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• World's smallest battery has been designed to power a computer the size of a grain of dust

  22-02-2022 21:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ateam led by Chemnitz University of Technology in Germany say thesemicroscopic batteries are needed to power the ongoing miniaturisation of electronics.
  
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• Viagra could become a 'life saving and life changing' drug for dogs

  22-02-2022 20:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sildenafil, the generic version of Viagra has been tested by a team of veterinarians at Washington State University in Pullman to treat adisorder called megaesophagus.
  
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• An NFT Bubble Is Taking Over the Gig Economy

  22-02-2022 20:00
  
  Two-thirds of freelancers on Fiverr say they’re servicing the NFT industry. But is it sustainable?
  
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• Human gut is mapped out at single cell resolution for the first time

  22-02-2022 19:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The breakthrough by University of North Carolina researchers could open the door to exploring the many facets of gut health at greater resolution than ever before.
  
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• Ukraine: EU deploys cyber rapid-response team

  22-02-2022 18:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Cyber-security experts from six countries are deployed, after Ukraine calls for help in defence against Russia.
  
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• Antarctic sea ice levels are now at their lowest on record

  22-02-2022 18:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Preliminary measurements from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in the US suggests Antarctica will likely set a record this year for the lowest sea ice extent.
  
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• Vaping may cause GUM DISEASE by changing the bacteria in the mouth, study warns

  22-02-2022 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Vaping may cause gum disease by changing the unique community of bacteria in the mouth, new research led by New York University reveals.
  
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• Plastic waste has more than DOUBLED globally since 2000, report warns 

  22-02-2022 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The report, by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development found that despite this surge in plastic waste, just nine per cent was successfully recycled.
  
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• Fast grocery-delivery apps face backlash from cities

  22-02-2022 17:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  City authorities are increasingly questioning the use of so-called "dark stores".
  
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• Would YOU own up if your restaurant bill was wrong? More than HALF of us wouldn't admit to a mistake

  22-02-2022 16:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study led by researchers from Tel-Hai College in Israel has revealed that more than half of people would not admit to a mistake on their bill.
  
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• Stunning Roman mosaic is discovered near London's Shard

  22-02-2022 16:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mosaic, which is 'a stone's throw' from The Shard, is thought to be the largest area of Roman mosaic found in London for over 50 years.
  
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• Elderly women who keep up housework, cooking and gardening have healthier hearts

  22-02-2022 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Californian researchers have found elderly women who do at least four hours of light activity like household chores and cooking slash their risk of cardiovascular death by nearly two thirds.
  
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• Skynet 2.0: Unstoppable Secret Network Bypasses Internet

  22-02-2022 16:22 via technocracy.news
  
  According to popular tech expert, Rob Braxman, “There’s a secret network in operation today and this network can send centralized commands from its master to slave devices without anyone being able to stop it.” It can also track your precise location even when your phone is turned off. ⁃ TN EditorThis is an important concept to understand and Braxman’s explanation is one of the more understandable ones, breaking it down piece by piece. I recommend that you listen to
  
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• New satellite collision warning system being developed by NOAA

  22-02-2022 16:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is currently a prototype, designed to alert operators of satellites when a spacecraft is potentially on course to hit another object, but should be operational by 2025.
  
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• NASA's James Webb Space Telescope may be able to spot alien civilisations based on air pollution

  22-02-2022 16:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by the Blue Marble Space Institute of Science in Seattle looked at how the James Webb Space Telescope could search for pollutants in the atmospheres of exoplanets.
  
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• Regret: Prominent Lockdown Advocate Says He Got It Wrong

  22-02-2022 15:52 via technocracy.news
  
  Critics who denounced lockdowns were demonized, cancelled and fired. Will advocates of lockdowns that caused massive damage to all societal systems, be held accountable? It’s not likely. Nevertheless, more wrong-headed policy makers will regret their actions as time goes on and the mass formation psychosis subsides. ⁃ TN EditorA prominent lockdown advocate who advised the UK government admits in a new book he got it wrong and that there was never any proper consideration of the devas
  
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• Canadian Parliament Confirms Trudeau’s Tyrannical Actions

  22-02-2022 15:13 via technocracy.news
  
  And just like that, Canada flipped into a full-blown tyrannical regime. It wasn’t just Trudeau who flipped. Parliament voted 185-151 to support his actions, basically institutionalizing the destruction of all protests and free speech. The U.S. will soon be receiving refugees seeking asylum from Trudeau and his gang of henchmen. ⁃ TN EditorThe Canadian Parliament voted Monday night to approve Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s motion to invoke the Emergencies Act by a vote of 185 f
  
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• Lost continent of Balkanatolia is rediscovered after 40 million years

  22-02-2022 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The ancient continent covers the present-day Balkans and Anatolia and has been dubbed Balkanatolia by a team of researchers led by the French National Centre for Scientific Research.
  
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• Archaeology: Earliest evidence of ear surgery found on 5,300-year-old skull

  22-02-2022 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skull was found in a megalithic tomb known as the Dolmen of El Pendón in Burgos, Spain and likely belonged to a prehistoric woman aged between 35 and 50 years old - an advanced age for the time.
  
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• A New Type of Aurora Found on Saturn Resolves a Planetary Mystery

  22-02-2022 13:00
  
  The discovery of the first wind-driven aurora sheds light on a strange phenomenon playing out below Saturn’s stormy atmosphere.
  
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• Fossil of largest Jurassic pterosaur found on Skye

  22-02-2022 12:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A student on a field trip finds the world's largest complete fossil of a 170-million-year-old pterosaur.
  
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• Deforestation threat to Amazon indigenous areas if protected status changed - report

  22-02-2022 12:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It is illegal to mine these areas of the rainforest but the government wants to change the law.
  
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• Ransomware Attacks Are Growing. We Need New Defences

  22-02-2022 11:57
  
  Organizations and governments must completely revamp how they fight cybercrime to survive the rising tide of attackers.
  
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• World's largest Jurassic pterosaur unearthed on the Isle of Skye

  22-02-2022 11:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'exquisite skeleton', extracted from the coast of the Isle of Skye, is the best-preserved skeleton of a pterosaur to be found in Scotland, experts say.
  
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• Tonga volcano: Internet restored five weeks after eruption

  22-02-2022 10:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Pacific island nation was cut off from the world for weeks after an undersea volcano erupted.
  
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• Online subscription scams costing UK victims millions

  22-02-2022 09:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many of the scams lure victims in with fake adverts on Facebook, seemingly backed by celebrities.
  
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• Hedgehog population plummets in UK countryside, research suggests

  22-02-2022 07:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The population of hedgehogs in rural Britain has continued a "steep decline", say conservationists.
  
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• OnlyFans accused of conspiring to blacklist rivals

  22-02-2022 06:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  ​​OnlyFans is accused of conspiring with an unidentified social media company to disable accounts of adult performers working for rivals.
  
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• IPCC climate report to warn on impacts

  22-02-2022 03:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The study will focus heavily on how warming hurts regions as well as cities and coastal communities.
  
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• Neom: What's the green truth behind a planned eco-city in the Saudi desert?

  22-02-2022 01:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Saudi Arabia - one of the world's biggest oil producers - says it's pivoting to green energy. But will reality live up to the rhetoric?
  
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• The mobile phones you can take apart and repair yourself

  22-02-2022 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Phones you repair yourself are increasingly popular, and are attracting an enthusiastic following.
  
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• Sony World Photography Awards 2022: Astonishing images from shortlisted professional photographers

  22-02-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The photographers who took them are clearly at the very top of their game, as they were picked out from more than 156,000 pictures entered into the professional competition's 10 categories.
  
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