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Chamoli disaster: 'It hit the valley floor like 15 atomic bombs' - BBC News
Scientists detail February’s catastrophic rock and ice slide in the Indian Himalaya that claimed 200 lives.
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Bidder pays $28m for space trip with Amazon's Bezos - BBC News
The mystery auction winner will be part of the the first human flight by space company Blue Origin.
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xkcd: Health Drink
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Covid: Is there a limit to how much worse variants can get? - BBC News
The coronavirus has changed and changed again, getting more transmissible each time.
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Prehistoric pottery fingerprints 'left by two men' - BBC News
The prints were found in Orkney on the fragment of a clay vessel made 5,000 years ago.
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Why more women identify as sexually fluid than men - BBC Worklife
As definitions of sexuality change and expand, women’s orientations are becoming less rigid than men's. Why?
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When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death | The New Yorker
Pie charts and scatter plots seem like ordinary tools, but they revolutionized the way we solve problems. Hannah Fry on the history of data visualization.
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BBC - Travel - Why the French rarely say 'I love you'
It likely explains why the French have the reputation of being so demonstrative about love – because if you can't really say it, you have to show it.
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Ziona Chana: Head of 'world's largest family' dies in India's Mizoram state
Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practised polygamy, had 38 wives and 89 children.
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WhatsApp launches privacy campaign after backlash - BBC News
The head of WhatsApp says governments should "demand more security" as encryption comes under fire.
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(2) The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute - YouTube
DISCOVER ANCIENT WORLDSPeek into the past and learn about dinosaurs and other amazing creatures: https://kgs.link/shop-144Sources & further reading:https://s...
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Airbnb reportedly pays tourist $7m after rape - BBC News
According to reports in Bloomberg, the company paid an Australian traveller after a 2016 attack.
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The hidden gay lives finally being uncovered - BBC Culture
In the past, the amazing stories of LGBTQ+ people were actively suppressed – which is why fiction writers are now diving into queer history and filling in the gaps, writes Matt Cain.
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Covid-19: Has the pandemic harmed our memories? - BBC Future
Has your memory got worse during the pandemic? The data is in.
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Gigafactories: Europe tools up against US and Asia as a car battery force -
As demand for electric cars grows, giant battery factories are being built across Europe.
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Liz Chicaje: Activist whose fight created a national park - BBC News
Liz Chicaje, who fought for the creation of Yaguas National Park, has been awarded the Goldman prize.
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'I was humiliated': The continuing trauma of South Korea's spy cam victims
Survivors have faced threats and bullying from police when seeking justice, says a new rights report.
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Why ineffective diversity training won't go away - BBC Worklife
Research has long shown that corporate training on diversity and sensitivity doesn't work. Why are workers still required to take it, job after job?
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Shenzhou-12: China launches first crew to new space station - BBC News
Three astronauts successfully take off for China's longest ever human spaceflight mission.
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Another life-saving Covid treatment found - BBC News
Monoclonal antibody therapy, given by drip, can save some of the sickest hospital patients.
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Spider webs blanket Australian landscape after floods - BBC News
Millions of spiders fleeing floodwaters have created huge webs as they try to reach higher ground.
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Spanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother - BBC News
The 28-year-old was arrested after body parts of his mother were found scattered in her Madrid flat.
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Turow: Vast Polish coal mine infuriates the neighbours - BBC News
The EU's top court has ordered Poland to halt mining at Turow, which affects water levels across the border.
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The clever folds that kept letters secret - BBC Future
Hundreds of years ago, people developed ingenious methods to secure their letters from prying eyes – and they did it with only paper, adhesive and folds.
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xkcd: Alien Visitors
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