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New tiredness study reveals why a day of hard thinking is so exhausting | Science & Tech News
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A long, hard day of thinking can sometimes feel as exhausting as a day of manual labour, and experts think they know why. A new study has found that people may feel tired after intense mental work because it causes potentially toxic by-products to build up in the prefrontal cortex part of the brain. This…
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Ransomware attack on NHS systems could take weeks to fix, major IT provider warns | UK News
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A cyberattack that hit a major IT provider for the NHS and severely affected the 111 service involved ransomware and could take up to four weeks to fix, it has emerged. Advanced, which supplies vital systems for the NHS, said it suffered a cyber breach around 7am on 4 August which has now been contained.…
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Disney+ overtakes Netflix in race for subscribers | Ents & Arts News
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Disney+ has finally knocked Netflix off its streaming throne, gaining more subscribers than its arch-rival for the first time. Latest figures show the streaming giant has gained another 14.4 million subscribers, taking it to a total of 221.1 million. This has knocked Netflix back into second place with 220.67 million subscribers. Image: Ewan McGregor reprises…
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‘Important new step’ in finding treatment for motor neurone disease, scientists reveal | UK News
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Researchers believe they have found an “exciting new potential therapy” for motor neurone disease (MND), with a drug commonly used for other health treatments. MND is a group of rare diseases that destroy cells called motor neurons and causes patients to slowly lose the function of their muscles. About 5,000 people are thought to be…
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Elon Musk sells $6.9bn in Tesla shares as battle with Twitter continues | Business News
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Elon Musk has sold $6.9bn (£5.7bn) of shares in his electric vehicle maker Tesla as his battle against Twitter continues. Mr Musk sold about 7.92 million shares between 5 August and 9 August, according to multiple filings, meaning he now owns 155.04 million shares in the company. In April, the world’s richest man announced a…
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Scientists find evidence that continents were formed by giant meteor impacts | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have discovered what they believe is the strongest evidence to date that the continents were formed by giant meteor impacts during the Earth’s early history. Meteorite impacts were “particularly prevalent during the first billion years or so of our planet’s four-and-a-half billion year history”, according to researchers from Curtin University. The theory that the…
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Facebook defends itself after handing over chat messages to US police investigating abortion | Science & Tech News
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Facebook has defended itself after court documents emerged showing that it provided chat messages to police which are being used to prosecute a mother and daughter over an abortion. The messages are part of a case in Nebraska alleging that the pair performed an abortion at 28 weeks without a license and then attempted to…
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Scientists say they may have challenged one of Newton’s fundamental laws of physics – the conservation of momentum | Science & Tech News
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Sir Isaac Newton first stated the laws of motion in Principia Mathematica back in 1687 and today those laws are seen as facts – that when something moves it has to push against something else. But a new study may have fundamentally challenged the law of the conservation of momentum – at least in curved…
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Scientists propose rewilding the American West by reintroducing grey wolves and beavers | Science & Tech News
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In the face of the growing threats posed to ecosystems by climate change, scientists in the US have put forward an “ultra ambitious” proposal to rewild parts of the American West by reintroducing wolves and beavers. Their plan follows President Joe Biden signing an executive order for his America the Beautiful policy that involves a…
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WhatsApp users will be able to leave groups without everyone knowing – what other changes are happening? | Science & Tech News
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WhatsApp users will be able to leave groups without everyone knowing under new privacy features. The changes will also allow people to control who can see when they are online and to prevent screenshots of auto-deleting “View Once” messages. The features are described as ways to keep users’ messages as “secure as face-to-face conversations” by…