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• Scientists find gasses from Earth in rocks from early Moon

  12-08-2022 21:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  The discovery could help scientists further understand the origins of life Moon meteorites found on Earth contain trace gasses that lend further support to the widely held belief that our largest natural satellite formed from chunks of our planet that were ejected in a massive impact.…
  
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• Antarctica's ice shelves could be melting up to 40% FASTER than we thought

  12-08-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A narrow current that goes around Antarctica causes warm water to melt ice shelves - floating platforms of ice around a landmass, say experts at Caltech and JPL, California.
  
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• Experts reveal why rivals are finally challenging Netflix's dominance

  12-08-2022 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In the same way the US streaming giant once put the final nail in the coffin of Blockbuster, experts have warned that it too may follow suit unless it is able to reverse its post-pandemic fortunes.
  
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• From twerking bears to waggling bees: Meet the dancers of the animal kingdom 

  12-08-2022 17:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As this year's line-up for Strictly Come Dancing is announced, MailOnline looks at the best dancers in the animal kingdom, including waggling bees, chimpanzee conga lines and leaping lemurs.
  
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• World Bank Creates $1 Billion Fund For Vaccine Passports

  12-08-2022 17:12 via technocracy.news
  
  Unelected and unaccountable Technocrats are bent on creating vaccine passports. There is no discussion with nation-states or actual citizens who will be forced into taking the passports. A universal digital ID is the Holy Grail of Technocracy because it will enable a “Skynet” system of total control. The World Bank’s backing guarantees that Central Bank Digital Currency will be tightly coupled with vaccine passports.
  DBDCs will collect all financial transaction information. Soc
  
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• Stupid Personified: Collect And Bury CO2 With 1,300 Mile Pipeline

  12-08-2022 16:32 via technocracy.news
  This is a story of citizen resistance to the insanity of burying carbon dioxide, disrupting large swaths of farming operations and seriously harming local growth of plants that require CO2 for photosynthesis. These policies are anti-human and anti-civilization because CO2 is as important as is the oxygen we breath. The pressure for human depopulation rests on this same premise: humans exhale CO2. ⁃ TN Editor
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• Amazon’s Ring Camera Penetrates 18% Of Homes To Create Massive Surveillance Network

  12-08-2022 16:08 via technocracy.news
  
  In any average neighborhood. every third house is likely to have an Amazon Ring or Google Nest security system, meaning that if you take a one mile walk in your neighborhood, information on you could be collected as many as 50 times; this potentially includes picture, audio and information collected from your cell phone. This “private” surveillance grid approaches the density of cameras in China.
  Home surveillance systems are a necessary form of protection, but should only be focusse
  
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• Testosterone can make males cuddly and sociable, study shows

  12-08-2022 14:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Testosterone influences activity of oxytocin - the so-called 'cuddle' hormone associated with social bonding, say experts at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.
  
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• Why are large parts of England now in drought?

  12-08-2022 14:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An official drought has been declared in parts of southern, central and eastern England, what happens now?
  
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• The science of drought explained in pictures

  12-08-2022 13:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What does drought mean and what are the implications for water, food, rivers and wildlife?
  
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• What's causing Europe's extreme summer? How the answer could lie far away over the Atlantic

  12-08-2022 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Europe is sweltering through a record-breaking summer of heatwaves and drought that has parched the continent and turned forests tinder-dry.
  
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• Stunning photos show last night's SUPERMOON as it rose over Edinburgh, Istanbul and San Francisco

  12-08-2022 12:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photographers snapped stunning shots of the lunar phenomenon from around the world including Edinburgh, Istanbul and San Francisco, Dubai, Frankfurt and more.
  
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• 10 'silly questions' Google Search will now refuse to answer 

  12-08-2022 12:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The service - which sometimes shows up as a featured response to direct questions asked of the US search engine - has previously fallen foul of spreading false information.
  
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• Asteroids may shoot pebbles into shallow temporary orbits, boffins believe

  12-08-2022 09:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  OSIRIS-Rex saw this happening. An odd meteorite suggests why and how In 2019, scientists clocked something they'd never seen before: an asteroid named Bennu appeared to be popping off swarms of pebbles. Research published Thursday may go some way to explain why.…
  
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• US military fuels eVTOL research with $75M contract

  12-08-2022 08:58 via go.theregister.com
  
  The renewed agreement more than doubles the DoD's deal with Joby Aviation A flying taxi company with plans to take to the skies by 2024 has just received a $45 million cash infusion from the United States Department of Defense to explore military applications.…
  
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• AI algorithm that detects brain defects could help cure hard-to-spot epilepsy, study suggests

  12-08-2022 02:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A University College London team have developed an algorithm that was able to detect six in 10 patients with a rare form of epilepsy, compared to an MRI which did not spot any.
  
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• High and low-tech ways to tackle India's water crisis

  12-08-2022 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  India's water situation requires a big investment in tech and many small projects on the ground.
  
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• Scientists unveil a physics-defying curved space robot

  12-08-2022 00:00 via go.theregister.com
  
  It can move without anything to push off from, but only via curved spacetime A team of scientists from Georgia Tech say they've built a robot that can move without anything to push against - a discovery that seems to violate the law of conservation momentum. …
  
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