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.
EPA/Nigel Roddis
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.
EPA-EFE/Maxim Blinov/Sputnik/Kremlin pool
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.
Voice of America, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.
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.
EPA-EFE/Marcin Bielecki
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.
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The clitoris is not small at all, it’s just that only 10% of the organ is actually visible.
A Frost Fair on the Thames at Temple Stairs, London by Abraham Hondius (1684).
Museum of London
While you enjoy a hot chocolate and a spin on the teacups, take a moment to thank the frost fairs of our ancestors for starting a beloved Christmas tradition.
President Xi Jinping with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud in December.
Xinhua/Alamy Stock Photo
The region is well placed to satisfy China’s huge oil needs.
A towering dust devil casts a serpentine shadow over the Martian surface.
NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona
The first ever sound recording of a dust devil on Mars reminds us that there is a lot to learn about how they sculpt the landscape.
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We can be much better at exploiting finance and economics to tackle climate change.
Artist impression of WASP b and its star.
NASA, ESA, CSA, and J. Olmsted (STScI)
The James Webb space telescope is making the headlines again – this time completing its first chemical inventory of a distant, exotic world.