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Who will win the race to develop a humanoid robot?

It's a bright spring morning in Hanover, Germany, and I'm on my way to meet a robot. I have been invited to see the G1, a humanoid robot built by...

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Carrie King And Ben Morris Bbc News

Is resurrecting extinct animals a good idea?

The creation of three "dire wolf" pups has raised hopes that it may be possible to resurrect extinct animals. But some scientists have grave...

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Rachel Nuwer

Inside the fortress that inspired Hamlet

As Radiohead and the RSC launch an innovative reinterpretation of Hamlet, a visit to the play's setting in Denmark brings a new dimension to the...

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Laura Hall

Just Stop Oil was policed to extinction - now the movement has gone deeper underground

Listen to Justin read this article Just Stop Oil (JSO) activists are dusting down their placards, digging out their infamous fluorescent orange...

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Justin Rowlatt Climate Editor

The 10 best films of 2025 so far

BBC film critics Caryn James and Nicholas Barber pick their cinema highlights of the year so far, from a brutal war epic to an ambitious period...

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Nicholas Barber And Caryn James

Eight Asian sauces to keep in your pantry

From Korea's doenjang and gochujang to Hong Kong's XO sauce and East Asia's fish sauce, Asian cuisines provide hundreds of ways to flavour and...

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Doris Lam

The secret keepers of Japan's cherry blossoms

For 16 generations, master gardeners in this one family have dedicated their lives to preserving one of the nation's most cherished – and highly...

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Ross Kenneth Urken

The benefits of cleaning with vinegar

Katarina Zimmer put vinegar to the test as a cleaning product and discovered a wide range of benefits, for people and the planet. A few months ago...

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Katarina Zimmer

Who is going to the Pope's funeral?

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to attend Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday in St Peter's Square, among them world leaders, Catholic...

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Jessica Rawnsley Bbc News

The overlooked masterpiece full of coded messages about WW1

Esoteric and pioneering, the paintings of a lesser-known Pre-Raphaelite, Evelyn De Morgan, explored the trauma and meaning of war – and prefigured...

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Deborah Nicholls-Lee

Who will be the next pope? Key candidates in an unpredictable process

Who will be the next pope? The decision could have a profound impact on the Catholic Church and the world's 1.4 billion baptised Roman Catholics....

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Aleem Maqbool

The race against time to save US climate data

Swathes of scientific data deletions are sweeping across US government websites – with decades of health, climate change and extreme weather...

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Chris Baraniuk

The first king to travel around the world

He had tea with the Queen, was blessed by the Pope and spread Hawaiian culture across the globe. More than a century later, a festival dubbed the "...

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Wendy Awai-Dakroub

'I've had 100 operations and will never stop' - inside China's cosmetic surgery boom

Abby Wu was just 14 when she had cosmetic surgery for the first time. After receiving hormone treatment for an illness, Abby's weight increased...

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Natalia Zuo Bbc Eye

Are breakfast cereals good or bad for us?

Fortified breakfast cereals can be a useful source of fibre, vitamins and minerals – but some are considered ultra-processed food. We're often told...

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Jasmin Fox-Skelly

The gory Shakespeare play that makes people faint

Tragedy Titus Andronicus is the Bard's goriest work, and a new production is set to be one of the most extreme takes on it yet. It raises the...

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Holly Williams

Could an almighty eruption destroy a dreamy Greek island?

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk of an almighty...

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Georgina Rannard

The images showing 50 years of change on Earth

The "Blue Marble" was the first photograph of the whole Earth and the only one ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of the planet...

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Katherine Latham

The 'anti-Bollywood' films fighting against sexism

Sister Midnight, Santosh and All We Imagine as Light are part of a new wave of female-centred Indian films challenging the roles of traditional...

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Emma Jones

Inside the rural Texas town where Elon Musk is basing his business empire

After fleeing Silicon Valley for political and business reasons, Elon Musk is building a corporate campus in rural Texas – but his new neighbours...

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Mike Wendling Bbc News•

The fake Hitler diaries that fooled the press

In April 1983, a German magazine, Stern, and a British newspaper, The Sunday Times, claimed to have made one of the century's most extraordinary...

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Myles Burke

Could AI text alerts help save snow leopards from extinction?

Snow leopards cannot growl. So when we step towards one of these fierce predators, she's purring. "Lovely," as she's called, was orphaned and...

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Azadeh Moshiri

Flying high: Delhi's only female pigeon keeper

In the male-dominated world of Delhi's kabootarbazi, one woman's passion for her birds has earned her respect, admiration – and a place in the sky....

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Saqib Mugloo