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• Users slam Instagram for asking them to specify their ethnicity

  28-07-2022 23:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some people speculate Instagram's survey is a way for the government to quietly conduct mass race surveys. But the platform hopes it tells them how different communities use the app.
  
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• Google DeepMind AI reveals 3D structure of 200 million proteins contained in EVERY living thing

  28-07-2022 21:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google's DeepMind AI has revealed the 3-D structure of 200 million proteins that are contained in every living organism - giving scientists a detailed look at their complex structures.
  
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• Grand Theft Auto VI will feature the video game franchise's first playable female protagonist

  28-07-2022 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A report in Bloomberg reveals that GTA VI will be the first to let players take om the role of a female lead character in its story mode.
  
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• Russia BACKTRACKS on leaving International Space Station by 2024 - saying it will wait until 2028 

  28-07-2022 20:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia said it is no longer leaving the ISS in 2024 as it had announced Tuesday. The nation now says it will stay at least until 2028 when it expects to have some of its own space station operating.
  
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• Put down your devices! People underestimate how enjoyable it is to sit and think, study finds 

  28-07-2022 19:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In experiments, people underestimated how enjoyable it would be to just sit and think. The study was by experts in Japan in collaboration with the University of Reading.
  
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• Stunning drone footage shows three killer whales hunt 9-foot great white shark and eat its liver

  28-07-2022 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The three killer whales hunted the great white in waters of South Africa's Mossel Bay. One whale killed the shark and sucked out its liver, which is energy-rich and an orca's favorite meal.
  
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• How a sudden loss of smell could be a sign of DEMENTIA

  28-07-2022 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US researchers, who monitored more than 500 older adults, found that those who experienced a sharp decline in their olfactory sense were nearly twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's.
  
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• Whitehead: Your DNA Is In The Lineup At The Genetic Panopticon

  28-07-2022 17:22 via technocracy.news
  Headlines about DNA are everywhere: Military labs collect DNA for genetic warfare, law enforcement collects DNA for criminal identification, the UN is building a universal DNA database on all species on earth, synthetic DNA is being created from computer modeling, etc. It’s a dystopian DNA panopticon. ⁃ TN Editor“Solving unsolved crimes is a noble objective, but it occupies a lower place in the American pantheon of noble objectives than the protection of our people from suspici
  
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• Insects As Flying Syringes For Genetic Modification, Eugenics And Population Control

  28-07-2022 16:52 via technocracy.news
  
  My presentation for the Crimes Against Humanity Task Force documents and explains the history behind “the takeover of all genetic material on earth”. The manipulation of life on earth is an old dream but technology has now provided the means to accomplish it, and Technocrat/Transhuman scientists are working day and night to change the world’s DNA. My forthcoming book, The Evil Twins of Technocracy and Transhumanism, will connect all the dots to this mad program. It being serial
  
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• How Tor Is Fighting—and Beating—Russian Censorship

  28-07-2022 16:31
  
  Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results.
  
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• EU Parliament Member Christine Anderson: Vaccine Coercion Is The ‘Biggest Crime Ever Committed On Humanity’

  28-07-2022 15:51 via technocracy.news
  
  People at all levels are waking up to the dystopia of forced vaccination, even if they don’t understand anything about Technocracy or Transhumanism. Christine Anderson, Member of European Parliament, blisters the ears of fellow MPs with charges of criminal conduct, which is exactly what I have been saying as a member of the Crimes Against Humanity Task Force. ⁃ TN EditorIn a speech in the European Parliament earlier this month, German MP Christine Anderson described the coercion of p
  
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• Fibre-optic cables may be used to eavesdrop up to 1km away, study says

  28-07-2022 15:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Fibre-optic cables are sensitive to changes in environmental pressure caused by acoustic waves, such as sound, say experts atTsinghua University, Beijing.
  
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• Tonight is your best chance of seeing Delta Aquariid meteor shower thanks to a New Moon 

  28-07-2022 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  While the Delta Aquariids can be difficult to spot, the lack of light pollution from the New Moon will make any shooting stars really stand out in the night sky.
  
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• Cold sores traced back to kissing in Bronze Age by Cambridge research

  28-07-2022 14:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists say a strain of herpes arose during vast migrations of people 5,000 years ago.
  
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• Instagram is planning to DOUBLE the amount of 'recommended' content by the end of 2023

  28-07-2022 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg has announced that the company plans to 'more than double' the amount of 'recommended' content that appears in users' feeds by the end of next year.
  
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• It’s Not Just Loot Boxes: Predatory Monetization Is Everywhere

  28-07-2022 13:00
  
  The UK recently declined to regulate prize draws as a form of gambling, but does it matter? The industry has moved on to more problematic ways to make money.
  
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• Alan Tudyk on His Favorite Sci-Fi to Watch Right Now

  28-07-2022 13:00
  
  The Resident Alien star—and science fiction fan—gave WIRED his picks for the best shows on TV, from Severance to Peacemaker.
  
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• Venomous viper species has bite so potent it can leave humans disabled 

  28-07-2022 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The snake, Gloydius lateralis, was discovered in the Zharu Valley at Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, a World Heritage Site in China's Sichuan Province.
  
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• World's biggest shark isn't a carnivore! Whale sharks extract nutrients from ALGAE, study reveals

  28-07-2022 12:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Australian Institute of Marine Science have revealed that whale sharksextract nutrients from algae that they swallow when hunting small prey.
  
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• Met Office report reveals sea levels in the UK are rising by up to 0.2 inches a year

  28-07-2022 11:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Met Office report has revealed sea levels are rising by up to 0.2 inches per year - faster than they were a century ago. This increases the risk of damaging storm surges to coastal areas.
  
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• We've already 'busted the planet's budget': Earth Overshoot Day is earlier than ever before in 2022

  28-07-2022 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earth Overshoot Day is when humans have used all the biological resources that Earth can regenerate in a year, says Oakland, California organisation Global Footprint Network.
  
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• Climate change: UK sea level rise speeding up - Met Office

  28-07-2022 11:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Met Office's annual look at our climate says higher temperatures are the new normal.
  
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• Use this promo code to get the Echo Show 5 for the lowest price ever

  28-07-2022 09:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Amazon is giving tech lovers the opportunity to score the highly-rated Echo Show 5 with Alexa for its lowest price ever with the promo code SHOW5PROMO.
  
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• The formula for the perfect start to your day

  28-07-2022 08:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To start the day right, get out of bed at 7.12am and exercise for exactly 21 minutes. To feel chirpy, rather than grumpy, spend ten minutes in the shower and then take 18 minutes over breakfast
  
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• NASA: Mars rocks won't make it back to Earth until 2033

  28-07-2022 08:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Cute that they think the human race will still be here when Perseverance's samples arrive Martian rock samples collected by NASA's Perseverance rover won't arrive on Earth until 2033 – as they'll need an orbiter and lander sent out toward the end of the decade to fetch them, the US space agency said Wednesday.…
  
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• Scientists use dead spider as gripper for robot arm, label it a 'Necrobot'

  28-07-2022 08:10 via go.theregister.com
  
  Our ancestors made tools from bones … so why not freeze a spider instead of 3D printing parts? Videos  Scientists from Rice University in Texas have used a dead spider as an actuator at the end of a robot arm – a feat they claim has initiated the field of "necrobotics".…
  
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