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• Texas woman uses AirTags to see where recyclable plastics REALLY end up - and is left speechless

  03-09-2024 22:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An environmentalist was curious about where recycled plastics actually end up and decided to track her trash using Apple AirTags. She watched the devices move through Texas.
  
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• Truth about cellphones and brain cancer link, according to major World Health Organization review

  03-09-2024 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  There have been concerns about radiation emitted from mobile devices for decades and the WHO's cancer agency declared it a potential carcinogen to people in 2011.
  
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• I was sexually groomed online at age 12 - here's what I experienced that parents and kids must know

  03-09-2024 19:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Harrison Haynes said he was groomed by a stranger online as a 12-year-old. Now as an adult, Haynes is sharing his story with the hopes of saving other kids and parents from the same horrors.
  
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• Mercury probe BepiColombo thrusters are acting up, but science marches on

  03-09-2024 19:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Trajectory tweak means a delay of almost a year, though 165 km flyby should produce eye candy The BepiColombo spacecraft is to make a closer-than-planned flyby of Mercury this week, whizzing past the planet at approximately 165 km from the surface after the European Space Agency's (ESA) Flight Dynamics team tweaked the trajectory to compensate for malfunctioning thrusters.…
  
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• Revealed: The 'world's strongest beer' is brewed in Scotland, costs £45 a bottle... and left one drinker with a 'numb tongue'. So would YOU try it?

  03-09-2024 19:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Beithir Fire comes with a bright yellow warning label stating that no more than 35ml should be drunk in one sitting.
  
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• I was struck by a bolt of lightning on a beach in Florida - here's how it hospitalized me

  03-09-2024 18:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meredyth Willits was enjoying a quiet day at the beach with her husband in Florida when the was struck by a bolt of lightning. She survived, but has reported some unusual symptoms.
  
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• Every cloud has a silver lining! Britain is set for a 'spectacular' autumn with tree colours even MORE glorious than usual thanks to the higher-than-average rainfall this year, experts say

  03-09-2024 16:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The saying goes that 'every cloud has a silver lining', and it seems that's certainly the case with the weather this year.
  
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• Technopopulism: The Merger Of MAGA Populism And Technocracy

  03-09-2024 16:16 via technocracy.news
  
  Yes, Technopopulism is a phenomenon carefully and clearly documented in the literature. The naive populist movement (MAGA) is undoubtedly passionate about its cause but largely without a brain. This is fertile soil for Technocracy to take root, but it will eventually take over the whole field with thistles and thorn bushes.Said the cunning Spider to the Fly, “Dear friend what can I do,To prove the warm affection I’ve always felt for you?” Mary Howitt, The Spider and the Fly (18
  
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• Watch Titanic's famous bow fall apart: Shocking footage reveals just how rapidly the great liner is deteriorating - with a 15ft section of railing lost to the seabed

  03-09-2024 13:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Videos and photos captured by robotic submarines reveal just how fast the Titanic is deteriorating, as it lies 3,800 metres (12,500ft) beneath the surface.
  
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• TfL cyberattack could have brought London to a STANDSTILL, experts warn - here's how to tell if your personal details have been compromised

  03-09-2024 12:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Experts have warned that a cyberattack on Transport for London last night came dangerously close to bringing the capital to a 'standstill'.
  
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• Phone companies asked to help tackle rise in thefts

  03-09-2024 12:00 via bbc.com
  
  Some 78,000 people had their phone or bag snatched last year, more than double the previous year.
  
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• Blood stem cells are grown in a LAB for the first time - in major breakthrough that could end the need for bone marrow donors

  03-09-2024 11:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A team from Murdoch Children's Research Institute has created lab-grown blood stem cells that are similar to those in humans - and they've been shown to survive beyond a Petri dish.
  
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• Huge asteroid 20 TIMES larger than the one that wiped out the dinosaurs slammed into the Solar System's biggest moon 4 billion years ago - shifting its axis entirely, study finds

  03-09-2024 11:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have discovered evidence that an asteroid 20 times larger than the one that ended the age of the dinosaurs slammed into Jupiter's moon, Ganymede.
  
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• Magnetic personalities at Tokamak Energy form separate division

  03-09-2024 10:32 via go.theregister.com
  
  Fusion biz wants to break superconducting tech into other sectors Brit nuclear fusion firm Tokamak Energy has formed a separate division to commercialize the superconducting magnet tech it developed for reactors in other markets including renewable energy or transport.…
  
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• The Big Bang started it all - but the 'Big Crunch' is what could wipe us out

  03-09-2024 06:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  For anyone on Earth, the first signs would be in the sky, with galaxy clusters and galaxies merging, then stars beginning to collide with each other.
  
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• Five seabirds added to UK red list of most concern

  03-09-2024 03:32 via bbc.com
  
  Conservation groups are calling for action as populations of seabirds decline on UK cliffs.
  
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• Top Brazil court upholds ban of Musk's X

  03-09-2024 02:35 via bbc.com
  
  A majority of justices has voted in favour of upholding the suspension which has seen X blocked in Brazil.
  
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• Inside the deepfake porn crisis engulfing Korean schools

  03-09-2024 02:14 via bbc.com
  
  The crisis engulfing more than 500 schools and universities involves many underage victims.
  
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• Young workers drive South Africa's video games industry

  03-09-2024 01:07 via bbc.com
  
  South Africa has a small but thriving video games industry, helped by plenty of young workers.
  
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