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• Astronomers discover immense swarms of sunspots that could lead to solar flares

  20-04-2022 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunspots are dark regions of the Sun where it is cooler than other parts of thesurface. Solar flares originate close to these dark areas of the star.
  
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• Venus's thick atmosphere keeps the planet moving, despite the Sun's gravitational pull

  20-04-2022 20:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate, but its atmosphere circulates the planet every four days, according to the team from the University of California, Riverside.
  
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• Early human ancestors engraved images on stone tablets by firelight 15,000 years ago

  20-04-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, by researchers at the Universities of York and Durham, looked at the collection of engraved stones, known as plaquettes, which are now held in the British Museum.
  
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• Netflix Struggles to Hold Its Place in the Streaming Wars

  20-04-2022 19:54
  
  Subscriber fatigue, unwelcome price hikes, and competition from the likes of Disney+ and HBO Max have rattled Netflix. What’s next?
  
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• Apple will now scan photos sent and received by children in the UK for NUDITY and blur them

  20-04-2022 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has launched its Communication Safety tool in the UK, four months after rolling it out in the US. The tool will scan images sent and received by children for nudity and automatically blur them.
  
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• Trilateral Commission Members Serving In Biden Administration

  20-04-2022 18:16 via technocracy.news
  
  The Trilateral Commission started in 1973 to create a New International Economic Order and was the fountainhead of modern globalization. Their members have dominated every Administration since, and the Biden Administration is no exception. The two most elite posts are the Secretary of State (Blinken) and the National Security Advisor (Sullivan). To say that the Commission is mothballs in 2022 is foolishness.
  I am asked frequently on radio/tv interviews to explain who are the movers and shakers i
  
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• Astronomers discover new kind of stellar explosion called a 'micronova'

  20-04-2022 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, observed the phenomenon in three white dwarfs - the remnants of dead stars - as they fed in each case on a companion star.
  
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• Climate change and farming driving insect decline

  20-04-2022 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Combined pressures of global heating and farming can halve insect populations in some places - study.
  
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• Elon Musk warns that life on Mars will be dangerous, cramped and difficult

  20-04-2022 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's richest man has been vocal about his goal of making humanity a multiplanetary species, including developing rockets to colonize Mars by 2050.
  
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• Pterosaurs could change the colour of their FEATHERS to attract mates or keep cool

  20-04-2022 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from University College Cork have carried out a new study of a 115 million year old fossilised headcrest of the the pterosaur Tupandactylus imperator from north-eastern Brazil.
  
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• Internet Of Bodies Means Total Control Over Your Body, Behavior, Actions

  20-04-2022 17:07 via technocracy.news
  For over 15 years, I have repeatedly warned of the Technocrat goal to capture society through the Internet of Things and humans through the Internet of Bodies. Together, this is called the Internet of Everything and it will place censors in every conceivable place you can imagine. Whoever controls the data will control you. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE> Implantable microchips are marketed as the ultimate in convenience, but the goal is to create the Internet of Bodies (IoB), described b
  
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• Warming climate and intensive agriculture have HALVED insect populations in some parts of the world

  20-04-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UCL researchers studied records of 20,000 insect species and found that in areas with high-intensity agriculture and climate warming, the number of insects was 49% lower than in natural habitats.
  
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• Six Media Giants Control 90% Of What You Read, Watch, Hear

  20-04-2022 16:13 via technocracy.news
  
  Directors of these 6 media giants also sit on over 500 other giant corporations and 30 percent of those interlocks are within the same 6 companies. This is nepotism of the most dysfunctional nature that creates a predictable echo chamber that brainwashes entire populations. This is a must-read report. ⁃ TN Editor“We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can’t have both.” — Supreme Court Justic
  
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• Netflix hints at password sharing crackdown as subscribers fall

  20-04-2022 15:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm needs to sign up new subscribers after losing 200,000 in the first quarter of the year.
  
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• Using smartphone for an hour less a day makes you less anxious and more satisfied, study says

  20-04-2022 15:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Past studies have shown that smartphone use is linked to obesity, neck pain and addictive behaviour, so Ruhr-Universität Bochum experts set out to establish just how much use is too much.
  
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• Dogs' average heart rate DOUBLES between the waiting room and the examination table at the vet

  20-04-2022 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Adelaide hooked dogs up to heart rate monitors to see how they reacted during a visit to the vet.
  
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• Women feel more 'overwhelmed, stressed and frustrated' at work

  20-04-2022 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Yale University-led experts found that, compared to men, women reported feeling more overwhelmed, stressed, frustrated, tense, and discouraged, and less respected and confident.
  
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• The Energy Crisis Is Pushing Solar Adoption—for Those Who Can Pay

  20-04-2022 13:00
  
  Rooftop solar panels are gaining popularity as the UK faces higher energy prices. But lower-income people are being left behind once again.
  
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• 700-year-old SHIP discovered beneath the streets of Tallinn was part of the Hanseatic League

  20-04-2022 12:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 80ft-long vessel, thought to be a 13th-century Hanseatic cog, was found during construction work in the Estonian captial.
  
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• Hunt is on for fallen meteorite after massive fireball is seen streaking over the west of England

  20-04-2022 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the UK Fireball Alliance (UKFAll) believe that fragments of the meteorite landed somewhere south of the market town of Shrewsbury.
  
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• Treat in store for stargazers as four planets will align in dazzling sky parade this week

  20-04-2022 10:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will form a row in the sky in a 'planet parade' that will dazzle stargazers. Experts say the best viewing window is between 5am and 6am over the coming days.
  
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• Highway Code: Watching TV in self-driving cars to be allowed

  20-04-2022 04:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mobile phone use while driving will remain illegal, as changes to the Highway Code are announced.
  
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• Heavens above! Treat in store for stargazers as four planets will align in dazzling sky parade 

  20-04-2022 03:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn will form a row in the sky in a 'planet parade' that will dazzle stargazers. Experts say the best viewing window is between 5am and 6am over the coming days.
  
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