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• Electric vehicles in the US have gone up 87% in the last year - with Elon Musk's Tesla on top

  27-09-2022 23:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The number of electric vehicles in the U.S. has increased by 87.5 percent in the last year, a report reveals, but the country needs to speed up investment to have enough charging outlets.
  
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• The first images of DART's asteroid crash captured by NASA's LICIACube show impact and debris

  27-09-2022 22:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tiny Light Italian Cubesat for Imaging of Asteroids (LICIACube) spacecraft captured the moment of NASA's DART spacecraft colliding with an asteroid in all its messy glory.
  
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• Weird armoured worm crawled the Earth more than half a billion years ago

  27-09-2022 18:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Named Wufengella, the stubby creature was just half an inch long and segmented  like an earthworm, according to researchers at the University of Bristol.
  
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• Meta's Mark Zuckerberg is NOT one of America's ten wealthiest people for the first time since 2015

  27-09-2022 18:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is not one of America's ten wealthiest people for the first time since 2015, thanks to his company's plummeting stock price over the last year.
  
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• Netflix plans to launch its own video game studio

  27-09-2022 18:36 via bbc.co.uk
  Studio in Finland is the latest and clearest example of the streaming giant moving into gaming.
  
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• Changing the clocks makes people DRIVE more dangerously because it disrupts our sleep, study finds 

  27-09-2022 17:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at the University of Surrey have found that transitioning to Daylight Saving Time negatively affects driving performance as a result ofdisrupted circadian rhythms and lack of sleep.
  
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• Seabird born in 1975 is rediscovered on a Scottish island

  27-09-2022 17:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The fulmar was born in July 1975 and was spotted almost half a century lateron the island of Eynhallow, says the British Trust for Ornithology.
  
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• Asteroid that crashed into Earth 2 billion years ago was up to 15 miles wide

  27-09-2022 17:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  University of Rochester experts say the asteroid impact, which left behind the Vredefort crater near present-day Johannesburg, would have had devastating consequences for Earth.
  
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• We Can’t Hear You? Public Buses Across Country Quietly Adding Microphones To Record Passenger Conversations

  27-09-2022 16:53 via technocracy.news
  The surveillance state rolls on and everyone seems to want to jump on board. People who ride busses not only have no expectation of privacy, but they can be sure that, in addition to having conversations recorded and analyzed, they are geolocated and tracked from end to end of their bus route. ⁃ TN EditorTransit authorities in cities across the country are quietly installing microphone-enabled surveillance systems on public buses that would give them the ability to record and store private
  
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• New Zealand PM Calls For System Of Global Censorship At UN Meeting

  27-09-2022 16:39 via technocracy.news
  Jacinda Ardern says COVID “schooled us” on how to handle climate change, that it requires multilateral tools and radical policies to save the world. Worse, she calls for a global board of censorship that would cancel all opposing narratives. Jonathan Turley is absolutely right: “Ardern is the smiling face of the new generation of censors.” ⁃ TN Editor  New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is the latest liberal leader to call for an international alliance t
  
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• Wildlife protection helps species thrive in Europe - report

  27-09-2022 16:37 via bbc.co.uk
  A report on species' recovery highlights the positive impact of protection and rewilding.
  
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• New Amazon warehouse robot can handle ONE THOUSAND items per hour using 'pinch-grasp' technology

  27-09-2022 16:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new 'pinch-grasping' robot system unveiled by Amazon shows the machine deftly grabbing and stowing a wide range of different items - moving at a fast rate of 1,000 items per hour.
  
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• Technocracy’s Carbon Credit/Offset Scheme Is Phony As A $3 Bill

  27-09-2022 16:13 via technocracy.news
  Carbon credits are a big part of the war on carbon and as phony as a $3 bill, namely, vaporware. Green vampires are just as depraved as brown vampires, and they hide behind the virtuoso of rain forests, “protected species” and ecological conservation. In reality, money ends up in pockets of climate oligarchs and the poor get poorer. ⁃ TN EditorI was recently lucky enough to be able to book a ferry from the UK to France. After years of stifling regulation on free movement, in Au
  
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• From 'nukes' to an array of mirrors: The wackiest ideas to stop an asteroid hitting Earth

  27-09-2022 16:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's DART spacecraft struck a 170-metre wide asteroid last night. MailOnline takes a look at some of the wackiest other techniques proposed that could save Earth from collision with a space rock.
  
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• A little bit of stress can be good for our brain, study suggests

  27-09-2022 15:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In experiments involving brain scans, researchers at the University of Georgia in Athens found stress can positively benefit brain function.
  
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• DART mission: Taekwondo-loving scientist jumps up and down in live-stream of asteroid collision

  27-09-2022 14:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The excitement was palpable inside DART mission control as a $325 million (£240 million) spacecraft successfully smashed into an asteroid at 14,000mph, obliterating itself in the process.
  
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• The reason behind the NASA DART mission

  27-09-2022 14:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An asteroid - crashing into Earth? Forget the economy. We'd be obliterated. Up in smoke. Lost forever with the poor old dinosaurs.
  
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• This Student’s Side Project Will Help Decide Musk vs. Twitter

  27-09-2022 13:00
  In the battle over the platform’s future, the number of bots is a major issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.
  
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• This Student’s Side Hustle Will Help Decide Musk vs. Twitter

  27-09-2022 13:00
  In the battle over the platform’s future, the number of bots is a major issue. Problem is, nobody knows how to count them.
  
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• Watch: The NASA DART mission seen from EARTH

  27-09-2022 12:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Videos posted to social media already show last night's historic impact event captured by telescopes in Hawaii and South Africa.
  
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• The REAL reason behind the NASA DART mission

  27-09-2022 11:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An asteroid - crashing into Earth? Forget the economy. We'd be obliterated. Up in smoke. Lost forever with the poor old dinosaurs.
  
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• Google creates 'NASA DART' search engine Easter Egg to celebrate launch of test mission

  27-09-2022 11:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Google has created an Easter Egg for its search engine to celebrate the successful DART planetary defence mission. It is triggered by search terms 'NASA DART', 'DART' and 'DART probe'.
  
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• Astonishing moment NASA's DART spacecraft smashes into asteroid

  27-09-2022 10:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's DART successfully crashed into the Dimorphos asteroid at 7:14pm ET. This is the first attempt of a planetary defense test and teams erupted into an applause upon confirmation.
  
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• NASA DART mission: Moment spacecraft smashes into asteroid

  27-09-2022 10:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's DART successfully crashed into the Dimorphos asteroid at 7:14pm ET. This is the first attempt of a planetary defense test and teams erupted into an applause upon confirmation.
  
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• iPhone in India: Apple makes new handset in India in shift from China

  27-09-2022 07:38 via bbc.co.uk
  The announcement marks the technology giant's latest move to diversify its supply chains outside China.
  
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• Scientists overjoyed after DART smashes into asteroid Dimorphos, contact lost

  27-09-2022 03:46 via go.theregister.com
  Task failed successfully Video  A spacecraft smashed head-on into a 170-metre-wide asteroid named Dimorphos on Monday in a first-of-its-kind experiment demonstrating how we could one day potentially divert a hazardous object on a collision course with Earth.…
  
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• NASA space boffins hit an asteroid seven million miles from Earth last night 15,000mph

  27-09-2022 02:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An asteroid - crashing into Earth? Forget the economy. We'd be obliterated. Up in smoke. Lost forever with the poor old dinosaurs.
  
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• Hurricanes: Are they getting more violent?

  27-09-2022 02:17 via bbc.co.uk
  As Hurricane Ian makes its way through the Caribbean towards the US - we ask if climate change is making these storms more severe?
  
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• Tim Cook: 'No good excuse' for lack of women in tech

  27-09-2022 01:46 via bbc.co.uk
  Apple chief executive tells the BBC the tech sector needs more women in order to thrive.
  
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• More than half of the world's palm trees in danger

  27-09-2022 01:44 via bbc.co.uk
  Many useful members of this "iconic" plant family are at risk of extinction, according to a study.
  
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• NASA smashes DART spacecraft into asteroid Dimorphos

  27-09-2022 01:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's DART craft successfully crashed into he Dimorphos asteroid at 7:14pm ET. This is humans first attempt of a planetary defense test.
  
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• Is Finland's Wood City the future of building?

  27-09-2022 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  New public buildings in Finland have to incorporate more wood, which is leading builders to innovate.
  
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• NASA's DART activates its camera to show the Dimorphos 6.8 million miles from Earth

  27-09-2022 00:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's DART craft has activated its camera, showing the Dimorphos asteroid as a dot in space. The craft will intentionally crash into at 7:14pm ET. This epic impact is to test NASA's planetary defense.
  
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