The ‘race to 5G’ is a myth

Written by Kevin Werbach

UK 5G rollout begins in July with Vodafone in seven cities ...

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Telecommunications providers relentlessly extol the power of fifth-generation (5G) wireless technology. Government officials and policy advocates fret that the winner of the “5G race” will dominate the internet of the future, so America cannot afford to lose out.

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Coronavirus kills Chinese whistleblower doctor

Written by BBC

Li Wenliang             Image copyright LI WENLIANG Image caption Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital

A Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the deadly coronavirus outbreak has died, the hospital treating him has said. Li Wenliang contracted the virus while working at Wuhan Central Hospital.

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Earth is About to Enter a 30-Year ‘Mini Ice Age’

Written by Elias Marat

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A scientist has warned that Earth could be facing a mini ice age due to the Sun radiating less energy and heat toward our planet. According to the expert, this would mean that the planet would be plunged into a period of extreme winter and chilly cold storms during the next 30 years.

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Pluto’s famous heart powers icy winds on the dwarf planet

Written by Mike Wall

The left lobe of Pluto's heart-shaped feature is a 600-mile-wide (1,000 kilometers) ice plain known as Sputnik Planitia.

The left lobe of Pluto’s heart-shaped feature is a 600-mile-wide (1,000 kilometers) ice plain known as Sputnik Planitia. (Image: © NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI)

Pluto’s icy heart is beating. The dwarf planet’s famous heart-shaped feature, which NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft discovered during its epic July 2015 flyby, drives atmospheric circulation patterns on Pluto, a new study suggests.

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UK Prime Minister ‘Doesn’t Get’ Climate Change, Says Fired Adviser

Written by Joe Murphy

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Boris Johnson admitted he “doesn’t really get” climate change, the former president of a United Nations environmental summit being hosted by Britain said in a blistering attack today.

Claire O’Neill, who was fired by No 10 last week, was scathing about the Government’s green credentials, saying it was “playing at Oxford United levels and we need to be Liverpool.”

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‘Robust Evidence’ Clouds Control Earth’s Climate

Written by Cap Allon

Physical scientist Ned Nikolov, Ph.D. and his team claim to have found the first ROBUST evidence that decadal variations of Earth’s climate are driven by changes in cloud albedo, rather than CO2.

Nikolov is preparing a paper on his findings now, but has recently given a few tantalizing teasers on Twitter, one of which suggests that albedo variations are likely forced by the Sun’s magnetic activity.

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UN IPCC Admission: Negligible Climate Change by end of the Century

Written by Andy Rowlands

Careful reading of the most recent report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reveals that their official expectation is of no more than a 0.5 degrees rise in global temperatures by the end of this century (2100).

The revelation comes in an IPCC weblink* which was posted last week in a Facebook group, and hopefully should be of some small comfort for those who believe the planet is heating out of control.

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