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Hackney arts venue sued for £250,000 after part of ceiling ‘fell on to woman’s head’

A concertgoer is suing a Dalston arts centre for more than £250,000 over a claim that part of the ceiling collapsed on to her head during a gig.

Evening Standard

Woman feared husband had cheated after newborn wrongly diagnosed with STD

‘I still trusted him 100 per cent but did start to think what on earth had gone on,’ says Jenna Barnes

The Independent UK

Orionids To Kick Off Prolonged Stretch Of Fall Meteor Showers

Four meteor showers are about to peak in less than one month's time, a celestial series will kick off before the end of the week.

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Could an underwater microphone in Pacific Ocean hold the key to protecting whales?

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Sitting 280 feet below water on the floor of the Pacific Ocean just 26 miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, a credit-card-sized underwater microphone represents the latest attempt to keep Earth’s largest mammals safe from human-caused destruction.

Tribune News Service

Confetti review – mother goes to ends of the earth to champion dyslexic daughter

Heartfelt, gently moving drama inspired by director Ann Hu’s own experiences, will resonate with any parent who has had to advocate for their child

The Guardian - UK

Do we really care more about Van Gogh’s sunflowers than real ones?

The Just Stop Oil activists are accused of tactics that will stop people listening. But ‘respectable’ protest is roundly ignored, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The Guardian - UK

55 years ago, Russia changed spaceflight forever — and lied about it a little

The Venera 4 mission sent a probe into Venus' atmosphere, but played loose with whether or not it actually survived a landing.

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Russian cosmonaut runs over colleague after space return

After three missions in space, Russian cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev has run into difficulty on Earth

The Independent UK

Rocket arrives ahead of first ever space mission launched from UK

The LauncherOne will likely be sent into space from Cornwall in December as part of a historical journey

Manchester Evening News

UFC fighter explains his flat-Earth theory and dismisses idea of gravity

Top 10 featherweight contender Bryce Mitchell has had a number of outlandish outbursts over the past few years, and has now challenged commentator Joe Rogan to a debate on flat earth

Daily Mirror

Gamma ray pulse sweeps Earth

The explosion, dubbed GRB 221009A, came just as astronomers were gathering at a symposium on gamma-ray astrophysics

Salon

Astronomers search for signal from "interstellar internet" nodes

Two astronomers suggest SETI researchers should listen for signals from alien spacecraft positioned to take advantage of our Sun’s gravitational lensing effect.

Inverse

NASA spots 'impossible' jet stream appearing to move faster than speed of light

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has caught a jet stream that appeared to travel at a speed greater than 99.7% of the speed of light but due to an illusion it appeared to be going seven times faster

Daily Mirror

Meteorite that put Karoonda on the map 92 years ago heads to South Australian Museum

After crashing to earth from space nearly 92 years ago, a rare meteorite heads to the South Australian Museum.

ABC News

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The Conversation

The UK is about to have its first space launch – but Cornwall is unlikely to become a new Cape Canaveral

Virgin Orbit, a US company which provides launch services for satellites, has announced that the first orbital space mission from the UK will blast off from Cornwall. The rocket, which will carry nine satellites, along with a launch aircraft have been delivered by an RAF C-17 – a military, heavy-lift…

ABC News

Surprise discovery of radio signals could help track space junk and limit global security risks

A radio telescope used to look back 13 billion years stumbled over signals that may change the way ever-increasing space junk can be safely managed.

The Conversation

One does not simply detonate a volcano into Mordor: a scientist explains the problems with that Rings of Power episode

In the blockbuster fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, one of the principal antagonists, the wicked Adar, diverted a river into the labyrinth of tunnels under a dormant Mount Doom to trigger an explosive volcanic eruption. This transformed the surrounding landscape into the bleak lands…

WEKU

Former NASA astronaut Jim McDivitt, who led Gemini and Apollo missions, dies at 93

McDivitt commanded two early Gemini and Apollo missions in the 1960s that played a key role in preparing for the moon landing in 1969.

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The Independent UK

Climate Questions: How much has the climate changed already?

From incrementally rising temperatures and seas to an influx of natural disasters, the climate right now certainly isn't the same as it was before the industrial era

The Conversation

How many Amazon packages get delivered each year?

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Could Bacteria Found in Algerian Caves Treat Gluten Sensitivity?

An isolated bacterium discovered in an Algerian cave might be a solution to wheat gluten sensitivity, found joint research by Sweden’s Umea University and Algeria’s Constantine University. Gluten sensitivity is the body’s inability to digest or break down the gluten found in wheat and other grains. People with this digestive…

Tribune News Service

If you’re worried about the environment, consider being composted when you die

Would you rather be buried or cremated when you die?

The Guardian - UK

Starwatch: Halley’s comet dust on show in meteor shower

More than 50 meteors an hour may be seen as Earth ploughs through fragments left by comet

The Conversation

Google Earth is an illusion: how I am using art to explore the problematic nature of western maps and the myth of 'terra nullius'

Within western society, maps are often perceived as scientific, neutral and objective tools. Map making has always been shaped by our social and cultural relationships to the land. In the last 20 years, approaches to map creation have become much more reliant on photographic and digital technologies, including Google Earth.

Inverse

'Avenue 5' Season 2 Episode 2 release date, time, plot, cast, and trailer for HBO’s sci-fi comedy

The spaceship is headed straight for the sun.

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