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• How simply relaxing can reduce ageing in just a few days, new study shows 

  21-04-2023 23:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It has already been proven that our biological age rapidly increases in response to stress. But research indicates that this can be reversed over just a few days or months of feeling more relaxed.
  
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• Boffins think they've decoded mysterious 819-day Mayan calendar

  21-04-2023 22:02 via go.theregister.com
  
  Letting the calendar cycle for 45 years gives each planet a chance to complete a synodic cycle A pair of researchers claim to have deciphered one of the most mysterious of the Mayan calendars, which they believe represents a 45-year cycle of our neighboring planets. …
  
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• Is this the first look at a lost civilisation linked to Atlantis?

  21-04-2023 19:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Five stone busts dating from the 5th century BC were found at Casas del Turuñuelo, a historical landmark in Guareña, southern Spain.
  
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• No snow was left in the Alps last summer for the first time EVER, grim climate report reveals

  21-04-2023 19:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The State of the Global Climate 2022 has warned that European glacier melt has been 'off the charts' during the past few years, in the midst of worsening climate change.
  
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• Twitter blue tick: Multiple Hillarys and New Yorks as verifications disappear

  21-04-2023 18:43 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media giant has erased the once-coveted verification from thousands of accounts.
  
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• Socks can be dirtier than a DOORMAT, study finds

  21-04-2023 18:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Socks that are worn to bed after a full day of use are dirtier than a TV remote and even a doormat, scientists report following lab experiments.
  
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• Scientists help capture images after launching telescope on a balloon as big as a football stadium 

  21-04-2023 17:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A £4.1million balloon-borne telescope was successfully launched from Wānaka Airport, New Zealand on Sunday, thanks to Durham University and an international team.
  
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• Who's a clever boy? Pet parrots learn to video call their friends to help reduce loneliness 

  21-04-2023 17:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Glasgow taught birds how to make a call with a tablet, and they proceeded to make 147 deliberate calls to each other.
  
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• Whitehead: Don’t Let The Government Criminalize Free Speech

  21-04-2023 17:30 via technocracy.news
  
  Free Speech is a core element of a healthy, functioning society. The vacuum created by its absence can only be filled with tyranny. The government’s attempt to criminalize Free Speech is not just inconvenient, but rather it is existential. George Washington  saw this clearly: “dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”⁃ TN Editor“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”—G
  
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• Bodycam first-person shooter game Unrecord sparks controversy over realistic graphics

  21-04-2023 17:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Graphics of a new first-person videogame are so realistic and people are in an uproar because they feel it glorifies violence and police brutality in a nation that is plagued with mass shootings.
  
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• Airbus unveils 26ft-wide, space station concept with a GREENHOUSE that could launch within a decade

  21-04-2023 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Airbus 'LOOP' module (pictured) is designed for a four-person crew and hosts three floors including a centrifuge that creates Earth-like gravitational conditions.
  
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• Senators Introduce S.884 To Create Digital Identity For All Americans

  21-04-2023 17:07 via technocracy.news
  
  Arizona’s very own Sen. Krysten Sinema has joined the WEF and Bilderberg group to enter the rarified atmosphere of Technocracy and Transhumanism. Elected as a Democrat, she became an Independent so she could work both sides of the political isle. Sinema is a climber and S.884 proves the point.⁃ TN EditorU.S. Senators Kyrsten Sinema, an independent of Arizona, and Cynthia Lummis, Republican of Wyoming, have introduced Senate Bill 884, also known as “the Improving Digital Id
  
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• Don't panic as Government tests Emergency Alert system on Sunday at 3pm

  21-04-2023 16:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Millions of mobile phones across Britain will begin vibrating in unison at 3pm on Sunday if the Government's plan to roll out a national Emergency Alert system is successful.
  
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• Funky new emoji update is coming to WhatsApp, leak suggests 

  21-04-2023 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A leaked image shows an animated version of 'Face with Party Horn and Party Hat' emoji in WhatsApp, suggesting it may soon be coming to the phones of people across the world soon.
  
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• Is time up for Twitter?

  21-04-2023 14:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  What Elon Musk's blue checkmark shake-up could mean for the platform's future.
  
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• Can YOU tell the difference between a real person and an AI bot?

  21-04-2023 13:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A free online game gives you two minutes to have a conversation with someone (or something) and guess whether they're a fellow human or an AI.
  
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• Elon Musk sparks backlash after 'personally' paying for celebrities to keep their blue ticks 

  21-04-2023 13:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This comes after 'legacy' check marks, which were instated prior to Musk's Twitter takeover, were removed from profiles yesterday. Now, the only way to have a coveted tick is to pay for Twitter Blue.
  
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• Perseverance snaps image of NASA's 'little dustier' Mars helicopter two years after its first flight

  21-04-2023 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ingenuity took its 50th flight on April 13, travelling 1,057.09ft in just under three minutes. This came just days before the two-year anniversary of its historic first flight on Mars.
  
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• London Marathon: The technology that could help runners achieve a sub-two hour finish

  21-04-2023 11:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Here, MailOnline takes a look at some of the unusual technologies and inventions that may one day help an athlete finally reach the finish line in under two hours.
  
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• New video from SPACE shows Elon Musk's Starship exploding during its maiden flight 

  21-04-2023 11:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk took to Twitter after Starship's explosion to congratulate his team on the 'exciting test launch' and that he had 'learned a lot' from it.
  
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• Why did the SpaceX Starship explode after launch?

  21-04-2023 10:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The test flight for Elon Musk's $3billion Starship program is now over, after the rocket exploded during its ascent.So, why did SpaceX's Starship blow up and was the mission still a success?
  
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• Wearing the right sports bra can increase women's exercise output by 7%

  21-04-2023 09:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Memphis analysed the influence of breast support on knee joint stiffness during treadmill running.
  
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• Hyundai to develop a Moon rover (to launch, not because the roads are so bad down here)

  21-04-2023 07:56 via go.theregister.com
  
  Japan's Toyota, Honda, and Nissan, are already pondering what it takes to make a MoonMobile Hyundai Motor Group announced on Thursday that it has begun building a lunar exploration rover in partnership with major Korean research institutes, and hopes to launch it to the moon in 2027.…
  
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• Facebook still being used to arrange fake reviews - Which?

  21-04-2023 07:34 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The consumer group found more than a dozen groups trading reviews for free products or payments.
  
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• Northern elephant seals sleep in the deep to avoid predators

  21-04-2023 02:13 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Northern elephant seals sleep underwater for just two hours per day on their months-long foraging journeys.
  
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• Pentagon shoots down UFO rumors but says 650 cases are still pending

  21-04-2023 02:06 via go.theregister.com
  
  Has found no evidence of alien tech or objects that defy the known laws of physics The Pentagon's recently-established All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) - set up to investigate unidentified flying objects - has not found any evidence of aliens in its analysis, its director has said.…
  
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• Beyoncé and Ronaldo among those to lose Twitter blue check in purge

  21-04-2023 01:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The social media giant has erased the once-coveted blue tick verification from thousands of accounts.
  
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• The tech entrepreneur betting he can get younger

  21-04-2023 01:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Millions of dollars are being poured into research to find ways of making lives longer and healthier.
  
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