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Mastectomy: 'I got rid of my boobs aged 27 to save my life' - BBC News

Hayley had a double mastectomy to reduce her risk of hereditary breast cancer.

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Changes to the world's time scale debated - BBC News

Scientists are debating whether we need to come up with a new definition of the world's time scale

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BBC NEWS | Africa | Bush deplores 'crime' of slavery

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Stars concoct complex molecules - BBC News

Researchers looking at light from far-flung stars suggest that the material forged near them is far more complex than previously thought.

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Air Canada: Woman wakes up alone on dark, parked plane - BBC News

Tiffani Adams says she has experienced "re-occurring night terrors" since the incident.

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App that can remove women's clothes from images shut down - BBC News

Furore brings shutdown of app that used artificial intelligence to make convincing nudes of clothed women.

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Bin Laden: Al-Qaeda leader was unarmed when shot - US - BBC News

Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden was unarmed when he was killed by US troops on Sunday after resisting capture, the White House says.

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US special forces Afghan helicopter downed 'by Taliban' - BBC News

Thirty US troops, said to be mostly special forces, are killed, reportedly when a Taliban rocket downed their helicopter - the largest single US loss of life in the Afghan conflict.

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Tomb found at Stonehenge quarry site - BBC News

The tomb of the builders of Stonehenge could have been unearthed at the site where the original bluestones were quarried in 2300BC.

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Map tracks Antarctica on the move - BBC News

Scientists produce what they say is the first complete map of how the ice moves across Antarctica.

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Wikipedia founder calls for social media strike - BBC News

The two-day boycott would mean people not post anything to social media apart from strike notices.

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Dalai Lama 'deeply sorry' for remarks about women - BBC News

The Tibetan spiritual leader apologises for saying a future female successor should be "attractive".

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Remote Mount Michael volcano hosts persistent lava lake - BBC News

The rare feature exists inside the crater of the Mount Michael stratovolcano in the South Atlantic.

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Smoking 'damages eyes as well as lungs' - BBC News

Millions of people in the UK are putting their sight at risk by continuing to smoke, warn specialists.

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Sudan tomb diver reveals pharaoh's secrets - BBC News

Archaeologists dive down to underwater tombs to access them for the first time in 100 years.

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Stromboli: One dead as volcano erupts on Italian island - BBC News

The victim was reportedly killed while hiking towards the volcano's summit.

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BBC - Travel - The truth about the US’ most iconic food

A sizzling symbol of Americana eaten at stadiums and barbecues, the humble hot dog originated in a very unlikely place: the beach.

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Google employees are eavesdropping, even in your living room, VRT NWS has d

Google employees are systematically listening to audio files recorded by Google Home smart speakers and the Google Assistant smartphone app. Throughout the world – so also in Belgium and the Netherlands – people at Google listen to these audio files to improve Google’s search engine. VRT NWS was able to listen to more than a thousand recordings. Most of these recordings were made consciously, but Google also listens to conversations that should never have been recorded, some of which contain sensitive information.

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To the Moon and beyond

Donald Trump wants humans back on the Moon by 2024, as part of a new spacefaring age. But what will it take to get there?

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Greek earthquake: Buildings collapse as powerful tremor shakes Athens - BBC

The 5.1 magnitude earthquake knocked out telecoms and power in parts of the city.

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The fight for Dragon Island

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How to tell if you’re close to burning out - BBC Worklife

The WHO has redefined burnout as a syndrome linked to chronic work stress. There’s a difference between a busy workload and something more serious, writes Zaria Gorvett.

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The curious origins of the dollar symbol - BBC Worklife

Despite its ubiquity, the origins of the dollar sign remain far from clear, with competing theories touching on Bohemian coins, the Pillars of Hercules and harried merchants.

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Presenteeism - BBC Worklife

More people who have health problems – either physical or mental – are still showing up for work anyway.

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BBC - Travel - Italy’s city that revolutionised pasta

Known as the ‘Città della Pasta’ (City of Pasta), the sleepy coastal town of Gragnano in Italy's Campania region became famous in the late 1700s for its ‘white gold’, or macaroni.

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