56 m. ago ‘They started nibbling at its head’: the bold plan to rid an island of albatross

South Africa’s Marion Island is a breeding ground for the birds, but their chicks are being eaten alive by rodents. Now, the world’s largest operation to eradicate the invasive species is about to get under wayBy 2015, scientists knew from camera trap evidence that mice were attacking albatross chicks on Marion Island, but no one had ever witnessed it first-hand on the small volcanic outcrop off the coast of South Africa. So, when researchers Stefan and Janine Schoombie came across a badly wounded wandering albatross chick in a relatively accessible part of the island, they resolved to return at night. After hiking for 30 minutes in the dark, Stefan started quietly setting up his camera equipment behind a rock. “We were expecting to have to stalk, but the mice were climbing all over us,” he says.It didn’t take long for the mice to start feeding on the albatross chick. “The bird was a complete fluffball,” says Janine. “So, they just climbed up its back and started nibbling at its hea...

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56 m. ago Living Together review – how Austrians teach immigrants to find their place in society

New arrivals sit in drab spaces and are learn how to fit in, in a film that quietly addresses the costs of integration to minority groupsThomas Fürhapter’s documentary sheds light on the challenges of adjusting to a new culture as it follows a series of “integration classes” offered to immigrants in Vienna. The film opens in the nondescript corridors of an administrative building, which lead into sun-filled but impersonal meeting rooms where these sessions take place. As the participants discuss their worries and uncertainties, these colourless spaces transform into sites of passion and community.Conducted in multiple languages, the seminars grapple with culturally specific issues faced by different minority groups. Topics of discussion range from Austrian ways of greeting, to more serious concerns such as racism and domestic abuse. In talking about the present and the future, people also reveal pieces of their past: some moved to Austria for love, others fled the horrors of war. De...

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57 m. ago American visiting Manchester says 'I was so surprised' after making 'shocking' discovery

Kristin Wilson, who runs the Traveling with Kristin YouTube channel, revealed what she found surprising about the UK, including one thing that "shocked" her the most

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59 m. ago Trump accuses Zelensky of trying to back out of Ukraine minerals deal: 'If he does that, he's got problems'

‘He’s trying to back out of the rare earth deal,’ Trump told reporters on Air Force One. ‘If he does that, he’s got some problems. Big, big problems’

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1 hour ago Apocalypse constantly: The perverse reasons we love to watch ourselves die on screen

From ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’ and ‘Planet of the Apes’ to ‘Deep Impact’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’, nothing seems to bring audiences together faster than a glimpse at the end of the world. As Tilda Swinton sings through the apocalypse in her new film, Xan Brooks dives into cinema’s most curious lineage

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6 h. ago Mars experts investigate one of the world's most dangerous lakes as a toxic marvel

Laguna Verde in Bolivia is one of the most toxic lakes on Earth, with its emerald-green waters concealing a deadly secret - but it's also being probed by Mars researchers

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6 h. ago After losing our newborn, many miscarriages and painful IVF, my wife and I have welcomed 'Californian twins'

A couple has a son and daughter born within four months of one another, with both children fully genetically related to both parents. How on earth did that happen?

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6 h. ago Lesley's stillborn daughter was whisked away by nurses and buried before she could cuddle her. After a 40 year search she finally found her grave

Lesley Elkins, 70, from the Wirral, UK, was devastated when her first child, Rachael, was stillborn in 1982. She was not allowed to see her baby and was never told where she was buried.

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7 h. ago Charity set up by Doddie Weir invests £4m in bid to accelerate MND research

The Discovery Network has approved grants for four multi-institutional teams of researchers.

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8 h. ago Jeremy Kyle reveals the reason his controversial talk show will NEVER return

The 59-year-old admitted on Kate Garraway 's Life Stories that his show would never get the green light in today's television landscape.

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8 h. ago Prince Harry's charity chair sheds new light on awkward viral moment with Meghan Markle

Dr Sophie Chandauka, who has accused Prince Harry of 'harassment and bullying at scale', also said Meghan Markle caused an awkward moment when she turned up with a celebrity friend

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12 h. ago Watch: Rocket crashes into sea moments after launch in Norway

This is the moment a test rocket crashed back to Earth just moments after launching in Norway on Sunday (March 30).

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13 h. ago Hidden tomb discovered by scientists investigating vast city beneath Giza pyramid

A 'sarcophagus' hidden more than 600 feet below the surface in Egypt is the latest discovery from the team that uncovered a 'vast city' beneath the Giza pyramids.

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16 h. ago Emmerdale's Adam Thomas reveals surprising connection between new ITV show and Big Brother

Adam and Ryan Thomas are presenting a brand new gameshow on ITV, and the brothers have now shared an astonishing connection between the programme and Big Brother

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18 h. ago Frasier star Kelsey Grammar calls in wrecking ball on historic 200

The Frasier star has been given the green light to demolish the historic 200-year-old cottage - despite eight complaints from neighbours who called the move 'arrogant'

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18 h. ago Forget Ashton Hall's 3:50am alarm! Scientists reveal the ultimate morning routine (and it doesn't involve banana skins, ice facials, or mouth tape!)

While Ashton Hall's videos have taken the internet by storm, experts have warned that some of his practices can actually be dangerous. Here's what they say you should do instead.

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19 h. ago First orbital rocket launched from Europe crashes after launch

Failure of Spectrum rocket seconds after blast-off deals blow to continent’s effort to build new space economyThe first orbital rocket launched from continental Europe crashed seconds after blast-off on Sunday, dealing a blow to the continent’s effort to build a new space economy.The Spectrum rocket, developed by the German startup Isar Aerospace, tilted over and crashed back to Earth with a powerful boom just after launching from Norway’s Andøya spaceport in the Arctic, in live video broadcast on YouTube. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Want a limited edition artwork tattooed on your skin? Berlin is the place to go

The city’s tattoo studios are booming while the art world flounders. Under a new initiative, buyers receive exclusive rights to an artist’s new design, and the artist receives 50% of the profitIt may be the oldest art form in the world, practised 5,000 years ago by Ötzi the iceman and his fellow copper age Europeans. But with its more recent associations with red-light entertainment and gangland crime, modern tattooing has long been shunned by the galleries that turn lines on canvas into financial assets.A new initiative in Berlin concedes that the tables have turned. With tattoo studios in the German capital booming but many artists struggling to make a living, the Works on Skin project specialises in selling works by established and emerging contemporary artists that are not to be hung on a wall but to be etched on the human body. Continue reading...

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19 h. ago Rangers warned they show 'resilience' TOO often as insider has growing fear over Dens Park deja vu

Cyriel Dessers reckons and the Rocky fightback shouldn't be a regular part of the Light Blues' story

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20 h. ago ‘Alcohol became a second self to blame for my desire’: how drinking fuelled my experiences of sex

Since her teens, Anna Beecher used drinking as a gateway to sexual encounters, a mask for both her vulnerability and accountability. It took falling for someone in the sober light of day to realise what love wasI first got drunk at 13 in the upstairs room of a cheap Italian restaurant, sip by sip on other people’s wine. I giggled as the floor lurched, telling my companions, It’s like being on a boat.I first got paralytic at 13, a few months on. Remembering the pleasant, silly sensation I’d experienced, I went to a party and drank a pint of gin. Slipping in and out of consciousness, I was vaguely aware of piss seeping through my trousers and the kids around me debating whether or not to call an ambulance. Continue reading...

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