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Maurizio Cattelan: Banana artwork eaten by Seoul museum visitor
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC News A South Korean art student ate a banana that was part of an installation by artist Maurizio Cattelan, saying he was "hungry" after skipping breakfast.
Most populous nation: Should India rejoice or panic?
India's population has reached 1,425,775,850 people, surpassing the number of people in mainland China, according to the UN's estimates. India's decennial census - scheduled to be held in 2021 - has been delayed, so there's no official population data.
The puzzle of Neanderthal aesthetics
Sometime between 135,000-50,000 years ago, hands slick with animal blood carried more than 35 huge horned heads into a small, dark, winding cave.
When Physicists Try To Shoot a Monkey
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Portugal: Four dead after suspected pigeon racer dispute
A man reportedly shot dead three men in Portugal before killing himself in what has been described as a feud related to the breeding of racing pigeons.The shooting took place in the city of Setubal, around 50 km (30 miles) south of the capital, Lisbon.
Thailand: Southeast Asia's 'weed wonderland'
A new symbol has appeared in the kaleidoscopic jumble of neon signs that light up Sukhumvit Road, Bangkok's most international street.
Sperm donor who fathered 550 children ordered to stop
The man named Jonathan, aged 41, could be fined more than €100,000 (£88,000) if he tries to donate again. He was banned from donating to fertility clinics in the Netherlands in 2017 after it emerged he had fathered more than 100 children.
Wikipedia will not perform Online Safety Bill age checks
Wikipedia will not comply with any age checks required under the Online Safety Bill, its foundation says. Rebecca MacKinnon, of the Wikimedia Foundation, which supports the website, says it would "violate our commitment to collect minimal data about readers and contributors".
Glass or plastic: which is better for the environment?
Dating back to between 325 and 350 AD, the Speyer wine bottle is thought to be the world's oldest bottle of wine. Now held in the Wine Museum in the German city of Speyer, where it was rediscovered in 1867, an analysis of its contents revealed that it holds an ethanol-based liquid.
The Israeli plan to fit a fusion reactor into a container
From the outside it looks like an ordinary warehouse. But inside this unassuming building, in Hod Hasharon central Israel, is one of the most ambitious energy projects in the Middle East,
Kenya cult deaths: Pastor Ezekiel Odero arrested in funeral home probe
Kenyan police have arrested a popular televangelist and closed his church on the country's Indian Ocean coast following reports of mass deaths. The move comes as investigations go on into a religious cult linked to the deaths of nearly 100 people.
Gough Island: Worker sought for one of world's remotest places
Gough Island, a British territory in the southern Atlantic Ocean, has no permanent population. It is around 1,500 miles from the African mainland - and, with no airport, reaching Gough involves a seven-day boat ride from South Africa.
Researchers identify three Roman camps in Arabia
Archaeologists have identified three undiscovered Roman fortified camps across northern Arabia. The University of Oxford school of archaeology made the discovery in a remote sensing survey, using satellite imagery.
Governors Island: The uninhabited isle that birthed NYC
There's a moment setting out on the ferry from Manhattan's South Street to Governors Island that the receding skyline is all-consuming. Towering skyscrapers of glass, steel and concrete loom above the slate-coloured harbour.
Trinity College's Berkeley Library to be renamed over slavery links
Ireland's oldest university has decided that its library will no longer be called after the philosopher George Berkeley, due to his links to slavery. Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has said it will "dename" the Berkeley Library as it has "been judged inconsistent with the university's core values".
AI creators must study consciousness, experts warn
An open letter signed by dozens of academics from around the world calls on artificial-intelligence developers to learn more about consciousness, as AI systems become more advanced. Most experts agree AI is nowhere near this level of sophistication.
Kenji Nagai: Missing camera reveals journalist's last moments in Myanmar
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.South East Asia correspondentIt is an image etched in Myanmar's collective memory of repression and loss.
Steve Shanks: London Marathon runner dies on way home from race
Organisers of the event said Steve Shanks, 45, from Bingham, Nottinghamshire, died suddenly while travelling home on Sunday. Tributes have been paid to the experienced runner, whose cause of death has not yet been shared.
The people replicating Moon dust
Even with the walls of a volcanic crater looming behind the white-washed single-storey buildings, it would be easy to miss the sleepy town of Tao. It only takes a few moments to pass through it as you drive along the LZ-20 highway that cuts across the middle of Lanzarote, in the Canary Islands.
Roger Penrose explains Godel's incompleteness theorem in 3 minutes
good explanation
from his interview with joe rogan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEw0ePZUMHA
Taliban kills IS leader behind Kabul airport bombing
The Islamic State leader believed to have been responsible for the 2021 bombing at Kabul's airport has been killed by the Taliban, US officials have said. The August 2021 bombing killed 170 civilians and 13 US troops as people were trying to flee Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.
How Tucker Carlson rode a wave of populist outrage
Last Wednesday night, Tucker Carlson opened his Fox News show in typical fashion. "Sometimes you wonder how filthy and dishonest our news media are," he mused.
iSpace: First private moon landing likely to have failed
Image source, Getty ImagesBBC NewsA Japanese company hoping to make history by carrying out the first private Moon landing says its mission is likely to have failed. Communication was lost with the Hakuto-R lunar lander moments before it was due to touch down.
Tangaraju Suppiah: Singapore to execute man over cannabis charge
Singapore is set to hang a man for trafficking cannabis, in the city-state's latest controversial execution. Activists say Tangaraju Suppiah was convicted on weak evidence. Authorities say he received due process, and have scheduled his execution for Wednesday.