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Segway: End of the road for the much-hyped two-wheeler - BBC News

The self-balancing vehicle was launched 19 years ago with the aim of revolutionising personal transport.

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Will the 'War on Terror' ever end? - BBC News

The BBC's Frank Gardner looks at the legacy of the US counter-terrorism response to 9/11.

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The real reason lockdown is exhausting - BBC Future

The disruption to our daily routines has left many of us in a spin. Having to decide how to live in lockdown, and with little guidance on the best way to do it, is mentally exhausting.

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BBC - Travel - India’s original “turmeric latte”

The West has discovered turmeric only in the last decade or so and has lost no time in touting it as a “superfood”. But in India, turmeric has been a staple ingredient for centuries.

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What the Dutch can teach the world about remote work - BBC Worklife

The Netherlands may have figured out something about working from home (pandemic or no) that the rest of the world has yet to learn.

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Order of Nine Angles: What is this obscure Nazi Satanist group? - BBC News

The Satanic group has been influential among neo-Nazi groups around the world in recent years.

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Glastonbury fence-jumpers: 'It was girls underneath, boys over the top!' -

There was a golden age of breaking into Glastonbury. It's now over but some still manage it.

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'Black neutron star' discovery changes astronomy - BBC News

Laser labs that detect ripples in space-time may have witnessed a new class of cosmic object.

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Ron Jeremy: Adult star charged with rape and sexual assault - BBC News

The 67-year-old, who is one of the biggest names in pornography, could face up to 90 years in jail.

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Copy of Spanish Baroque painting botched by amateur restoration - BBC News

Despite two attempts to fix it, the copy of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo painting has been left unrecognisable.

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How Covid-19 can damage the brain - BBC Future

Some scientists suspect that Covid-19 causes respiratory failure and death not through damage to the lungs, but the brain – and other symptoms include headaches, strokes and seizures.

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Coronavirus: Warning thousands could be left with lung damage - BBC News

Tens of thousands of people will need to be checked to see if they have permanent damage, doctors say.

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BeiDou: China launches final satellite in challenge to GPS - BBC News

The completion of the BeiDou-3 navigation system comes as tensions rise between Beijing and Washington.

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The destructive power of extreme hail - BBC Future

In central Kenya, hail the size of boulders can devastate a farm in a matter of minutes. How do you rebuild a life after such a destructive hailstorm?

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BBC - Travel - The SS Yongala: How a mysterious wreck became a destination

More than 100 years after one of Australia’s most famous maritime disasters, the author dives the ship his great-grandfather should have perished on.

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Coronavirus: Saudi Arabia bars international pilgrims for Hajj - BBC News

Only a very limited number of Muslims currently living in the kingdom will make the Hajj this year.

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Wildlife scientists examine the great 'human pause' - BBC News

Tracking wildlife before, during and after lockdown will aim to analyse the slowdown in human activity.

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Climate change: Planting new forests 'can do more harm than good' - BBC New

Large-scale tree planting to fight climate change may backfire, two new studies have found.

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Apple Mac computers make jump to its own chips - BBC News

The firm will now custom-design the chips that power its future desktop and laptop computers.

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How significant is the 'new henge'? - BBC News

Mike Pitts, editor of British Archaeology magazine asks: Is the newly discovered site at Stonehenge really a "henge"?

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BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Stonehenge builders' houses found

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Theodore Roosevelt statue to be removed by New York museum - BBC News

The statue depicts the ex-president on horseback flanked by a Native American man and an African man.

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How to think under pressure - BBC Worklife

How can you best play the hand you’re dealt in life? One woman’s quest to become a champion gambler may provide a few clues.

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Stonehenge: Neolithic monument found near sacred site - BBC News

Archaeologists say the structure is more than 4,500 years old and its size is unprecedented.

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Coronavirus: Surf photographer on 'stark' lifestyle change - BBC News

Surf photographer Si Crowther is stuck in his flat in Ipswich instead of touring the globe.

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