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Hundreds of people are having long, often painful surgery to extend their legs. Is it worth the risk?

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A reconnaissance flight in the South Atlantic obtains spectacular imagery of the giant iceberg A68a.

The undersea tunnel network cuts journey times between two islands by a half.

It is the first bill of its kind taken up by either chamber of Congress but faces an uncertain future.

A Japanese spacecraft has released a container with material grabbed from a primitive space rock.

It becomes the second nation to unfurl its banner on the lunar surface, more than 50 years after the US.

American Spencer Stone tells a French court how he tackled the gunman on the Thalys train in 2015.

The Nazis removed Jewish names from the German phonetic alphabet - now a reform is coming.

The European Union's largest oil producer plans to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050.

Kelly Grovier picks 14 of the most startling photos from this year – including a breaching shark, a volcanic eruption and wildfires – and compares them with iconic artworks.

Far from land, deep sea mining trials have left barren marks that are still there decades later, and as Richard Fisher writes, they symbolise two different timescales colliding.

Filmmaker Xavier Alford explores up to his rare illness for the first time as it slowly paralyses his arms and legs.

A rare excavation south of Oslo will provide new details about Viking culture.

The US space agency has awarded two American and one Japanese firm contracts to pick up lunar soil.

Parents are often the ones supporting their children. But if your parents turned the table and asked you to foot the bills, would you?

In Sweden, casual chattiness is seen as needless, since conversation is used for exchanging real, meaningful information.

Peat bogs have played historic role in Ireland’s economy and culture, but this high-carbon fuel is in fast decline. How will Ireland’s peat-reliant regions adapt?

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Researchers say the paintings in modern-day Colombia are believed to be about 12,000 years old.

The world's most productive astronomical facility releases its third big tranche of sky data.

Barack Obama, George W Bush and Bill Clinton want to promote confidence in Covid vaccine safety.

Maps will feature peaks and glaciers named after British individuals who've advanced polar science.

IBM says organisations involved in moving coronavirus vaccines at chilled temperatures were targeted.