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Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden |

Allendale, Northumberland: Farmers use it as cover crop, and I sow it into bare soil – but not before I’ve had a close look at its stunning detailsCupped by bristly sepals, the five-petalled flowers of phacelia flare open at the tips, drawing insects to their abundant nectar and

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Oobleck droplets reveal 5 ways cornstarch 'goo' behaves when hitting water

Cornstarch can thicken soup or serve as a base for a DIY shampoo, but there's more to the humble pantry staple. Given the right conditions, it seems to defy the laws of physics. Mixing cornstarch with water creates "oobleck"—a shape-shifting substance classified as a non-Newtonia

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Hello from the outside: heat domes impeding radio and other signals in US midwest

Higher temperatures can cause radio, TV and microwave signals to travel hundreds of miles farther, upsetting communicationsIt was 3am in north-east Indiana’s Huntington county when the outdoor emergency alarm went off on 1 July.The only issue? There wasn’t a storm, tornado or any

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Country diary: Spot the young hare – they know how to make it hard | Ed Douglas

Eyam Moor, Derbyshire: I go in search of a leveret, which is a tricky business. For them, subterfuge is key to survivalHigh on Eyam Moor, there was no shortage of things to look at. Meadow vetch and lady’s bedstraw had turned the trackside a vibrant yellow. The moor itself glitte

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Inside the secret Laos shops selling pangolin scales, bear bile and tiger bones to tourist

Covert footage obtained by the Guardian shows how crime networks are using front souvenir shops to hide a booming wildlife trade targeted at a new influx of Chinese touristsThe shop is dark and deserted. Though the door is open, there is clearly no expectation of any customers wa

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Are there aliens on exoplanet K2-18b? Scientists just scanned it for signals

K2-18b is one of the most promising worlds for the search for extraterrestrial life, so astronomers conducted an unusually powerful radio survey using both the VLA and MeerKAT telescopes. Advanced software analyzed millions of signals, filtering out Earth-based interference and o

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Country diary: The rewards of sloping off down an old railway line | Derek Niemann

Frome, Somerset: I feel like a walking carriage, trundling down Colliers Way, glimpsing hedgerows and hayfields and, best of all, one of the original tracksIf there is such a thing as a level playing field in the Mendip Hills, I have yet to find it. Not one street has “Rise” in i

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England vs. Argentina: A football rivalry full of history

From the Falkland Islands to Diego Maradona and David Beckham, there is so much history between the two 2026 World Cup semifinalists.

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Several flights diverted after plane blocks Gatwick runway

An Easyjet flight had to land at Stanstead Airport instead, but then became stuck there when it couldn't find fuel.

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I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all | Peter Geoghegan

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselvesAndy Burnham faces a lot of big decisions. But one of the incoming prime minister’s biggest early tests is what he does about the world’s “scariest company” – Palantir. The US defence and surveillance tech behemoth has a swathe of British public contracts, including, most controversially, a £330m deal with the NHS. It’s pretty clear wha

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New twist in affordability checks row demands answers from Gambling Commission

Culture, media and sport committee questions bear a striking similarity to those racing industry has been askingLast Tuesday’s announcement by the Gambling Commission that it planned to introduce “Financial Risk Assessments” – or affordability checks – for gambling customers seemed to mark the end of racing’s fierce, five-and-a-half year campaign against the policy, but there has been a further twist to the extended tale after it emerged that the culture, media and sport committee (CMS

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China’s graduate glut: millions of young people enter a job market with little use for them

Record numbers find there is little demand for their skills, as entry-level tech roles are hit by AI and automationThis time of year is graduation season in China: traditionally a bittersweet period of solemn goodbyes and family celebrations as university students transition from campus life into adulthood. Now it also increasingly represents trepidation about the future.Each year, millions more graduates are thrust into China’s already saturated jobs market. The situation for this yea

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