Christina went into hospital for hip rehab and came out with coronavirus

Christina Heywood is struggling with her health after catching COVID-19 in a rehabilitation centre while recovering from a new hip. She says it's ridiculous that health officials haven't released the figures for how many patients caught the virus in hospital.
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A Huge Fusion Experiment in The UK Just Achieved The Much Anticipated 'First Plasma'

After a long, seven-year development, an experimental fusion reactor in the UK has been successfully powered on for the time, achieving 'first plasma': confirmation that all its components can work together to heat hydrogen gas into the plasma phase. Fusion is still years away though.
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Neanderthals And Humans Were at War For Over 100,000 Years, Evidence Shows

Around 600,000 years ago, humanity split in two. One group stayed in Africa, evolving into us. The other struck out overland, into Asia, then Europe, becoming Homo neanderthalensis – the Neanderthals. They weren't our ancestors, but a sister species
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Wombat's deadly butts: how they use their 'skull-crushing' rumps to fight, play and flirt

Research offers insights into marsupial’s rearguard defences and ‘brutal’ mating rituals
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Medicinal cannabis users in Victoria could soon be allowed to drive with THC in their system. Is it safe?

It's important patients taking prescribed medicinal cannabis products are not unduly penalised. But it's equally important we minimise the chance drivers put themselves or other road users at risk.
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The West’s Infernos Are Melting Our Sense of How Fire Works

42,000-foot plumes of ash. 143-mph firenadoes. 1,500-degree heat. These wildfires are a new kind of hell on earth, and scientists are racing to learn its rules.
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Almost Famous: The Untold Story of an Artist’s Rock-Poster Roots

Wallace-Cohen’s posters for the Grateful Dead and The Doors had been commissioned by the Love Conspiracy Commune, whose headquarters were located in a Sausalito houseboat near hers. It was a long way from her “Leave It to Beaver” childhood in Chicago.
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