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• Construction begins on Mediterranean megacity twice the size of Barcelona: Egyptian metropolis will cover 65 square miles and feature tourist resorts, an airport and high-speed rail

  07-10-2024 23:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The city is expected to contribute $25billion (£19billion) a year to Egypt's economy and is forecast to create 750,000 jobs.
  
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• Vulcan Centaur avoids FAA scrutiny after losing solid rocket booster nozzle

  07-10-2024 23:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Is that a sparkler attached to the bottom of your rocket or just something falling off? An unusual event occurred during United Launch Alliance's (ULA) second launch of the Vulcan Centaur at the end of last week. One of the twin Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) lost its nozzle, but the vehicle still made it into space as planned.…
  
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• Customers of failed crypto firm FTX set for refunds

  07-10-2024 23:05 via bbc.com
  
  The agreement will put an end to a saga that started when the firm went bankrupt in November 2022.
  
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• NASA releases clearest view of Mars ever that shows blue rocks littering the Martian landscape

  07-10-2024 22:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA named this rocky field 'Mount Washburn' in honor of a mountain in Yellowstone National Park. Researchers believe it could help explain the Red Planet's prehistory
  
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• Southwest Airlines goes down across the US with travelers unable to buy tickets or see flight status

  07-10-2024 21:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Southwest Airlines confirmed its website and app are down, leaving customers unable to buy tickets or see flight states.
  
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• Hurricane Milton interactive tracker: Watch the path of deadly storm as it barrels toward Florida coast

  07-10-2024 20:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Milton is gathering steam as it courses east through the Gulf of Mexico where it is expected to make landfall Wednesday morning along Florida's northwestern coast
  
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• Beach cleaners are left stunned after finding out the truth behind 5ft 'sea snake' washed up on a Danish beach

  07-10-2024 18:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The intriguing object, measuring 5 feet (1.5 metres), was washed up at Dueodde, a beach on Danish island Bornholm's southernmost tip.
  
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• Scientists predict how many of us will live to 100 - as figures reveal life expectancy increases are slowing around the world

  07-10-2024 17:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers say we appear to be approaching the limits of human longevity, despite leaps in life expectancy throughout the 19th and first half of the 20th century thanks to advances in medicine.
  
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• Netflix on Mars? Yeah maybe, thanks to NASA's laser comms demo

  07-10-2024 17:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Optical communications not just for night owls NASA's Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) technology demonstration has notched up another performance milestone as it approaches a year in space.…
  
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• Netflix on Mars? Sure, thanks to NASA's laser comms demo

  07-10-2024 17:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Optical communications not just for night owls NASA's Deep Space Optical Communication (DSOC) technology demonstration has notched up another performance milestone as it approaches a year in space.…
  
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• Stunning Draconid meteor shower will be visible TONIGHT - here's how to see the shooting stars

  07-10-2024 16:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The elusive Draconid meteor shower will streak through the the sky this evening, and may remain visible until the early morning hours on Tuesday. And you won't have to stay up late to see.
  
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• Spacecraft launches towards asteroid knocked off course by Nasa

  07-10-2024 16:19 via bbc.com
  
  The mission aims to re-visit the asteroid Nasa diverted when it crashed a probe into it.
  
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• Verizon goes down for thousands across US with users unable to make calls or use internet

  07-10-2024 15:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Verizon has been hit with an outage Monday morning. Thousands of Americans report no mobile phone and internet services.
  
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• Turin Shroud IS the cloth Jesus was buried in, scientist claims - and says he has an 'enormous quantity of evidence' to prove it

  07-10-2024 15:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Liberato De Caro, an academic and Catholic based in Bari, Italy, says the Shroud of Turin is genuine - and that it really did wrap Jesus Christ's body 2,000 years ago.
  
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• Inside the British lab where you can clone your PETS: Shropshire clinic has reproduced everything from sausage dogs to Suffolk Punch horses - as desperate owners splash out thousands to bring back their animals

  07-10-2024 14:28 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The technique by Gemini Genetics, a company based in Shropshire, takes DNA from a dead pet to create genetically identical copy..
  
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• Fight to save signatures from extinction as teachers warn millions of kids can't sign their name anymore

  07-10-2024 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Younger generations aren't using a signature anymore and experts have revealed the cause. They warn that being unable to sign your name, you leave yourself vulnerable to identity theft.
  
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• The London hotel with £10,000 mattresses that even helped an insomniac like me...

  07-10-2024 14:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Jane Knight checked in to The Mandeville in Marylebone, the first hotel to equip some of its rooms with Dux mattresses from Duxiana, which supplies beds for Tottenham Hotspur's players.
  
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• Nobel Prize for Medicine: Illustrious award handed to experts for gene discovery that could help spot 'silent killer' cancer

  07-10-2024 13:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun were credited with finding microRNA, tiny genetic codes that controls raft of bodily functions.
  
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• The US isn't the only country that's 'Chimp Crazy'! Shocking map reveals how 250 primates are being kept as exotic pets in the UK - so, is there one living near you?

  07-10-2024 13:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you were shocked by the documentary Chimp Crazy, this new map may be even more surprising as it reveals the 250 dangerous primates living in the UK.
  
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• Nobel Prize goes to microRNA researchers

  07-10-2024 12:21 via bbc.com
  
  US scientists Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun helped explain how genes work inside the human body.
  
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• Formula One of the skies! World's first 'vertiport' for FLYING car racing features a 360° Skydeck where spectators can watch the action, and retractable landing pads where the vehicles can refuel

  07-10-2024 11:49 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Airspeeder has collaborated with global architecture firm, HOK, to envisage what the event space - or 'vertiport' - for flying car races could look like.
  
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• Having an older sibling increases the odds of being gay by a fifth, major study finds

  07-10-2024 10:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Being a younger sibling increases your chances of being gay, according to a landmark study of Brits.
  
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• Technocracy’s Week: Flashback 1933 From Time Magazine

  07-10-2024 05:48 via technocracy.news
  
  Time Magazine had a dim view of Technocracy in 1933. In 1932, Technocrats wrote a book, Roosevelt and Technocracy, petitioning Roosevelt to declare himself dictator to dismiss congress and summarily appoint Technocrats to run the county, top to bottom. He didn’t take them up on it, but Technocracy flavored the New Deal. ⁃ Patrick Wood, TN Editor.It still rode bulbously about the land last week. It created hundreds of miscellaneous news items. In Chicago Patrolman John Shannon ar
  
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