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• Get ready for coldest winter EVER: Artic blast to bring in -50F temperatures breaking records in 27 states

  19-02-2025 22:02 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A major winter storm is barreling across the US this week, and meteorologists predict these three states could bear the brunt of its impact, with up to a foot of snow forecasted.
  
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• Microsoft shows off novel quantum chip that can scale to 'a million qubits'. So far: Eight

  19-02-2025 21:53 via go.theregister.com
  
  Not just a matter of time but a matter of Majorana fermions, too Microsoft says it has developed a quantum-computing chip made with novel materials that is expected to enable the development of quantum computers for meaningful, real-world applications within – you guessed it – years rather than decades.…
  
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• What is a sinkhole and how are they formed?

  19-02-2025 20:45 via bbc.com
  
  Two sinkholes have appeared in the Surrey village of Godstone, but how have they formed and are they dangerous?
  
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• US launches nuclear missile to show  'readiness' amid fears of WWIII

  19-02-2025 19:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The US Air Force launched a hypersonic nuclear missile in the early hours on Wednesday from California. The mission was to demonstrate ' the readiness of US nuclear force.'
  
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• Scientists identify 'ferryman' in the brain that transports souls into the afterlife

  19-02-2025 19:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The 'ferryman' that transports souls to the afterlife in Greek mythology may actually be a psychedelic neurochemical in the human brain, scientists say.
  
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• Nuclear fusion breakthrough: 'Artificial sun' reactor sets a new world record by generating a steady loop of plasma for 1,337 seconds - taking the world closer towards limitless clean energy

  19-02-2025 18:56 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A world record for nuclear fusion has been smashed after an 'artificial sun' reactor was able to maintain a plasma for more than 22 minutes.
  
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• Woman left permanently blind and in agonizing pain after common contact lens mistake

  19-02-2025 18:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Maureen Cronin, 53, a former communications executive, was left blinded and forced to quit her job after a common mistake caused parasites to burrow into her cornea and damage her eye.
  
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• Powerful quantum computers in years not decades, says Microsoft

  19-02-2025 17:56 via bbc.com
  
  It says a new chip it has created could end up being as important a breakthrough as the semiconductor.
  
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• Apple unveils new budget iPhone 16e to replace SE model - and it comes with plenty of surprise new features

  19-02-2025 17:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has finally pulled back the curtain on its latest 'budget' smartphone - the iPhone 16e.
  
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• World's glaciers melting faster than ever recorded

  19-02-2025 17:23 via bbc.com
  
  The planet's glaciers have lost 5% of their ice in little over 20 years, according to a major study.
  
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• Earth's glaciers are melting so rapidly they release 273 BILLION tonnes of ice into the ocean every year, study warns

  19-02-2025 17:14 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An international team of scientists says Earth's glaciers are vanishing so fast they now release 273 billion tonnes of ice into the ocean each year.
  
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• How white skin evolved in Europeans: Incredible map reveals how pale complexions only became the norm 1,700 years ago

  19-02-2025 16:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  New research suggests that pale complexions are a relatively recent addition to the continent.
  
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• Tsunami fears hit the West Coast as scientists warn of 'inevitable' earthquake

  19-02-2025 16:51 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  After a series of earthquakes rocked California last week, a scientist has warned that the Golden State isn't the only area that should be on high alert for seismic disasters.
  
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• Warehouse owner in Poland is left BAFFLED after finding a huge piece of a SpaceX rocket in his back garden

  19-02-2025 16:25 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A warehouse owner in Poland was left dumbfounded after finding debris from Elon Musk's second stage of a SpaceX rocket in his back garden.
  
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• Telco to open lab to test cell network interoperability with satellites

  19-02-2025 16:15 via go.theregister.com
  
  Because 4G notspots aren't much good to anyone Vodafone and AST SpaceMobile plan to open a research hub this summer to test and validate the integration of orbital services with terrestrial cellphone networks.…
  
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• Physicists Bring AI Closer To ‘Unsupervised Learning’

  19-02-2025 16:09 via technocracy.news
  
  AI is perilously close to autonomous  “unsupervised learning,” where the requirement for human assistance is removed. Currently, there are sparks of ignition of self-learning but it is spotty and limited to a specific domain. The holy grail for AI is to achieve GENERAL self-learning on an ad-hock basis; in other words, the AI discovers new learning opportunities and then pursues them autonomously. Theoretically, this is the instance when Artificial Super Intelligence occurs. &#
  
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• South Wales Police to use live facial recognition cameras across Cardiff during Six Nations - but critics warn it will turn the city into an 'Orwellian zone of biometric surveillance'

  19-02-2025 15:07 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The cameras will be placed at 'key points' across the city centre, and will alert officers to anyone who is on a predetermined watchlist.
  
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• Odds of city-killer asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth creep upward

  19-02-2025 14:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's probably fine As the risk corridor narrows for asteroid 2024 YR4, the possibility of a collision with Earth in 2032 have increased.…
  
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• Odds of asteroid 2024 YR4 hitting Earth creep upward

  19-02-2025 14:45 via go.theregister.com
  
  It's probably fine As the risk corridor narrows for asteroid 2024 YR4, the possibility of a collision with Earth have increased.…
  
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• Egypt announces first new royal tomb since King Tutankhamun was discovered over 100 years ago

  19-02-2025 13:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Archaeologists have announced the discovery of the first royal tomb in Egypt sinceTutankhamun's burial was uncovered in 1922.
  
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• Struggling to get a reply? Scientists reveal the common texting mistake that makes you seem too INTENSE

  19-02-2025 12:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from Binghampton University have revealed the common texting mistake that makes your messages seem more intense.
  
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• Social media goes into meltdown as NASA increases the chance of the city-killing asteroid hitting Earth in 2032 to one in 32 - as one user asks 'Where's Bruce Willis when you need him?'

  19-02-2025 11:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  NASA has raised the chances of the city-killing asteroid hitting Earth once again - sparking a huge meltdown on social media.
  
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• Einstein Probe finds two stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each other

  19-02-2025 08:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Odd X-ray flashes gave the game away, just few weeks after China-led mission launched The Einstein Probe telescope has spotted evidence of one star consuming matter from another.…
  
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• Einstein Probe finds two stars that have spent 40 million years taking turns eating each othe

  19-02-2025 08:01 via go.theregister.com
  
  Odd X-ray flashes gave the game away, just few weeks after China-led mission launched The Einstein Probe telescope has spotted evidence of one star consuming matter from another.…
  
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• Scores of whales to be euthanised after mass stranding in Australia

  19-02-2025 07:56 via bbc.com
  
  Though 90 of the 157 stranded whales survived, they could not be saved due to complex conditions.
  
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• Race to save whales in Australia mass stranding

  19-02-2025 01:52 via bbc.com
  
  More than 150 whales have beached in the remote, north west corner of Tasmania.
  
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• The secret sign that your dog is trying to TALK to you, revealed

  19-02-2025 01:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists from the University of Parma have revealed the simple way that dogs try to communicate with humans.
  
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