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|Mac Dynamic Wallpaper
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|Carrying the Fire
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|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
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| A New BMW Club to Join
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|Keep Rising Sir Lewis
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|Season’s Greetings (2020)
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“One of the luckiest things that can happen to you in life is, I think, to have a happy childhood”
Agatha Christie
|HAPPENING ELSEWHERE
|Science
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CAR T-cell therapy could help prevent clogged arteries
on 11 February | 2025
Not everyone responds to statins, the standard treatment for people at risk of cardiovascular disease, so an alternative based on genetically engineered immune cells could help prevent arteries from becoming blocked with plaque
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UK facility starts sucking CO2 out of seawater to help the climate
on 11 February | 2025
Stripping carbon dioxide out of the ocean could be much more efficient than capturing it from the air. Researchers are hoping to show its potential at a pilot plant in Weymouth
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How the XB-1 aircraft went supersonic without a sonic boom
on 10 February | 2025
When the experimental XB-1 aircraft achieved supersonic speeds on a test flight, it did not create a disruptive sonic boom – thanks to a physics phenomenon called the Mach cutoff
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There’s a tiny chance the asteroid headed for Earth could hit the moon
on 10 February | 2025
If asteroid 2024 YR4 does smash down on the lunar surface, the explosion might be visible from Earth and would leave a new crater on the near side of the moon
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Have we already breached the 1.5°C global warming target?
on 10 February | 2025
Although the climate goals set by the Paris Agreement are based on the long-term average temperature, one year of high temperatures might be a sign that the 1.5°C threshold has already been reached
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Forces deep underground seem to be deforming Earth's inner core
on 10 February | 2025
Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over just a few decades
|DAYS UNTIL THE CIRCUS
BELGIAN GP [Spa-Francorchamps]
|General
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Trump says no exemptions with metal tariffs to...
on 11 February | 2025 at 08:14
The move threatens to have a big impact in Canada, a major source of the metals in the US.
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Trump faces showdown with Jordan over Gaza plan
on 11 February | 2025 at 08:01
The BBC's Lucy Williamson assesses the mood ahead of King Abdullah's talks with Donald Trump.
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Japan ministry worker on night out loses...
on 11 February | 2025 at 07:49
The ministry worker had left behind the files and his laptop during a five-hour night out.
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Teacher fatally stabs eight-year-old in South...
on 11 February | 2025 at 04:19
The country's acting president has ordered an investigation into the incident in the city of Daejeon.
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Prosecutors told to drop NYC mayor corruption case
on 11 February | 2025 at 02:57
Eric Adams is facing charges of bribery, conspiracy and campaign finance violations.
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Why some Ghanaians are fighting in insurgency-hit...
on 11 February | 2025 at 02:15
Three men tell the BBC they have crossed the border multiple times to fight the military.
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Paul Adams: Why the Gaza ceasefire is under...
on 11 February | 2025 at 02:02
The BBC's diplomatic correspondent looks at what is behind Hamas announcing a delay to new hostage releases.
