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• Spinal implant enables paralysed woman to walk for the first time in 18 months

  06-04-2022 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland fitted Nirina with an 'electronic stimulator', implanted directly on her spinal cord, to reactivate specific neurons that regulate blood pressure.
  
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• Rocket Lab to catch an Electron rocket with a giant helicopter

  06-04-2022 21:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test will happen no sooner than April 19, on a ride share launch of the Electron rocket, from Pad A at Launch Complex 1 on New Zealand's Māhia Peninsula.
  
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• Podcast listeners are more open and intellectually curious than non-listeners

  06-04-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Queensland University of Technology researchers asked more than 300 participants questions on their podcast listening habits and compared them to their personality traits and reasons for listening.
  
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• Dryers release almost as many microfibres as washing machines, study says

  06-04-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fabric conditioners or better lint filter design could reduce release the release of microfibres - microscopic particles that come loose from textiles and clothing, report experts in Newcastle.
  
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• Dinosaur tracks in Spain were left by a theropod with an injured foot 129 million years ago

  06-04-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Autonomous University in Madrid studied the tracks, which were found at the Las Hoyas Locality in Spain.
  
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• Amazon secures rockets for broadband project

  06-04-2022 19:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It has booked 83 launches for its low earth orbit satellite internet system Project Kuiper.
  
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• DARPA says US hypersonic missile is ready for real world

  06-04-2022 19:42 via go.theregister.com
  
  A new arms race emerges DARPA announced a second successful test of its hypersonic cruise missile, adding that the weapon, capable of speeds in excess of Mach 5, is ready for real-world use. …
  
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• Farming labour shortage could mean price rises, MPs warn

  06-04-2022 17:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A report calls for a relaxation on requirements to speak English, and to expand seasonal worker visas.
  
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• Brain charts map the rapid growth and slow decline of the human brain

  06-04-2022 17:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Although not currently intended for clinical use, University of Cambridge-led experts hope the charts will become a routine tool similar to how standardised paediatric growth charts are used.
  
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• Cell-Cultured Chicken Meat Goes Live In Singapore

  06-04-2022 16:48 via technocracy.news
  
  The California company, Good Meat, is testing its cultured chicken meat product in Singapore. Unlike other man-made ingestible items (i.e., drugs and nutraceuticals), there is no testing as to possible adverse health effects or other complications. Technocrats invent because they can, not because there is public demand to do so. ⁃ TN EditorIn a world’s first, a hawker in Singapore recently offered a cell-cultured chicken meal at an affordable price of $4.
  And diners said the meat tas
  
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• Renewable Energy Can’t Solve Energy Crisis

  06-04-2022 16:31 via technocracy.news
  
  Renewables and control over energy is a scam that started with the 1930s Technocracy movement. As the western world is following this delusional dream, it creates policies that will drag down civilization and social structures while stripping wealth from everyone but the global Technocrats who promote it. ⁃ TN Editor
  Europe has been aggressively pursuing a clean energy future and the end of fossil fuels, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has highlighted the shortcomings of renewables.
  
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• Elon Musk Is on Twitter's Board. What Could Go Wrong?

  06-04-2022 16:23
  
  Musk's appointment could herald a controversial push for "free speech" and invite more scrutiny from the SEC.
  
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• War On Cash Losing Ground As Circulating Currency Doubles In 10 Years

  06-04-2022 16:22 via technocracy.news
  
  The globalist “war on cash” appears to be overrated and over-hyped.Americans love their cash – all $2.2 trillion of it – and Technocrats will have a hard time convincing them otherwise. These levels of cash in circulation have doubled in ten year and are still rising. Remember to always spend cash on “Cash Friday”! ⁃ TN EditorPresident Biden’s latest executive order calls for extensive research on digital assets and may usher in a U.S. ce
  
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• Malaria parasite originated in African apes before evolving to infect people, study finds

  06-04-2022 15:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A parasite that causes malaria called Plasmodium malariae arose from a transmission of an ape parasite to humans, report experts at the University of Edinburgh.
  
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• Mars: Noises detected by NASA's Insight lander may suggest planet active with volcanic activity

  06-04-2022 14:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Australian National University made their finding after combing through data from NASA's InSight Mars lander.
  
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• Rumbling noises detected on Mars suggest Red Planet is far from dead

  06-04-2022 13:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Australian National University made their finding after combing through data from NASA's InSight Mars lander.
  
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• Uber will soon let UK users book train, coach and PLANE tickets through the app

  06-04-2022 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From this summer, Uber users in the UK will be able to book intercity rail and coach tickets, while flight and cross-channel tickets will be available later this year.
  
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• For Kids Fleeing Ukraine, Wartime Trauma May Leave Lasting Wounds

  06-04-2022 13:00
  
  Volunteers are rushing to provide online counseling, art therapy, and stress relief for the more than 2 million Ukrainian children who have become refugees.
  
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• Europe Is Building a Huge International Facial Recognition System

  06-04-2022 13:00
  
  Lawmakers advance proposals to let police forces across the EU link their photo databases—which include millions of pictures of people’s faces.
  
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• Antarctic sea ice reaches second lowest level in 44 years

  06-04-2022 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ice loss from the West Antarctic Ice Sheet in the Amundsen Sea is one of the fastest growing and concerning contributions to global sea level rise, experts at the British Antarctic Survey said.
  
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• Instagram: Presenter Rachel Riley received series of porn messages

  06-04-2022 11:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Center for Countering Digital Hate found abuse in the Instagram DMs of five high-profile females.
  
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• Farming labour shortage could mean price rises, MPs warns

  06-04-2022 07:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A report calls for a relaxation on requirements to speak English, and to expand seasonal worker visas.
  
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• Twitter confirms it is working on an edit button

  06-04-2022 05:42 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes after new board member Elon Musk asked his followers if they wanted the feature.
  
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• VR therapy can help psychosis patients, study shows

  06-04-2022 01:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virtual reality (VR) can target the intense anxiety that keeps many people with psychosis from engaging in every activities, report University of Oxford scientists.
  
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• Hydra: How German police dismantled Russian darknet site

  06-04-2022 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  German police say illegal sales on the site amounted to at least £1bn a year
  
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• 3D-printed fingertip can 'feel' just like human skin

  06-04-2022 01:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Bristol researchers hope that the 3D-printed fingerprint could eventually help improve prosthetics for humans by making artificial skin that is just as good as real skin.
  
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• Broadband firms 'must do more to promote social tariffs'

  06-04-2022 00:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The culture secretary says suppliers must do more to promote discounted rates to low-income homes.
  
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