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We Now Have a Better Idea of Who’s Bidding on ‘Doctor Who’
The BBC's competitive tender process is now underway to determine the future of the long-running sci-fi series.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Gizmodo
Why do people look better in a mirror than in a photograph?
WorldPingWhat happened
This question was posed as part of New Scientist’s Last Word series, in which readers give scientific answers to each other’s questions.Here’s what our readers had to say…
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- Reported by New Scientist and published Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:00 UTC.
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Canada suspends plans to expand assisted dying to people with mental illness
People with mental illness alone were to be eligible for assisted dying in Canada in March 2027, but that has now been paused indefinitely.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by BBC News
WorldPingThe Hindu
19-year-old student in Poland injures 8 people in school attack
The attack took place about 11 a.m. local time at the Vocational School Complex No.4 in Ostroleka, about 120 kilometres northeast of Warsaw, police said…
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Hindu
WorldPingThe Guardian
‘In the wake of death, Courtney Love was giving it her all’: Hole’s Melissa auf der Maur on her best photograph
‘This is Courtney doing her makeup on the ’95 Lollapalooza tour.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by The Guardian
Washington Post
WorldPingWashington Post
Israeli settlers beat AFP photographer covering violence in West Bank
Jaafar Ashityeh, 58, was attacked while reporting the same story — settler attacks during the Palestinian olive harvest — last year, too.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Washington Post
Al Jazeera
WorldPingAl Jazeera
Henri Kagan, Kenso Soai win Nobel chemistry prize for ‘mirror image’ work
Scientists honoured for solving mystery of asymmetric molecules that has helped in manufacture of pharmaceuticals.
Brief by WorldPing · Original reporting by Al Jazeera