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One man recently thought he’d snagged a bargain after ordering a drill online. He found the 18v lithium-ion cordless drill available for £20 – and immediately ordered it. But unsurprisingly, what turned up wasn’t what was anticipated – as it turned out to be an illustration of the drill in question. Naturally, people were left […]
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Perhaps the jarring pace of change made a drab start to life under Thomas Tuchel inevitable. The “In Frank We Trust” banner, lovingly unveiled one day before the latest brutal sacking of the Roman Abramovich era, was still hanging from the Shed End. Debate over the demise of a club legend had yet to die […]
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Addiction, or substance use disorder (SUD), is a complex neurological condition that includes drug-seeking behavior among other cognitive, emotional and behavioral features. Synaptic plasticity, or changes in the way neurons communicate with one another, drives these addictive behaviors. These lasting brain changes are at the crux of why addiction is so hard to treat. A […]
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BMW’s free cash flow last year was better than market expecations at about 3.4 billion euros ($4.12 billion) in its core automotive division, the German carmaker said on Wednesday, citing recoveries in many markets and good cost management. The margin on earnings before interest and tax in the automotive segment will come in at the […]
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Assassin’s Creed Valhalla players have discovered a secret powerful weapon hidden in a pile of rocks. Well. Kind of. The secret Nodens’ Isu Arc bow unlocks for players who repeatedly hit a small pile of rocks near Brunson Turret in Northumbria. In the lake to the north, there’s a small island, and on there, you’ll […]
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Imagine the situation. You’ve had a great date with a really fun guy. You met some pals for a quick bite to eat before meeting the handsome stranger at a fancy sushi restaurant – then going back to his place to carry on the evening. But fast forward a few hours, and this woman’s evening […]
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Welcome, then, Thomas. At times such as these it is traditional to say something along the lines of: “If the manager wasn’t aware of the task facing him in the white heat of this, the English Premier League, then he will be now.” These are of course anything but ordinary times. But at the end […]
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New research coming out of UBC’s Okanagan campus may take the current ‘gold standard’ for heart valves to a new level of reliability. A team of researchers at UBCO’s Heart Valve Performance Lab (HVPL) has developed a way to improve overall blood flow through the valves, so the design of mechanical heart valves will more […]
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Boeing Co took a hefty $6.5 billion charge on its all-new 777X jetliner as it posted a record annual loss on Wednesday due to the coronavirus pandemic and the aftermath of a two-year safety crisis over its 737 MAX. The results cap a tumultuous year for the world’s largest aerospace company during which the pandemic […]
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Following the Christmas break, I can’t stop playing Destiny 2. My love for Bungie’s genre-defining shooter has been on and off since the original’s arrival in 2014, usually coming and going when friends and colleagues do – and for some time I’ve been the last one standing on the Eurogamer team. 2020 was an interesting […]
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