The Harvard study found that around 75 per cent of astronauts (Mike Hopkins is pictured) resorted to sleeping pills during spaceflight, raising concerns about the effect the drugs may be having on their performance. Government health guidelines warn patients taking sleeping pills not to engage in hazardous occupations requiring a high degree of mental alertness and co-ordination. ...read
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Experts have run tests on the tree (main picture) in the St Cynog’s churchyard at Defynnog near Sennybridge, Powys, including DNA and ring dating. The tree was planted on the north side of an ancient burial mound, which is now the churchyard, probably in honour of a neolithic chieftain. The yew is so old that it has split into two halves - one 40ft (12 metres) wide and the other 20 ft (6 metres) wide. The tree has long been a symbolic plant because of its evergreen leaves and toxic red berries (pictured, top right). ...read
Google already receiving 'right to be forgotten' requests after EU court rules that personal data must be deleted from search results on demand
The firm is yet to put a process, to handle the expected flood of requests in place after Tuesday's ruling said the source, who is not authorised to speak on the record about the issue. The decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union, which affects 500 million citizens, requires that search services remove information deemed 'inadequate, irrelevant or no longer relevant' and failure to do so can result in fines. ...read
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