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Brazil woman dies after rope-jumping instructors fail to attach cord

Three men have been arrested after instructors failed to attach a rope to her before helping her jump from a bridge.

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How did the Greeks and Romans count Years?

The AD/CE system we use to date the year was introduced - more or less by accident - during the Middle Ages. Before its invention, the classical world used a...

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Woman left traumatised by swinging says website 'facilitated abuse'

She wants to warn others after her husband pressured her into sex she did not want, she says.

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NCERT: Image of nude 'dancing girl' sculpture restored in Indian textbook after backlash

A picture in a new school textbook had covered up the naked torso of the famous figurine with dark shading.

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What one country's experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates

Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?

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SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become world's fifth most valuable firm

Elon Musk's rocket company has agreed to buy Cursor, which uses AI to automate the process of writing code.

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Sweden man jailed for four years for coercing wife into sex with 120 men

The 61-year-old was found to have coerced his wife into sexual acts with men he found online in exchange for payment.

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What if everything was antimatter EXCEPT Earth?

Get a copy of What If? 2 and Randall’s other books at: https://xkcd.com/books More serious answers to absurd questions at: https://what-if.xkcd.com/ This question comes from Sean, who asks: What if everything was antimatter, EXCEPT Earth? This one doesn't end well for us. But—unlike most scenarios involving the word "antimatter"—the end is surprisingly slow and drawn-out. Credits ******* Randall Munroe | Narrator Henry Reich | Writer & Director Lizah van der Aart | Illustration and Video Editing Ever Salazar | Chief Chaos Controller Know Art Studios | Music & Sound Effects What If? The Video Series is the official adaptation of the What If? books by Randall Munroe and is produced by Neptune Studios LLC. Randall Munroe is the author of the New York Times bestsellers What If? 2, How To, What If?, and Thing Explainer; the science question-and-answer blog What If?; and the popular web comic xkcd (https://xkcd.com). A former NASA roboticist, he left the agency in 2006 to draw comics on the...

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Status quo at Jersualem's al-Aqsa compound under threat as Israeli nationalists flout rules

Israeli nationalists are increasingly flouting a convention on how faiths share the al-Aqsa mosque compound.

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I time travelled to Ancient Egypt in 2400BC! (Vlog)

Ancient Egypt? You've been great. Thanks for having me!I created this with the help of PAI2, a new release from Utopai Studios. It's helping me get these sto...

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AI Isn't as Powerful as We Think | Hannah Fry

For mathematician Hannah Fry, the definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) is somewhat hazy. But, she says, if we’re taking AGI to mean at least a...

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Simpler, older version of Stonehenge found three miles from famous site

The structure consisted of two posts that lined up with the solstices 5,000 years ago.

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'We had to get out of the way': The backlash over delivery robots

As the delivery vehicles increasing take to US streets, bans and protest groups are springing up.

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What's in the deal between the US and Iran?

US officials have described the MoU as 'performance-based', with Iran benefitting as it complies.

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Looking Inside Your Brain to See How Memories Work

Avoid your blindspots and get every side of every story at https://ground.news/nutshell. Subscribe for 40% off unlimited access.Brighten your space with our ...

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Why Reaching Every Planet Is So Hard (It's Not What You Think)

Why is it so hard to reach the planets of our own Solar System? From Mercury’s impossible speed to Venus’s crushing atmosphere, Mars’s distance, Jupiter’s ra...

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Pétanque player, 68, dies after being 'hit in head with metal boule'

The man was allegedly struck by his 81-year-old opponent, who has since been arrested, the public prosecutor says.

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Ethiopian boy, 12, wins hearts after trying to check sick chicken into hospital

Markos's beloved hen was not responding to any treatments - so he did the only thing he could think of.

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Salvador Dali Leaves Dick Cavett Speechless: The Most Surreal Interview Ever | The Dick Cavett Show

Scene from Salvador Dali On The Meaning Behind His Art | The Dick Cavett ShowDick struggles to follow Salvador Dali as he guides him through his artwork, and...

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Using Candles To See Sound | Soundwaves: The Symphony Of Physics | BBC Earth Science

What can soundwaves teach us about the universe? Join Helen Czerski as she sits down with an army of candles and a giant speaker to discover just how unique ...

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Trump unveils modified Qatari luxury jet meant for Air Force One

The refurbished Boeing 747-8 will be used to transport the US president once it completes a final test phase.

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The pressure on the Church of England to ditch its slavery reparations plan

Will the Church's commitments still be delivered, or do shifting political winds mean there is no longer the will to do so?

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Lebanese turtle conservationist Mona Khalil killed by Israeli strike

Mona Khalil, who had refused to leave the beach she had spent years protecting, died from her injuries after the Israeli strike.

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What is Helium-3 and could we get it from the moon?

Helium-3 is expensive and demand is forecast to soar, so some are planning to mine it on the moon.

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