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• Why NASA axed Boeing mission to bring stranded astronauts home: 'To avoid fatal accident'

  27-08-2024 23:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has axed Boeing's mission to bring stranded astronauts Sunita Williams and Barry Wilmore home on Starliner. The decision ultimately came down to astronaut safety, expert says.
  
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• Cities across US make rare move to spray chemicals through streets in response to onslaught of deadly mosquito-borne infections

  27-08-2024 22:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Cities across the US are spraying pesticides to combat rising cases of deadly mosquito-borne viruses. Parts of Massachusetts, New York, Texas and California will be sprayed this week.
  
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• Tech Life: The voice cloning lawsuit

  27-08-2024 21:30 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Two voice actors take legal action claiming their voices were stolen and cloned using AI.
  
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• Religion Goes Digital: Playing Gods, Becoming Gods, Building Gods

  27-08-2024 19:46 via technocracy.news
  
  Humanity’s innate desire for religion knows no bounds: indeed, every human on planet Earth will worship something, even the devout atheist. Geneticist and Transhumanist Richard Seed summed up the logical and natural extension about becoming a god in a few short words:– Patrick Wood, TN Editor.Some see God in the Machine. I can’t help but see a Devil leering back at me. You might say that’s a personal quirk, but it’s every writer’s duty to transfer neuroses to
  
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• Forget the iPhone 16! Apple could launch a 10th anniversary Apple Watch X at the 'It's Glowtime' event, leaker claims

  27-08-2024 18:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Just like the iPhone X celebrated a decade of the iPhone, Apple Watch X could mark 10 years since the world glimpsed the first Apple Watch.
  
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• Are LED beauty masks worth the hype? Trendy £500 devices loved by Victoria Beckham, Suki Waterhouse, and Nina Dobrev don't work and are a 'complete waste of money', study warns

  27-08-2024 16:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Looking like bizarre devices from a dystopian future, these trendy masks which cost £500 or more inwardly emit rays of red and near-infrared light.
  
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• Incredible maps reveal exactly where in the brain different types of LOVE are felt - from romantic relationships to affection for your dog

  27-08-2024 16:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From the love you feel for your dog to the love of a romantic partner, researchers have now revealed exactly where in the brain love is experienced.
  
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• Warning to people who've had a tattoo recently as FDA recalls ink sold nation-wide because it contains deadly germs

  27-08-2024 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The FDA is warning anyone who has gotten a tattoo recently after it was discovered a popular brand of tattoo ink was contaminated with dangerous microorganisms.
  
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• Not just 'puppy love'! Teen relationships are actually the most intense of our lives, Oxford psychologist claims

  27-08-2024 13:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From '10 Things I Hate About You' to 'To All the Boys I've Loved Before', teenage romances have been the focus of blockbuster hits for years.
  
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• Now phone-addicted Gen-Z are losing the ability to use computer keyboards, experts fear - so, how fast can YOU type?

  27-08-2024 13:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  As smartphones and tablets eclipse laptop and desktop computers, many are concerned that touch typing might become a forgotten skill. So, how fast can you type? Take the test to find out.
  
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• Blue Origin sets October 13 for first New Glenn EscaPADE to Mars

  27-08-2024 12:37 via go.theregister.com
  
  Must launch to catch the red planet alignment window despite occasional testing 'anomalies' Jeff Bezos's rocket venture, Blue Origin, has set a date of no earlier than October 13 for the inaugural mission of the New Glenn rocket, with a payload set for Mars.…
  
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• Zuckerberg regrets bowing to Biden 'pressure' over Covid

  27-08-2024 11:52 via bbc.com
  
  The billionaire says White House officials pressured Meta to remove content 'for months' in 2021.
  
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• Too hot to sleep? This easy hack could cool you down... but it might also kill the mood!

  27-08-2024 10:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  During the summer months, people resort to buying fans and even sleeping on top of the covers in a bid to stay cool at night.
  
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• Was the moon a blisteringly hot world? Our lunar neighbour was once covered with an ocean of molten rock, data from India's Chandrayaan-3 rover suggests

  27-08-2024 10:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New evidence gathered by India's Chandrayaan-3 mission has revealed that the moon was once covered in an ocean of molten rock.
  
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• James Webb captures stunning new image of planets that've 'gone rogue'

  27-08-2024 10:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Astronomers are revising their understanding of how stars and planets form after the James Webb Space Telescope spotted six new 'rogue' worlds 1,000 light years away from Earth.
  
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• Dr Helen Fisher, MRI maven who showed just how love works, dies at 79

  27-08-2024 09:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's all about your chemistry Noted anthropologist Dr Helen Fisher, who lead groundbreaking research into how the brain deals with love and passion, has died at the age of 79 after suffering endometrial cancer.…
  
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• Canada hits China-made electric cars with 100% tariff

  27-08-2024 05:03 via bbc.com
  
  The move comes after similar announcements, including in the US and European Union.
  
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• Have Swiss scientists made a chocolate breakthrough?

  27-08-2024 02:55 via bbc.com
  
  The whole of the cocoa fruit is used in production, rather than just the beans.
  
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• Takeaway coffees have 'THREE times the caffeine' of brews made at home

  27-08-2024 02:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Tests on more than 200 coffees bought from popular chains revealed Americanos had the highest caffeine levels, averaging around 140mg per drink. Home-made coffees had the lowest.
  
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• Japan abandons SLIM hopes its lunar lander will revive, ends Moon mission

  27-08-2024 01:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Lasted longer than expected, but hasn't been heard from since late April Japan's Space Exploration Agency (JAXA) has ended operations of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) that it landed on Earth's sole natural satellite in January.…
  
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• Thousands of tarantulas on the move in three US states amid massive search for a mate

  27-08-2024 00:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some arachnid experts have called it a 'mate-gration' as tarantula males are known to sometimes travel as many as 20 miles in search of a female partner from now to Oct.
  
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