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• Mega-earthquake is poised to rock five states in America's heartland in next 50 years

  26-07-2024 23:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There is a 150-mile-long fault that stretches through five Midwest states. Experts said there would be significant damage in St Louis and Memphis, and thousands of people would die.
  
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• The greenhouse gases swirling above our heads: NASA captures footage of CO2 churning in the sky - with huge plumes coming from power plants and forest fires

  26-07-2024 21:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Incredible new NASA footage shows the most abundant greenhouse gas that is warming our planet at an alarming rate.
  
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• Two dead and 34 fall sick after listeria outbreak linked to recalled Boar's Head deli meat

  26-07-2024 20:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A multi-state listeria outbreak linked to tainted deli meat has now sickened at least 34 people and killed two, sparking a massive recall.
  
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• Autumn date to fix blood transfusion services

  26-07-2024 20:31 via bbc.com
  
  The systems were affected by a hack on the NHS, which caused significant disruption.
  
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• Archaeologists make 'unprecedented' discovery after unsealing a 2,000-year-old tomb

  26-07-2024 20:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A sealed sarcophagus at the 'tomb of Cerberus' has been opened for the first time in 2,000 years. Italian researchers said they were shocked to see what laid inside.
  
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• SpaceX Falcon 9 set for comeback after upper-stage failure

  26-07-2024 19:38 via go.theregister.com
  
  Cracked line blamed for leak SpaceX aims to resume launching the Falcon 9 rocket tomorrow after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to let the company return to flight operations.…
  
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• NASA discovers first 'possible' signs of life on Mars

  26-07-2024 19:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered an 'interesting' rock that may hold signs of ancient life on Mars. Scientists announced the rock contains organic compounds.
  
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• Does filming your Chipotle order being made get you bigger portions? We put the 'life hack' to the test

  26-07-2024 18:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Filming does not result in larger portion sizes,' a Chipotle rep said as TikTok users have begun filming the servers making their orders. DailyMail.com has now investigated two locations to learn the truth
  
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• Faulty Boeing Starliner leaves astronauts trapped in space for 51 days - and there's no end to their ordeal in sight

  26-07-2024 17:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sunita Williams and Barry 'Butch' Wilmore have had their stay on the International Space Station extended indefinitely after hoping to visit the orbiting lab for 8 days.
  
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• Boeing Starliner crew get their ISS sleepover extended

  26-07-2024 16:24 via go.theregister.com
  
  Bosses regret talking up mission duration as Capsule's lifetime extended to 90 days The crew of the Boeing Starliner will spend the summer aboard the International Space Station (ISS) as NASA and Boeing refused to set a return date for the craft.…
  
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• Scottish bog gets world heritage status

  26-07-2024 12:48 via bbc.com
  
  After an almost 40-year campaign, a little-known UK landscape has been awarded world heritage status.
  
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• OpenAI takes on Google: Microsoft-backed tech giant launches an AI search tool dubbed SearchGPT

  26-07-2024 12:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'SearchGPT', which is being trialed as a prototype before a wider rollout, scours the web for live news and information just like Google Search.
  
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• CrowdStrike boss says 97% of crashed systems fixed

  26-07-2024 11:39 via bbc.com
  
  It's estimated 8.5 million devices were disabled by a faulty update from the cyber-security firm.
  
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• Shuttle Columbia's near-miss: Why we should always expect the unexpected in space

  26-07-2024 11:33 via go.theregister.com
  
  The eventful launch of STS-93 and the Chandra X-Ray Observatory Twenty-five years ago, Space Shuttle Columbia launched the Chandra X-ray observatory and nearly ended in catastrophe. As the then-ascent flight director John Shannon observed: "Yikes. We don't need another one of those."…
  
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• Urgent warning over 'Doomsday wreck' at the bottom of the Thames: SS Richard Montgomery is deteriorating faster than feared - and could unleash a tsunami towards London if it explodes, report warns

  26-07-2024 10:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new survey of the vessel has revealed 'concerning' signs of decay in the body of the ship, all observed in the year since the last survey.
  
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• Actors go on strike over video games AI threat

  26-07-2024 06:44 via bbc.com
  
  The union has been in talks with big games studios, like Activision and Walt Disney, for 18 months.
  
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• Mises: Are Technocrats Also Running The Biden Presidency?

  26-07-2024 04:45 via technocracy.news
  
  The empty skirt Democrat candidate has no base of her own. Mises notes that “her ‘base’ is the technocracy itself.” Further, America has “degenerated into the ideal technocracy—from the technocrat’s viewpoint” because all substantive decisions are made by unelected Technocrats.
  So the Democrat administration is run by Technocrats? You haven’t seen the half of it because Trump has been taken over by Technocrats as well.
  Mises gets it
  
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• What's behind the global self-storage boom?

  26-07-2024 01:17 via bbc.com
  
  Rising rents, e-commerce and available property are contributing to a boom in self-storage.
  
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• Lawmaker uses AI voice clone to address Congress

  26-07-2024 00:49 via bbc.com
  
  Virginia Congresswoman Jennifer Wexton has a rare neurological condition that makes it difficult for her to speak.
  
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