5 d. ago Trump's 'Golden Dome for America' pictured as it shows incoming missiles from Russia

Donald Trump has been working with war experts to create a demonstration of what would happen if a missile was launched at the US with their new so-called 'golden dome' in place

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6 d. ago States are rolling out red carpets for data centers. But some lawmakers are pushing back

The explosive growth of the data centers needed to power America’s fast-rising demand for artificial intelligence and cloud computing has spurred states to dangle incentives in hopes of landing an economic bonanza

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6 d. ago Kids will develop 25.4 million more cavities if fluoride is banned nationwide, study finds

Fluoride has been used in public drinking water systems across the country since 1945

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6 d. ago Make America ChatGPT again: Experts say AI was used to create RFK Jr health report that cited false studies

Experts found evidence that scientific citations in the MAHA report were generated by AI, which experts slammed as ‘sloppy’ and ‘shoddy’

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7 d. ago RFK Jr’s ‘Maha’ report found to contain citations to nonexistent studies

Failures uncovered as US health secretary touted ‘gold-standard’ science in health report ordered by Trump teamUS politics live – latest updatesRobert F Kennedy Jr’s flagship health commission report contains citations to studies that do not exist, according to an investigation by the US publication Notus.The report exposes glaring scientific failures from a health secretary who earlier this week threatened to ban government scientists from publishing in leading medical journals. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Expert tips for Scottish homeowners to create impactful interiors

In line with World Interiors Day (31st May), Barratt and David Wilson Homes Scotland has teamed up with Edward Thomas Interiors to provide residents with top tips to get the most out of their homes.

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8 d. ago 3 bird box errors which could be driving your feathered friends away

A wildlife expert has shared some top tips for creating the perfect bird haven in your garden - and has urged people to avoid these three common mistakes when putting up bird boxes

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1 week ago World’s oldest fingerprint may be a clue that Neanderthals created art

A man 43,000 years ago dipped a finger in red pigment and made a nose on a face-like pebble in Spain, scientists sayOne day around 43,000 years ago, a Neanderthal man in what is now central Spain came across a large granite pebble whose pleasing contours and indentations snagged his eye.Something in the shape of that quartz-rich stone – perhaps its odd resemblance to an elongated face – may have compelled him to pick it up, study it and, eventually, to dip one of his fingers in red pigment and press it against the pebble’s edge, exactly where the nose on that face would have been. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Perfect UK weather sparks bumper strawberry harvest so Gen Z trying bizarre recipes

Thanks to a bumper season os strawbs, Gen Z have flexed their somewhat dubious culinary expertise to create things like 'strawberry flights' which contain ingredients such as mayo, mustard and pasta

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1 week ago Gardeners urged to place a washing up bowl on their lawns immediately

This unlikely household item can be a massive saviour in your garden - an expert has urged people to use it to create a "mini pond" for this one struggling creature

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2 w. ago RFK’s health report omits key facts in painting dark vision for US children

Maha report ignores leading causes of death for children, firearms and crashes, and focuses on lifestyle and vaccinesA new report led by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr lays out a dark vision of American children’s health and calls for agencies to examine vaccines, ultra-processed foods, environmental chemicals, lack of exercise and “overmedicalization”.Kennedy has made combatting the chronic disease “epidemic” a cornerstone of his vision for the US, even as he has ignored common causes of chronic conditions, such as smoking and alcohol use. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Tim Walz calls out RFK Jr. on children’s health: ‘Just so blatantly false’

Walz, a former teacher and a father of a son with nonverbal learning disorder, says the cuts to the Department of Education and RFK Jr.’s words on autism are destructive

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2 w. ago UBS deploys AI analyst clones as clients opt for research in video form

Zurich-based bank using OpenAI and Synthesia models to create lifelike avatars of its experts

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3 w. ago Pupils with special educational needs and disabilities to get better access to PE lessons

Teachers will get expert training in creating and delivering lessons that meet the diverse needs of all pupils - including those with physical, sensory, cognitive, communication or social and emotional needs

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3 w. ago Health Secretary RFK Jr doesn’t believe people should take medical advice from him

The former environmental lawyer previously led an anti-vaccine advocacy group

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3 w. ago What to expect at RFK Jr.'s first Senate hearing as health secretary

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3 w. ago Chris Packham says autism does not need a cure: ‘We are not broken’

The conservationist said he does not want a cure to autism following US Health Secretary RFK Jr’s pledge to find the causes of autism by September.

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3 w. ago This American pope: Leo XIV’s bloodline reflects the US melting pot

A fraught history of race and immigration connect the new pope with his homelandPope Leo XIV, who on Thursday was elected as the first-ever US-born leader of the Roman Catholic church, has a familial bloodline that reflects his homeland’s fraught relationship with race – and why the nation’s stature as a melting pot of origins has long endured, records unearthed by genealogists show.The maternal grandfather of 69-year-old Robert Prevost, the newly minted pope, was evidently born abroad in Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic, according to birth records that professional genealogist Chris Smothers cited to ABC News in a recent report. When Leo’s grandfather, Joseph Martinez, obtained an 1887 marriage license to wed the future pope’s grandmother, Louise Baquié, he listed his birthplace as Haiti, which at the time was the same territory as Santo Domingo, Smothers noted. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Greek island of Zakynthos named most crowded resort in Europe

A new Which? Travel report on overtourism also cites Mallorca and Paris as destinations suffering from an influx of visitors, but some argue that bad behaviour is as much of a problem as numbersIn Great Yarmouth there are some signs of regeneration: the vast glass palace of the Winter Gardens is being refurbished and the ornate Cafe 1903 next to the historic Hippodrome is busy. But the bustling tourist industry of the Edwardian era is long gone. “When Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show came in 1903, the tent held 5,000,” says local historian Roger Silver. “A couple of years earlier the Bass Brewery brought 10,000 workers on a day trip from Burton upon Trent. It took 16 trains.”Coincidentally, that is the same number of visitors who poured into the Italian mountain village of Roccaraso (population 1,500) in January, drawn by the presence of Tik Tok influencer Rita de Crescenzo. But the similarities end there. The Yarmouth invasion received no complaints, while the residents of Roccaraso r...

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4 w. ago US Health department will analyze data from autistic Medicare, Medicaid enrollees, RFK Jr. says

The U.S. Health and Human Services department will start a research project to examine medical data and records of Medicaid and Medicare enrollees who have been diagnosed with autism, health secretary Robert F

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