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• Amazon will pay US staff travel expenses for abortions and other treatments

  02-05-2022 21:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm will reimburse travel costs for various treatments in the US, including abortion.
  
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• Aerial maps reveal how huge swathes of Hawaii's reefs were bleached in 2019 marine heatwave

  02-05-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Arizona State University have released aerial maps that show the effects a marine heatwave in Hawaii in 2019 had on coral.
  
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• Luxury apartment building designed for seniors to use AI to monitor their health

  02-05-2022 20:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as the Bristal, staying at the assisted living facility is on York Avenue costs between $12,800 and $20,150 per month.
  
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• Mental health and prayer apps have some of the worst privacy protections, study claims

  02-05-2022 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The findings, released to coincide with May's Mental Health Awareness Month, were published as part of the annually published Mozilla 'Privacy Not Included' guide.
  
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• EU accuses Apple of breaking competition law over contactless payments

  02-05-2022 18:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The US tech giant denies it is restricting rivals' access to its mobile payments technology.
  
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• Ocado is using an army of 2,000 robots in its south-east London fulfilment centre

  02-05-2022 18:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British grocery giant Ocado is using its army of robots at its 563,000 sq ft warehouse in Erith, south-east London to gather up items for customer orders.
  
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• Seagrasses release 32 billion Coke cans-worth of SUGAR into the soil, study reveals

  02-05-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen estimate that seagrasses have released 32 billion Coke cans-worth of sugar into the soil.
  
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• Bill Gates Calls For Global Surveillance Pact With WHO

  02-05-2022 17:00 via technocracy.news
  
  Bill Gates is a leading figure promoting Technocracy through surveillance technology and population control. He just cannot figure out why people don’t like him or his actions, but that has never stopped him from moving forward with his crackpot schemes. ⁃ TN EditorBegin preparing now for the appearance of “even more fatal” variants of coronavirus in the future. That’s the advice from billionaire globalist Bill Gates who warned Sunday that international health surve
  
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• Earth's water cycle is SPEEDING UP due to climate change, study warns

  02-05-2022 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the Institut de Ciències del Mar in Barcelona analysing ocean surface salinity data have detected acceleration of the water cycle, with important consequences for the global climate.
  
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• Is China Starting Another Giant Purge Of Citizens?

  02-05-2022 16:37 via technocracy.news
  
  China’s brutal lockdown of 1 billion people is inexplicable. If there is widespread sickness, why hasn’t it spread to the rest of the world like SARS-Cov-V-2? The answer lies only in Technocrat social engineers who have determined some other agenda that is not yet readily apparent.
  China has had a bad habit of launching horrible genocidal campaigns against its own people. The “Great Leap Forward” from 1958-1962, for instance, killed well over 15 million people. ⁃ TN
  
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• Ocado is using an army of 2,000 robots in its East London fulfilment centre

  02-05-2022 15:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  British grocery giant Ocado is using its army of robots at its 563,000 sq ft warehouse in Erith, East London to gather up items for customer orders.
  
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• Plastic waste could be a thing of the past thanks to new PET-eating enzyme

  02-05-2022 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from the University of Texas in Austin created a new enzyme variant that can supercharge recycling on a large scale, reducing the impact of plastic pollution.
  
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• Russia launches a secret military spacecraft into orbit around Earth

  02-05-2022 13:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The launch took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in the north-western Russian region of Arkhangelsk Oblast on 29 April.
  
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• Bronze Age daggers were NOT status symbols, study claims 

  02-05-2022 13:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have found traces of animal residue - suggestive of cutting 'bone, muscle and tendons' - on Bronze Age daggers excavated from Pragatto, northern Italy.
  
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• Creepy eye-rolling, convulsing ROBOT CHILD can help train dentists for medical emergencies

  02-05-2022 12:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Japanese scientists have developed an eerily-realistic robot child, which they hope will make it easier for dentists to manage encounters with nervous patients.
  
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• Russian space chiefs launch a secret 'military payload' into orbit around Earth

  02-05-2022 12:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The launch took place at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in the town of Mirny in the north-western Russian region of Arkhangelsk Oblast on 29 April.
  
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• Exotic bird normally found in Mediterranean could to start breeding in UK as climate warms

  02-05-2022 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An exotic bird normally found in the Mediterranean is expected to start breeding in the UK this year due to Britain's warming climate (pictured: a glossy ibis).
  
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• Green spaces of England and Wales valued at £25.6 billion a year 

  02-05-2022 10:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to new findings, Hyde Park in London, Sutton Park in Birmingham and Blaise Castle in Bristol are the top three most valuable recreation sites across England and Wales.
  
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• Yes, Transhumanists Really Do Want To Achieve Immortality

  02-05-2022 07:26 via technocracy.news
  
  The quest for man-made immortality is thousands of years old. With the promise of modern technology, transhumanists are celebrating but prematurely so. Every age old would-be immortal ended up dying in the end. ⁃ TN EditorThe Renaissance philosopher Montaigne quipped that “death has us by the scruff of the neck at every moment.” He could have added: until, finally, it strangles us. But what if we knew how to escape death’s chokehold? What if we could avoid death and live
  
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• Netflix cancels Meghan Markle animated series Pearl

  02-05-2022 04:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The announcement comes as the streaming giant makes cost cuts after subscriber numbers fell.
  
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• Egg-freezing IVF clinics trying to cash in on MEN by offering similar treatment for sperm

  02-05-2022 02:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Clinics are offering men the chance to put fatherhood on ice by freezing their sperm, something that could prove helpful to those who have cancer or are in high-risk roles like the military.
  
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