Some members of gen Z spend hundreds of pounds every year on makeup.
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Boosting body confidence should be as important as boosting sales to beauty brands.
Portrait of Madame Gely by Frederick Carl Frieseke (1907).
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From Madame de Pompadour to punks and pussy protest hats, pink has always been the colour of choice for those who dare to make a statement.
Issa chimpanzees live in a woodland dominated environment interspersed with riparian forests, grasslands, and rocky out-crops.
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Almost all theories of human bipedalism explain it as a terrestrial adaptation. A new study does not support that view.
The target chamber at the National Ignition Facility has been the site of a number of breakthroughs in fusion physics.
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The promise of abundant, clean energy powered by nuclear fusion is one big step closer thanks to a new experiment. The results are a historic scientific milestone, but energy production remains a ways off.
Police lead Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss away from a house in Hessen, Frankfurt after a raid on December 7.
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A group touting revisionist visions of German history wanted to install minor aristocrat Heinrich XIII as German leader.
It’s only wishful thinking that you can ward off mosquitoes from within.
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A medical myth persists that the B vitamin thiamine is a systemic insect repellent that wards off mosquitoes when taken orally. But scientists have disproven this mistaken belief again and again.
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The key is to understand what is happening, and then help them relax.
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A Pandoravirus has been revived after remaining dormant in the Siberian permafrost for nearly 50,000 years.
Jonathan Van Ness has been candid about his struggles with the eating disorder.
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Television personality Jonathan Van Ness is the latest celebrity to speak candidly about their struggles with the condition.
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Switzerland’s arrangement with the EU involves legal compromises the UK isn’t willing to make.
Shorter working weeks can make people happier and more productive.
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Companies trialling four-day working weeks are considering making it permanent.
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Lecanemab slows progression of early-stage Alzheimer’s disease in some, new study shows. But the ‘adverse events’ are significant.
Redwood forests like this one in California can store large amounts of carbon, but not if they’re being cut down.
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Millions of dollars have gone into California’s forest carbon offset program – with little new carbon storage to show for it, a new study suggests.
The Brazilian’s football team’s yellow shirt has become a symbol of Bolsonaro in recent years.
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Support for Brazil’s football team may be breaking down political division in the country, at least for now.
Checking food prices.
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What’s really causing food prices to rise?
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Some countries, like Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, Zambia, and Nigeria, have been more proactive than others, but it is still hard for many to get PrEP.
The more often you expose yourself to loud noise, the greater your risk of hearing loss.
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Noise-induced hearing loss is permanent, which is why looking after your hearing while you’re young is so crucial.
A construction worker at the Lusail Stadium, Qatar, in 2019.
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New data mapping death sentences in the Gulf states once again highlights Qatar’s questionable human rights record.
Getting to the root cause of your anxiety is key in treating the problem.
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This problem is more common than you think.
One in 8 billion.
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Only insects populations can compare to rising human numbers.