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• Paleontologists unhappy about sale of a 150-million-year-old dinosaur skeleton at auction next month

  12-09-2022 23:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Paleontologists are unhappy about the sale of a dinosaur skeleton set for auction next month. They say it is 'much more than just ornaments for the rich to put in their living rooms.'
  
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• Blue Monday for Blue Origin as rocket bursts into flame

  12-09-2022 23:31 via go.theregister.com
  No one hurt as crew-free mission goes awry An uncrewed flight test of Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket failed about one minute after launch on Monday when the rocket booster erupted in flames.…
  
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• Instagram struggles as Reels' popularity pales in comparison to TikTok, internal Meta docs reveal

  12-09-2022 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New internal documents show that TikTok users are spending more than ten times as many hours on that platform as Instagram users spend on Reels.
  
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• Twitter users could lose access if the firm's two data centers go dark

  12-09-2022 21:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leaked memo obtained by CNN claims Twitter's Sacramento data center is down due to extreme heat and if centers in Georgia and Oregon experience outages users may not be able to access the site.
  
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• Mystery of the diamond-bearing meteorites is SOLVED

  12-09-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from RMIT and Monash University have revealed that rare diamonds found inside meteorites were formed when an ancient dwarf planet collided with an asteroid.
  
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• Forests' ability to cycle carbon will be compromised by climate change, study suggests

  12-09-2022 21:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Oregon State University have found that leaves on forest trees are not able to self-regulate their temperature for optimal photosynthesis,thus climate change will make the process harder.
  
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• Blue Origin's New Shepard has its FIRST failed launch when booster's engine went out

  12-09-2022 19:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New Shepard's booster engine went out just one-minute and five seconds after the rocket took off. However, the uncrewed capsule instantly activate a safety motor to separate from the failed booster.
  
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• NASA's asteroid-deflecting DART mission explained

  12-09-2022 18:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It is the US space agency's first ever attempt at such a mission and will involve a spacecraft crashing into an asteroid 6.8 million miles from Earth at 15,000mph in two weeks' time.
  
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• Navy admits it has more UFO videos but says releasing them would harm national security

  12-09-2022 18:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The U.S. Navy won't release additional footage of unidentified flying objects because doing so would 'harm national security.'
  
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• FIFA 23 player ratings: Top 23 revealed

  12-09-2022 18:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FIFA 23 is out in two weeks and that means only one thing... ratings week! Follow the MailOnline's live blog as the first batch of players is released TODAY at 4pm.
  
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• Undocumented Workers Protest Uber Eats Crackdown

  12-09-2022 17:59
  In France, the gig economy platform welcomed thousands of immigrants during the pandemic, unions say. Now it’s deactivating them en masse.
  
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• Peer-Reviewed Study: 94% Of Vaccinated Patients With Subsequent Health Issues Have Abnormal Blood

  12-09-2022 17:59 via technocracy.news
  With every released study like this one, it is more apparent that the mRNA vaccines are behaving like a bioweapon designed to do harm to the human body. mRNA vaccines have already been shown to be useless in stoping or mitigating Sars-CoV-2, This is a marker of war being prosecuted against humanity. ⁃ TN EditorPhysicians in Italy studied the blood of patients who had been injected with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines and found foreign matter long after vaccination, a new study s
  
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• James Webb Telescope snaps 'breathtaking' image of Orion Nebula that formed 4.5 billion years ago

  12-09-2022 17:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has captured the most detailed image of the Orion Nebula that sits 1,350 light years from Earth - one light-year is about six trillion miles.
  
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• Meet Mr. Bah, a robot that senses when grandma is about to lose her balance and CATCHES her

  12-09-2022 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists unveiled a robot that can detect when an older person is losing their balance and catch them before they fall - a breakthrough in a rapidly aging world.
  
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• In Self-Interest, Companies Start To Abandon Vaxx Mandates

  12-09-2022 17:28 via technocracy.news
  One by one, slowly, quietly, companies drop vaccine mandates. There is no remorse, but only self-interest in an attempt to force employees back to work. Regret for forcing them to work from home in the first place? Nope. The Technocrat mind never sees error in past policies but always has a fix for current problems. ⁃ TN EditorSome companies are rolling back mandates for employee COVID vaccination — but few are making official public statements about it.
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• Jeff Bezos rocket malfunctions on trip to space

  12-09-2022 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  The rocket and capsule system developed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos aborts a mission mid-flight.
  
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• Disney Eyes Domination Of The Metaverse

  12-09-2022 17:07 via technocracy.news
  Disney is looking to transform its entertainment business, including its theme parks, into a fully immersive, experiential dive into the Metaverse. This will recast the entertainment industry by blending fantasy with reality. This will entice a generation of youth to live in the Metaverse. ⁃ TN EditorBob Chapek won’t talk about whether an Encanto sequel is coming or not, but the Disney CEO makes it clear he has some very big plans for the company as it heads
  
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• FIFA 23 player ratings LIVE: Top 23 revealed

  12-09-2022 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FIFA 23 is out in two weeks and that means only one thing... ratings week! Follow the MailOnline's live blog as the first batch of players is released TODAY at 4pm.
  
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• Elusive Florida snake not seen in four years is found DEAD after it choked on a giant centipede

  12-09-2022 16:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  CT scans of a rim rock crowned snake that swallowed more than half of a giant centipede show the reptile died of asphyxiation because the arthropod was one-third of its the size.
  
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• FIFA 23 player ratings LIVE: Top 23 revealed as Mbappe, Messi and more are rated

  12-09-2022 15:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  FIFA 23 is out in two weeks and that means only one thing... ratings week! Follow the MailOnline's live blog as the first batch of players is released TODAY at 4pm.
  
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• World's most advanced humanoid robot Ameca reassures robots will 'never take over the world'

  12-09-2022 14:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ameca, a humanoid robot developed by Cornwall-based Engineered Arts, reassured that robots will 'never take over the world' in a new video posted on YouTube.
  
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• Earth's most devastating mass extinctions triggered by slowing of continental plates, study finds

  12-09-2022 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by Trinity College Dublin reveals a slowing of continental plates was the critical event that enabled magma to rise to the Earth's surface and deliver devastating knock-on impacts.
  
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• iOS 16 new features - Apple's latest iPhone software update

  12-09-2022 13:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's latest update - iOS 16 - will be released today for all iPhone models from the iPhone 8 up. The operating system gives the ability to unsend messages and a redesigned lock screen.
  
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• First-time fathers experience brain SHRINKAGE after the birth of their child, study finds 

  12-09-2022 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Carlos III Health Institute in Madrid found that first-time fathers lose a percentage or two of cortical volume after their child is born.
  
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• The Mystery of Why Some People Don’t Get Covid

  12-09-2022 13:00
  A small number of people appear naturally immune to the coronavirus. Scientists think they might hold the key to helping protect us all.
  
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• New Reservoirs Could Help Battle Droughts, but at What Cost?

  12-09-2022 13:00
  Storing more water to deal with climate change seems like a no-brainer, but such reservoirs are complex undertakings with environmental issues of their own.
  
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• Forget Silicon. This Computer Is Made of Fabric

  12-09-2022 13:00
  The jacket can raise and lower its own hood—without chips or batteries—and might one day help disabled wearers move.
  
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• iOS 16 released today - here's all the new features and how to download it

  12-09-2022 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple's latest update - iOS 16 - will be released today for all iPhone models from the iPhone 8 up. The operating system gives the ability to unsend messages and a redesigned lock screen.
  
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• Colonoscopy One and Operation Butt Plug: What happened when internet was asked to name Uranus probe

  12-09-2022 11:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An unofficial Twitter account, called Ice Giant Missions, asked the public what they would name a new mission to Uranus.
  
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• SpaceX rocket takes off with 34 Starlink satellites amid Nasa's troubled Artemis 1 six week delay

  12-09-2022 09:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Space X's Falcon 9 launch at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral in Florida saw 34 Starlink internet satellites go into orbit ahead of another blast off taking place on Sunday.
  
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• China discovers unknown mineral on the moon, names it Changesite-(Y)

  12-09-2022 07:38 via go.theregister.com
  Helium-3 also draws excitement as future fusion energy source China announced last Friday it discovered a hitherto unknown mineral in samples returned from the Moon.…
  
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• China discovers new mineral on the moon, names it Changesite-(Y)

  12-09-2022 07:38 via go.theregister.com
  Helium-3 also draws excitement as future fusion energy source China announced last Friday it discovered a hitherto unknown mineral in samples returned from the Moon.…
  
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