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» Read moreBookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters The mystery of a "sonic boom" that caused "ground shakes" across the country has finally been solved. Hundreds of people in the Midlands and the south of England, including Leicester, Oxford and Northampton, reported hearing the sound today (March 4), which some believed to
» Read moreScientists have been stunned to learn that 35 years on from the world’s worst nuclear disaster, dogs can be found living, breeding and surviving among the ruins of Chernobyl. The animals are believed to be direct descendants of those abandoned in 1986. Boffins from across the globe hope that studying these contaminated canines can teach humans new tricks about how
» Read moreGreen Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers and prominent podcaster Tim Ferriss are among the dozens of speakers making a trip to Denver this summer for a conference dedicated to all things psychedelics. Psychedelic Science takes place at the Colorado Convention Center June 19-23, bringing with it five days’ worth of lectures, workshops and networking opportunities with some of the biggest
» Read moreA university has apologised for conducting dozens of 'unethical' medical experiments on at least 2,600 prisoners. In the 1960s and 1970s, lags in the United States were tested on with pesticides and herbicides which were injected into their veins. Jailed men at the California Medical Facility also had small cages with mosquitos placed close to their arms or directly on
» Read moreWasps are said to use their penises as a deadly weapon to sting predators attempting to eat the horrid little insect strain. Japanese scientists were stunned to discover that the razor sharp genitals delivered a killer sting to those attempting to harm, eat or kill the winged beasts. Female wasps were shown to have a venomous sting, but male wasps
» Read moreBookmark Don’t miss a thing! Sign up to the Daily Star’s newsletter We have more newsletters A group of scientists trying to reawaken ancient viruses has sparked fears of a new pandemic. Boffins at the Vector research centre in Novosibirsk in Siberia, Russia are analysing the remains of mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses and other Ice Age animals. They are trying to
» Read moreIain Duncan Smith hits out at Rishi Sunak’s response to China We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you’ve consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info A new study by the Association for International Affairs
» Read moreBookmakers will almost certainly "suspend betting on Lord Lucan being found alive after facial recognition technology ruled he and an OAP in Australia were the same individual." Former William Hill PR guru Rupert Adams, now operating as The Posh Pundit, said the betting industry always had a sneaking suspicion the runaway aristo would turn up alive. Eton-educated Lucan vanished in
» Read moreClaude Garrett, who served 30 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit, was released from Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in May this year. His friend Liliana Segura wrote: “Since then, and over the past 5 months, Claude relished his freedom. He enjoyed every moment with his daughter, Deana, and especially his grandson, who he absolutely adored.” But on
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