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Watch: How SEND kids are being failed ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K21bE...
Yet another "Texas school has banned X" question, sorry. This time someone has banned children from learning about which US state, because its flag and seal depict a Roman goddess and you can – the shock, the horror, we can barely write the words – see an artist's drawing of her exposed left breast
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Watch: Circumcision: 'Penises are a taboo subject' ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSVMg...
In a historical spat that could be subtitled “1066 with knobs on”, two medieval experts are engaged in a battle over how many male genitalia are embroidered into the Bayeux tapestry.
The Oxford professor George Garnett drew worldwide interest six years ago when he announced he had totted up 93 penises stitched into the embroidered account of the Norman conquest of England.
According to Garnett, 88 of the male appendages are attached to horses and the remainder to human figures.
Now, the historian and Bayeux tapestry scholar Dr Christopher Monk – known as the Medieval Monk – believes he has found a 94th.
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/world/2025/apr/25/bayeux-tapes…
#bayeuxtapestry #1066 #normanconquest #battleofhastings #england #history #medieval
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The climate and the cross ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsUlV...
Donald Trump has denied federal disaster relief funds to the people of Arkansas, which saw dozens of people die from a series of deadly tornados last month. Legislators are pleading for him to reconsider.
More than 40 people have been found dead after a series of tornados and severe storms hit Arkansas and neighboring states Mississippi and Missouri in March, according to CNN.
Given the scale of the disaster, the state’s Republican governor, Sarah Huckabee, requested federal disaster aid as a part of an emergency declaration. That request was later denied by the Trump administration.
Huckabee and other Arkansas lawmakers have since publicly asked Trump to reconsider his decision.
The latest denial of disaster funding comes as Trump has repeatedly stated that he wants to overhaul and eliminate Fema. In March, Trump signed an executive order for state and local governments to play a more active role in disaster relief.
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-deni…
#trump #arkansas #fema #sarahhuckabee #arkansasaid #donaldtrump #usa
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A new opioid crisis? ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ebw_j...
Hundreds of millions of federal grant dollars meant to prevent and respond to gun violence, opioid addiction and support victims of violent crimes were cut this week by the Trump administration.
The US department of justice emailed more than 350 organizations on Tuesday to tell them that the promised funding was being terminated.
According to a termination notice shared with the Guardian, the Department of Justice said the money was rescinded because it “no longer effectuates Department priorities”.
Instead, the department said it intends to focus on “more directly supporting certain law enforcement operations, combatting violent crime, protecting American children, and supporting American victims of trafficking and sexual assault”.
“It was a bit like a slap in the face,” said Renée Williams, CEO of the National Center for Victims of Crime, which lost three grants, including one for a victim’s hotline, that the justice department had been funding for 10 years. The hotline shut down this Friday.
“We serve 16,000 people a year and there are other hotlines being shut down. When you see how many victims will be shut out from services, it’s terrifying.”
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/24/trump-admi…
#guns #opioids #trump #trumpcuts #departmentofjustice #donaldtrump #firearms #gunviolence #opioidaddiction #crime
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Watch: Atomic Secrets ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVPQJ...
Boffins of the space variety (the correct technical term) reckon they may have detected signs of life on which catchily named exoplanet?
#space #alienlife #aliens #signsoflife #spaceexploration
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New video podcast from @ItsComplicated on UPFs and how and why they're making people sick.
#food #diet #ultraprocessedfood #upfs #health
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How much do you want kids? My egg freezing journey ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv1pI...
An implantable, non-hormonal male contraceptive has been shown in trials to last for at least two years.
The contraceptive, known as Adam, is a water-soluble hydrogel that is implanted in the sperm ducts, preventing sperm from mixing with semen.
The company behind the product, Contraline, says the approach offers a reversible alternative to condoms and vasectomies, with the hydrogel designed to break down in the body after a set period of time, restoring fertility.
Contraline has released details of its phase 1 clinical trial, revealing Adam can successfully block the release of sperm for 24 months, with no sperm detected in the semen of the two participants who have so far reached this time point in the trial. In addition, it said no serious adverse events had been recorded.
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/24/non-hormon…
#contraception #sperm #contraline #reproductivehealth #reproduction #malecontraception #malecontraceptive
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Dementia Diaries: 'It's like trying to go through a brick wall' ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di7UI...
People given intensive help to reduce their high blood pressure such as medication and coaching have a lower risk of dementia, researchers have found.
According to the World Health Organization, 57 million people around the world had dementia in 2021.
However, experts have long stressed dementia is not an inevitable consequence of aging. Researchers found about half of cases could be prevented or delayed by addressing 14 risk factors, including high blood pressure. Now, researchers say tackling it could reduce the risk of dementia by 15%.
A trial that involved 33,995 people aged 40 years and over with uncontrolled high blood pressure randomly selected 17,407 participants to be given intensive blood pressure management, including medication, health coaching and equipment.
Participants who were not selected continued to receive their “usual care” – meaning their blood pressure was managed in their normal clinical settings.
When the researchers followed up with all the participants after four years, they found 668 of those in the intensive blood pressure management group had dementia, compared with 734 in the usual care group.
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/society/2025/apr/21/help-to-re…
#dementia #who #health #highbloodpressure #bloodpressure
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Fight or flight: the veterans at war with PTSD ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps4hK...
The US army unveiled plans to require a fitness test with identical physical standards for men and women in combat positions after the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, ordered the elimination of gender-based fitness requirements in frontline roles.
The revamped army fitness test will be “sex-neutral” and force female soldiers in 21 combat specialties to meet the same benchmarks as men – a change expected to drastically cut the number of women qualifying for these positions.
The new test includes deadlifts, push-ups, planks, a two-mile run and a sprint-drag-carry exercise. For younger women, the standards jump significantly – deadlifting 140lb instead of 120, and shaving nearly 90 seconds off required run times.
The new policy appears to contradict findings from a 2017 study of US army soldiers that concluded “gaps in cardiorespiratory and muscular performances between men and women” should be addressed through programs that minimize their physiological differences rather than applying identical standards.
Soldiers who fail to meet the new standards twice consecutively face potential removal from the army or, according to Sgt Maj Christopher Mullinax, would be required to transfer to non-combat roles.
Read more ► www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/pete-hegse…
#usarmy #sexneutral #armytests #military #usmilitary #soldiers #combatroles #fitnesstest
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Watch: ASMR 'head orgasms' ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S22MX...
Eye boffins claim to have made people experience a brand new colour by bombarding their retinas with lasers for no readily apparent reason. What have they called the new colour?
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