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Coffee may have powerful effect on liver health, major study suggests
A large new study has found that regular coffee drinking is associated with a significantly lower risk of severe liver disease, liver cancer and liver-related death. Published in the journal Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, the research drew on data from 354,957 participants in the UK Biobank who had no history of cirrhosis or liver cancer…
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Microsoft’s AI drive saw its carbon emissions grow by 25 percent in 2025
Microsoft pledged to be carbon negative by 2030, but its AI push has wrecked its goal.
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East Asia braces for destructive typhoon as landslides kill 15 in Philippines
Headed for Taiwan and south-eastern China, the 1,000 km-wide Bavi is forecast to be one of the strongest storms in decades.
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Researchers who have ‘found’ Alfred the Great’s bones buried under a car park say university is blocking their efforts to dig them up
Researchers claim to have located the long-lost remains of King Alfred the Great beneath a car park in Winchester, Hampshire, where the ninth-century monarch died and was buried, but say the University of Winchester is obstructing their attempt to excavate them. The find, attributed to a 13-year search by author and historical researcher Graham Phillips,…
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Body of young musician, 23, who vanished while mountain biking over a year ago is found in tragic discovery
The body of Michael Curnow, a 23-year-old musician who went missing more than a year ago, has been discovered in bushland in South Australia. His remains were found on Tuesday in the Mount Crawford Forest, north-east of Adelaide, after a member of the public reported finding a mountain bike and helmet and alerted authorities. Police…
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Sunshine and Saharan Dust Make Miami’s World Cup Quarter-Final a Dangerous Game for England Norway
Norway’s men’s football team will face England in a World Cup quarter-final in Miami on Saturday, where scientists warn that extreme heat, humidity and blazing sunshine could pose a genuine danger to players. The conditions — intensified by a plume of dust blown across the Atlantic from the Sahara desert — will subject the northern…
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How cows are helping one of Britain’s rarest butterflies
Volunteers in the Alun Valley at Old Castle Down, near Bridgend in south Wales, are working to save the high brown fritillary, one of Britain’s rarest butterflies, whose numbers have fallen by 62% since 1970. Once widespread across Wales and England, the species is dying out almost everywhere else, but the site has become its…
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‘God Particle’ Physicist Fabiola Gianotti to Get Feature Biopic by ‘The Invisible Witness’ Director Stefano Mordini (EXCLUSIVE)
Italian physicist Fabiola Gianotti, who helped lead one of the two experiments behind the discovery of the Higgs boson — the particle popularly nicknamed the “God particle” — is to be the subject of a feature biopic titled “The Mysterious Particle”. The film will be directed by Stefano Mordini, known for “The Invisible Witness”, and…
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Indigenous rebels, migrant bravery and joyful dance: New York’s Latin American Foto Festival – in pictures
The Guardian has published a photo gallery showcasing work featured at New York’s Latin American Foto Festival, hosted by the Bronx Documentary Center. The collection brings together documentary photographers from across Latin America, spotlighting Indigenous land movements, environmental struggles, migration and cultural traditions, and it matters as a platform amplifying regional stories of resilience, identity…
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The Linda Lindas on “really fun” new album ‘Gotta Get Out’ and “cool” Hayley Williams collab ‘Closer’: “It’s an emo song about not wanting to get older”
Los Angeles punk band The Linda Lindas have spoken to NME about their forthcoming third album, ‘Gotta Get Out’, due for release on 28 August, and shared ‘Closer’, a new emo-leaning single featuring longtime supporter Hayley Williams of Paramore. Although Williams has championed the group for years — praising them in interviews, joining them onstage…