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UNBELIEVABLE: Yorick - Caught on Camera

In 1952, Patricia and Mike rode an Aerobee 36 miles up at 2,000 mph; both monkeys returned safely after scientists compared seated and prone acceleration effects

In 1952, two Philippine monkeys named Patricia and Mike embarked on a historic journey aboard a rocket. Scientists sought to understand how body positioning influenced acceleration forces during spaceflight. Remarkably, the monkeys survived their venture and spent the rest of their lives in a zoo, leaving behind a significant legacy…

The Economic Times

In 1951, Yorick the monkey and 11 mice rode an Aerobee rocket to 236,000 feet; the flight showed animals could survive launch and landing, though Yorick died after touchdown

In 1951, a rhesus monkey named Yorick embarked on a groundbreaking mission aboard a rocket, soaring nearly forty-five miles above the New Mexico desert alongside eleven mice. Despite a successful parachute deployment, the capsule's overheating led to Yorick's tragic death from heat prostration before rescue teams could arrive. This mission…

The Economic Times

LoLdle answers (June 2025)

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David Tennant offers to donate his own skull for iconic Hamlet scene

The actor - who was heralded for his turn in Royal Shakespeare Company production - would be happy to return to play from beyond the grave

Evening Standard

Friday essay: a reinvention of self – the pleasure of literary journeys

In the hiatus that was COVID lockdown, the novelty of “staying put” had a peculiar grace and delight. To limit one’s trajectory to five kilometres meant homing in on the small and the local: the seasonal repetitions of a plant blossoming in a neighbour’s garden, new pale green leaves on…

The Conversation

Honours, abdications and fireworks in the sky – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes, every Thursday. How will you fare?

The Guardian - UK

Happiness! Ken Dodd exhibition to open at the Museum of Liverpool

The comedian, who died in 2018, will be remembered in a new exhibition that brings together props, costumes and an interactive ‘giggle map’

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With its queen gone, Britain ponders how to discuss death

Because she reigned and lived for so long, Queen Elizabeth II's death was a reminder that mortality and the march of time are inexorable

The Independent UK

The end of men: the controversial new wave of female utopias

There have been many novels that imagine a world without men – but are these books reductive or freeing?

The Guardian - UK

Guide to the classics: Shakespeare's Hamlet, the Everest of literature

Although I’m wary of declaring any literary work to be the greatest ever, Shakespeare’s Hamlet would be a frontrunner. It’s often proclaimed to be or voted Shakespeare’s best play (Google it). It has countless film adaptations, is widely referenced, and even gets a homage of sorts in The Simpsons.

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