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• Apollo 11 artifacts are among 10,000 mementos being sent to the moon aboard NASA's Artemis 1 

  03-08-2022 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A small piece of the Apollo 11 engine is among thousands of artifacts that will be sent to the moon when NASA's Artemis 1 launches at the end of August.
  
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• Tinder swipes left on the metaverse as company reports $10M quarterly loss from the effort

  03-08-2022 21:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dating app Tinder is reducing its commitment to moving into the much-touted virtual reality realm as it reels from an operating loss of $10 million in the most recent financial quarter.
  
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• Space debris Australia: Piece of SpaceX capsule crashes to Earth in field

  03-08-2022 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This may become more common as the number of rockets sent to space increases, an expert said.
  
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• The US grid is ready for 100% renewables, says DoE

  03-08-2022 20:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  A $26m chunk of the infrastructure bill set aside to prove it can handle inverter-based energy The Biden administration is confident in the US's ability to demonstrate its power grid can run entirely on clean power, so it's giving the Department of Energy $26 million to stand up projects to do this.…
  
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• Now THAT'S down under! Explorers discover Australia's deepest known cave 

  03-08-2022 19:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cave, christened the Delta Variant, reaches 1,315 feet (401 metres) in the Junee Florentine Karst area of Tasmania, Australia's southern island.
  
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• Cities along Gulf and Eastern coast will have 10 TIMES more high-tide flooding days a year by 2050

  03-08-2022 19:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The warning comes from a NOAA report that found millions of Americans will experience more high-tide flooding days per year by 2025 due to sea levels rising because of climate change.
  
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• Dementia prevention: How housework can keep you thin and safeguarded

  03-08-2022 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study of half a million Britons found those who 'frequently' did chores were a fifth less likely to develop dementia. MailOnline's handy guide reveals how you can stay fit through housework.
  
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• Pete Buttigieg credits Elon Musk's Tesla for sparking EV revolution in the US after multiple snubs

  03-08-2022 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg praised Elon Musk's Tesla for sparking the electric vehicle revolution in the US - first time the Biden administration has talked about it in such terms.
  
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• ESA declares the Sentinel-1B mission over after payload resuscitation ends

  03-08-2022 18:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  What would you do with an otherwise healthy spacecraft? ESA has admitted defeat and declared the mission of its Sentinel-1B spacecraft is at an end after attempts to deal with a borked power bus ended in failure.…
  
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• 'World's first pregnant ancient Egyptian mummy' may not have been pregnant

  03-08-2022 18:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some researchers at the Warsaw Mummy Project claim that what appeared to be a foetus in X-ray scans and CT images was actually the result of 'a computer illusion and misinterpretation'.
  
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• Extreme heat that put 150M in the US under warnings, killed dozens seen in NASA pics

  03-08-2022 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tremendous impact of extreme heat - the deadliest weather phenomenon in America that put 150 million under warnings - is revealed in new animated maps from NASA.
  
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• Playlist featuring Bob Marley and Pink Floyd promises to relieve stress in pets during car journeys

  03-08-2022 18:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Research from the University of Glasgow has shown that certain types of music can reduce stress and anxiety in dogs. A music professor has created the perfect playlist for road trips with your pet.
  
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• How a war between China and Taiwan could cause product shortages

  03-08-2022 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China and Taiwan appear to be on the brink of war following a long-standing dispute over the latter's sovereignty - which could have big implications for consumer tech products.
  
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• MailOnline reveals which shark species are living around the UK and how deadly they can be

  03-08-2022 17:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Following a shark attack in Cornwall yesterday, MailOnline has delved into which species are living around the UK, and how deadly they can be.
  
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• Germany Hits Wall Of Reality, Reconnects First Coal Power Plant To Energy Grid

  03-08-2022 17:17 via technocracy.news
  Germany drank the green Kool-Aid as they shut down traditional sources of energy, while fantasizing that windmills and solar panels could sustain their society. Now faced with massive energy shortages and the prospects of a very cold winter coming up, they are reconnecting a coal-fired power plant to the energy grid. Greens are up in arms and would apparently rather freeze to death. ⁃ TN EditorIn a demonstration of the failure of Germany’s pursuit of so-called “green energy&rdq
  
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• The BIS Is Orchestrating The Big Switch To Digital Currency

  03-08-2022 16:55 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocracy and Communism have been enemies since the early 1900s, so it is a misnomer to call today’s global transmogrification technocommunism. I addressed the distinctives between Communism and Technocracy in Day 4 of my series, The Twelve Days Of Technocracy: Technocracy Vs. Communism/Socialism, Fascism. ⁃ TN EditorThe entire global financial system is now essentially a technocommunist black ops money laundering crime scene. Central banks, their wall street coconspirators and the
  
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• Thomas Paine: ‘These Are The Times That Try Men’s Souls’

  03-08-2022 16:38 via technocracy.news
  
  There may be a time in the near future when global elitists get the shock of their lives, namely, that those who have been “going along” with their crackpot schemes just stop going along. The force of global society will prove to be too much to overcome and the whole globalist citadel will come tumbling down. The problem is, how much hubris will be created in the meantime. ⁃ TN Editor“These are the times that try men’s souls.”
  So, Thomas Paine wrote in 1775 in
  
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• UK Parliament closes TikTok account after China data warning

  03-08-2022 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Senior MPs had raised data security concerns and had called for the account to be taken down.
  
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• SpaceX demonstrates that it too can shower the Earth with debris

  03-08-2022 16:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Monolith found in Australian field actually a piece of SpaceX vehicle Australian media has reported that space debris found in New South Wales was indeed junk from a SpaceX mission, including one piece measuring nearly three meters in length.…
  
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• Your style of humour could indicate whether you are a narcissist or psychopath, study finds

  03-08-2022 15:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Studio Psi.Co. investigated the eight connection between comic style descriptors and the 'dark triad' of personality traits; narcissism, psychopathy and Machiavellianism.
  
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• Meet the hopeful astronauts vying to be the first WOMAN to walk on the moon

  03-08-2022 15:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is planning to land the first woman on the moon in a little over three years' time and has whittled down who it will be to just nine candidates. MailOnline looks at who they are.
  
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• Deal alert! Save £20 and snap up the Apple Watch SE for an unmissable price on Amazon

  03-08-2022 13:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: If you've been thinking about investing in a smart watch for a while, now is the time to act as the Apple Watch SE is on sale for an unmissable price on Amazon.
  
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• Meet the digital popstar with millions of teen followers on the Avakin Life metaverse

  03-08-2022 13:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline spoke to Polar, a digital popstar with over two million of followers, who regularly performs to crowds of teens in the Avakin Life metaverse.
  
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• What Twitter’s Move to Shutter Offices Signals for Big Tech

  03-08-2022 13:00
  
  Companies are cutting costs by embracing remote setups, but what happens to the hubs they leave behind?
  
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• The Rise and Fall of a Bitcoin Mining Sensation

  03-08-2022 13:00
  
  Compass Mining grew quickly during crypto’s halcyon days. Now, its customers and their thousands of mining machines are stuck.
  
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• The Endless Afterlife of The Sandman

  03-08-2022 13:00
  
  Theoretically, Neil Gaiman finished his fantasy comic series in 1996. But studios and publishers keep reviving it—maybe not for the reason you think.
  
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• Anti-piracy ad that claimed 'you wouldn't steal a car' made people pirate MORE, study reveals 

  03-08-2022 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the ESSCA School of Management say the overblown comparisons in the 2000s anti-piracy advert reduces its impact, and may encourage viewers to do it more.
  
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• Booking.com scam: Tourists descend on north London private home

  03-08-2022 12:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A woman says she feels vulnerable after dozens of tourists arrived at her private home throughout July.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope captures its first image of the most distant known star in the universe

  03-08-2022 12:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named Earendel, after a character in J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings' prequel 'The Silmarillion', the star is almost 28 billion light-years away from Earth.
  
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• Is the UK heading for a drought and will there be more hosepipe bans?

  03-08-2022 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  July saw temperature records broken multiple times and rainfall is down 76%.
  
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• Tinder: CEO Renate Nyborg to leave dating app after one year

  03-08-2022 11:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Renate Nyborg's exit is part of a major shake-up of the dating app's management and strategy.
  
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• NASA to send prototype robot surgeon into space

  03-08-2022 09:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  Dammit Jim, I'm a piece of autonomous equipment, not a doctor NASA is funding research to build an autonomous robot gripper theoretically capable of performing medical surgery, and which is to be launched to the International Space Station in 2024.…
  
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• Scientists reveal teens experience steepest fall in overall happiness of any age group

  03-08-2022 08:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Cambridge studied more than 91,000 Britons aged between 10 and 80, looking at happiness and the study found teens experienced the steepest drop from childhood
  
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• Boffins put supercomputer on the scent of a perfect landfill deodorizer

  03-08-2022 08:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  Is this what they mean by garbage collection? Anyone who’s driven by a landfill is all too aware of the stinky consequences of our lifestyles.…
  
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• Cheese is gouda for your bones... but only if you eat Jarlsberg!

  03-08-2022 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found eating just two slices of Jarlsberg - a mild, nutty-flavoured dairy product hailing from Norway - each day is enough to reduce the risk of developing osteoporosis.
  
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