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• Archaeologists unearth forgotten city in Arabian desert built by 4,000-year-old advanced 'utopian' society

  08-11-2024 23:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A long-forgotten city was discovered in modern-day Saudi Arabia that revealed how humans urbanized 4,000 years ago. The ancient people exhibited signs of 'slow urbanization.'
  
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• 'God of chaos' asteroid could trigger astroquakes when it skims past Earth on Friday the 13th

  08-11-2024 22:50 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  When the 'God of Chaos' asteroid flies by our planet in five years, Earth's gravity could cause it to experience 'asteroidquakes,' scientists predict. It will pass us by on April 13, 2029.
  
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• Congress promises to 'pull back the curtain' on secret UFO research as whistleblowers prepare to testify

  08-11-2024 22:17 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Congress revealed it will hold a hearing to expose the truth about UAPs. The Committee specifically said that the case will focus research programs conducted in the shadows of the government.
  
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• Shock photos show physical deterioration of stranded NASA astronaut Sunita Williams

  08-11-2024 21:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Photos have revealed NASA astronaut Sunita Williams' shocking weight loss as she and her crewmate remain stuck on the International Space Station (ISS).
  
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• Mysterious 'whoops' and screams heard in small Connecticut town that's a hotspot for Bigfoot sightings

  08-11-2024 21:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  America's largest Bigfoot research group has published an account of the legendary creature 'whooping' for nearly ten minutes and waking up dogs in Connecticut
  
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• Florida issues Hurricane Rafael advisory as tracker shows storm is 'likely to cause life-threatening' conditions

  08-11-2024 19:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Florida 's hurricane center has issued an advisory for Rafael, saying the storm is 'likely to cause life-threatening surf and rip current conditions' over the next few days. The storm is in the Gulf of Mexico.
  
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• Arch-Technocrat: The Strange Story Of Peter Thiel

  08-11-2024 17:31 via technocracy.news
  
  Peter Thiel has simultaneously attached himself to the “deep state” and to the populist movement. Why? Technocrats often masquerade as libertarian, sometimes as conservative. Thiel, who has Asperger’s syndrome, was described by The Intelligencer as “the cult leader of the cult of disruption.” The world is his chess game, and winning at any cost his only goal. ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.What do you call someone who identifies as a “vegetarian” but who c
  
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• Urgent warning to vintage shoppers as scientist reveals second-hand clothes are 'swimming in germs' - including bugs that cause diarrhoea, athlete's foot, and ringworm

  08-11-2024 17:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dr Primrose Freestone, a senior lecturer in Clinical Microbiology at the University of Leicester, has warned that second-hand clothes are 'swimming in germs'.
  
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• Even elephants like playing pranks! Watch the hilarious moment an animal turns off the water while its friend tries to take a shower

  08-11-2024 17:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Zookeepers at Berlin Zoo were amazed to witness an Asian elephant pranking its friend.
  
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• Chimpanzees are show-offs! Apes perform better on tricky computer tasks when they have an audience, study finds

  08-11-2024 17:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers found that chimpanzees' performance on computer tasks is influenced by the number of people watching them.
  
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• Red flag warning issued in several East Coast states 'for critical fire weather conditions'

  08-11-2024 15:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The National Weather Service issued a red flag warning in several East Coast states Friday morning, saying weather factors could 'create a significantly elevated fire growth.'
  
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• Coffee crisis as Starbucks app goes down for Americans heading to work

  08-11-2024 15:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Starbucks' mobile app has gone down for thousands of Americans heading to work.
  
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• Which came first, the chicken or the egg? Scientists think they've finally cracked the age-old debate

  08-11-2024 15:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's the age-old riddle that has baffled scientists for hundreds of years. But experts may have finally cracked the conundrum of whether the chicken or egg came first.
  
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• Tale of tomato-stealing 'super tusker' elephant called Tolstoy who gets speared in the leg by a farmer told in heart-wrenching new documentary - we speak to the creator

  08-11-2024 12:39 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  American director Kire Godal tells MailOnline how her documentary - Tolstoy the Tomato Thief - explores the conflict between tomato-raiding elephants and farmers in Kenya.
  
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• Scientists reveal what your snack choice says about your personality - so, are you a sweet or savoury person?

  08-11-2024 12:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you venture over to the snack cupboard, are you reaching for a packet of crisps or a chocolate bar? According to a new study, your answer could reveal a lot about your personality.
  
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• The mystery of King Arthur's Hall: Cornish monument is 4,000 years OLDER than we thought - but scientists still have no idea what its original purpose was

  08-11-2024 11:27 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The mystery of King Arthur's Hall has deepened as archaeologists find that the ancient site is 4,000 years older than scientists had previously believed.
  
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• The 'two maidens' of Pompeii may have been GAY LOVERS, scientists say - after reanalysing the iconic preserved figures found wrapped in a poignant embrace

  08-11-2024 10:47 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Researchers from the Max Planck Institute found that at least one, if not both of the people were men. While the true nature of their relationship remains unclear, experts say they may have been gay lovers.
  
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• Now BAN tinned tuna, activists demand - as toxic levels of mercury are detected in store-cupboard favourite

  08-11-2024 08:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The environmental campaigners have accused food safety bodies and the tuna industry of 'cynical lobbying' that serve 'economic interests... to the detriment of health'.
  
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• NHS to launch 'real-time surveillance system' to prevent future pandemics

  08-11-2024 08:30 via go.theregister.com
  
  Nanopore DNA screening technology may identify novel pathogens, propose treatments in as little as six hours A public-private partnership in the UK is constructing what the government said is "the world's first real-time surveillance system" to track and prevent future pandemics. …
  
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• COP29 chief exec filmed promoting fossil fuel deals

  08-11-2024 07:06 via bbc.com
  
  Undercover filming shows COP29 chief exec discussing new oil and gas projects ahead of climate summit.
  
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• NASA fires up super-quiet supersonic X-59 aircraft

  08-11-2024 06:26 via go.theregister.com
  
  A try called Quesst Vid  The aircraft NASA hopes will usher in a new generation of transport that's supersonic but also relatively quiet has fired up its engines for the first time as a test.…
  
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• Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks

  08-11-2024 01:03 via bbc.com
  
  Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.
  
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• China hacked Trump's defense attorney's cellphone months before election: report

  08-11-2024 00:10 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A new report claimed that the cellphone used by Donald Trump 's lead criminal defense attorney was hacked by Chinese cybercriminals who accessed text messages and recorded calls.
  
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• Astroboffins tune into the wild origins of fast radio bursts

  08-11-2024 00:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Enigmatic cosmic signals from outside this galaxy could come from collapsed binary stars Scientists have discovered more clues about the birth of fast radio bursts (FRBs) emitted from distant galaxies whose origins remain a mystery.…
  
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