3 d. ago ‘Please leave feedback’: how constant online reviews are changing our brains – and our lives

We live under mutual surveillance, asked to leave public ratings for every purchase, meal, taxi ride or hair appointment. What is it doing to us?‘Alexlilly1999* has left you feedback!” pings the Vinted notification. My stomach flips as the app loads and I open my review: “Quite good.” A gut punch. I sit in shock, scrutinising the words in front of me. “Good” is a bit uninspired but “quite” feels both passive-aggressive and viciously spiteful: quite good. Alexlilly1999 has also given me just four stars. It’s a lukewarm write-up considering the dress I sold them was good quality, a brilliant price and shipped quickly. I glare at the review. And then another notification pops up: do I want to leave feedback for the buyer? Well, yes, actually, I do.It’s likely we’ve all, at some stage, been asked to leave feedback online. Called your electricity provider with a query? Please answer a few quick questions about the service you received. Had something delivered by a courier? Please rate yo...

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4 d. ago Welcome to Grand Slam Track, Michael Johnson’s brainchild with speed stars, prize money and live data

The new athletics league launches in Kingston, Jamaica this weekend with a radical format and an ambitious goal to capture ‘the youngest fanbase of any sports league in the world’ – but will it fly or flop?

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9 d. ago Surgeons transplant genetically modified pig liver into Chinese patient

Organ appears to function for 10 days, raising prospect of short-term use for those on transplant listA genetically modified pig liver that was transplanted into a brain-dead patient appeared to function successfully inside their body for 10 days, according to the scientists who performed the groundbreaking procedure.The surgery, at a Chinese hospital last year, is thought to mark the first time a pig liver has been transplanted into a human. It raises the prospect of pig livers serving as a “bridging organ” for patients on the waiting list for a transplant or to support liver function while their own organ regenerates. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Scary ways Covid lockdown altered our brains and signs of trauma you won't spot

As a new documentary looks at the way the Covid-19 pandemic has left a legacy on people's lives, experts have revealed some of the ways in which our brains may have changed forever

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1 week ago Football Daily | ‘Did you see that?!’ Why the Nations League is our new favourite thing

Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!Sundays – especially those that are not branded by our TV satellite overlords as Super Sundays during these international breaks, have always given Football Daily the scaries. When the feeling of impending doom over another working week is not interrupted by the afternoon offerings of the usual Premier League kick-offs, Toby Carvery gravy and MOTD2’s ‘2 Good 2 Bad’, this particular tea-timely email starts getting a little jittery when the Sunday sun goes down. Yesterday, reader – with the weekend disappearing over the horizon faster than a Bobby Baggio penalty – Football Daily needed saving. We just didn’t think the thing to save us would be the Nations League.He makes you understand the spaces on the pitch like no other coach and he lives the game emotionally like no other coach. I was brainwashed by [Pep] Guardiola, but in a good way. It was like I was at university. What I experienced with him allowed me to raise my level and kee...

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1 week ago Woman given three weeks to live due to inoperable brain tumour

'I genuinely thought that going to A&E was ridiculous, but my friend said I should call the doctor,' said Ms Swallow. Scans showed 2 deadly tumours. Doctors said she likely had 3 weeks to live.

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2 w. ago Davina McCall breaks down in tears live on Comic Relief in emotional reflection on life after brain tumour surgery

The presenter, 57, emotionally reflected on life and 'what really matters' after undergoing an operation to remove a colloid cyst four months ago .

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2 w. ago Davina McCall breaks down in tears live on Comic Relief as she reflects on brain tumour surgery

Davina McCall broke down in tears on Friday's Comic Relief while talking about her brain tumour and surgery that took place last year

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2 w. ago Davina McCall makes energetic live TV return on Comic Relief after brain surgery

TV presenter Davina McCall has returned to live TV presenting for the first time following her recovery from brain surgery at the end of last year, presenting Red Nose Day for Comic Relief

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2 w. ago Scots women to trek Sahara Desert after tragically losing four family members to brain tumours

Louise Cooper was the aunt and guardian of East Kilbride teen Max Jones who tragically lost a two-year battle with a "one in a billion" series of deadly brain tumours that also claimed the lives of his mum Angela and gran Margaret O’Kane.

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2 w. ago Davina McCall marks major milestone after brain surgery for tumour

Davina McCall marked a major milestone since having brain surgery last year with her first live TV appearance on Monday, 17 March.

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2 w. ago Davina McCall makes first live TV appearance after brain surgery

Davina McCall appeared on The One Show on Monday night and opened up about her recovery after undergoing surgery to remove a benign brain tumour

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2 w. ago Davina McCall shares milestone as she makes first live TV appearance since brain surgery

Davina McCall appeared on The One Show on Monday night in her first live TV appearance since undergoing brain surgery

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2 w. ago Drugs given to hospital patients via IV drips could contain microplastics, researchers warn

These particles - tiny fragments produced by degrading plastic - have been found in the human brain, liver, heart and even breast milk.

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3 w. ago Davina McCall 'worried' ahead of live TV return after harrowing brain tumour operation

Months after her brain tumour operation, Davina McCall is gearing up for her return to live TV as she prepares for Comic Relief's 40th anniversary with a star-studded cast.

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3 w. ago Davina McCall 'worried' ahead of live TV return after gruelling brain tumour operation

Davina McCall is preparing to make her live TV return for Comic Relief's 40th anniversary, but she's feeling concerned about the upcoming Red Nose Day telethon

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3 w. ago Davina McCall: I will be friends with my brain surgeon for the rest of our lives

McCall underwent surgery to remove a benign brain tumour in November.

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4 w. ago ‘Here lives the monster’s brain’: the man who exposed Switzerland’s dirty secrets – podcast

Inspired by Che Guevara, Jean Ziegler has spent the past 60 years exposing how Switzerland enabled global wrongdoing. His enemies accuse him of treasonBy Atossa Araxia Abrahamian. Read by Lanna Joffrey Continue reading...

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