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• Virgin Orbit launch LIVE STREAM: Watch here

  09-01-2023 23:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Orbit's space plane took off from Newquay Airport at 22:02 GMT and is currently on its way out to the Atlantic, where it with drop a rocket that will then blast into orbit with a payload of nine satellites.
  
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• Two supermassive black holes found dining side-by-side with just 750 light-years between them 

  09-01-2023 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers from the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in West Virginia have spotted two black holes have been 'dining' side-by-side.
  
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• Sonic boom several times larger than our Milky Way captured by NASA's James Webb Telescope

  09-01-2023 22:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A rouge galaxy invaded the five within Stephen's Quintet, resulting in a sonic boom that has been captured by NASA, which shows how the hydrogen gas is moved and shaped in space.
  
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• Watch the first ever orbital mission from British soil

  09-01-2023 22:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Virgin Orbit's specially-adapted 747 jumbo jet with a rocket attached to its belly is about to take off from Cornwall Spaceport.
  
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• AI predicts arrests within three years of a being prisoner released on parole

  09-01-2023 20:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists trained AI on 91 variables, including age, race and previous arrests, to determine if an inmate should or should not be granted parole based on if they would be rearrested within three years.
  
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• Wikipedia operator denies Saudi infiltration claim

  09-01-2023 20:04 via bbc.co.uk
  Two human rights groups accused Riyadh of using agents to "promote positive content" on the site.
  
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• The balmy equator of Mars looks rich in opal-bound water

  09-01-2023 20:00 via go.theregister.com
  The poles have ice but it's freezing up there, so why not grind gems for cocktails? A study of old data from the Curiosity rover is causing scientists to reassess their belief that Mars' relatively temperate equatorial region is devoid of water. …
  
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• Ozone layer may be restored in decades, UN report says

  09-01-2023 19:52 via bbc.co.uk
  A global agreement in 1987 to ban chemicals harming the ozone layer is working, scientists say.
  
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• Here are the DUMBEST dog breeds according to science

  09-01-2023 19:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Professor Stanley Coren at the University of British Columbia, Afghan Hound is the least intelligent breed when it comes to understanding commands.
  
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• T.Rex may have been capable of problem-solving and even culture, study claims 

  09-01-2023 17:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A neuroscientist from Vanderbilt University has deduced that the Tyrannosaurus Rex had a brain mass of 343 grams, holding and 3,289,000,000 neurons - similar to those of modern primates.
  
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• CBDCs: Trojan Horse For Total Control?

  09-01-2023 16:50 via technocracy.news
  This is a balanced policy view of Central Bank Digital Currencies. There is no doubt that CBDCs are coming, but how they manifest will be full of twists and turns. Even though central banks are generally shepherded by the Bank for International Settlements, each bank is heavily flavored by national interests of individual states.
  It should be duly noted that gold is not dead, not will it ever be dead, to the global banking system. All Central Banks hold some amount of physical gold but it is not
  
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• First satellite to be launched from European soil leaves Cornwall tonight

  09-01-2023 16:46 via go.theregister.com
  Virgin Orbit set to help UK county put pasty-munching image behind it In what is believed to be the first satellite launch from European soil, a hefty Boeing 747 is set to take to the skies from a regional airport on Cornwall's north coast tonight and deliver a payload capable of climbing into orbit.…
  
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• Ukraine War becomes Global Testing Ground For Military Robots

  09-01-2023 15:56 via technocracy.news
  For nations not willing to risk direct military involvement in Ukraine, Technocrats sending advanced robot technology instead makes for a perfect experimental lab to test things without risking the lives of their own soldiers. ⁃ TN EditorThe war in Ukraine has become the largest testing ground for artificial intelligence-powered autonomous and uncrewed vehicles in history. While the use of military robots is nothing new — World War II saw the birth of remote-controlled war machi
  
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• Universities Not Interested In Admitting Fault About COVID Policies

  09-01-2023 15:46 via technocracy.news
  Technocrat enclaves at Universities must protect their sources of funding for “research” and thus will never admit wrongdoing or harm caused to students and faculty over harmful COVID policies, “vaccine” mandates and distance learning. One can expect them to hold the same line during future health episodes.  ⁃ TN EditorFormer White House adviser Dr. Scott Atlas, the Robert Wesson Senior Fellow in health policy at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute, wr
  
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• CES 2023: The most weird and wonderful gadgets unveiled at the Las Vegas tech event

  09-01-2023 15:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  MailOnline reveals the most weird and wonderful devices revealed at CES in Las Vegas, including BMW's colour changing car and a 'smartwatch' that deliberately doesn't tell the time.
  
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• YouTube star Logan Paul apologises for CryptoZoo project failure

  09-01-2023 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The YouTuber says he plans to "make this right" after fans lost money investing in his CryptoZoo game.
  
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• Scientists are freezing thousands of human POOS that could help save humanity from extinction

  09-01-2023 14:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at the University of Zurich are collecting stool samples from across the world to preserve the unique range of microbes that live in people's guts.
  
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• What China’s Covid Crisis Means for the Rest of the World

  09-01-2023 13:00
  The country’s surge in cases is a human tragedy but isn’t showing signs of changing the Covid picture in the West—where the virus is already running free.
  
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• It’s Time to Teach AI How to Be Forgetful

  09-01-2023 13:00
  By emulating the human ability to forget some of the data, psychological AIs will transform algorithmic accuracy.
  
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• How to Measure Ripples in Spacetime

  09-01-2023 13:00
  Using the giant Virgo interferometer in Tuscany, researchers are recording gravitational waves created by interstellar cataclysms as they wash through our planet.
  
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• What time is Virgin Orbit launch from Cornwall? How can I watch on live stream?

  09-01-2023 12:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A former Virgin passenger plane is scheduled to take off from Newquay Airport tonight, before heading out to the Atlantic and dropping a rocket that will fly nine satellites into space.
  
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• Belgian malinois is pick of the pack for brains as it's named world's most intelligent dog 

  09-01-2023 12:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists assessed 1,000 dogs by setting them ten different ability tasks - both cognitive and behavioural. The Belgian malinois was found to be most intelligent, achieving 35 points out of 39.
  
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• Most common age for having children is 27, study finds

  09-01-2023 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Indiana University created a model that predicts the ages of a child's parents at the time of their conception from their DNA.
  
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• China's Mars rover hibernates for a scarily long time

  09-01-2023 11:30 via go.theregister.com
  Zhurongs don't make a right and suggest the mission may not have survived winter China’s Zhurong Mars rover may be struggling to emerge from sleep mode, a feat it was expected to accomplish around December 26th.…
  
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• Single-use plastic cutlery and plates to be banned in England

  09-01-2023 11:17 via bbc.co.uk
  Figures suggest more than four billion pieces of single-use cutlery are used in England each year.
  
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• Spaceport Cornwall: From pasty memes to rocket launch

  09-01-2023 09:04 via bbc.co.uk
  The first orbital space launch from the UK is set to take off from Cornwall.
  
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• Mixing an invisible laser and a fire alarm made for a disastrous demo

  09-01-2023 08:30 via go.theregister.com
  Dark deeds are no way to close a deal Who, Me?  Happy New Year, gentle readers, and welcome once again to Who, Me? – The Reg's regular roundup of rapscallions and rascals committing tech atrocities and (sometimes) getting away with it. This week it's got a sci-fi twist because the disaster in question involves lasers.…
  
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• Lützerath: German coal mine stand off amid Ukraine war energy crunch

  09-01-2023 02:59 via bbc.co.uk
  Activists and police are facing off in Lützerath, where diggers plan to expand a giant coal mine.
  
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• Will the metaverse be your new workplace?

  09-01-2023 01:02 via bbc.co.uk
  Some predict that in the future we'll work in virtual worlds, but others are not convinced.
  
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