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• Physicist models new use for nuclear waste: Turning it into super-rare fusion fuel

  18-08-2025 23:05 via go.theregister.com
  Got a particle accelerator? Here’s your tritium startup idea Tritium is ridiculously rare, incredibly expensive, and central to most fusion energy reactor designs. If research out of Los Alamos National Lab proves to hold true, it might soon become easier to obtain.…
  
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• Seen the rare rainbow serpent? The government wants to hear from you…

  18-08-2025 22:54 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Wildlife officials are on the hunt for the elusive rainbow serpent, calling on Americans to report any sightings.
  
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• Another blow for Elon Musk as his $150 billion ticket to Mars crashes

  18-08-2025 20:34 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Elon Musk has suffered a major blow after taking a hit that could impact his dreams of colonizing Mars.
  
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• Massive underwater volcano on brink of eruption after experiencing 2,000 earthquakes in a single day

  18-08-2025 18:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A scientist studying a massive underwater volcano has warned that the next major eruption is coming sooner than expected.
  
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• Warning issued as major broadband provider set to enforce £50 fee to use your email account

  18-08-2025 18:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's one of the most popular broadband providers in the UK. But TalkTalk is about to make a major change that could leave many users £50 out of pocket.
  
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• This Is What Technocracy Actually Looks Like

  18-08-2025 17:52 via technocracy.news
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• Everybody needs good neighbors – especially ones who sell you solar energy

  18-08-2025 17:35 via go.theregister.com
  P2P power networks beat stingy feed-in tariffs for Aussie households, study finds Boffins looking into the Australian solar energy ecosystem say that sharing really is caring – and potentially profitable when homes with solar panels can sell their excess energy to neighbors at a preferential rate.…
  
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• Britain's porn crackdown in numbers: Pornhub loses more than 1 MILLION visitors in just two weeks - as Brits refuse to show their ID to prove they're over-18

  18-08-2025 17:11 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Visits to many adult sites halved within two weeks of the introduction of enhanced age verification rules under the Online Safety Act.
  
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• Umbrella's up! Seabirds poo once every 4 MINUTES - but there's a simple way to avoid getting splattered

  18-08-2025 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Anyone visiting the seaside knows to protect their chips and ice cream from beady-eyed gulls. But there's another hazard associated with the birds - their poop.
  
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• Meet the real-life MERMAIDS: South Korean female sea-divers swim 65ft to the ocean floor and back without breathing apparatus for six hours a day...until they are 90

  18-08-2025 17:00 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  They might not look like the Disney character Ariel, but these women are truly real-life mermaids. Known as Haenyeo, the groupswim up to 65 feet to the ocean floor and back around 100 times daily.
  
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• Hurricane Erin's shocking link to one of the darkest days in American history

  18-08-2025 15:29 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Storm Erin has emerged as the first Atlantic hurricane of the 2025 season, reviving a name that carries a haunting historical connection in American history.
  
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• SpaceX prepares itself for a tenth Starship flight test

  18-08-2025 15:28 via go.theregister.com
  If at first you succeed, keep trying until you don't SpaceX is gearing up for another Starship launch, blaming a previous failure on structural issues and fuel pressurization problems.…
  
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• Ozempic for DOGS: Scientists are testing an implant for fat pooches that mimics weight-loss drugs taken by humans

  18-08-2025 14:26 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are developing dog weight loss drugs that work like Ozempic in humans, and they could be on the market as soon as 2028.
  
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• Urgent warning to meat-eaters as scientists discover pigs with 'neon BLUE' flesh that may be poisonous

  18-08-2025 13:52 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Game hunters have sounded the alarm after discovering wild pigs that are turning 'fluorescent blue' in California.
  
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• Love Is Blind UK contestant is BLASTED for claiming his biggest mantra in life is to 'trust your spleen' - as psychologists confirm there is 'no science to it'

  18-08-2025 13:48 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Patrick Justus, a 'Human Design Coach' from London, has baffled fans with his claims that the 'best way to find love' is to listen to your spleen.
  
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• Hints at origins of mysterious 'alien' mummies found in Peru revealed by genetic testing

  18-08-2025 13:35 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Theories range from extraterrestrial origins to an undiscovered human species, though skeptics call it a hoax. The bizarre discovery continues to spark fascination and controversy.
  
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• Scientists amazed to discover an 'interstellar tunnel' that connects our solar system to other stars

  18-08-2025 13:05 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Space might seem like an empty, featureless void, but new research has shown that this is far from true.
  
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• DOGE’s AI Tool ‘SweetREX’ Set To Take Buzzsaw To Federal Regulations

  18-08-2025 06:33 via technocracy.news
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