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India is looking to make history on Wednesday with its third lunar mission set to land on the Moon. If Chandrayaan-3 is successful, India will be the first country to land near the Moon’s little-explored south pole. One of its major goals is to hunt for water-based ice, which scientists say could support human habitation on the Moon in future. India’s attempt comes just days after Russia’s Luna-25 crashed while trying to touch down in the same region. If successful, it will also be only the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon – the US, the…

Eighteen bodies have been found in a forested area of northern Greece hit by wildfires for the past four days, the Greek fire service says. Initial reports suggest those who died may have been migrants. A coroner and investigation team are heading to the scene in the Dadia forest. The Evros region of north-eastern Greece, not far from the Turkish border, has been ravaged by fires. Patients were moved from a hospital as the fires reached Alexandroupolis. — CutC by bbc.com

Not all narcissists are CEOs, celebrities or characters in a crime show. In fact, they may be around you more than you think. There is narcissistic personality disorder, which is rare at 1% or 2% of the population, said Dr. W. Keith Campbell, professor of psychology at the University of Georgia. “Clinically, if it destroys your marriage, it ruins your business relationships, your overconfidence at work has you kind of falling apart … then it becomes a disorder,” Campbell said, describing someone who has this disorder. But narcissism is a personality trait, and everyone falls somewhere along the spectrum, said…

Belfast women are set to take the place of Derry Girls in Lisa McGee’s new series for Channel 4. The broadcaster has commissioned a new eight-part TV series from McGee, who created Derry Girls. The comedy-thriller How To Get To Heaven From Belfast is to be made by Hat Trick Productions. According to Channel 4 publicity, the series will follow three women from Belfast who meet up at the wake of an old friend. In a statement, McGee said she had wanted to make a comedy-thriller set in Northern Ireland “for a long time”. Derry Girls, which first aired on…

A former leatherworker who graduated from drama school aged 50 has won a prestigious award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for his debut show. Simeon Morris’s one-man comedy Square Peg scooped a Fringe First award, which celebrates new talent. The play tells the story of the author’s life, from his “troubled childhood” in rural Norfolk to working in the fashion industry. Its success means it will run at the Edinburgh Fringe for another week. The autobiographical show looks at many things including his quest for identity and is billed as “a story about cross dressing, dressmaking, midlife crisis and blackbirds”. “It’s an astonishing thing…

A new artificial-intelligence (AI) tool reveals by how much drinking, smoking, poor diet and a lack of exercise prematurely ages an individual’s heart. The aim is to find ways to reverse heart ageing, to reduce the risks of many age-related conditions such as stroke and heart disease. The system was developed by a team led by Prof Declan O’Regan, of the Medical Research Council’s (MRC) London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS). And I was offered the chance to try it. “When we look at someone’s face, we are adept at judging whether they look young or old for their age…

Water bills would continue to rise to help pay for new infrastructure needed to keep taps flowing, according to a major supplier. Anglian Water has been building a £500m pipe from Humberside to south Essex and planning two new reservoirs. It said they were needed as the region’s population grew and climate change affected weather patterns. Investment would also be required to upgrade sewerage systems to cut the amount of discharges into rivers. The firm’s investors pay up front for infrastructure and the cost then gets recouped from bill payers over its lifetime. ‘Keeping taps running’ The new 205-mile (330-km)…

A radio presenter has spent five years visiting places in the UK at random – literally – and uncovering fascinating, unexpected and moving stories. Each episode of Polly Weston’s BBC Radio 4 series The Patch starts with a random postcode generator. An actual postcode lottery to decide where she must go. She has no say in where she ends up, but once there it’s up to her to dig out compelling characters, secrets and stories. “It’s always really scary, especially if you’ve made no contact at all and then you just walk into a place,” the producer and presenter says.…

It’s been another hellish summer. A double whammy of the human-caused climate crisis and the arrival of El Niño has fueled soaring temperatures that have made this year downright deadly. July 2023 has been declared the world’s hottest month on record. In a recent address, UN Secretary-General António Guterres ominously described this year as the dawning of “the era of global boiling.” In Europe, over 60,000 people died last year from heat-related illnesses, with some countries adopting a naming system for heat waves akin to those used for hurricanes and typhoons. The Italian Meteorological Society, for instance, named a recent heatwave “Cerberus,” after the three-headed…

Scooter Braun, the music mogul who made headlines for a long-running dispute over Taylor Swift’s master recordings, has reportedly been left by two of his biggest clients. According to Billboard, both Ariana Grande and Demi Lovato have parted ways with the manager. Colombian star J Balvin, who signed with Braun in 2019, left in May and is now managed by Roc Nation. But reports that Justin Bieber has also split from Braun have been denied. Braun is one of the world’s most successful music managers, with clients including David Guetta, Black Eyed Peas, Ava Max, Carly Rae Jepsen and Quavo, according to…