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White paint: a cool solution for climate change?

Brilliantly whitewashed houses are a familiar sight in hot countries, from Morocco to Greece. In fact, white-painted roofs “have been used to cool buildings for centuries”, said The Guardian.

The Week

Male promiscuity to blame for bird divorce

Birds may divorce due to promiscuity or long spells apart, said The Guardian. It is believed that more than 90% of bird species generally have a single mate over at least one breeding season but some monogamous birds switch to a different partner - a behaviour labelled by experts as…

The Week

J. Robert Oppenheimer: the real ‘father of the atomic bomb’ at centre of new blockbuster

J. Robert Oppenheimer, the subject of a soon-to-be-released blockbuster directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy, could be one of the most misunderstood figures of the 20th century.

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Boy George calls royal family ‘the best reality show in the world’

Culture Club star appeared on latest season of ‘I’m a Celeb’ with Matt Hancock

The Independent UK

The most controversial British scandals of the 21st century

Prince William has paid tribute to the Windrush generation on the 75th anniversary of their arrival in Britain – and five years after their treatment by the Home Office was the subject of a scandal whose repercussions are still being felt.

The Week

Titan sub: how the doomed voyage gripped the nation

It’s over a century since the great ship went down, plummeting more than two miles to the depths of the North Atlantic at speeds of 50kmh or more. But our fascination with RMS Titanic shows no signs of abating, said Ed Cumming in The Daily Telegraph.

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Why the right says NYC pizza is "woke"

Here's what Elon Musk, Lauren Boebert and Dave Portnoy are all missing about NYC's new pizza oven ordinance

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Daniel Ellsberg: whistleblower who leaked the Pentagon Papers

The “most important whistleblower of our times”, Daniel Ellsberg was the military analyst who smuggled hundreds of pages of top secret material about US actions in Vietnam out of his office at the Rand Corporation, and shared them with a reporter from The New York Times, said The Guardian.

The Week

Julian Sands was ‘genuinely fearless’ says friend and colleague

Mike Figgis said Sands had been ‘very secure in himself’ and he had found his boldness ‘endearing’.

The Independent UK

Chelsea identify 'next Neymar' as perfect Kai Havertz replacement amid Mauricio Pochettino plan

Chelsea seem to be in the market for a versatile forward this summer, with Kai Havertz expected to wrap up a move to Arsenal soon

Football London

More than 2.5 million illicit vapes seized over the last three years ‘tip of the iceberg’

More than 1,350,000 vapes were seized by trading standards at Hillingdon council in west London alone

Evening Standard

Renowned French writer Françoise Sagan’s unfinished novel published posthumously

A posthumously published novel titled 'The Four Corners of the Heart' by the renowned French author Françoise Sagan has gained attention recently. Sagan, best known for her novel 'Bonjour Tristesse', actually wrote this particular novel when she was just 18 years old.

The Times of India

Orca rams boat off Scottish coast, 2,000 miles away from original attacks

The behavior may be "leapfrogging" between orca populations, and it could be in response to human activities such as fishing.

LiveScience

Glenda Jackson obituary: Oscar winner who spent 23 years as a Labour MP

Fearless, sharply intelligent and sometimes caustic, Glenda Jackson, who has died aged 87, “had a career unmatched by any of her contemporaries”, said Michael Billington in The Guardian. From 1957, she enjoyed huge success on film (she won two Oscars) and on stage; then, in 1992, she gave it all…

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Meghan and Harry: the end of their $20m Spotify deal

“When the Duke and Duchess of Sussex announced their $20m, multi-year deal with Spotify in 2020, it was hailed as the centrepiece of the couple’s growing business empire,” said Nadia Khomami in The Guardian.

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Cormac McCarthy obituary: a novelist of the ‘apocalyptic sublime’

The American writer Cormac McCarthy, who died on 13 June aged 89, was a novelist “utterly wedded to the apocalyptic sublime”, said Rob Doyle in The Guardian. Over a career that produced 12 novels and two plays – and spawned some excellent film adaptations, notably the Coen brothers’ “No Country…

The Week

Labour’s Green Prosperity Plan: ‘no such thing as a free lunch’

Edinburgh was “a brave choice as the venue for the launch of Keir Starmer’s new energy and climate policy”, said Fiona Harvey and Severin Carrell in The Guardian. It “showed a willingness to face head-on Labour’s energy dilemma”: how to move the UK to a low carbon footing, without destroying…

The Independent UK

‘Catastrophic implosion’, tangled in Titanic, lost at sea: Three expert theories on fate of missing sub

We still don’t know what happened to the Titan on its way to the wreck of the Titanic, but the options aren’t good

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‘Catastrophic implosion’, tangled in Titanic, lost at sea: Three expert theories on fate of missing sub

We still don’t know what happened to the Titan on its way to the wreck of the Titanic, but the options aren’t good

Manchester Evening News

Parklife’s Sacha Lord says Home Office decision to block drug testing at festival was 'dangerous and stupid'

He made the comments after Parklife wasn't allowed to test confiscated drugs on site

The Week

Why is the hay fever season so bad in 2023?

Hay fever sufferers across the UK are sniffling and sneezing as warm weather sends pollen levels soaring. Visits to the hay fever page on the NHS website increased 252% between the beginning of May and the middle of June, according to NHS England. The busiest day was Sunday 11 June,…

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What happened to the missing Titanic sub?

Search teams and rescuers are racing against time to find a tourist submersible that went missing during a dive to the wreck of the Titanic.

The Week

12 of the best parenting podcasts of 2023

Podcasts can offer a “brilliant insight” into parenting, said My Baba magazine. Whether it’s “tackling the day-to-day challenges” of bringing up children or “picking up some new parenting techniques”, there are podcasts out there that cover all relevant topics. One of the UK’s top parenting podcasts is “Not Another Mummy Podcast”,…

The Week

How can we get electricity from space?

The UK government has given the go-ahead for a £4.3 million project to harness the Sun’s rays via a “Bond-style” floating solar power station that could supply up to a quarter of the country’s electricity.

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian’s approach to generative AI

Over the last three months, colleagues from our editorial, creative, engineering, product, legal, commercial and partnerships teams have set up a Guardian AI working group to consider how we respond to these risks and opportunities and to draft a set of Guardian-wide AI principles.

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