Vance: Kirk was willing to die for Americapublished at 22:54 BST 21 September 22:54 BST 21 September Media caption, Watch: ‘They tried to silence my friend Charlie Kirk,’ says JD Vance Vice President JD Vance has just finished speaking – he described Kirk as having built a movement that has “changed the course of American history”. “They tried to silence …
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A condition where women give birth to giant babies, formerly known to affect no more than ten percent of mothers, is on the rise, and doctors are blaming an avoidable pregnancy disorder. The natural anomaly, known in medical circles as fetal macrosomia, has racked up a string of well-documented cases spanning social media platforms and the tabloids. Highlights Fetal macrosomia …
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Reaching lengths of up to 2.5 metres and equipped with powerful jaws, wolf eels are one of the ocean’s most formidable-looking animals. Despite their name, these long, serpentine fish are not true eels but members of the wolffish family. They can be found all along the west coast of North America and west to Russia and the Sea of Japan, …
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Jerry Greenfield, one of two founders of the iconic progressive ice cream brand Ben & Jerry’s, has stepped down citing political pressure from the brand’s parent company, Unilever. The Ben & Jerry’s brand has clashed with Unilever over Israel in recent years, and Greenfield’s co-founder Ben Cohen has been a vocal critic of Israel’s war in Gaza. But Greenfield’s resignation …
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A giant radio telescope in Crimea used in the past to support missions to Mars and Venus and attempt to contact alien civilizations has been destroyed in a drone attack. Ukrainian defense forces took down the 230-foot (70 meters) antenna dish to prevent Russian forces from using it to guide attacks on its territory. The RT-70 radio telescope has been …
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A rendering of the planned Eli Lilly facility in Goochland County. (Courtesy Goochland County( Goochland is set for another high-profile economic development project. Pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly & Co. announced Tuesday its plans to invest $5 billion to build a new manufacturing facility in West Creek Business Park at the eastern end of the county. The facility would take shape …
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Located 700 meters underground near the city of Jiangmen in southern China, a giant sphere—35 meters in diameter and filled with more than 20,000 tons of liquid—has just started a mission that will last for decades. This is Juno, the Jiangmen Underground Neutrino Observatory, a new, large-scale experiment studying some of the most mysterious and elusive particles known to science. …
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We’re Watching It Happen: Scientists Capture Planet Birth For First Time As Gas Giant Five Times Jupiter’s Size Forms Live Energy Reporters Astronomers Catch a Planet in the Act of Being Born Universe Today Astronomers glimpse growth of baby planet shrouded in dust EarthSky A baby star is born Nature Astronomers found the building blocks of new planets swirling around two young stars yahoo.com Source …
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Robert Redford, star of Hollywood classics including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting and All the President’s Men, has died aged 89. In a statement, his publicist Cindi Berger said the actor died on Tuesday at his home “at Sundance in the mountains of Utah – the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved”. “He will be …
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‘One of the lions has passed. Rest in peace my lovely friend’ – Meryl Streep pays tribute Robert Redford poses on a balcony along Main Street decorated with his Sundance Film Festival banners in 2003 Photograph: Douglas C Pizac/AP Tributes are starting to appear on social media. Meryl Streep, who starred in Out Of Africa and Lions For Lambs opposite …
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