2 h. ago Can you solve it? The pals that broke the internet, ten years on

Albert, Bernard and Cheryl returnTen years ago I published a maths olympiad question from Singapore on the Guardian website, and it changed my life.‘Cheryl’s birthday problem’ went viral. Its unexpected success led to the birth of this column in May 2015. And here we are, almost 250 puzzles later.May 15, May 16, May 19June 17, June 18July 14, July 16August 14, August 15, August 17 Continue reading...

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2 h. 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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10 h. ago Matheus Cunha's release clause revealed as Arsenal and Liverpool put on red alert

Matheus Cunha is set to have a host of teams chasing his signature this summer after publicly stating his desire for a new challenge - and the Wolves star is said to have a £62.5million release clause

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15 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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15 h. ago Netflix Adolescence fans uncover 'masterpiece' replacement show dubbed 'new Mindhunter'

Crime drama fans have been searching for a replacement show after binging the Netflix series Adolescence - and feel they have uncovered a "masterpiece" with an all-star cast

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15 h. ago Can YOU spot the cat? Mindboggling puzzle puts your eye sight (and patience) to the test

The creators claim that only those with incredible eyesight will be able to spot the hidden cat within such a short amount of time - are you up to the task?

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16 h. ago Can you solve a simple math riddle? Equation leaves the internet scratching their heads

A seemingly easy math puzzle making the rounds on the internet may not be all that it seems as the simple solution requires somewhat complex thinking.

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16 h. ago Manchester United on red alert after Matheus Cunha's summer transfer admission

Wolverhampton Wanderers striker Matheus Cunha has enjoyed a brilliant season despite his team's battle against Premier League relegation

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16 h. ago Matheus Cunha sends transfer message to Arsenal with major summer hint: 'Take the next step'

Cunha is believed to have a release clause of around £62.5m

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16 h. ago 'I went to the restaurant hidden in an historic Rochdale building'

Tucked away in the corner of a Grade I-listed town hall, the restaurant is doing something unique

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19 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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20 h. ago Matheus Cunha all but confirms Wolves exit after Arsenal development

Matheus Cunha says he'd like to move on from Wolves in the summer, and a new appointment at Arsenal may just give the Gunners the upper hand in the battle to sign him

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20 h. ago The Yorkshire suburb hidden in plain sight that feels like a holiday resort

Thousands drive past every day oblivious to its hidden water features

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21 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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21 h. ago ‘I would never be able to sing a song that a robot wrote’: Lucy Dacus on her new album’s themes of artistry and intimacy

As the indie singer-songwriter and Boygenius star releases her latest, highly personal solo record, she talks of her weariness of AI and digital art, the pressures of being in a public relationship, and her anger and fears in Trump’s USIn the shadow of a Hogarth painting, accompanied by guitar and violin, Lucy Dacus is singing about disappointment. The painting depicts Thomas Coram, founder of the Foundling Hospital in London’s Bloomsbury district. A shipbuilder by trade, he is portrayed in full baroque garb, a style usually reserved for the aristocracy. But amid the classical architecture and rich fabrics, he is shown as he was: the thread veins on his face, his feet not quite touching the ground. The setting is apt for Dacus’s disquisitions on life and love, and the ways they can exceed, or fall short of, the expectations we place upon them: the moments that feel exalted, idealised, as well as the times when reality intrudes on the fantasy.The Foundling Museum, the setting of toni...

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23 h. ago People are only now realising the 'hidden' meaning in iconic Toyota logo

The Toyota logo has been in the world for many years, but it turns out that people have only just started to realise the "hidden" meaning behind it - and it's left them divided

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24 h. ago After the End of History: British Working Class Photography 1989

Stills, Edinburgh; Photographers’ Gallery, LondonFrom loneliness in Norfolk to vibrant Indian culture in Leicester, a touring show captures a riot of contradictions. Elsewhere, Leeds is lent an otherworldly air by a colour photography pioneerGiven that we live in a time defined by the rise of far-right populism and a widespread indifference to traditional party politics, the idea of a unified “working class” seems almost romantic, a throwback to an age when Labour was synonymous with socialism rather than centrism. In this context, the Hayward Gallery’s touring exhibition After the End of History is a defiant statement, though it’s less a celebration of shared values and traditions than a series of revealing glimpses of what curator Johny Pitts describes as the “complex and counterintuitive expressions of working-class life”.The show’s high-flown title refers to the political scientist Francis Fukuyama’s controversial assertion that history of a kind ended with the collapse of the S...

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25 h. ago ‘Their voices had been overlooked for so long’: the shocking hunt for the Gilgo Beach killer

The long and often shocking journey to finding the alleged killer of young women in Long Island is brought to a wider audience in a damning new Netflix seriesThe film-maker Liz Garbus was on vacation in July 2023 when she got the call that an arrest had finally been made in the case of the Long Island serial killer. Since 2010, when the bodies of four women were found along an isolated stretch of highway near Gilgo Beach, authorities had looked for a presumed serial killer with little progress and plenty of consternation. Garbus was one of the most prominent chroniclers of the grassroots effort to force authorities into action; her 2020 feature film Lost Girls, an adaptation of Robert Kolker’s book of the same name, depicted the fight by a group of working-class women to figure out what happened to their loved ones – all women who participated in sex work on Craigslist – with or largely without police help.It was the star of that film, Amy Ryan, who alerted Garbus to the arrest of R...

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25 h. ago Matheus Cunha: ‘All we want in life is affection – Wolves gave me back that joy’

Brazil striker may be on the move this summer but after a troubled journey he has found happiness at MolineuxMatheus Cunha’s time at Wolverhampton Wanderers may be coming to an end but the Brazilian forward will never forget his time with the club. He says he was reborn and “recovered his joy” there after two difficult years and the frustration of not being selected for the 2022 World Cup.With 13 goals this season, Cunha is three away from scoring the most by a Brazilian in a single Premier League campaign. The record of 15 is jointly held by Roberto Firmino (for Liverpool in 2017-18) and Gabriel Martinelli (for Arsenal in 2022-23). Clearly Cunha has left behind the sadness of his time at Atlético Madrid and the 25-year-old speaks warmly about the new life he has found in a new country and the gratitude that has comes with that. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago UK Fire TV Stick users placed on red alert and face scary price for streaming Sky

Watching Sky TV for free might sound tempting, but there could be a huge hidden cost.

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