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Venus, named for the goddess of love, is no cuddly place
Scientists have spotted evidence of potential life on the planet Venus, though they emphasized that more work needs to be done to confirm whether or not life - possibly aerial microbes - exists or whether there is an alternative non-biological explanation for their findings.

Humour: In praise of hospitals
A walk down the sanitised corridors of bland food and curious procedures

Heat tops 45 degrees in France for first time as deadly heatwave roasts Europe
With France, Spain, Italy and parts of central Europe particularly badly hit by the high temperatures, officials urged people to take common sense precautions -- complaining that this was not always the case.

Over 20 dead in United States polar vortex, frostbite amputations feared
Tens of millions of Americans braved Arctic-like temperatures on Thursday as low as minus 56 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 49 Celsius) that paralysed the US Midwest and were blamed for at least 21 deaths.

Colder than Antarctica: Brutal deep freeze grips US Midwest
The National Weather service said the temperature in Chicago dropped on Wednesday morning to minus 19 degrees, breaking the previous record low for the day set in 1966.
