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• Seals rely on their highly-developed WHISKERS to locate prey when hunting in the dark, study claims

  13-06-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Tachikawa, Japan have found that elephant seals hunt by using their sensitive whiskers to detect water movements made by their prey
  
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• Ice Age mastodon tusk in Indiana shows extinct animal died 100 miles from home

  13-06-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team of US researchers retraced the primitive elephant's life - from regular migrations to its final moments - by scanning and carrying out chemical tests on a nine-and-a-half foot tusk.
  
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• How close are we to creating a 'conscious' AI?

  13-06-2022 18:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline spoke to AI experts to understand how machine language models work, and whether they could ever become 'conscious'.
  
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• Monkeypox Can Be Contained—but Time Is Running Out

  13-06-2022 18:44
  
  Testing, vaccinating, and contact tracing can control the virus in Europe and North America—unless complacency allows it to take hold.
  
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• Frog bones found in Cambridgeshire Iron Age ditch baffle experts

  13-06-2022 18:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More than 8,000 frog and toad bones found in a single ditch is "extraordinary", baffled experts say.
  
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• Two miniature satellites will open the door to era of British espionage from space 

  13-06-2022 17:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The UK currently relies on imagery from RAF aircraft, as well as the US Department of Defence sharing its data, to monitor things like Russian troop movements on the battlefields of Ukraine.
  
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• Google engineer says Lamda AI system may have its own feelings

  13-06-2022 17:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One of the firm's software engineers believes chats with an AI system suggest it has feelings.
  
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• Restaurant chain Bella Italia trials ROBOT WAITERS to help address the hospitality staff shortage 

  13-06-2022 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Robot servers have been recruited at a Bella Italia restaurant in Cumbria for their first trial at a large chain. The 'Bellabot' is able to carry four trays of food as it whizzes between kitchens and tables
  
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• Food strategy criticised by government's own adviser

  13-06-2022 16:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's future food strategy is released amid criticism from campaigners that it lacks ambition.
  
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• Whitehead: U.S. Government Is Waging Psychological Warfare On The Nation, Weaponizing Everything

  13-06-2022 15:40 via technocracy.news
  
  A certain marker of war is the presence and use of psychological warfare to confuse and dominate the enemy. It is unfortunate that we have been declared the enemy and rampant psychological warfare is leveled at us with every new barrage of propaganda. Technocracy defined itself as “the science of social engineering” as far back as 1938. ⁃ TN Editor“Have you ever wondered who’s pulling the strings? 
  … Anything we touch is a weapon. We can deceive, persuad
  
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• Suspended Google engineer reveals AI he says is sentient told him it has emotions

  13-06-2022 15:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Blake Lamoine who claims that one of the company's AI projects is sentient says LaMDA wants developers to ask for permission to run tests on it and wants to be treated as a person.
  
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• UK digital strategy will create 678,000 new jobs and 'tame inflationary demons', Chris Philp claims

  13-06-2022 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mr Philp was speaking at London Tech Week, following the launch of the UK's new digital strategy this morning.
  
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• European Space Agency's Gaia mission detects unexpected 'starquakes'

  13-06-2022 14:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  These 'starquakes' - known as non-radial oscillations - were detected in thousands of stars by the European Space Agency's Gaia mission, led by scientists at Cambridge University.
  
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• Astra fails, sends NASA's Tropics weather satellites back to Earth

  13-06-2022 13:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Orbital success counter stuck at 2 as upper stage of rocket shuts down early and CubeSats lost The first of NASA's TROPICS constellation launches came to an unscheduled end over the weekend as the Astra launch vehicle it was riding failed to deliver the cubesats to orbit.…
  
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• Bacteria living on ocean plastic pollution could produce antibiotics to fight against superbugs

  13-06-2022 13:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from National University in San Diego, USA have isolated antibiotic-producing bacteria from pieces of ocean plastic that could be used to fight antibiotic-resistant 'superbugs'.
  
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• Why It’s Impossible to Rent a Car Right Now

  13-06-2022 13:00
  
  From Avis-Budget to Hertz, traditional rental companies are struggling to restock their fleets. Now peer-to-peer upstarts are scrambling to fill the gap.
  
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• Shanghai’s Censors Can’t Hide Stories of the Dead

  13-06-2022 13:00
  
  Many people reportedly died after struggling to access medical care during a brutal lockdown. The families want to make sure these deaths are counted.
  
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• How Ukraine Is Winning the Propaganda War

  13-06-2022 13:00
  
  As the Russian siege drags on, Ukraine's media campaign has shifted from glorified myths to accounts of everyday bravery.
  
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• Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs

  13-06-2022 13:00
  
  British Columbia’s three-year trial aims to address its opioid crisis. The legislation has been welcomed, but some think it’s still too conservative.
  
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• Mesmerising live stream of Hen Harriers nesting in Yorkshire - watch it LIVE HERE 

  13-06-2022 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The webcam, set up by the Moorland Association, is the first in England to document hen harriers in real time.
  
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• Xbox: New Starfield, Minecraft and Forza gameplay unveiled

  13-06-2022 10:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Microsoft shows off more than 30 forthcoming gaming experiences in its summer showcase.
  
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• Study suggests women's brain temperatures are higher than men's... and are more likely to top 40C 

  13-06-2022 09:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When it comes to arguing over who's more hot-headed, the sexes may never come to an agreement.
  
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• Food strategy for England will back farmers, Boris Johnson says

  13-06-2022 02:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  England's future food strategy is being released amid criticism from campaigners it lacks ambition.
  
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• Could £20 brain zapper cut your blood pressure?

  13-06-2022 01:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has been claimed the gadget, which clips onto the ears and can be worn while watching television, could lead to greater improvements in blood pressure than taking tablets.
  
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• Why you may have a thinking digital twin within a decade

  13-06-2022 01:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Within 10 years people may be able to have a intelligent online version of themselves.
  
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• Primates go ape for 'monkey media player' which lets them use interactive systems to watch videos 

  13-06-2022 01:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have developed a 'monkey media player' which lets primates (white-faced saki monkey pictured) use interactive systems to access sounds and videos.
  
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• Can an optician can spot if you're at risk of a heart attack? Scan during eye tests could show signs

  13-06-2022 00:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Edinburgh University used eye scans to generate a personalised risk score for each patient. They can then give advice on smoking and exercise or prescribing drugs to combat health problems.
  
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