• Astronomers discover 2,674 dwarf galaxies using Euclid telescope - Phys.org

    Astronomers discover 2,674 dwarf galaxies using Euclid telescope  Phys.orgEuclid opens data treasure trove, offers glimpse of deep fields  European Space AgencyESA Previews Euclid Mission’s Deep View of ‘Dark Universe’  NASAScientists hail ‘avalanche of discoveries’ from Euclid space telescope  The GuardianEuclid space telescope captures 26 million galaxies in first data drop  New Scientist
  • Trump’s demand that US could take over Ukraine’s reactors is not credible

    Trump’s demand that US could take over Ukraine’s reactors is not credible
    US president’s plan for American firms to run power plants is unrealistic and is opposed by Putin and ZelenskyyAs a demand, it is Donald Trump at his most confusing. The American president appears, at least according to Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, to have told Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday that “American ownership” of Ukraine’s four nuclear power plants would be their best protection in future – although the Ukrainian president said on Thursday that &
  • West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide

    West Papuan Indigenous people call for KitKat boycott over alleged ecocide
    Thousands of acres of rainforest is being cleared to produce palm oil, used in popular Nestlé and Mondelēz brandsWest Papua’s Indigenous people have called for a boycott of KitKat, Smarties and Aero chocolate, Oreo biscuits and Ritz crackers, and the cosmetics brands Pantene and Herbal Essences, over alleged ecocide in their territory.All are products that contain palm oil and are made, say the campaigners, by companies that source the ingredient directly from West Papua, which
  • Video shows prisoner on the run minutes after van escape

    Video shows prisoner on the run minutes after van escape
    The BBC obtained footage of Jamie Cooper after he "overpowered" staff escorting him to court on the M55, near Preston.
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  • The best Mother’s Day gifts: 68 thoughtful ideas for £50 and under they’ll love

    The best Mother’s Day gifts: 68 thoughtful ideas for £50 and under they’ll love
    From a reading light to a gardening knife, a meditation cushion to a birthstone ring, these fun, and often useful, gifts tick every box• The best flower delivery: seven favourites, freshly pickedWhether you’re 16 or 60, shopping for your own mum or someone else’s, Mother’s Day gifts needn’t be formulaic. In fact, we’d argue that they should be thoughtful, fun or useful (but possibly not too useful), or provide a moment of escape. There’s no worse gift tha
  • TikTok is fuelling ADHD diagnosis boom - UnHerd

    TikTok is fuelling ADHD diagnosis boom  UnHerdTikTok Misinformation Is Warping Young People's Understanding of ADHD  ScienceAlertA.D.H.D. Videos on TikTok Are Often Misleading, New Study Finds  The New York TimesThe downside of young people learning about ADHD on TikTok  The IndependentTikTok is awash with misinformation about ADHD, study finds  Dazed
  • Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote – live

    Kirsty Coventry named new IOC president as Coe denied in election vote – live
    Former Zimbabwean swimmer wins vote in round oneInside the Olympic conclave | And feel free to mail SimonIn addition to the seven candidates a total of eight IOC members will not be allowed to vote in the first round. They are using an electronic voting process that involves some kind of smart card, which are currently being distributed.All of the important procedural stuff are in the preamble or at the bottom of this page. Continue reading...
  • Bank of England in no hurry on interest rates, but cuts will come

    Despite the decision to hold at 4.5%, businesses and households can take a confident view of the UK’s prospectsBank of England says companies freezing hiring plans as it keeps interest rates on holdBusiness live – latest updatesBank of England policymakers might be on a “go-slow” as they look forward to interest rate cuts this year, but the direction of travel is almost certain.After a meeting on Thursday when interest rates were kept on hold at 4.5%, City investors bet t
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  • ‘Lifer’ in HMP Woodhill planned to kill Tommy Robinson, high court told

    Two other prisoners also plotted to attack far-right activist, who is challenging his segregation at jailA “lifer” in the prison holding Tommy Robinson planned to kill the far-right activist while two other prisoners plotted to attack him to gain “kudos and notoriety”, the high court has been told.Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, is seeking to bring a legal challenge against his segregation from other prisoners, which he claims is having an impact on hi
  • US man released after being held by Taliban for more than two years

    US man released after being held by Taliban for more than two years
    George Glezmann was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a touristUS politics live – latest updatesA US man who was abducted more than two years ago while traveling through Afghanistan as a tourist has been released by the Taliban in a deal brokered by Donald Trump’s hostage envoy, Adam Boehler, and Qatari negotiators.George Glezmann, an airline mechanic from Atlanta, is the third American detainee to be released by the Taliban since January. He was
  • Russia names former FSB officer behind Ukraine invasion to lead peace talks

    Terms of proposed ceasefire remain unclear as Moscow launches airstrikes and Kyiv hits Russian airbaseEurope live – latest updatesRussia has named a secretive former FSB chief who played a key role in planning Vladimir Putin’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine to lead next week’s peace talks with the US in Saudi Arabia.Moscow announced that Sergei Beseda, the former head of the FSB spy agency’s fifth directorate – who oversaw intelligence operations in Ukraine and
  • Spring equinox temperatures hit 20C as UK basks in hottest day of the year

    Warm weather brings blue skies – and pollution warnings and high pollen countThursday has become the hottest day of the year in the UK so far as temperatures topped 20C.The Met Office said images showed “plenty of blue skies across the UK, although high cloud in the west is making the sunshine hazy here” and “in the sunshine across the south, temperatures have already reached 20C in a few spots”. Continue reading...
  • Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62

    Alex Wheatle, novelist and ‘Brixton Bard’, dies aged 62
    The writer, who found success with young adult novels, inspired one of Steve McQueen’s Small Axe films which was based on the author’s childhoodBritish writer Alex Wheatle, the author of books including East of Acre Lane and the Crongton series, has died aged 62.“It is with great sadness to inform you that Alex Wheatle, our ‘Brixton Bard’, sadly passed away on Sunday 16 March 2025 after his fight with prostate cancer”, his family wrote in a statement on the au
  • 'You can smell the stench': Why rubbish is piling up on Birmingham streets

    'You can smell the stench': Why rubbish is piling up on Birmingham streets
    Refuse workers have been on strike for over a week, leading to bags of rubbish piling up across the city.
  • Sacked Glamorgan coach Bradburn fined for comments with racist and sexist ‘connotations’

    Sacked Glamorgan coach Bradburn fined for comments with racist and sexist ‘connotations’
    Bradburn reprimanded and given suspended £500 fineHis conduct was judged to have ‘perpetuated stereotypes’The former Glamorgan head coach Grant Bradburn has received a suspended £500 fine, reprimand and caution for making comments with racist and sexist “connotations”.Bradburn was charged by the Cricket Regulator and sacked by the Welsh county in December after allegations were made against the 58-year-old. Continue reading...
  • Steve Reich: ‘We all wish art could counter the direction of US politics. But it can’t’

    Steve Reich: ‘We all wish art could counter the direction of US politics. But it can’t’
    Now 88, the minimalist composer has reissued his life’s work. He answers your questions about Bowie, the Grateful Dead, spirituality – and his complicated friendship with Philip GlassWhy does minimalist music consist of so much repetition? CorrellisfluteThe word “minimalist” was invented by Michael Nyman when he was more of a music critic than a composer, but the kind of music that I and people like me deal with has changes on a much smaller scale than people are used to
  • Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor album review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week

    Boulez: Livre pour Quatuor album review | Andrew Clements's classical album of the week
    Quatuor Diotima
    (Pentatone)
    Moments of stillness and animation, spareness and exuberance, are highlighted in a confident performance of a work started in 1948 – now finally with its fourth movementDuring his lifetime, “work in progress” became a familiar label in Pierre Boulez’s list of compositions, as many of his pieces were subjected to repeated revision and elaboration over the course of his career. Most did eventually reach what Boulez regarded as a definitive state,
  • Ancient galaxy discovered by James Webb telescope contains the oldest oxygen in the universe - Livescience.com

    Ancient galaxy discovered by James Webb telescope contains the oldest oxygen in the universe  Livescience.comOxygen discovered in most distant known galaxy  ESO.orgScientists Detect Oxygen in the Oldest Known Galaxy  The Daily Galaxy --Great Discoveries ChannelALMA Detects Oxygen in Farthest Known Galaxy  Sci.NewsOxygen was just found in the most distant known galaxy  The Independent
  • FBI agent who accused agency of political bias arrested at New York airport

    FBI agent who accused agency of political bias arrested at New York airport
    Johnathan Buma, who said his concerns about Rudy Giuliani were ignored, charged with disclosing classified informationA veteran FBI agent who blew the whistle on alleged political bias during Donald Trump’s first presidency was arrested at New York’s JFK airport moments before boarding an international flight.Johnathan Buma, a 15-year counterintelligence officer and eventual whistleblower, now faces charges of illegally disclosing classified information through a prospective tell-all
  • Trump reportedly aims to return ‘authority to the states’ by closing Department of Education – US politics live

    Trump reportedly aims to return ‘authority to the states’ by closing Department of Education – US politics live
    President plans to sign executive order closing DoE; order is challenged before it is signed as NAACP calls it a ‘dark day for millions of American children’Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Another, perhaps more worrying sign, of the Trump administration’s approach to economic policy was revealed yesterday, when commerce secretary Howard Lutnick recommended in a Fox News interview that people buy Tesla stock.That’s the electric car compan
  • Thousands protest in Israel over ‘attack on democracy’ by Netanyahu

    Protesters accuse PM of continuing Gaza war for political reasons and ignoring plight of hostages still held by HamasTens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to call for a new ceasefire in Gaza and to protest what they say is an attack on the country’s democracy by the rightwing governing coalition of Benjamin Netanyahu.Key highways have been blocked and police have made at least 12 arrests amid heated scenes in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. More protests are expected in the comin
  • Donald Trump to sign executive order aiming to shut down Department of Education – US politics live

    Order challenged by Democratic state attorneys general as NAACP says it is a ‘dark day for millions of American children’Tell us: have you experienced any issues at the US border recently?Another, perhaps more worrying sign, of the Trump administration’s approach to economic policy was revealed yesterday, when commerce secretary Howard Lutnick recommended in a Fox News interview that people buy Tesla stock.That’s the electric car company led by Elon Musk, who is busy righ
  • Turandot review – with high energy, mighty voices and delicacy, epic staging feels newly minted

    Turandot review – with high energy, mighty voices and delicacy, epic staging feels newly minted
    Royal Opera House, London
    Andrei Serban’s 1984 production of Puccini’s final opera is meticulously revived with Sondra Radvanovsky and SeokJong Baek both stellar in the central roles. In the pit, Rafael Payare brings care and lightness to the intricate score
    Andrei Serban’s 1984 production of Puccini’s final opera was a well-flogged warhorse by the turn of the millennium, hugely assisted by the global 1990s popularity of the aria Nessun Dorma. Revived only two years ago i
  • Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute’

    Elon Musk’s daughter says father’s rally gesture was ‘definitely a Nazi salute’
    Vivian Jenna Wilson tells Teen Vogue she feels obliged to take stand for trans rights as Trump attacks communityVivian Jenna Wilson, Elon Musk’s eldest child, has spoken out publicly about her father, saying that Musk “definitely [did] a Nazi salute” at two rallies in January and that he is part of a White House that’s “cartoonishly evil”.In a new interview with Teen Vogue, her second interview with the media since she publicly denounced her father last year,
  • ‘Lords out, people in’: protesters interrupt proceedings in House of Lords

    Group calling for abolition of the unelected upper chamber chant and throw leaflets, prompting brief suspension Protesters have disrupted a House of Lords session commemorating the 80th anniversary of VE Day with calls for the abolition of the upper chamber.About six people in the Lords public gallery interrupted the culture minister, Lady Twycross, shouting “Lord’s out, people in”. They also threw leaflets into the chamber which read “Never mind the Lords here’s th
  • Nicola Sturgeon no longer under investigation over SNP fraud claims

    Nicola Sturgeon no longer under investigation over SNP fraud claims
    Police Scotland says former first minister not charged in party funding inquiry as husband appears in court for embezzlementNicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s former first minister, is no longer under investigation as part of the police case looking into alleged mishandling of Scottish National party funds.Police Scotland said Sturgeon would not face any charges after her former husband, Peter Murrell, appeared for a private hearing at Edinburgh sheriff court on a single charge of embezzlement on
  • I moved overseas by myself and I’m desperately lonely. Did I make the right decision? | Leading questions

    It’s impossible to know if a choice is ‘right’, advice columnist Eleanor Gordon-Smith says. But you can have some certainty about how it makes you feelRead more Leading questionsI recently moved overseas by myself and I’m desperately lonely. I moved for better weather, proximity to nature and a calmer, healthier way of living but I’ve really struggled to make any friends. This isn’t the first time I lived abroad. I moved around in my 20s and they were some of
  • How Covid changed the British state

    Surge in national debt and NHS backlog altered the economy and expectations around crisis managementAt 9.26am on Wednesday 18 March 2020, Tim Leunig was cycling to Wimbledon station when he got a text from his boss, Rishi Sunak, urging him to work “at pace”, on a scheme to protect UK workers from the looming Covid lockdown.For the rest of his commute, the economist mulled over what he knew about the furlough schemes that existed in Germany and the US, to protect workers during tempor
  • House of Lords proceedings disrupted by protesters – UK politics live

    Campaigners in gallery shout ‘Lords out, people in’ and drop leaflets into the chamberRead the Guardian’s investigation into the House of LordsNigel Farage, the Reform UK leader, has defended politicians who get involved in entertainment TV.In an article for the Daily Telegraph, he hit back at Kemi Badenoch, who used an interview with the paper earlier this week to dismiss Farage as just a reality TV phenomenon.Having appeal doesn’t mean that people want you running their
  • Exiled Russian journalists left ‘high and dry’ after US cuts radio funding

    Journalists working for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty at risk of being stranded without legal status after Trump administration decisionExiled Russian journalists are being left “high and dry” and at risk of being stranded overseas without any legal status after the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw funding from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).The Guardian understands that some Russian journalists working for RFE/RL, which was founded during the cold war an
  • IOC presidential elections: Sebastian Coe and rivals target highest office in sport – live

    IOC presidential elections: Sebastian Coe and rivals target highest office in sport – live
    Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr favourite of the contendersInside the Olympic conclave | And feel free to mail SimonThere is going to be a break now while the room is cleared, a security sweep takes place, and all mobile phones and internet-connected devices are handed in. The presidential vote will now start at 2.30pm GMT, aka in approximately 40 minutes.Bach now gives a long speech about how amazing Italy’s Francesco Ricci Bitti is and always has been, and proposes his election as an honorary
  • Elite London law firm fined £465,000 for Russian sanctions breaches

    Elite London law firm fined £465,000 for Russian sanctions breaches
    Former Moscow office of Herbert Smith Freehills made six payments totalling £3.9m to sanctioned banksHerbert Smith Freehills, the elite global law firm based in London, has been fined by the British government after its former Moscow office made millions of pounds in payments to sanctioned Russian banks.The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), said it had imposed a penalty of £465,000 on HSF Moscow, which was a subsidiary of HSF London until its closure in 2022 after
  • ‘This is about injustice’: crowds defy ban to protest over Istanbul mayor’s detention

    ‘This is about injustice’: crowds defy ban to protest over Istanbul mayor’s detention
    People gather at city hall and students march in anger after arrest of Ekrem İmamoğlu, a likely opposition candidate for presidencyOutside Istanbul’s city hall on Wednesday night a mass of protesters gathered in the freezing air to defy a city-wide ban on gatherings. A banner bearing a portrait of the Istanbul mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu, giving a speech alongside the words “sovereignty belongs unconditionally to the nation” covered part of the facade of his now v
  • Man granted right to remain in UK under Windrush scheme after almost 50 years

    Man granted right to remain in UK under Windrush scheme after almost 50 years
    Samuel Jarrett-Coker, 61, who arrived from Sierra Leone as a child, had been trying to resolve immigration status since 1980sThe Home Office has granted a man who has lived in the UK since he was a child the right to remain under the Windrush scheme after a battle of almost 50 years.Samuel Jarrett-Coker, 61, arrived in the UK at the age of 13 in 1976 from Sierra Leone on the diplomatic passport of his brother, who was 20 years older than him and worked in the country’s embassy in London. C
  • An increasingly multicultural Japan have qualified for the 2026 World Cup

    An increasingly multicultural Japan have qualified for the 2026 World Cup
    The rise of the Samurai Blue has gone hand-in-hand with increased integration of ‘haafu’ into society, although things are still not perfectThrough Japan’s previous seven World Cup appearances, the progress of its men’s national team has reflected the country’s ascent within the global soccer community, a result of three decades of professionalism and grassroots development producing a steady stream of Europe-ready players.On Thursday, that streak of consecutive app
  • Police name woman killed after van driven on to London pavement

    Police name woman killed after van driven on to London pavement
    Family describe student Aalia Mahomed, 20, as a ‘kind and beautiful soul’ as Met says incident not terrorism-relatedA woman who was killed when a van was driven on to a pavement in Aldwych, central London, has been named as Aalia Mahomed, a physics and philosophy student.The 20-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene near King’s College London (KCL) at about midday on Tuesday morning. Continue reading...
  • The Body Shop’s suppliers to receive no more than a quarter of £219m owed

    Administrators say unsecured creditors also including landlords and charities will get only between 16% and 27%The Body Shop’s suppliers, including small charities, local councils and cosmetics manufacturers, are to receive no more than about a quarter of the £219m owed to them when the ethical beauty retailer fell into administration, a report has said.The retailer, founded by Anita Roddick in 1976, now operates about 113 UK stores after it was rescued from administration by a conso
  • Councils in England face ‘impossible decisions’ to build or repair homes

    Exclusive: Financial pressures undermining government’s housebuilding targets, survey of local authorities saysCouncils are having to “make impossible decisions” between building new homes and repairing old ones due to increasing financial pressure, undermining the government’s housebuilding targets, according to a survey of local authorities.The Local Government Association (LGA) found that less than half (38%) of councils were confident they would be able to invest in p
  • Whistleblowers at nuclear sites may face bullying and threats, MPs warn

    Members of public accounts committee raise concerns about culture and call for greater examinationBusiness live – latest updatesNuclear whistleblowers who try to draw attention to cultural and safety issues face bullying, MPs have warned.Members of parliament’s public accounts committee have said they are concerned about the way people who raise concerns about culture and safety on nuclear sites are treated. Continue reading...
  • Gatwick draws up new plans to tackle road congestion and allow second runway

    Airport says government requirement for 54% of passengers to get there on public transport is unworkableBusiness live latest updatesGatwick is drawing up alternative proposals to tackle congestion on roads around the airport in an attempt to keep its second runway plan alive, against planning inspectors’ advice.The government said in February it was “minded to approve” expansion of London’s second biggest airport, but with noise and public transport usage conditions. Cont
  • M23 rebels capture strategic mining hub of Walikale in eastern DRC

    Town in North Kivu province is the farthest west the group has reached since the start of its advance in JanuaryM23 rebels have captured a strategic mining hub in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, defying calls from the presidents of Rwanda and the DRC for an immediate ceasefire.A Congolese army spokesperson said M23 was in control of the town of Walikale. An officer separately told Agence France-Presse its forces were about 20 miles (30km) away in the town of Mubi. Continue reading...
  • Lando Norris’s car good enough to win every race, predicts George Russell

    Lando Norris’s car good enough to win every race, predicts George Russell
    McLaren superiority ‘bigger than Red Bull has ever had’Norris wants to stay calm after opening race winGeorge Russell has claimed that Lando Norris has the car to win every race this season and said McLaren’s advantage is even bigger than that which Red Bull enjoyed.Norris cemented his status as the favourite to land his maiden world championship with a statement victory at last weekend’s rain-hit Australian Grand Prix. Continue reading...
  • Santa Fe clinic says Gene Hackman’s wife called them the day after police say she died

    Santa Fe clinic says Gene Hackman’s wife called them the day after police say she died
    The county sheriff’s office have confirmed that Betsy Arakawa made the phone call on 12 February disproving their initial belief that she had died a day earlierA private healthcare clinic in New Mexico has cast doubt on official findings about the timing of the death of Gene Hackman’s wife, Betsy Arakawa, claiming that she rang them on 12 February – the day after police say she died.Dr Josiah Child, the head of Cloudberry Health in Santa Fe, where the couple lived, told the Mai
  • Druids and a dusty mountain bike race: photos of the day – Thursday

    The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...
  • ‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador

    ‘We don’t know how any of this will play out’: what’s next for US deportees in El Salvador
    Political scientist Mneesha Gellman on the deportees’ fates, dire prison conditions and Bukele-Trump parallelsThe Trump administration has flown 238 Venezuelans to an El Salvador prison that human rights groups say is designed to disappear people.Despite a judge’s order temporarily blocking the move, the US government flew more than 200 men that it had accused of gang membership to the “Terrorism Confinement Center”, or Cecot – a draconian mega-prison that has becom
  • Thomas Tuchel’s first task is to solve England’s main problem: Harry Kane | Barney Ronay

    Kane had an awful Euros, largely because of his positioning. The new head coach must address this, and the signs are he will So far there has been something astringent and quietly refreshing about the pared-back stylings of Thomas Tuchel’s new England. There are natural caveats to this, not least the built-in obsolescence of the entire Tuchel project (cautious tactics; he’s a German m8; not picking that player I like, etc, etc). But, for now, the lead-in to the reassuringly generic E
  • Netanyahu is waging war on Gaza and on us – his ‘enemies within’. It’s the path to autocracy | Aluf Benn

    Netanyahu is waging war on Gaza and on us – his ‘enemies within’. It’s the path to autocracy | Aluf Benn
    Israel’s PM wants to ‘transfer’ Palestinians from Gaza, purge his traditional domestic rivals – and keep the right wing in power for everAluf Benn is the editor-in-chief of HaaretzTurmoil has hit the streets of Israel once again, as thousands of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem to oppose Benjamin Netanyahu’s dual effort to rekindle the war in Gaza, risking the lives of Israeli hostages there, and to dismiss senior civil servants who are struggling to ha
  • Keira Knightley at 40: her best 20 best films – ranked!

    Keira Knightley at 40: her best 20 best films – ranked!
    Ahead of her 40th birthday next week, we look back over the 25-year big-screen career of the Oscar-nominated actor, from Atonement to Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice to Star WarsKnightley’s first big role was in this teen thriller, about four private school kids partying in a bomb shelter, where it all goes predictably haywire. It’s a horror, and not just for the sheer dominance of low-rise bootcut jeans. Even in its more hysterical moments, Knightley brings nuance to the posh-g
  • Keira Knightley at 40: her 20 best films – ranked!

    Keira Knightley at 40: her 20 best films – ranked!
    Ahead of her 40th birthday next week, we look back over the 25-year big-screen career of the Oscar-nominated actor, from Atonement to Love Actually, Pride & Prejudice to Star WarsKnightley’s first big role was in this teen thriller, about four private school kids partying in a bomb shelter, where it all goes predictably haywire. It’s a horror, and not just for the sheer dominance of low-rise bootcut jeans. Even in its more hysterical moments, Knightley brings nuance to the posh-g
  • Flow review – Oscar-winning animation is a beautiful and painterly animal adventure

    Flow review – Oscar-winning animation is a beautiful and painterly animal adventure
    The wordless aftermath of a global catastrophe sees a cat team up with other creatures in tremendously imagined apocalyptic visionHumans are nowhere to be seen and the animals have taken over in this gorgeous animated adventure that was the dark horse winner at last month’s Academy Awards. It’s a film full of wonders but not a single word of dialogue in the epic tale of one cat’s adventures after a flood of biblical proportions (presumably a catastrophic result of global heatin

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