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• World's first 'boomerang meteorite' discovered in Sahara Desert: Rock that left Earth and spent millennia in space has now returned

  27-07-2023 22:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The rock found in the Sahara Desert has compositions of Earth's crust and volcanic rock, along with signs that it was exposed to energetic cosmic rays.
  
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• 'Time-traveling' pathogens trapped for thousands of years in melting permafrost could spark next pandemic and wipe out microbes crucial to our planet

  27-07-2023 21:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Ancient viruses, sealed in permafrost for thousands of years, could survive and evolve to become the dominant free-living species- killing up to one-third of bacteria-like hosts.
  
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• Climate change: July set to be world's warmest month on record

  27-07-2023 20:09 via bbc.co.uk
  
  UN chief says we are in an "era of global boiling" as July set to be world's warmest month on record.
  
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• Back from the dead! Ancient roundworm is revived after lying dormant in Siberian permafrost for 46,000 years

  27-07-2023 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Believed to have lived in the late Pleistocene, the time of the woolly mammoths, a small group of worms removed from Siberian permafrost and came 'back to life'.
  
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• JP Morgan Chase Bank Suddenly Terminates Dr. Mercola, Employees And Family Members

  27-07-2023 19:39 via technocracy.news
  
  Big Pharma is attempting to bury one of its biggest critics, Dr. Joseph Mercola. The tight relationship between Chase and various Big Pharma companies is evident with a mean-spirited attack on Mercola.com (based in Florida), its senior officers and their family members. Chase totally ignored Florida state law that prohibits “financial institutions from denying or canceling services based on political or religious beliefs.” ⁃ TN Editor
  Employees of a Florida-based retail health
  
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• Global Warming Activism Targets Giant Global Livestock Industry And 1.3 Billion People

  27-07-2023 19:08 via technocracy.news
  
  This important statistical analysis demonstrates the magnitude of the meat industry around the world, which involves no less than 1.3 billion supporting workers. This is the industry that technocrat eco-loons want to destroy, and what can’t be destroyed will be substituted with synthetic food. Seriously? Yes, but it shows the anti-human fallacy of the entire movement. ⁃ TN EditorCombined together, meat, dairy, and eggs make up nearly 18% of the average person’s d
  
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• MAGA Republican Matt Gaetz reveals he's seen footage of four UFOs that are 'not human' and moved into a 'diamond formation' when US jets approached them

  27-07-2023 18:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida Rep Matt Gaetz revealed Wednesday how pilots saw four UFOs hovering over the Gulf of Mexico and at the center was an orb, which the congressman said was not of any human capability.
  
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• Environmentalists Betray The Environment They Claim To Protect

  27-07-2023 18:03 via technocracy.news
  
  In the early 1970s, the original environmental movement was hijacked by big money (think Rockefeller dynasty), transformed, radicalized and weaponized against capitalism and free market economics. It was never intended to save the world, but rather to destroy it, and hence, make way for the ultimate “Great Reset” as proclaimed by the World Economic Forum.⁃ TN EditorI am an environmentalist.
  I value clean air, clean water, forests, rivers, lakes, jungles, and wide-open wild spac
  
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• NASA, DARPA enlist Lockheed to build nuclear-powered spacecraft

  27-07-2023 18:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Hey, at least this one isn't an actual bomb NASA's ambitions to speed up space travel are about to go nuclear, as its joint project with military boffinry unit DARPA has found a builder for an experimental nuclear thermal rocket vehicle, or X-NTRV: Lockheed Martin.…
  
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• Google alert failed to warn people of Turkey earthquake

  27-07-2023 18:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The tech giant claims millions of people were sent a warning before the deadly earthquake earlier this year.
  
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• What was the 'Tic Tac' UFO? The story behind retired Navy pilot's 2004 sighting of a 'perfectly white, smooth' object with no windows that was 'far superior to any human craft'

  27-07-2023 17:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Retired US Navy pilot David Fravor once again reminded the world about his encounter with a 'Tic Tac' shaped UFO 15 years ago during the bombshell US congress hearing yesterday.
  
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• What a 'twinkling' star sounds like: 'Eerily fascinating' noise caused by rippling waves of gas inside a stellar core is similar to a 'warped ray gun', experts say

  27-07-2023 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers at Northwestern University unveiled what 'twinkling' stars sound like after converting the rippling waves of gas inside stellar cores into sound waves.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Sexy AI-generated influencers are silently swarming social media with fake names and backstories with one goal: Con desperate men

  27-07-2023 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  DailyMail.com uncovered several AI influencers who are aspiring virtual models, online girlfriends and are asking for tips. Some of the digital designs offer plans to purchase their nudes.
  
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• The 61 Best Films on Disney+ Right Now

  27-07-2023 16:00
  
  From The Incredible Hulk to old-school Walt Disney animations like The Skeleton Dance, here's what you need to watch on the streaming platform.
  
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• July 2023 is 'virtually certain' to be world's hottest month on record as extreme heatwaves continue to sweep across Europe, Asia and North America, scientists warn

  27-07-2023 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Despite looking at data from only the first three weeks, the World Meteorological Organisation said this July was on course to be the hottest 'by a significant margin'.
  
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• Slack is back online following an hour-long outage that left users around the world unable to use the messaging app

  27-07-2023 12:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The go-to platform for workplace messaging is back online after an hour-long outage that left users across the world unable to message each other.
  
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• Warrior woman! Mystery of 2,000-year-old grave on the Isles of Scilly is finally SOLVED as scientists say skeleton found with a mirror and sword was female

  27-07-2023 12:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research led by Historic England has unveiled that a 2,000-year-old burial on Bryher island at the Isles of Scilly actually belonged to a warrior woman.
  
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• Is THIS the key to getting to Mars quicker? NASA plans to launch a nuclear-powered spacecraft into orbit to test technology that could slash the time it takes to get to the Red Planet

  27-07-2023 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The spacecraft, known as DRACO (Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations), is a project being led by NASA and the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
  
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• 'Far better than Apple's offering': Get Alexa in your ears and score Amazon's Echo Buds with noise cancellation on sale for less than £60 (that's 58% off!)

  27-07-2023 10:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  SHOPPING: Looking for a great deal on earbuds? Get the Amazon Echo Buds (2nd Gen) for 58 per cent off now. Enjoy 'great sound quality' and Alexa voice assistant support.
  
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• Artificial Intelligence police van detects drivers using mobile phones

  27-07-2023 10:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The van found 86 drivers suspected of using a phone and 273 people not wearing a seat belt.
  
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• E-bike battery fires prompt call for better regulation

  27-07-2023 10:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A charity says batteries for e-bikes should require third-party approval before being sold in the UK.
  
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• A room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor? Take a closer look

  27-07-2023 09:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's OK to be skeptical if someone says they found the holy grail Three scientists in South Korea claim they've crafted a superconductor that works at both room temperature and ambient pressure – a revolutionary breakthrough if confirmed. …
  
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• Hollywood writers fear losing work to AI

  27-07-2023 08:01 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US movie and TV writers have been on strike since May with artificial intelligence a core issue.
  
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• Environment: Trainee foresters almost guaranteed job - students

  27-07-2023 07:02 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some undergraduates drop out of degrees after offers of roles by firms "desperate" for staff.
  
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• Aliens crash landed on Earth – and Uncle Sam is covering it up, this guy tells Congress

  27-07-2023 03:13 via go.theregister.com
  
  Men in Black snatched Little Green Men's spacecraft, allegedly Poll  The US government has recovered alien spacecraft and bodies from crash landings on Earth, and is keeping the whole thing covered up, Congress was told on Wednesday.…
  
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• Swan upping: Royal cygnet numbers drop by 40% in a year

  27-07-2023 02:55 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The historic royal tradition of "swan upping" reveals a sharp decline in swan young on the River Thames.
  
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• Is this the end for annoying Captchas? Technology backed by Google and Apple could render the security test designed to weed out online bots obsolete

  27-07-2023 01:12 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Growing numbers are signing up for Privacy Pass in technology which is being supported by giants such as Apple and Google, which could put an end to Captchas entirely
  
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• Climate change: Last year's UK heatwave 'a sign of things to come'

  27-07-2023 01:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Last year's record-breaking heat, driven by climate change, gives a snapshot of the UK's future weather.
  
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• Britain's hottest year EVER in 2022 was 'a moment of climate history' and 'a sign of things to come', scientists warn

  27-07-2023 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The hot, dry summer of 2022 led to Britain enduring 104F (40C) temperatures for the first time ever, with a high of 104.5°F (40.3°C) in Coningsby, Lincolnshire.
  
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• Excitement over Threads fades but users return to app

  27-07-2023 00:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg expresses pride in the launch of his new social media app.
  
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