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'Full of magic and humanity': Five things you need to know about The Odyssey As Christopher Nolan's epic blockbuster starring Matt...
This Greek island has a dark past. Now it's covered in rare seals For half a century, Gyaros was off-limits to the world as a military prison and...
What the Middle Ages can teach us about preventing burnout Stress and mental exhaustion aren't new – in medieval times, they were prevalent....
Good at maths and into jazz: Nine extraordinary things you probably didn't know about sharks Humans have more in common with these elite ocean...
Is tracking your food purchases good for your health? With a packet of biscuits in one hand and her smartphone in the other in the biscuits sucrées...
Ride Argentina's first solar train through 10,000 years of Indigenous history The zero-emissions luxury train is taking travellers through...
'At risk of horrific contamination': The Soviet nuclear submarine wreck that is a 'ticking time bomb' In 1989, the Komsomolets...
'Once it's gone, it's gone': How to future-proof your hearing It's not just rocket launches and death metal concerts that...
How Indian scientists are mapping the brain's last frontier For more than a century, neuroscientists have studied the human brain much as early...
Mauritania: A rare glimpse at one of the world's least-visited nations Located almost entirely in the Sahara, Mauritania is home to centuries-old...
'They were competing for supremacy': Which is the oldest English accent? Two BBC journalists go on a quest to find out whose accent is older...
See if you can spot an AI deepfake with our test Psychologist Dr Clare Sutherland is holding up two large photos. One shows the face of an Australian...
Ice on testicles and donating blood - the myths sold to men trying to boost their sperm Every morning, Simon starts his day in a sauna, with an ice...
Seven things you shouldn't do when eating in Italy From ordering a cappuccino after breakfast to sprinkling cheese on your fish, avoid these...
This 123-year-old air-con system has lessons for managing today's sweltering heat As climate change roasts cities around the world, air...
Five key scenes from the Bayeux Tapestry, and the story they tell Power struggles, betrayal and bloody battles - these are the events shown in great...
The Englishwoman who sketched India before photography took hold Long before photography became the visual language of empire, one Englishwoman was...
Chaos and confusion reign as Harry loses media battle Prince Harry's visit this week was meant to be the dramatic moment when his wife Meghan...
Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote The Free Republic of Liberland doesn't look like much from the boat....
Twelve men and 12 women enter a Buddhist temple - will the monks help them find love? A monk draped in burnt-orange robes faces a row of young men and...
How tacos became Norway's national comfort food An oil boom, a supermarket opportunity and decades of adaptation transformed the taco from a...
'I was so brainwashed': The 1980s doomsday cult that ensnared the young and beautiful Led by an enigmatic New York socialite who claimed to...
Why do mosquitoes bite some people more than others? Long before they land, mosquitoes are reading our body signals from afar. Find out if you feature...
The weirdest things that mess up wi-fi - and how to improve your signal The world runs on wi-fi, but strange things can stand in its way – including...
The return of Canada's 'breathtaking, must-see hike' With its glacier-fed waterfalls and turquoise lakes, the Berg Lake Trail is one of...
'Inescapably epic': Why Total Eclipse of the Heart is the most dramatic pop song ever written With the news of Bonnie Tyler's death at...
Wealthy AI workers send San Francisco house prices soaring On a tree-lined street in the affluent Duboce Triangle residential neighbourhood of San...
'A story of sex, strategy and power': How women shape the plot of Homer's Odyssey The epic 2,800-year-old poem – now adapted for the...
What went wrong with the live-action Moana The latest of Disney's live-action remakes, of its beloved 2006 animation, opens this week – and...
'A distinct Canadian character': The 1920s paintings that changed how the world saw Canada The Group of Seven was Canada's first...
The twilight zone: Every night trillions of tiny creatures rise from the ocean depths In the ocean's twilight zone, where the reach of the Sun...
What it's like to live in the world's most liveable cities in 2026 The Economist Intelligence Unit's latest Global Liveability Index...
Robots available for rent: But what can they do? In hospitals across the US, patients and staff have become accustomed to seeing a one-armed,...
Walk the Scottish coast that changed science The one-mile coastal walk, launched to mark the 300th anniversary of James Hutton's birth, leads...
'I never had the feeling that I was flush in cash': How J Paul Getty became the world's richest man The US oil billionaire's...
How the 'fresh start' effect can help you stick to good habits Whether it's a birthday, mid-year or a Monday morning, psychologists say...
Travellers are now stuffing their bags with sun cream From Seoul to Paris, pharmacies and beauty stores have become must-visit stops for travellers...
Losing to win: The strangest game in football history Sometimes sporting rules can incentivise teams to do behave in ways that appear to defy logic...
A presidential snub? The mix-up that left the Beatles feeling fear in the Philippines It was a Beatles tour that pivoted from triumph to disaster in a...
This super-cooled squirrel could revolutionise emergency care No other mammal can survive colder body temperatures than the Arctic ground squirrel....
China's internet got so mad about a celebrity's 'bad' singing, her concert was cancelled Popularity can make or break a career in...
The view that inspired America's most beautiful song In 1893, a teacher scaled Pikes Peak in Colorado and penned one of the US's most...
'We have hundreds of thousands of fans': How a Canadian Back to the Future parody became an international cult hit A low-budget riff on the...
Alex Eala's historic Wimbledon run thrills boxing-obsessed Philippines Alexandra Eala has reached the third round of the women's singles at...
News of disease outbreaks can warp our brains in strange and subtle ways The "behavioural immune system" can drive harsher moral judgement...
A sweet bun so good it inspired a national holiday Each summer, Poland awaits bilberry season in order to eat jagodianzki, traditional berry-filled...
AI is 'not smart' so what's next in artificial intelligence? "We don't have robots that are nearly as good at understanding...
Masked men to morphine addiction: The original TV Little House on the Prairie was a true American horror story A Netflix spin on the classic...