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Her shocking claims of a "dirty business" were dismissed as delusional.25 May 202620 May 2026The 27-year-old food scientist who became the first British person in spaceIt's 35 years since Helen Sharman boarded a space capsule heading into orbit, all thanks to a job ad that she had stumbled upon.20 May 202619 May 2026How an ecological blunder led to a national health crisis in JapanA decision made 70 years ago to reforest vast swathes of Japan with just two kinds of tree has come back to haunt the country.19 May 2026...
