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'Bruv', 2025 is already getting strange |
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We're just a week into the new year, and already, things are taking a bizarre turn. After Elon Musk's unexpected involvement in UK politics, now we've got Andrew Tate — yes, that Andrew Tate — launching his own political party and eyeing the role of prime minister. The real surprise? He's calling it "Bruv." In a thread detailing his party's policies, Tate shared some truly brow-raising proposals. These included having the Royal Navy patrol British waters, launching a TV channel called BBC Punishment that would stream live footage of knife crime offenders in solitary confinement, and banning "LGBTQ+ propaganda" in schools. Musk's platform, X, banned the party's account for an unexplained reason. Elsewhere, the 53-year-old tech mogul took him upon himself to take swipes at various UK politicians, including Sir Keir Starmer, Jess Phillips, Nigel Farage and former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. At this point, we can only imagine what else 2025 has in store. |
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Hundreds of huge dinosaur footprints have been discovered on a so-called "dinosaur highway" in Oxfordshire. The stunning find was uncovered in a joint effort by researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham in June 2024 and is the UK's largest-ever dinosaur trackway site. Around 200 huge footprints dating back 166 million years ago were found at Dewars Farm Quarry in Oxfordshire imprinted into the limestone and covered in mud. The longest continuous track measured more than 150 metres in length, but could stretch even further than the current excavation site. Experts discovered five separate trackways made by two different types of dinosaurs – four were made by a long-necked sauropod, most likely the Cetiosaurus, while the fifth belonged to a carnivorous theropod the Megalosaurus, which has a distinctive three-toed foot with claws. Professor Kirsty Edgar, Professor of Micropalaeontology at the University of Birmingham, said: "These footprints offer an extraordinary window into the lives of dinosaurs, revealing details about their movements, interactions, and the tropical environment they inhabited." Read more here |
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Scientists have found a massive black hole that is "napping" after stuffing itself with too much food in perhaps what is the most relatable space discovery ever. Much like a post-Christmas dinner snooze that a lot of us will have done recently, the black hole is lying dormant in its host galaxy due to its overeating. The black hole was found in the early universe - only 800 million years after the Big Bang - by an international team of astronomers, led by the University of Cambridge who used the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope and published their findings in the journal Nature. When it comes to the black hole size-wise, we're talking 400 million times the mass of our Sun - so one of the most massive black holes discovered by Webb. To put this into context, black holes make up roughly 40 per cent of the total mass of their host galaxy, in contrast, the majority of black holes are around 0.1 per cent of their host galaxy mass. And the black hole continues to eat (or accreting we should say) but it's not at the rate you would assume, it's actually fairly low - 100 times below its theoretical maximum limit which explains its slumber. When you put together the fact that this is a massive black hole found in the early universe which is currently dormant, it defies how experts believe a black hole grows. But there is a reason for this, and scientists reckon it is because black holes tend to experience short periods of rapid growth, and then become dormant for a long while. |
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There was once a time when our parents and grandparents were the first to warn us about the dangers of believing everything we see on the internet. But as AI technology evolves, blurring the line between fact and fiction, it seems the tables have turned. Older generations, once the gatekeepers of scepticism, are now falling victim to hyper-realistic AI-generated content, raising new questions about media literacy in the digital age. In a viral clip shared to TikTok by user @funtanyl, the TikToker's dad is seen looking at an exotic landscape on the TV. "I want to see where that is," he tells his son and wife, before being told it isn't real. "Would you be quiet so I can hear where it is," the dad snaps back. After trying to convince him that the image is very clearly AI-generated, the dad turns to his computer to Google the supposed location. In the caption, the creator highlights his concerns for people "who are out of their depth with this AI content". Read more here |
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