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China allows rocket booster to fall uncontrolled to Earth | Science & Tech News
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Debris from a rocket that boosted part of China’s new space station into orbit has fallen into the sea in the Philippines, the Chinese government has announced. The China Manned Space Agency said most of the final stage of the Long March-5B rocket burned up after entering the atmosphere. Earlier the agency had said it…
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3D structures of almost 200 million proteins have finally been predicted | Science & Tech News
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The artificial intelligence company DeepMind has announced a major medical scientific breakthrough in determining the structures of almost 200 million proteins. Proteins are not two dimensional molecules, but have chemical properties that are determined by their three-dimensional shape — but figuring out these shapes is an intensive process. The breakthrough has significant repercussions for medicine,…
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Fears grow that massive debris from Chinese rocket could crash in populated parts of the US this weekend | Science & Tech News
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Concerns are growing that a Chinese space rocket’s uncontrolled re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere could scatter debris across populated parts of the US. The Long March 5B booster is too large to burn up on entry and will break up, potentially showering the ground with chunks of metal speeding at terminal velocity. According to the Centre…
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Domestic cats labelled ‘alien invasive species’, by Polish institute | Science & Tech News
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Domestic cats have been labelled as an “invasive alien species” by a Polish scientific institute. It refers to the growing scientific consensus that domestic cats cause damage to birds and other wildlife by the number they hunt and kill. However, Wojciech Solarz, a biologist at the Polish Academy of Sciences was not prepared for the…
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Images show mysterious ‘perfectly aligned’ holes beneath Atlantic Ocean – and nobody knows what made them | Science & Tech News
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Scientists have discovered a series of mysterious “perfectly aligned” holes in the sediment 1.7 miles beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean – and do not know what has caused them. They were found by the US National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA) while conducting an exploration of the sea bed around the mid-Atlantic Ridge…
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Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner clash with the head of Instagram over ‘TikTok’ redesign | Science & Tech News
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The head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has locked horns with Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner after the pair criticised changes on the social media service as “trying to be TikTok”. The celebrity sisters posted a message to their hundreds of millions of followers stating “Make Instagram Instagram Again” complaining about the company’s new focus on…
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Russia to withdraw from International Space Station after 2024 | Science & Tech News
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Russia has said it will withdraw from the International Space Station (ISS) after 2024 to focus on building its own orbital outpost. Yuri Borisov, who was appointed to lead the state-controlled space corporation Roscosmos earlier this month, said during a meeting with President Vladimir Putin that Russia would fulfil its obligations to other partners before…
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Co-op’s use of facial recognition on customers prompts legal complaint | Science & Tech News
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A legal complaint has been filed against the Co-operative convenience store chain’s use over its use of live facial recognition cameras. According to Big Brother Watch and data rights firm AWO, the biometric technology is infringing on the privacy rights of people in the UK. The campaigners have filed their complaint to the Information Commissioner’s…
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Hair loss and sexual dysfunction join list of long COVID symptoms | Science & Tech News
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Hair loss and sexual dysfunction have joined the list of symptoms for people with long COVID, according to a new study. Two million people in the UK are estimated to be suffering from long COVID, the Office for National Statistics reported in June, based on self-reports from a representative sample. Of that two million, 1.4…
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Fossil of ‘first animal predator’ named after Sir David Attenborough | Science & Tech News
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A fossil of the earliest known animal predator has been named after Sir David Attenborough by the geologists who discovered it. The 560-million-year-old creature is the first of its kind to have ever been identified and is believed to be the earliest known creature with a skeleton. It was found in Charnwood Forest near Leicester…