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Stephen Dowling

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Why Canada is now a great white shark hotspot

Canada's Atlantic waters are attracting more great white sharks In the past decade, many more great white sharks are being seen in Canada's...

03.10.2026 450

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The eccentric photographer who inspired Attenborough

Cherry Kearton: The eccentric influence on a young Sir David Attenborough As a child, a young Sir David Attenborough was transfixed by a film about...

08.05.2026 40

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The abandoned vehicles in Chernobyl's 'dead zone'

The eerie abandoned vehicles in Chernobyl's 'dead zone' A huge armada of vehicles were used to clean-up the radioactive aftermath of...

25.04.2026 90

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How the digital camera was born

In 1975, a young engineer in the company that made Kodak film took the first picture on a handheld digital camera. Photography would never be the same...

09.12.2025 250

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The 'hugging room' where Covid couldn't spread

In November 2020, one Italian care home created a ingenious solution to Covid's isolation: a "hugging room" where people could safely embrace through...

01.12.2025 40

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A rock star's novel way to view galaxies

Queen guitarist Sir Brian May's latest book explores the history, mystery and evolution of galaxies in a way never tried before – through 3D...

23.11.2025 60

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Covid 2020: Where cruise ships went to die

When Covid-19 took hold, cruise ship operators struggled to stay afloat. One option was to scrap older vessels – giving one photographer a unique...

29.10.2025 40

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What it's like to fly an 80-year-old WW2 bomber

The Commemorative Air Force in the US flies the only two airworthy Boeing B-29s, the most expensive weapon of World War Two. One pilot tells BBC...

20.09.2025 100

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The bomber that became WW2's most expensive weapon

The Boeing B-29 was the most advanced bomber of World War Two, and more expensive to design and build than the atomic bombs it dropped. It also helped...

01.09.2025 90

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The photographer who covered Covid from hospital

In the summer of 2020, Kazakh photographer Andrey Khludeyev contracted Covid-19. He smuggled in a small film camera to capture life on the pandemic's...

29.08.2025 50

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In pictures: History's most extreme hurricanes

Hurricanes are increasingly breaking records for intensity and the destruction they leave in their wake. Here we look at some of the most powerful...

22.08.2025 70

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Five years on: When Covid-hit UK returned to the pub

In July 2020, Britons enjoyed a brief respite from the isolation of Covid measures as pubs and bars opened again for business. It became known as...

05.08.2025 70

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