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A new Netflix film tells the story of Giorgio Rosa and the island he built off the coast of Italy.

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The US report is the latest attempt to explain a mystery illness that affected diplomats in Cuba.

The family have apologised for "prejudiced remarks" made by the writer, who died 30 years ago.

The streaming giant says it "sees no need" to warn viewers that some scenes are invented.

Middle Collegiate Church is known for supporting the Black Lives Matter movement and LGBTQ rights.

A team retrieves a capsule carrying the first significant quantities of rock from an asteroid.

The former psychological profiler for the CIA died from coronavirus complications aged 86.

Centuries ago, a prestigious Islamic library brought Arabic numerals to the world. Though the library long since disappeared, its mathematical revolution changed our world.

Why vaccines need to reach a huge number of people before we can safely ditch our face masks.

Hundreds of people are having long, often painful surgery to extend their legs. Is it worth the risk?

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A reconnaissance flight in the South Atlantic obtains spectacular imagery of the giant iceberg A68a.

The undersea tunnel network cuts journey times between two islands by a half.

It is the first bill of its kind taken up by either chamber of Congress but faces an uncertain future.

A Japanese spacecraft has released a container with material grabbed from a primitive space rock.

It becomes the second nation to unfurl its banner on the lunar surface, more than 50 years after the US.

American Spencer Stone tells a French court how he tackled the gunman on the Thalys train in 2015.

The Nazis removed Jewish names from the German phonetic alphabet - now a reform is coming.

The European Union's largest oil producer plans to stop extracting fossil fuels by 2050.

Kelly Grovier picks 14 of the most startling photos from this year – including a breaching shark, a volcanic eruption and wildfires – and compares them with iconic artworks.

Far from land, deep sea mining trials have left barren marks that are still there decades later, and as Richard Fisher writes, they symbolise two different timescales colliding.

Filmmaker Xavier Alford explores up to his rare illness for the first time as it slowly paralyses his arms and legs.

A rare excavation south of Oslo will provide new details about Viking culture.