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Science Editor at The Daily Telegraph, former Society of Editors Science Journalist of the Year, and Highly Commended sarah.knapton@telegraph.co.uk
London/North Easttelegraph.co.ukJoined January 2009

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Fact of the day: The Danish word 'hygge' derives from the Old Norse 'hugga' - to console/comfort - and is also the root of our word 'hug'
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I'm proud to live in a country where the police manifest such compassion for the virtuous concerns of eco-protesters, gently coaxing them with coffee and counselling them not to glue themselves to the road, while fraught paramedics watch people die in the back of an ambulance. 🫥
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Ambulance delayed and forced to navigate through the gridlock at Knightsbridge after Just Stop Oil protestors blocked the roads @LBC
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Fact of the day: Fairy lights are so called after Richard D’Oyly Carte was so impressed with the electric lights at the Savoy Hotel, he commissioned Joseph Swan to create tiny versions for the fairies in ‘Iolanthe’ at the Savoy theatre in 1882.
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What does a baby rhino sound like? Certainly not anything like we thought they would. If we had to describe their sound, it would probably be a cross between dolphins and when you pinch the neck of a balloon to let the air out [full video by DoctorDuni: buff.ly/2p2JB4t]
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Network Rail's maintenance staff earn nearly a fifth more than workers doing comparable roles. Study found total reward - including pension costs and other benefits - for maintenance workers at Network Rail is "18% above the market median". Many will be striking RMT members.
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Tory MPs are facing the grim choice of either rallying behind a deeply unpopular PM, or potentially triggering a general election that, right now, they would almost certainly lose. Feels like the beginning of the end either way.
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I trust this will follow the standard procedure, which is them failing to clear this with the artist, who will release a statement by teatime saying they hate the Tories
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A 25 minute speech later from the Prime Minister I’m told. And she’ll arrive on stage to ‘a 90s classic.’ bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-p
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Hire a car, take a bus, stay other night. Frankly this is very odd.
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Everyone I know from outside the West Midlands is leaving Conference tomorrow night because of the train strike on Wednesday. So if the PM’s speech is not packed out on Wednesday morning, you know why. Journalists please note!!!
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Say good morning to our new medicine laureate Svante Pääbo! Pääbo received the news while enjoying a cup of coffee. After the shock wore off, one of the first things he wondered was if he could share the news with his wife, Linda. Photo: Linda Vigilant
2022 medicine laureate Svante Pääbo sitting at a table drinking a cup of coffee. He is smiling.
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