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• NASA's Hubble Space Telescope captures a SPACE TRIANGLE of star formation

  23-02-2022 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The duo are collectively known as Arp 143, made up of the glittery, distorted star-forming galaxy NGC 2445, and the less flashy NGC 24444.
  
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• Virgin Hyperloop to focus on cargo, not people

  23-02-2022 21:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The futuristic transport firm is changing direction and laying off staff, blaming the pandemic.
  
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• Chemical used in electric car batteries could be used to create a cleaner rocket fuel 

  23-02-2022 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of California, Riverside,examined other uses for ammonia borane, which is used to store hydrogen in electric vehicle fuel cells.
  
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• Jet stream that brought storms to UK has sped up by 8% over last century

  23-02-2022 19:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Southampton studied the Northern Hemisphere jet stream, which stretches over the North Atlantic and Eurasia and has a significant influence on storm activity.
  
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• Zuckerberg reveals AI projects to power Metaverse

  23-02-2022 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ambitious projects to build virtual worlds and translate languages in real time are unveiled.
  
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• Africa’s Oldest DNA Is Helping Address Science’s Racial Bias

  23-02-2022 18:01
  
  Scientists have way more DNA from ancient Europeans than Africans. Now analysis of a genome from nearly 20,000 years ago is answering questions about the continent’s past.
  
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• AT&T 3G shutdown will kill off connected features for millions of cars

  23-02-2022 17:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The telecom giant began the shutdown of its third generation network on February 22, freeing up frequencies for its faster, and more reliable, 5G infrastructure.
  
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• Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs 66 million years ago hit Earth during SPRING

  23-02-2022 17:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers led by Uppsala University have confirmed in a new study that the cataclysmic event, called the Chicxulub impcat event, occurred in the northern hemisphere's spring.
  
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• Technocracy Gains Power As Democracy And Economic Freedom Decline

  23-02-2022 16:03 via technocracy.news
  
  The rise of Technocracy is widely noted but still little understood. The original 1930s Technocrats boasted “There will be no place for Politics, Politicians, Finance or Financiers”. In other words, it forces out political structures and creates a Scientific Dictatorship in their place. ⁃ TN EditorThe first report cards on democracy and economic freedom for 2021 are out and the results are not good. Economic Intelligence Unit, the sister company of The Economist magaz
  
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• Blue Origin wants to double the number of people it flies into space this year

  23-02-2022 16:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jeff Bezos' West Texas-based space tourism company has so far flown 14 people to space across three flights, including the Amazon founder himself and Star Trek actor William Shatner.
  
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• Senate To Vote On Bill To End Mask Mandates On Airplanes

  23-02-2022 15:38 via technocracy.news
  
  Lacking any sound science that face masks do anything to curtail the spread of virus, worldwide mandates to wear them are an egregious attack on Free Speech. It has also been a prime driver in the so-called Mass Formation Psychosis that has paralyzed the world. It’s time to demand passage of this legislation to end forced masking on travel. ⁃ TN EditorSen. Rand Paul (R-KY) told Fox News’s Dan Bongino he is forcing a vote in the next two weeks to end mask mandates on planes, not
  
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• Resistance Not Futile: History Lesson On How To End Vaccine Mandates

  23-02-2022 15:22 via technocracy.news
  
  The lessons and force of history are solidly behind the popular resistance to vaccine mandates. Even though many people have died needlessly and people are fed up with the dictatorial urges of megalomaniac and tyrannical leaders, people should take heart that it is possible to throw off tyranny and return to some sense of normalcy. ⁃ TN Editor
  STORY AT-A-GLANCE> If you’re wondering how we’ll ever put an end to these draconian COVID-19 mandates that are destroying lives and s
  
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• The True Story of the Viral False Teeth That Fooled The World

  23-02-2022 13:00
  
  Paul Bishop vomited his false teeth into a Spanish bin 11 years ago. Then a DNA analysis seemingly returned them to his home in the UK. But the truth, it turns out, is even weirder.
  
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• Energy Firms Are Going ‘Green’ by Offloading Dirty Coal Plants

  23-02-2022 13:00
  
  In the EU, phasing out emissions often means paying someone to take over polluting plants—and keep them running.
  
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• Ubisoft moves esports event from UAE after fans protest

  23-02-2022 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The United Arab Emirates' record on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues sparked fan anger.
  
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• China's Yutu-2 rover spots two spheres of glass on the moon

  23-02-2022 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's Yutu-2 rover has spotted two intact spheres of translucent glass up to an inch thick on the far side of the moon, according to researchers from Guangzhou who described the new finding.
  
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• Motion capture rig removes the need to wear a suit

  23-02-2022 12:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The system tracks a model’s movements down to finger level detail, recreating them in digital form.
  
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• Study: UK firms most likely to pay ransomware hackers

  23-02-2022 11:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  And three-quarters of British firms have been victim of ransomware attacks says report.
  
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• Netflix 'Fast Laughs' tool lets you sift through a collection of funny clips

  23-02-2022 10:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fast Laughs is being tested with select users in the US, Canada, UK, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, and 'other select English-speaking countries' now.
  
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• Metaverse app allows kids into virtual strip clubs

  23-02-2022 09:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC investigation witnesses grooming, sexual material and a rape threat in a virtual reality world.
  
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• Women who conceive via IVF are more likely to have premature baby, mass study suggests 

  23-02-2022 09:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The research, carried out at Keele University School of Medicine, found that women who had fertility treatments were 57% more likely to have a placental abruption - a serious complication.
  
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• Global warming and land use change to drive more extreme wildfires

  23-02-2022 07:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The number of exceptional wildfires will increase by 50% by the end of the century, the UN warns.
  
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• Climate change: Can the UK afford its net zero policies?

  23-02-2022 05:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The cost of living crisis has led backbench Conservative MPs to call for a rethink of the government's plans.
  
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