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Life is one of the rarest things in the Universe

Life is one of the rarest things in the Universe

There’s a meme that’s been floating around on social media recently, offering encouragement to turn our everyday perspective upside down. “In the entire Universe, wood is rarer and more valuable than diamonds.” Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn While diamonds are surprisingly common in the Universe – being made from (very abundant) carbon crystallised in the high pressures of asteroid collisions and gas …

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Tales of the Shire falls short of the LOTR life sim promise

Tales of the Shire falls short of the LOTR life sim promise

On paper, a cozy little game set in the Shire sounds like a slam dunk. The Shire is canonically a beautiful, peaceful, inviting little place, and a game that lets you customize your own personal Hobbit hole sounds delightful. But in practice, Weta Workshop’s new life sim, Tales of the Shire: A The Lord of The Rings Game, sadly falls …

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Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

Scientists Find Evidence That Original Life on Earth Was Assembled From Material in Space

The molecules that form the building blocks to life may be far more common in space than once thought, according to researchers from the Max Planck Institute. Their work, published in The Astrophysical Journal, reports the detection of over a dozen types of complex organic molecules swimming closely around a protostar in the constellation Orion, suggesting that the chemicals can …

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Walking 7,000 Steps Slashes Your Risk of Death by Nearly Half — Best Life

Walking 7,000 Steps Slashes Your Risk of Death by Nearly Half — Best Life

Ever since the advent of Fitbits and Apple Watches, 10,000 has been the magic step count number. For the average person walking at an average pace, hitting that goal takes about an hour and a half—time that most busy people simply don’t have. But an exciting new study finds that there’s a “more realistic and achievable target” that can slash …

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Allianz Life confirms data breach affecting majority of 1.4M US customers

Allianz Life confirms data breach affecting majority of 1.4M US customers

MINNEAPOLIS — Hackers gained access to personal data on the majority of the 1.4 million customers of Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America, the company confirmed Saturday. Minneapolis-based Allianz Life, a subsidiary of Munich, Germany-based Allianz SE, said the data breach happened on July 16 when a “malicious threat actor” gained access to a third-party, cloud-based system used by …

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Allianz Life says majority of US customers' data stolen in hack – Reuters

Allianz Life says majority of US customers’ data stolen in hack  Reuters Allianz Life: Insurance giant says most US customer data stolen in cyber-attack  BBC Allianz Life Says Majority of Customers’ Data Stolen in Breach  Bloomberg.com Allianz Life says ‘majority’ of customers’ personal data stolen in cyberattack  Yahoo Finance Allianz Life says majority of customers’ data stolen in hack  New York Post Source link

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