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In September 2021, product marketing manager Blaine Bassett moved from San Francisco to scenic Lake Tahoe, 300km (186mi) away on the California-Nevada border. He wanted “to take advantage of what was predicted to be a once-in-a-lifetime winter”, he says.

Nasa's Hubble telescope has determined the comet's icy nucleus has a mass of about 500 trillion tonnes and is 85 miles (137km) wide - larger than the US state of Rhode Island. But not to worry. The closest it will get is one billion miles away from the Sun, and that won't be until 2031.

American bodybuilder Cedric McMillan has died at the age of 44, after years of health complications caused by Covid-19, and a road accident. McMillan, a long-time veteran of the US Army and National Guard, was a veteran bodybuilder and 2017 winner of the prestigious Arnold Classic.

How long animals live is linked to how quickly their genetic code mutates, a study suggests. Researchers discovered that mammals - from tigers to humans - have roughly the same number of mutations by the time they die of old age.

A long twisting road leads up Portugal's highest mountain, and here, unlike many other European summits, visitors can drive right to the top.

John Oliver discusses how much data brokers know about us, what they’re doing with our personal information, and one….unusual way to change privacy laws. Connect with Last Week Tonight online... Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will initially comprise 197 dishes and 130,000 antennas spread across South Africa and Australia. All will be linked and need to work in perfect harmony.

Patrick Paumen causes a stir whenever he pays for something in a shop or restaurant. This is because the 37-year-old doesn't need to use a bank card or his mobile phone to pay. Instead, he simply places his left hand near the contactless card reader, and the payment goes through.

In February, Mark’s employer, an energy firm based in Ohio, US, told him he had to return to the office. The software engineer’s bosses had praised his output while working from home, and he never missed a deadline.

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A British man and a French woman have been found safe two-and-a-half days after they went missing while diving off Malaysia.Rescuers are continuing to search for the man's 14-year-old son, Malaysian police said.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Meet this year's oldest London Marathon runnerJohn Starbrook, who at 87 is the oldest runner taking part in the London Marathon on Sunday, trains so much that his family have threatened to set fire to his shoes.

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Researchers have rejuvenated a 53-year-old woman's skin cells so they are the equivalent of a 23-year-old's. The scientists in Cambridge believe that they can do the same thing with other tissues in the body.

Scientists just outside Chicago have found that the mass of a sub-atomic particle is not what it should be. The measurement is the first conclusive experimental result that is at odds with one of the most important and successful theories of modern physics.

Last week one of India's richest women tweeted an unusual appeal to ruling politicians.

Up to eight more nuclear reactors could be approved on existing sites as part of the UK's new energy strategy. The strategy, which aims to boost UK energy independence and tackle rising prices, also includes plans to increase wind, hydrogen and solar production.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.By Jonathan AmosBBC Science Correspondent@BBCAmosScientists have presented a stunningly preserved leg of a dinosaur.

They will go under the hammer close to where the ship was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in 1912. The White Star Line vessel was one of the most luxurious ever built.

"It gave us all goosebumps" says Sebastian Zwiebel, as he describes the moment his team shut down Hydra, the world's largest darknet marketplace.The website was a bastion of cyber-crime, surviving for more than six years selling drugs and illegal goods.

When the luxury liner Oceanos started taking on water in rough seas during a voyage around the coast of South Africa in 1991, musician Moss Hills and his colleagues suddenly found themselves responsible for everyone on board.

Thirty kilometres west of central Karachi, on the border of Balochistan province, members of Pakistan's Anti-Terrorism Force were waiting for me.

To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.Two "stolen" notebooks written by Charles Darwin have been mysteriously returned to Cambridge University, 22 years after they were last seen.