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Helen BushbyCulture reporter Netflix Sadie Sink and Nell Fisher play Max and Holly, who take refuge in a cave Spoiler warning: This contains some details about what has happened in the show so far, but does not reveal anything about the final four episodes. A Christmas feast may be around …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Flu season has arrived, and with it a variant making headlines as a “super flu.” A variant of influenza A H3N2 called subclade K is being blamed for an early and severe flu season in the United Kingdom, according to the BMJ. The strain has …

The Quadrantids has the potential to be one of the most active meteor showers of the year, and skygazers won’t have long to wait to see it. The annual shower is predicted to reach maximum intensity on Jan. 3. And with a display that can rival Perseids, Quadrantids could be worth …

Lebo DisekoGlobal Religion correspondent Getty Images Pope Leo has criticised the Trump administration’s immigration policy Jesse Romero, a conservative Catholic podcaster, has some choice words for Pope Leo XIV. “The Pope should tell us how to get to heaven,” says Romero. “He has no authority over the government; he has …

Head coach Derek McInnes insists Hearts are “a good proposition” as the Scottish Premiership leaders aim to strengthen in January. Khazakstan winger Islam Chesnokov has already been signed, with Dutch right-back Jordi Altena likely to join from RKC Waalwijk. While refusing to comment on 22-year-old Altena, McInnes did say: “We …

Beach Academy CIC The hobnailed boots were found during a clean up of rock pools on Ogmore beach Mystery surrounds the appearance of hundreds of Victorian hobnailed shoes which have washed ashore on a beach. The black leather boots, thought to date back to the 19th century, were discovered by …

This morning, I asked my Alexa-enabled Bosch coffee machine to make me a coffee. Instead of running my routine, it told me it couldn’t do that. Ever since I upgraded to Alexa Plus, Amazon’s generative-AI-powered voice assistant, it has failed to reliably run my coffee routine, coming up with a …

[ A new study led by Dr. Jiang Yi from the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has revealed the first clear evidence that visual awareness acts as a “conductor” that refines the speed, precision, and neural coordination of attentional rhythmic sampling. Source link

Getty Images Researchers sampled 95 fiddler crabs A species of crab has been found to play an “unheralded role” in the breakdown of microplastic particles, according to scientists. The University of Exeter said scientists observed fiddler crabs in a polluted mangrove forest in Colombia ingest “large quantities of small plastic …

[ The festive season has a reputation for undoing good habits such as eating well and exercising. Normal routines disappear, days become less structured and exercise habits can fade. The solution to staying active is not more willpower, but smarter planning. Research shows that simple, practical strategies can help people …

Patrick FeeBBC News NI business correspondent BBC Anne Stewart is the senior curator at the Ulster Museum Even at the museum Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without any presents. This month has seen the unveiling of new arrivals from historic artists with strong local ties. Anne Stewart, senior curator at the …

Stephen Menonand Laurence Cawley,BBC London Investigations Getty Images The key to a good Christmas cracker joke is not whether it is funny but whether it can illicit groans around a dinner table, experts say “How much did Santa’s sleigh cost? Nothing, it was on the house.” The joke is met …

Attorney General Pam Bondi took to X over the weekend with a bold statement: “President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in American history.” Her post was about efforts to release documents concerning the attempted assassination of Trump last July. But the folks commenting in the replies had a …

The UK could be set to have had its warmest year on record, according to forecasters. The Met Office says 2025 is on track to become one of the UK’s warmest years, possibly surpassing 2022. The average annual temperature is tracking at 10.05C – ahead of the previous record of …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain What makes someone a “morning lark” or a “night owl?” Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each winter with seasonal affective disorder? Clues to these puzzles may lie in a tiny brain region called the suprachiasmatic nucleus …

[ Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet rewires liver cells and makes them more prone to becoming cancerous. The researchers found that in response to a high-fat diet, …

Chinese robotaxis could be set to hit UK roads in 2026 as ride-sharing apps Uber and Lyft announce partnerships with Baidu to trial the tech. The two companies are hoping to obtain approval from regulators to test the autonomous vehicles in London. Baidu’s Apollo Go driverless taxi service already operates …

[ Representative time-locked screenshots illustrate a group interaction. All individuals pictured provided informed consent to appear in this figure. To enhance confidentiality and participant protection, identifying features have been blurred.  Credit: Clinical Psychological Science (2025). DOI: 10.1177/21677026251333784 Nearly 80% of Americans aged 12 and older have consumed alcohol at least …

Most dating apps ask you to compress yourself into a quippy bio and a handful of photos, which undoubtedly leads to endless swiping and trite “Hey, how are you?”s that go nowhere. Vinylly is a dating app that starts somewhere more revealing: What music you listen to, how you listen …

[ QuadST is a tool that analyzes single-cell data to find which cells are communicating and which genes are involved in their interactions. Credit: Song Xiaoyu, Duke-NUS Medical School Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have developed two powerful computational tools that could transform how researchers study the “conversations” between cells …