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• 'Young people may have 10-plus careers in their lifetime'

  11-03-2022 23:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A charity competition is encouraging school kids to get entrepreneurial and make their own products.
  
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• Diamonds are created from thin air

  11-03-2022 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US luxury diamond company Aether bills its gems as carbon-negative diamonds by claiming to extract 20 tonnes of CO2 from the air for every one carat diamond sold.
  
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• Bitcoin cash machines ordered to shut down in UK

  11-03-2022 18:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Financial Conduct Authority warns that all crypto-ATMs in the UK are operating illegally.
  
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• Astronomer captures photos of distant nebulas from a telescope in his East Ayrshire back garden

  11-03-2022 18:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bryan Shaw, 28, has spent hours tracking the night sky to produce stunning images of nebulas and star clusters thousands of light years away from his New Cumnock home.
  
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• Critically endangered bat not seen in 40 YEARS and feared extinct is discovered in Rwanda

  11-03-2022 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hill's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli), which hasn't been seen since 1981, was found in the Nyungwe National Park, in Nyungwe, Rwanda.
  
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• NASA shares a stunning photo of an inverted rainbow over Sicily

  11-03-2022 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has shared a photo of an inverted rainbow, or 'circumzenithal arc', that appeared over a palm tree in Ragusa, Sicily. This formed as sunlight refracted through horizontal ice crystals.
  
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• Northern Lights could be visible from Scotland and northern England on Sunday

  11-03-2022 17:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Also known as aurora borealis, the Northern Lights are predominantly seen in high-latitude regions, so any glimpse across the UK is a rare treat for stargazers.
  
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• China's Yutu-2 rover sends image from the 'dark side' of the moon, showing its winding dust tracks

  11-03-2022 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China's lunar rover, Yutu-2, has beamed back a new image from the 'dark side' of the moon, showing the winding path it has taken over the surface and the Chang'e 4 spacecraft.
  
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• Voles cut grass to keep a look out for flying predators, study says

  11-03-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When they sense predatory birds, voles cut grass to get a better view of where the birds might strike from, reports a group of experts at universities in China, Florida and Exeter.
  
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• War in Ukraine: Instagram banned in Russia over 'calls to violence'

  11-03-2022 16:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Instagram owner Meta has allowed users in some countries to call for violence against Russia's army.
  
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• Genetically Modified Fish Being Challenged By FOIA Request

  11-03-2022 15:29 via technocracy.news
  
  It’s a newsy day for biotech companies with stories released about genetically modified fish, beef and insects. The industry believes it has the right to modify anything that has DNA including humans. Read my recent article, Global Blueprint Exposed: The Takeover Of All Genetic Material On Earth, for more details. ⁃ TN EditorToday, Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for unlawfully wit
  
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• Genetically Modified Cattle Coming To A Plate Near You

  11-03-2022 15:17 via technocracy.news
  
  The FDA fast-tracks genetic modifications in animals based on the principle of being “substantially equivalent” to the unmodified species, thereby avoiding rigorous testing that would normally be required. This false notion is promoted by the biotech companies themselves, much to the chagrin of normal citizens and scientists. ⁃ TN EditorAt the start of this week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it had made a low-risk determination for the marketing of produ
  
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• Aerospace startup reveals designs for a bizarre moon rover that looks like a giant pram 

  11-03-2022 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The buggy, which has been designed by California-based Venturi Astrolab, can also crouch down and lift payloads up from the moon's surface, before carrying them under its belly.
  
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• Genetically Modified Mosquitoes To Be Released In Florida And California

  11-03-2022 15:02 via technocracy.news
  
  The biotech industry is bent on genetically modifying all life on planet earth. At the UN, it was promoted as “biodiversity”. The effect on the environment is unknown. The biotech company trying to wipe out the pesky bug is, not surprisingly, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. ⁃ TN EditorMillions of genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in California and Florida in an effort to reduce the number of real, disease-carrying i
  
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• Only a FIFTH of people are brave enough to take vigilante action against rule-breakers at work

  11-03-2022 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has found that one in five people adopt a 'vigilante identity' where they monitor others' behaviour - and punish those who don't follow the rules.
  
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• Zoe Covid-tracking app loses government funding

  11-03-2022 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Zoe app co-founder says it could have been the tool to protect the UK from the next pandemic.
  
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• Critically endangered bat not seen in 40 YEARS and feared extinct is discovered in a cave in Rwanda

  11-03-2022 13:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hill's horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus hilli), which hasn't been seen since 1981, was found in a cave in the Nyungwe National Park, in Nyungwe, Rwanda.
  
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• Turning Red Doesn’t Follow Pixar’s Rules. Good

  11-03-2022 13:00
  
  The studio's early works were lauded for their “universal” storytelling. Its new approach champions personal stories—and audiences are the richer for it.
  
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• On Depop, Sellers Are Pushing Shady Secondhand Pills

  11-03-2022 13:00
  
  The popular ecommerce site is riddled with half-used packets of diet pills and harmful health supplements, highlighting the need for tougher regulation.
  
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• Activists Are Reaching Russians Behind Putin's Propaganda Wall

  11-03-2022 13:00
  
  Apps like Tinder, Google Maps, and Telegram give activists a way to share what's really going on in Ukraine—for now.
  
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• NASA releases incredible satellite image of 101ft Nazaré waves

  11-03-2022 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Portuguese surfer António Laureano, 19, claims to have surfed the biggest wave ever at Praia do Norte in Nazaré, Portugal, which was imaged from space by NASA's Landsat spacecraft in 2020.
  
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• Bronze Age Britons were not using gold as currency, study reveals

  11-03-2022 11:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Bronze Age Britons were not using gold as currency, as scientsts from Georg-August-Universität Göttingen have found objects from the period all appear to have different weights.
  
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• Virgin Orbit reveals plans for its first UK launch - from Cornwall  

  11-03-2022 11:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A satellite will be blasted into space on a Virgin Orbit rocket called LauncherOne, which will be unleashed from a jumbo jet from Spaceport Cornwall near Newquay.
  
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• Samsung throws shade at Apple by joking about new green colour in the iPhone 13

  11-03-2022 10:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The South Korean tech giant appeared to hint that its Silicon Valley competitor had taken inspiration from its own products, tweeting: 'Ultra? Green? We're feeling sincerely flattered today.'
  
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• War in Ukraine: Facebook to allow calls for violence against Putin

  11-03-2022 08:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  In response, Russia has called on the US to stop the "extremist activities" of parent company Meta.
  
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• Germany bankrolls effort to build home-grown quantum systems

  11-03-2022 07:31 via go.theregister.com
  
  With millions of euros, we'll do you a QSolid, say scientists Germany is getting more serious about quantum computing with the foundation of the QSolid project which aims to build a complete quantum computer based on cutting-edge native technology.…
  
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• Climate change: Can the Russian energy crisis help to curb global heating?

  11-03-2022 02:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An energy strategy is due - but can it get the UK off Russian gas, cut bills and help the environment?
  
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• Lab-grown meat requires the blood of fetal cows, study shows

  11-03-2022 00:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This cultured alternative to farmed meat is produced in massive tanks, grown cell-by-cell, instead of within the bodies of living creatures. But it requires a nutrient growth medium, often coming from blood.
  
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