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• How to beat malaria

  09-12-2014 01:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  How are we winning the fight against the disease?
  
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• World's oldest map of the night sky is REVEALED after 2,000 years: Hipparchus' long-lost star coordinates are discovered hiding under a medieval religious text

  10-03-2026 17:24 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists are reconstructing the oldest known map of the night sky - long thought lost to time - by using X-rays to reveal its secrets.
  
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• The ominous signs the Gulf Stream is nearing COLLAPSE: Scientists identify 'red flags' that hint key ocean current is inching closer to disaster

  10-03-2026 17:19 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Scientists have identified the ominous 'red flags' that hint that a key ocean current is nearing collapse.
  
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• Earthquake strikes just outside New York City along ancient fault line

  10-03-2026 17:16 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  An earthquake rattled parts of the New York City region Tuesday morning, sending tremors through communities just north of the city.
  
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• Is Kim Kardashian's energy drink safe? Scientist dissects the reality TV star's new 'Update' beverage which uses paraxanthine instead of caffeine

  10-03-2026 16:44 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Professor Colin Davidson, a professor of neuropharmacology at the University of Lancashire, has dissected the ingredients in Kim Kardashian's Update.
  
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• Musk admits Starship V3 launch date has slipped as Super Heavy booster rolls into place

  10-03-2026 16:22 via go.theregister.com
  Launch predictions continue to be optimistic as 2027 and Artemis III near SpaceX has rolled another Starship super heavy booster to the launch pad as the company's boss, Elon Musk, admits the first launch of Starship V3 had slipped.…
  
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• Insurance Company Spies On Customers With Drones And AI

  10-03-2026 15:51 via technocracy.news
  Using drones, satellites, and AI-powered image analysis, insurers now catalog 99% of residential and commercial properties in America. The data is harvested by “insurtech” contractors, processed through algorithmic risk models, and used to cancel policies at will. The technology has outpaced every consumer protection.
  Does this feel like a reverse lottery? A certain percentage of customers will be blindly terminated each year without explanation. The algorithms can pick any pattern o
  
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• Mystery drone triggers terror alert and shelter-in-place at major US Air Force base home to nuclear strike bomber

  10-03-2026 15:42 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  The military's headquarters for its fleet of global nuclear strike bombers sounded a terror alert, as fighting in the Middle East rages on.
  
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• Now woke scientists want to change the definition of WOOL in the dictionary to include plant-based alternatives

  10-03-2026 15:03 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Dictionary entries for the word 'wool' must be urgently updated to include plant-based varieties, woke scientists say.
  
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• Iran reveals stealthier 'kamikaze' drone built to slip past US air defenses as Middle East war escalates

  10-03-2026 14:59 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iran has unveiled a new version of its infamous Shahed 'kamikaze' drone, potentially making it harder for air defense systems to detect as the war enters its 11th day.
  
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• Iran reveals stealthier 'kamikaze' drone built to slip past air defenses as Middle East war escalates

  10-03-2026 14:13 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Iran has unveiled a new version of its infamous Shahed 'kamikaze' drone, potentially making it harder for air defense systems to detect as the war enters its 11th day.
  
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• Scientists reveal controversial plan to launch 50,000 MIRRORS into space for 'sunlight on demand' - but sceptics warn it poses 'serious risks' to wildlife and humans

  10-03-2026 13:57 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  California-based startup, Reflect Orbital, is poised to secure permission to launch a 60-foot (18.3-metre) prototype mirror into orbit to beam sunlight back to the Earth's surface.
  
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• What's YOUR Online Language? Scientists say there are five types of internet user - take the test to see if you're a 'Rabbit Hole Explorer' or a 'Deep Dive Analyser'

  10-03-2026 13:37 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  It's something most people do every day - but it turns out you might be using the internet differently from your friends. Experts from Heywa say there are five distinct 'Online Languages'.
  
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• The last-minute Mother's Day gifts from Amazon that will arrive just in time, from anti-ageing skincare to affordable jewellery and appliances - and they're on sale

  10-03-2026 13:36 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Amazon's Spring Deal Days sale has perfectly coincided with the lead up to Mother's Day, meaning those of us who have left it to the last minute can still pick up something special in time for Sunday.
  
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• Out-of-control NASA satellite to crash back to Earth in just hours

  10-03-2026 13:08 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A 1,300-pound NASA satellite is hurtling back toward Earth and could make an uncontrolled plunge through the atmosphere in just hours.
  
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• Time to cut out that toxic ex once and for all? Difficult people in your life AGE you 1.5% faster, study warns

  10-03-2026 12:15 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Having a difficult person in your life could be ageing you quicker, according to a new study.
  
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• Revealed: The 163 new emojis available on your iPhone NOW - including a face that users say is 'going to break the internet'

  10-03-2026 11:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Apple has released its fourth developer beta for iOS 26.4, which includes access to 163 new emojis.
  
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• Controversial geoengineering project sees scientists pump 65,000 litres of chemicals into the ocean to stop global warming

  10-03-2026 11:55 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Last August, 65,000 litres of bright red chemicals were pumped into the Gulf of Maine - yet this wasn't an enormous industrial disaster.
  
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• University joins UK's £17bn space sector

  10-03-2026 07:10 via bbc.com
  The Southampton Space Institute will use expertise and facilities for education and jobs creation.
  
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• SETI admits its search for alien life may be too narrowly focussed

  10-03-2026 06:27 via go.theregister.com
  Solar winds near aliens’ homes – and ours – might be blowing away signs of alien technosignatures by broadening signals The SETI Institute, the nonprofit that conducts a search for extraterrestrial intelligence by examining radio waves for artefacts that are unlikely to be the result of natural processes, thinks it may have been going about it the wrong way.…
  
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• Historian reveals the three signs that a world war has already begun

  10-03-2026 04:58 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Three major red flags during the war in Iran may one day mark the start of the third world war, a respected professor warned.
  
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• Why the price of oil matters more than you might think

  09-03-2026 22:44 via bbc.com
  A shock to oil supplies is rattling financial markets, driving up prices at the pump and raising fears of a bigger economic hit.
  
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• Scientists discover key clue in pandemic viruses that reveal if they were made in a lab... including Covid and 'Russian flu'

  09-03-2026 21:01 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  In a new study, researchers across three US states analyzed seven viral outbreaks in recent decades, including Covid, Ebola and influenza, to determine how they emerged and mutated.
  
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• Amazon tells FCC to bin SpaceX's million-satellite datacenter dream

  09-03-2026 19:08 via go.theregister.com
  Calls Musk’s orbital plans “speculative” despite Bezos touting orbiting compute Amazon wants US regulators to reject a SpaceX application for permission to launch a fleet of orbital datacenter satellites, criticizing it as incomplete, speculative, and unrealistic.…
  
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• China browses lunar landing spots in race to land on Moon

  09-03-2026 18:49 via go.theregister.com
  Not a US flag in sight Researchers from China are narrowing down the landing sites for the nation’s first crewed mission to the Moon, set to take place before 2030.…
  
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• CIA faces furious backlash after hidden document with potential cure for cancer is declassified after 60 years

  09-03-2026 18:31 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  A resurfaced CIA document reveals that US intelligence once examined research hinting at a potential cancer treatment more than six decades ago.
  
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• Ever wondered what Neanderthals sounded like? Scientists recreate the lost languages of ancient humans

  09-03-2026 18:06 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  If you've ever wondered what it would be like to natter with a Neanderthal or have a heart-to-heart with Homo Erectus, then wonder no more.
  
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• It's nearly moving day for these sand martins

  09-03-2026 16:59 via bbc.com
  Testwood Lakes Nature Reserve in Hampshire is set to welcome its first residents later this month.
  
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• Ancient sea fossils atop the world's tallest mountains fuel new claims of Noah's Great Flood

  09-03-2026 16:32 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Sea fossils found on some of the world's tallest mountains are reigniting fierce debate over whether the biblical story of Noah's Great Flood could be rooted in real events.
  
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• Dry, bitter taste caused by drinking red wine or eating chocolate can wake up your brain, study suggests

  09-03-2026 16:20 via dailymail.co.uk
  
  Drinking red wine and eating chocolate can deliver 'exercise-like' benefits to the brain, according to a new study.
  
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