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US scientists have published seven studies explaining why ageing "zombie" cells cause inflammation, and early tests in older mice showed treatments, including a tomato compound, improved health.
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A motorist misdirected by his satnav spotted a blaze in Chattooga County and helped get a foster family's 11 children and a grandchild out of their burning home.
A rare striped bee usually seen on England's south and east coasts has been recorded at Steart Marshes, where restored saltmarsh and plentiful sea aster appear to have drawn it in.
During the Cuban Missile Crisis, Soviet officer Vasily Arkhipov argued against firing a nuclear torpedo from submarine B-59, and his objection helped avert a likely nuclear war.
A community-funded excavation on Scotland's Lismore Island has uncovered burials, workshops and precious-metal debris, suggesting its early Christian monastery was far more important than once thought.
A Cameroonian company has trained at least 300 young people uprooted by conflict to install solar systems that light clinics and keep vaccines cold in the Northwest region.
The latest calving season has added six young dolphins to a Mekong population that local people revere, and conservationists say it shows the species can recover.
