Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents, suggests study (www.theguardian.com)
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
Russia-Ukraine war: attacks on Russian enlistment offices signal dissatisfaction with war, says UK (www.theguardian.com)
Benevolent sexism: a feminist comic explains how it holds women back (www.theguardian.com)
EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low (www.theguardian.com)
Hunter-gatherers were mostly gatherers, says archaeologist (www.theguardian.com)
Engraving on 2,000-year-old knife thought to be oldest runes in Denmark (www.theguardian.com)
Inscription on knife discovered by archaeologist in grave on island of Funen spells hirila, which means ‘little sword’...
How much should I care about news? (www.theguardian.com)
I read this article recently and I was just thinking about my news consumption and how much I want to be affected by it....
Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
EU silver filling ban could lead to dental care crisis in Northern Ireland, says BDA (www.theguardian.com)
Italian province orders all dogs to be DNA tested in poo crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s difficult to survive’: China’s LGBTQ+ advocates face jail and forced confession (www.theguardian.com)
In recent years, China’s LGBTQ+ community has been swept up in the Chinese Communist party’s broader crackdown on civil society and freedom of expression. In May 2023, a well known LGBTQ+ advocacy group in Beijing announced it was closing due to “unavoidable” circumstances. Last February, two university students filed a...
Ancient pear tree comes back to life after being felled to make way for HS2 (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/3801221...
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
Arctic Ice harvests ice from the fjords of Greenland, and then ships them to the United Arab Emirates to sell to exclusive bars. Using glacial ice in drinks is a common practice in Greenland, and, over the years, several entrepreneurs have unsuccessfully attempted to export it....
Oxford becomes UK's electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6709894...
Taiwan election, China urges US, UK and Japan not to interfere in ‘China’s internal affairs’ after they congratulate Lai Ching-te for election win as Beijing hoped to see Taiwan’s ruling party ousted (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11038232...
Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria (www.theguardian.com)
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? | Imogen West-Knights (www.theguardian.com)
Men do think about matters of the heart, but writing about it publicly could be seen as undignified, says journalist Imogen West-Knights
Early medieval Welsh cemetery found containing crouching bodies (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli prime minister says “no intention of permanently occupying Gaza” – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Afghan girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’ (www.theguardian.com)
The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets – were accused of “spreading and encouraging others to wear a bad hijab” and wearing makeup....
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared (www.theguardian.com)
Escaping Xi’s China by paddleboard: ‘I rushed into the water and thought if they catch me, they catch me’ (www.theguardian.com)
Flowers become incels due to climate change. (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10458716...
