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• Giant snails that can grow as big as RATS put Florida town into quarantine

  01-07-2022 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Giant African snails were found in the city of Port Richey, just north of Tampa. The town will be quarantined for two years, prohibiting residents from moving plants and soil outside of the zone.
  
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• One million Marines and family members who were stationed at Camp Lejeune seek justice

  01-07-2022 23:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Water contamination at Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, North Carolina, led to around one million people being poisoned.
  
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• Porcupette is born just in time for world porcupine day

  01-07-2022 22:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A baby prehensile-tailed porcupine was recently born at the Stone Zoo.The porcupette, born to mom 'Prickles,' weighed just a little over one-pound at birth. Zookeepers say it is healthy and alert.
  
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• Antarctic fish growing grotesque skin tumors thanks to climate change, study finds

  01-07-2022 20:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The skin tumors are pink, raised, rough, and appeared at various places on the trunk and head, in some cases covering more than a third of the body surface.
  
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• Elon Musk takes longest break from Twitter in years as he faces 'personal issues' and employee woes

  01-07-2022 20:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk is taking his longest break from Twitter in years as he deals with a range of problems at his companies, including legal woes, financial obstacles and internal strife, along with 'personal issues.'
  
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• Age of the dinosaurs was triggered by a series of 'deep freezes' 200 million years ago

  01-07-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Columbia University-study claims that during the extinction, cold snaps already happening at the poles spread to lower latitudes, killing off reptiles but allowing adapted dinosaurs to thrive.
  
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• 2050 carbon emission goals need nuclear to succeed, says International Energy Agency

  01-07-2022 19:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Without it, $500b more in investments is needed to reach C-neutrality There's more than one path to net zero emissions by 2050, but the only practical one runs straight through nuclear power, according to the International Energy Agency.…
  
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• Brute force of nature: Leopard jumps through trees to KILL baby monkey in India

  01-07-2022 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The exciting show took place at the Panna Tiger Reservation, which sawthe leopard hunting the baby by jumping through the tree tops.
  
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• Apple WILL face courtroom showdown in the UK over its App Store

  01-07-2022 17:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Competition Appeal Tribunalhas refused Apple's attempt to limit a consumer claim led by Dr Rachael Kent, a lecturer in digital economy at King's College London.
  
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• Bacteria-fueled jets? Scientists harvest a molecule that could one day power rockets to space

  01-07-2022 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  One of the long-term problems with air travel is its dependence on petroleum, which is a finite resource that contributes to climate change.
  
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• NASA delays SLS rollback due to concerns over rocky path to launchpad

  01-07-2022 17:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  The road to the Moon is paved with... river rock? NASA's Moon rocket is to trundle back into its shed today after a delay caused by concerns over the crawlerway.…
  
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• SEC Uses ESG Requirements To Target Small Farms

  01-07-2022 17:24 via technocracy.news
  
  When President Biden said he would use “all of government” to enforce his suicidal green agenda, no one would have suspected that the Securities and Exchange Commission could get a hook into small farm agriculture, and yet they have. Ultimately, small farmers who do not roll over and comply will be driven out of business from over-regulation and denial of capital. ⁃ TN EditorAs small farming and ranching operations struggle to bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic and supply-c
  
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• Corporate Technocrats Use ESG To Drive Technocracy

  01-07-2022 17:10 via technocracy.news
  
  ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) is a United Nations inspired global scam to drive the world into Sustainable Development (aka Technocracy), control all resources and kill capitalism and free market economics all at the same time. ESG is backed by the UN, the World Economic Forum and major investment banks. ⁃ TN Editor
  STORY AT-A-GLANCE> ESG, or environmental, social and governance, funds are supposed to be those focused on companies with strong environmental ethics and responsib
  
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• Rare wild pigeons extinct in most of the world discovered living in parts of Scotland and Ireland 

  01-07-2022 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Rare wild pigeons that are extinct in most of the world have been discovered living in islands off the coast of the British Isles by Oxford University researchers.
  
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• Catch of a lifetime: 15-year-old boy hooks a rare all-white catfish while fishing in Tennessee 

  01-07-2022 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Edwards Tarumianz, 15 reeled in a giant blue catfish while fishing in Tennessee. The catfish, however, was all-white with patches of bright pink and purple around its fin and face.
  
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• Landmark: Supreme Court Deals Massive Blow To Climate Change Agenda

  01-07-2022 16:13 via technocracy.news
  
  The EPA has been illegally used as a sledgehammer to set arbitrary carbon emission levels conjured up by the global warming cabal that seeks to drive the world into Sustainable Development, aka Technocracy. Since the EPA is under the authority of the President, it has escaped Congressional oversight. No more. If Congress doesn’t set levels and limits, they will not be set. ⁃ TN EditorAt the same time as it give the Biden admin a token victory by overturning Trump’s “remai
  
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• Two thousand-year-old human remains are found on an Iron Age site in Dorset

  01-07-2022 15:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The site in Winterborne Kingston, Dorset, which includes round houses and storage pits, was uncovered by archaeology students at Bournemouth University last September.
  
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• Scientists find plastic in the droppings of British wildlife

  01-07-2022 15:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Polyester and polyethylene are among the plastics found in faeces of four species, say experts at the universities of Sussex and Exeter and the Mammal Society.
  
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• Shrimps and worms were the first animals to recover after the 'Great Dying'

  01-07-2022 13:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  By examining trails and burrows on the South China sea bed, the team of experts were able to piece together sea life's revival by pinpointing what animal activity was happening when.
  
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• Ukraine war: President Zelensky's 3D projection asks tech sector for help

  01-07-2022 13:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Ukrainian president has been outlining his vision for the technology sector in his country.
  
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• The Race to Build Wind Farms That Float on the Open Sea

  01-07-2022 13:00
  
  There’s huge potential to generate renewable energy far out in the ocean. But designing turbines that can survive rough waters isn’t exactly a breeze.
  
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• Is Your New Car a Threat to National Security?

  01-07-2022 13:00
  
  Putting sensor-packed Chinese cars on Western roads could be a privacy issue. Just ask Tesla.
  
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• The iPhone turns 15! Apple's iconic handset celebrates milestone

  01-07-2022 12:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's first iPhone sold 2.2 billion units after just a year of sales. Now, 15 years later, the Cupertino firm is developing one of its numerous successors, the iPhone 14.
  
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• AI predicts crime a week in advance with 90 per cent accuracy - but may also perpetuate racist bias

  01-07-2022 12:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An AI developed by data scientists at the University of Chicago is able to predict crime in eight US cities a week in advance with 90 per cent accuracy after learning patterns in reported incidents.
  
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• Resurrected Dundee Satellite Station to host quantum Optical Ground Station

  01-07-2022 12:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Pandemics and university disinterest apparently no match for ingenuity and determination Dundee Satellite Station's home turf at Scotland's Errol Aerodrome is to host an Optical Ground Station to test and demonstrate satellite quantum secure communications.…
  
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• 'Octopus boom' in British waters for first time in 70 years: Fishermen report bumper sightings

  01-07-2022 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Divers and snorkellers have reported an increase in sightings of Common Octopus (Octopus vulgaris), particularly around Cornwall's Lizard peninsula.
  
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• Missing Cryptoqueen: FBI adds Ruja Ignatova to top ten most wanted

  01-07-2022 08:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Ruja Ignatova is accused of defrauding victims out of $4bn (£3.2bn) through a cryptocurrency scam.
  
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• How flowers are 'put to sleep' for long sea voyages

  01-07-2022 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Kenya's flower exporters are switching to sea freight as new tech helps keep flowers fresh at sea.
  
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