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• Why two brains are better than one

  31-03-2018 18:00
  A radical technique that makes mature cells act like stem cells is growing a mini brain from tissue I donated. One day it could produce whole organs for transplantLast week, I was told my other brain is fully grown. It doesn’t look like much. A blob of pale flesh about the size of a small pea, it floats in a bath of blood-red nutrient. It would fit into the cranium of a foetus barely a month old.Still, it’s a “brain” after a fashion and it’s made from me. From a pie
  
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• Dita Von Teese: ‘Staying pale takes some effort in LA’

  31-03-2018 15:00
  The burlesque dancer, 45, on divorcing Marilyn Manson, collecting lingerie and why she’s actually quite low-maintenanceBurlesque has become a place for an alternative feminist movement. I didn’t ever think I was going to be famous. I just started doing it because it was fun and something cool that nobody else was doing. We get to decide if we want to be objectified. But I recognise that one person’s empowerment can be another person’s degradation.You can only hunt swans i
  
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• France: Workers strike at Carrefour markets over job cuts

  31-03-2018 13:49 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PARIS - Workers at France's Carrefour supermarkets are striking to protest planned job cuts.The FO and CFDT labour unions said the strike on Saturday was causing disruptions at about 300 ......
  
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• Far from war, Basra's cats lap it up in their own hotel

  31-03-2018 13:44
  BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - A world away from Iraq's battlegrounds, Basra's cat-lovers have found a haven for their favorite pets.
  
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• How to make the perfect chocolate souffle

  31-03-2018 13:00
  This is a great showstopper for Easter, and it’s nowhere near as hard as some recipes make outRegardless of religion, the one thing that unites us as nation at Easter is our boundless appetite for chocolate eggs – we spend £220m a year on the things. If you’re out to impress, however, turn those eggs into a chocolate souffle instead: richly flavoured, yet featherlight, it’s the perfect end to an Easter feast and, crucially, far easier to pull off than its fearsome r
  
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• 20 great mini adventures in the UK

  31-03-2018 12:00
  It’s time to come out of winter hibernation and get into the great outdoors. From souped-up bike rides to white water rafting for beginners, there’s an adventure here for everyoneSuits Water babies
  Difficulty Moderate
  Known – with a large pinch of salt and bundles of imagination – as the UK’s Galapagos, this small island off the coast of Devon has an abundance of wildlife to discover. The cliffs are home to scores of birds from puffins to kittiwake, razorbills and g
  
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• Meera Sodha’s recipe for katsu curry with panko aubergines and pickled radishes

  31-03-2018 10:30
  Japan’s favourite dish may not be much of a looker, but then you should never judge a dish by its colourKatsu curry is an unlikely looking heart thief, but this mysterious brown concoction is one of Japan’s favourite dishes. In my take on it, the curry sauce is made using plenty of naturally sweet vegetables, such as carrots and onions, plus a couple of storecupboard essentials. These modest ingredients come together to form a seductive sauce that is much greater than the sum of its
  
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• Yotam Ottolenghi’s chicken recipes

  31-03-2018 10:00
  From oven-baked ‘fried’ chicken to coronation chicken bake, these child-friendly recipes will unite the whole family at mealtimesIn my house, where the children forever negotiate what they’ll be given at mealtimes while the grownups keep pledging (in vain, obviously), “I’m not getting into this conversation”, chicken is the one food that unifies the family ranks. It appears on our table in endless configurations, the simple traybake being the most popular with
  
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• ‘We’re never going to bed’: children rewrite the house rules

  31-03-2018 09:59
  Sweets for breakfast, pillow fights on demand, and no tidying up... what happened when three families let the kids call the shots for a week?‘The house has the airless discombobulation of a student house in the 90s, the day after a big night out on ecstasy’: Decca AitkenheadThree hours in, I feel weightless, almost giddy. I’m lying on the sofa with my boys, eating chocolate, watching telly, and it is no exaggeration to say that I am having the time of my life. For the first tim
  
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• The best SPF moisturisers | Sali Hughes

  31-03-2018 09:00
  We grudgingly accept it’s in our interests to protect skin from UVA and UVB (think A for Ageing, B for Burning)At this time of year, people start asking me for facial sunscreen recommendations, frequently with the enthusiasm one might convey for an impending smear test. We grudgingly accept it’s in our interests to protect skin from UVA and UVB (think A for Ageing, B for Burning), but the additional step and often greasy, thick texture of sunblock dissuades many. I take the view that
  
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• Can I cook like … Oprah Winfrey?

  31-03-2018 09:00
  The recipe for Oprah’s famous sexy breakfast turns out to be more trouble than it’s worth. And what on Earth is truffle zest?I am not, by instinct, a morning person. Although I can, with a deadline looming and the threat of redundancy hanging over me, manage to get up before 10am. I can wake up only in increments – it takes me a good hour or so before I can manage anything as complex as eating, and even then, it has to be very simple: toast, perhaps, or an innocuous cereal.So I
  
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• Martin Luther King anniversary: the US Civil Rights Trail

  31-03-2018 08:40
  Half a century on from the assassination of Martin Luther King, novelist Dolen Perkins-Valdez takes a moving trip on the newly opened trail, from the great man’s birthplace to the site of his death in MemphisIf you want to understand America, you must do the US Civil Rights Trail. A deep journey through the conscience of a nation, the sites commemorating the 1950s and 1960s Civil Rights movement reveal a country trying to reconcile its founding principles with its racial inequities. This p
  
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• What links Tiberius and Gracie Fields? The Weekend quiz

  31-03-2018 08:00
  From Lindisfarne to Picasso, test your knowledge with the Weekend quiz1 Which English county’s natives have national minority status?
  2 What form of pollution is measured on the Bortle scale?
  3 “We have all the time in the world” was on whose gravestone?
  4 Which TV series has India Fisher narrated since 2005?
  5 What would a German FKK enthusiast eschew?
  6 Which sporting champion was the offspring of Quorum and Mared?
  7 Who founded the monastery on Lindisfarne?
  8 Prosopagnosia i
  
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• Civil rights road trip – music playlist

  31-03-2018 08:00
  The hopes and suffering of the civil rights era coincided with and helped inspire a golden age of American music. The message is loud and proud on these soul, jazz and gospel classics
  50 years on from the death of Martin Luther King: civil rights road tripMixing one of the greatest speeches in history with a Chicago house track might sound like a bad idea but the result is spectacular, heightening the power of both the music and – as if it were needed – the great man’s message.
  
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• Easter bunnies in peril everywhere

  31-03-2018 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  It’s the Easter weekend — a time for family, a time for quiet introspection, a time for new beginnings, and, most of all, a time to make lewd remarks to ......
  
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• Ask The Expert -- Gum Machine

  31-03-2018 07:38 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Dear Mike Huen: I have owned this old gum machine for years. I am wondering what it might be worth?— Dave W., WinnipegDear Dave: Your gum machine dates from 1924. ...
  
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• Walmart limits Cosmo sales

  31-03-2018 07:37 via winnipegfreepress.com
  Walmart is saying goodbye to Cosmopolitan.The retail giant will remove the women's fashion magazine from checkout lines at 5,000 stores across the country.In a statement shared with USA Today, Walmart ...
  
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• As China, Vatican talk, bishop's fate shows party's power

  31-03-2018 03:47 via winnipegfreepress.com
  SAIQI, China - The twin-spired church in this southern Chinese village was packed with more than a thousand Catholics observing Good Friday, but the bishop who tends to the congregation ...
  
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• Arizona weighs unusual plan for longer egg expiration dates

  31-03-2018 03:15 via winnipegfreepress.com
  PHOENIX - This year's Easter eggs may already be hard-boiled, dyed and laid in a basket, but Arizona buyers might wind up with a batch that's a little less fresh ......
  
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• Buzzkill? Coffee cancer warnings could go beyond California

  31-03-2018 01:58 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LOS ANGELES - It's fair to say that a lot of people awoke Friday to a headline that might have jolted them more awake than a morning cup of joe: ...
  
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• Prize Crossword No 27,471

  31-03-2018 01:01
  We are unable to display Maskarade’s Esater Prize puzzle online in the normal interactive format. Please click here use the PDF version to complete the crossword.Entries to: The Guardian Crossword No 27,471,
  P.O. Box 6603, Birmingham, B26 3PR, or Fax to 0121-742 1313 by first post on Friday. Solution and winners in the Guardian on Monday 9 April.Continue reading...
  
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• Quick crossword No 14,944

  31-03-2018 01:00
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• Coffee cancer warnings may migrate beyond California border

  31-03-2018 00:04 via winnipegfreepress.com
  LOS ANGELES - It's fair to say that a lot of people awoke Friday to a headline that might have jolted them more awake than a morning cup of joe: ......
  
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