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Eleanor May Simmonds. Some may call her a swimmer, some may call her a Paralympian but I call her my hero. Ellie Simmonds has completed many amazing things in her life so far: she is the youngest British swimmer to Read more
A common gene mutation for Parkinson’s disease drives mislocalization of iron in activated microglia, according to a new study publishing December 16th in the open-access journal PLOS Biology, by Mark Cookson of the National Institute on Aging and colleagues. The Read more
Tax preparation company H&R Block Inc(HRB.N) on Thursday sued payment company Block Inc(SQ.N), previously called Square Inc, saying the new name infringed its trademarks. Block’s chief executive, Twitter Inc(TWTR.N) co-founder Jack Dorsey, announced the name change earlier this month as Read more
Long before the metaverse became the premier destination of tech companies and newlyweds, there was Minecraft. It is a platform that started as a video game about dodging explosions from hissing cactus-shaped creatures and became the blank canvas on which Read more
A mum starved herself to death rather than have her family endure weeks of torture as cancer claimed her life. MSP Elena Whitham has recounted the harrowing ordeal and the final stages of her mum Irene’s struggle before she died, Read more