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| From Stutter to Boom
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|Mac Dynamic Wallpaper
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|Carrying the Fire
Whilst everyone remembers Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, many struggle to recollect the name of the third member of the Apollo 11 crew; Michael...
|Extinct Artist
"I have always painted things I am obsessed with and always gone with my heart regardless of convention." Dave White came to prominence as the...
|Perseverance Pays
“If we see a hedgehog staring in the camera, we would know there’s current and certainly ancient life on Mars, but based on our past experiences,...
| A New BMW Club to Join
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|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
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|Season’s Greetings (2020)
Wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and Peaceful (COVID free) New Year Christmas 2020 I think it goes without saying that we are all glad that...
“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
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|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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Vagus nerve stimulation shows promise for spinal cord injury recovery
on 21 May | 2025
People with incomplete cervical spinal cord injuries showed improvements to their hand and arm movements after receiving a targeted form of vagus nerve stimulation
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The first teeth were sensory organs on the skin of ancient fish
on 21 May | 2025
Teeth are good for chewing and biting, but they are also sensitive – and that may have been their original function hundreds of millions of years ago
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Weird planet is orbiting backwards between two stars
on 21 May | 2025
After two decades of debate, research confirms that an odd binary star system has an equally odd planetary companion
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West Nile virus detected in mosquitoes in the UK for the first time
on 21 May | 2025
“Fragments” of West Nile virus have been detected in UK mosquitoes, suggesting that the virus is circulating in the country, probably as a result of the warming climate
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China is readying a mission to two rocky bodies in our solar system
on 21 May | 2025
China's ambitious Tianwen-2 mission will soon be heading to two extremely different space rocks, and should provide vital data to help us understand the nature of asteroids and comets
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Tropical forest loss doubled in 2024 as wildfires rocketed
on 21 May | 2025
A record 67,000 square kilometres of primary rainforest was lost from the tropics in 2024, with global warming and El Niño contributing to a massive jump in fire-driven damage
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
BELGIAN GP [Spa-Francorchamps]
|General
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US accepts gifted Qatari plane to join Air Force...
on 21 May | 2025 at 18:49
The White House insists that the gift is legal, but some of Trump's biggest backers have criticised the deal.
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Israel fires 'warning shots' near diplomats in...
on 21 May | 2025 at 18:17
Many nations have condemned the Israel military, which says a delegation visiting Jenin deviated from an agreed route.
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Watch moment Trump ambushes Ramaphosa with video
on 21 May | 2025 at 17:40
In an extraordinary Oval Office meeting, Trump pressed Cyril Ramaphosa on widely discredited claims of a white genocide in South Africa.
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Gaza health system 'stretched beyond breaking...
on 21 May | 2025 at 17:09
The UN agency says Israeli ground operations and evacuation orders are putting hospitals out of service or making them inaccessible.
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UK exposes Russian cyber campaign targeting...
on 21 May | 2025 at 16:37
A joint investigation by the UK and allies found Russian hackers in the systems of logistics organisations.
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Italy tightens rules for Italian descendants to...
on 21 May | 2025 at 16:08
Applicants for an Italian passport must now have one parent or grandparent who was a citizen by birth.
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British tourist arrested in Namibia over nude...
on 21 May | 2025 at 15:46
The 65-year old Briton is also accused of inappropriately touching children while on a holiday in Namibia.
