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.
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Students who believe in themselves are more likely to think carefully about a project.
People shout slogans during a protest in Jakarta against plans to evict 7,500 residents from Rempang island to make way for a Chinese-owned glass factory as part of an ‘Ecocity’ development.
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The international quest for green energy is reliant on ‘sacrificial zones’ in developing countries.
The Orionids meteor shower takes place between October and November.
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The meteor shower happens when Earth passes through debris from Halley’s comet.
Basil Rathbone in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1939).
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It is how the detectives respond to superstition which cements the connections between the Conan Doyle and Christie stories
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The US Food and Drug Administration has reported that the decongestant phenylephrine, taken in oral form, does not work.