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Five Alzheimer’s patients developed disease from decades-old medical treatment, doctors find | Science & Tech News
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Five people in the UK are believed to have developed Alzheimer’s Disease as a result of medical treatment decades earlier, doctors have revealed. The world-first research suggests the individuals acquired a rogue protein that causes the form of dementia from growth hormone taken from the brains of deceased people. The doctors say Alzheimer’s itself is…
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Bottled water contains quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics on average, scientists find | Climate News
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The average litre of bottled water contains nearly a quarter of a million invisible pieces of nanoplastics, according to new research. While scientists had long assumed there were large quantities of tiny plastic pieces in bottles of water, they never knew how many or what kind. Researchers at Columbia and Rutgers universities in the US…
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Euclid telescope on mission to find invisible dark forces manipulating the universe sends back first images | Science & Tech News
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Europe’s new space telescope has sent back its first dazzling images – and will now begin peering into the invisible dark forces manipulating the universe. The Euclid telescope will observe the shapes, distances and movements of billions of galaxies up to 10 billion light years away to create the largest-ever 3D map of the cosmos.…
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Astronomers find first ‘mind-blowing’ evidence of exoplanets sharing same orbit | Science & Tech News
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Astronomers have found the first possible evidence of two planets outside our solar system sharing the same orbit. A cloud of debris was detected near a distant world, thought to be the building blocks of a new celestial body or remnants of an old one. If correct in their assessment, experts say it would be…
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TikToker fakes his own death to find out who cares and then shows up at the funeral | World News
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A Belgian TikToker faked his own death to find out who cared and then turned up to his own funeral. David Baerten, 45, and his wife and children decided to prank friends and family members to find out what they really thought him. To spread the news of Mr Baerten’s death, one of his children…
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Astronomers on the island of Ireland find common ground under the stars after building new telescope | UK News
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A collaboration between observatories in Northern Ireland and the Republic is demonstrating how science transcends the politics of division. The island’s contribution to astronomical research has had global impact but remains one of its best kept secrets at home. Observatories at Dunsink, near Dublin, and Armagh in Northern Ireland have played an instrumental role in…
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Virgin Orbit delays bid deadline in scramble to find rescuer | Business News
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Virgin Orbit has pushed back the deadline for rescue bids as the commercial satellite venture founded by Sir Richard Branson scrambles to avert bankruptcy. Sky News has learnt that the company and its advisers have told would-be buyers of the company that they must now submit final offers by May 19, several days later than…
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Are you a ‘super memoriser’? Test launched to find people with exceptional memories | Science & Tech News
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A search is under way for “super memorisers” to take part in a study about why some people are especially good at remembering things. Anyone who thinks they are gifted is being asked to do an online test and survey – and some of the best will be invited to Cambridge University. Scientists there will…
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Juice mission delayed: The European Space Agency’s mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s moons | Science & Tech News
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A space mission with a name like no other is about to embark on a journey to find alien life on the moons of Jupiter – when the weather allows, at least. Juice (that’s short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) is a European Space Agency (ESA) venture to make unprecedentedly detailed observations of the gas…
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Juice: The European Space Agency’s mission to find alien life on Jupiter’s moons | Science & Tech News
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A space mission with a name like no other is about to embark on a journey to find alien life on the moons of Jupiter. Juice (that’s short for Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) is a European Space Agency (ESA) venture to make unprecedentedly detailed observations of the gas giant. It will include searching its icy…