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Meet the world’s first woolly MOUSE: Scientists genetically engineer rodents with thick, fluffy coats – and say it could pave the way for the de-extinction of the mammoth
Science

Meet the world’s first woolly MOUSE: Scientists genetically engineer rodents with thick, fluffy coats – and say it could pave the way for the de-extinction of the mammoth

In the world of scientific research, the biggest breakthroughs often start with something tiny. And in the controversial battle to bring the woolly mammoth back from extinction, scientists have just taken one mouse-sized step forward. Colossal Biosciences has revealed the world’s first ‘woolly mice’, after engineering rodents to grow thick, warm coats using mammoth DNA.

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World’s THINNEST smartphone is unveiled: Tecno Spark Slim is just 5.75mm thick – even slimmer than a pencil
Science

World’s THINNEST smartphone is unveiled: Tecno Spark Slim is just 5.75mm thick – even slimmer than a pencil

MailOnline has tried the world’s slimmest smartphone – which is even thinner than an pencil – at MWC 2025.  The new Tecno Spark Slim concept, created by Chinese company Tecno Mobile, is just 5.75mm (0.226 of an inch) in width.  This makes it even thinner than the Galaxy Edge from rival maker Samsung which measures 5.84mm

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Why Thick, Wooly Sweaters Are Increasingly Fashionable for Women
Lifestyle

Why Thick, Wooly Sweaters Are Increasingly Fashionable for Women

As an avid knitter, Gabriela Tilevitz has had, as she put it, “a lifelong relationship to sweaters.” The ones that Ms. Tilevitz, a 33-year-old sex therapist in New York City, has recently been wearing are woolly, thick and extremely oversize — traits shared by many sweaters that she has lately noticed on a growing number

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Mystery as thick fog sweeps the US with reports of ‘burning chemical smell’ in the air
U.S.

Mystery as thick fog sweeps the US with reports of ‘burning chemical smell’ in the air

A thick fog is sweeping across the US with locals in multiple states reporting how a ‘burning chemical-like smell’ has blanketed their communities. Concerned Americans have flooded social media with videos of what looks like white particles raining down and swirling in the air.  Some witnesses have also claimed the fog has also triggered health symptoms similar

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Man to be executed in ‘rare’ death sentence after German real estate agent was found dismembered and layered in thick tape inside a freezer in Thailand
World

Man to be executed in ‘rare’ death sentence after German real estate agent was found dismembered and layered in thick tape inside a freezer in Thailand

By SHANNON MCGUIGAN Published: 21:02 EST, 22 December 2024 | Updated: 22:05 EST, 22 December 2024 A Thai man has been sentenced to death after a German estate agent was killed and found dismembered in a freezer. Peter Ralter Mack, 62, was murdered by Shakrukh Karim Uddin and two Germans nationals in south Thailand last year. Piriya Boonmark –

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Lilibet’s flowing long hair steals the show in Harry and Meghan’s new holiday card after proud dad revealed she has been ‘blessed with her mother’s thick hair’
U.S.

Lilibet’s flowing long hair steals the show in Harry and Meghan’s new holiday card after proud dad revealed she has been ‘blessed with her mother’s thick hair’

Royal fans gushed over Princess Lilibet’s long, flowing hair as seen in the first new picture of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s daughter since 2022.  The photograph is one of six images on Harry, 40, and Meghan’s, 42, new holiday card that was released on Monday, December 16.  The picture of the Sussexes showed Lilibet,

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The raw and beautiful truth about being a care home worker – where the emotions come thick and fast. A heart-warming tale from the coalface of human ­experience
Health

The raw and beautiful truth about being a care home worker – where the emotions come thick and fast. A heart-warming tale from the coalface of human ­experience

The interviewer had been ­surprised to see me. ‘You’re not our typical applicant, you know? I mean, you’ve got a degree.’ ‘I’m sure I can do it though,’ I replied. ‘Oh, I don’t doubt that,’ she said, ‘but, really, why would you want to?’ My last job had been a senior role as a hospital

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Thick Smoke and Dust As 400-ft Coal Plant Towers Are Demolished In New Mexico News18
World

Thick Smoke and Dust As 400-ft Coal Plant Towers Are Demolished In New Mexico News18

Watch: Thick Smoke and Dust As 400-ft Coal Plant Towers Are Demolished In New Mexico News18 NEWS18 NEWS18 Russia, Ukraine Swap Prisoners In UAE-Brokered Deal NEWS18 Travellers “Scared”, Flights Delayed At Israel’s B… NEWS18 Mudslide In Thailand’s Phuket Kills 13, Injures 19 NEWS18 Israel-Gaza War: Hamas Video Purportedly Shows Str… NEWS18 Israeli PM Netanyahu Watches

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The Big Five – and the elephants who adore snorkelling! A safari in Uganda is 30 per cent cheaper compared to one in neighbouring Kenya – but we discover that the thrills still come thick and fast
Travel

The Big Five – and the elephants who adore snorkelling! A safari in Uganda is 30 per cent cheaper compared to one in neighbouring Kenya – but we discover that the thrills still come thick and fast

Our riverboat guide looks at me earnestly. ‘Did you know that hippos are actually really bad swimmers but elephants can swim very well?’ asks Clinton. We are on a small boat in Murchison Falls game park on the Victoria Nile River in north-west Uganda. There are hippo eyes all around our boat, their crinkly eyebrows

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BeatKing, the Houston rapper behind ‘THICK,’ dies at 39
Entertainment

BeatKing, the Houston rapper behind ‘THICK,’ dies at 39

BeatKing, the Houston rapper also known as Club Godzilla, has died. He was 39. The recording artist died Thursday in a Houston hospital, his manager Tasha Felder confirmed to The Times on Friday. Felder initially announced BeatKing’s death Thursday in an Instagram post, writing, “Today, August 15, 2024 we have lost @Clubgodzilla. BeatKing has been

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