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Brussels sprouts expected to be 25% bigger this year | UK News
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Brussels sprouts will be 25% bigger this year, according to Tesco. Good growing conditions and new, hardier varieties have resulted in the “best [crop] we’ve had in recent years” of the Christmas staple, said the supermarket. The average sprout this year is 30mm in diameter, up from 24mm last year. Last year, heavy rainfall in…
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Climate fight is ‘bigger than one election’, says US climate envoy John Podesta, after Donald Trump’s election win | Science, Climate & Tech News
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The fight against climate change is “bigger than one election”, US envoy John Podesta has said. Mr Podesta was speaking at COP29 after his party lost the White House to Republican and climate sceptic Donald Trump. The re-election of Mr Trump, who is expected to again pull the United States out of global climate treaties…
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Tyrannosaurus rex could have been even bigger than previously thought, study suggests | Science & Tech News
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Tyrannosaurus rex could have been even bigger than previously thought, new research suggests. Scientists now believe the dinosaur could have been 70% heavier and 25% longer. The largest of the species may have weighed roughly 15 tonnes instead of 8.8, and measured 15 metres instead of 12. Dr Jordan Mallon, of the Canadian Museum of…
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WASP-193b: ‘Super fluffy’ candy floss planet bigger than Jupiter discovered by astronomers | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have identified a planet as light and fluffy as candy floss – despite being far bigger than our solar system’s gas giant Jupiter. Scientists said WASP-193b is “basically super fluffy” because it has remarkably low density for its size. It’s thought to consist mostly of hydrogen and helium, according to a study published in…
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Black hole that’s 33 times bigger than the sun found ‘lurking undetected’ close to Earth | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have discovered the Milky Way’s “most massive” stellar black hole yet. The newly discovered black hole is 33 times bigger than the sun and 2,000 light years away from us. A stellar black hole is formed when a star collapses – and so far, the ones found in our galaxy have been about 10…
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Handhelds were once a Christmas gift favourite – now they’re bigger than ever | Science & Tech News
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Twenty-five years ago, few gadgets were on as many Christmas lists as Nintendo’s Game Boy Colour. The iconic handheld, released in November 1998 and home to classics like Pokemon, Super Mario Land, and Tetris, was wrapped up under the tree in living rooms up and down the country. With almost 120 million units sold, the…