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Two astronauts left behind on ISS as troubled Boeing Starliner capsule lands on Earth empty | Science & Tech News
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Boeing’s Starliner capsule, which has been plagued with problems, has returned to Earth, leaving two astronauts behind on the International Space Station (ISS). The spacecraft – running on autopilot – parachuted into the New Mexico desert six hours after setting out. Cameras caught the capsule as a white streak coming in for the touchdown at…
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People unable to burp left feeling anxious and depressed, study finds | Science & Tech News
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People unable to burp due to a rare health condition are left feeling anxious, depressed and embarrassed, a new study has found. The research, published on 20 December and carried out by experts in Texas, looked at the social impact of retrograde cricopharyngeus dysfunction (R-CPD), known as “no-burp syndrome”. R-CPD involves a malfunction of the…
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Russian hackers have plenty of data left to leak – and the timing could be a serious problem | Science & Tech News
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The UK government has accused Russian intelligence services of a large-scale hacking operation with the aim of undermining the British political system. This wave of attacks is thought to have started in 2015 with targeted attacks on politicians, including attempts to convince them to reveal confidential information by posing as a trusted party. Read more:…
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Study reveals how early humans left Africa 84,000 years ago | Science & Tech News
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Early humans migrated from Africa 84,000 years ago to populate the rest of the world by following river routes through Jordan – not going via the Red Sea as previously thought, according to a new scientific study. Scientists from the University of Southampton and Shantou University in China carried out field work in Jordan’s rift…
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Man left housebound by potentially deadly meat allergy triggered by tick bites | UK News
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A part-time dog walker has been left housebound after tick bites left him with a life threatening allergy to red meat. Christopher Goldman suffers from alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne illness that can cause anaphylaxis if he eats mammal meat such as beef, pork or lamb. He believes any exposure, including airborne transmission, to any mammal…
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There’s an explosion in AI interest but there’s lots of life left in real human intelligence | Adam Boulton | UK News
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There is currently an explosion of public interest in artificial intelligence, or AI for short. This has been sparked by the mass availability of two generative AI programmes, both developed by the company OpenAI, which has support from Microsoft. Inputting a few specifications to Dall-E will produce an image of your choice. ChatGPT will produce…
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Texas drought uncovers 113 million-year-old dinosaur footprints left by cousin of T-Rex | World News
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Dinosaur tracks from 113 million years ago have been revealed in Texas after a severe drought dried up a river. The footprints – left by a single acrocanthosaurus – had not been seen for more than 20 years. Footage of the find at the Dinosaur Valley State Park in Glen Rose was filmed by Paul…