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Italy's undercover pizza detectives

As pizza's popularity spreads around the world, a group of top-secret agents are travelling the globe on espionage missions to determine what...

yesterday 50

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Tamlin Magee

The people learning to love a 'man-eating' monster

It's known for its deadly bite, but the Philippine crocodile – thought to be the rarest in the world – has a lot more to give than it gets credit...

yesterday 30

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Sofia Quaglia

Tan lines are back in fashion. But can you get the look safely?

"I am literally going to apply this fake tan all over my bikini top," Jemma Violet says, as she smears chocolate brown mousse over her chest, neck...

yesterday 30

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Ruth Clegg Health And Wellbeing Reporter

My journey to the heart of the forgotten internet

Slowly but surely, huge swaths of the internet are vanishing. But the artefacts of the early web are still out there, and they have lessons for the...

yesterday 20

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Andrew Lloyd

Are the world's most beautiful islands in danger?

Norway's stunning Lofoten Islands have gone viral for their midnight summer sun. But as the isles face overtourism for the first time, residents...

previous day 50

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Phil Thomas

Shapewear for your face while you sleep. Has Kim Kardashian taken it too far?

The uglier you look going to sleep, the more beautiful you will look in the morning - that's the mantra of people on TikTok who are taking part in...

previous day 70

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Yasmin Rufo Bbc News

Canada's remote islands few travellers reach

Guided by Haida custodians and powered by ancestral knowledge, travellers are discovering a deeper, more respectful way to explore this remote...

previous day 30

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Diane Selkirk

Why the Statue of Liberty is at the heart of a culture war

Controversy over an Amy Sherald painting of the Statue of Liberty reveals divides over US national symbols, joining debates that have centred on...

previous day 80

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Kelly Grovier

How heatwaves affect our brains

As heatwaves become more intense with climate change, scientists are racing to understand how extreme heat changes the way our brains work. When...

previous day 90

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Theres Lüthi

Do you feel lucky plank? Meet the new 'bulletproof' wood

Could your house take a bullet for you? Clad it with a new type of modified wood, and it might, says Alex Lau, co-founder and executive chairman of...

previous day 20

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Chris Baraniuk Technology Reporter

Why Australians celebrate Christmas twice a year

Six Irishmen walk into a bar. This might sound like the start of a joke but, as legend has it, it's actually the beginning of Christmas in July in...

friday 100

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Lana Lam Bbc News

The hotel that built New York

From secret train tracks to iconic recipes, here's what makes the Waldorf Astoria a true hospitality pioneer. Few hotels have shaped a city quite...

friday 40

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Lynn Brown

Why Madonna's Ray of Light is 2025's hottest album

From FKA Twigs to Addison Rae, many of today's hottest pop stars are taking inspiration from Madonna's swirling 1998 masterpiece. What is it that...

friday 60

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Nick Levine

Wednesday fame was overwhelming, says Jenna Ortega

Jenna Ortega has described the sudden fame that came with starring in Netflix hit Wednesday as "very overwhelming". The first season of the show...

friday 40

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Steven Mcintosh Entertainment Reporter

Surviving pregnancy in Delhi's hottest streets

In one of the world's hottest capital cities, a specialist team is working to help pregnant women survive the scorching temperatures. On a...

friday 10

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Jyoti Thakur

What screen time does to children's brains is more complicated than it seems

The other day, while I was doing some household chores, I handed my youngest child his dad's iPad to keep him entertained. But after a while I...

friday 300

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Zoe Kleinman Technology Editor•

Why plane turbulence is really becoming more frequent - and more severe

Listen to this article being read Andrew Davies was on his way to New Zealand to work on a Doctor Who exhibition, for which he was project manager....

31.07.2025 200

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Simon King Lead Weather Presenter•

The company taking a gamble on the world's biggest plane

The WindRunner is an ambitious aircraft project that could make it easier to use larger wind turbines. The company behind it, however, has never...

31.07.2025 70

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Mark Piesing

How Gwyneth Paltrow became a divisive, defiant icon

Her larger-than-life sensibility and scale of ambition have led to both admiration and criticism – and she seems to thrive in her own divisiveness....

31.07.2025 30

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Cat Woods