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• Children who have a dog are less likely to develop Crohn's disease, study reveals 

  23-05-2022 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Toronto found that children who grow up with a dog have healthier guts and are less likely to develop Crohn's disease - a common inflammatory bowel disease.
  
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• First human patient is injected with 'revolutionary' cancer-killing virus

  23-05-2022 18:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The virus, known as Vaxinia, has been genetically engineered to infect, replicate in and kill cancer cells, while sparing healthy cells.
  
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• Planets orbiting binary Sun-like stars could be prime targets in the search for alien life

  23-05-2022 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Nearly half of sun-size stars are in binary systems where the energy extends the habitable region further away and makes it larger, according to University of Copenhagen experts.
  
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• Could sea corals be used to treat CANCER? Scientists discover 'holy grail' chemical in soft corals

  23-05-2022 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Utah have found the elusive chemical in common soft corals living off the coast of Florida.
  
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• Gene-edited tomatoes could soon be sold in England

  23-05-2022 17:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A bill is to be introduced in Parliament in two days' time to allow the commercial growing of gene-edited crops in England.
  
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• 'Super tomatoes' genetically engineered to produce more vitamin D could reduce deficiency

  23-05-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The researchers from the John Innes Centre in Norwich claim the vitamin D you can get from eating one of these genetically modified tomatoes is equivalent to two eggs or 28 grams of tuna.
  
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• Jackdaws loudly call to one another to reach consensus about when to fly off together, claims study

  23-05-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Exeter claim that jackdaws call to one another to reach a consensus about when to fly off together.
  
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• NASA captures eruption of 'Sharkcano' Kavachi where mutant sharks live in acidic underwater crater

  23-05-2022 16:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satellite images show a plume of discoloured water being emitted from the Kavachi Volcano, which lies about 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, on May 14.
  
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• Hubble detects changes in universe's rate of expansion that cannot be explained by current physics 

  23-05-2022 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from the Hubble Space Telescope has shown there is a huge discrepancy between the universe's current rate of expansion compared to observations from right after the Big Bang.
  
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• Clearview AI fined in UK for illegally storing facial images

  23-05-2022 14:19 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The facial recognition database firm must pay more than £7.5m and delete data it holds of UK residents.
  
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• Great Reset: Americans Lost $20 Trillion Since The Start Of 2022

  23-05-2022 14:05 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats are pitted against capitalism and free market economics to replace them with Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. Wealth destruction of the middle class has been progressing since 2000 and it is now accelerating at a record pace. The WEF predicts that “by 2030 you will own nothing.” ⁃ TN EditorCiting estimates from JPMorgan, over the weekend Bloomberg wrote that courtesy of a Biden administration terrified of what soaring inflation will mean for the D
  
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• World Bank Adopts Geospatial Surveillance And Tracking

  23-05-2022 14:00 via technocracy.news
  
  GEMS stands for Geo-Enabling Initiative For Monitoring & Supervision, and it is being adopted by the World Bank to monitor and control people throughout its lending world. It promises to “maximize development impacts and human capital”. ⁃ TN Editor
  The COVID-19 crisis has not only led to an exacerbation of poverty and the undoing of development gains in many countries around the world, but it has also shed light on the significant access constraints and data gaps on local c
  
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• Patients May Not Receive Miscarriage Care in a Post-Roe America

  23-05-2022 13:43
  
  Doctors will be cautious about offering any treatment that could be regarded as an illegal termination—forcing patients to seek out-of-state care.
  
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• Huge asteroid TWICE the size of the Burj Khalifa will pass Earth on Friday

  23-05-2022 13:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The asteroid, named 7335 (1989 JA) measures a whopping 1.1 miles (1.8km) in diameter, and will pass by our planet on Friday.
  
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• Rory Kinnear on Playing Men’s Villain with a Thousand Faces

  23-05-2022 13:00
  
  Well, maybe not 1,000, but at least nine.
  
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• Marvel, Please Don’t Digitally Resurrect Stan Lee

  23-05-2022 13:00
  
  The company has signed a deal to use his likeness for the next 20 years. Maybe it’s better to let him rest.
  
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• How GDPR Is Failing

  23-05-2022 13:00
  
  The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there’s a lag on cleaning up Big Tech.
  
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• NASA warns deadly 'SHARKCANO' where mutant sharks live in an acidic undersea crater is erupting

  23-05-2022 12:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Satellite images show a plume of discoloured water being emitted from the Kavachi Volcano, which lies about 15 miles south of Vangunu Island, on May 14.
  
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• Sunglasses make you more likely to OGLE, study finds

  23-05-2022 11:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of British Columbia found that people are more likely to stare at sexually provocative images when they think others can't see their eyes.
  
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• HSBC suspends banker over 'nut job' climate comments, say reports

  23-05-2022 07:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The banking giant has reportedly suspended its responsible investing leader Stuart Kirk.
  
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• Simple saliva test for breast cancer could save thousands of under-50s

  23-05-2022 03:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It could be particularly valuable to identify under-50s at higher genetic risk of breast cancer, who can't currently get mammograms on the NHS.
  
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• The truth is (somewhere) out there: Aliens may exist... in a galaxy far, far away, says Brian Cox

  23-05-2022 02:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Aliens really could exist, but not in our galaxy, according to Professor Brian Cox. He was asked about a US Congressman's comments that UFOs are 'a potential national security threat'.
  
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• Wetlands could be key to saving our bumblebees as they provide essential environment, study shows 

  23-05-2022 02:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
   Bringing back wild areas such as wetlands could be the best way of saving UK bumblebees, a study has found.Over 500 Bumblebee Conservation Trust's BeeWalk volunteers
  
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• Why is climate 'doomism' going viral – and who's fighting it?

  23-05-2022 01:16 via bbc.co.uk
  Climate "doomers" believe it’s far too late to do anything about climate change - but they're wrong.
  
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• The sci-fi technology tackling malarial mosquitos

  23-05-2022 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Gene drive development makes a genetically modified gene that spreads widely within populations.
  
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