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• MDMA and Psilocybin Are Approved as Medicines for the First Time

  03-02-2023 22:12
  
  Many are celebrating Australia’s decision to pave the way for these psychedelic therapies, but questions around accessibility remain.
  
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• Singer Lewis Capaldi tests watch-like device for Tourette's that suppresses tics

  03-02-2023 18:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Singer Lewis Capaldi tested a new device that suppressed tics he feels in his head and shoulders, bringing hope to the 78 million people worldwide who are suffering with Tourette's syndrome.
  
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• Have we fallen out of love with voice assistants?

  03-02-2023 18:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worries over privacy and the cost of living have curbed interest in voice assistants like Alexa.
  
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• Scientists Use CRISPR To Put Genes From Alligator Into Catfish

  03-02-2023 17:27 via technocracy.news
  
  Transgenic gene editing means taking a genetic sequence from one species and inserting it into another. The United Nations is cataloging the DNA of all species on earth for this very reason: mix and match. Given enough time, these Technocrat/Transhumanist scientists will cause a meltdown of life on earth from genetic corruption. ⁃ TN EditorMillions of fish are farmed in the US every year, but many of them die from infections. In theory, genetically engineering fish with genes that protect
  
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• Twitter: Number of staff suing goes up daily - lawyer

  03-02-2023 17:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  One former senior manager tells the BBC the treatment of workers by Elon Musk was "unjustifiable".
  
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• Massive Peer-Reviewed Mask Study Shows ‘Little To No Difference’ In Preventing COVID, Flu Infection

  03-02-2023 17:02 via technocracy.news
  
  At the beginning of the Great Pandemic Panic of 2020, any doctor or surgeon who had not already caved to COVID mania, said that face masks had zero value in preventing the spread of a virus. Yet, they were demonized as heretics, deniers and in some cases, even murderers. Now, the truth of the matter is documented. ⁃ TN EditorA massive international research collaboration that analyzed several dozen rigorous studies focusing on “physical interventions” against COVID-19
  
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• Expert suggests TSA No Fly List leak on dark web will help people bypass security checks

  03-02-2023 16:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  TSA's No Fly List has been found on the dark web, a week after a Swiss hacker discovered it on an unsecured server. The latest leak could help terrorists bypass security at airports.
  
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• The 45 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now

  03-02-2023 16:00
  
  From You to Wednesday, these are our picks for the best streaming titles binge this week.
  
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• The 40 Best Films on Netflix This Week

  03-02-2023 16:00
  
  From The Sea Beast to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on.
  
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• ChatGPT Writes Glowing Poem Praising Hunter Biden, Refuses To Write About Marjorie Taylor-Green

  03-02-2023 15:58 via technocracy.news
  
  ChatGPT is far from neutral. In fact, it turns out that it is as partisan and left-wing as someone like Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA). Researchers found that it would write a glowing poem for corrupted Hunter Biden but refused to write a comparable poem for conservative Marjorie Taylor-Green. ⁃ TN EditorResearchers are finding more examples of brazen political bias exhibited by AI-based chatbot ChatGPT, with the program refusing to write a poem about Marjorie Taylor-Greene despite gleefully prai
  
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• Smart NAPPY sends an alert to your smartphone when it needs changing 

  03-02-2023 15:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Penn State University have created a 'smart diaper' - a nappy with an inbuilt sensor that can send an alert to a phone when it gets wet.
  
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• Everything you need to know about how Netflix will crack down on password sharing

  03-02-2023 15:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  How and when Netflix's password sharing crackdown will work remained largely unclear, until the tech giant briefly posted key details on its website this week.
  
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• The real-life Jurassic Park: Inside plans to bring back dodos, Tasmanian tigers and woolly mammoths

  03-02-2023 15:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millions of dollars are being injected into a US startup venture that plans to use a Nobel Prize-winning genome editing method called Crispr-Cas9 to 'de-extinct' long-lost species.
  
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• Scientists create an entirely new type of ice that neither floats nor sinks

  03-02-2023 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists at UCL and Cambridge believe ordinary ice could undergo similar shear forces in the ice moons of the outer solar system because of the tidal forces exerted by gas giants such as Jupiter.
  
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• The Secret to Making Concrete That Lasts 1,000 Years

  03-02-2023 13:00
  
  Scientists have uncovered the Roman recipe for self-repairing cement—which could massively reduce the carbon footprint of the material today.
  
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• Boeing’s 747 Should Have Been Retired Years Ago

  03-02-2023 13:00
  The last jumbo jet was delivered in January, but it has been obsolete for decades.
  
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• 'Flying barndoor' eagle returns to the Isle of Wight after two years

  03-02-2023 11:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A sea eagle has returned to the Isle of Wight after spending two years traversing Europe. It was released there in 2020 as part of a reintroduction programme.
  
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• The Great Tech-xodus: Why Meta, Microsoft and Amazon have had to fire a quarter of a MILLION staff

  03-02-2023 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Why exactly have the tech giants been sending so many of their employees home, leaving their door pass as they go? MailOnline reveals all.
  
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• Mutant two-headed SNAKE born in Australia is named after Batman's nemesis 

  03-02-2023 10:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Born in captivity, the Aussie snake was taken to The Unusual Pet Vets in Jindalee, Queensland, after hatching with two heads.
  
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• Should brain dead women be kept alive and used as SURROGATES?

  03-02-2023 09:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Anna Smajdor, an associate professor in philosophy at the University of Oslo, suggested that brain dead women could be used as surrogates.
  
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• Bill Gates would rather pay for vaccines than travel to Mars

  03-02-2023 08:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Microsoft co-founder also believes artificial intelligence will "dramatically" transform humanity.
  
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• Unopened original iPhone is set to ring up £41,000 at auction

  03-02-2023 01:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The iPhone, released in 2007, features a 3.5inch screen and 2-megapixel camera. If it achieves its estimate it will sell for more than 80 times the original $599 (£490) pricetag.
  
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• How we fell out of love with voice assistants

  03-02-2023 01:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Worries over privacy and the cost of living have curbed interest in voice assistants like Alexa.
  
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• Report finds 80 per cent of butterflies have declined since the 1970s 

  03-02-2023 01:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The State of the UK's Butterflies 2022 report, released today by the charity Butterfly Conservation, revealed number have dropped dramatically in the last 50 years.
  
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• MATT RIDLEY: Scientists will one day bring back dodos, great auks and even woolly mammoths

  03-02-2023 01:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dead as a dodo? Think again, because a U.S. tech entrepreneur, Ben Lamm, plans to bring the extinct, fat, flightless pigeon back to life, along with other long-gone species such as woolly mammoths.
  
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