Scientists have discovered highly reactive chemical compounds that are formed under natural atmospheric conditions but could pose a threat to human health and the environment. While the existence of these compounds – called trioxides and consisting of three oxygen atoms bound together – had been theorized, researchers from the University …
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Amazon says it has updated its voice assistant after it transpired that Alexa had suggested a 10-year-old girl touch a coin to the prongs of a partially inserted plug as a challenge. The girl’s mother posted a tweet on Monday describing how her daughter had been doing some cold-weather indoor …
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At the Code Conference on Tuesday, journalist Kara Swisher asked Musk about the complaints over competing satellite-based internet plans that Bezos’ Blue Origin filed to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against SpaceX. “I think he should put more energy in getting to orbit than lawsuits,” Musk replied, drawing loud laugher …
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Starch is a substance that plants produce from carbon dioxide and sunlight to store energy through a complex metabolic process. It is used extensively in the food industry. It also plays a role in papermaking, biofuel production, and has other applications. A group of Chinese researchers has developed an 11-step …
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A major Public Health England (PHE) study found that the AstraZeneca and Pfizer vaccines were more effective at preventing hospitalisation with the strain than with other Covid variants. The health secretary was aware of the promising results but chose not to tell Johnson about them during a meeting to decide …
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Twitter said in a Wednesday blog post announcement that they have been testing the feature since last year and have now made “improvements” based on “feedback.” These “improvements” include “consideration of the nature of the relationship between the author and the replier,” meaning a tweet that could typically be deemed …
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In the uncertain days after this month’s presidential election, the Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society – a conservative legal nonprofit – teamed up with data analyst and former Trump campaign aide Matt Braynard to gather evidence of alleged voter fraud by the Democratic Party. Braynard’s data was used …
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Trump’s comments came just one day before a deadline he had set for TikTok’s Chinese parent, ByteDance, to sell US operations of the social media platform or be shut down in the country. TikTok reportedly filed a lawsuit Friday, asking a judge to block the US ban. The Department of …
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The blame for the low number of potentially habitable exoplanets put on red dwarfs One of the most amazing events in modern astronomy was the boom of discoveries of various exoplanets. Hundreds of new worlds located outside the Solar system, quite possibly very similar to the Ground, waiting for them …
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Animals that are able to take over the world. Man is the only mammal on Earth that has both nuclear weapons and the thumb, for when to press the red button. We are at the top of the food chain. This is not to argue? Some animals can think – …
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