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UN chief Antonio Guterres declares last 10 years a ‘decade of deadly heat’ | World News
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The world has experienced a “decade of deadly heat”, the head of the UN says, as he urged countries to “exit this road to ruin”. UN secretary general Antonio Guterres said the top ten hottest years on record had occurred in the past decade and warned the world was witnessing “climate breakdown in real time”.…
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Tiny frogs named after Charles Darwin flown from Chile to London to save them from deadly fungus | Science, Climate & Tech News
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Dozens of tiny frogs named after Charles Darwin have landed in London after being rescued from a killer fungus in Chile. The peculiar, pointy-nosed southern Darwin’s frog once thrived in the Parque Tantauco forests in southern Chile. But it is now plagued by the devastating chytrid fungus spread by humans, and their numbers have plummeted…
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Why flooding in Spain has been so deadly – and why it could happen again | Science, Climate & Tech News
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More than 200 people have died in Spain after nearly a year’s worth of rain fell in a matter of hours. On Friday, there were at least 205 confirmed deaths in Valencia, two in Castilla La Mancha, and one in Andalusia. Local authorities issued warnings late on Tuesday, but many say this gave them next-to-no…
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Boy, 5, diagnosed with deadly rare condition has life transformed after stem cell transplant from umbilical cord blood | UK News
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A five-year-old boy has been able to leave his home for the first time in six months after he received a stem cell transplant made from a baby’s umbilical cord blood which was donated in 2008. Gunner Lewis-Vale, from Shropshire, was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder in March 2021, when he was about 17…
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Billionaire is planning to take two-person sub to depths of Titanic – despite deadly Titan tragedy | US News
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A billionaire is planning to take a two-person submersible to the depths of the Titanic to demonstrate that the industry is safe. Five people were killed in June when the Titan submersible, built by OceanGate, suffered a catastrophic implosion. Now Larry Connor, an Ohio real estate investor, wants to rehabilitate the sector’s public image following…
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Man left housebound by potentially deadly meat allergy triggered by tick bites | UK News
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A part-time dog walker has been left housebound after tick bites left him with a life threatening allergy to red meat. Christopher Goldman suffers from alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne illness that can cause anaphylaxis if he eats mammal meat such as beef, pork or lamb. He believes any exposure, including airborne transmission, to any mammal…
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AI could help produce deadly weapons that ‘kill humans’ in two years’ time, Rishi Sunak’s adviser warns | Science & Tech News
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) could have the power to be behind advances that “kill many humans” in just two years’ time, Rishi Sunak’s adviser has warned. Matt Clifford expressed concern over the lack of global regulation for AI producers and said that if left unregulated, they could become “very powerful” and difficult for humans to control,…
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‘Worrisome’ deadly fungus spreading through US at alarming rate | US News
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A drug-resistant and potentially deadly fungus is spreading rapidly through US health facilities, according to a government study. Researchers from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the fungus, a type of yeast called Candida auris or C. auris, can cause severe illness in people with weakened immune systems. The number of people…