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Rosie JonesComic and top doc makerAbba Voyage, London (2023)Rosie Jones. Photograph: Ejatu Shaw/The GuardianI went to Abba Voyage in March this year, for the second time, but this felt really special because I went with my mum, who is my favourite person and my biggest cheerleader. I grew up listening to Abba with her and it felt so lovely for it just to be me and her. It’s such an incredible experience: for the first five minutes you marvel at the technology but after that you absolutely forget that it’s not really them…

Born in London, Lewis, 38, went to stage school at the age of six. After winning The X Factor, she released her debut album, Spirit, in 2007. Her song Bleeding Love was No 1 in 35 countries and became 2008’s bestselling single worldwide. In 2009, she sang I See You, the theme for the film Avatar. Nominated for three Grammys and six Brits, she has won Mobo, MTV and World Music awards. This year, she celebrates the 10th anniversary of her album Christmas, With Love, which gave her the festive hit One More Sleep. She is…

Our most-read science stories this week contain a few timeless life lessons. One, don’t go into an MRI room carrying metal, particularly if that metal is a loaded gun. Two, don’t cross a killer whale, even if you’re a great white shark. And finally, never judge a sea cucumber by its cover—no matter how repulsive that cover appears to be. - Rose PastoreZillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedWoman Enters MRI Machine With a Gun, Gets Shot in ButtImage: nimon (Shutterstock)A woman’s medical exam turned…

The bright star Betelgeuse, a prominent member of the Orion constellation, is set to be occulted by the asteroid Leona on December 11. This occurrence, expected to last no more than 10 seconds, will cause the star to temporarily vanish from sight, a phenomenon visible along a narrow path on Earth.Zillow Says You’ll Buy Your Next House With… AI? | AI UnlockedThe fascinating event is expected in the night sky on Tuesday, December 11 at approximately 8:17 p.m. ET (Wednesday, December 12 at 00:17 UT). This rare occultation…

The 2006 X Factor winner’s career could hardly have got off with more of a bang: No 1 in 35 countries with her first single Bleeding Love, and two UK chart-topping albums. Since then, though, Lewis has split with mentor Simon Cowell and in 2016 pulled out of a Broadway production of Cats citing an autoimmune condition. Without a studio album since 2015’s I Am, she is finally touring 2013 festive album Christmas, With Love. “Has anyone got their trees up yet?” she yells. “My kind of people.”After previous forays into…

The first song I remember hearingSave the Best for Last by Vanessa Williams was used in a series of adverts for Bisto gravy in the 90s, where they poured the gravy in slow motion. For some reason, it was the first song that really had an effect on me.The first single that I boughtI remember my mum giving me a pound to buy Wannabe by the Spice Girls on cassette from Woolworths in Stoke Newington when cassette singles only cost 99p!The song I do at karaokeI haven’t been to karaoke in a long time, but when I do, I do like…

Scientist Leona Zacharias was a rare woman. She graduated from Barnard College in 1927 with a degree in biology, followed by a Ph.D. from Columbia University. But throughout her career she labored behind men with loftier titles who got the bulk of the credit. In the 1940s, when premature newborns were going blind after being born with perfectly healthy eyes, Dr. Zacharias was part of the team that worked to root out the cause. In this inaugural episode of Lost Women of Science Shorts, host Katie Hafner visits the…