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Many of us spring clean as the weather warms up. But is there such a thing as house that's too clean? Could a little bit of dirt be good for us?

World Athletics has banned transgender women from competing in the female category at international events.

Two Somali sex workers describe how they were drawn into the dangerous illegal underground scene.

Nigerian senator Ike Ekweremadu and his wife brought a young man to the UK to donate a kidney.

As the frozen "glue" that helps hold the rock faces of the Alps together begins to thaw, mountaineers face a growing risk of sudden rockfall.

The underground site, buried deep under an Edinburgh hill, has remained largely unknown.

Five locks of Ludwig van Beethoven's hair were analysed by scientists led by Cambridge University.

As food prices rise around the world and access to healthy nutrition falls, trials in France and Belgium are experimenting with a unique "social security" for food.

Tackling climate change could require sucking carbon back out of the atmosphere, according to the IPCC. Jocelyn Timperley looks at how these 'negative emissions' might work.

The tech giant is rolling out its new AI chatbot, called Bard, to users in the US and UK first.

The former Microsoft boss says AI is the second revolutionary technology he's seen in his lifetime.

Abigail Zwerner tells NBC she will never forget the look on the boy's face as he pointed the gun.

The UK says the depleted uranium shells, which it is sending to Ukraine, are "standard".

Why I choose Drupal over static site generators for my website.

When you move beyond trillions, there are some extremely mind-bending numbers, says Richard Fisher. Some of them are too large to fit in the mind – or indeed the visible Universe.

Andy Donaldson swam the 23km route by night to break the record by four minutes.

Police in Punjab are looking for Amritpal Singh, who's on the run after calling for a Sikh homeland.

The deal is a lifeline for the country which is facing its worst economic crisis in over 70 years.

Almost every day women in India face sexual harassment in public places. So how do they deal with it?

Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin was a Putin ally before launching a rebellion inside Russia.

Beset by scandals and crisis, many people are questioning how a totemic bank ended up beyond repair.

The car became stuck by the basement windows of the Francis Hotel in the early hours of Sunday.

A man who fled the UK after a fight in 1980 is acquitted after extradition proceedings 41 years later.

Research suggests there is a crucial window during weaning to lower the allergy risk.

An out-of-pocket dad sends in reinforcements to claim money from an airline over a cancelled flight.