Vincent Marks obituary | Diabetes
Posted on June 6, 2024
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| Valentine Belue
DiabetesObituaryVincent Marks obituaryBiochemist who transformed the treatment of diabetes and was an expert witness in two high-profile murder trialsVincent Marks, who has died aged 93, was a world expert in insulin and hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar). In 1985, his expert opinion helped to acquit Claus von Bülow of attempted murder, in a case that was dramatised in the film Reversal of Fortune (1990).
On 21 December 1980, the American heiress Sunny von Bülow was discovered comatose in her bathroom, and she remained in a persistent vegetative state until her death in 2008.
[Read More]Chronicling homelessness: Amazon primes itself to work with shelter | Homelessness
Posted on June 5, 2024
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Outside in America newsletterHomelessness This article is more than 6 years oldChronicling homelessness: Amazon primes itself to work with shelterThis article is more than 6 years oldOne of the company’s buildings will host Mary’s Place, a Seattle homeless shelter – but not everyone in the US is happy at the prospect of one next door to them
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Until last week, the most famous building at the Amazon headquarters in Seattle was probably its giant glass-covered domes, which will house a botanical garden when complete.
[Read More]Discovered in the deep: the worm that eats bones
Posted on June 5, 2024
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Discovered in the deepEnvironmentThought to have existed since the Cretaceous, more than 30 species of Osedax – ‘bone devourers’ or zombie worms – feast on whale skeletons
Discovered in the deep: the mini cities of hairy-chested Hoff crabs
The deep sea is home to a group of animals that look like tiny plants. They have no mouths, no stomachs and no anuses. They live inside a tube with a feathery red plume sticking out of one end and a clump of roots at the other.
[Read More]How an email mixup led to me befriending my namesake and a glimpse of a wholesome second life |
Posted on June 5, 2024
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OpinionInternet This article is more than 6 months oldHow an email mixup led to me befriending my namesake – and a glimpse of a wholesome second lifeThis article is more than 6 months oldDale Berning SawaA message meant for another Dale, sent by his 88-year-old sister, revealed the fascinating world of like-named people
For a while now, I have been getting the strangest emails. They concern golf rules, carpenter bees and CPR short courses I’ve not signed up for at local fire departments I could not place.
[Read More]Poem of the week: Homesick by Hugo Williams
Posted on June 5, 2024
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Carol Rumens's poem of the weekPoetryAs a patient in a British hospital, the poet observes nursing staff from overseas who may be longing for home as much as he is
Homesick
The little scars on their faces
are the names of their villages,
put there when they were young
in case they got lost.
Their faces are maps
which they carry with them
when they set out across the world
[Read More]The best art and architecture shows to visit in 2024 | Art and design
Posted on June 5, 2024
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Yoko Ono and IM Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Composite: Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images/ Mohamed Somji/ Guardian DesignYoko Ono’s cheeky pieces, a gut punch from Goya and the National’s centenary celebrations will fill the UK’s galleries, while Giza opens its pyramid doors Artist Tavares Strachan on his 2024 show Awakening
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by Adrian Searle, Jonathan Jones and Oliver WainwrightArtZineb Sedira: Dreams Have No TitlesA hit in the French Pavilion at the last Venice Biennale, this work by the London-based Franco-Algerian artist and film-maker turns the Whitechapel Gallery into a series of movie sets, including a bar, a ballroom and Sedira’s London home.
[Read More]The best mens shampoo for grey hair
Posted on June 5, 2024
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The beauty spotMen's hairGrooming tips for silver foxes
The Guardian’s product and service reviews are independent and are in no way influenced by any advertiser or commercial initiative. We will earn a commission from the retailer if you buy something through an affiliate link. Learn more. Friends used to comfort me about my grey hair by saying it was distinguished. I knew they meant old. Then came the term “silver fox”, which was nice, but sadly grey hair turns yellow and the silver fox turns into a mangy cur.
[Read More]The inside story of the Kentex disaster: '74 workers died but no one is in prison' | Working in deve
Posted on June 5, 2024
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Working in developmentThe inside story of the Kentex disaster: '74 workers died but no one is in prison'Families of those who died in the Philippines factory blaze two months ago are asking why no one has been arrested – but their voices are being ignored
Marie Tabano was watching the news at home when she first heard about the fire. “I couldn’t believe it because the building they were showing didn’t look like the place I know.
[Read More]The painful lesson of the Cherice Moralez rape trial | Hadley Freeman
Posted on June 5, 2024
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OpinionRape and sexual assault This article is more than 10 years oldThe painful lesson of the Cherice Moralez rape trialThis article is more than 10 years oldHadley FreemanMisogyny is now at the point where girls as young as 11 are being portrayed as the voracious temptresses of grown menThe following is a list of words used to describe a very specific demographic. See if you can guess it:
"She was as much in control of the situation [as the 49-year-old man.
[Read More]What does it mean to be genetically Jewish?
Posted on June 5, 2024
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| Jenniffer Sheldon
Gyula and Erzsebet Keimovits, the author’s great grandparents. His own parents took a DNA test to establish their genetic ancestry. Photograph: Oscar SchwartzGyula and Erzsebet Keimovits, the author’s great grandparents. His own parents took a DNA test to establish their genetic ancestry. Photograph: Oscar SchwartzFamilyDNA tests have been used in Israel to verify a person’s Jewishness. This brings a bigger question: what does it mean to be genetically Jewish? And can you prove religious identity scientifically?
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