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The long, winding road to UFC 249 leads to a night that promises to be special

UFC 249, to take place Saturday in Jacksonville, Fla., without fans, will be perhaps the most unique pay-per-view event the promotion company has staged.




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Pau Gasol gets 'emotional' rewatching Lakers clinch 2010 title

Pau Gasol, a 7-foot Spaniard who became an All-Star in Memphis before joining the Lakers, is hoping to play one more NBA season and then in the 2021 Olympics.




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Loose Women's Christine Lampard recalls 'scary' trip to hospital with daughter

Christine Lampard explained on today's Loose Women that she had to take her baby daughter to hospital last week




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Bride's mum has brutal reaction to daughter's wedding dress picked to please her

Jenny and her mum Jacky have very different ideas about what she should wear on her big day - so they turn to Gok Wan for help




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Corrie's Geoff quizzed on violent past by police as Sally becomes suspicious

Corrie's Geoff's violent past with women was brought to light at last by a suspicious police officer, as Alya raised Sally's concerns




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Emmerdale viewers horrified as Dottie is 'roasted' in tent set alight by Arthur

Emmerdale viewers were terrified for little Dottie's life after Arthur and Archie set alight the tent she was asleep in




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Corrie viewers touched as Nina has a gift for Asha after calling her beautiful

Coronation Street showed an incredibly tender moment between Nina and Asha after Asha confided in Nina something very personal




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Emmerdale viewers spot worrying sign the soap is about to run out of episodes

Emmerdale viewers took to Twitter to share their concerns that the ITV soap would not be on our screens for much longer after noticing something on Friday's episode




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BBC's The Primates expert claims eco tourism is gorillas' best hope for survival

EXCLUSIVE: As BBC documentary The Primates hits our screens, experts warn there are only a few ways




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Britain's Got Talent choir D Day Juniors honours war heroes with powerful song

Britain's Got Talent's choir D Day Juniors sang a moving original song to thank WWII veterans for giving their lives




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Britain's Got Talent choir D-Day Juniors remember a generation of heroes

EXCLUSIVE: Tonight's episode of Britain's Got Talent on ITV features inspiring children's choir D-Day Juniors who remember the heroes of generations past




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Keith Lemon's mum steals show as tea lady on show touted as 'the new Bake Off'

Naked Attraction host Anna Richardson stunned by comic Keith Lemon's secret crafting love as they filmed The Fantastical Factory of Curious Craft for Channel 4




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Tony Bellew calls Ant Middleton a 'c***' & nearly punches him in Who Dares Wins

Boxer Tony Bellew flies off the handle in an angry meltdown in scenes due to be shown in the next episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins




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MasterChef contestant kicked off show for serving gross 'revenge' meal to judges

Saray Carrillo felt she was being unfairly treated by the judges on the Spanish version of MasterChef - so decided to cook up a terrifying meal in revenge




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BGT's furious David Walliams threatens to sue Simon Cowell after backstage crash

The Britain's Got Talent judges come crashing into tonight's auditions when Simon can't work the breaks - leaving David to claim he has whiplash




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Convalescent plasma trials begin for coronavirus treatment

Trials to treat COVID-19 using the blood plasma from those who have already recovered from the illness have begun.




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'Jurassic Park was wrong': Raptors hunted alone and not in packs

Scientists have challenged a key plot point of the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park with new research suggesting raptors hunted alone rather than in packs.




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Send virus alerts within 24 hours or risk second wave, scientist warns

People at risk of COVID-19 infection need to be alerted within 24 hours or contact tracing will be useless, a scientist advising the government has warned.




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Lockdown extends Britain's longest run without coal since 1882

For the first time since 1882, Great Britain has gone more than 28 days without using coal, and the lockdown is contributing to keeping power consumption low.




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New stamps, digital project mark centenary of Group of Seven's debut

On the 100th anniversary of the Group of Seven's inaugural exhibit, the influential art collective is being recognized with efforts putting their distinctively Canadian paintings in front of a fresh crop of art lovers.




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Normal People, coming-of-age series based on bestselling novel, coming to CBC Gem

Coming-of-age drama Normal People, based on Irish author Sally Rooney's bestselling novel and touted as one of the best book-to-series adaptations in recent years, is set to debut in Canada on CBC Gem.




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The royal disruptors: Options abound for Harry and Meghan in their Hollywood rebrand

Amid the coronavirus lockdown, Prince Harry and Meghan have kept a fairly low profile since their recent move to California, but a Hollywood insider says they're already being shopped around for projects.




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Neville names Man United star most likely to win Ballon d'Or

Man Utd great Gary Neville has given a detailed Q&A on social media in which he answered a range of different topics.




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The doorstep portraits making a difference in Salford

Kirstine Doherty, 40, is a children’s photographer who has been taking doorstep portraits of Swinton, Worsley, Walkden and Monton residents




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Man City have finally found their Yaya Toure replacement after two years

Two years ago, Yaya Toure played his final game for Manchester City after a brilliant 316 appearances for the club.




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Man taken to hospital with head injury after 'violent disturbance' in Chorlton

A 25-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of section 18 assault



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Salomon Rondon reveals how close he came to Man United transfer

Man Utd looked at signing Salomon Rondon in the January transfer window but Dalian Professional did not want to sell him.




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Footage shows almost 30 cars ditched at Salford Quays gathering

Cars can be seen driving on pavements and going the wrong way around roundabouts



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Man in hospital after jumping from window of block of flats to escape fire

The fire started in the kitchen of a second floor flat on Wendon Road, in Baguley



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Beer was here! A new microstructural marker for malting in the archaeological record

A new method for reliably identifying the presence of beer or other malted foodstuffs in archaeological finds is described in a study published May 6, 2020 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Andreas G. Heiss from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), Austria and colleagues.




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Quantum jump tipping the balance

Measuring tiny differences in mass between different quantum states provides new insights into heavy atoms.




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2D oxide flakes pick up surprise electrical properties

Rice University researchers find evidence of piezoelectricity in lab-grown, two-dimensional flakes of molybdenum dioxide.




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Study finds breathing and talking contribute to COVID-19 spread

Current knowledge about the role of aerosols in the transmission of SARS-CoV-2 warrants urgent attention. Current guidance and public health information has slowly shifted focus towards aerosols as a transmission pathway - predominantly associated with breathing and talking by asymptomatic individuals.




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Molecule reduces multiple pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease

When tested in brain cells and in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease, a new compound significantly reduced the number of amyloid plaques in the brain, lessened brain inflammation and diminished other molecular markers of the disease.




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GW survey evaluates influence of social media in attracting patients

A recent survey from the George Washington University suggests that patients do not take social media into consideration when looking for a dermatologist and recommend that practitioners should use social media as a tool in engaging and educating patients.




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The Lancet Rheumatology: Small observational study of patients with severe COVID-19 treated with the arthritis drug anakinra finds clinical improvements

The first study to report use of the rheumatoid arthritis drug anakinra to treat COVID-19 patients found that high-dose anakinra was safe and was associated with respiratory improvements and reduced signs of cytokine storm [1] in 72% (21/29) of patients, according to results from patients studied for 21 days (enrolled from 17 to 27 March 2020) in a Milan hospital, published in The Lancet Rheumatology journal.




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Using digital twins to design more sustainable cities

Over the past several years, a collaboration at HLRS has been developing a digital twin of Herrenberg, a small city just outside of Stuttgart, Germany. The Herrenberg study has already provided valuable information for city planners and government officials in the state of Baden-Württemberg, and paves the way for improving the model to include additional kinds of data.




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Do I look mad? Reading facial cues with the touch-screen generation

Are today's children, who grew up with mobile technology from birth, worse at reading emotions and picking up cues from people's faces than children who didn't grow up with tablets and smartphones? A new UCLA psychology study suggests today's kids are all right.




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Traffic pollution drops in lockdown -- but other risks revealed by Manchester experts

Traffic pollution for most parts of the UK is plummeting thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown but more urban ozone -- a dangerous air pollutant which can cause airway inflammation in humans -- is probably being generated, say experts from The University of Manchester. Observations in cities across the UK show marked decreases in nitrogen oxides but with corresponding increases in ozone during lockdown.




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Loyola Medicine neurologist calls for broad changes in stroke care during COVID-19

Broad modifications to current standards for treating acute stroke patients during the COVID-19 pandemic may be needed to preserve health care resources, limit disease spread and ensure optimal care, according to a Loyola Medicine neurologist.




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Editorial: US healthcare must take a more proactive approach to prepare for future disasters

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed major deficiencies and inequities in the US healthcare system, shining a spotlight on improvements that must be made to steel the country for future disasters, argues Maia.




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Stem cells shown to delay their own death to aid healing

A new study shows how stem cells -- which can contribute to creating many parts of the body, not just one organ or body part -- are able to postpone their own death in order to respond to an injury that needs their attention. The study was done in planarians, which are tiny worms used as model organisms to study regeneration because of their ability to recover from any injury using stem cells.




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Scientists measured electrical conductivity of pure interfacial water

Skoltech scientists in collaboration with researchers from the University of Stuttgart, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and the Russian Quantum Center achieved the first systematic experimental measurements of the electrical conductivity of pure interfacial water, hence producing new results significantly extending our knowledge of interfacial water.




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CCNY physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization

In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common temperature, is typically the norm. There are situations, however, where thermalization is slowed down or virtually suppressed; examples are when considering the dynamics of electron and nuclear spins in solids. Understanding why this happens and how it can be controlled is presently at the center of a broad effort, particularly for applications in the emerging field of quantum information technologies.




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Treatment for opioid use disorder is rare in hospitals, study finds

Despite a national opioid-related overdose epidemic that continues to claim tens of thousands of lives annually, a new nationwide study shows that a scant proportion of hospitalized patients with opioid use disorder receive proven life-saving medications both during and after they're discharged.




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Dendrimers finally have what it takes to break into the laser scene

A team including researchers from the University of Tsukuba has produced a family of dendrimers that form single-crystals and can harvest non-polarized light and transform it into polarized emission. The dendrimer crystals are both optically and mechanically stable to optical pumping, making them the first example of a crystalline material combining dendrimer properties and laser performance. The crystals are expected to have numerous applications in the field of laser optics, for example in displays.




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Dearth of medical resources in Africa for COVID-19 reminiscent of early HIV/AIDS pandemic

'We have seen this before.' Global health scholars have issued a clarion call about the needless loss of life expected because of a foreseeable prospect of 'slow and inadequate access to supplies' to control COVID-19 in sub-Saharan Africa. They say what is unfolding now is similar to when lifesaving diagnostics and treatments came to the region long after they were available elsewhere.




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Controlling quantumness: Simulations reveal details about how particles interact

A recent study at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University has described new states that can be found in super-cold atom experiments, which could have applications for quantum technology.




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Potentially fatal combinations of humidity and heat are emerging across the globe

A new study has identified thousands of incidents of previously rare or unprecedented extreme heat/humidity combinations in parts of Asia, Africa, Australia, South America and North America, including in the US Gulf Coast region.




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How does the brain link events to form a memory? Study reveals unexpected mental processes

The brain has a powerful ability to remember and connect events separated in time. And now, in a new study in mice published today in Neuron, scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have shed light on how the brain can form such enduring links.