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Cut and bulk: Teenagers explain why they want to get ripped

Ripped. Shredded. Jacked. Swole. Which are you? Gym jargon such as this, which refers to the size and definition of muscles, has long been heard...

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Ruth Clegg Health And Wellbeing Reporter

Michelangelo to Banksy: The art that was erased

Prefiguring Banksy's latest Royal Courts of Justice mural depicting a judge attacking a protester, are centuries of art history where works have...

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Kelly Grovier

The Indian city that sparkles like Paris at night

As the air-conditioned bus weaves through the bustling traffic of the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, tour leader Sujoy Sen lists the many sights...

yesterday 100

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Sandip Roy Kolkata

The Caribbean island defying an existential threat

A year after record-breaking Hurricane Beryl, the Caribbean is still reeling – but on one island, defiant traditions are fuelling its climate...

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Runako Celina

Feeling stressed? Here's five ways to manage it better

Summer's over, the holidays feel like a distant memory and suddenly the world is back at full speed. And that back-to-it energy can leave many of...

yesterday 100

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Dr Xand Van Tulleken Morning Live Expert

15 of the best albums of 2025 so far

From pop queens to rap duos, and rave-loving singers to hardcore rockers, we pick our favourite music of the year for you to listen to now. At the...

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Arwa Haider

Kashmir's young are preserving history - one post at a time

On a quiet summer afternoon in 2020, a calendar at a mosque in Indian-administered Kashmir caught Muneer Ahmad Dar's attention. It featured a poem...

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Bisma Farooq Bhat And Adil Amin Akhoon Bbc News

How 'grey divorce' affects adult children

Divorce in later life is becoming more common – and scientists are beginning to explore the surprisingly deep impact this can have on adult...

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Molly Gorman

Mystery of British woman who disappeared from a luxury Caribbean yacht

The couple, holding hands, walk down a wooden dock by the water's edge, after spending an evening in a bar on the island of St John in the US...

previous day 100

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Tir Dhondy Bbc News

The hunt for alien life is heating up

Forget UFOs and alien abductions, here's how scientists are really looking for life on other worlds. It is easy to wax lyrical about aliens. The...

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Jonathan Ocallaghan

The people who hunt down old TVs

They are televisions from another era, replaced by the flat screen, high-resolution displays of the modern era. Yet cathode-ray tubes are still...

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Chris Baraniuk

The island nation remembering Britain's 'worst disaster'

Britain's surrender of Singapore has long been viewed as a "humiliation". Now, a series of exhibits and tours are revealing how this dark event...

previous day 30

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Nicholas Yong

Spinal Tap: The world's loudest band return with a little help from their famous friends

Spinal Tap have never had much luck with drummers. As fans of the parody British rock band will know, their original sticksman, John "Stumpy"...

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Paul Glynn Culture Reporter

The overlooked benefits of miniature urban forests

Grown using the Miyawaki method, fast-growing miniature forests in the middle of cities can bring surprisingly big benefits for people and the...

friday 100

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Jocelyn Timperley

The power of Stephen King's most disturbing novel

Written by King in college in the 1960s, The Long Walk imagines young men competing in a deadly marathon for entertainment. A new film version is a...

friday 30

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Jamie Graham

Peru's new city unearthed from the desert

On Peru's desert hillsides, archaeologists have uncovered a 3,800-year-old city that may reshape our understanding of the cradle of civilisation in...

friday 200

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Heather Jasper

The controversial sweet that fuels Norwegians

Known as 'the trip chocolate', Kvikk Lunsj has fuelled outdoor adventures for generations. So, what makes this chocolate so controversial? It's...

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Jessica Furseth

Anastacia: Arnold Schwarzenegger made me sing Whatta Man 12 times

"When they first see me, they just think I'm four eyes and blonde hair," said Anastacia, introducing herself on MTV's reality show The Cut in 1998....

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Mark Savage Music Correspondent

Why our use of global farmland has already peaked

Sustainability and food researchers Joseph Poore, Hannah Ritchie and Charles Godfray look at places where shrinking farmland has freed up land for...

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Joseph Poore

How women's pockets became so controversial

Why do men's clothes have so many pockets, and women's so few? For centuries, the humble pocket has been a flashpoint in the gender divide of...

11.09.2025 100

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Clare Thorp