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Mystery surrounds 800-year-old Leicester burial pit containing 123 bodies

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Researchers are baffled by 12th-century corpses uncovered at a heritage learning centre built in the garden of Leicester Cathedral after discovery of Richard III’s remains In gardens a few metres from Leicester Cathedral, archaeologists have made a disturbing discovery. Their excavations have revealed a narrow vertical shaft filled with the remains of 123 men, women and children. It is one of the

AI could cause ‘social ruptures’ between people who disagree on its sentience

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Leading philosopher says issue is ‘no longer one for sci-fi’ as dawn of AI consciousness is predicted for 2035 Significant “social ruptures” between people who think artificial intelligence systems are conscious and those who insist the technology feels nothing are looming, a leading philosopher has said. The comments, from Jonathan Birch, a professor of philosophy at the London School of Economi

The big idea: why we should take teenage love more seriously

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Adolescent passions shape our future selves, and can be every bit as powerful – and perilous – as adult relationships I haven’t kept many things from my teenage years. I have a box of photos – hazy snapshots from holidays and parties, captured on disposable cameras and developed at Boots. I have a stack of A-level psychology notes, kept in homage to my subsequent career. And I have a letter, from

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Starwatch: Waxing gibbous moon pairs with brightening Mars

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Closest approach between Earth and the red planet will occur on 25 January 2025 – about 54m miles Mars has continued its eastward progression, crossing from Gemini, the twins, into Cancer, the crab. On the night of 20 November, it will be joined in the night sky by a waxing gibbous moon. The chart shows the view looking east from London at 23.00 GMT. As the night progresses into the early hours o

Study to look at why some people with aggressive cancer are ‘super-survivors’

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NHS centres join search for patients who have lived much longer than expected, in hope of developing new therapies Doctors have launched a major study to understand why a small percentage of cancer patients beat the odds and survive long after being diagnosed with some of the most aggressive forms of the disease. Eight NHS cancer centres are joining dozens of hospitals around the world to find pa

Hi-tech recreation of Richard III’s voice has a Yorkshire accent

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A digital avatar of the king’s head, complete with ‘meticulously researched’ voice, is on display in York Technology has been used to recreate the voice of the medieval king Richard III, complete with a distinctive Yorkshire accent. A digital avatar of the monarch went on display at York Theatre Royal on Sunday after experts helped to generate a replica of his voice. Continue reading...

The Guardian view on the Booker prize winner: a whole new perspective | Editorial

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Samantha Harvey’s Orbital, a love letter to our wounded planet, is the perfect choice for the political moment “To look at the Earth from space is a bit like a child looking into a mirror and realising for the first time that the person in the mirror is herself. What we do to the Earth we do to ourselves,” the novelist and winner of this year’s Booker prize, Samantha Harvey , said in her acceptan

Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect

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Tech giants said today’s digital native kids would be the first generation who would not know what it meant to get lost. But is that a good thing? We’ve lost direction and our brains are shrinking – at least, our hippocampi are. These seahorse-shaped parts of the brain measure about 5cm, sit just above both ears and drive our spatial awareness and orientation. London taxi drivers, famed for takin

Are cancer survivors less likely to develop Alzheimer’s?

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Research shows that patients with a history of cancer are less likely to develop dementia and those with Alzheimer’s are less likely to develop cancer. Understanding this relationship, say scientists, could lead to new treatments With age comes disease. Cancer and Alzheimer’s dementia are among the commonest and most feared health conditions – particularly in countries with ageing populations suc

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‘I’ve made every second count’: one man’s search for justice through the infected blood scandal

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Mark Ward, a victim of the infected blood scandal that has killed so many, has fought all his life for truth and acknowledgement of what happened to him and so many of his peers. Now, at last, his voice is being heard Mark Ward should be long dead. He ought to have been a goner decades ago. “Somebody dies of infected blood every two days,” he explains, “and every time they do, it’s a step closer

Get away, grizzly: why scientists are chasing bears with drones

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Wildlife experts in US west have found small aircraft are ideal for protecting humans and livestock from predators The first time that Terry Vandenbos watched a bear run from a drone, on a spring day two years ago, he was chasing the animal himself. After he saw the grizzly cross a road near his property, the Montana rancher hopped on his all-terrain vehicle, planning to scare it away from his ca

The week in audio: Make Me a Mixtape; 16 Sunsets; Cinematic Soundtracks; How to Play – review

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Clara Amfo and Jordan Stephens return with more bespoke celebrity playlists; a new space shuttle podcast goes into orbit; Radio 3’s spin-off station takes unwinding to the next level. Plus, the ins and outs of Holst’s Planets Make Me a Mixtape (Radio 1) | BBC Sounds 16 Sunsets (Antica and Telltale Studios) | Global Player Radio 3 Unwind | BBC Sounds How to Play: Holst’s The Planets with the Royal

Beaver supermoon around the world – in pictures

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The beaver moon, the final supermoon of the year, has appeared in skies across much of the globe Continue reading...

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‘We’ve become distrustful of each other’: Braiding Sweetgrass author Robin Wall Kimmerer on Trump, rural America and resistance

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Her last book sold 2m copies. Now the Native American ecologist is taking on capitalism. She talks about how the ‘gift economy’ could heal divisions across the US When the ecologist and writer Robin Wall Kimmerer is in a city for work and starts to feel disconnected from the natural world, she likes to do a breathing exercise. She inhales and thinks about how she is breathing in the breath of pla

‘First instinct is to swim’: my trip on a zero-gravity flight with an Esa astronaut

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The sensation of weightlessness is extraordinary as I join Rosemary Coogan for a breathtaking glimpse of life in space It feels as if I’m hallucinating: as I lie on the floor, the ceiling suddenly sinks towards me and the walls begin to tilt at an impossible angle. It is my first experience of zero gravity on an European Space Agency (Esa) parabolic flight. In theory I know what is going on, but

Space travel should not be just ‘for the elites’, says new British astronaut

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Rosemary Coogan, European Space Agency’s second UK recruit, will be deployed to ISS for six months She beat a field of more than 22,000 candidates and has a PhD in astrophysics and a background as a Royal Navy reserve, but the newly qualified British astronaut Rosemary Coogan believes that in future space travel should not be restricted to elites. Coogan, 33, from Belfast, who is the European Spa

The truth about dark empaths, why is Britain still so obsessed with the Tudors? And Philippa Perry on overcoming social awkwardness – podcast

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‘Narcissists – only more devious’: Anita Chaudhuri explores the world of the Dark Empath and how to recognise the danger signs; ‘Henry VIII is a serial killer and abuser’: what’s behind the flood of 21st-century retellings of the Tudors, including the new TV series The Mirror and the Light?; and Philippa Perry advises one reader on how to circumnavigate emotional hesitancy. Continue reading...

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