NATO nations ready to jointly respond to attacks in space   
   ABC News, 14 Jun 2021 12:44Z   
   NATO leaders are set to expand the use of their all-for-one, one-for-all,   
   collective defence clause to include attacks in space.   
      
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   Swiss narrowly reject tax hike to fight climate change   
   ABC, 13 Jun 2021 14:34Z   
   Exit polls indicate that Swiss voters have narrowly rejected a referendum   
   that would have hiked fees and taxes on fuels that ...   
      
   The woman who forced the US govt to take UFOs seriously   
   The Guardian, 14 Jun 2021 07:26Z   
   Leslie Kean was handed a 90-page report of UFO sightings by pilots. After   
   publishing her first story on the subject, she was ...   
      
   NASA Successfully Assembles Rocket for Artemis Moon Mission   
   The Weather Channel, 14 Jun 2021 08:22Z   
   It is the first time all 3 key elements of the rocket have been put   
   together in their launch configuration.   
      
   'What-is-this': Experts puzzled by 'strange' elongated object that makes   
   star disappear   
   Republic World, 13 Jun 2021   
   Astronomers and space experts have been left puzzled by a star in the middle   
   of the Milky Way which keeps blinking in and out of existence.   
      
     Giant 'Blinking' Star Spotted in Milky Way's Central Region   
     Sci-News.com, 11 Jun 2021 20:06Z   
     A giant star called VVV-WIT-08 exhibited a smooth, eclipse-like drop in   
     brightness to a depth of 97% in 2012; minimum brightness occurred in April   
     2012 and the ...   
      
   How virus detectives trace the origins of an outbreak - and why it's so tricky   
   KRQE, 13 Jun 2021   
   Every time there is a major disease outbreak, one of the first questions   
   scientists and the public ask is: "Where did this ...   
      
   [Monster:]   
   'One hell of a big crocodile': Mystery skull belongs to 'River Boss',   
   researchers confirm   
   ABC Southern Qld, 13 Jun 2021 at 9:54pm   
   A skull that sat in a university desk for a "very long time" has been   
   officially identified as belonging to an enormous species of crocodile   
   never before known to have prowled Australian waterways.   
      
   [Warm Up The Bus!]   
   Putin says he's ready to hand over cybercriminals to the US - with conditions   
   ABC News, 13 Jun 2021 at 11:47pm   
   The issue of cybercrime is in the spotlight before the the leaders of   
   Russia and the US meet in Geneva this week, after a ransomware attack   
   crippled the operations of a global meatpacking company.   
      
   China to send 3 men to its space station for first crewed mission   
   in almost 5 years   
   ABC News, 14 Jun 2021 02:15Z   
   The rocket carrying the men will blast off from the Gobi Desert,   
   taking them to China's space station where they will remain in orbit   
   for 3 months.   
      
   [Bolt Hole:]   
   'Safe paradise' desire sees Cairns house prices tip into mns   
   ABC Far North, 14 Jun 2021 02:47Z   
   Property prices in the once-affordable Far North Queensland city of   
   Cairns are reaching into the mns, thanks to an influx of new   
   residents from southern states.   
   [I remember my sister bought a property in FNQ many years back.  They   
   sold it soon after at a loss after discovering it was on the main   
   cyclone track and got ripped up and flooded every now and then].   
      
   Will humans ever learn to speak whale?   
   Livescience.com, 13 Jun 2021 12:39Z   
   Sperm whales are among the loudest living animals on the planet, producing   
   creaking, knocking and staccato clicking sounds to communicate with other   
   whales ...   
      
   Woman fails to prove the COVID-19 vaccine made her magnetic during Ohio   
   House hearing   
   The Hill, 12 Jun 2021 18:57Z   
   A nurse during an Ohio House hearing on Thu tried to prove a debunked   
   theory that taking the COVID-19 vaccine makes a person "magnetic."   
      
   Brazil's Bolsonaro fined for mask violation in Sao Paulo   
   The Hill, 12 Jun 2021 20:22Z   
   Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been fined for not wearing a mask in   
   a public space, breaking a local govt's coronavirus restrictions.   
      
   The Best Type of Exercise? A Blood Test Holds Clues   
   The New York Times, 10 Jun 2021   
   If we all begin the same exercise routine tomorrow, some of us will become   
   much fitter, others will get a little more in shape, and a few of us may   
   actually lose ...   
      
   Electron's dual nature appears in a quantum spin liquid - Physics World   
   physicsworld.com, 12 Jun 2021 09:20Z   
   Researchers in the US may have found the first hard evidence that the   
   electron is made up of 2 distinct particles. According to N Phuan Ong and   
   colleagues at ...   
      
   Sinking towns, dry water taps and mind-boggling rents: Why Americans are   
   abandoning the Golden State   
   ABC News, 12 Jun 2021 19:05Z   
   For decades, California was a place where dreams could come true. But for   
   the first time in its 171-year history, the state's population is in decline.   
   This is why Californians are giving up and moving on.   
      
   Time-lapse video shows the ice shelf of one of Antarctica's largest glaciers   
   breaking into large chunks   
   Business Insider, 12 Jun 2021 16:25Z   
   Time-lapse footage of Pine Island Glacier between 2017 and 2020 shows its   
   ice shelf breaking into large pieces, threatening environmental disaster.   
   [The PIG contains enough ice to add 1/2 m of SLR].   
      
   US screens 2.02 mn airport passengers Fri - highest since March 2020   
   msnNOW, 12 Jun 2021 18:03Z   
   Washington (Reuters). The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA)   
   said it screened 2.02 mn passengers on Fri at ...   
      
   'Giant arc' stretching 3.3 bn light-years across the cosmos shouldn't exist   
   Livescience.com, 11 Jun 2021 19:44Z   
   A newly discovered crescent of galaxies spanning 3.3 bn light-years is   
   among the largest known structures in the universe and challenges some of ...   
      
   Humpback whale gulps and spits out Cape Cod lobsterman   
   BBC News, 12 Jun 2021 01:15Z   
   Michael Packard ended up in the marine giant's mouth for about half a minute   
   off Massachusetts.   
      
   The UFO Report Won't Change Minds. But Maybe It Should.   
   Bloomberg, 11 Jun 2021 21:35Z   
   Those of us who've dreamed of extraterrestrial life since sci-fi-drenched   
   childhoods are awaiting the federal govt's forthcoming report on UFOs.   
   And yet the report is unlikely to change any ...   
      
   Dengue fever cut by 77% in groundbreaking mosquito trial   
   Al Jazeera English on MSN.com, 11 Jun 2021 12:50Z   
   Results of the three-year study offer hope in the global battle against an   
   illness that sickens mns annually.   
   [This time the solution involves NOT killin sommim!  Anti-viral   
   Wolbacia bacteria intro'd into dengue mosquitoes stops them passing it   
   on to humans.  The same technique may work with other viral diseases   
   like zika and yellow fever.  The trials in Indonesia saw researchers   
   call on the local population NOT to kill mosquitoes they infected with   
   the bacterium and released.  Once freed the infected insects dominate   
   the local population and the bacterium passes to offspring and   
   reportedly remains active for at least a decade. Dengue affects about   
   1/2 the world's population].   
      
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