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1 year ago+22 22 0Pristine meteorite found within hours of hitting Earth
At about 10 o'clock on the night of Feb. 28, 2021, a fireball streaked through the sky over England. The blazing extraterrestrial visitor was seen by more than 1,000 people, and its descent was filmed by 16 dedicated meteor-tracking cameras from ...
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1 year ago+19 19 040% of traffic to ecommerce sites comes from bots raising cyber security threat level
While consumers may be looking to scam retailers as the cost of living crisis deepens, cyber criminals are also on the rampage through the sector, with a range of automated threats – from account takeover, credit card fraud, web scraping, API abuses, ...
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1 year ago+14 14 0Will plunging shares end big tech’s era of ‘pornographic’ profits?
Last week was a bad time to be a tech billionaire. When the pandemic drove the world online, the founders of Facebook, Google and Microsoft reaped wealth gains described as “pornographic” and cemented their position as among the richest cohort ever t ...
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1 year ago+10 10 0Fair Pay Agreements Bill passes third reading in Parliament
The legislation will allow collective bargaining to take place at an industry-wide level.
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1 year ago+12 12 0Japan ramps up intervention threats after yen slides past key 150 level
Japanese policymakers made fresh threats of intervention on Thursday after the yen tumbled past the key psychological level of 150 to the dollar, keeping investors on high alert in case Tokyo steps into markets again to support the fragile currency.
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1 year ago+25 25 0The flying car that could turn into a biplane
At a launch event at Draper University in San Mateo, California, a start-up revealed how its flying car hopes to take off. Alef bills its still-in-development electric vehicle, the Model A, as the first true flying car - a vehicle that it hopes will ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0This 33-year-old made more than 1,000 Wikipedia bios for unknown women scientists
When Jessica Wade was invited to Buckingham Palace to receive the prestigious British Empire Medal, she stood out for being a young woman honored for her contributions to science. Ironically, she was being honored for trying to change that. The 33-ye ...
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1 year ago+18 18 0Alaska Canceled Snow Crab Season for the First Time Ever Because All the Crabs Are Gone
For the first time in history, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game has canceled snow crab season due to the dwindling numbers of crabs available. This decision follows a report released in August that showed that snow crab abundance in Alaska is o ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Study finds twelvefold higher mortality risk among psychopathic female offenders
New research highlights the health dangers associated with an antisocial lifestyle. A study of psychopathic female offenders revealed a mortality risk that was 12 times higher compared to the general population. The findings were published in the jou ...
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1 year ago+17 17 0‘Barney’ Docuseries ‘I Love You, You Hate Me’ Uncovers Dark Side of Kids Show: Watch the Trailer
The core message of the immensely popular “Barney and Friends” kids show was to spread love and kindness to one another.
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1 year ago+12 12 0Bam! NASA spacecraft crashes into asteroid in defense test
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A NASA spacecraft rammed an asteroid at blistering speed Monday in an unprecedented dress rehearsal for the day a killer rock menaces Earth. The galactic grand slam occurred at a harmless asteroid 7 million miles (9.6 mill ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Yes, you should monitor your remote workers – but not because you don’t trust them
Should you be monitoring your work-from-home employees? Yes, but not for the reasons you might suspect. According to a recent report in the New York Times, eight of the 10 largest private US employers are using software and other technologies to trac ...
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1 year ago+23 23 0Microsoft Registers New Gears of War Trademark Amidst Rumors of New Remastered Collection
Microsoft has registered a new Gears of War trademark related to video games. This could suggest they plan on a new game in the series. Gears of War title was changed to Gears beginning with the 5th entry in the series. It was named Gears 5 marking a ...
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1 year ago+4 4 0The number of hungry people has doubled in 10 countries. A new report explains why
Climate change and extreme weather events are fueling hunger, conflict and inequality at an unprecedented rate in the countries least equipped to deal with the impact, according to a new report released on Friday by Oxfam, the international aid agenc ...
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1 year ago+11 11 0Drug Turns Cancer Gene Into ‘Eat Me’ Flag for Immune System
Tumor cells are notoriously good at evading the human immune system; they put up physical walls, wear disguises and handcuff the immune system with molecular tricks. Now, UC San Francisco researchers have developed a drug that overcomes some of these ...
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1 year ago+21 21 0Truly autonomous cars may be impossible without helpful human touch
Autonomous vehicle (AV) startups have raised tens of billions of dollars based on promises to develop truly self-driving cars, but industry executives and experts say remote human supervisors may be needed permanently to help robot drivers in trouble ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0What Makes Bitcoin More Valuable Than Gold And Fiat
Since it was created in 2009 by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakomoto, Bitcoin has become increasingly popular and valuable, garnering worldwide attention. In April 2021, Bitcoin’s market capitalization crossed the $1 trillion mark, making it a more attr ...
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1 year ago+15 15 0Designers from the UK have built a Martian house
Would you like to live in a Martian house on Earth? If you like to live in one, a Martian house — designed to withstand Mars' harsh climate — was recently introduced in the heart of Bristol, United Kingdom. The Martian house was conceived by art ...
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1 year ago+19 19 0Americans are convinced climate action is unpopular. They're very, very wrong.
It can be hard to guess what others are thinking. Especially when it comes to climate change. People imagine that a minority of Americans want action, when it’s actually an overwhelming majority, according to a study recently published in the journal ...
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1 year ago+16 16 0‘Look closely and there’s a tear in Armstrong’s eye’: the Apollo space missions as you’ve never seen them before
Nasa’s original moon mission photographs, kept locked in a freezer in Houston, are some of the most vital artefacts of human endeavour. Now, they have been remastered for a new century. Introduction by Tim Peake. Photographs restored by Andy Saunders ...