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• NASA warns city-destroying asteroid could smash into Earth on Valentine's Day 2046

  08-03-2023 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An asteroid around the same size of the Leaning Tower of Pisa was discovered by NASA last month. It chance of impacting Earth on February 14, 2046 at 4:44pm ET.
  
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• Mind-reading AI turns your thoughts into pictures with 80% accuracy

  08-03-2023 21:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It may sound like science fiction, but scientists have created an AI-powered algorithm that reads your mind. The system analyzes brain activity to produce an image of what you are thinking.
  
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• The shocking extent of the plastic crisis: 4.9 MILLION tonnes of rubbish are floating in our oceans

  08-03-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered that as much as 4.9 million tonnes of plastic rubbish are floating in our oceans - an 'unprecedented increase' since 2005.
  
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• Breakthrough as eggs made from male mice cells

  08-03-2023 19:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Researchers have created eggs from the cells of male mice, raising the prospect of male couples having their own children.
  
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• California's $100 billion bullet train could take you from LA to Vegas in 2 hours

  08-03-2023 19:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California is set to begin construction on a bullet train track that will run from Los Angeles to Las Vegas. The high-speed trains can reach up to 200mph, cutting travel time in half.
  
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• ‘Geofence’ Warrants Threaten Every Cell Phone User

  08-03-2023 18:16 via technocracy.news
  
  If you inadvertently and unknowingly pass by a crime scene with cell phone in hand, you may be intentionally caught in a “geofence” police dragnet to find all people within a radius of the criminal act. Upon sifting the data, “suspects” will be identified and targeted for investigation. This practice is an egregious violation of the Fourth Amendment, yet typical of Technocrat modus operandi. ⁃ TN EditorThe last time your phone asked you to allow this or that app acc
  
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• Flashback: America Is A Technocracy, Not A Democracy

  08-03-2023 18:01 via technocracy.news
  
  This article appeared on the Mises Institute website in May, 2020 at the beginning of the Great Panic of 2020 (read, pandemic). By original definition, Technocracy is anti-democratic, and anti-political. It is clear that over the decades, political bodies have voluntarily given up decision-making authority to Technocrats in various fields. ⁃ TN EditorPerhaps never before in American history have the unelected technocrats played such an enormous role in shaping public policy in America.
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• Earth's carbon dioxide super-emitters revealed - with the US and China topping the list

  08-03-2023 17:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Earth's carbon dioxide super-emitters have been revealed in a new NASA map that shows just how much greenhouse gases are being pumped out by more than 100 countries.
  
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• Stampede: Companies Jump On ChatGPT To Automate Daily Business Tasks

  08-03-2023 17:34 via technocracy.news
  
  Two of the largest corporate influencers, Microsoft and Salesforce, are diving into ChatGPT with total abandon, which will normalize ChatGPT throughout large and small businesses. This is transformative for life on earth and will henceforth be required in order to be competitive. ⁃ TN Editor
  Generative AI and tools like ChatGPT have led to a boom as big tech companies and startups alike race to integrate it into their products.
  One promising application that could be commercialized in the
  
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• Water in our solar system likely formed billions of years before the sun

  08-03-2023 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'We can think of the path of water through the universe as a trail,' said lead author John Tobin, an astronomer at the National Science Foundation's National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
  
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• The key to unlimited clean energy? Scientists discover an enzyme that turns air into ELECTRICITY

  08-03-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Monash University in Australia have discovered 'Huc' - an enzyme that can convert hydrogen in the atmosphere into an electrical current.
  
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• The US Air Force Is Moving Fast on AI-Piloted Fighter Jets

  08-03-2023 16:53
  
  After successful autonomous flight tests in December, the military is ramping up its plans to bring artificial intelligence to the skies.
  
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• The Alarming Rise of India’s Pay-to-Breathe Industry

  08-03-2023 16:33
  
  As the state’s solutions to pollution fail, the need for expensive air purifiers is driving a new kind of inequality.
  
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• Wannabe space 'superpower' UK tosses £1.6M at eight research projects

  08-03-2023 16:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Very world-beating funding With the noble goal "to grow the UK as a global space superpower," the UK Space Agency (UKSA) has scraped together a princely £1.6 million ($1.9 million) to be divvied up between eight research programs.…
  
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• TikTok launches Project Clover to allay China security fears

  08-03-2023 15:06 via bbc.co.uk
  
  TikTok has launched security measures to allay concerns it could be made to share user data with China.
  
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• Oceans littered with 171 trillion plastic pieces

  08-03-2023 15:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  New estimates suggest that plastic pollution in the oceans has risen dramatically since 2005.
  
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• Hinge is back online following an hour-long outage

  08-03-2023 14:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, the problems started at around midday and affected users across the country.
  
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• Hinge is DOWN: Dating app crashes for unlucky singletons across the UK 

  08-03-2023 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to Down Detector, the problems started at around midday, and are affecting users across the country.
  
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• Full Worm Moon lights up the skies over London, Manchester and Essex

  08-03-2023 12:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stargazers snapped amazing images of the moon above London, Manchester and Essex in the UK, while others in North Macedonia, Rome, Malta and Egypt also dug out their cameras.
  
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• Russia releases a trailer for its film shot on the International Space Station

  08-03-2023 11:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Russia has released a trailer for 'The Challenge' - a film shot 250 miles above Earth, making it the first feature to be shot in space. Tom Cruise was lined up for a rival flick hoping to claim this tile.
  
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• Michelangelo's David would look very different today! Size of 'ideal' penis has INCREASED

  08-03-2023 09:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists who analysed the size of penises in artwork from the Renaissance Period to the present day have found they have got bigger over time.
  
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• Bumblebees learn to solve puzzles by watching peers, study finds

  08-03-2023 04:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Scientists who trained bees to open a puzzle find that they pass the knowledge on to their colonies.
  
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• Elon Musk apologises to sacked Twitter worker over online row

  08-03-2023 04:17 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The firm's boss says sorry to fired employee Halli Thorleifsson and appears to offer him his job back.
  
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• Native UK plants in catastrophic decline, major report finds

  08-03-2023 02:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A 20-year survey of plants shows how agriculture and climate change is affecting UK flora.
  
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• Experts say Western parents should follow the lead of modern hunter-gatherer groups

  08-03-2023 02:04 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In modern hunter-gatherer societies, babies are looked after every day by around 14 separate people who are not their parents.
  
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• The haters and conspiracy theorists back on Twitter

  08-03-2023 01:35 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A BBC Monitoring investigation has found hundreds of reinstated accounts on Twitter promoting abuse and misinformation.
  
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