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• Archaeologists uncover 'monumental', 3,000-year-old structure in Israel that corroborates Bible stories

  22-07-2024 23:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists discovered a monumental structure from the Bible that confirms Jerusalem was once divided. The area was split into the Ophel and the Millo areas.
  
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• Florida braces for 'dirty rain' as massive cloud of Saharan dust rolls in

  22-07-2024 23:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A massive cloud of Saharan dust that traveled more than 4,000 miles across the Atlantic is making landfall in parts of the US, which will create 'dirty rain' in certain states this weekend.
  
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• CrowdStrike shares hit again as IT disruption continues

  22-07-2024 22:16 via bbc.com
  
  Shares in the cybersecurity firm drop a further 13% after last week's global IT outage.
  
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• Inside 'Project Sentinel' - the $300bn plan to upgrade America's doomsday machines

  22-07-2024 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Pentagon is reconstructing 450 doomsday machines that could destroy humanity and create a nuclear fallout that would cause the deaths of millions of Americans.
  
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• Warning Earth could be hit with radio blackouts this week as NASA captures dark plasma eruption from the sun

  22-07-2024 20:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has caught video of a 'cold' solar flare - that led government officials to issue an alert Monday warning that its 'dark' plasma pulse could lead to 'power grid fluctuations'
  
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• Only 20% of Harvard students aced this three-question IQ test...  how will YOU get on?

  22-07-2024 20:22 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A Yale University professor designed the shortest IQ test to gauge whether students use spatial reasoning skills to solve them. 20-40 percent of students answered all questions correctly.
  
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• Do you have Main Character Syndrome? People who believe they are the protagonist in their life are happier than those who see themselves as sidekicks, study finds

  22-07-2024 17:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Missouri say that people with a case of 'main character syndrome' have a higher sense of wellbeing and psychological satisfaction.
  
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• Scientists reveal the four things you can do to limit your food waste - including APOLOGISING to binned items

  22-07-2024 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From storing leftovers in transparent containers to even apologizing to your food, here's how to save the edible remnants in your refrigerator.
  
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• Oxygen discovery defies knowledge of the deep ocean

  22-07-2024 17:37 via bbc.com
  
  The discovery that lumps of metal on the seafloor produce oxygen raises questions over plans to mine the deep ocean.
  
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• Engineers fix ESA's Gaia observatory from 1.5M kilometers away

  22-07-2024 17:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  And you thought rolling back a borked update on a server down the hall was hard? The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared the story of how engineers brought a mission back from the brink after a micrometeoroid strike, an equipment failure, and an impressive solar storm.…
  
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• Engineers fix ESA's Gaia observatory from 1.5 million kilometers away

  22-07-2024 17:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  And you thought rolling back a borked update on a server down the hall was hard? The European Space Agency (ESA) has shared the story of how engineers brought a mission back from the brink after a micrometeoroid strike, an equipment failure, and an impressive solar storm.…
  
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• Move aside, Vito Corleone and Sophia Loren! It's not just Italians who gesture with their hands - chimpanzees do too, study finds

  22-07-2024 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From Vito Corleone in The Godfather to Sophia Loren in Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Italian characters are known to use over-the-top hand gestures. Now it turns out chimpanzees do too.
  
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• Billionaire Technocrats Pile On The Trump Train, Led By Peter Thiel And J.D. Vance

  22-07-2024 16:04 via technocracy.news
  
  In Peter Thiel’s eyes, he has scored the major coup of his lifetime in taking over the Republican party for Technocracy. Read this article and ponder: “Because JD Vance, the new potential VP, is Thiel’s creature. He is a man Thiel molded in his own image through lavish investments in his business and political careers.” Thus, the Populist movement has fully merged with Technocracy to move forward as Technopopulism.
  President Trump is a willing participant and has lav
  
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• Do you know what these emoji really mean? Popular characters have VERY different meanings in other cultures and countries - take the test to see if you're interpreting them correctly

  22-07-2024 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From the seemingly innocent 'hotel' to the enigmatic 'sign of the horns', you might be surprised to learn how common emoji are interpreted around the world.
  
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• The secret language of elephants: Males use deep rumbles to signal 'let's go' to their pals, study finds

  22-07-2024 14:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Male African bush elephants in groups emit a deep growl to say it's time to leave, report researchers at Stanford University.
  
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• Want to dress more like Gen Z? You'll need a pair of these trainers... and they're actually GOOD for your feet, say experts

  22-07-2024 13:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harry Styles led the way pictured in Hoka trainers last year when he posted - and promptly deleted - a photo to his Instagram story sporting a pair and a One Direction t-shirt.
  
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• Robust Extreme: Urgent warning not to take illegal 'sex power' pills

  22-07-2024 13:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The Therapeutic Goods Administration has issued an urgent warning for imported 'Robust Extreme' capsules, which claim to help men suffering from erectile dysfunction.
  
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• New study reveals which states it's harder to be a woman than a man based on science

  22-07-2024 13:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The study's state-by-state rankings also revealed a potentially instructive trend: the states with lower equality for women also had lower financial well-being for men
  
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• Man's stressed friend! Dogs can smell stress in your breath and sweat - and it puts them in a bad mood, study finds

  22-07-2024 12:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the University of Bristol have discovered that dogs really can tell when you are stressed and are even put in a bad mood by the smell of worried humans.
  
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• CrowdStrike outage continues to wreak havoc around the globe - as the firm claims a 'significant number' of the 8.5 million Windows devices affected by the blackout are back online

  22-07-2024 11:09 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a post on X, CrowdStrike apologised and said it 'continues to focus on restoring all systems as soon as possible'.
  
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• Curiosity rover is crushing it: ran over a rock and found pure sulfur

  22-07-2024 07:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  An unexpected splash of yellow on the red planet The Curiosity rover has found something surprising: rocks made of pure sulfur.…
  
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• 'Significant number' of devices fixed - CrowdStrike

  22-07-2024 05:35 via bbc.com
  
  Cybersecurity firm behind global outage says it continues to focus on restoring all impacted computers.
  
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• Chinese researchers create four-gram drone that might fly forever

  22-07-2024 03:53 via go.theregister.com
  
  Plus: Former Samsung worker jailed for leaking secrets; Robo-cabs reach Shanghai airport; and more Chinese researchers have created a drone that weighs just over four grams – less than a sheet of printer paper – and may be able to fly indefinitely.…
  
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• The pitfalls of believing love is all down to fate: Relationships deemed 'destined to be' go downhill fastest, academics warn

  22-07-2024 02:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers have discovered that those who think relationships grow through effort, instead, tend to maintain higher levels of satisfaction over the years.
  
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• Eric Weinstein: “It’s The Communism, Stupid”

  22-07-2024 01:54 via technocracy.news
  
  Peter Thiel is at the top of the Technocracy and Transhumanism pyramid. He is surrounded by technocrats who are groomed by him, including the likes of J.D. Vance (a Thiel protege). Weinstein is giving a siren call to Trump supporters to see a communist under every rock, around every corner, and suggests that Trump is attracting more support because of this. If he is correct, then they don’t see the open arms of Technocrats and Transhumanists waiting to welcome them to the digital gulag.
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• IT working but delays possible after outage, says NHS

  22-07-2024 01:46 via bbc.com
  
  NHS England says services are back online after the global IT outage, but there could still be disruption.
  
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• Move aside, Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones! As Twisters hits cinemas, three real-life storm chasers reveal what it's REALLY like studying tornadoes - and why driving is actually the most dangerous part of the job

  22-07-2024 01:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Although scientists really do brave golf ball-sized hail and winds of up to 200mph, it isn't actually the tornado that presents the biggest danger.
  
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• Samuel Pepys was a secret fashionista! Famous English diarist had a 'guilty pleasure' for fancy French clothes, study reveals

  22-07-2024 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The famous English diarist Samuel Pepys suffered internal conflict over his love for the Paris style, reports an academic at the University of Cambridge.
  
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