11 h. ago The fascinating science of pain – and why everyone feels it differently

Do you scream when you stub your toe? Could you play a grand final with a shattered jaw, or work all day as your belly fills with blood? When it comes to suffering, perspective is everythingSome say it was John Sattler’s own fault. The lead-up to the 1970 rugby league grand final had been tense; the team he led, the South Sydney Rabbitohs, had lost the 1969 final. Here was an opportunity for redemption. The Rabbitohs were not about to let glory slip through their fingers again.Soon after the starting whistle, Sattler went in for a tackle. As he untangled – in a move not uncommon in the sport at the time – he gave the Manly Sea Eagles’ John Bucknall a clip on the ear. Continue reading...

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2 d. ago Donald Trump takes another swipe at Canada with alarming new threat

Donald Trump has threatened Mark Carney's Canada, a large country already feeling the pain of the new US administration's global steel, aluminium and auto tariffs

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3 d. ago Dad’s symptoms dismissed as a virus before incurable cancer diagnosis

Mart Roe had been experiencing agonising back pain for weeks when he started losing the feeling in his feet

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6 d. ago Can you solve it? The world’s most fascinating number – revealed!

It’s not what you expectBefore we get to today’s puzzles, I’d like to introduce the most interesting number in the universe.108 Continue reading...

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1 week ago Senseless death of Diogo Jota will not stop us celebrating what he brought life | Barney Ronay

His loved ones’ lives are changed for ever and at one level this is not a sports story. But Jota’s footballing talent, heart and will should be cherished, amid the griefBad moon, bad times and a river that will be overflowing for some time yet. It is impossible not to feel a deep sense of pain, sadness and shared heartbreak at news of the sudden death of Diogo Jota and his brother André Silva in a car crash in Spain. Jota was 28, father to three young children and a husband to his long-term partner, whom he married 10 days before his death.Things that happen in sport are often described, with due dramatic licence, as tragedies. This is not a sports story. But it is the most terrible human tragedy. Those who have suffered similarly can empathise. But it is above all a private horror, an event that will alter the lives of family and friends for ever. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Study reveals fresh insight into when foetuses start to feel pain

Research challenges simple answers about when pain ‘begins’

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4 w. ago As Bolivia celebrates its main Andean festival, it feels the pain of mounting crises

This nation’s largest Indigenous Andean religious festival has long inspired joyous revelry and offered a chance for Bolivians to forget about their perpetual political turmoil and escape into the mythical world of their rich folklore

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