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• NHS trial of blood test offers 'genuine hope' for people with some cancers

  A blood test designed to detect multiple cancers could offer "genuine hope" for people with some types of the disease, experts say.

• Huge explosion in Florida as Blue Origin rocket bursts into flames

  A Blue Origin rocket has exploded in a fireball during a late-night launchpad test - shaking nearby homes.

• Why Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space plans are on the backfoot

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• Blood test could detect Alzheimer's signs 'decades before symptoms appear'

  A blood test could detect Alzheimer's decades before symptoms appear, a study suggests.

• Google engineer charged with insider trading after D4vd bet makes $1.2m

  An Italian Google engineer has been charged with insider trading after he allegedly made $1.2m betting on prediction markets.

• This illegal casino exposed itself... and in a very surprising way

  It's not every day the organisation you investigated over a year ago emails you to announce it is back to its old ways. 

• Pope Leo warns about AI and calls for regulation as he quotes from The Lord Of The Rings

  Pope Leo has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence (AI) in a sweeping manifesto on safeguarding humankind.

• Why an industry that brought £8.8bn to UK economy last year faces uncertain future

  When we talk about the value of the video games industry in the UK, it's usually in terms of money. 

• China launches astronauts into space - as lunar race intensifies

  China has launched the Shenzhou 23 rocket into space carrying three astronauts, in a mission that will take Beijing closer to its ambition for a moon landing in 2030.

• Three new Ebola cases declared in Uganda - as DR Congo's World Cup team told to isolate

  Three new cases of Ebola have been declared in Uganda, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the current outbreak there to five.