Celebrate Nos Galan Gaeaf with some Welsh gothic fiction.
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These five works of Welsh gothic literature will not only help you explore Wales through the macabre but are likely to give you a good scare too.
Away from the fighting, information warfare is proving to be an active front in the Ukraine war.
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The use of deepfake videos seems to undermine people’s trust in all types of media.
Janet Leigh in Psycho (1960).
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Horror films incorporate varied musical influences, but there are some things many scary soundtracks have in common.
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Britain’s energy price cap is lower than last year but there are still several factors that could increase energy costs this winter.
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About half of our Halloween pumpkins go entirely uneaten.
Three women executed as witches in Derneburg Germany in October 1555.
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Witchcraft is an enduring source of fascination but also prone to popular misconceptions.
An image from January 2023 showing an X1.2 class flare erupting on the Sun (far left hand side).
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A more active Sun could disable satellites and affect electrical grids on Earth.
Sleep tight…
Dr Richard Naylor
The trouble is most countries don’t make bed bug infestation data available to researchers.
Gaza and its people have suffered 75 years of poverty, isolation and violence.
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Dates that changed the course of history in what has been called ‘the world’s largest open-air prison’.
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When wild animals survive the initial trauma, blood loss and infection risk without medical help, it’s astonishing that they can adapt to life with three limbs.
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The decline of seaweed as part of the staple diet in Europe remains a mystery.
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Autumn is arriving later in the year – climate change is probably to blame.
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Life seems to just mysteriously ‘emerge’ from non-living parts, such as elementary particles.
Twenty people were killed when a temple in Shimla, northern India, collapsed under a landslide in August 2023.
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Haphazard construction has made the region more vulnerable to increasingly intense rainfall.
The Royal Charter was shipwrecked at Porth Alerth near Moelfre on Anglesey.
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More than 800 lives were lost in the Royal Charter storm but it also led to improvements in weather forecasting.
Many LGBTQ+ people do not access drug and alcohol support services because they fear stigma and discrimination.
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LGBTQ+ people face barriers to accessing substance use services, but research shows there are ways to make them more inclusive and supportive.
Most of the world washes their clothing by hand.
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Simply trying to avoid synthetic clothing won’t fix our microfibre pollution problem
Turning around the platform is a Musk.
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It’s a year since Elon Musk took charge of Twitter. His plan for charging new customers looks like another mis-step.
Cyber goths in London.
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Goth has always been about mixing things up and adapting what you find to fit your own aesthetic.
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It is unknown exactly how SSRIs and psychedelics treat depression, but their ability to boost flexibility may be more important than previously thought.