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49ers defensive end Nick Bosa has a simple message for quarterback Trey Lance: Don’t screw up. Bosa says Lance has a good enough team around him that he doesn’t need to worry about winning games by himself. He just needs Read more
Reader Ann F. writes: “I remember learning a bit about incomplete proteins a long time ago, and that if you combined, say, beans with corn, you had a complete protein, much as if you’d eaten eggs, or meat, or cottage Read more
Germany wants European Union rules on member states’ debt to be enforced more rigorously, government sources said on Friday, setting out reforms sought by Berlin. The rules must be more clearly defined instead of setting unattainable goals that are open Read more
You can now sign-up to the upcoming Among Us VR beta. A link to the process was provided alongside the announcement. The VR version was first announced in December at The Game Awards, with speculations rising of a release date Read more
McDonald’s staff weren’t Lovin’ It when they found a 5ft boa constrictor outside the restaurant in Bognor Regis. But they quickly rallied round to help save the injured snake before handing it over to the RSPCA. A local resident had Read more
Several days ago, the 49ers essentially invited one or more of the other 31 teams to make an offer, any offer, for quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Since then, there has been (checks Twitter) no reporting of any team, name or unnamed, Read more
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital are improving chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy. Their new simplified approach selected for an advantageous T-cell type and showed promise in the lab against relapsed T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL). The study Read more
Shares of Jack Dorsey-led Block Inc (SQ.N), a digital payments firm that has bet big on bitcoin, declined nearly 7% in premarket trading on Friday after the company reported a loss in quarterly results on waning interest in cryptocurrencies. The Read more
A Twitch streamer has achieved the impossible by completing the $20,000 (£16,400) Halo 2 challenge. The challenge, set earlier this year by streamer Charlie “Cr1tikal” White, was that someone had to complete the entirety of the Halo 2 Anniversary campaign Read more
A heartbroken dog owner has begged for witnesses to come forward after her dog was “doused in petrol and set alight”. Angela Clennell’s eight-year-old cocker spaniel Lucky died last Friday (July 29) after being stolen from the family’s garden in Read more