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Intermittent fasting is championed by celebrities and CEOs alike for its weight loss and health benefits.

If you have ever dreamed of earning money from a stellar music career but were concerned you had little talent, don't let that put you off - a man called Alex Mitchell might be able to help.

Hundreds of years ago, the Lau people of the Solomon Islands built around 80 artificial islands in a lagoon, placing bits of coral and rock into the water, piece by piece. It took them centuries.

An Italian mafia boss who has been on the run for decades has been arrested after he was spotted on Google Maps. Gioacchino Gammino, 61, was found in Galapagar, Spain, where he was living under the name Manuel.

A free and simple online word game that has gone viral will never become attention-grabbing or ad-laden, its creator has promised.Wordle challenges people to find a five-letter word in six guesses, with a new puzzle published every day.It has amassed a following of 300,000 people in three months.

The late anti-apartheid campaigner Archbishop Desmond Tutu is to be aquamated - a process using water that is described as an environmentally friendly alternative to cremation. It was "what he aspired to as an eco-warrior," said Very Rev Michael Weeder.

The year 2021 has seen a fundamental shift in British defence and security policy. Up goes the budget for digital technology, artificial intelligence and cyber. Down goes the money for more traditional hardware and troop numbers.

Image source, Chester ZooScience correspondent, BBC News"It's just a little fish, not very colourful - there's not much interest in terms of global conservation," explains Gerardo Garcia.

When I visited Mauritius as a child on family holidays I would see plenty of seashells on the beaches. But on my return to the archipelago to cover stories about the effects of climate change, the stretches of soft sand along the Indian Ocean have seemed bereft.

A conservation team in the US state of Virginia has opened a box containing Confederate war memorabilia believed to be more than 130 years old. It contained newspapers, books and ammunition dated to the US Civil War.

The mummified body of an ancient Egyptian pharaoh has been studied for the first time in millennia after being digitally "unwrapped". The mummy of Amenhotep I, who ruled from 1525 to 1504 BC, was found at a site in Deir el-Bahari 140 years ago.

De uitstoot van onze Europese kerncentrales is tussen 2014 en 2020 gedaald van 12 naar 5,1 gram  CO₂ per eenheid gemaakte stroom. Dat blijkt uit een nieuw rapport van de Verenigde Naties. Kerncentrales zijn zo de meest klimaatvriendelijke technologie geworden om elektriciteit te produceren.

Wikipedia has for so long been plagued by climate change denial. But a group of dedicated volunteers around the world is working tirelessly to keep the deniers at bay.

Dame Maureen Lipman has said comedy is in danger of being "wiped out" due to fears over being cancelled. She told the BBC she believes comedians are now so worried about offending, "a revolution" is taking place.

"It took two years before I managed to get up there, but when I did, it was amazing: 2,500 miles in 18 days, all the way up to and around the north coast of Scotland.

The 10 tactics of fascism, with Jason Stanley Subscribe to Big Think on YouTube ►► https://www.youtube.com/c/bigthink Up next ►►"Never Again?" How fascism hijacks democracies over and over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye4jKSNHhms Fascism is a cult of the leader, who promises national re

"When I was a kid, I hated walking; nevertheless, my father always took me with him to the mountains.

Darkness. Total and complete. Few of us get to experience it. At the bottom of a cave, perhaps; or in a basement when the power shuts off. But there's usually some faint glow coming from somewhere.

Inside the Colosseum's stone and mortar bowl, visitors have ample space to picture the roaring crowds of more than 50,000 that once thronged to the arena for events ranging from bloody gladiatorial battles to opulent processions and chariot races.

They arrived like rock stars 10 years ago and like any modern celebrity couple, their love life has been the source of endless speculation. But the UK's only giant pandas could possibly return to China without having any offspring, despite eight attempts at artificial insemination.

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Blue zones are regions of the world thought to have a higher than usual number of people live much longer than average, identified by Gianni Pes and Michel Poulain.

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