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TELLY fans are bracing for yet another Sky TV guide shake-up in days.The broadcasting giant is expected to rebrand two channels this week – and one is taking place today.2Check those numbered buttons on your TV remote – you might need to tap them slightly differently to find your favourite channelsCredit: SkyEvery month, Sky makes changes to the TV guide.Sometimes it means dozens of channels being swapped, renamed, or even killed off completely.Just last week, Sky History+1 closed permanently, vanishing from satellite channel slot 223 (or 224 in Scotland).The next change is on Monday, April 14 – yes, today.Sky is rebranding…

THOUSANDS of heart attacks and strokes could be prevented with a combination of two drugs, a new study suggests.Patients who were given statins as well as ezetimibe within 12 weeks of a heart attack had better prognosis.1Combining two cost-effective drugs – one of which is already prescribed to patients after a heart attack – could better prevent another from occurringCredit: GettyThey were able to lower cholesterol faster and were at less risk of a new cardiovascular events or death than those who received the add-on ezetimibe between 13 weeks and 16 months, or not at all, according to the study.Professor…

A CREEPY new video reveals the full horror of the world’s first “synthetic human” twitching into life.The bot – dubbed Protoclone – is built with artificial muscle, bone and sinew to recreate the structure of the human body.6Protoclone in 4K | Synthetic Human with Artificial MusclesCredit: YouTube6Protoclone in 4K | Synthetic Human with Artificial MusclesCredit: YouTube6Protoclone in 4K | Synthetic Human with Artificial MusclesCredit: YouTubeA new promo vid from its creators, Clone Robotics, show the unnerving thing jerking around.Hanging from a series of ropes, the hyper-realistic machine lurches its limbs in the air.It then flexes its spindly fingers and seems…

MOST of us don’t give our joints much thought – but our bodies have around 350 of them, and they’re pretty important.From the tiny ones in our toes to our shoulders, hips and knees, our joints keep us moving – whether we’re walking, running, or simply bending down to tie our laces. 3It’s vital to look after our joints as we ageCredit: GettyUnfortunately, if we don’t look after them properly, they can cause serious issues as we age.Dr Wendy Holden, consultant rheumatologist and medical adviser to Arthritis Action, tells Sun Health: “It can lead to stiffness, aches and even arthritis – a…

NINTENDO super-fans might have to fork out hundreds over the asking price for the company’s new “sold out” console.Gamers face paying more than £1,000 for the Nintendo Switch 2 as early buyers flood eBay with pre-orders for the console.6The Nintendo Switch 2 has only been up for pre-order for a few days and it’s already sold outCredit: Nintendo6One completed listing on eBay for the gadget went for over £1,000Credit: eBay / The SunThat’s a stark contrast to the new gaming machine’s regular retail price of £395.99.One eBay listing seen by The Sun had the console up for £1,025.70, bundled with…

DOCTORS have successfully reattached a woman’s head after her skull became detached from her spine while playing football. Megan King revealed how she was left “internally decapitaded” after she fell to the ground while playing soccer in 2005. 4Megan King revealed how she was left “internally decapitaded” after she fell to the ground while playing soccerCredit: instagram//thetravelinghaloofhope/4Now, after 37 painful surgeries, Ms King’s skull has been fixed to her spine, all he day down to her pelvisCredit: instagram//thetravelinghaloofhope/4Doctors were left baffled by her medical condition as to why she was not able to healCredit: instagram//thetravelinghaloofhope/Ms King, who was just 16…

A SIMPLE smell test could reveal if you’re at higher risk of dying in the next six years. Loss of smell could predict future illness, signalling conditions such as dementia and frailty, scientists said. 1A poor sense of smell has been linked to conditions like dementia as well as a higher risk of deathCredit: GettyPrevious research has shown that older adults with a poor sense of smell have a higher risk of mortality, but the mechanisms behind this link have remained unclear. Scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden found that adults who frequently misidentified smells were more likely to…

FOR centuries wars have been fought on the frontline – but in the future we could see WW3 taking place among the stars. While it would play out some 2,000kilometres above ground, it could have devastating effects on humans on Earth as crucial global services and machines grind to a standstill.5There are all kinds of orbital weaponry currently being developed, from chemical lasers and particle beams to top-secret military space planesCredit: Getty5And all it would require is an attack on a few dozen GPS satellites, according to former Air Marshall Andrew Turner CBE, who is now co-founder of consultancy Space4Sight.Adversaries…

THE world’s first baby conceived by a sperm-injecting robot has been born. A 40-year-old woman who’d struggled to get pregnant through IVF gave birth to the tot, with the helping hand of an AI-operated machine. 1What the embryologist sees through the microscope when performing routine manual ICSI vs what they see when performing remotely controlled automated ICSICredit: Conceivable Life SciencesOne method of IVF is intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI), where a single sperm cell is injected into mature eggs in a lab dish.This process was developed in the 1990s and is now widely used – in cases of male infertility, as…

ALIEN life could be hiding away on the vast ocean of a nearby moon.Scientists say there’s a chance that a “small population” could be tucked away on Titan, the biggest of Saturn’s moons.5This image captured by Nasa’s Cassini craft shows the dark side of Titan, one of Saturn’s moonsCredit: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/Space Science InstituteAlien-hunters have long suspected that life-forms could survive on a Saturn moon.And icy Titan is a good candidate due to the ocean concealed beneath its “thick, hazy atmosphere”.The University of Arizona describes it as “covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like ‘sand”.And…