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âIâd pause then carry onâ: Peter Marinker, star of Krappâs Last Tape, on performing with Alzheimerâs
The 84-year-old actor has spent decades bringing Samuel Beckettâs plays to life. Does his recent diagnosis give him new insights into playing âsad clownâ Krapp in a drama about age and the battlefield of memory?What a lot of Krapp. Pardon my French but Samuel Beckettâs haunting 1958 masterpiece abou
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Kenyan minister orders halt to construction of US Ebola facility
Decision comes after Aden Duale was held in contempt for ignoring previous high court ruling to stop work Kenyaâs health minister told a court he had ordered preparations for a US-run Ebola quarantine facility to stop, after being held in contempt for ignoring a previous order to end work.Many Keny
My Morning Jacketâs Jim James Releasing First Solo Album in 8 Years
Wowed Out is out August 28
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UK prioritised ties with UAE over averting mass atrocities in Sudan, MPs to be told
Foreign Office failed to act on warnings of genocide due to âpressureâ from emirates, Yale human rights investigator will tell a parliamentary select committeeThe British government had received intelligence that Ethiopia appeared to be supporting a genocidal militia in Sudanâs civil war as far back
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Unapproved gene therapy for boosting longevity is set to go on sale
A gene therapy that instructs cells to produce more of an anti-ageing protein called klotho is about to be offered by a US company at overseas clinics to bypass FDA rules
One of the worldâs most popular weedkillers may be fueling deadly superbugs
Researchers found that highly drug-resistant bacteria from hospitals are also resistant to glyphosate, a commonly used weedkiller. The discovery suggests that agricultural herbicides may be helping antibiotic-resistant microbes survive and spread far beyond healthcare settings.
How AI, $1 billion, and a transparent fish could transform neuroscience
The once-obscure Danionella fish takes center stage as a model research organism in a major new project funded by Howard Hughes Medical Institute
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Spider which uses spring trap to capture prey discovered in Australia
Researchers say their hunting method - which allows them to prey on dangerous ants - is unprecedented.
WHO urges scale up of newborn screening to improve early detection and care of birth defects
The World Health Organization (WHO) today calls on countries to expand newborn screening for birth defects, highlighting how early detection and treatment can save lives and reduce lifelong disability for millions of children.A new WHO report, Strengthening capacity for newborn screening, diagnosis
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9 of the best technology conspiracy theories
From covert government surveillance to wireless signals transmitting viruses, tech-centric conspiracy theories have been propagating wildly in recent years. Most of them are completely unfounded â but not all.
Scientists open a million-year-old time capsule hidden beneath New Zealand
A cave in New Zealand has yielded fossils from a lost ecosystem that existed about 1 million years ago, including a possible flying ancestor of the kÄkÄpĹ. The discovery reveals that volcanoes and climate upheaval were reshaping the countryâs wildlife and driving extinctions long before humans arriv
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Bizarre 'bull's-eye' cloud rings appear above erupting volcano on Atlantic island â Earth from space
A 2021 satellite photo shows an unusual series of concentric cloud rings that appeared directly above an erupting volcano on La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands.
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Whistleblower investigating Ecuadorian presidentâs family business was murdered, activists say
Monika Silva Koniuszek died from a blow to the head and strangulation, a postmortem found, despite government claim of suicideCampaigners in Ecuador say a Polish anti-corruption activist who investigated allegations against the family business of the countryâs rightwing president was murdered to sil
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Seabed damaged by fishing showing signs of recovery
Campaigners say improvements to the area trashed by illegal dredging show that marine protection works.
NASAâs Cold Atom Lab is creating one of the weirdest forms of matter in space
NASAâs upgraded Cold Atom Lab is turning the International Space Station into a frontier for quantum research, creating ultra-cold matter that behaves in astonishing ways. The experiments could unlock new discoveries about the universe while paving the way for powerful future technologies in space a
Will Andy Burnham be the UK's new Prime Minister?
The man poised to become Britain's seventh prime minister in a decade has been sworn in as a member of parliament, hours after Keir Starmer announced his resignation. Andy Burnham - the former mayor of Manchester - won an emphatic by-election victory last week and has confirmed he'll now stand for t
A dozen people will spend 8 months trapped in Arctic iceâfor science
Battling darkness and cold, researchers on a drifting laboratory will probe the biology of the Arctic Ocean
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Extreme heat: is the UK becoming a 40C country? â podcast
Met Office forecasters have issued a rare red weather warning for England, with temperatures potentially reaching 40C (104F) in some places. Europe is also dealing with a debilitating heatwave, with schools closed, trains cancelled and France even restricting the consumption of alcohol outdoors to t
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Australia's coal and gas exports violate our human rights, group says in new UN case
The group says that it is unlawful for Australia to continue approving fossil fuel exports without protecting its citizens.
This emerging treatment is helping people avoid knee replacement surgery
A minimally invasive treatment called GAE is helping people with chronic knee pain get back to gardening, cycling, and other activities without undergoing knee replacement surgery. Early studies suggest the procedure can provide years of relief by reducing inflammation inside the joint.