3 d. ago Truth behind 'alien skull' uncovered 1,500 years later as scientists rebuild face

The face that would have belonged to an "alien skull", which was found in a Swiss village in the 1970s, has now been remade for the first time after the woman died around 1,500 years ago

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4 d. ago Nvidia RTX 5070 drops below £500 for first time since launch at one UK retailer

Nvidia's RTX 50 series cards kicked up a storm when they first launched earlier this year bringing a whole host of performance improvements for PC gamers to take advantage of

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6 d. ago Gold climbs above $3,500 for first time as Wall Street rallies after slide

Dollar also recovers after Monday’s sell-off prompted by Trump’s attack on Federal Reserve chair caused alarm among investorsBusiness live – latest updatesGold has climbed above $3,500 an ounce for the first time while stocks on Wall Street and the dollar rose following Monday’s sell-off that was prompted by Donald Trump’s blistering attack on the Federal Reserve chair, Jerome Powell, caused alarm among investors.Spot gold reached the record price of $3,500.01 on Tuesday, extending a rally that has pushed bullion up from $2,623 an ounce at the start of this year. Analysts now predict the metal could even reach $4,000 only a matter of weeks after the price moved through $3,000 for the first time. Continue reading...

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6 d. ago Gold hits $3,500 for first time as Trump’s attack on Powell rattles markets

Haven assets in demand as criticism of US Fed unnerves investors

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2 w. ago Scottish tourist attraction with 500,000 annual visitors wins environmental award for the fourth time in a row

This modern engineering marvel uses Archimedes’ 2,000-year-old principles to maintain perfect balance

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3 w. ago How do you price the risk of ‘economic nuclear winter’? The market hasn’t a clue | Nils Pratley

While US bosses look terrified of being labelled unpatriotic over Trump’s tariffs, stock markets are trading on guessworkVolatility grips global stock markets as Trump insists on tariff ‘medicine’What is the correct level of fall in the stock market if the US president declares economic war on the rest of the world even at the risk of causing a recession in his own country? Does 10% capture it? Or 12%, which was roughly the S&P 500 index’s three-day decline by the time the London market closed on Monday? Or 15%? How about 20%? More? A lot more?During three straight days of heavy falls in the share prices everywhere, a striking feature has been the absence of wise old market heads popping up to argue that the panic is perhaps a little overdone and fair value is emerging. Instead, the collective mood is stuck in bewildered mode for understandable reasons. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Inside the lavish rooms at St James's Palace as it opens to the public for the first time in its 500 year history

St James's Palace, which was built on the orders of King Henry VIII between 1531 and 1536, is the most senior royal palace in London . Now, the public will now be able to take a tour of the lavish rooms

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