Was Cate Blanchett’s dress in Cannes a pro-Palestinian protest – or an optical illusion?

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For some, the message Cate Blanchett delivered on the Cannes red carpet on Monday sounded loud and clear. At first, her figure-hugging, off-the-shoulder Jean Paul Gaultier dress — designed by Colombian-born French designer Haider Ackermann — looked like a simple black dress. But when Blanchett moved, cameras captured the back of the dress, which appeared … Read more

England should have a Possible vs Probables match ahead of the All Blacks clashes

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Immanuel Feyi-Waboso could play for England against the All Blacks – Getty Images/Bob Bradford Rugby union is a cyclical sport and it often feels like there is no such thing as a new idea; just old concepts being brought up again for a new run. On the eve of an intriguing tour for England, which … Read more

Microplastics discovered in testicles of humans and dogs

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Researchers have found another anatomical organ where microplastics – in all forms and components – are found: human testicles. And while they can’t say for sure, they suspect that the presence of these jagged bits and strands of polymers like polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and polystyrene could be – in part – behind a global trend … Read more

Again, Einstein! Scientists discover where matter ‘falls’ into black holes

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Scientists have confirmed for the first time that the fabric of spacetime takes a “final plunge” at the edge of a black hole. The observation of this crashing region around black holes was made by astrophysicists at Oxford University Physics, and helps validate a key prediction of Albert Einstein’s 1915 theory of gravity: general relativity. … Read more

The idyllic wine region that Italy keeps for itself

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Thanks to Andrew O’Hagan’s new novel, London’s Caledonian Road is currently multitasking as a literary metaphor. But amid the real shops you’ll find AperiDeli, where occasionally locals – myself included – drop by alongside thoroughly Italian packets of pasta for cheerfully informal wine tastings. At one of them I attended, owner Stefano Cossalter started with … Read more

What we expect to see at this year’s show, from AI PCs to next-generation chips from Intel, AMD and more

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Computex 2024 is just around the corner. One of the biggest events on the tech calendar, this year’s show takes place between June 4 and 7 at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center in sunny Taiwan. We’ll be at every major keynote, booth tour, and product launch we can to bring you as much coverage as … Read more

Hundreds of mountain goats were flown to a new home. Very few survived.

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For three summers, wildlife managers wrestled mountain goats in Washington state’s Olympic National Park, blindfolded them, and then flew them to the far reaches of the state’s Cascade Range — an ambitious project to boost the goat population in an area where they were once common. occurred. The researchers released a total of 325 goats … Read more