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• Faces in objects are more likely to be perceived as young and male, study finds

  24-01-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Faces in random objects including potatoes and rock faces were mostly perceived as young and male by both men and women, report researchers in Bethesda, Maryland.
  
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• Evolution of human-like traits was not the result of increased consumption of animals, study claims 

  24-01-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Evidence for Homo erectus eating more meat than earlier humans has been overstated and over analysed, according to researchers from George Washington University, in Washington, DC.
  
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• Hippos can recognise their friends' voices

  24-01-2022 19:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Wild hippos honk to each other and can recognise their companions' voices, a study has found.
  
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• ISS astronaut demonstrates how to use a TREADMILL in space

  24-01-2022 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Matthias Maurer, a German astronaut of the European Space Agency (ESA), can be seen fixed to a harness and bungie to simulate the experience of jogging on Earth.
  
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• Prepare for an Apple 'FEAST' of new products this autumn, rumours warn

  24-01-2022 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If the rumours turn out to be true, it would be one of the biggest launch events in the 45 year history of the Cupertino, California-based company.
  
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• Climate change: 'Fragile win' at COP26 summit under threat

  24-01-2022 18:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Alok Sharma warns that unless there's swift action this year, progress made at COP26 will be lost.
  
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• Coventry City of Culture: Acid house party recreated by virtual reality

  24-01-2022 18:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  People will experience the thrill of tracking down and arriving at an illegal warehouse party.
  
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• UK's best and worst towns and cities for broadband are revealed

  24-01-2022 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Belfast and Nottingham join Hull, Luton and Portsmouth in the top 5 but Aberdeen has the worst access to ultrafast broadband, according to a study by the insurance firm Protect Your Bubble.
  
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• Tech: Six-legged robot expertly SKIS down a slope in China in unbelievable footage

  24-01-2022 18:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot - which stands with two legs on each ski and grips ski poles with its middle legs - was developed by experts from the by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
  
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• Meta is building the 'world's fastest AI SUPERCOMPUTER'

  24-01-2022 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The new supercomputer, AI Research SuperCluster (RSC), will be the fastest supercomputer in the world when it's fully built by mid 2022, according to Meta.
  
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• Flying car wins airworthiness certification

  24-01-2022 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  AirCar is issued a certificate of airworthiness by the Slovak Transport Authority.
  
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• Chimpanzees do not automatically know what to do when they come across nuts

  24-01-2022 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The use of tools is not easily picked up by wild chimpanzees, the University of Zurich researchers said, and may hint that this behaviour has to be socially learned.
  
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• Nature: Hippos can identify 'wheeze honks' from other members of their own social group, study finds

  24-01-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The behaviour of groups of hippos living in a nature reserve in Mozambique was studied by a team of researchers led from the the Jean Monnet University in Saint-Étienne, France.
  
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• Sharyl Attkisson: How Propagandists Co-Opted ‘Fact-Checkers’ And The Press To Control The Information Landscape

  24-01-2022 16:19 via technocracy.news
  
  Propaganda has been the weapon of choice by Technocrats to apply their so-called “science of social engineering” in order to herd people into accepting Technocracy. This is a global initiative and the details are broken down by five-time Emmy Award winner, Sharyl Attkisson. ⁃ TN Editor
  “Virtually every piece of information that can be co-opted has been, whether it’s Wikipedia online, fact-checkers, the news,” says five-time Emmy Award-winning investigative jou
  
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• Dark Souls PC servers down amid hacking fears

  24-01-2022 16:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dark Souls servers temporarily taken offline following reports of a PC-controlling exploit.
  
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• Rolls-Royce consortium shopping for factory sites to build mini-nuclear reactors

  24-01-2022 16:09 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hunt follows £210m government funding in small modular reactor model UK aerospace and engineering giant Rolls-Royce is on the hunt for sites for its much-touted small nuclear reactors, which received a £210m grant from the UK government last year.…
  
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• Pam Popper: How to Win the War Against Tyranny

  24-01-2022 15:32 via technocracy.news
  
  Dr. Pam Popper is interviewed and details her successes in pushing back against Technocracy’s coup d’état. The importance of re-building community groups, where face-to-face interaction can occur is critical, but at the same time using the judicial system to throw in the proverbial monkey wrench. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE> Make Americans Free Again, led by Pam Popper, is fighting to preserve American freedoms and has a proven strategy that ensures we can win
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• Archaeology: Foetus preserved within an Egyptian mummy was 'PICKLED' by acidification, study reveals

  24-01-2022 15:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The presence of the unborn child's remains was revealed using a combination of CT and X-ray scans back in the April of last year by a team of researchers led from the University of Warsaw.
  
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• Water on Mars unlikely: Lake detected under Red Planet's south pole is likely just a dusty mirage

  24-01-2022 15:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Re-examining radar reflections of the south pole allowed planetary scientists from the University of Texas to determine it is likely just volcanic rock under the Martian ice cap.
  
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• The most INCREDIBLE reflections creating optical illusions

  24-01-2022 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bored Panda has shared a series of amazing images from around the world, showing how reflections can create stunning optical illusions.
  
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• IBM forges entanglement to double quantum simulations by 'cutting up a larger circuit into smaller circuits'

  24-01-2022 14:35 via go.theregister.com
  
  Littler circuits executing on smaller hardware and tolerating 'a lot more noise' IBM says it has found a way to solve problems using fewer qubits than before, effectively doubling the capability of a quantum system by combining both quantum and classical resources.…
  
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• Metal detectorist nets a £648k after finding one of England's 'first ever gold coins' in Devon field

  24-01-2022 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Michael Leigh-Mallory unearthed the coin on his first metal detecting outing in 10 years on farmland in Hemyock, Devon, last September.
  
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• What the World Can Learn From Taiwan’s Digital Democracy

  24-01-2022 12:55
  
  The island nation has shown how to bring about broad citizen participation that is fast, fair and fun.
  
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• As Governments Get More Digital, Trust is Essential

  24-01-2022 12:55
  
  Data and technology are transforming all aspects of governance—citizens will see the benefits it this is open and fair.
  
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• Online Safety Bill: Harmful and illegal content could evade new laws, MPs warn

  24-01-2022 12:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The sharing of child abuse images and deepfake pornography need to be addressed further, MPs warn.
  
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• A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away... a massive black hole spewed out gases that probably helped make stars

  24-01-2022 12:47 via go.theregister.com
  
  As it destroys so it creates US scientists have discovered that black holes can create as well as destroy, as the observed hot gas emitted from such a void in a dwarf galaxy could have contributed to the birth of stars.…
  
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• Peloton takes another hit from TV heart attack

  24-01-2022 12:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After a heart attack in Sex and the City remake, Peloton gets an unfavourable portrayal in Billions.
  
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• Spiders: Flamboyant species with bright red legs is COLOUR BLIND

  24-01-2022 12:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Saitis barbipes, a common jumping spider found in Europe and North Africa, is actually colour-blind, University of Cincinnati researchers found.
  
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• Climate change could create 'rivers in the sky' over East Asia

  24-01-2022 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under the worse case climate change scenario, researchers from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, predict stronger atmospheric rivers and unprecedented rainfall levels over East Asia.
  
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• Georgia scientist shooting was 'senseless act'

  24-01-2022 10:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Matthew Willson was killed by a stray bullet that travelled through a wall.
  
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• 'AirCar' that can transform from a road vehicle into a plane is certified to fly

  24-01-2022 09:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The AirCar was awarded its new status after completing more than 200 take-offs and landings during 70 hours of rigorous flight testing to European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) standards.
  
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• Fortescue: Firm owned by Australia's richest man buys Williams F1 battery arm

  24-01-2022 04:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Fortescue Metals says the deal will help it to achieve its target to be carbon neutral by 2030.
  
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• What Drives The Mind Of A Technocrat?

  24-01-2022 02:05 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy News & Trends has posted several articles over the years on the Technocrat mind, such as Mind of a Technocrat: The Post Human World and The Technocrat Mind: Pfizer’s Unconscionable Crimes, Past and Present. Here is another writer trying to sort it out and it adds an fresh perspective. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE> Technocracy is rule by algorithm, or a bureaucracy run by technologists
  > It is based on the Taylorist principle of “scientific management&rdquo
  
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• The people deciding to ditch their smartphones

  24-01-2022 01:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The smartphone users who are ditching their handsets to take back more control of their lives.
  
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• How will Tonga's broken internet cable be mended?

  24-01-2022 01:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does its breakage tell us about the problems of getting coverage to remote areas?
  
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