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• Meteorologists now tracking two MORE tropical storms over the Atlantic as Hurricane Milton barrels toward Florida

  09-10-2024 23:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Meteorologists are watching more storms in the Atlantic, Leslie and 'Nadine.' The two come as Hurricane Milton is set hit Florida in just a few hours.
  
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• Severe solar storm could disrupt power, communications

  09-10-2024 22:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  On the bright side, auroras may dazzle skies as far south as mid-latitudes Watch out, Earth: There's another strong geomagnetic storm headed our way from the Sun, following the G5-class one that hit back in May.…
  
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• Pentagon's secret UFO data retrieval program 'Immaculate Constellation' revealed for first time in new whistleblower report

  09-10-2024 20:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A secretive Pentagon program to 'detect' and 'quarantine' the military's best UFO data has been hidden since 2017 from Congressional oversight, a new whistleblower claims
  
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• Nobel Chemistry Prize goes to AlphaFold, Rosetta creators - another win for AI

  09-10-2024 20:29 via go.theregister.com
  
  Let’s just hope they don’t give the literature award to a bot, too This year's Nobel Prizes are shaping up to be a triumph for AI. After awarding the physics prize to early AI pioneers yesterday, the chemistry prize has now gone to the creators of AI protein prediction platform AlphaFold and protein design tool Rosetta.…
  
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• School textbooks are SEXIST, woke scientists say - so, would you take offence to these descriptions of men and women?

  09-10-2024 20:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  From 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory' to 'The Tiger Who Came To Tea', woke campaigners have taken offence to many beloved books. Now, scientists claim that even our textbooks are sexist.
  
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• The Demiurge Of Technocracy: Recreating The World In Their Image

  09-10-2024 19:46 via technocracy.news
  
  esotericismThis is a deep dive into thinking of Technocrat elitists, which rests on Gnosticism, occultism and esotericism. Technocracy and Transhumanism seek to remake the physical world in their own image, including all living things and all non-organic matter. They have openly stated that they are talking over evolution as the “intelligent designers” while ignoring the original designer, God. ⁃ Patrick Wood, TN Editor.For a while, Elon Musk left a tweet pinned to the top of h
  
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• NASA spots rock on Mars with a human-like face - can YOU see it?

  09-10-2024 19:23 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA's Mars rover has snapped a photo of a rock resembling a human face on the surface of the red planet. It looks like a slightly squashed head lying on its side with a tired expression.
  
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• NOAA's hurricane hunters share terrifying footage of Milton as they fly through eye of the storm

  09-10-2024 18:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Hurricane hunters on board a NOAA flight toppled over chairs as they flew toward Hurricane Milton. A newly released video showed the aircraft flying through 160-mile-per-hour winds.
  
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• Mama bear beats rival who killed her cub to win Fat Bear Week

  09-10-2024 17:43 via bbc.com
  
  The brown bear, named 128 Grazer, also defeated her rival, Chunk, last year to win the title.
  
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• Updated Hurricane Milton path: Interactive map reveals where deadly storm will smash into Florida

  09-10-2024 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  'Milton is forecast to remain a hurricane while it crosses the Florida Peninsula,' officials warned Wednesday. See our Interactive weather tracker for the latest.
  
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• Would YOU let a robot check your breasts for lumps? Ultra-sensitive robotic 'finger' could be used to diagnose cancer earlier

  09-10-2024 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The robot may help patients feel at ease during examinations that can seem uncomfortable and invasive, researchers from the University of Science and Technology of China said.
  
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• Meta AI launches in the UK: Instagram, Facebook and Messenger have inbuilt AI that can generate fake images, plan dinners based on what's in your fridge, and help you cheat on tests - here's how to try it

  09-10-2024 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you use Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, you may notice a new purple-blue ring icon from today.
  
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• Potential breakthrough as experts discover factor during pregnancy they think causes autism

  09-10-2024 16:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that autism starts much earlier than childhood in a new study. Those diagnosed with autism may have actually developed the disorder while they were still in the womb.
  
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• Hurricane Milton: NASA animation reveals how the storm reached Category 5 strength so quickly - as Florida braces for catastrophe

  09-10-2024 15:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Milton has become the fastest Atlantic storm to reach category 5 strength - with wind speeds leaping from 35 mph to 160 mph in just two days .
  
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• Google threatened with being broken up by US

  09-10-2024 15:44 via bbc.com
  
  The US Government considers whether Google should spin off the Android operating system and Chrome browser.
  
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• Elbows at the ready! The busiest day to travel to London this festive season REVEALED

  09-10-2024 14:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The busiest festive days in previous years have seen up to 32,000 passengers arrive in the capital on just one day using London Northwestern Railway trains, which predicts a busier-than-ever 2024.
  
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• Best French fries in the US: 13 fast food chains are ranked by experts based on taste and quality - where does YOUR guilty pleasure rank?

  09-10-2024 13:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The top 13 fast food fries have been ranked including Arby's curly fries, Chick-fil-A's waffle fries and Taco Bell's nacho fries, leaving one tried-and-true chain at number one.
  
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• Nobel Prize in Chemistry is awarded to three scientists who 'cracked the code' for proteins' intricate structures -including the boss of British AI firm DeepMind

  09-10-2024 13:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  London-born Demis Hassabis, CEO of British firm AI DeepMind, is one of the three given the prize, along with his colleague John M. Jumper and David Baker.
  
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• Brown bear undergoes BRAIN surgery at British wildlife park in pioneering operation

  09-10-2024 13:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Boki, a 115kg brown bear at the Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, Kent, has been suffering from seizures and related health issues.
  
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• Apple device is now OBSOLETE - and it will leave users without any support if something goes wrong

  09-10-2024 11:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The tech giant has added more popular devices to its dreaded obsolete products list - meaning users worldwide are without any support if something goes wrong.
  
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• Google DeepMind boss wins Nobel for proteins breakthrough

  09-10-2024 11:50 via bbc.com
  
  Three scientists share the prize for their revolutionary work on proteins, the buildings blocks of life.
  
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• Man denies being mysterious inventor of Bitcoin

  09-10-2024 11:45 via bbc.com
  
  Attempting to identify the inventor, known only as Satoshi Nakamoto, has captivated the internet.
  
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• Alert over surge in counterfeit Viagra pills that could be tainted with toxic chemicals being sold to UK men

  09-10-2024 11:38 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Officials said online retailers flouting regulations were behind the counterfeit drugs with most being imported from countries like India without an appropriate licence.
  
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• Paws-itively peachy! Adorable Bulldog born without a BUM is built a new bottom from scratch

  09-10-2024 11:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Lucky the puppy lived up to her name after vets in Burton-on-Trent performed life-saving surgery to give her a proper bum.
  
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• Revealed: The two areas of your bathroom that are 'teeming' with viruses - including some that scientists have NEVER seen before

  09-10-2024 11:18 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Northeastern University have identified the two areas of your bathroom that are 'teeming' with viruses, some of which have never been seen before.
  
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• Behold the magic of the animal kingdom: Winners of the 2024 Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest revealed

  09-10-2024 10:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  This year's incredible winning images were chosen from more than 59,000 entries from 117 countries and territories.
  
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• What is the rare 'Steve' phenomenon? Inside the stunning aurora-like display which lit up Britain's skies

  09-10-2024 04:21 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  We have all heard of the northern lights. But illuminating the night skies above Northumberland on Sunday was the Aurora's lesser known relation: STEVE.
  
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• Brazil lifts ban on Musk's X after it pays $5m fine

  09-10-2024 01:05 via bbc.com
  
  The country's Supreme Court made the order after the platform also blocked certain accounts.
  
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• AI godfather-turned-doomer shares Nobel with neural network pioneer

  09-10-2024 00:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  First-ever awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence If you needed another sign that we've well and truly entered the AI age, here it is: The first Nobel Prize has been awarded for contributions to artificial intelligence. …
  
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