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MORE than five millions children are now taking part in an incredible health initiative – started by a school headteacher.The The Daily Mile – which launched in 2012 – has gone from a playground health kick to worldwide phenomenon.3Children from around the world now take part in the Daily MileCredit: The Daily Mile3Elaine Wyllie started the initiative in a school playground in Scotland in 2012Credit: The Daily MileIt involves classes heading outside to run, walk or wheel around the school grounds for 15 minutes a day.The initiative started with just 30 children in a Scottish school to more than five…

THE world’s tallest mansion is a sight to behold towering above the city and sitting level with the clouds.Built on top of a 400ft skyscraper in Bengaluru, India, the 400ft beast is one of a kind – but the owner may never set foot inside. 5The world’s tallest mansion sits on top of a skyscraperCredit: Srihari Karanth/YouTube5Vijay Mallya owns the buildingCredit: AP:Associated PressThe two-storey replica of the White House sits of the famously fancy Kingfisher Towers and covers an area of 40,000 square metres.The £16million masterpiece mansion is built on a giant cantilever slab on the top of the tower in…

A CLEVER Apple AirPods trick is perfect for when you’re travelling on a train or plane.But it can be useful almost anywhere – you just need a friend with you.1You can pair two sets of AirPods or Beats using the Share Audio buttonCredit: AppleSome iPhone owners don’t realise that you can share audio with two pairs of AirPods.In fact, this trick also works with Beats headphones too.It means you can watch the same video – or listen to the same music – with a friend, all from one device.And it solves that problem of having to each wear a single…

A PIG kidney has been given to a man in a world first animal-to-human transplant. Richard Slayman, 62, had an earlier kidney transplant in 2018 but it started to fail last year, putting his life at serious risk.9Surgeons perform the world’s first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a living humanCredit: AP9Surgeons prepare the pig kidney for transplantationCredit: AP9A nurse removes the pig kidney from its box to prepare for transplantationCredit: AP9The four-hour surgery took place on Saturday at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), in Boston.Because it was the first of its kind, the transplant was carried out under the…

A SOLDIER who survived a Taliban siege in Afghanistan is offering thousands of pounds worth of flights, designer handbags and signed football shirts to raise cash for Help For Heroes.Former Private Russell Webb, 36, was part of a band of brothers surrounded by hundreds of Taliban fighters for weeks in 2008.3Former soldier Russell Webb, 36, with thousands of pounds worth of prizes ahead of Saturday’s Help 4 Heroes fund-raising raffleCredit: Supplied3Private Webb as a soldier in 2008Credit: Supplied3Russell previously appeared in The Sun when SAS-legend Andy McNab reached his outpost in AfghanistanCredit: SuppliedHe appeared in The Sun when SAS-legend Andy…

A HUMANOID robot called Draco 3 is being trained to do mundane tasks and could one day clean your dishes or cook for you at home.The U.S. Sun took part in a training session demonstration for the robot at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas.1The U.S. Sun took part in a humanoid robot training session to see the tech behind the scenesCredit: Charlotte Edwards/The U.S. SunProfessor Luis Sentis from the University of Texas, Austin led the session alongside three colleagues.They revealed how teaching a humanoid can involve four methods.The first is kinesthetic teaching, which involves touching the robot.A second…

A CONDITION that warps peoples faces so they look like “demons” sounds like the stuff of nightmares. But it’s the everyday reality for people with an extremely rare condition called prosopometamorphopsia (PMO). 4Prosopometamorphopsia is a condition which causes peoples people’s to appear warpedCredit: A. Mello et al4So far, only 75 case reports about PMO have been publishedCredit: A. Mello et al’Prosopo’ is the Greek word for face, while ‘metamorphopsia’ describes transformation or distortion. Specific symptoms of PMO can vary from case to case, but it can affect the shape, size, colour, and position of facial features. They may droop, appear…

COPS had the last laugh after a man dumped two sofas in a field saying he had only “put it there” and would come back later.To the sound of “The Lion Sleeps Tonight”, police in Italy tipped the furniture back on his front garden by dump truck, topping it off with a €10,000 (£8,500) fine. 5’Lost something?’ cops in Italy wrote when they found these two couches dumped in a fieldCredit: Polizia Romano di Lombardia5Officers had the last laugh against the fly-tipper after dumping the sofas back into his front gardenCredit: Polizia Romano di Lombardia5The resident, a 36-year-old man, was…

CHINA has built a 20-storey tall nuclear space engine to power a mission to Mars.Boffins have reportedly been ordered to “innovate” the project “or die” as the nation sets the stage for a new era in the global space race.7Picture of the nuclear reactor developed by ChinaCredit: Chinese Academy of Sciences7China has already launched preparatory missions for life on MarsCredit: South China Morning Post7A simulation base in the Gobi desert includes a variety of space facilities rocky, martian-like landscapeCredit: South China Morning Post7Visitors would live just like they would on MarsCredit: South China Morning PostFollowing a collaboration of more than…

BRITISH scientists are developing the world’s first vaccine for lung cancer.It will work by training the immune system to seek and destroy “red flag” proteins that appear on lung cells that have potentially cancerous mutations inside.1The world-first vaccine could prevent cancer cases and deaths if trials are successfulCredit: AlamyExperts from Oxford University, University College London and the Francis Crick Institute will conduct a two-year, £1.7million study of the jab with cash from Cancer Research UK.Lung cancer is the deadliest common cancer in Britain, with around 50,000 cases and 35,000 deaths every year.Seven in 10 cases are linked to smoking.Trial leader…