Mysterious 'alien' shapes on Venus are doing strange things to its climate

Researchers have been unable to explain why the unusual dark spots are there | Continue reading


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Anthoine Hubert Has Died

Young French driver succumbed to injuries sustained in a high-speed accident on the second lap of the Formula Two feature race at Spa-Francorchamps | Continue reading


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Getting rid of my smartphone revolutionised my life (2017)

The devices are a cause of, and remedy from, the high-anxiety precarious life under late capitalism – and are rewiring our brains to resemble computers | Continue reading


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New Zealand bans swimming with dolphins as numbers fall

Species is disappearing from Bay of Islands because humans are ‘loving them too much’ | Continue reading


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Queen Approves Boris Johnson Suspending British Parliament

Opponents of no-deal Brexit denounce the move as a 'coup' by the prime minister | Continue reading


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Macron says he will block EU trade deal with Brazil over Amazon forest fires

Far-right president Bolsonaro's response to fires criticised around the world | Continue reading


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Journalist stopped by US border agent 'for being part of fake news media'

'The malignant affect this presidency has had ... is absolutely chilling,' James Dyer says | Continue reading


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Toys from the Seventies and Eighties could be poisoning your children (2015)

Study finds lead, cadmium and even arsenic in many plastic toys from the period | Continue reading


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Going against the decluttering craze: the book hoarders who defy Marie Kondo

These bibliophiles say a book is far more than just an object | Continue reading


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Unearthed Viking ‘drinking hall’ offers opportunity to study Norse

Archaeologists discover building possibly used by high-ranking chieftains in 10th century | Continue reading


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French school mobile phone ban comes into force – The Independent

New law comes into force as survey finds majority of British parents would support similar legislation in the UK | Continue reading


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Hackers can figure out passwords just from the sound of typing

'I think smartphone makers are going to have to go back to the drawing board,' a security researcher warns | Continue reading


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UK to end freedom of movement for EU citizens on day one of Brexit

New home secretary wants border restrictions imposed immediately on 31 October – despite warnings of people trapped in legal limbo | Continue reading


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More than half of world’s forest wildlife lost in 40 years

WWF calls on world leaders to declare planetary emergency as ‘natural ally in climate fight being killed’ | Continue reading


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Ohio gunman's family posts obituary for shooter praising him as 'funny' and 'articulate'

Obituary makes no mention of slain sister, or other eight victims of Dayton shooting | Continue reading


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Politicians attack government’s anti-knife crime fried chicken boxes

‘Is this some kind of joke?! What’s next, #knifefree watermelons?’ | Continue reading


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More money, more holiday, could boost U.K. productivity

Recommendations also include abolishing personal allowance of income tax to make direct payouts to consumers, and frontloading green investment | Continue reading


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Muslim women ‘sterilised’ in China detention camps, say former detainees

‘It’s like we were just a piece of meat,’ says Gulbahar Jalilova | Continue reading


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Metal shards from Boeing 787 taking off rain down ‘like bullets’ on people below

Norwegian Dreamliner heading to Los Angeles started shedding eight-inch metal fragments - which smashed into homes and cars below | Continue reading


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Soon only the rich will be able to escape the heat. In Iraq, it’s already so

Baghdad offers a troubling glimpse into a future where only the wealthy are equipped to escape the effects of climate change, Richard Hall writes | Continue reading


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Scientists find world of hidden galaxies

Previously unknown webs of stars are more spectacular than our own, say researchers | Continue reading


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Obituary: Ryoichi Sasakawa (1995)

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Trump to Launch Crackdown on Violent Video Games After Mass Shootings

'Gruesome and grisly video games' must be discouraged, says president | Continue reading


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As thousands descend once again on Woodstock for its 50th anniversary festival, resident Sunshine Flint explains why it remains the most famous small town in America | Continue reading


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Greenland's ice sheet melting fast

Half of ice sheet's surface thought to be melting as African plume that baked Britain now blasts the Arctic | Continue reading


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Greeks may have made China's Terracotta Army 1500 years before Marco Polo (2016)

'We have discovered something more important even than the Terracotta Army,' says Chinese archaeologist | Continue reading


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Human-animal hybrids to be developed in Japan after ban controversially lifted

Supporters say research could be vital first step towards growing organs that can then be transplanted into people in need | Continue reading


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Robotic contact lens that allows users to zoom in by blinking eyes revealed

Device mimics natural electric signals in human eyeball | Continue reading


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Monzo Is Down

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Hong Kong’s quiet and determined ‘hard hat revolution’

The young Hongkongers planning to protest again tomorrow are not stereotypical hard-bitten agitators, but they are idealistic and desperate | Continue reading


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New AI project expects to map all the word’s reefs by end of next year

The effort is inspired by late philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen | Continue reading


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Bill Gates is building his own city (2017)

'Belmont will create a forward-thinking community with a communication and infrastructure spine that embraces cutting-edge technology' | Continue reading


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Germany registers highest temperature in its recorded history

New high comes as heatwave sweeps across Europe | Continue reading


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I thought I was being blacklisted, so I demanded to see their emails

You may have had your suspicions too, and thought you had no way of proving them. But a simple data request can reveal the obstacles placed in your path | Continue reading


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Age of Discovery ship found perfectly preserved in Baltic Sea

Extraordinary undersea video reveals the maritime realities of the early 16th century | Continue reading


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Monkeys banned from eating bananas at Devon zoo (2014)

Zookeepers say the stereotypical food actually makes monkeys more aggressive, rots their teeth and can lead to diabetes | Continue reading


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Preliminary approval has been granted for 38 trademarks which raises further questions about conflicts of interest | Continue reading


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‘No girls born’ for past three months in area of India covering 132 villages

Any parents found to have carried out female foeticide will face legal action, district magistrate says | Continue reading


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Elon Musk says Hyperloop hit a top speed of 463kmh before exploding

SpaceX test track set to be extended to 10km for next year's competition for even faster speeds | Continue reading


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Scotland generating enough wind energy to power two Scotlands

‘Amazing figures’ highlight consistency of wind energy in Scotland, say campaigners | Continue reading


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German traffic lights fitted with actual Pong games for pedestrians to play

Handsets let people play against those standing on the other side of the street | Continue reading


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Musk, Branson and Bezos: What’s the Danger to Planet Earth?

Three men say they were inspired to enter space race by watching moon landing | Continue reading


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Earthquakes repeatedly striking proposed US nuclear waste site (Yuca Mountain)

Officials fear deadly radioactivity could seep into earth if another high-magnitude quake strikes Nevada desert | Continue reading


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Faceapp: Privacy Warning Issued over App That Lets Users Turn Themselves Old

App provokes shock with pictures – and concern about what they could be used for | Continue reading


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Egyptian ‘bent’ pyramid dating back 4,600 years opens to public

Tourists can now clamber down 79m tunnel of ancient structure built for King Sneferu | Continue reading


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Climate change escalating so fast it is 'beyond point of no return' (2016)

New study rewrites two decades of research and author says we are 'beyond point of no return' | Continue reading


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Elephant extinction in Africa would speed up climate crisis

Wiping out animals could mean 7 per cent more carbon released but conserving them would be worth £34bn in CO2 storage, study finds | Continue reading


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Ryanair ‘re-names’ Boeing 737 Max planes on order

Pictures from the aircraft factory show that the grounded jet is now called the 737 8200 | Continue reading


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