5 h. ago Police chopper was forced to take 'emergency evasive action' after being targeted by UFO over US air base

The helicopter's pilots believed they were being pursued by an unidentified craft at high speed, and now newly released police logs have cast doubt on the official explanation

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11 h. ago Minority Report headsets and AI pet translators among inventions set to change our lives

Minority Report-style headsets and AI pet interpreters are also among the futuristic inventions set to transform our lives next year, according to a report by Lightbringer

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11 h. ago Is it weird facelifts are becoming normalized, or am I being too judgmental?

It is a little weird that beauty culture is convincing people to surgically saw off their facial skin and sew it back on tighterDear Ugly,I’m 36 and I don’t need or want a facelift – but lately I feel like I’m being made to want a facelift. Is it weird that facelifts are becoming normalized for women my age, or am I being too judgmental?Why is this column called ‘Ask Ugly’?How should I be styling my pubic hair?How do I deal with imperfection?My father had plastic surgery. Now he wants me and my mother to get work doneI want to ignore beauty culture. But I’ll never get anywhere if I don’t look a certain way Continue reading...

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13 h. ago The man who froze his wife and got a new girlfriend: a stranger, sadder tale than I expected | Imogen West

The story has sparked debates about cryogenics and fidelity. But it also tells us something deeper about our responses to loss One of the last remaining fun things about the internet is getting to pass judgment on the goings-on in households that you would never hear about otherwise. On Reddit, for instance, there is a whole thriving sub for just this purpose called Am I the Asshole?, where people describe conflicts from their lives and ask strangers to adjudicate on them.This week, a story on the BBC threw up a particularly juicy piece of other people’s business that has been sparking debates on Chinese social media. It starts in 2017, when Gui Junmin decided to cryogenically freeze his wife, Zhan Wenlian, after she died of lung cancer. She was the first Chinese person to undergo this procedure, which was paid for by a science research institute in Jinan, east China, that agreed with Gui to preserve his wife’s body for 30 years. Reports suggest Zhan herself consented to the process...

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14 h. ago Police told they must now call prostitutes 'sexual entrepreneurs' under new guidelines

An all-party parliamentary group warned that National Police Chiefs' Council guidance telling officers how to deal with prostitution was 'normalising' commercial sexual exploitation

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15 h. ago 'Freckle' found on the face of the Moon and it could help shape future missions

The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera team has identified a new 22m diameter crater and say it's vital for moon landings as it helps identify safer landing zones

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16 h. ago Coronation Street fans 'seal' reason for Roy Cropper's prison penpal after 'weird' move

Roy has been seen sparking a mystery once again in the ITV soap

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16 h. ago Jeremy Clarkson's £95 advent calendar slammed by customers for unexpected reason

Jeremy Clarkson's booze company Hawkstone has released an advent calendar made up of a selection of lagers, pale ales and ciders, as well as spirits like gin and vodka

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16 h. ago Man puts huge hamster wheel in the forest and unlikely animals actually turn up

A curious man put a pair of hamster wheels in the forest – including one large one – to see if creatures would actually interact with them. The results are jaw-dropping

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16 h. ago Man puts giant hamster wheel in the woods and can't believe which animals show up

The bloke constructed two hamster wheels, one normal sized and one giant, and left them in a forest with hidden cameras recording them and their surroundings to see what would happen

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16 h. ago English town branded ‘worst place to live’ is getting a £136million facelift as masterplan unveiled

AN ENGLISH town dubbed the "worst place to live" in the UK is set to undergo a £136million makeover. Despite boasting an airport and a popular university, many locals claim the commuter belt town is plagued by crime. The town was slammed for its high crime rates, shown in the Channel 4 show, 24 Hours in...

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17 h. ago Chinese pill claims to extend life to 150 by targeting 'zombie cells'

Start-up says it has created the 'Holy Grail' of extending humans' longevity

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18 h. ago 'Zombie cell' pill from China promises to extend your life to 150

Lonvi Biosciences says it has come up with the 'Holy Grail' of human longevity

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20 h. ago Student 'torn apart by wolves' after ignoring 'final' warning

Kenton Carnegie was on a university placement when he was mauled to death while out for a walk in Canada

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20 h. ago Student torn apart by wolves in savage attack after ignoring warning

Kenton Carnegie was working for a geological survey programme in Canada when he was mauled to death

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20 h. ago 'I witnessed the MH370 in its final moments and this is what happened'

The Malaysia Airlines flight 370 vanished as it travelled from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8 2014. It remains aviation history's biggest puzzle and most fatal incident to date

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23 h. ago 'Alien spaceship' 3I/ATLAS seen 'rotating' as conspiracy grows despite NASA's bombshell

Hobby astronomers claim to have captured footage of 3I/ATLAS 'rotating', lending weight to Professor Avi Loeb's theory that the interstellar object could have 'directional thrusters'

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26 h. ago Wingsuit athletes tackle one of the most extreme flying obstacle course humans have ever attempted.

The death-defying 15-stage flight line saw participants weaving through open skies, mountain ranges, and between skyscrapers.

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28 h. ago Scientist shares 'what NASA should have told us' about 'alien mothership' 3I/ATLAS in press conference

Harvard professor and physicist Avi Loeb is adamant 3I/ATLAS could still be a spacecraft despite NASA quashing speculation, and says we will know more before Christmas as the interstellar object approaches

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32 h. ago Police chiefs accused of 'normalising' exploitation of women by issuing guidance telling officers to refer to prostitutes as 'sexual entrepreneurs'

The all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on Commercial Sexual Exploitation has called the National Police Chiefs' Council's (NPCC) guidance 'harmful and inappropriate'.

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