#‘Almost complete’ ancient shark fossil sheds new light on Earth’s past

#‘Almost complete’ ancient shark fossil sheds new light on Earth’s past

“#‘Almost complete’ ancient shark fossil sheds new light on Earth’s past” Experts have discovered an “almost-complete” fossil of a 150-million-year-old shark in Germany, giving them a nearly unprecedented look into Earth’s distant past. The study, published in the scientific journal Papers in Palaeontology, describes a fossilized Asteracanthus, which lived between 361 million years and 66 million years ago. The fossil was…

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#Merkel calls Trump’s Twitter ban ‘problematic’

#Merkel calls Trump’s Twitter ban ‘problematic’

“#Merkel calls Trump’s Twitter ban ‘problematic’” German Chancellor Angela Merkel believes Twitter‘s ban of US President Donald Trump is “problematic” because rules around free speech should be set by lawmakers rather than tech firms, her spokesman said on Monday. Spokesperson Steffen Seibert agreed with Twitter‘s decision to flag Trump’s tweets, as social network operators have to prevent their…

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# IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport

# IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport

“# IOTA blockchain used to track COVID-19 test results at Frankfurt Airport ” Early on in the pandemic, the heightened need for various biosurveillance measures sparked interest in the relevance of privacy-enhancing technologies such as blockchain that could protect public health data amid the crisis.  An individual Twitter user claimed last week that Frankfurt Airport’s…

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#Germany agrees to extend COVID lockdown until Jan. 31

#Germany agrees to extend COVID lockdown until Jan. 31

“#Germany agrees to extend COVID lockdown until Jan. 31” BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Tuesday that she has agreed with state governors to extend the country’s current lockdown by three weeks until Jan. 31. Merkel said they also are tightening curbs on social contacts, in line with measures imposed at the beginning of…

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