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Queen's Brian May clears badgers of TB rap

Gail Sherman

Aug 23, 2024
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Image by Edward Hasting-Evans / shutterstock.com
Image by Edward Hasting-Evans / shutterstock.com

Brian May is a modern-day polymath – guitarist, astrophysicist, and defender of badgers. May famously gave up studying astrophysics to play guitar for Queen, but he returned to his studies and belatedly earned his PhD in 2007. In addition to continuing his work in astrophysics, May also spent the last 12 y…

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