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• Musk labels Trump trade adviser 'moron' over Tesla comments

  08-04-2025 23:41 via bbc.com
  Peter Navarro had described Musk's electric car company as a "car assembler" rather than manufacturer.
  
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• US accelerates plans for nuke 24 times more powerful than Hiroshima bomb amid WWIII fears

  08-04-2025 22:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  America's newest weapon of mass destruction is going into production seven months ahead of schedule as fears of a war with China continue to grow.
  
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• Canadian nuclear watchdog green-lights construction of first licensed SMR

  08-04-2025 22:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another licence entirely Canadian nuclear regulators have approved an Ontario company's request to build a single small modular reactor - the first such license issued in the country. But with the chosen design yet to be operated anywhere in the world, it's best to take the news with a heap of salt.…
  
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• Canada OKs construction of first licensed teeny atomic reactor

  08-04-2025 22:44 via go.theregister.com
  
  Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another slip of paper entirely Canadian nuclear regulators have approved an Ontario company's request to build a single small modular reactor (SMR) – the first such license issued in the country.…
  
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• 'F****** crazy': Joe Rogan's podcast takes serious turn as podcaster accuses biotech billionaire of playing God

  08-04-2025 22:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A genetic engineering company has brought the ancient dire wolf back from extinction. On a recent episode of his podcast, Joe Rogan asked the company's CEO he is 'playing God.'
  
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• Chinese launch racist humiliation campaign mocking Trump's tariffs

  08-04-2025 22:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  China released a video in retaliation to Vice President JD Vance 's comments that its economy is fueled by 'peasants.'
  
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• Joe Rogan left stunned as biotech boss reveals how China has  genetically modified 'super babies'

  08-04-2025 21:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Podcaster Joe Rogan was left in visible shock after biotech founder Ben Lamm claimed that China has begun genetically modifying babies to make them 'smarter'.
  
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• UK hit by THREE earthquakes in popular hiking hotspot over just six hours

  08-04-2025 18:30 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A popular hiking hotspot in Scotland has been hit by three earthquakes in the space of just six hours, experts reveal.
  
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• Forget robot dogs! Kawasaki unveils a hydrogen-powered, ride-on robo-HORSE that can gallop over almost any terrain

  08-04-2025 17:45 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Kawasaki Heavy Industries, a company better known for its high-end motorcycles, has unveiled a hydrogen-powered, ride-on robo-horse.
  
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• Scientists reveal the formula for the perfect cup of coffee - so, do you agree with their method?

  08-04-2025 17:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Some people are really, really particular about how their coffee is made. Now, experts have found the best way to pour the water to make a stronger drink.
  
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• Should Legislators Use AI To Write Complex Laws?

  08-04-2025 16:40 via technocracy.news
  
  Like it or not, AI is producing volumes of increasingly complex legislation. Legislators are apparently happy that it saves their brains for more important things. Meanwhile, the lobbying industry is going hog wild with AI to crank out complex legalese to hand to legislators. Do we want our “rule of law” taken over by AI? ⁃ Patrick Wood, Editor.Artificial intelligence (AI) is writing law today. This has required no changes in legislative procedure or the rules of legislative bo
  
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• New 3D scans of Titanic reveal doomed final hours: Incredible full-sized digital scan shows how the ship was dramatically ripped in two as it sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912

  08-04-2025 15:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's been more than a century since the famous Titanic sank after striking an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean. But stunning new images now reveal its demise in ground-breaking detail.
  
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• Owning a dog makes you as happy as receiving an extra £70,000 a year, study claims

  08-04-2025 14:43 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Pocketing an extra £70,000 ($89,000) a year probably sounds like a dream to many people. But according to a study, there's another way to feel that same happiness - get a dog or a cat.
  
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• Mysterious underwater 'pyramid' believed to be 12,000 years old reshapes history

  08-04-2025 14:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A sunken 'pyramid' in the Pacific Ocean may rewrite everything we thought we knew about the ancient world.
  
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• Titanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship's final hours

  08-04-2025 14:00 via bbc.com
  
  The 3D replica corroborates eye witness accounts about what happened after the liner hit an iceberg.
  
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• Experts dispute claim dire wolf brought back from extinction

  08-04-2025 13:20 via bbc.com
  
  Independent experts say three white wolf puppies are not dire wolves, as claimed by US company Colossal
  
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• Meta expands restrictions for teen users to Facebook and Messenger

  08-04-2025 13:18 via bbc.com
  The system imposes more restricted settings on younger users - though campaigners say it's unclear what difference they make.
  
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• Melting ice in the Arctic could unleash deadly 'zombie' viruses and trigger a new pandemic, climate scientists warn

  08-04-2025 12:53 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Melting ice in the Arctic could unleash deadly 'zombie' viruses, an international panel of scientists has warned.
  
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• Scientists warn dire wolves could prove DEADLY - and compare their de-extinction to Jurassic Park

  08-04-2025 12:46 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Although the wolves are being kept in captivity, experts warn that releasing them into the world could have disastrous consequences.
  
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• Boffins turn Moon dirt into glass for solar panels, eye future lunar base power

  08-04-2025 12:38 via go.theregister.com
  
  Lugging a solar furnace to melt it could slash the need to launch bulky power gear from Earth You've perhaps heard of using Moon dirt for building roads and other structures for future lunar explorers. But a group of German scientists reckon they've found another use for the grey stuff: Turn it into glass and use it to assemble solar power cells right there on the Moon.…
  
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• Clean energy's share of world's electricity reaches 40%, report says

  08-04-2025 12:17 via bbc.com
  
  More clean electricity was generated in 2024 but there was a rise in the amount of coal and gas burnt too.
  
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• Brit universities told to keep up the world-class research with less cash

  08-04-2025 10:27 via go.theregister.com
  
  Government boasts of £14B in R&D spending, but grant body takes £300M hit Despite ambitions to position itself as a science and tech superpower, the UK has cut the budget for the government body responsible for university research funding.…
  
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• Last month was the second-warmest March on RECORD - with global average temperatures hitting 14.06°C

  08-04-2025 09:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), last month was the second warmest March on record and the hottest recorded in Europe.
  
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• A revolution is under way in India's trainer industry

  08-04-2025 03:51 via bbc.com
  
  India wants to boost the domestic trainer industry but will small domestic makers suffer?
  
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