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Adobe Flash Player is finally laid to rest - BBC News

The beleaguered web browser plug-in will no longer receive security updates from Adobe.

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Woolly rhino from Ice Age unearthed in Russian Arctic - BBC News

Found with most of its organs intact, the rhino is thought to have lived more than 20,000 years ago.

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Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union - BBC

Boris Johnson celebrates the "freedom in our hands" as the long Brexit process comes to a conclusion.

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Penn Station: New train hall returns beauty to New York station - BBC News

The newly-designed hall opens on Thursday after the original landmark was demolished in 1963.

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Hacked home cams used to livestream police raids in swatting attacks - BBC

The FBI issues an alert saying offenders have sometimes spoken to police via breached smart devices.

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(614) Why Sugar Always Twists Light To The Right - Optical Rotation - YouTu

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Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk - BBC News

A Japanese forestry firm has partnered with Kyoto University in what would be a world first.

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Seeking justice for Lion Sleeps Tonight composer - BBC News

A music producer remixes an old classic to correct some injustices of the past.

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Brexit deal mentions Netscape browser and Mozilla Mail - BBC News

Experts suggest officials saved time by copying and pasting text from old legislation.

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BBC - Travel - Japan’s forgotten indigenous people

Japan’s indigenous people, the Ainu, were the earliest settlers of Hokkaido, Japan’s northern island. But most travellers will not have heard of them.

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Health to be on cyber-security's front line in 2021 - BBC News

Threats to vaccine distribution and ransomware attacks on hospitals will keep officials busy.

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Coronavirus: Spain to keep registry of those who refuse Covid vaccine - BBC

Vaccination will not be mandatory, officials say, and the register will not be made public.

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Atlantic discovery: 12 new species 'hiding in the deep' - BBC News

A dozen ocean species new to science could already be threatened by climate change, scientists find.

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Boy Scouts of America accuse Girl Scouts of starting 'war' - BBC News

The two organisations are caught in a legal battle after the Boy Scouts started recruiting girls.

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Birmingham 'memory cop' Andy Pope spots 2,000 suspects - BBC News

PCSO Andy Pope says his talent for remembering faces is "impossible to explain".

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Covid: Post-exposure antibody protection trialled - BBC News

If it proves effective, the jab could protect vulnerable people who haven't or can't be vaccinated.

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Nashville explosion: Camper van blows up in 'intentional act' on Christmas

Three people are injured in the blast and possible human remains are later found near the site.

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Russian historian jailed for dismembering partner - BBC News

Oleg Sokolov, an expert on Napoleon, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison.

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Australian expeditioner evacuated from Antarctica in five-day mission - BBC

Australia, China and the US work together to medically evacuate the expeditioner.

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Christmas: The mail order pioneer who started a billion-pound industry - BB

How a 19th Century draper "set up a company similar to Amazon" and created a billion pound industry.

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Brexit: Boris Johnson hails free trade deal with EU - BBC News

The deal between the UK and EU ends months of arguments over business rules and fishing rights.

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'Balloon boy hoax' parents pardoned in Colorado - BBC News

The couple were convicted of the hoax in 2009 after saying their son was carried away by a balloon.

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Portugal outrage after Spanish hunters massacre 500 wild animals - BBC News

Officials seek a criminal probe after photos of 540 deer and boar corpses are shared on social media.

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SolarWinds: Hacked firm issues urgent security fix - BBC News

Flaws in its Orion software left companies such as Deloitte and Intel exposed to cyber-attacks.

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