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Why children love Minecraft so much

Minecraft is the world's best-selling computer game and soon to be a Hollywood film. This is why children can't get enough of it. AJ Minotti has...

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Chris Baraniuk

AI was enemy No. 1 during Hollywood strikes. Now it's in Oscar-winning films

Inside a soundstage once used by silent film stars Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, Hollywood executives, actors and filmmakers sipped cocktails...

yesterday 60

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Regan Morris Bbc News

Trump wants India to buy US corn - but here's why it probably won't

Why won't India buy even a single bushel of American corn? That's the question US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised recently while...

yesterday 100

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Soutik Biswas India Correspondent•

How Bill Gates mapped out the internet era in 1993

Gates and Paul Allen launched computing giant Microsoft 50 years ago. In 1993, he talked to the BBC about the online innovations that would define...

yesterday 50

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Greg Mckevitt

'A hostile state': The people boycotting travel to the US

As the list of nations issuing travel warnings to the US grows, some visitors are opting to boycott it entirely. Here's why many foreigners are...

yesterday 750

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Lindsey Galloway

The revival of Jordan's 1,600-year-old camino

In Jordan, a 50km pilgrimage trail follows the path of a 4th-Century nun who journeyed through the Holy Land – centuries before Spain's famed...

sunday 60

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Charlotte Lytton

'I've not heard of incel before': Teenager dissects Adolescence with his worried parents

"It's just weird to talk about your sexual feelings to your parents," says 15-year-old Ben*. His parents, Sophie and Martin, two professionals in...

sunday 100

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Anna Lamche Bbc News

Why Norway is bringing back Cold War bunkers

Norway's proximity to the USSR during the Cold War led to it building many military bunkers – some of them vast secret bases for planes and ships....

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Mark Piesing

Snow White, Rachel Zegler and a toxic debate that's not going away

Whether you like the new Snow White film or you hate it, it's hard to escape the debate around its lead actress, Rachel Zegler. The 23-year-old...

sunday 40

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Noor Nanji Culture Reporter•

Amateur photographers hope to fix Wikipedia's 'terrible' pictures

Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world but, by the admission of some of its own volunteer editors, it suffers from a persistent...

sunday 30

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Graham Fraser Technology Reporter

The return of Sicily's ancient 'white gold'

It's mentioned 17 times in the Bible and was harvested in the Mediterranean for more than a millennium. Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "...

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Vittoria Traverso

How do you re-home a rhino? Upside down

Moving endangered rhinos to new areas is a vital part of their conservation. War-torn helicopters from the Vietnam war are airlifting the creatures...

29.03.2025 60

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Riley Farrell

The common cleaning products bad for your health

Our use of cleaning products has increased significantly since Covid-19. But some of the products we're using to clean our homes come with their...

28.03.2025 60

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Jessica Bradley

Can Vietnam golf its way out of new Trump tariffs?

Countries around the world are braced for Donald Trump's so-called "Liberation Day in America!!!" next week. The US president's deadline to impose...

28.03.2025 20

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Annabelle Liang Business Reporter

What's next for social media?

Jay Springett, a tech strategist and podcast host, joined the social media app Butterflies AI out of curiosity, and ended up staying for more than...

28.03.2025 30

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Shubham Agarwal Technology Reporter

Why the quaint paintings of Thomas Kinkade divided the US

Beloved by many, despised by others, Thomas Kinkade's quaint rustic scenes and his wholesome image belied a dark and tortured story that contrasts...

28.03.2025 90

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Nicholas Barber

Affluent India's love for 'fur babies' fuels pet care industry boom

For Neha Bapna, nothing in the world is more important than her dog Muffin. Every time she takes a train to travel across India, the four-year-old...

28.03.2025 40

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Nikita Yadav Bbc News

China's dream of becoming a football superpower lies in tatters

On a hot, humid Thursday night in Saitama, China's national football team hit its lowest ebb. With a minute left on the clock and trailing Japan...

27.03.2025 100

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Nick Marsh Bbc News

When Italy's cities became ghost towns

Italy saw the first major outbreak of Covid outside Asia. As the cases spiked, its world-famous tourist sites were plunged into silence. When the...

27.03.2025 30

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Stephen Dowling

The pioneering building that scandalised Paris

The daring, radical Pompidou Centre was derided by many when its design was first unveiled – yet it has continued to influence the architecture of...

27.03.2025 20

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Dominic Lutyens