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NASA’s InSight lander measures one of the biggest and longest marsquakes yet
NASA‘s InSight lander has measured one of the biggest and longest marsquakes yet, which featured tremors of 4.2 magnitude lasting…
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Amateur freedivers discover 53 perfectly-preserved Roman gold coins off the coast of Alicante
Amateur freedivers discover 53 perfectly-preserved Roman gold coins on the seabed off the coast of Alicante – one of Europe’s…
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Charred remains of Jamestown church burned down in 1676 Bacon’s Rebellion discovered
Jamestown was the first successful English colony in the modern United States and set the conflicted tone for the future:…
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Employees working from home four days a week slashes pollution by 10%, study finds
According to the Environmental protection Agency, there are six major pollutants which can impact on human health and well-being. Particulate…
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Police creating ‘surveillance state’ with software that scans social media, critics claim
An artificial intelligence program designed to scan social media chatter and warn law enforcement of potential threats is raising the…
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World’s earliest JEWELLERY is discovered in Moroccan cave
The world’s earliest known piece of jewellery has been found by archaeologists, who say the 150,000-year-old beads may have been…
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T.Rex wagged its tail from side to side when running, study finds
T.Rex and other dinosaurs wagged their tail from side to side when running, similar to how humans swing their arms…
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Amazon device deals 2021: The 7 best deals today on Kindle, Echo and more
Top savings on Amazon devices: The seven best deals available today – with discounts of up to 38% on Kindles,…
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Uber Eats customers can now use more than 30 different emoji to find a takeaway
There are often times when you’re so hungry that the thought of having to endlessly scroll through your favourite food…
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Winged microchip the size of a grain of SAND is the smallest human-made flying structure
A microchip the size of a grain of sand is the smallest human-made flying structure ever created, according to its…
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Chemicals in children’s mouths may explain their dislike of broccoli, study shows
Does your child hate broccoli? Chemicals in their MOUTH may be to blame! Enzymes in brassica vegetables react with oral…
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Global sea levels are rising at an ‘alarming rate’ of 0.12 inches a YEAR
Sea levels around the world are rising at an ‘alarming rate’ of 0.12 inches per year, according to a new…
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Scientists use Japanese knotweed to make nitrate-free bacon
A plant considered an invasive species in Britain, the Japanese knotweed, has been used by scientists to create a healthier…
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Elon Musk said SpaceX’s next civilian flight will have new toilet because the first had ‘challenges’
Jared Isaacman, 38 Jared Isaacman, 38 Issacman grew up in New Jersey and started dabbling in computer technical support and…
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Having female siblings may help elephants live longer, study finds
If you’ve ever felt held back in life by an older brother, a new study suggests humans aren’t the only…
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Mars is ‘too small’ to retain liquid water, according to a new study
Mars once had flowing liquid water, but is now a dry desert landscape – and this could be because it…
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Ancient Mars was dotted with thousands of massive super volcanoes, NASA says
NASA has long known about the existence of volcanoes on Mars, but the U.S. space agency has now confirmed the…
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Prostate cancer drugs that halve risk of dying: New hope for patients thanks to new treatment
Thousands of men could live longer with prostate cancer after taking a new drug combination. Around 10,000 men a year…
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An AI program can predict missing words from 4,500-year-old Mesopotamian cuneiform tablets
An artificial-intelligence program is able to predict missing words from cuneiform tablets that are up to 4,500 years old with…
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Look up MONDAY! Harvest moon will light up the night sky on Sept. 20
‘Shine on Harvest Moon’: The full moon closest to the autumnal equinox that farmers once depended on to pick crops…
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One bitcoin transaction creates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing away two iPhones
One bitcoin transaction generates the same amount of electronic waste as throwing away two smartphones, economists report. Because of the…
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Mass extinction 252 million years ago was caused by a ‘toxic soup’ and we are following this recipe
Earth experienced its worst mass extinction about 252 million years ago that was caused by a ‘toxic soup’ – and…
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Apple threatened to remove Facebook from the App Store in 2019 over human trafficking, report claims
Apple threatened to remove Facebook from the App Store in 2019 over human traffickers in Middle East using the site…
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EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave have been uncovered
‘There is no end in sight’: EIGHT additional miles of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave have been uncovered that extends the 10-million-year-old…
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Whales have five FINGERS hidden in their flippers that are a trait from their ancient ancestor
Early whale ancestors walked on land when they roamed the Earth 50 million years ago and new photos reveal the…
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Astronaut takes stunning pictures of the Southern Lights from the International Space Station
‘An aurora under the full moon, what could be better?’ Astronaut takes stunning pictures of the Southern Lights from the…
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Dundee: How the city would have looked 20,000 years ago under a 0.6-mile-thick ICE SHEET
An incredible visualisation has revealed what the city of Dundee would have looked like some 20,000 years ago, when the…
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Facebook quietly changed its algorithm in 2018 to prioritise reshared material
Facebook quietly changed its algorithm in 2018 to prioritise reshared material, only for it to backfire and cause misinformation, toxicity…
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The Great Bronze Age migration was fuelled by milk, study finds
At the beginning of the Bronze Age, a mass migration of people from the steppes of Russia embarked on a…
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Walmart announces driverless grocery delivery system with AI-powered Fords in Austin, Miami, and DC
Walmart will begin testing an autonomous vehicle delivery service this year that will allow customers to place orders online and…
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Holding hands with your partner during a scary film reduces levels of fear, study finds
Watching a scary film? Hold your partner’s hand! Grasping on to a loved one in stressful moments reduces levels of…
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Inspiration4’s Dr Sian Proctor will be the first black female to pilot a spacecraft
In just a few hours, four individuals will blast off into space aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 in the first…
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Amateur astronomers capture the moment mysterious object slams into Jupiter
A mysterious object slammed into Jupiter this week, causing a bright flash of light that was captured by amateur astronomers…
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Fossils: Scientists reconstruct Carnotaurus – revealing a complex coat of scales, bumps and wrinkles
Scientists have painted a new picture of Carnotaurus — the ‘carnivorous bull’ dinosaur — with a complex coat of scale, studs, thorns,…
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LG launches an enormous 325-inch TV with an eye-watering £1.2 MILLION price tag
Watching a film on a big screen is a real treat for most of us, and now the days of…
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Life-size camel carvings in Saudi Arabia are almost TWICE the age of Stonehenge
Life-size camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia that were originally thought to be 2,000 years old actually date back 8,000 years,…
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Nature: Primate mothers grieve over the death of infants by carrying the corpse with them for MONTHS
Primate mothers who suffer the death of an infant grieve by carrying the corpse with them — sometime for months…
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Apple Watch Series 7 with a 20% larger display and $399 price tag unveiled
Apple Watch Series 7 with a 20% larger display and $399 price tag is unveiled at the tech giant’s annual…
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Workplace cafeterias can cut portion sizes to help stop obesity, study suggests
It’s often easy to chow down too much food at the workplace cafeteria at lunchtime after a hunger-inducing morning of…
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Scientists reconstruct the face of a Neanderthal with a tumour above his eyebrow
Scientists have reconstructed the face of a male Neanderthal called Krijn who lived and died up to 70,000 years ago,…
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Third murder hornet nest is found in Washington state
A third ‘murder hornet’ nest has been discovered in Washington state just a day after wildlife officials eradicated the second…
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Animal products make up 57% of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, study finds
Meat and dairy accounts for 57 per cent of food-based greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new computer modelling study. …
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MooLoo: Scientists potty-train cows to urinate in a special toilet to help cut greenhouse emissions
Scientists have succeeded in potty-training cows — getting them to urinate in a specially built toilet — in a move…
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Nature: Close-up of a southern live oak leaf wins Nikon’s ‘Small World’ photomicrography contest
The surface features of a southern live oak leaf, a breast organoid and the neurons of a juvenile starlet sea…
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Space: Astronauts burn up to 3,000 calories on seven-hour spacewalk to prepare for ISS power boost
If you’re still looking to lose those lockdown pounds, you might do worse than a seven-hour spacewalk — which burns…
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Virgin Galactic is forced to delay its first commercial space mission with the Italian Air Force
Virgin Galactic has been forced to delay its first commercial space mission by several weeks after discovering a possible manufacturing…
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Squirrels have different personalities just like humans, study finds
Whether they’re bold, shy, aggressive or even polite, squirrels have different personalities just like humans, a new study shows. In…
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Chickens bred to lay bigger and bigger eggs has led to 85% of hens suffering breastbone fractures
Modern egg-farm practices are breaking chickens’ bodies, according to a new study from Denmark. Forced to produce more than 10…
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T-Rexes tore into each other’s faces in vicious competitions for mates
We know Tyrannosaurus rex was the terror of the Late Cretaceous, but this apex predator would also engage in dino…
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Computers and phones ‘may emit more greenhouse gases than aviation’
Computers, phones and other information and communications technology (ICT) may emit more greenhouse gases than the entire aviation industry, a…
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