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An aesthetician has revealed all the hygiene mistakes women are making before their appointment - including two no-no activities in the hours before the treatment.

Slashdot reader sciencehabit shares this excerpt from a new article in Science magazine: At first, astronomers knew of only one cosmic scenario that fit the bill for the violent formation of "jewelry shop" elements [gold and sliver]: the collision of two ultra-dense stellar corpses called neutron stars. Now, a second has stepped onto the scene. As they report this week in The Astrophysical Journal Letters, researchers have discovered signatures of this heavy element formation — called the r-process — in a giant flare first detected from a highly magnetic neutron star in 2004. The flare, which released more energy than our Sun does in a million years as it spewed electrically charged material, has remained shrouded in mystery since its discovery 20 years ago. Researchers quickly traced the outburst to a nearby magnetar, a special breed of neutron star whose magnetic fields are trillions times stronger than Earth's. But ten minutes after the massive flare, a second, fainter signal inexplicably came from the same star. More r-process sources may still be looming in the dark. The new study accounts for about 10% of the Milky Way's heavy elements, suggesting that astronomers will have to scour the cosmos for even more places where the r-process is hiding. One potential spot is a rare type of supernova that births rapidly rotating neutron stars, says says Anirudh Patel, the new study's lead author and an astronomer at Columbia University. He hopes that with more observations, astronomers will be able to sharpen that picture.... "It's humbling to realize that these were made in such extreme astrophysical environments."

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Britain is now a five-party state, a polling guru said yesterday as the Liberal Democrats and Greens gained scores of councillors in the local elections.

With no clear clear path to recovery, there is still no sign that this South American nation is any closer to ending the scourge of lawlessness and disorder.

Heidi Cook, who previously dated U2 bassist Adam Clayton, was struck in the face by violent Daniel Hart, 36, during a drunken rage the morning after the star-studded party near Leeds.

Under widely accepted guidelines, practices should have no more than 1,800 patients on their lists for every full-time equivalent GP employed.

Nicolas Cage lookalikes descended upon the capital on Friday for a hilarious contest to celebrate the release of the his latest film, The Surfer.

They could clearly be seen enjoying a night out away from their children

Nigel Farage has declared 'Britain wants Reform' as he boasts of the party's 'unprecedented' results in yesterday's local elections, sparking a political earthquake for Labour and the Conservatives. 

Athos Salomé, 38, has made numerous accurate predictions throughout the years. Now, he has shared what's in store for power couple Taylor and Travis, both 35, exclusively with DailyMail.com.

David Beckham and his brood were seen arriving back in London on Saturday after an overnight stay in Paris to mark the star's 50th. 

A New York restaurantear who famously banned James Corden has revealed that british playwright Alan Bennett wanted him to keep their five-year love affair secret.

The ex-wife of Paddy McGuinness , 37, was part of the star-studded line-up for the fourteenth series of the E4 hit alongside celebrities like Kerry Katona .

Life at the monastery is structured on the rule of St Benedict which emphasis prayer, work and community living.

Remember when U.S. National Security Adviser Mike Waltz mistakenly included a journalist in an encrypted chatroom to discuss looming U.S. military action against Yemen's Houthis? A recent photo of a high-level cabinet meeting caught Waltz using a "less-secure Signal app knockoff," reports the Guardian: The chat app Waltz was using appears to be a modified version of Signal called TM SGNL, made by a company that copies messaging apps but adds an ability to retain messages and archive them. The White House officials may be using the modified Signal in order to comply with the legal requirement that presidential records be preserved... That function suggests the end-to-end encryption that makes Signal trusted for sharing private communications is possibly "not maintained, because the messages can be later retrieved after being stored somewhere else", according to 404 Media. Thursday the national security adviser was removed from his position, the article points out. He was instead named America's ambassador to the United Nations.

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Mia Melville, who hails from the UK, tipped the scales at 18st 3lbs eight months ago, but has since dropped a whopping 6st since she began taking Mounjaro.

The three-bedroom house, which was up for grabs for £250,000, has caused a stir on social media for its unusal rooms.

Joe Swash has taken to social media to share a message with his fans after wife Stacey Solomon revealed that their beloved family dog, Teddy, underwent major surgery

With Burnley beating Millwall 3-1, United knew only a win would make them champions on goal difference and Solomon made it happen, with both Leeds and Burnley ending the season on 100 points.

Despite the gender pay gap often benefiting men, there are some jobs where women can earn more than their male counterparts, according to data released by the ONS.