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• Countries with the highest mortality rates from these common causes of death revealed - and the United States makes the top 10

  03-10-2023 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers analyzed data on death rates from six common noncommunicable diseases in 38 mostly high income countries. The US came in ninth overall, they found.
  
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• Apple reveals issues behind overheating iPhone 15 Pros ... and how YOU can avoid it

  03-10-2023 21:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has revealed a bug in its iOS 17 is causing iPhone 15 Pros to overheating, but the tech giant told DailyMail.com there are several other issues that could cause excessive heat.
  
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• Netflix could  raise prices AGAIN: Customers of ad-free services are set to be hit a few months after the Hollywood actor strike ends

  03-10-2023 19:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report claims Netflix is gearing up to raise pricing for its ad-free services in the US and Canada shortly after the actor strike comes to an end, which is set for the coming weeks.
  
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• Unusual statue featuring a frontal depiction of a man holding his phallus with both hands is discovered near to Mesolithic temple in Turkey

  03-10-2023 18:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The unusual 7.5ft (2.3m)-tall statue was discovered at a prehistoric site known as Karahan Tepe, which is around 22 miles (35km) from a Mesolithic temple built 6,000 years before Stonehenge.
  
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• Oldest mummy in the US will finally get a proper burial: 'Stoneman Willie' -has been on display in a funeral home for 128 years

  03-10-2023 18:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The man is only known as 'Stoneman Willie,' an alcoholic who died of kidney failure in a local jail in 1895, and was accidentally mummified by a mortician during experiments.
  
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• Sam Altman Is Creating Himself In The Image Of Robert Oppenheimer Or Bill Gates?

  03-10-2023 18:45 via technocracy.news
  
  Some claim OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is the 21st-century version of Robert Oppenheimer, the director of the laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico, where the atomic bomb was designed. Oppenheimer was an administrator; Altman is an administrator, venture capitalist, and opportunist. Altman is a pedestrian programmer who clawed his way to the top of a budding empire, just like Bill Gates, who created Microsoft in 1975.
  Gates purchased all the early software from others. The programmers he hired after th
  
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• US issues first ever fine for space junk to Dish Network

  03-10-2023 18:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Dish Network will have to pay $150,000 for failing to move an old satellite far enough away from the Earth.
  
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• Sam Bankman-Fried Is a Terrible Client

  03-10-2023 18:25
  
  Criminal defendants often decline to testify at trial for fear of incriminating themselves. For FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, that could be the best option.
  
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• NASA plans to build HOUSE on the moon by 2040 that could be the first off-Earth 'Airbnb' for civilians

  03-10-2023 17:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA revealed plans to build a house on the moon by 2040 that could be a getaway location for the average American. The structure will be built by a 3D printer that will launch to the lunar surface.
  
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• Raising the steaks! World's first AI-powered grill promises to cook the perfect steak in just 90 seconds - but it has an eye-watering $3,500 price tag

  03-10-2023 17:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Perfecta, from Birmingham-based firm Seergrills, cooks the meat as it's held in place vertically, like a piece of bread in a toaster, with ultra-hot grills on either side.
  
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• Gay behaviour is the norm for most animals: Scientists study homosexual acts in 1,500 species - and say same-sex displays evolved repeatedly to increase social bonding and reduce conflict

  03-10-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts led by Spain's Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas reviewed the scientific literature related to gay behaviour in animals and created a database of their findings.
  
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• Carbon offsetting is a 'waste of time': Scientists say tree-planting schemes loved by celebrities as an excuse for flying are actually HARMING nature

  03-10-2023 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Planting trees in vast schemes to 'offset' carbon emissions is harming nature, a new Oxford study claims.
  
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• Revealed: What Britons think 'older people' look like (with VERY different results depending on your age!)

  03-10-2023 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  EXCLUSIVE: Care home provider, KYN, asked more than 1,000 people to describe an older person, before feeding their results into AI art generator, Midjourney, to bring them to life.
  
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• TikTok testing out advert-free monthly subscription

  03-10-2023 16:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The video sharing site is looking into charging a fee of around $4.99 to get rid of ads.
  
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• 5G satellite briefly becomes brightest object in night sky

  03-10-2023 14:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  With more constellations on the horizon, scientists call for better approval of launches A recently launched 5G satellite periodically becomes the brightest object in the night sky, alarming astronomers who reckon it sometimes becomes hundreds of times brighter than the current recommendations.…
  
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• Doja Cat and Jonas Brothers songwriters say AI is not to be feared

  03-10-2023 13:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Industry heavyweights behind Doja Cat and Jonas Brothers hits say AI doesn't have to be a threat.
  
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• India Is Using Terrorism Laws To Target Journalists

  03-10-2023 13:25
  
  Police seized laptops and phones from reporters working for the anti-establishment Newsclick website—the latest outlet to be raided during a crackdown on media in India.
  
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• Will YOU see this month's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse? Interactive map reveals the areas where skygazers will have the best view of the rare astronomical event

  03-10-2023 13:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Stargazers in the US, Mexico and parts of South America will be treated to the dazzling spectacle of a 'ring of fire' solar eclipse on October 14.
  
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• Slovakia’s Election Deepfakes Show AI Is a Danger to Democracy

  03-10-2023 13:00
  
  Fact-checkers scrambled to deal with faked audio recordings released days before a tight election, in a warning for other countries with looming votes.
  
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• Nobel Prize for 'attosecond physicists' Agostini, L'Huillier and Krausz

  03-10-2023 12:36 via bbc.co.uk
  
  This year's Nobel Prize in Physics rewards research into electrons in "flashes of light".
  
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• Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three scientists for their technique to create pulses of light lasting just 'attoseconds' (one billionth of one billionth of a second!)

  03-10-2023 11:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The scientists demonstrated a way to create extremely short pulses of light that can be used to measure the rapid processes in which electrons move or change energy.
  
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• All Onewheel e-skateboards recalled worldwide after four deaths

  03-10-2023 11:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A US watchdog cited a risk of crashes causing serious injuries, and the firm confirmed the global recall.
  
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• NASA's James Webb discovers an entirely new category of worlds: Incredible images reveal mysterious planet-size objects dubbed 'Jumbos'

  03-10-2023 11:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jupiter-mass binary objects, or 'JUMBOs', are a bizarre new category of worlds that seem to defy classification - and have even left scientists scratching their heads.
  
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• Love App-tually? Couples who meet on dating apps are unhappier in their marriages than people who meet in person, study finds

  03-10-2023 11:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from Arizona State University say that couples who meet on dating apps are unhappier in their marriages than people who meet in the real world.
  
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• Meta: Can the firm's new headset stop virtual reality sickness?

  03-10-2023 10:58 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Mark Zuckerberg claims VR motion sickness is getting better but will its new device stop the nausea?
  
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• ESA delays Vega-C's return after nozzle design fails tests

  03-10-2023 08:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Eurolauncher won't fly again until 2024 as it awaits another redesign The Vega-C rocket will not return to launch until late 2024 because a test on a redesigned nozzle failed, the European Space Agency revealed on Monday.…
  
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• This Website Exposes the Truth About Soaring Food Prices

  03-10-2023 08:00
  
  A developer in Austria created a comparison website that helped open up the opaque world of food costs as regulators investigate the food industry.
  
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• The ‘Green’ Future of Furniture Is a Sofa Stuffed With Seaweed

  03-10-2023 08:00
  
  Foam rubber—like the filling inside your couch—produces an enormous amount of CO2. A Norwegian company called Agoprene thinks seaweed could be the solution.
  
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• Could venom from one of the world's most poisonous spiders be used for erectile dysfunction? Here's how scientists use deadly venom to treat common health problems

  03-10-2023 00:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Venom from spiders, snakes, and scorpions can lead to quick death. But scientists are harnessing new ways to turn this venom into treatments for erectile dysfunction, heart attacks, and cancer.
  
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