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[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain People who are colorblind may be missing a life-saving warning sign of bladder cancer. Analysis of the electronic health records of hundreds of people found that those with color vision deficiency (CVD), or color blindness and bladder cancer had significantly worse outcomes than patients with …

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 112, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I hope your home is warmer than mine right now, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.) This week, I’ve been …

A mother who is among a group of British parents suing TikTok after the deaths of five children has described a hearing in America as “deeply painful”. Ellen Roome, 49, from Gloucestershire, has been campaigning since her 14-year-old son Jools Sweeney died at home in Cheltenham in 2022. She travelled …

Faisal IslamEconomics editor Reuters Shoppers on Oxford Street during the Boxing Day sales A new year, a new beginning. The latest monthly figures on the economy hardly confirm a change of gear, but nor do they back up the worst doom-mongers claiming decline and recession. It is neither doom nor …

BBC Seasonal charges were introduced at four car parks, including this one in Ballycastle Income generated from new seasonal parking charges at four car parks on Northern Ireland’s north coast was significantly lower than what was projected by the council, a committee has been told. The charges at three seafront …

Dave GilyeatSouth of England Getty Images A new book compiles several years of unseen interviews with director Mike Hodges Get Carter and Flash Gordon director Mike Hodges “felt very forgotten” and was frustrated that he could not get another film made, a new book will reveal. I’ll Settle For Nothingness: …

Scientists have dismissed warnings from Donald Trump linking paracetamol use during pregnancy to autism. The US president made the allegation in September as he claimed there had been a “meteoric rise” in cases of autism. Identifying the medication – known as Tylenol in the States – as a potential cause, …

Getty Images Indians are now travelling to high-altitude places like Ladakh for stargazing On a cold winter night, around 200km (125 miles) from the Indian capital Delhi, dozens of people huddle around telescopes, waiting for darkness to settle over the landscape. Over the next few hours, more than 150 meteors …

Giorgia Meloni might have a new best friend in world politics after Japan’s prime minister laid on cake and gifts – and even sang happy birthday to the Italian leader. The women snapped a selfie together – with Ms Meloni later posting an anime version next to the caption: “Two …

The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the PJM Interconnection, the biggest electricity market in the US, to hold a power auction meant to spur a massive buildout of new power plants. Lawmakers and tech companies building out new data centers face growing fury from Americans …

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Getty Images HSTikkyTokky, real name Harrison Sullivan, has a large following on social media Extraditing a TikTok influencer on a private jet from Spain at a cost of nearly £16,000 was the only viable option, a police force has said. Harrison Sullivan, 24, known as HSTikkyTokky, had to be repatriated …

Down the street from the Los Angeles Angels’ stadium in Anaheim, a crowd gathers to watch two homes burn. In less than 30 minutes, one structure is reduced to its smoldering, blackened wood frame, while the other, thanks to simple changes to its design, is remarkably unscathed. Of course, this …

The Liberal Democrats have proposed introducing film-style age ratings to limit which social media apps children can access. Under the party’s plan, platforms that use addictive algorithmic feeds or host “inappropriate content” would be restricted to users over 16 years old, while sites with “graphic violence or pornography” would be …

Four astronauts evacuated from the International Space Station (ISS) have landed back on Earth, after their stay in space was cut short by a month due to a “serious” medical issue. The astronauts arrived on the ISS on 1 August expecting to complete a standard six and a half month …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Subtle abnormalities in kidney function—even within the range considered normal—may help identify people at risk of developing chronic kidney disease. This is shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in Kidney International. The researchers have therefore developed a web-based tool that could aid …

Mark Poynting,Climate researcherand Erwan Rivault,Senior data designer Getty Images A new map has unmasked the landscape beneath Antarctica’s ice in unprecedented detail, something scientists say could greatly enhance our understanding of the frozen white continent. Researchers used satellite data and the physics of how Antarctica’s glaciers move to work out …

Natalie ShermanBusiness reporter Getty Images US President Donald Trump and Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell A political leader demanding questionable policy from the central bank and testing the legal limits to get it – to Martin Redrado, sitting in Argentina, Donald Trump’s stand-off with the Federal Reserve feels surprisingly familiar. …

Caroline Stafford Try hard enough, we are often told, and eventually you’ll get what you want. But sometimes the hardest – and bravest – thing to do, is to stop trying. After years of hoping to start a family, including the painful rollercoaster of fertility treatment and a devastating miscarriage …

[ Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For the second year in a row, the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension, or DASH Diet, developed in part by scientists at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, has been recognized as the best heart-healthy diet in the 2026 U.S. News & World Report Best Diets rankings. …