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The idea that cancer could behave like a contagious disease may seem absurd; in humans, cancer cannot be transmitted from one person to another. Yet nature is still full of surprises. In exceptional cases, cancer cells themselves can pass from one individual to another and continue to multiply in a new host. This rare phenomenon has been detected in animals such as dogs, Tasmanian devils, and some species of mollusks, and it seems we can add one more to that exclusive club: catfish.An international team of researchers has identified a transmissible melanoma in the brown catfish (Ameiurus nebulosus)—the first documented…

The threat of attack has never been higher, the boss of Europe’s biggest defence contractor has warned. Dr Charles Woodburn

Weight loss jabs such as Wegovy and Mounjaro have boomed in popularity, and so have reports of myriad side-effects. This week researchers have suggested GLP-1 medications could be associated with hair loss.It can be hard to keep tabs on which of these unintentional outcomes have been the subject of expert scrutiny and which remain little more than hearsay. We take a look at some of the most talked about side-effects and explore which have been studied – and which remain unproven.Digestive problemsNausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and constipation – there is no shortage of reports of gut-related problems among people using GLP-1…

Key events0.012 in itHere’s how close it was, as Martin Brundle’s Norris v Hamilton prediction came true.1 Lando Norris McLaren 1:17.2072 Lewis Hamilton Ferrari +0.0123 Charles Leclerc Ferrari +0.2384 Kimi Antonelli Mercedes +0.2725 Oscar Piastri McLaren +0.4776 Max Verstappen Red Bull +0.5187 George Russell Mercedes +0.5188 Isack Hadjar Red Bull +0.6499 Arvid Lindblad Racing Bulls +1.07410 Nico Hülkenberg Audi +1.479ShareNorris again. “I’m in the best position … but I’m expecting a tough race … I’ll be interested to see what tyres these guys start on.” Hamilton and Leclerc were on mediums in Q1.ShareLeclerc also couldn’t improve. “There was quite a…

[This story contains some spoilers for the first season of Netflix‘s Little House on the Prairie.] Luke Bracey didn’t know anything about Little House on the Prairie growing up — Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books and the long-running TV series of the 1970s and ’80s didn’t register with him as a kid in Australia. “Maybe the title was familiar,” he tells The Hollywood Reporter. “When I got the audition, I really had no concept of what it is, so it was all a fresh, new experience for me coming into it. In a way, that might have been a little bit helpful…

Bandits have abducted the chairman of Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Nura Abdullahi, after attacking his residence in the early hours of Saturday. The attackers also killed four members of the chairman’s security detail, comprising two policemen and two local vigilantes, according to an indigene of the town. The attack occurred after the bandits, said to be in large numbers, invaded the chairman’s residence and engaged his security guards in a gun battle. An indigene, Abdullahi Na Allah Said, who spoke with one of our correspondents, said the bandits entered Bungudu town and headed straight to the chairman’s…

Bennett Oghifo The federal government has intensified efforts to stem the growing wave of vandalism along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway by profiling all 40 newly inaugurated Coastal Road Guards, documenting their guarantors and installing tracking devices on their operational motorcycles to ensure they are used strictly for official duties. The move comes amid repeated attacks on newly installed infrastructure along the highway, with government officials expressing concern over the persistent destruction of public assets shortly after installation. Speaking at the inauguration of the Coastal Road Guards in Lagos on Thursday, the Federal Controller of Works in Lagos State, Mr. Olufemi…

By Peter Egwuatu Chairman of First HoldCo Plc, Femi Otedola, increased his shareholding in the company to 21.96 per cent yesterday with acquisition of an additional 706.13 million shares valued at N77.58 billion. This was disclosed in a filing obtained from the Nigerian Exchange (NGX), as the latest acquisition raised the volume of shares under his control from 9.28 billion to 9.986 billion.  The shares were acquired through his investment vehicle, Calvados Global Services Limited. Following the transaction, the value of Otedola’s total investment in First HoldCo rose to N1.048 trillion with the company’s share price at N105 per share at…

In March, Anthropic, the cutting-edge artificial intelligence business that gave us the chatbot Claude, published an analysis on the impact of AI on employment, to help us assess the claim that intelligent robots were about to redefine human existence, ending demand for human labor.Last year in May, Anthropic’s co-founder, Dario Amodei, claimed AI could wipe out half of all entry-level jobs in one to five years. Last January, he told us AI would probably become a “general labor substitute for humans”. In June he said we risk “a world where the economic trade-off dial is stuck on the hypergrowth, hyper-inequality…

 JONATHAN JIBRIN argues for federal intervention in road infrastructure The recent approval by the federal government of 27 major road projects worth over ₦3.9 trillion across 15 states has once again exposed the painful reality of the continued neglect of Kogi East (Igala/Bassa land). While many parts of the country are celebrating the rehabilitation and construction of critical federal roads, the people of Kogi East have once again been left with nothing but broken promises, abandoned projects, and highways that have become enduring symbols of government neglect. The Ayangba–Dekina–Shintaku federal road has deteriorated to a deplorable state. The Otuocha–Ibaji–Idah Road,…