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• Iceland whaling: Fisheries minister signals end from 2024

  04-02-2022 23:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A fall in demand for Icelandic whale products means the controversial practice is no longer profitable.
  
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• Ancient trees help to keep forests alive by passing down golden genes

  04-02-2022 20:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rare ancient trees help to sustain the trees around them by passing down experience in dealing with change, according to a study by The Morton Arboretum's Center for Tree Science in Illinois.
  
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• NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captures its first PHOTONS of starlight

  04-02-2022 19:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The infrared observatory launched on Christmas Day last year, taking off from the European Space Agency spaceport in French Guiana, on an Ariane 5 rocket.
  
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• Huge bank of dead fish spotted off French Atlantic coast

  04-02-2022 19:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  France's fisheries minister calls for an inquiry after a trawler spills more than 100,000 blue whiting.
  
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• Mount Everest: Mountain's highest glacier melting rapidly, new study shows

  04-02-2022 19:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The melting is endangering both climbers and locals who rely on the glaciers for drinking water.
  
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• SpaceX will give update on Starship rocket next week

  04-02-2022 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The billionaire entrepreneur tweeted that there would be a presentation at 20:00 CT (02:00 GMT) in Texas, where SpaceX has been developing Starship at its test facility in Boca Chica.
  
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• Making Sense Of The Insane Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (S.673)

  04-02-2022 17:56 via technocracy.news
  
  The Senate Judiciary Committee currently has its hand on the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (S.673), and it has sparked a dialectical debate that is beyond comprehension. As a journalist and news content provider, I will attempt to bring some clarity to the table.
  The bill was originally introduced on March 10, 2021 by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and went nowhere. Since then, it has picked up a total of seven co-sponsors from both parties, gaining enough steam to get it assigned for r
  
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• Climate change could cause BLACKOUTS in US due to increase in summer air conditioning, study warns 

  04-02-2022 17:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Air conditioning increase from people trying to stay comfortable as the climate warms could lead to blackouts, according to research carried out by the American Geophysical Union in Washington, DC.
  
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• Artist uses AI to imagine what popular cartoon characters would look like in real life 

  04-02-2022 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hidreley Leli Diao, from Brazil, who grew up watching The Simpsons and Disney experimented with a piece of software that creates photo-realistic portraits of people who do not actually exist.
  
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• Meta moves to tackle creepy behaviour in virtual reality

  04-02-2022 15:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Women describe their experiences but what can firms behind virtual-reality platforms do about it?
  
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• France: Protestors Surround Pfizer HQ Chanting ‘Assassins’, ‘Vaccines Kill’

  04-02-2022 15:35 via technocracy.news
  
  French citizens don’t mince words as they confront Pfizer’s main office in Paris, shouting “Assassins!” and “Vaccines kill!” Technocrat and PM Emmanuel Macron recently said, “As for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off.” Looks like he has succeeded, but not to convince them to take the shot. ⁃ TN EditorVideo shot this past weekend in Paris France shows thousands of protesters surrounding the headquarters of Pfizer in the nation&
  
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• France: Angry Protestors Surround Pfizer HQ Chanting ‘Assassins’, ‘Vaccines Kill’

  04-02-2022 15:35 via technocracy.news
  
  French citizens don’t mince words as they confront Pfizer’s main office in Paris, shouting “Assassins!” and “Vaccines kill!” Technocrat and PM Emmanuel Macron recently said, “As for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off.” Looks like he has succeeded, but not to convince them to take the shot. ⁃ TN EditorVideo shot this past weekend in Paris France shows thousands of protesters surrounding the headquarters of Pfizer in the nation&
  
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• Nature: Crafty orcas are teaching each other how to STEAL fish and their remains from fisheries

  04-02-2022 15:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The feeding behaviours of orcas living off of the coast of the Crozet Islands in the southern Indian Ocean between 2010-2017 were studied by a team of researchers led from Deakin University.
  
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• Whitehead: Government’s Kill Switch For Your Car, Freedoms And Life

  04-02-2022 15:15 via technocracy.news
  
  Do you want a government controlled kill switch in your car? It’s for your safety, they say. It will help them keep drunk drivers off the road, they say. It may be used if you are not paying attention to the road, like texting or playing games on your smart phone. It may track your location 24×7. Wow, it’s just like having a Technocrat in every car. ⁃ TN Editor“A psychotic world we live in. The madmen are in power.”—Philip K. Dick, The Man in the Hi
  
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• Twitter to expand 'downvote' button experiment, but won't make the number of votes public

  04-02-2022 14:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The negative reactions, captured by clicking a downward pointing arrow, won't be available to the public, or to the person who posted the original tweet.
  
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• 29 of The Best Subscription Boxes to Send as Gifts

  04-02-2022 13:49
  
  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 2022.
  
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• Astronomers spot two 'puffy' mini-Neptune exoplanets losing their atmospheres

  04-02-2022 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mini-Neptune worlds revealed in the latest study, which was led by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), are in star systems that are 103 and 73 light-years away, respectively.
  
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• Climate change: Greenland has lost enough ice since 2002 to submerge the US under 1.5 FEET of water

  04-02-2022 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This finding comes from a Danish analysis of data from the Gravity Recovery And Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites collected from April 2002-August 2021.
  
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• Click News: A round-up of the week's tech news

  04-02-2022 13:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  LJ Rich looks at some of the week's best technology stories.
  
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• A New Database Reveals How Much Humans Are Messing With Evolution

  04-02-2022 13:00
  
  Some animals and plants are rapidly adapting to our warming, polluted world. How alarming that is depends on your perspective.
  
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• People are more likely to help when asked face-to-face than over video call or email, study reveals 

  04-02-2022 12:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the study, the researchers from Ryerson University in Toronto carried out an experiment to understand the best communication channels for asking for help.
  
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• AI Can Help Explain the Boring World of Regulation

  04-02-2022 12:55
  
  The rise of ‘regtech’ will enable businesses to navigate complex compliance and keep the global economy stable.
  
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• Mosquitoes are drawn to specific colours including red, orange and black

  04-02-2022 11:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This helps explain how mosquitoes find hosts, since human skin, regardless of overall pigmentation, emits a strong red-orange 'signal' to their eyes, University of Washington experts said.
  
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• Twitter is working on a new 'Articles' feature that would let you post longer tweets, leak claims

  04-02-2022 10:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Respected Hong Kong-based leaker Jane Manchun Wong claims that Twitter is working on a new feature called Twitter Articles, allowing users to post lengthier messages.
  
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• Facebook owner Meta sees biggest ever stock market loss

  04-02-2022 06:40 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg saw his personal fortune fall by $31bn.
  
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• NHS strikes deal for £2.8m baby drug that treats patients suffering from fatal genetic disease

  04-02-2022 02:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The revolutionary gene therapy, called Libmeldy, gives patients suffering from metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) the prospect of leading a normal life, health bosses say.
  
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• Climate change: Satellites map huge methane plumes from oil and gas

  04-02-2022 01:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Plugging methane leaks from oil and gas fields could be an easy win in curbing climate change.
  
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• From bike lanes to lost pets - the Nextdoor network

  04-02-2022 01:21 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Chief executive Sarah Friar explains how the pandemic has affected the ultra-local social channel.
  
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• Koo: India's Twitter alternative with global ambitions

  04-02-2022 01:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's Koo expects to surpass Twitter's 25 million-strong user base in the country.
  
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• Shackleton's Endurance: The impossible search for the greatest shipwreck

  04-02-2022 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The latest bid to find Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's lost polar yacht is set to get under way.
  
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• How to store excess wind power underwater

  04-02-2022 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A Dutch company is testing an underwater system that can store excess energy from wind farms.
  
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