust from Japanese probe: Carbon rich, less lumpy than expected

  22-12-2021 11:03 via go.theregister.com
  
  The five grams of Ryugu we got suggests it's made of the same stuff as the outer Sun Researchers have published the first analyses of samples plucked from asteroid 162173 Ryugu by Japan's spacecraft Hayabusa2, revealing, for the first time, the physical properties and composition of a carbonaceous asteroid.…
  
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• Satellites capture brilliant 'outbursts' from Comet Leonard as it passes the Earth

  22-12-2021 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Since its discovery in January this year, the comet has been fast approaching both the Sun and Earth, at nearly 160,000 miles per hour.
  
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• Zee-Sony merger will create an Indian entertainment giant

  22-12-2021 08:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zee and Sony announced they will merge their television channels, film assets and streaming platforms.
  
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• Gaming disorder: Inside the clinic helping addicted teens

  22-12-2021 03:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  BBC News has exclusive access to the UK's only facility for video game addiction.
  
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• Young male elephants are more aggressive when fewer older males are present, study says

  22-12-2021 01:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers studied the behaviour of 281 male African savannah elephants in an all-male area in Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana, over three years.
  
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• Europe spat will weaken research - science leaders

  22-12-2021 01:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government is urged not to abandon talks to let the UK take part in a €100bn EU research programme.
  
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• Mother seals recognise pup's voice at two days old

  22-12-2021 01:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Elephant seal mums can distinguish their own offspring at just two days old, research shows.
  
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• Arsenal fan token posts broke advertising rules, says watchdog

  22-12-2021 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Advertising Standards Authority said the club 'failed to illustrate the risk of the investment'.
  
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• NASA's James Web Telescope is DELAYED again! High winds push the launch to Christmas morning

  22-12-2021 00:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope is now set to take off on Christmas Day, December 25, with a launch window between 7:20AM ET and 7:52AM ET - the previous date was December 24.
  
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• Perfectly preserved dinosaur embryo found in China

  22-12-2021 00:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers say the fossil is at least 66 million years old and was about to hatch just like a chicken.
  
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