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• Robot developed that’s smaller than a flea

  25-05-2022 20:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Northwestern University in the United States have created robots less than 1mm big.
  
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• Crabtastic! Adorable robotic crab tinier than a FLEA can bend, twist, crawl and even jump

  25-05-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Northwestern University, who developed the robot, believe the bot could be used to perform a range of tasks in confined spaces.
  
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• The Story of Abortion Pills and How They Work

  25-05-2022 19:46
  
  Mifepristone and misoprostol are a safe and effective way to end a pregnancy, but many people around the world still don’t know these drugs exist.
  
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• Newport Wafer Fab: Chinese buyout of UK's biggest chip plant to be reviewed

  25-05-2022 19:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK government says it will make a national security assessment of the sale of Newport Wafer Fab.
  
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• 390 million-year-old fish-like creature revealed to be one of our earliest ancestors

  25-05-2022 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new stud led by scientists at the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research in Japan shows that the creature, called Palaeospondylus gunni, could be one of our earliest ancestors.
  
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• Dyson working on home robots

  25-05-2022 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company is setting up a major robotics research centre in the UK.
  
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• Hiding in Plain Sight: Technocratic Tyranny Behind a Medical Mask

  25-05-2022 18:34 via technocracy.news
  
  A new journal called Propaganda in Focus has just been launched and carried this must-read article on Technocratic Tyranny. This paper examines the creation, construction and role of propaganda during the pandemic: “technocracy will lure us, from the safety of the blind spots in our stress and trauma and fear, ever closer to the precipice.” ⁃ TN EditorThere can be little doubt that big-tech global domination, taken shape over the past 250 years, is due in large part to the prop
  
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• Bill Gates Lays Out Technocrat Plan For Global Takeover

  25-05-2022 17:33 via technocracy.news
  
  Megalomaniac Bill Gates is parroting and reinforcing the latest NTI simulation that is driving the Monkeypox mania: Shut down early, shut down often, shut down just in case; shut down with “no regrets”. This is in direct contradiction to studies proving that lockdowns, masks, social distancing or closing schools does nothing to curtail a virus. ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE
  The World Health Organization is attempting to seize control over global pandemic monitoring and response
  
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• T. rex was WARM-blooded, study finds

  25-05-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the California Institute of Technology claim that predatory dinosaurs like Velociraptor and T.Rex had very high metabolic rates and were likely warm- or even hot-blooded.
  
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• Global Energy Grid Puts One Billion At Risk For Blackouts

  25-05-2022 16:53 via technocracy.news
  
  Control over energy is a key goal of Technocracy. The first two requirements for implementing Technocracy were contained in the Technocracy Study Course in 1934: (1) “Register on a continuous 24 hour-per-day basis the total net conversion of energy. (2) “By means of the registration of energy converted and consumed, make possible a balanced load.In the process of killing off reliable fossil fuels, the global energy grid is predictably failing. This is a key part of the Technocrat ini
  
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• Female avatar sexually assaulted in Meta VR platform, campaigners say

  25-05-2022 16:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Campaigners join calls by some Meta shareholders for an assessment of on potential harms users face.
  
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• Burgers do taste better with gherkins, as scientists claim they improve the taste, looks and crunch

  25-05-2022 16:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite 51 per cent of Brits opting to remove the pickled green slices, an Oxford University professor claims they improve flavour.
  
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• Most common items dumped as litter - with Coca-Cola, McDonald's and Budweiser the worst offenders

  25-05-2022 14:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, led by a team from Loughborough University, found that almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of litter is made up of plastic.
  
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• What a load of rubbish! Almost two-thirds of UK litter is PLASTIC, study finds

  25-05-2022 13:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study, led by a team from Loughborough University, found that almost two-thirds (63 per cent) of litter is made up of plastic.
  
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• Half of Britain's butterfly species are at risk of extinction due to habitat loss and climate change

  25-05-2022 13:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Half of Britain's butterfly species are at risk of extinction. A new 'Red List' published by UK charity Butterfly Conservation names 24 species as threatened, including eight as endangered.
  
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• Fury over plans for gene-edited food to be sold unlabelled in England

  25-05-2022 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  UK consumers said they 'should be given a choice' on whether to buy produce from crops and livestock with altered DNA, while one said labelling was essential so 'I can choose what I put in my body'.
  
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• Forget vacuum cleaners! Dyson is secretly developing ROBOTS to carry out household chores

  25-05-2022 11:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dyson has given a glimpse at the new robot prototypes in a new video released at the International Conference on Robotics and Automation in Philadelphia today.
  
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• UK uses Brexit freedom to speed up the development of 'gene-edited' crops and livestock

  25-05-2022 08:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under previous European rules, gene editing of livestock and plants was banned along with genetically modified (GM) produce - dubbed Frankenfood.
  
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• Government sends gene-edited food bill to Parliament

  25-05-2022 02:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The legislation will allow the commercial development of genetically-edited plants and animals in England.
  
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• Why some farmers are turning away from the Tories

  25-05-2022 02:36 via bbc.co.uk
  The mood is shifting in an industry destabilised by economic shocks and post-Brexit reforms.
  
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• Strongly bonded male baboons hold each other back when it comes to finding a mate, study shows 

  25-05-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the German Primate Centre found that strongly-bonded male Guinea baboons produce fewer offspring than those who spend less time socialising with the same sex.
  
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• Over 130 new indigenous settlements are discovered north of Hadrian's Wall

  25-05-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Edinburgh researchers found 134 previously unrecorded Iron Age settlements in the region, bringing the total to over 700.
  
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• Gene-editing will be given the green light in the UK

  25-05-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Under previous European rules, gene editing of livestock and plants was banned along with genetically modified (GM) produce - dubbed Frankenfood.
  
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