85 m. ago Scientists develop methanol breathalyser that could prevent thousands of poisonings each year

Prototype is able to detect small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breathAustralian researchers have developed a prototype methanol “breathalyser” capable of detecting small concentrations of the toxic substance in alcoholic drinks or on someone’s breath.Methanol poisoning is a problem that affects thousands of people every year, killing 20-40% of victims, according to Doctors Without Borders. In November, Australian backpackers Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, along with British lawyer Simone White, were among six tourists to die in a suspected mass methanol poisoning in Laos. Continue reading...

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97 m. ago IOC issue death warning over 'utterly irresponsible and immoral' Enhanced Games with damning statement ahead of athletes summit in Switzerland

The Enhanced Games is a controversial competition which was created as an environment for athletes to take performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to see what the human body can achieve.

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2 h. ago EV battery makers could create 18,000 jobs in the UK by 2030

New Battery Supply Chain Tracker predicts up to 250,000 new jobs across Europe, with UK playing a key role

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2 h. ago Magdalena, Woman of Joy review – sex, sin and saintliness with a tour de force host

Playhouse East, LondonLily Sinko rages, writhes, provokes and teases her way through the horrifying life story of her storyteller with cartoonish abandonMagdalena appears from the dark, perched on a bar stool, cigarettes and liquor by her side, an array of hanging lamps casting a sultry glow. Her first words set the tone – “You want to fuck me,” she says – and lead us into an uncompromising introduction, littered with sex, violence and sideways jokes.She is the creation of French-English actor and writer Lily Sinko, and as her character’s name suggests, we’re hurled through a life of saintliness and sin, despair and redemption, as Magdalena does the best with the hand she’s dealt. We travel to her childhood in Marseille with a hostile “Papa”, an airport abduction that sees her deposited at the Virgin Mary School for Bad Bad Girls (Cash Only), and a wild escape through the streets of France, finding fleeting refuge in a cathedral.At Playhouse East, London, until 28 June Continue read...

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3 h. ago What could go wrong? Scientists create the world's first black hole BOMB in the lab

It might sound like the culmination of a Bond villain's latest evil scheme. But the world's first 'black hole bomb' has officially become a

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3 h. ago 'Genius' Rayan Cherki has Man City trait that even Kevin De Bruyne couldn't match

Manchester City signed Rayan Cherki on Tuesday and the France international can replace the creativity of Kevin De Bruyne in the squad.

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4 h. ago Are we living INSIDE a black hole? Scientists claim the Big Bang theory is wrong

The Big Bang theory has been the standard explanation of the universe's origin for decades. But one group now claims everything we think about the birth of the cosmos might be wrong.

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4 h. ago Something in the water: how kelp is helping Maine’s mussels boom

When a US firm saw the seaweed was making their shellfish the ‘biggest and best’ scientists realised they’d hit upon a natural way to combat ocean acidificationPhotographs by Greta RybusMore on this story: A drop in the ocean: does experimental technology hold the key to saving the world’s seas?On a glimmering May morning, Tom Briggs pilots a 45ft aluminium barge through the waters of Casco Bay for one of the final days of the annual kelp harvest. Motoring past Clapboard Island, he points to a floating wooden platform where mussels have been seeded alongside ribbons of edible seaweed.“This is our most productive mussel site,” says Briggs, the farm manager for Bangs Island Mussels, a Portland sea farm that grows, harvests and sells hundreds of thousands of pounds of shellfish and seaweed each year. “When we come here, we get the biggest, fastest-growing mussels with the thickest shells and the best quality. To my mind, unscientifically, it’s because of the kelp.”Zoe Benisek, oyster l...

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4 h. ago Nashville at 50: Robert Altman’s defining masterpiece of the 1970s

The director’s immersive look at the Nashville music scene remains an audacious narrative experiment that continues to influence film-makersReleased smack-dab in the middle of the 70s, like some gravitational mass at the center of the galaxy, Robert Altman’s Nashville is the defining work of a decade when iconoclasts upended Hollywood and took stock of the country during a turbulent stretch.For Altman, it was the culmination of a film-making style he had been refining since M*A*S*H in 1970, one built on spontaneity, a rich evocation of time and place, and actors empowered to create characters who seem to simply exist in their worlds, rather than impose themselves on it. The offhand magic of Nashville is that it feels modest, despite a who’s who of two dozen stars convening for an epic that offers Music City as a microcosm for America herself. Rarely are great films this casually profound. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago Cleveland Clinic London First to Offer Robotic Focal HIFU in England

Cleveland Clinic London First to Offer Robotic Focal HIFU in England  Cleveland Clinic Newsroom

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5 h. ago 'Insane' sweet potato fries recipe is 'so good' that you'll never make them any other way

One food creator shared his secret to make the crispest sweet potato fries - one extra step you'll need to take to make sure they're perfect every time

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5 h. ago Scottish Whales and Dolphins 2025: These are the 8 breeds of cetacean most commonly found in Scottish waters

They are some of the most incredible creatures that live in our seas, and many can be seen on a journey to Scotland's coast.

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5 h. ago The Big Bang theory is WRONG: Scientists claim we came out of a black hole instead

The Big Bang theory has been the standard explanation of the universe's origin for decades. But one group now claims everything we think about the birth of the cosmos might be wrong.

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6 h. ago Polish prime minister Donald Tusk faces vote of confidence in parliament – Europe live

Tusk seeks to bounce back from presidential election defeat two weeks ago after unexpected victory by right-wing populist Karol NawrockiTusk starts by saying he wants to “get straight to the point,” as “this is not a day for long, flowery speeches.”He says that the result of the presidential election makes it clear that the government will face “greater challenges than we expected.” Continue reading...

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6 h. ago Robot vacuum drops to just £75.99 with hidden 20% Amazon checkout code

This compact robot vacuum has surprised reviewers with its suction power – and now there’s a way to get it for under £76 using a secret Amazon discount stacking trick.

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6 h. ago London museum where you can touch ‘5,000 years of creativity’

London museum where you can touch ‘5,000 years of creativity’  South China Morning Post

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6 h. ago Spain tourist hotspot faces summer of 'changeover day' travel chaos as hotel staff set to strike

Hotel staff across Tenerife and the western Canary Islands will walk out every Friday in July and August amid growing tensions between unions and hoteliers

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7 h. ago ‘People thought I was nine months pregnant but it was a 7kg ovarian cyst’

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT Robyn McGhee, 28, went to the doctors after people mistakenly thought she was pregnant - and discovered she had a giant ovarian cyst that made it hard for her to walk

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7 h. ago Humpback whales could be secretly trying to talk to humans, scientists say

Researchers say findings can potentially help refine methods for detecting extraterrestrial life

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9 h. ago Pulse massacre survivors are set to revisit the nightclub before it's razed

Survivors and family members of the Pulse nightclub massacre nine years ago are getting a chance to walk through the long-shuttered, gay-friendly venue this week

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