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Far outResearchA radiant sea of energyA Mormon and electrical engineer based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Dr Thomas Henry Moray was fascinated with the idea of drawing energy from the environment. In 1911, while on missionary work in Sweden aged 19, Moray found a source of a soft, silvery white crystal whose identity he never fully revealed but would change his life forever. Placed inside a crystal radio set, the substance produced a signal so strong that it destroyed headphones and made large speakers roar.

The ObserverFungiWe have a complicated relationship with mushrooms but, as scientists point out, they are a wonder weapon in our fight to help the environment so we need to make our peace with them The scene couldn’t be more British. There are picnic blankets, dogs and hungover-looking men shouting at their children. Thanks to recent rain, mushrooms shaped like huge white breasts have sprouted from the tussocks. Naturally, everyone ignores them, except for an inquisitive toddler, who reaches out a pudgy hand, before it is quickly snatched away.

FootballObituaryFrancis Lee obituaryOne of the greatest Manchester City footballers who went on to become a successful businessman and chairman of the clubThe footballer Francis Lee, who has died aged 79, was a prolific striker who won the First Division title with Manchester City in 1968 and then did the same with Derby County in 1975. Up front in various positions for England he was also a highly effective operator, including at the 1970 World Cup finals in Mexico, where he appeared in celebrated matches against Brazil and West Germany.

Motor sportHollywood stunt driver Sara Price is first US woman to win Dakar Rally stageCalifornian raised $500,000 to take part in raceDriver is an X Games medalist and dirt bike championSara Price slid out of her off-road vehicle at the Dakar Rally, after a rigorous ride through the dust and dunes in Saudi Arabia, and checked for certain she had made history in the endurance event. “I don’t think an American female’s ever won a stage, right,” she asked.

A book that changed meLGBTQ+ rights This article is more than 10 years oldHow the Gay Liberation Front Manifesto helped to shape meThis article is more than 10 years oldPeter TatchellThe 1971 manifesto expanded my civil rights perspective into a radical critique of heterosexism, male privilege and gender rolesThe Gay Liberation Front Manifesto was a revolution in consciousness when it was published in London in 1971, and it remains revolutionary today.

The Queensland Alumina smelter at Gladstone. Rio Tinto has taken full control after Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg, who both hold stakes, were sanctioned by the Australian government. Photograph: Lincoln Fowler/AlamyThe Queensland Alumina smelter at Gladstone. Rio Tinto has taken full control after Russian oligarchs Oleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg, who both hold stakes, were sanctioned by the Australian government. Photograph: Lincoln Fowler/AlamyAustralia news This article is more than 1 year oldRio Tinto takes full control of Queensland alumina refinery after Russian oligarchs sanctionedThis article is more than 1 year oldOleg Deripaska and Viktor Vekselberg hold stakes in the Gladstone based refiner, which has been under pressure to cut ties after Ukraine invasion

US Congress This article is more than 1 month oldUS Congress passes stripped-down measure to release UFO recordsThis article is more than 1 month oldNational Archives directed to collect reports but measure gives government departments broad authority to keep them secret If the truth about UFOs is out there, the American government doesn’t want you to see it yet. Just months after US space agency Nasa appointed a research director of unidentified anomalous phenomena, and promised more transparency about what it knows, the US Congress has acted to throttle the flow of information that ultimately reaches the public.

Music blogMusicWho should wear the Flute of Shame?Nominate the musicians you think are most deserving of this medieval instrument of tortureFor whom the whistle blows ... the Flute of Shame I was visiting Amsterdam's Torture Museum the other day - as you do, when it's raining and you've reached saturation point with sex, drugs and the little men selling tulips and asking for money to take your photo - when a fiendish little device caught my attention.

AbortionThe hardline fragment of the anti-abortion movement is gaining traction in the wake of Roe v Wade’s fall When Dusty Deevers won his race to become an Oklahoma state senator on Tuesday night, he wasted no time in making sure his new constituents knew what he stood for. “Here in Oklahoma, it’s time to abolish abortion, abolish pornography, abolish the state income tax and give power and equal representation back to the people!