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• Facebook owner Meta in first ever sales fall for

  27-07-2022 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The owner of Instagram and WhatsApp faces increased competition from the likes of TikTok.
  
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• Facebook owner Meta in first ever sales fall

  27-07-2022 23:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The owner of Instagram and WhatsApp faces increased competition from the likes of TikTok.
  
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• Startling satellite images show 'spike melt' of ice in Greenland over three days

  27-07-2022 22:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The satellite image, although stunning, shows the impact climate change is having on Greenland's ice sheet. The shades of blue are areas that have melted and the water is heading out to sea.
  
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• Danish Vikings wore exotic beaver furs to demonstrate their affluence and social status

  27-07-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have determined that beaver fur was a symbol of wealth and an important trade item for vikings in 10th Century.
  
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• Cold sores date back 5,000 years to when Bronze Age men and women began SNOGGING, study claims 

  27-07-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge have sequenced ancient genomes from herpes - the virus that commonly causes lip sores.
  
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• James Lovelock: Influential green thinker dies aged 103

  27-07-2022 19:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The scientist had a Eureka moment sparking his idea everything on Earth was interconnected.
  
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• More than 100 e-bikes have caught FIRE in New York City this year: FDNY issues warning

  27-07-2022 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fires stem from cheap or damaged lithium batteries that are affordable for the thousands of delivery drivers that use e-bikes to quickly get around New York City.
  
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• Space tourism company reveals design of giant capsule to take eight people 20 miles above Earth

  27-07-2022 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Space Perspective finalized its design for Spaceship Neptune, a capsule that will offer epic views 20 miles above Earth and luxury amenities - for a hefty price tag of $125,000 per ticket.
  
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• Monetary Transformation: Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDC)

  27-07-2022 18:15 via technocracy.news
  
  If “the fish rots from the head down”, then look no further than the Bank for International Settlement for the rapid implementation of CBDCs throughout the world. The chart below is likely out of date, with much more development having been conducted since the data was collected. The CBDC network is the chosen monetary system of the other side of the Great Reset. ⁃ TN EditorThe value of Bitcoins and NFTs may have fallen over the past year, but a different approach to crypt
  
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• Klaus Schwab: ‘We Have The Means To Impose The State Of The World’

  27-07-2022 17:53 via technocracy.news
  
  In the he James Bond movie of the same name, SPECTRE stood for “Special Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion”. Schwab mirrors criminal mastermind and protagonist, Ernst Stavro Blofeld, when he states, “Let’s be clear the future is not just happening. The future is built by us, a powerful community here in this room. We have the means to impose the state of the world.”⁃ TN EditorWorld Economic Forum (WEF), Davos, May 24, 2022:&nb
  
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• Humans built up tolerance to lactose during famines and disease outbreaks, study suggests 

  27-07-2022 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of Bristol and UCL has found that famine and disease increased the prevalence of a gene that makes us tolerant to lactose, as intolerance became life-threatening.
  
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• Oh What A Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice To Deceive

  27-07-2022 16:31 via technocracy.news
  
  From initial conception to actuality, the Great (pandemic) Panic of 2020 was promulgated by lies, deceit and corruption and a nasty lab-engineered virus that nobody dared take responsibility for. Basically, everything was a lie and continues to be based on lies. The whole world suffered the same fate, but in the US, medical Technocrats like Fauci and Birx deserve to be prosecuted and held accountable. ⁃ TN EditorAfter two years of unprecedented government tyranny in the name of fighting a
  
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• Dogs use their noses to 'see' as well as to smell, study suggests 

  27-07-2022 15:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 'extensive pathway' in the brains of domestic dogs links areas that handle smell and vision, report experts at Cornell University in New York.
  
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• Chinese booster rocket tumbles back to Earth: 'Non-zero' chance of hitting populated area

  27-07-2022 14:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  88 percent of the world's population live under the currently estimated footprint of the debris Space boffins are watching the skies for a 23 metric ton Chinese rocket booster that is expected to crash back to Earth.…
  
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• Shady pits and caves on the MOON are cool enough for base camps, study says

  27-07-2022 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lunar pits and caves have temperatures around a 'comfortable' 63°F and could be a good location for lunar base camps, say experts at University of California, Los Angeles.
  
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• Fossil discovery in freshwater river bed suggests Loch Ness Monster COULD have existed 66m years ago

  27-07-2022 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bath and University of Portsmouth, have discovered fossils of plesiosaurs in a 100-million year old river system that is now Morocco's Sahara Desert.
  
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• What could be behind mysterious holes punched 1.7 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean

  27-07-2022 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mysterious holes discovered this week in the seabed 1.7 miles below the surface of the Atlantic Ocean have left scientists baffled.
  
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• Natural History Museum researchers find 39 potential new species at bottom of ocean using robot

  27-07-2022 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered over 30 species 'potentially new to science' while exploring the Clarion-Clipperton Zone with a robot. The biodiversity could inform the decisions of seabed miners.
  
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• Bumblebees DO feel pain and should be included in animal welfare laws, study claims

  27-07-2022 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Queen Mary University of London showed that bumblebees can modify their response to 'noxious' (painful) stimuli in a similar way to other animals that are known to feel pain.
  
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• NASA's Lunar Orbiter spots comfortably warm 'pits' all over the Moon

  27-07-2022 09:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Shaded bits of lava tubes stay at 17°C all lunar day and all lunar night, a contrast with the rest of Luna's frequent fluctuations Data from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) has led scientists to conclude that the Moon hosts around 200 "pits" that offer stable and human-friendly temperatures.…
  
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• Bird poo pollution posters at Scottish beaches challenged by experts

  27-07-2022 07:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Signs at Scottish beaches suggest feeding the seagulls can contribute to water pollution.
  
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• Gaming time has no link with levels of wellbeing, study finds

  27-07-2022 04:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers analysed the gaming habits of 39,000 players of big titles such as Animal Crossing.
  
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• The art of cutting carbon - how new technologies can help

  27-07-2022 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With the 'de-printer' specially coated sheets of paper can be used 10 times over.
  
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• Celebrating new ways of reducing CO2 - the art of cutting carbon

  27-07-2022 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With the 'de-printer' specially coated sheets of paper can be used 10 times over.
  
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• Decapitated head of ancient Egyptian mummy belonged to a woman, CT scan finds

  27-07-2022 00:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The decapitated head was found in the attic of a home in Kent, which was cleared after the owner died. Experts think it was brought back form Egypt as a souvenir in the 19th century.
  
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