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• Electric cars cause significant fall in asthma hospital admissions, first-of-its-kind US study shows

  02-02-2023 22:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Southern California found a three percent drop in asthma-related emergency visits for every two percent jump in the number of electric vehicles in each zip code.
  
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• Fossil brain undoes 350 million years of scientific understanding

  02-02-2023 18:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  'Stunning' scans reveal how ray-finned fish diverged from other vertebrates A fish fossil first described in northwest England more than 100 years ago is shedding light on the evolution of the brain with the help of X-ray scanning and 3D reconstruction.…
  
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• World's oldest preserved brain discovered in a Lancashire coal mine

  02-02-2023 18:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The world's oldest preserved brain has been found inside a 320-million-year-old fossil, which was discovered in 1925 inside a coal mine near Trawden, Lancashire.
  
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• 'Poker Face' Is the New 'Columbo'—and That's a Good Thing for Fans

  02-02-2023 17:28
  
  By mimicking a 1970s classic, Rian Johnson’s new murder mystery series rewrites the streaming era’s rules that everything must be bingeable.
  
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• Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that were bigger than woolly mammoths

  02-02-2023 17:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A study by Johannes Gutenberg University in Germany revealed that Neanderthals hunted enormous elephants that weighed up to 12 tonnes and could feed 100 people for a month.
  
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• Designer shares concept for 'invisible' 290ft superyacht made out of mirrored glass

  02-02-2023 14:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This luxury superyacht, which would be made entirely of mirrored glass to reflect the sea and sky, has been unveiled as a concept by Milan and New York-based designer Jozeph Foakis.
  
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• Elon Musk celebrates the 200th flight of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rocket

  02-02-2023 13:41 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rocket made it to 200 successful lift-offs when it blasted into space earlier this morning (Thursday), having launched from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 07:58 GMT (02:58).
  
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• Did YOU see the green comet last seen by the Neanderthals that whizzed past Earth last night?

  02-02-2023 12:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Comet C/2022 E3 whizzed past Earth for the first time since the age of the Neanderthals 50,000 years ago. Some stargazers in the UK managed to get a glimpse of the space rock.
  
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• Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU

  02-02-2023 07:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Coal is cooked and gas is dissipating, as renewables delivered a fifth of all EU juice in 2022 Take that, energy crisis: Wind and solar power generation rose to record levels in the EU last year, overtaking natural gas as an energy source for the first time and preventing a wider return to coal.…
  
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• Metaverse: ChatGPT Tech Will Let You Talk To Dead Relatives

  02-02-2023 05:58 via technocracy.news
  
  The digital likeness of your dead relative will be like a rudimentary digital twin that is constructed with discoverable information fed to the AI program. This would include scouring the Internet for social media posts, financial data, postings, travel information, voice patterns, etc. People who don’t understand the technology will undoubtedly believe they are really talking to dead people. ⁃ TN EditorThe ChatGPT setup that will allow you to speak to your dead relatives has been re
  
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• Geneticists Intend To Bring The Dodo Bird Back From Extinction

  02-02-2023 05:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Combining DNA from extinct dodo birds as well as closely related species, geneticists are perfecting a genome that could bring the dodo Franken-bird to life. This is not cloning, but rather pure genetic engineering. They are seeking crossover ideas for human “health care” applications. Meddling with DNA and life itself is fraught with risk and cannot improve the condition of any living thing. ⁃ TN EditorScientists believe they have found a way to bring back the animal most syno
  
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• 11,000 Police Surveillance Cars With 360-Degree Cameras and “Perimeter Alerts” To Patrol NYC

  02-02-2023 05:28 via technocracy.news
  Technocrats continue to build the police state with various equipment for surveillance, the latest being police cars with 360-degree cameras and “perimeter alerts” that analyzes people for perceived threats. Exactly how AI is used to “perceive” is not specified. Recording the 360-degree view is continuous thus recording everything in the immediate area, including unsuspecting civilians. ⁃ TN Editor
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• Bird flu 'spills over' to otters and foxes in UK

  02-02-2023 04:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists will monitor the virus, but UK health chiefs say the risk to the public is very low.
  
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• Why have there been no named winter storms this year?

  02-02-2023 04:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK hasn't seen a single named storm so far this autumn and winter. But why?
  
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• DARPA's quantum computing is powered by ... FOMO

  02-02-2023 01:08 via go.theregister.com
  
  Microsoft and friends happy to assuage Uncle Sam's anxiety — for a price Fujitsu may not be worried about encryption busting quantum computers showing up anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean the US government is willing to risk missing out.…
  
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