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Brown Swiss in Austria has been discovered using tools in different ways – something only ever seen in humans and chimpanzeesScientists have been forced to rethink the intelligence of cattle after an Austrian cow named Veronika displayed an impressive – and until now undo...
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Keir Starmer has played down the possibility of retaliatory tariffs on the US, after Donald Trump threatened them against Nato allies unless they support his plan to take Greenland. At an emergency press conference, Starmer said tariffs would be the “wrong thing to do”.&l...
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People in Adamuz rushed to help when two trains smashed into each other and say they will never forget what they sawJust after 2.45pm on Monday, a huge yellow-and-green crane lorry swung off the main road that cuts through the forested hills of eastern Andalucía and beetl...
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What if the thing we needed more of was to do less? What if this was the year we finally learned to rest?Every new year – after the holiday glut of travel, parties, shopping and baked goods – there can be pressure to do and be more: more active, more productive, more crea...
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Worth a staggering $2.45bn, Suno is an AI music company that can create a track with just a few prompts. Why is its CEO happy to see it called ‘the Ozempic of the music industry’?‘The format of the future,” says Mikey Shulman, “is music you play with,...
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Social media is filling up with influencers telling us how to become much more intellectual. A great, enriching idea – or just another cue to show off?Name: Disgustingly educated.Age: About 18 mo...
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Chief classical music critic of the Guardian admired for writing without fear of favourAndrew Clements, who has died aged 75 after a period of ill health, was for more than three decades the Guardian’s chief classical music critic. His style was a model of critical integr...
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The streaming giant has the data that proves we all just watch things with one hand gripping our phones, so need to have the plot explained to us over and over againMatt Damon has a new film out, a $100m cop thriller co-starring Ben Affleck called The Rip. It is currently...
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Though Labour’s voters are more likely to be the educated middle-classes, its focus must be fighting inequality. We know Farage’s party will only enrich the wealthyClass politics is back, as if it ever went away. Robert Jenrick ...
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The TV hit has cracked open a rich seam of misogyny: romance is written off as a weird thing that women like, and the audience is dismissed as ‘wine moms’I’ve never heard anything more sexist in my life than the (mounting) reasons why women supposedly love the hit TV dram...