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xkcd: Alien Visitors

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Australia's growing thirst for alcohol-free wine and beer - BBC News

Demand for non-alcoholic drinks "explodes" as more Australians rethink their drinking habits.

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World Bank rejects El Salvador request for Bitcoin help - BBC News

This month the country announced plans to become the first nation to make the cryptocurrency legal tender.

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Botswana diamond could be world's third largest - BBC News

The "rare and extraordinary" gem weighs 1,098 carats and was unveiled by diamond firm, Debswana.

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'I was humiliated': The continuing trauma of South Korea's spy cam victims

Survivors have faced threats and bullying from police when seeking justice, says a new rights report.

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Why ineffective diversity training won't go away - BBC Worklife

Research has long shown that corporate training on diversity and sensitivity doesn't work. Why are workers still required to take it, job after job?

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Shenzhou-12: China launches first crew to new space station - BBC News

Three astronauts successfully take off for China's longest ever human spaceflight mission.

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Another life-saving Covid treatment found - BBC News

Monoclonal antibody therapy, given by drip, can save some of the sickest hospital patients.

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Spider webs blanket Australian landscape after floods - BBC News

Millions of spiders fleeing floodwaters have created huge webs as they try to reach higher ground.

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Spanish man jailed for killing and eating his mother - BBC News

The 28-year-old was arrested after body parts of his mother were found scattered in her Madrid flat.

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(2) The Day the Dinosaurs Died – Minute by Minute - YouTube

DISCOVER ANCIENT WORLDSPeek into the past and learn about dinosaurs and other amazing creatures: https://kgs.link/shop-144Sources & further reading:https://s...

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Airbnb reportedly pays tourist $7m after rape - BBC News

According to reports in Bloomberg, the company paid an Australian traveller after a 2016 attack.

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The hidden gay lives finally being uncovered - BBC Culture

In the past, the amazing stories of LGBTQ+ people were actively suppressed – which is why fiction writers are now diving into queer history and filling in the gaps, writes Matt Cain.

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Covid-19: Has the pandemic harmed our memories? - BBC Future

Has your memory got worse during the pandemic? The data is in.

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Gigafactories: Europe tools up against US and Asia as a car battery force -

As demand for electric cars grows, giant battery factories are being built across Europe.

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Liz Chicaje: Activist whose fight created a national park - BBC News

Liz Chicaje, who fought for the creation of Yaguas National Park, has been awarded the Goldman prize.

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Prehistoric pottery fingerprints 'left by two men' - BBC News

The prints were found in Orkney on the fragment of a clay vessel made 5,000 years ago.

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Why more women identify as sexually fluid than men - BBC Worklife

As definitions of sexuality change and expand, women’s orientations are becoming less rigid than men's. Why?

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When Graphs Are a Matter of Life and Death | The New Yorker

Pie charts and scatter plots seem like ordinary tools, but they revolutionized the way we solve problems. Hannah Fry on the history of data visualization.

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BBC - Travel - Why the French rarely say 'I love you'

It likely explains why the French have the reputation of being so demonstrative about love – because if you can't really say it, you have to show it.

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Ziona Chana: Head of 'world's largest family' dies in India's Mizoram state

Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practised polygamy, had 38 wives and 89 children.

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WhatsApp launches privacy campaign after backlash - BBC News

The head of WhatsApp says governments should "demand more security" as encryption comes under fire.

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How fraudsters exploited our fears during the 'scamdemic' - BBC Future

There are a few basic psychological tricks that phishing attacks and phone scams attempt to use against us – and the pandemic has provided the perfect environment for them.

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Swiss voters reject key climate change measures - BBC News

In a shock result, voters narrowly reject a tax on flights and a fuel levy among other policies.

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Chamoli disaster: 'It hit the valley floor like 15 atomic bombs' - BBC News

Scientists detail February’s catastrophic rock and ice slide in the Indian Himalaya that claimed 200 lives.

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