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Japan makes historic moon landing but mission remains up in the air | Science & Tech News
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Japan has become the fifth country to land a craft on the moon, but problems with its solar panels mean the mission hangs in the balance. Dubbed the “moon sniper”, the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) probe was attempting a risky landing on a slope at the rim of a crater using “precision” technology.…
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Peregrine: Moon mission carries sports drink and human remains – is this compatible with science? | Science & Tech News
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NASA is on its way back to the moon, but this time it’s not at the controls. Instead, it’s bought a ticket to ride on a private spacecraft, the start of a new era of commercial lunar missions. It’s a seismic shift. NASA hopes the innovation of tech start-ups will bring down the costs of…
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Microsoft-Activision Blizzard merger nearly clear of obstacles – but future for gamers remains unclear | Science & Tech News
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Microsoft has cleared nearly all of the major obstacles in its path to securing the biggest acquisition in gaming history but, for gamers, the future remains unclear. The technology giant is nearly at the finish line of its protracted bid to take over Activision Blizzard, the hit video game developer, for $69bn (£52.9bn). But after…
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Party atmosphere turns quiet after space launch goes wrong – but crowd remains proud | UK News
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“Space is hard” – a mantra often repeated by Virgin Orbit and those in charge of Spaceport Cornwall in the last few months leading up to this mission – and last night proved that point. As an American Virgin Orbit presenter announced something had gone wrong on the big screen at the airport, an electric…
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Oldest charred food remains reveal earliest evidence of plant cooking by Neanderthals | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have analysed the oldest charred food remains ever found, providing the earliest evidence of plant cooking among Neanderthals. Ancient hunter-gatherers were thought to have a largely meat-based diet, but researchers have found that prehistoric people had a diverse diet in which plants featured heavily. Researchers used a scanning electron microscope to analyse nine samples…
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Online Safety Bill: Record amount of online child abuse blocked as legislation remains in limbo | Science & Tech News
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An unprecedented quantity of online child sexual abuse content is being blocked by tech companies while legislation aimed at tackling such material remains undelivered, the government has been warned. There are currently 24,649 web addresses containing such images of youngsters, sometimes even babies, on the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF)’s list of blocked pages – a…
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Elon Musk defends culling Twitter staff but insists commitment to moderation remains ‘absolutely unchanged’ | US News
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Elon Musk has defended sacking half of Twitter’s 8,000 workers, saying “unfortunately, there is no choice”. Mr Musk insisted that the platform’s commitment to moderation remained “absolutely unchanged”. He tweeted: “Regarding Twitter’s reduction in force, unfortunately there is no choice when the company is losing over $4m a day. “Everyone exited was offered three months…
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Father and daughter remains give insight into Neanderthal family life | Science & Tech News
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A father and daughter are among the remains of what researchers say is evidence of Neanderthal family life. DNA from eight adults and five children – seven of which were male and six female – was recovered from a cave in southern Siberia, a region which has proved fruitful for such research. As part of…