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World’s stinkiest fruit could make super-fast electric chargers

Durian fruits, famous for their bad smell, could be used to make electrodes in ultra-fast chargers for electric cars and gadgets




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Microwaved bamboo could be used to build super-strong skyscrapers

Bamboo is a renewable material that when microwaved becomes stronger by weight than steel or concrete – which could make it ideal for constructing buildings, cars and planes




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Lockdown Update: लॉकडाउन का उल्लंघन तो कहीं पसरा सन्नाटा, बिना अनुमति दुकान खोलने वालों के खिलाफ चला अभियान

पश्चिमी यूपी के विभिन्न जिलों में कोरोना दोबारा अपने पांव पसार रहा है वहीं संक्रमण को लेकर लोग अभी भी संजीदा नहीं हैं -




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Sonos Finally Supports Dolby Atmos With New Arc Soundbar

Sonos has been busy these past few months.




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Somebody Is Furiously Uploading '90s Windows Desktop Themes to the Internet Archive

Please, I implore you: jump on this bandwagon.




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Google Authenticator Update Makes it Way Easier to Transfer Accounts to a New Device

Anything that encourages more people to enable two-step verification can only be a good thing.




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I Cut My Hair With a Vacuum Cleaner and I Think I Screwed Up

The road to haircut hell is paved with good questions. Questions like: Is the coronavirus pandemic the Flowbee’s time to shine?




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Jupiter Looks Like a Fireball in This ‘Lucky’ Infrared Image

Only the best images are used to create a mosaic of the entire planet, resulting in a super-crisp, high-definition view.




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QAnon Nuts Euphoric Over Latest Turn in Michael Flynn’s Legal Case

Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast/Getty

Roy “Captain Roy D” Davis has devoted much of the last three years to the QAnon conspiracy theory, writing books pitching the concept to new fans and getting his car repainted with an enormous “Q” on the hood. Through it all, he’s been utterly convinced that former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn—a central figure to much of the Q community—was the victim of an anti-Trump cabal orchestrated by the leaders of the deep state. He corresponded with other Flynn supporters following his legal case, and donated proceeds from one of his books to Flynn’s legal fund. 

So when Davis saw on Thursday that the Justice Department would drop its charges against Flynn for lying to the FBI, Davis was euphoric.

“He’s a hero of mine,” Davis said. “I wouldn’t do all of these things just out of the blue.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.




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The Justice Department Is Now as Corrupt as the President

Mark Wilson/Getty

Just after the prosecutor assigned to the case resigned on Thursday, the Department of Justice announced that it dropped the charges against Michael Flynn, the former national security advisor who’d already pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia

President Trump forecast this before it happened. Last week, he insisted that Flynn had been exonerated.  Apparently referring to his pardon power, Trump suggested that if the court did not do something he would use “a different kind of power.”

And now it’s happened. While the president has the broad power to pardon, he should not control individual prosecutorial decisions, especially those concerning a political ally. It is extremely unusual for the government to dismiss charges after a guilty plea. This is a sign that the historic independence of the Justice Department has been compromised. 

Read more at The Daily Beast.




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The Queen’s Coronavirus Message to Britain: ‘Never Give Up, Never Despair’

via YouTube

The Queen gave a 75th anniversary VE Day speech Friday night that doubled as a rallying cry against coronavirus. “Never give up, never despair, that was the message of VE Day,” she told the British people.

Second World War heroes would “recognize and admire,” the sacrifices the British were making today in the fight against coronavirus, the Queen added. It was her second major coronavirus-themed speech to the nation.

“It may seem hard that we cannot mark this special anniversary as we would wish. Instead we remember from our homes and our doorsteps. But our streets are not empty,” the Queen said, “They are filled with the love and the care that we have for each other.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.



  • Arts and Culture

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PTC: Pokemon Go-style tech used to speed up ventilator production



COMPUTER services company PTC is using augmented reality , the enhanced visual technology seen in Pokemon Go smartphone games and Iron Man movies, to produce ventilators in record time for the NHS.




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State Pension top up: Can you top up missed National Insurance contributions?



STATE PENSIONS are calculated by National Insurance contributions - but can you top up any missed years?




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UP Board Result 2020: 12वीं के बाद करना चाहते हैं सरकारी नौकरी तो पुलिस विभाग में भी है मौका

UP Board 2020: 12वीं के छात्र जिनकी परीक्षाएं हो गई हैं, वे परिणाम का इंतजार कर बेसब्री से कर रहे होंगे।




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UP Board Result 2020: 10वीं पास छात्र भी कर सकते हैं इस सरकरी नौकरी के लिए आवेदन

UP Board Class 10th Result 2020: 10वीं पास करने के बाद अच्छी नौकरी निलना मुश्किल होता है, पर ऐसा नहीं है कि 10वीं पास के लिए नौकरियों का मौका ही नहीं है।




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Mysteriously bright supernova may have smashed up a huge gas cloud

A strange supernova that’s 100 times brighter than it should be has long been a mystery, but it may be explained by the explosion slamming into a cloud of gas




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A star exploded into a supernova but it weirdly isn't very bright

Astronomers have spotted a star that is exploding with a brightness 100 times less than expected – and it’s a mystery exactly why the explosion is so dim




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Weird clumps of air that disrupt radio signals found on Mars

In our atmosphere, strange dense patches of charged air sometimes bounce radio waves around and disrupt radar – and now they have been spotted on Mars




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Jupiter is wetter than we thought, which helps explain how it formed

NASA's Juno spacecraft has found that Jupiter contains more water than measured by its predecessor, Galileo, solving a long-running planetary mystery




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Astronomy group finds Starlink satellites will have 'negative impact'

The International Astronomical Union has concluded a review of satellite mega constellations such as SpaceX's Starlink satellites and found they will have a major impact on large telescopes, but not naked eye astronomy




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For All Mankind review: A superb alternative history of the space race

When the Soviet Union lands on the moon first people in the US are shocked. But For All Mankind provides an even bigger surprise when one cosmonaut's identity is revealed, says Emily Wilson




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Rocket start-up Astra tries back-to-back launches to win $12 million

A space flight start-up called Astra is about to attempt to launch two small rockets into orbit over a few weeks to win $12 million from the US military




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Weird star was born when two white dwarfs merged instead of blowing up

White dwarf stars are common in the galaxy, but astronomers have found one that doesn't seem to obey the rules. They think it was born when two smaller white dwarfs merged together




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Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b

Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron signature in its atmosphere, suggesting the metal is raining down on the planet's night side




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Interstellar comet Borisov may be breaking up as it exits solar system

The first-ever interstellar comet is showing signs of brightening, suggesting it may have been heated up as it passed near to the sun




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Supermassive stars may have formed by repeatedly eating their siblings

Some black holes are way bigger than we can explain, and they may have come from supermassive stars that formed by devouring the other stars around them




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Monster rocky exoplanet could let us glimpse the heart of Jupiter

An enormous rocky planet orbiting a distant star may be a gas giant that has had its atmosphere ripped off, which could help us understand how huge worlds like Jupiter form




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Astronomers have spotted the most powerful supernova ever

An explosion 4.6 billion light years away has released 10 times more energy than the sun will put out in its lifetime, making it the most extreme supernova ever found




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A Wake-Up Call to Head Off an Election Nightmare

Earlier this week, a depressing economic prognosis linked on the Drudge Report concluded: "A whole lot more pain is on the way, and it is going to shake our nation to the core."




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Coronavirus in UP: कन्नौज में एक और कोरोना पॉजिटिव मिला, संक्रमितों की संख्या आठ हुई

कोरोना वायरस देश भर में तेजी से पांव पसार रहा है। कोरोना मरीजों की संख्या लगातार बढ़ती ही जा रही है। कन्नौज जिले में शनिवार को एक और पॉजिटिव केस सामने आया है।




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Coronavirus in UP: जालौन में एक दिन में बढ़े 18 कोरोना के मरीज, एक पुलिसकर्मी भी शामिल, संक्रमितों की संख्या 30 हुई

कोरोना वायरस देश भर में तेजी से पांव पसार रहा है। कोरोना मरीजों की संख्या लगातार बढ़ती ही जा रही है। शनिवार को जालौन जिले एक साथ 12 कोरोना मरीज बढ़ गए। इसमें एक पुलिसकर्मी भी संक्रमित है। 




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Coronavirus in UP: हमीरपुर में पहला कोरोना पॉजिटिव केस सामने आया, मचा हड़कंप

ग्रीन जोन में चल रहे हमीरपुर जिले को झटका लगा है। यहां कोरोना ने दस्तक दे दी है।मुस्करा ब्लॉक क्षेत्र के चिल्ली गांव में एक युवक कोरोना पॉजिटिव निकला। युवक किडनी का इलाज कराने उरई मेडिकल कॉलेज जाता रहा है।




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Coronavirus update: फर्रुखाबाद में मिला पहला कोरोना पॉजिटिव, मुंबई से आया था युवक

फर्रुखाबाद जिले में पहला कोरोना पॉजिटिव मामला सामने आया है। शमसाबाद कस्बा के मोहल्ला मीरादरवाजा निवासी युवक मुम्बई में एक शॉपिंग स्टोर में काम करता था। वह 7 मई को टेंपो से वापस आया था।




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AI Chemist Finds the Best Recipe and Stirs Up Molecules From Scratch

A new automated lab bench combs through known chemical reactions to figure out how best to synthesize compounds




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ANYbotics Introduces Sleek New ANYmal C Quadruped

The latest version of ANYbotics' four-legged robot can do useful real-world inspection tasks




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Video Friday: AlienGo Quadruped Robot Can Now Do Backflips

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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ETH Zurich Demonstrates PuppetMaster Robot

Robots that can control puppets could one day learn to manipulate complex physical objects like clothing and flexible sheets




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RoMeLa's Newest Robot Is a Curiously Symmetrical Dynamic Quadruped

With four legs but no back or front, ALPHRED 2 can run, jump, and punch through boards in any direction




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This Startup Is Building Giant Robots to Grow Our Food

FarmWise is using AI and robotics to enhance farming efficiency by taking care of each plant individually




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Video Friday: Roller-Skating Quadruped Has Best of Both Worlds Mobility

Your weekly selection of awesome robot videos




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From Mainframes to PCs: What Robot Startups Can Learn From the Computer Revolution

In their search for killer apps, robotics companies should look at the amazing evolution of computers




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Agility Robotics Unveils Upgraded Digit Walking Robot

The improvements include nimbler feet, better perception, and fully custom electronics




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Quadruped Robots Can Climb Ladders Now

This robot dog can scale ladders that a real dog would struggle with




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Cerebras Unveils First Installation of Its AI Supercomputer at Argonne National Labs

Argonne will use the CS-1 to help discover cancer therapies and understand colliding blackholes




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RuPaul’s Drag Race Recap: #Methmentum

Given the overall strength of this top six, it’s surprising how messy these one-queen shows turn out to be.




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Super chasing riskier assets

Record low bond yields are pushing superannuation funds and insurers into alternative investments.




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Advertising adds up to $40bn

Advertising spending contributes about $40 billion a year to the Australian economy, or 2 per cent of GDP.




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Oh, Internet: Artificial Intelligence Attempts To Create Additional Lyrics To Rick Astley's 'Never Gonna Give You Up'

This is a video of the result of Youtuber Lil'Alien [Agentalex9 Alt.] feeding Rick Astley's rickrolling classic 'Never Gonna Give You Up' into the Jukebox neural network developed by OpenAI to create more song lyrics for the song. The music video consists of AI upscaled gifs from the original video. If you're really interested in the technology utilized and just what the hell is going on, there are a bunch of links on the video's Youtube page HERE. I just managed to watch the whole video and I can attest that, uh, that was really something. "Something good?" Haha, now let's not get ahead of ourselves. Keep going for whatever this is.




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Peekaboo!: Home Air Vent Dragons With Light-Up Eyes

These are the vent dragons made and sold by artist David Lee Pancake. The dragons are available in a variety of dragony colors, cost $200 apiece, and are made to be hung on the wall, NOT cover an actual air vent. "But--" Hey, if you want to be hot all summer because the A/C isn't blowing in the living room, that's up to you.

Vent Dragons comes with a little remote control to light up the eyes of the two little monsters and surprise your guests and friends. The lights are powered by 3 AA batteries and should burn for 150 hours before you need to replace them. To replace the batteries unscrew the grate and lift off, the batteries are in a small pack inside. The lighted eyes have 8 different settings from fast blinking to continually glowing and there is a timer to turn them off in 6 hours. Enjoy! Size: 12x7 inches. Do NOT install in an actual heating/AC vent.
Gosh, just think how much you could save on home heating and cooling costs if you had ACTUAL fire and ice breathing dragons living in your air vents. I mean granted they'd have to be trained, but I have seen all those movies. Keep going for a few more shots of some of the different colors.



  • a/c
  • aircon! i need aircon! (that was supposed to be ed from 90 day fiance: before the 90 days)
  • baby dragons
  • dang i wish i had $200 to spend on vent dragons
  • dragons
  • heating and cooling
  • light effects
  • sure why not
  • that's cool i'm into that

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Elastec scoops X prize for oil-spill clean-up

Skimming system tripled previous best effort at oil collection.