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Social media challenges can be fun, entertaining – and deadly. Here’s what you need to know about some of the most dangerous.
Soviet troops and T-34 tanks counterattacking form the southern front, July 1943.
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This time it is Ukrainian troops that are on the offensive.
Human hearts differ from those belonging to our closest relatives like the chimpanzee.
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New research reveals that the human heart has evolved distinct structural and functional traits that set it apart from our closest great ape relatives.
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From boosting energy to reducing the risk of developing chronic diseases, a few cups of coffee every day could be beneficial for your health.
Human poo could potentially be an alternative to spreading animal manure on fields as a fertiliser.
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A tale of two poos - attitudes towards the agricultural use of human excretion-based fertiliser differ between Japan and England as new research shows.
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Novelist and activist Mrs Humphry Ward was dedicated to the cause of keeping women out of political life.
‘D’ is for dynamic… though also disappointing.
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Labour’s decision to cancel the UK’s next-generation supercomputer is just the tip of the iceberg.
Around half of us now use a wearable device that quantifies some part of our lives.
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A new study reveals strengths and weaknesses of the gadgets we use to monitor our lives.
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There are many greetings that provide a unique glimpse into the culture of its speakers, reflecting different traditions and ways of acknowledging, respecting and honouring others.
Rosacea is a long-term inflammatory skin condition that causes redness, rashes and visible blood vessels on the face, usually on the nose and cheeks.
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Don’t overlook your nose – it’s could have plenty to tell you about the state of your health
There are plenty of budgeting techniques to choose from.
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Understanding how you spend money can help you choose the right budgeting technique.
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Dogs and infants may not be able to tell us what they’re thinking, but we are developing the tools that will help us find out.
People wait to exchange their currency at a currency exchange office in Astana, Kazakhstan, in August 2015.
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Kazakhstan’s abrupt currency devaluation in 2015 hit the poor hardest.
Pertroleum-dependent nations like Algeria could be in for a rough ride.
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Whereas oil producers like Saudi and the UAE are spending heavily to diversify away from carbon, the same can’t be said of many other Opec members.
Don’t try to get to the bottom of your inbox on your first day back.
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All good things must come to an end, but being back at your desk after a holiday doesn’t have to be a trauma.
The School of Athens by Raphael, (1509–1511).
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Paradoxes point to conceptual glitches or bugs. How to fix the bugs, or whether they can be fixed, is rarely obvious.
A game-changing book on where technology is taking us.
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This is the story of a range of new technologies that are getting cheaper and being adopted at such speeds that society can barely keep up.
Former US president, Donald Trump, speaking in Detroit in 2024.
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Roman writers set out a playbook for rhetoric but also worried about morals and power.
Thermometers housed in a ‘Stevenson screen’ high up in the Alps.
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A white box designed by Robert Louis Stevenson’s dad revolutionised weather monitoring, and is still in use.
Ulster Hall in 1890 - second building from the left.
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Tyndall was an early supporter of the idea that matter can be conscious.