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• Solar storm forecasted to hit Earth on WEDNESDAY

  01-08-2022 23:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The geomagnetic storm is due to a coronal hole in the southwest region of the sun's face that is spewing out 'gaseous material.' This is a G-1 storm will bring auroras to Alaska and Canada.
  
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• Nearly one in three US Navy warships will be AI-powered 'ghost ships' by 2045

  01-08-2022 22:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'ghost ships' are powered by AI and are smaller than traditional warships. This is because they do not need human life-support systems. The Navy is set to add 150 to its fleet by 2045.
  
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• SpaceX upgrades Starlink to reflect less light, can't launch without its Starship

  01-08-2022 21:51 via go.theregister.com
  
  A dazzling problem SpaceX's has big claims that its second-generation Starlink broadband internet satellites will slash light pollution on Earth, but there's one big catch: they're too heavy to launch.…
  
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• Climate change: More studies needed on possibility of human extinction

  01-08-2022 21:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New research says it could be "fatally foolish" not to think the unthinkable on climate change.
  
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• Global warming could trigger nuclear war, financial crisis or extinction-level pandemic by 2070

  01-08-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Cambridge claim that global heating could trigger nuclear war, financial crisis or an extinction-level pandemic as soon as 2070.
  
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• Humans settled in North America 17,000 years EARLIER than previously believed, study finds

  01-08-2022 20:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The bones were found with slaughter marks and fractures that were made by humans 37,000 years ago. Scientists extracted collagen from the bones, allowing them to date the settlement.
  
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• Bread roll, bun or bap? Scientists reveal Britain's favourite term for its lunchtime loaf

  01-08-2022 19:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Lancaster, York and New York universities have collated terms for a bread roll in Britain to discover where each one originated, as part of a study on dialects.
  
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• Europe's last pandas were giant weaklings who couldn't even eat bamboo

  01-08-2022 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the Bulgarian Museum of Natural History say that unlike today's iconic black and white bear, the European panda wouldn't have eaten much bamboo because its teeth were not strong enough.
  
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• Treasure trove of new artefacts discovered from legendary 17th century shipwreck

  01-08-2022 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have salvaged treasures from the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas (Our Lady of Wonders), a Spanish ship that sank off the Little Bahama Bank in January 1656.
  
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• New York City to provide Wi-Fi to all 191 above-ground subways at the cost of riders' privacy

  01-08-2022 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The MTA is working with Transit Wireless to provide Wi-Fi to all of New York City's subway stations. The firm, however, will make revenue by mining data of people who connect to the service.
  
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• New York City to provide Wi-Fi to 191 above-ground subways and 21 Staten Island stations

  01-08-2022 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The MTA is working with Transit Wireless to provide Wi-Fito all of New York City's subway stations. The firm currently provides service to the city's 281 underground subway stations.
  
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• Driest July in England since 1935 - Met Office

  01-08-2022 17:39 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Parts of England saw the driest July on record with serious impacts on farmland and wildfire.
  
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• World's first 'carbon neutral car' unveiled that removes carbon dioxide from the air as it drives

  01-08-2022 17:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the Netherlands have unveiled their prototype of the world's first 'carbon neutral car', that removes and stores carbon dioxide from the air as it drives down the road.
  
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• Amazing spike maps that will change the way you see Earth

  01-08-2022 17:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Eye-opening population density spike maps reveal the true scale of how jam-packed coastal areas are - and the staggering detail that NYC could hold all the people on Earth standing shoulder-to-shoulder.
  
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• How much of a threat to humanity is falling space junk

  01-08-2022 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts at the University of British Columbia say errant space debris is three times more likely to land at the latitudes of Jakarta, Dhaka and Lagos than those of New York, Beijing or Moscow.
  
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• Mercola: Monkeypox Declared A Public Health Emergency

  01-08-2022 15:53 via technocracy.news
  
  The details of skulduggery with Big Pharma, the corrupt World Health Organization and various secret research labs will be debated for a long time. The real concern should be that creating synthetic viruses in a lab is tantamount to creating the atomic bomb. When a deadly virus can be modeled on a computer screen and then turned into the actual pathogen, all that remains to ask is how soon will the military get ahold of it and how soon will they use it? ⁃ TN EditorSTORY AT-A-GLANCE> By
  
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• Humanity 2.0: ‘The Fusion Of Our Physical, Digital, And Biological Identities’

  01-08-2022 15:23 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats invent because they can, not because they have a mandate to do so. Transhumans are racing to create Humanity 2.0 by mastering the human genome and hence, the functional operation of humans. Thus, meddling with the human immune system with mRNA injections is merely a warm up to what is coming down the line. ⁃ TN EditorArtificial intelligence is pulling new vaccines out of the Platonic realm. Automated labs are on standby, prepared to crank out alien strands of mRN
  
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• MailOnline reveals most bizarre 'biohacks' including man with an implant to make his penis vibrate

  01-08-2022 15:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After video emerged last week of a London man getting a QR code tattoo, MailOnline has taken a look at some of the best - and more extreme - examples of 'biohacking'.
  
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• Scientists say nibbling something SWEET could help to boost your creativity

  01-08-2022 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of North Texas found the effect of the sweet taste was specific to creativity - and did not improve people's performance on analytical, attention-to-detail tasks.
  
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• Who's the most notable person from YOUR hometown? Interactive map reveals most significant people

  01-08-2022 14:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An incredible interactive map has been developed this week that reveals the birthplaces of the most 'notable people' around the world.
  
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• Conjoined twins separated with the help of virtual reality

  01-08-2022 14:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Surgeons say space-age technology helped doctors in separate countries to work together.
  
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• The Age of Brain-Computer Interfaces Is on the Horizon

  01-08-2022 13:00
  
  Synchron has implanted its BCI in a patient for the first time—bringing it a big step closer to distribution.
  
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• Patton Oswalt on Life, Love, and Catfishing

  01-08-2022 13:00
  
  The actor and comedian breaks down the net-heavy world of his new movie, 'I Love My Dad'.
  
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• Gig Workers Are Losing Their Hard-Won Rights

  01-08-2022 13:00
  
  A battle between unions and Just Eat France sets a troubling precedent for platform workers.
  
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• Data Centers Are Facing a Climate Crisis

  01-08-2022 13:00
  
  Companies are racing to cool down their servers as energy prices and temperatures soar. And the worst is yet to come.
  
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• Driverless cars may need gender settings after study shows WOMEN are better at controlling them

  01-08-2022 12:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new study from Newcastle University has revealed that autonomous vehicles may need to be fitted with gender specific settings - as women are better at using them than men.
  
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• Poor children who make friends with rich kids are more likely to increase their future incomes

  01-08-2022 12:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Harvard University analysed 21 billion friendships on Facebook to understand how the community you grow up in influences your future outcomes.
  
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• Weave: New device will investigate Milky Way's origins

  01-08-2022 06:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A new device will help reconstruct the formation of the Milky Way in unprecedented detail.
  
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• Technocracy And Empire: The Influence Of Zbigniew Brzezinski

  01-08-2022 05:37 via technocracy.news
  
  This is a recent article by a European blogger, Hügo Krüger, that looks into the life of Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was a co-founder of the Trilateral Commission – the genesis of modern globalization. Brzezinski was David Rockefeller’s right-hand man until both dies a few years ago. Brzezinski is still credited as being the chief architect of China’s entrance into the global economy and its transformation into a Technocracy. ⁃ TN EditorThe Technocracy Movemen
  
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• Ofcom urged to help end broadband loyalty penalty

  01-08-2022 03:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many long-standing customers pay more for broadband and mobile contracts than new customers do.
  
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• Earth records its shortest ever day as 1.59 milliseconds was shaved off 24-hour spin

  01-08-2022 02:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Planet Earth has recorded its shortest day since records began. The 1.59 milliseconds shaved off the usual 24-hour spin on June 29 raises the prospect of a leap second.
  
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• The space tech helping to tackle deforestation

  01-08-2022 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How the International Space Station is helping to tackle deforestation
  
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