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williamhparkon Ageing is not an inevitable fact of life

I prefer the original title of the article: "The secret of living to 200 years old". Does what it says. Not sure why it was changed.

williamhparkon Following WWII, a plan to use a Nazi rocket to put a Briton in space

Thanks for pointing this out. I left 'Nazi rocket' in as I felt it was essential to the point of the article: A story about clamour to obtain wartime tech to repurpose for space exploration.

The reason for the change is simple. The one misleading term in the title is the word 'Briton'. A Briton is not a British person, but rather an archaic term for a Celtic person who inhabited ancient Britain.

I thought it would be FAR more click-baity to suggest an ancient Celt tried to reach space in a rocket.

williamhparkon NASA announces discovery of Earth-like planet with earth similarity index 0.98

This is so misleading. Even if it turns out to be true, this shouldn't be up here yet.

williamhparkon The strange phenomenon of musical frisson

Do you mean humming?

williamhparkon A 3D live map of the London Underground

Thanks for clearing that up!