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• Elon Musk announces Neuralink's 'show and tell' event on Halloween

  22-08-2022 23:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Neurlink 'show and tell' is set to be held on October 31, but Elon Musk did not provide details of what the public could see. The billionaire has said that human trials would begin later this year.
  
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• Mounds built in Louisiana 11,000 years ago are oldest man-made structures in North America

  22-08-2022 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mounds sit on the Louisiana State University campus in Baton Rouge. They are about 20 feet tall and are believed to have been used for ceremonial purposes.
  
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• Elon Musk subpoenas Twitter founder Jack Dorsey as legal dispute over $44BN purchase continues  

  22-08-2022 21:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey amid the ongoing legal battle over his $44 billion acquisition of the social network.
  
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• Pheasant meat on sale in butchers shops is found to contain toxic lead

  22-08-2022 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The University of Cambridge-led study examined the carcasses of eight wild-shot common pheasants, killed on a farmland shoot using lead shotgun ammunition and on sale in a UK butchers.
  
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• Mass extinction of up to 90 PERCENT of all marine species could happen by 2100

  22-08-2022 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The stark warning comes as greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise. Researchers warn sharks, rays and mammals will be hit the hardest, with up to 75% of marine mammals going extinct.
  
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• 8-year-old boy finds huge tooth from shark that lived 22 million years ago while on vacation

  22-08-2022 18:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An 8-year-old boy on vacation with his family discovered a large fossilized shark tooth while digging through gravel and dirt.
  
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• James Webb Space Telescope photos do NOT debunk the Big Bang

  22-08-2022 18:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Claims have been spreading that James Webb's photos debunk the Big Bang theory. However, these claims are simply not true, and are based on misconstrued quotes and data.
  
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• Elon Musk's Neuralink explores deal with brain-computer firm that implanted chip into ALS patient

  22-08-2022 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk is reportedly looking at a potential investment deal between Neuralink and brain-computer startup Synchron.
  
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• Men can improve their sex life by by doing more household chores, study suggests

  22-08-2022 17:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The more equally chores are shared, the greater a women's feelings of satisfaction and sexual desire, say experts at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne.
  
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• Water firms face growing criticism over beach sewage

  22-08-2022 17:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government says companies are responsible but ministers also face accusations of failing to act.
  
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• Technocracy’s War On The Essential Elements Of Life

  22-08-2022 17:27 via technocracy.news
  
  The three most important elements that support life are oxygen, carbon and nitrogen. All are plentiful and all work together along with energy from the sun. All of these are under massive attack around the world.
  Carbon dioxide is declared to be a pollutant and schemes are devised to bury it in the ground. The war is on carbon, but note that CO2 contains twice as many oxygen molecules as carbon. Without CO2, plants cannot grow, nor can they replenish oxygen necessary to breathe.
  Nitrogen is the
  
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• What will self-driving cars will be able to do in the UK and who will be responsible for accidents?

  22-08-2022 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Only features such as lane-keeping technology would be legal in the UK next year, with fully autonomous self-driving cars - where motorists can watch TV behind the wheel - not allowed until 2025.
  
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• New James Webb images of Jupiter are 'stunners' showing the planet's auroras at its poles

  22-08-2022 17:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  James Webb has captured more exciting images while it explores the universe. The latest are of Jupiter, showcasing its stunning auroras the the planet'snorth and south pole.
  
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• Dogs shed tears of joy when reunited with owners as rush of oxytocin causes their eyes to well up

  22-08-2022 17:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Animal behaviour experts from Azabu University found that dogs produce tears of joy when reunited with their owners after spending time apart. This could help forge a stronger human-dog connection.
  
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• Teenage orcas are attacking sailboats off the coast of Europe in the latest 'temporary cultural fad'

  22-08-2022 16:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pods of youngsters have been spotted attacking boats off the coast of France, Portugal, and Spain - and scientists have no idea why.
  
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• China’s Endless COVID Hysteria Is A Dark Social Engineering Experiment

  22-08-2022 16:37 via technocracy.news
  
  China is a Technocracy bent on practicing its “science of social engineering”. It led the charge to subjugate the entire planet with COVID hysteria based on a bioengineered virus. Data collected from all nations will be analyzed and used in the next wave of attack, whatever that might be. There will be more… ⁃ TN EditorThere are many people that will say that Americans “rolled over” in the face of covid restrictions and vaccine pressures despite extensive evi
  
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• MailOnline goes behind the scenes to see what it takes to become a professional gamer

  22-08-2022 16:33 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: MailOnline's Shivali Best went behind the scenes with Fnatic's Counter Strike team in London this week to see how they prepare for a tournament.
  
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• American Professor Designed Dystopian Surveillance System for China

  22-08-2022 16:10 via technocracy.news
  
  Technocrats of a feather, flock together. Professor Antony Sutton wrote extensively about the transfer of enabling technology from the West to the East. Nothing has changed. U.S. Technocrats love Chinese Technocrats and vice versa, and there is never ethical or moral compunction about working together. ⁃ TN EditorA star University of Maryland (UMD) professor built a machine-learning software “useful for surveillance” as part of a six-figure research grant from Chinese tech
  
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• The species named after Game of Thrones characters

  22-08-2022 16:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To celebrate the first episode of 'House of the Dragon', MailOnline looks at the animal species named after characters from 'Game of Thrones', including sea slugs, wasps and dinosaurs.
  
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• PlayStation sued for £5bn in the UK over ‘rip-off’ games

  22-08-2022 14:20 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The gaming firm is accused of using its market dominance to impose extra charges and drive up prices.
  
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• Google AI flags dad who had photos of his child's groin infection on his phone to share with doctors

  22-08-2022 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A father was locked outhis Google accounts after taking photos of a swelling in his child's genital area to send to his doctor. Google's AI flagged the images as potential child sexual abuse material.
  
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• The Sandman Is Almost Too Faithful to Its Source Material

  22-08-2022 13:00
  
  Netflix’s series treats Neil Gaiman’s comic like gospel. It needed to treat it like inspiration.
  
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• Inside the World’s Biggest Hacker Rickroll

  22-08-2022 13:00
  
  As a graduation prank, four high school students hijacked 500 screens across six school buildings to troll their classmates and teachers.
  
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• Inside That Gory House of the Dragon Premiere Episode

  22-08-2022 13:00
  
  Never let it be said that a Game of Thrones property isn’t going to deliver big, brutal events.
  
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• Turning e-waste into art at the University of Dundee

  22-08-2022 12:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A team at the University of Edinburgh have been salvaging e-waste’s precious metals for art.
  
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• Rocket Lab CEO reflects on company's humble beginnings as a drainpipe

  22-08-2022 12:52 via go.theregister.com
  
  PowerPoint presentations are all well and good, but for Peter Beck, you can't beat something physical Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck spoke at the SmallSat 2022 conference and offered up words of wisdom for anyone pondering an entry into the lighter end of the launch market.…
  
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• Drought is killing badger populations as they struggle to dig for earthworms

  22-08-2022 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Daytime sightings of the nocturnal mammal have risen as they travel further afield to find food and water.
  
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• Face of mystery stone age woman REVEALED: Scientists use skeleton to rebuild likeness

  22-08-2022 12:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'Penang woman' was found in April 2017 in Guar Kepah, north-west Malaysia, where she was interred after her death, aged approximately 40, in the late Stone Age.
  
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• 1,500-year-old pre-Viking arrow is found in an 'awesome' state of preservation

  22-08-2022 12:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'wonderful' arrow was found in a melted ice patch in Norway's Jotunheimen Mountains in Innlandet County, on August 17.
  
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• From 'Khaleesi' sea slug to 'Night King' bee fly: The species named after Game of Thrones characters

  22-08-2022 11:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  To celebrate the first episode of 'House of the Dragon', MailOnline looks at the animal species named after characters from 'Game of Thrones', including sea slugs, wasps and dinosaurs.
  
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• English beach sewage dumps not monitored properly, data shows

  22-08-2022 10:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some water firms fail to install devices that measure storm overflows, according to the Lib Dems.
  
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• Can a sleepy Japanese town become Asia's Silicon Valley?

  22-08-2022 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A school for tech entrepreneurs will open its doors in April 2023 in the Tokushima town of Kamiyama.
  
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