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The 25 Scariest Games of This Generation

This generation saw a boom in quality horror games and we're counting down the 25 scariest.




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Invasive 'comb' jellyfish cannibalize their young when food is scarce, study reveals

An strange, invasive species of jellyfish in Europe eats its own young when food is low, a new study claims.







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The Science of Fear, the Royal Scandal That Made France Modern and Other New Books to Read

The fourth installment in our weekly series spotlights titles that may have been lost in the news amid the COVID-19 crisis




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How the Stunning Scarlet Macaw Came Back From the Brink

The bird, decimated by poachers and smugglers, is making a big comeback in the Central American rainforest




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Physicists shed light on the nanoscale dynamics of spin thermalization

In physics, thermalization, or the trend of sub-systems within a whole to gain a common temperature, is typically the norm. There are situations, however, where thermalization is slowed down or virtually suppressed; examples are when considering the dynamics of electron and nuclear spins in solids. Understanding why this happens and how it can be controlled is presently at the center of a broad effort, particularly for applications in the emerging field of quantum information technologies.




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As FTC issues fresh warning, here are 5 COVID-19 scams to be aware of

On the heels of the Federal Trade Commission’s latest warning about coronavirus treatment scams, here are five scams to be aware of. 




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Fraudsters swipe almost £2 million from Brits in coronavirus scams

Follow our live Covid-19 updates HERE Coronavirus: The symptoms




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Volunteer 'ghosts' scare Indonesian villagers indoors during Covid-19 lockdown

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Donald Trump tells American public to wear scarves as face masks in fight against coronavirus: They would be very good

"You can use a scarf," the US Leader said as he addressed the demand for face masks. "A lot of people have scarves... scarves would be very good.




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Gene Deitch dead: Tom and Jerry director and Oscar-winning illustrator dies aged 95

Oscar-winning illustrator and film director Gene Deitch has died at the age of 95.




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US 'haemorrhaging jobs on record scale' with 26m claiming benefits

America's economic crisis deepened today as new figures revealed 26 million people have now claimed unemployment benefits since the country started going into lockdown.




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Food For London Now donations reach £3m but warning remains of escalating hunger crisis

Barclays donates £250,000 to help our appeal to tackle hunger in virus crisis But demand grows amid growing reports one in five at risk of food poverty You can donate here virginmoneygiving.com/fund/FoodforLondonNOW




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Residents in UK village pay tribute to key workers on coronavirus frontline using scarecrows

Residents in a small English village have put up scarecrows in their gardens to show support for key workers during the coronavirus pandemic.




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Streamed films eligible for next year's Oscars due to coronavirus pandemic

Streamed films will be eligible for next year's Oscars due to the Covid-19 impact on the industry.




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UK coronavirus latest: Boris Johnson to announce lockdown escape plan next week as deaths soar past 26,000

Boris Johnson will announce a "comprehensive" lockdown escape plan next week as deaths rose to 26,771.




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White House's Dr Deborah Birx dazzles internet with range of scarves as Instagram account set up in honour

She's perhaps best known to the internet as the woman who wore a face of mild disbelief when US President Donald Trump discussed disinfectant as a possible treatment for coronavirus.




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Brown bear recaptured in northern Italy after months on the loose following escape from enclosure

Forest rangers snare bear in the Dolomites in a move that also unleashes row over animal rights




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Lockdown messaging 'slightly too successful' with Britons scared to leave home once lifted, expert says

Data shows Britons are fearful of relaxing social restrictions as Prime Minister Boris Johnson readies to publish 'road map' for easing lockdown




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Trials begin on coronavirus contact-tracing app ministers say will help UK escape from lockdown

Trials are beginning on a new coronavirus contact-tracing app which ministers have said will save lives and help lift Britain out of lockdown.




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Somali sports star who died with Covid-19 escaped war to serve London as Tube engineer

An international basketball player who moved to London to escape Somalia's looming civil war has become one of the capital's latest victims of Covid-19.




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Chinese people 'scared to venture out alone' amid rising coronavirus-related abuse, case study shows

Rising levels of racist abuse towards people of Chinese heritage is likely to escalate when the coronavirus lockdown lifts, an academic has warned.




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ICESat-2 laser-scanning satellite tracks how billions of tons of polar ice are lost

A satellite mission that bounces laser light off the ice sheets of Antarctica and Greenland has found that hundreds of billions of tons' worth of ice are being lost every year due to Earth's changing climate. Scientists involved in NASA's ICESat-2 project report in the journal Science that the net loss of ice from those regions has been responsible for 0.55 inches of sea level rise since 2003. That's slightly less than a third of the total amount of sea level rise observed in the world's oceans over that time. To track how the ice sheets are changing, the ICESat-2… Read More





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Some landscapes show resistance to ash dieback

Certain habitats can help dampen the spread of ash dieback, which threatens ash trees.





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Both my parents are doctors and got coronavirus. I've never been so scared

Some weeks ago my main worries were around my GCSEs. Now I hear every day about deaths from Covid-19

It is the sixth week of lockdown, and for many people things are getting progressively more intense. Most families are physically distancing at home. People are only leaving the house for their weekly shop – and spending a lot of that time waiting in the queue – or to exercise once a day.

In my family things are a bit different. Our driveway is usually empty during the day as my parents, who are doctors, go in to work. It is difficult to imagine how only some weeks ago my main worries were around my GCSEs. Now every day, I hear about deaths from coronavirus. I cannot help but feel a surge of fear for my parents as I watch these updates with my brother. I’m painfully aware of the many healthcare workers who have lost their lives.

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Libya gov't warns of escalation after attacks near embassies




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Scientists report 'unusual' findings after scanning comet that visited from another solar system

'This is the first time we've ever looked inside a comet from outside our solar system, and it is dramatically different from most other comets we've seen before'




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RiteAid BonusCash rewards for Apr 5-11, 2020 ... 20% ROI on Xbox, GameStop, Apple, Google, Netflix, Nike, Panera, Fandango, AMC, & Regal GC's

It's a bumper crop of BonusCash at your local Rite-Aid this week, with not 1, 2, 3, but 4 gaming GC's, and 1 of those gives you even more options!

  • Nike, GameStop, Netflix ... $5 BonusCash when you buy $25 of these items.*
  • Google Play, AMC Theatres, Apple AppStore/iTunes, Fandango, XBOX, Panera Bread, Regal Theatres ... $6 BonusCash when you buy $30 of these items.*

FYI, "GameStop" is a big win, because not only can you purchase (additional) XBOX, PSN, Nintendo, and Steam credit there, but you order the GC credit from their website, and get a redemption code instantly after checkout.
 
For those who are new to the "Rite-Aid wellness+ reward BonusCash" program, you'll receive the $$$ amount when you purchase the minimum amount specified. Gift-cards within the same bullet-point share the same "limit 2 offers per customer", but you can earn rewards on the other bullet-point lines as well. For example, you can purchase $25 each of GameStop & Netflix (or $50 of GameStop) ... and still be able to purchase another $60 mix of Google & Apple & XBOX, and can stagger your 4 GC purchases throughout the week.

Screenshot of 2 separate GC offers (bullet points) included here:

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Small print (at bottom of weekly ad) and BonusCash T&C's included here:
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FYI ... the limit of "2 offers per customer" is tracked by your "wellness+ rewards" account, so you'll need to limit yourself to 2 offers per line item throughout the week, and not just "2 per transaction" or "2 per day". At the time of purchase, your printed receipt will indicate how many of the "limit 2" you've met, but neither the website nor register will indicate ...

  • if you've met the limit of 2 items per BonusCash group with the current transaction, or
  • if the transaction you're about to complete exceeds the limit of 2 per week, or
  • when your BonusCash rewards will expire.

Luckily the mobile RiteAid app (and website) list your individual accumulation & cashing out on a per transaction basis, so that's a good way to keep tabs on the expiration dates, since you only get 30 days to spend the BonusCash once earned. Good luck!

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    Hulk Hogan Shows Off His Battle Scars

    Hulk Hogan (66) has had 17 surgeries over the past couple of decades, 10 of them on his back only with his “Immortal” tattoo on top. The first time he went under the knife was back in 2009 after suffering extreme back pain. Now, he decided to share with the world his battle scars. “I’ve […]

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    After the Oscars, what's next for silent stars of The Artist?

    The team behind The Artist will have spent the first day of the rest of their lives conforming to the grandest, and most lucrative, of Hollywood traditions.




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    JJ on NASCAR's return: 'Nutty, to say the least'

    Jimmie Johnson has been logging virtual practice laps for what should be an unpredictable first race back.




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    The Quarantine + Pandemic Survival Map: 'It's escapism, with a lot of humour'

    No longer able to walk hundreds of miles to create his hand-drawn maps, the Beijing-based artist Fuller is charting his thoughts – and the global crisis – while stuck indoors

    I’m interested in the psychology of a place and how it makes you feel. So I don’t really see myself as a map-maker – even though I draw maps. It’s about the process of travelling through a place to capture a sense of it. First, I walk for hundreds of miles and make all sorts of notes, and then take thousands of photos to use as triggers for my memory.

    I walked more than 840 miles around Beijing when researching the map that became part of my Purposeful Wandering series. I circumnavigated the city and then walked around each ring road. Beijing (where I’ve lived for three years) is built on a Central Axis, and the map is, too. A lot of the drawing is literal, but I also built in personal experiences, references, visual puns and semiotics.

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    Trump attacks Joe Scarborough, who tells him 'take a rest' and 'let Mike Pence actually run things' 

    With the U.S. death toll from the coronavirus mounting, President Trump on Monday took aim at MSNBC's Joe Scarborough. The cable news host responded by telling Trump to let Vice President Mike Pence “run things for the next couple of weeks.”





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    Why 'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the ideal video game escape right now

    'Animal Crossing: New Horizons' is the ideal gaming getaway, bringing a joy and simplicity we desperately need as we navigate coronavirus pandemic.

          




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    Quiz: The true story of the 'coughing major' and the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? scandal

    As a new drama about the 'most British crime of all time' arrives on ITV, here's a reminder of Charles and Diana Ingram's notorious quiz show appearance and their trial for conspiring to cheat




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    Quiz review: A brilliant, big-hearted romp through one of the great British scandals of the century

    This dramatisation of the 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' coughing scandal is superbly entertaining and well constructed, and will likely make viewers rethink a story they thought they knew well




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    Quiz: The Millionaire 'coughing major' scandal wasn't just about cheating – it was also about class

    Whether or not the Ingrams were cheating on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?', the resulting outrage was rooted in the same dynamics that have come to dominate social discourse in the years since, says Adam White




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    Quiz: Chris Tarrant reveals his 'beef' with ITV drama about Charles Ingram scandal

    Former 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' host did not like the way 'Quiz' suggested the Ingrams could be innocent




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    How to Fix a Drug Scandal: Where are the key players now?

    Thousands of drug convictions have been thrown out




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    Bob Odenkirk on his son's coronavirus battle: 'It got scarier the longer it went on'

    Actor said his 21-year-old son's throat hurt 'like it had cancer'




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    Van Der Valk review: ITV's Amsterdam-set sleuth remake is woefully miscast

    The Dutch capital is captured here in all its tawdry beauty, but plot contrivances and a distracting lead make this Seventies re-hash a hard sell




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    Van Der Valk reviews: Critics deride Marc Warren detective drama as 'boring' and 'miscast'

    Show stars Warren as the eponymous detective solving crime on the streets of Amsterdam




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    Felicity Huffman's daughter admitted to university after college admissions scandal

    Huffman served 11 days in jail in 2019 for paying to have her daughter's SAT results doctored




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    Billy Bush says p**** tape scandal made him a 'much nicer person'

    'Of course you want to delete it, but you can't'




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    Normal People's Paul Mescal: 'I was really nervous portraying Connell's depression – there were three suicides at my school'

    The actor bringing Sally Rooney's smash-hit novel to life talks to Ellie Harrison about experiencing tragedy at a young age, how Normal People's depiction of sex is the antidote to porn and Hollywood, and what it's like to promote the biggest role of his life in lockdown




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    Ellen DeGeneres' Oscars bodyguard accuses host of being 'cold, sly and demeaning'

    He claimed only approved celebrities were permitted to talk to host at awards after party




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    Normal People star Paul Mescal addresses criticism of 'pornographic' sex scenes

    'We worked very hard to make it feel like it was a real, accurate and truthful representation of sex amongst young people today,' said the actor