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Christian nationalists: Wanting to put God into US government
New battle lines are being drawn in the US by a right-wing Christian movement set on what it sees as its divine mission - to spread its beliefs and messages using political power. So what is Christian nationalism and why is it flourishing now?
Berlin's giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.BBC NewsA giant aquarium containing a million litres of water in the lobby of the Radisson Blu in Berlin has burst, flooding the hotel and nearby streets.The "AquaDom" - home to 1,500 fish - is 15.
Former US President Donald Trump launches $99 NFT collection
Former US President Donald Trump has launched a collection of digital trading cards depicting him in various guises including a superhero, astronaut and Nascar driver. Mr Trump said the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) contained "amazing ART of my Life & Career".
Thousands of unedited government JFK assassination files released
The White House has ordered the release of documents on the murder of US President John F Kennedy, but said some files will stay sealed. Some 12,879 documents were posted online on Thursday after President Joe Biden issued an executive order authorising their disclosure.
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I went to space and discovered an enormous lie | Ron Garan
What astronaut Ron Garan saw in space changed his life forever – here’s what it taught him.
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Does Glass Break Faster than a Bullet?
Gav and Dan decide to have a race between two things that happen instantly to the human eyeball. Both contestants make it to the finish line in one frame of a normal camera, thankfully the high speed cameras are paying attention.
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Australia: Scientists find clitorises on female snakes
Scientists have discovered that snakes do have clitorises, shattering a long-held assumption that the females didn't have a sexual organ. Research published Wednesday provides the first proper anatomical descriptions of female snake genitalia.
Age of consent: Why is consensual teen sex a crime in India?
But as the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act criminalises all sexual activity by children under 18, many adolescent boys in consenting relationships are finding themselves on the wrong side of law.
The Ultraviolet Catastrophe Experiment
In this video I show you how to make a blackbody radiator and then show how it leads to the ultraviolet catastrophe and how it can be avoided with quantum physics indicating that energy has to be quantized and not continuous.
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World's oldest known jeans found in 1857 shipwreck sell for $114,000
Image source, Holabird Western Americana CollectionsA pair of men's work pants that auction officials believe could be the world's oldest pair of jeans have sold for $114,000 (£92,010). The white pants were found in a sunken trunk in a shipwreck in 1857 near the coast of North Carolina.
Elon Musk no longer world's richest man
Elon Musk is no longer the world's richest man after a sharp drop in the value of his shares in electric car company Tesla this year. According to both Forbes and Bloomberg, Mr Musk has been overtaken at the top spot by Bernard Arnault, the chief executive of luxury goods group LVMH.
New Zealand passes legislation banning cigarettes for future generations
New Zealand will phase in a near-total tobacco ban from next year. Legislation passed by parliament on Tuesday means that anyone born after 2008 will never be able to buy cigarettes or tobacco products.
Gene-edited hens may end cull of billions of chicks
Israeli researchers say they have developed gene-edited hens that lay eggs from which only female chicks hatch. The breakthrough could prevent the slaughter of billions of male chickens each year, which are culled because they don't lay eggs.
Former seat of Confederacy takes down last monument
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.BBC NewsThe city of Richmond, Virginia, former seat of the pro-slaveowning Confederacy, has removed its last statue honouring rebels from the American Civil War.
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Pity the tiny band of lynx in the Polish half of Europe's most ancient forest. In June, their home, the Białowieża Forest, was cut in half when the Polish government completed construction of a wall on its border with Belarus.
How To Terraform Mars - WITH LASERS
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K-pop: The rise of the virtual girl bands
Since releasing their debut single I'm Real in 2021, K-pop girl group Eternity have racked up millions of views online. They sing, dance and interact with their fans just like any other band.
The Biggest Possible Black Hole - Sixty Symbols
Dr Becky Smethurst discusses Ultra Massive Black Holes - more information and book links below ↓ ↓ ↓
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Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer
Health and science correspondentA teenage girl's incurable cancer has been cleared from her body in the first use of a revolutionary new type of medicine. All other treatments for Alyssa's leukaemia had failed.
The Multiverse is real. Just not in the way you think it is. | Sean Carroll
What do physicists actually mean when they talk about the Multiverse? Sean Carroll explains.
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The last of Albania's 'sworn virgins'
To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.BBC 100 WomenOnly a dozen "sworn virgins" are left in the world, as an ancient Balkan tradition where women live as men dies out. "Albania was a man's world, the only way to survive was to become one," says Gjystina Grishaj.
How To See Black Holes By Catching Neutrinos
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