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• NASA announces plans for a nuclear rocket that brings man on Mars on step closer

  24-01-2023 23:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA is eyeing the late 2030s for sending humans to Mars and it could use a nuclear-powered rocket that would dramatically reduce the seven-month journey for those spacefaring heroes.
  
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• Uncle Sam greenlights first commercial nuclear small modular reactor design

  24-01-2023 23:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  NuScale plants could begin construction as soon as February 21, when new rule goes into effect The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has finalized rules allowing construction of nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) – the first time a design has been certified for commercialization.…
  
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• US accuses Google of 'driving out' ad rivals

  24-01-2023 21:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A federal lawsuit alleges the tech giant's anti-competitive actions mean more websites need paywalls.
  
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• Elon Musk says Tesla tweet was genuine in fraud case

  24-01-2023 20:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The billionaire is accused of defrauding investors after a tweet claiming he had support for a deal.
  
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• Ticketmaster apologises for Taylor Swift tour sales fiasco

  24-01-2023 20:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The company says it faced an "unprecedented" software attack when the star's Eras tour went on sale.
  
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• Take quiz to see if you can recognise 10 common chimp gestures 

  24-01-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The quiz was put together as part of research by the University of St Andrews, which found that people who took part in the quiz were able to identify more than half of common great ape gestures.
  
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• TSA's No Fly List is LEAKED: 1.5 million entries found on an unsecured server

  24-01-2023 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Swedish hacker combed through 1.5 million entries in the TSA's No Fly List, which was left on an unprotected server. It includes names and birthdates of those barred from US flights.
  
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• Thousands of Britons will lose access to BBC channels - find out if you'll be affected 

  24-01-2023 18:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A huge upgrade means millions of British satellite viewers will lose access to their BBC channels - unless they buy a new set-top box.
  
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• Musk's Boring Company shows off Las Vegas tunnels

  24-01-2023 18:14 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC's James Clayton visited the tunnel network carrying passengers in Tesla cars.
  
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• Doomsday Clock 2023: Ukraine war pushes humankind to 'brink of disaster'

  24-01-2023 17:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Doomsday clock has moved 10 seconds closer to midnight - bringing us just 90 seconds away from unprecedented danger. The change is largely due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
  
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• Rise of the OAG (old-age gamer!): 85% of over-65s now play video games at least once a WEEK

  24-01-2023 17:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research from Samsung UK has revealed that 85 per cent of people over 65 play video games at least once a week, and 36 per cent of them play every day.
  
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• Millions of Britons will lose access to BBC channels - find out if you'll be affected 

  24-01-2023 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A huge upgrade means millions of British satellite viewers will lose access to their BBC channels - unless they buy a new set-top box.
  
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• UK museums ask for children to inspire action through art

  24-01-2023 17:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Major artists including FKA Twigs will work with children across 500 museums to create wildlife artworks.
  
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• Doomsday clock moves to 90 seconds before midnight - the closest it's been in 76 years ago

  24-01-2023 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Doomsday clock has moved 10 seconds closer to midnight - bringing us just 90 seconds away from unprecedented danger. The change is largely due to the war between Russia and Ukraine.
  
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• TSA Seizes Passport Of Turning Point USA Journalist Returning From Davos

  24-01-2023 16:32 via technocracy.news
  
  Morgonn McMichael is a full-time journalist and Ambassador with Turning Point USA in Tempe, Arizona. She travelled to Davos, Switzerland to cover the World Economic Forum, but on her return trip, she learned that her name had been added to a TSA list that resulted in her being detained and searched at five different security checkpoints, including her destination at Phoenix International Airport.
  Her bio on the TPUSA website states:
  As an Ambassador, Morgonn has consistently gone above and beyon
  
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• Clouds part to reveal colossal Antarctic iceberg

  24-01-2023 16:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The EU's Sentinel-2 satellite obtains a crystal clear image of Antarctica's new monster iceberg.
  
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• Stunning image gives sneak peek of green comet passing Earth next week

  24-01-2023 15:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A green comet is making a return trip toward Earth and while it will not make its closest pass until next week, an astrophotographer was able to get a sneak peek of the stunning ice ball.
  
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• Joe Allen: Vaxxbots Are A Virus Of The Mind

  24-01-2023 15:35 via technocracy.news
  
  Joe Allen knows a lot about Transhumanism and the technology being used to further its assertions. In his progression of research, he has examined just about every anti-vaxx “conspiracy theory” that has been conjured up explaining what the elitists are doing to humanity. Wild assertions, easy as they are to conjure up, simply do not make for correct understanding. We should stand on what we know, not on vain speculations. ⁃ TN EditorIn 1986, the molecular engineer Eric Drexler
  
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• Solari Report: Ways To Stop Central Bank Digital Currencies

  24-01-2023 15:00 via technocracy.news
  
  CBDCs are in the works, but transparency and mass action can throw a huge monkey wrench into their implementation. The Solari Report offers a few concrete steps people can take, with the most important being to increase the use of cash while explaining to recipients why cash is endangered and what they can do about it.
  For every young person to whom I have paid cash for products or services, a simple explanation causes their eyes to light up: “Gosh, I never thought about that”. My qu
  
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• Huge asteroid the size of a LONDON BUS will fly within 2,100 miles of Earth this week

  24-01-2023 14:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Known as 2023 BU, the space rock - which was only discovered at the weekend - will make its closest approach to our planet this Friday (January 27) at about 00:30 GMT (19:30 ET on Thursday).
  
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• Lucy asteroid probe forced to limp on without full solar array

  24-01-2023 13:35 via go.theregister.com
  
  Attempts to fix glitch ditched – but never give up, never surrender NASA's Lucy spacecraft will have to soldier on to reach eight asteroids within Jupiter's orbit – a journey expected to last 12 years – with a glitch in one of its solar arrays for now.…
  
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• What 'Getting Curious' Taught Jonathan Van Ness About … Everything

  24-01-2023 13:00
  
  After seven years and 300 episodes, the podcast’s host tells WIRED about his nine favorite episodes.
  
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• The Unrelenting Menace of the LockBit Ransomware Gang

  24-01-2023 13:00
  
  The notorious Russian-speaking cybercriminals grew successful by keeping a low profile. But now they have a target on their backs.
  
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• The 10 Best Shows on Apple TV+ Right Now

  24-01-2023 13:00
  
  Whether you’re enjoying a free trial or signed up purely for Ted Lasso, these are WIRED’s top picks for Apple TV+.
  
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• Is It Time to Call Time on the Doomsday Clock?

  24-01-2023 13:00
  
  It’s been ticking down the seconds to nuclear apocalypse for three-quarters of a century, but it’s not so helpful when it comes to climate change.
  
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• Stressed at work? Try sniffing ROSE OIL

  24-01-2023 12:40 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers in Iran say aromatherapy - the use of essential plant oils to boost mental wellbeing - 'effectively reduced job stress' and its effects could be even greater with continued use.
  
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• Hiker captures mesmerising footage of a rare 'ice pancake' in the Scottish Highlands 

  24-01-2023 12:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dan Brown, 32, from Dunoon was hiking up the Munro when he came across the rare sight with his father.
  
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• SpaceX completes a 'wet dress rehearsal' with Starship ahead of launch debut

  24-01-2023 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk's company fuelled up a fully stacked Starship vehicle - built to go to Mars - for the first time on Monday at its Starbase facility in South Texas.
  
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• Massive iceberg almost the size of Greater LONDON breaks off Antarctica's Brunt Ice Shelf

  24-01-2023 11:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  All of the 21 staff working at the Halley Research Station with the British Antarctic Survey were completely safe, and had been preparing for this eventuality.
  
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• Webb telescope hunts life's icy chemical origins

  24-01-2023 11:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The new super space telescope has been studying some of the darkest, coldest regions of space.
  
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• Pigs rival dogs as 'man's best friend', study claims

  24-01-2023 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study from Eötvös Loránd University found that pigs do not intentionally direct humans towards things, in what's known as 'referential communication'.
  
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• Amazon shoppers hail £22 rechargeable hand warmer a winter 'game-changer' as UK temperatures drop

  24-01-2023 09:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Amazon shoppers are racing to add an £18.99 hand warmer to their baskets amidst the plunging UK temperatures, with scores of reviewers hailing it a 'game-changer' and 'very effective'.
  
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• 'Golden Boy' mummy was buried with 49 amulets 2,300 years ago - including one next to his PENIS

  24-01-2023 06:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Cairo University used CT scans to 'digitally unwrap' a mummy who had been discovered more than 100 years ago in a cemetery in Nag el-Hassay in southern Egypt.
  
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• Climate change: Bill Gates backs Australian start-up targeting cow burps

  24-01-2023 05:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Livestock - such as cows - produce methane when their stomachs are digesting hard fibres.
  
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• Would YOU take pills made from someone else's poop to cure a nasty gut infection?

  24-01-2023 01:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How would you react if your doctor told you the best way to get well would be to swallow capsules made from a stranger's poo?
  
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• Heat pumps: The 'geeks' obsessing over their new heating systems

  24-01-2023 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  More people are heating their homes with heat pumps and some are getting data obsessed.
  
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• The ancient trees at the heart of a case against the Crown

  24-01-2023 00:24 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An indigenous community in Canada is suing for their land - and using unusual evidence in their case.
  
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