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tabloids Royal sex & drug scandal, the Queen & Michael Douglas dying, and Miley Cyrus’s demonic possession, in this week’s dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

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media The British press used to be amazingly homophobic, and the backsliding has begun Rob Beschizza

Science A teenage science geek's quest to collect every element on the periodic table David Pescovitz

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privacy LG's G7 ThinQ smartphone looks like a great handset but it creeps me out Seamus Bellamy

video Ridley Scott unpacks the original Alien chestburster scene Andrea James

fake news Trump saves America, Hillary caught fleeing, and drugs, sex and lies at Fox News, in this week’s tabloids Peter Sheridan

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Gadgets New MacBook Pro "great for hackers" Rob Beschizza

Gadgets How to perform a magic gimmick in a way that astounds Cory Doctorow

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