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Audience members are encouraged to wear orange Blippi glasses and join in the fun as the cast invites everyone to "be like Blippi."

It may not sound glamorous, but nutritionists increasingly see fibre as one of the most powerful foundations of a healthy diet.

Vile Colin Blanchard is being assessed by Parole experts two years after he was refused release because he still had 'extreme sexual interests'.

Organisers of the Derby 10k blamed flood defence works in the city for the mistake, which left some athletes running an extra lap of Pride Park football stadium to make up the distance.

sciencehabit shares a report from Science.org: In The Martian, fictional astronaut Mark Watney survives the wasteland of Mars by growing potatoes in lunar soil -- with a bit of help from human poop. The idea may not be so far-fetched. In a preprint posted this month on bioRxiv, researchers show potatoes can indeed grow in the equivalent of Moon dust, though they need a lot of help from compost found on Earth. To make the discovery, scientists first had to re-create lunar regolith -- the loose, powdery layer that blankets the Moon's surface. To replicate that in the lab, David Handy, a space biologist at Oregon State University (OSU), and his colleagues used a mix of crushed minerals and volcanic ash that matched the chemistry of the Moon. But lunar regolith is entirely devoid of the organic matter that plants need to grow. "Turning an inorganic, inhospitable bucket of glorified sand into something that can support plant growth is complex," says Anna-Lisa Paul, a plant molecular biologist at the University of Florida not involved with the work. So Handy and his colleagues added vermicompost -- organic waste from worms -- into the regolith. They found that a mix with 5% compost allowed the potatoes to grow while still emulating the stressful conditions of the lunar environment. After almost 2 months of growth, the team harvested the tubers, freeze-dried them, and ground them up for further testing. Analysis of the potatoes' DNA showed stress-related genes had been activated. The potatoes also had higher concentrations of copper and zinc than Earth-grown ones, which may make them dangerous for human consumption. The plants' nutritional value, though, was similar to traditional potatoes -- a surprise to the scientists, who expected lower levels of nutrition "because the plants might have been working overtime to overcome certain stressors," Handy says.

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Ali Larijani, one of Iran's most senior officials and a central figure in the country's security establishment, was killed in an overnight attack in Tehran.

Tyson Fury might already have one eye on his looming return to the ring but the latest trailer for At Home with the Furys makes one thing clear: the road back hasn't been smooth at home.

John Fury has shared his reservations about his granddaughter Venezuela Fury's engagement in the new trailer for At Home with the Furys, offering a more traditional view on teenage relationships.

Christopher Trybus, 43, slowly moved the 'line' of acceptable behaviour before he 'blew up' one day, his wife Tarryn Baird wrote in her diary.

The Princess Royal, who is patron of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU), was captured warmly embracing Sione Tuipulotu following Scotland's final Six Nations fixture against Ireland on March 14.

The show, set in the fictional Californian town of Sunnydale, followed Buffy (Sarah Michelle Gellar), who attended school by day and hunted evil spirits by night.

UK investigators have found traffickers are using sophisticated scientific methods to bond drugs to materials as diverse as charcoal, cardboard boxes, plastic or glue.

Three is the magic number as first off-the-shelf general-purpose ternary hardware since c 1965 lands

The 5500FP is a ternary CPU implemented on an FPGA. It's not very fast, but it makes it easier to experiment with computers that don't use binary.…

It's now allowed to sell alcohol from 6am until 12pm Sunday to Thursdays and 6am to 1am on Saturdays

Compute, storage, and SaaS all slugged - even on Alibaba's own silicon

Alibaba Cloud today informed users it will increase prices for many services by up to 34 percent.…

The Wildhearts frontman Ginger Wildheart has revealed that he's refused treatment and has two to three years left to live after being diagnosed with a 'rare and aggressive' form of cancer.

Kerbside recycling has been expanded

Netflix is said to be 'done' with Harry and Meghan, according to a brutal takedown of the couple in Hollywood's entertainment bible Variety.

Cabin crew at a major European airline are being offered £14,000 payouts to walk away from their jobs as the carrier seeks to trim its workforce.

Former Royal Engineer Ian Warrington, who served in the Gulf War, was sleeping in a tent in Hawley Square, Margate, Kent, while his car was targeted.