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Cambridge scientists discovered that thin, weak zones in Earth’s plates helped spread Iceland’s mantle plume across the North Atlantic, explaining why volcanic activity once spanned thousands of kilometers. These ancient scars not only shaped the landscape but still influence earthquakes and could point to untapped geothermal energy., Read MoreContinue Reading

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Disabled NHS medic told she’s ‘not a real doctor’ Jenny Rees Health correspondent, BBC Wales British Medical Association Dr Alice Gatenby has been told “it’s too much hassle” to change shifts to accommodate her disability A disabled doctor, who believes the NHS sees it as “too difficult or inconvenient” toContinue Reading

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Ubuntu 25.10 entered user-interface freeze this weekend, but not before the Yaru design team managed to slip in a notable set of theme improvements. Yaru is Ubuntu’s default theme, which is a modified version of the GTK4/libadwaita stylesheet that themes modern apps and GNOME Shell (the desktop). Yaru also includesContinue Reading

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A team of amateurs recently came together in an online collaboration called the Busy Beaver Challenge to pin down the value of BB(5), the fifth “busy beaver” number — a notoriously difficult problem in theoretical computer science. The busy beaver problem, or “game,” involves finding the Turing machine with aContinue Reading

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With Angela Rayner out, is Keir Starmer’s government more right wing? Today, we look at whether the government’s leadership changes point to a turn to the right after a series of personnel changes after Angela Rayner’s resignation. The new home secretary Shabana Mahmood is said to be taking up aContinue Reading