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Cost of living crisis raises fears of surge in online child exploitation this summer | UK News
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Young people could be left at greater risk from online exploitation as families struggle to afford activities such as days out and holiday clubs this summer, children’s charities have warned. The NSPCC said the cost of living crisis must not be allowed to “fuel another surge in abuse” as happened during the COVID pandemic, while […]
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What did we learn from NASA’s first ever public meeting on UFOs? | US News
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NASA has held its first public meeting on UFOs, a year after launching a study into unexplained sightings. The space agency televised the four-hour-long hearing on Wednesday, featuring an independent panel of experts at NASA headquarters in Washington, with the public taking part remotely. The team included 16 scientists and other experts selected by NASA […]
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How have jobs changed in the last 10 years? | UK News
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Sky News analysis of the latest census data shows the jobs we now work in, revealing a shift to data and computer programming. The youngest workers were in retail and hospitality while farmers and elected officials had the most workers aged 60 and over. Some 27.8 million people aged 16 and over in England and […]
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Italy: Reason for Venice canal turning bright green revealed | World News
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A patch of phosphorescent green liquid that appeared in Venice’s Grand Canal was caused by the chemical fluorescein. Environmental officials confirmed the source of the discolouration on Monday after images on social media showed a bright patch of green around the Rialto Bridge, near an embankment lined with restaurants. Image: Pic: AP Fluorescein – a […]
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4,000 year-old plague DNA found in Britain may boost study of infectious diseases | UK News
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Plague DNA has been found dating back 4,000 years, making it the oldest evidence of the disease in Britain. The discovery by researchers could help to understand which genes are “important in the spread of infectious diseases”, one of them said. Scientists from the Francis Crick Institute (FCI) have identified three cases of Yersinia pestis […]
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AI chipmaker Nvidia joins tech giants to be worth $1trn | Business News
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A company that makes microchips for artificial intelligence (AI) has become the first chipmaker to be worth $1trn. Nvidia has joined the ranks of tech giants worth the eye-watering sum, including Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google parent company Alphabet, as investors expect the company will benefit from the AI revolution. It makes chips that are […]
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What are the concerns around AI and are some of the warnings ‘baloney’? | Science & Tech News
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The rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is not only raising concerns among societies and lawmakers, but also some tech leaders at the heart of its development. Some experts, including the ‘godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton, have warned that AI poses a similar risk of human extinction as pandemics and nuclear war. From the boss […]
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‘Don’t rule out’ COVID-19 lab leak theory, Chinese scientist says | World News
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The possibility COVID-19 could have leaked from a Chinese lab should not be ruled out, a former top Chinese government scientist has said. Professor George Gao, the former head of China’s Centre for Disease Control (CDC), told the BBC Radio 4 podcast Fever: The Hunt for COVID’s Origin: “You can always suspect anything. That’s science. […]
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The ‘black gold’ that could help fight climate change for centuries to come | Climate News
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A high-grade version of BBQ charcoal is being tested as a way of removing greenhouse gas from the atmosphere for centuries to come. The charred wood, called biochar, has been spread over farmland in one of the first large-scale trials of its kind, in the hope carbon captured by trees from the air during their […]
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Facebook urged to ‘stand up for babies’ over ‘hazardous’ formula milk ads | UK News
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Facebook’s failure to stop open containers of baby formula being traded online has put infants in danger, campaigners and charities say. It comes after a Sky News investigation into the desperate measures some families are having to take because they cannot afford the rising prices of infant formula milk. Hartlepool Baby Bank highlighted the “horrendous” […]