Starlings flock to the West Pier.
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Historic paintings can be just as valuable as educational tools as videos created using the latest technologies.
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Leaks of thousands of messages show government officials making light of lockdowns and joking about frightening the public.
Calculating how the budget will affect your finances.
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To encourage the ‘economically inactive’ back to work, the government is changing pensions, childcare funding and creating more support for people with long-term illnesses.
A perspective view across Maat Mons on Venus, based on Magellan radar data.
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Decades old images reveal that a volcano erupted on Venus in 1991.
UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt outside 11 Downing Street in London before presenting the latest government budget to Parliament.
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March 15, 2023
Phil Tomlinson , University of Bath ; Alan Shipman , The Open University ; Andrew Burlinson , University of East Anglia ; Catherine Waddams , University of East Anglia ; Despina Alexiadou , University of Strathclyde ; Gavin Midgley , University of Surrey ; Jim Watson , UCL ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Karl Matikonis , Queen's University Belfast , and Steven McCabe , Birmingham City University
Childcare, pensions and support for energy bills are among the main budget plans for the UK government.
There was little time for water from the Earth’s atmosphere to contaminate the meteorite after it fell.
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In 2021, searchers recovered a meteorite that fell over the UK just hours earlier. Scientists have now reconstructed its story.
Dances and concerts were usually the only opportunity for patients to meet in a large group.
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Even the Victorians knew the powerful effect music has on mental health.
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Children and teenagers can add to our knowledge of the natural world through citizen science projects.
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The public inquiry exposes key individual failings while previous findings suggested bad luck was at play. This shows that talking to officers on the ground is vital if lessons are to be learnt.
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Over 12 months of conflict, the Kremlin has relied on its tried and tested disinformation playbook.
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Members of Sunak’s own party could disrupt his biggest policy move yet.
black hole.
Astronomers have found that mysterious dark energy may originate in black holes.
Cleanup of the wreckage of a collapsed building in Diyarbakır, Turkey.
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The Turkish government was well aware of earthquake-resilient construction techniques.
Playing Dungeons & Dragons.
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To maintain its competitive edge, the owners of Dungeons & Dragons are proposing changes to the ownership of the game’s intellectual property and the way it makes money.
Meet Artemis, the Greek Goddess of chastity, childbirth and the moon.
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There’s a long history in our society of period pain being played down, or just considered “normal”. But there’s plenty of evidence in the historical records that women have always experienced it.
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Many UK employers have moved ahead of the government to make working life easier for menopausal employees.
US Abrams and Polish-owned German Leopard 2 tanks in exercises in Oland, May 2022.
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If the west fulfils its promise to supply 300 modern main battle tanks to Ukraine, it could be a gamechanger.
Vaginal and anal speculum were used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Speculums can be painful and invasive for many women.
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El clítoris no es pequeño en absoluto. Lo que ocurre es que solo el 10 % del órgano es realmente visible.
Many countries are dealing with a rapidly rising cost of living.
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January 6, 2023
Alan Shipman , The Open University ; Aymen Smondel , Université Côte d’Azur ; Bhima Yudhistira Adhinegara , Center of Economic and Law Studies (CELIOS) ; John W. Diamond , Rice University ; Luis Garvía Vega , Universidad Pontificia Comillas ; Mohamad Hassan Shahrour , IAE Nice - Université Côte d'Azur ; Peter Martin , Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University , and Wayne Simpson , University of Manitoba
Price inflation has hit countries differently, but most central banks and governments are concerned about the rising cost of living in 2023.