36 m. ago A horse therapy program in Namibia brings joy to children with learning disabilities

A woman in the southern African country of Namibia runs a program that harnesses the power but also the gentleness of horses to help children with learning disabilities and conditions like attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism

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51 m. ago ‘Morally questionable’: inside the epic Lars von Trier exhibition in Copenhagen

It’s got colliding planets, women in peril and an angry phone-in host we explore a show inspired by the director’s themes that refuses to shy away from his problematic sideI am not even inside the building but a creeping sense of foreboding has already set in. As I try to find the entrance to Nikolaj Kunsthal, a gothic-style former church in Copenhagen, I hear the lamenting strings of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde – the soundtrack to Lars von Trier’s 2011 end-of-the-world film Melancholia. Inside, I take a seat in a tent-like structure, similar to the one in the film, and watch as a planet hurtles towards Earth, Wagner still blasting away. Nearby lies a long table, covered in white linen and laid out for the celebration of a lifetime – but clearly abandoned midway, and now adorned with dead flowers and burnt-out candelabras.Upstairs, black and white projections – a ticking clock, trains moving through postwar Germany, scenes of sex and drowning – play as the ominous male voice that fe...

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83 m. ago Scots must act now to protect our democracy and shared values from the rise of the far right

Writing in his new regular column for the Daily Record, First Minister John Swinney says it's time for political parties and civic groups to reaffirm to the public that more unites us than divides us.

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4 h. ago DOMINIC LAWSON: For all the scientists' new efforts to talk to the animals, I don't think humans will ever be speaking Dolphinese

Like millions of Britons of a certain age, my childhood was made more joyous by Johnny Morris, the presenter of the TV programme Animal Magic.

Science

4 h. ago Cask brewers warn traditional British beer is at risk of dying out and call for real ale to be given protected heritage status

Cask ale brewers are calling for the beer to to be given a 'cultural heritage' status in an attempt to stop it dying out.

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10 h. ago MPs call on government to 'protect safety' of 'brave' women who won Supreme Court gender battle after 'appalling attacks'

MPs and campaigners have called out the 'death threats' and 'misogynistic abuse' of women who won Supreme Court legal battle

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11 h. ago Watch: GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Takes Part In 'In Conversation' Event At London's HMV Store

Watch: GHOST's TOBIAS FORGE Takes Part In 'In Conversation' Event At London's HMV Store  BLABBERMOUTH.NET

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11 h. ago The Guardian view on a new deal for travel in Europe: bring back student exchanges | Editorial

The EU is expected to push for special youth visas at next month’s summit. Sir Keir Starmer should say yesStrong hints that a rebranded “youth opportunity scheme” will top the EU’s wishlist at next month’s EU-UK summit are good news for anyone who regrets the diminished travel opportunities that were one result of Brexit. Rising expectations of new European train routes – possibly including direct trains from London to Italy – can only add to the appeal of a potential rule change.There were more consequential impacts of Brexit than restrictions on travel. The disruption of trade, which is predicted by the Office for Budget Responsibility to cause a 4% reduction in long-run productivity, is far more significant economically. Drug shortages continue to create risks to people’s health, and cause problems for doctors and pharmacists. Cancer research and trials have also been badly affected, according to a new report, because of the increased difficulty of attracting scientists and fundi...

Economics

12 h. ago I have rare brain condition that means I'm 'severed' like characters from hit Apple TV show

In the show Severance, people get brain surgery to split their memories between work and their personal life. But there's a real-life brain condition that's similar to this fictional procedure.

Events

14 h. ago Florida State classes resume Monday after fatal shooting, but in

Classes will resume at Florida State University on Monday, four days after a deadly shooting on campus left two people dead and six others injured

Events

14 h. ago RFK's claims about people with autism offer a sinister insight into how Trumpism sees us all | John Harris

The war on science being waged by the US health secretary and the White House is bound to spread. We must be on our guardIn the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is “a terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath”. But in the US’s new age of irrationalism and chaos, these two men are now of one voice, pursuing a strand of Trumpist politics that sometimes feels strangely overlooked. With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.Nearly 2,000 members of the US’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have warned of “slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration”. Even work on cancer is now under threa...

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14 h. ago RFK’s statements prove autistic people and their families everywhere should fear Trump and his allies | John Harris

The idea that autism is some aberration that can be cured is typical of a movement that celebrates simplistic thinking and loathes human differenceIn the recent past, Robert F Kennedy Jr has said that Donald Trump is “a terrible human being” and “probably a sociopath”. But in the US’s new age of irrationalism and chaos, these two men are now of one voice, pursuing a strand of Trumpist politics that sometimes feels strangely overlooked. With Trump once again in the White House and Kennedy ensconced as his health and human services secretary, what they are jointly leading is becoming clearer by the day: a war on science and knowledge that aims to replace them with the modern superstitions of conspiracy theory.Nearly 2,000 members of the US’s National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have warned of “slashing funding for scientific agencies, terminating grants to scientists, defunding their laboratories, and hampering international scientific collaboration”. Even work on...

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14 h. ago Famed scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki DEFENDS Katy Perry's space trip and says the pop star is being 'picked on' simply because she's female after controversial Blue Origin flight

Famed Australian scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki has weighed in on the controversy surrounding Jeff Bezo's all-female Blue Origin space flight.

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16 h. ago Five F1 drivers warned over Saudi Arabian Grand Prix's brutal conditions

Five F1 drivers have been warned about the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix’s brutal conditions in the soaring heat of the high-speed Jeddah circuit

Events

16 h. ago Action group plans to take coal firm to court over restoration of Merthyr Tydfil Ffos y Fran opencast site

The group alleges the company is not honouring its original restoration promise

Events

17 h. ago Friends save £4k travelling by making back of Corsa into bed

Madeleine, who says she saved over £2k by travelling through Europe in her Corsa, plans to do the North Coast 500 in Scotland next.

Economics

17 h. ago ‘Cañahua chose me’: can an ancient relative of quinoa revive rural Bolivia’s economy?

The effects of the climate crisis and a lack of jobs are driving young people away from the Andean highlands but a long-shunned crop could stem the tideFew young people remain in Bolivia’s highland plateau, the Altiplano. The rising frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as drought and frost, have reduced their economic prospects and migration has accelerated as the environment becomes more unpredictable.“The climate isn’t like it used to be,” says Nico Mamani Lima, a farmer and agronomist from Ayo Ayo. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Lyme disease symptoms warning as delay in treatment could hurt heart, brain and bones

Fans know the condition all too well after it’s forced a number of celebrities bow out of the limelight

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18 h. ago Skip supermarket opening times this Easter and shop fabric conditioner for £16 less than Tesco

We're all a bit confused about supermarket opening times this bank holiday weekend - but Amazon may be the quicker and cheaper place to shop for household groceries

Economics

18 h. ago Melting glaciers will harm us all. Yet still we watch, unmoved | Robin McKie

The degradation of the Arctic tundra has triggered a terrible chain reaction that can only lead to greater mayhemThe problems that now afflict attempts to establish a military presence in the far north of Canada and Greenland provide timely warnings about the miseries that lie ahead for the rest of the planet as global warming continues its remorseless spread.The Arctic has suffered especially early impacts because temperatures here are rising faster than in any other part of our planet. Crucially, this process threatens to trigger even greater climatic mayhem. Continue reading...

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