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Community • Education & Work
3rd February 2025
Sisters save a language in Kenya
Community • Equality
6th January 2025
Disabled children in Nigeria
Community • Equality
2nd December 2024
Formula 1 needs female drivers
Community • Education & Work
13th September 2024
Do robots make workers lazy?
Community • Education & Work
9th September 2024
Robot helps student attend school
Community • Education & Work
19th August 2024
Reporting blind on Trump shooting
Community • Equality
1st August 2024
India's first tribal president
Community • Education & Work
29th July 2024
RC: a safe place for autistic students
Community • Education & Work
15th July 2024
Wanted: Cornish castle caretaker
Community • Issues
22nd April 2024
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was a child slave
Community • Issues
1st April 2024
French village bans mobile phones
Community • Education & Work
19th February 2024
Farmers protest in Europe
Community • Equality
2nd October 2023
Sign language for climate change
Community • Issues
19th June 2023
NYC is sinking
Community • Issues
27th February 2023
Sushi terrorism in Japan
Community • Issues
14th November 2022
UK students delete TikTok
Community • Education & Work
17th October 2022
Old rule returns to Ivory Coast schools
Community • Education & Work
19th September 2022
Europe's big plans for seaweed
Community • Issues
15th August 2022
Pope Francis visits Canada to apologise
Community • Education & Work
23rd May 2022
Colombia's fighters become coffee farmers
Community • Equality
2nd May 2022
Uganda: Boda boda rider breaks taboos
Community • Education & Work
18th April 2022
Strict school rules change in Tokyo
Community • Education & Work
21st March 2022
Why some Chinese workers are 'lying flat'
Community • Issues
14th February 2022
Real hope for Ethiopia's false banana
Community • Education & Work
13th December 2021
Headteacher says "Don't call kids woke"
Community • Issues
29th November 2021
Afghans facing 'hell on earth'
Community • Issues
22nd November 2021
Benin bronze returned to Nigeria
Community • Issues
25th October 2021
Ukrainian airline swaps high heels for trainers
Community • Issues
11th October 2021
Mexico City's Columbus statue replaced
Community • Education & Work
27th September 2021
Women could power Japan's workforce
Community • Education & Work
2nd August 2021
Iceland's 4-day week success
Community • Issues
26th April 2021
London's Covid wall of hearts
Community • Issues
1st February 2021
Mexico border seesaws win award
Community • Education & Work
14th December 2020
Top teacher wins $1m prize and gives half away
Community • Issues
7th December 2020
Supermarket chicken linked to deforestation in Brazil
Community • Equality
2nd November 2020
Pope backs LGBT civil unions
Community • Issues
22nd June 2020
Marcus Rashford: free school meals campaign
Community • Education & Work
8th June 2020
Malaysian farmers go digital
Culture • History
3rd March 2025
Ancient Roman building found in London
Culture • History
28th October 2024
Death of US Navajo code talker
Culture • Fashion
18th October 2024
Bella Hadid's spray on dress
Culture • Fashion
14th October 2024
Grandmother enters Miss Universe
Culture • Art
26th August 2024
Banksy gifts London graffiti animals
Culture • History
26th July 2024
Cambodia’s stolen art sent home
Culture • History
11th July 2024
Ancient cave painting discovered in Indonesia
Culture • Art
8th July 2024
British Museum theft
Culture • Music
17th June 2024
Grammy's 2023 Beyoncé makes history
Culture • Music
6th June 2024
Lizzo swaps song lyrics
Culture • Music
3rd June 2024
Why does new music sound old?
Culture • History
23rd May 2024
Talks to return Ethiopian treasures
Culture • History
20th May 2024
London man connects the dots
Culture • History
25th December 2023
Review of 2023 (article)
Culture • History
7th August 2023
Jamaica's stolen iron innovation
Culture • History
26th December 2022
Review of 2022 (article)
Culture • History
21st November 2022
Fires burn Easter Island heads
Culture • History
22nd August 2022
Megalodon mystery solved?
Culture • History
18th July 2022
Frozen baby mammoth found in Canada
Culture • History
16th May 2022
Stolen Darwin notebooks returned
Culture • History
27th December 2021
Article review of 2021
Culture • Film & TV
30th August 2021
Locked down and tuning in
Culture • History
14th June 2021
Thieves steal from English castle
Culture • History
19th April 2021
Ancient bathhouse discovered in Spanish bar
Culture • History
4th January 2021
Article review of 2020
Culture • Books
30th November 2020
Booker Prize recognises African women
Culture • History
29th June 2020
Neolithic holes discovered near Stonehenge
Culture • Books
9th March 2020
Hilary Mantel takes Cromwell down
Culture • Music
3rd February 2020
Billie Eilish wins big at the Grammys
Culture • History
20th November 2019
Havana celebrates 500 years!
Entertainment • Amazing!
12th May 2025
Is there life on another planet?
Entertainment • Funny
18th April 2025
Swiss town covered in cocoa
Entertainment • Amazing!
28th March 2025
Cleaners in India hit the jackpot
Entertainment • Amazing!
28th February 2025
Emily free climbs 1000m rock in a day
Entertainment • Funny
16th September 2024
Shopping for love in Spain
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
2nd September 2024
Taylor Swift’s record-breaking tour
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
26th February 2024
Indian actress fakes cancer death
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
11th December 2023
Spain: no prison for singer Shakira
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
30th October 2023
Tom Hanks AI double trouble
Entertainment • Amazing!
18th September 2023
The hunt for the Loch Ness Monster
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
29th May 2023
Katy Perry vs Katie Perry
Entertainment • Amazing!
3rd October 2022
Youngest pilot flies solo around the world
Entertainment • Amazing!
28th February 2022
Good news for Wordle fans
Entertainment • Amazing!
10th January 2022
French mountain climber finds precious gems
Entertainment • Amazing!
16th November 2020
Dutch train caught by a whale
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
3rd August 2020
New Harry and Meghan book
Entertainment • Celebrity gossip
2nd March 2020
Harry Styles left 'shaken' after attack
Hard News • Business & Money
30th June 2025
Barcelona street sellers launch brand
Hard News • Business & Money
22nd November 2024
Spain’s million euro wine theft
Hard News • Business & Money
18th November 2024
The great cheese robbery
Hard News • Politics
30th September 2024
AI avatars protect journalists in Venezuela
Hard News • Politics
23rd September 2024
Australia to ban social media for children
Hard News • Politics
23rd July 2024
Dominica's golden passport scheme
Hard News • Business & Money
22nd July 2024
Amazon destroys millions of unsold product
Hard News • Politics
4th July 2024
Young activists win climate change lawsuit
Hard News • Politics
1st July 2024
New law to make New Zealand smoke free
Hard News • Business & Money
10th June 2024
Bieber sells his songs
Hard News • Business & Money
18th December 2023
Is Africa's future bright?
Hard News • Politics
13th November 2023
Australia votes 'no' to Indigenous Voice
Hard News • Man-Made Disasters
10th July 2023
Tamil refugees in tropical island nightmare
Hard News • Politics
22nd May 2023
UK rules on smacking
Hard News • Business & Money
23rd January 2023
Croatia adopts euro
Hard News • Politics
12th December 2022
Glasgow: UK's first feminist city
Hard News • Business & Money
31st October 2022
Businessman gives company to planet Earth
Hard News • Business & Money
13th June 2022
Millionaires at Davos: "Tax us now"
Hard News • Business & Money
6th September 2021
Cuba's business laws shake-up
Hard News • Business & Money
12th April 2021
'Traffic jam' at the Suez Canal
Hard News • Business & Money
12th October 2020
Billionaire gives away his fortune
Hard News • Man-Made Disasters
28th September 2020
Refugees relocated after camp blaze
Hard News • Politics
21st September 2020
Koala war in Australia
Hard News • Man-Made Disasters
24th August 2020
Oil spill pollutes Mauritius
Hard News • Man-Made Disasters
15th June 2020
Russian oil spill disaster
Innovation • Technology
1st August 2025
Crop-inspecting robots
Innovation • Space
18th July 2025
Caves could be a moon base
Innovation • Future
30th May 2025
Powered by coffee
Innovation • Technology
26th May 2025
Power outages in Europe
Innovation • Science
28th April 2025
Scientists find secret to new teeth
Innovation • Space
11th April 2025
Comet Neowise lights up the sky
Innovation • Future
31st March 2025
From woolly mice to woolly mammoths
Innovation • Technology
17th February 2025
Grandma fights phone criminals
Innovation • Science
14th February 2025
Drug that heals a broken heart
Innovation • Online
20th January 2025
The future of fake news
Innovation • Future
30th December 2024
Word of the Year: AI
Innovation • Future
7th October 2024
World's first hydrogen building in Cairo
Innovation • Technology
25th September 2024
The rise of the dumbphone
Innovation • Space
27th June 2024
What colour is the sun?
Innovation • Space
24th June 2024
Obama says "footage and records" of UFOs do exist
Innovation • Science
16th May 2024
Nuclear hope for clean energy
Innovation • Science
14th May 2024
First living robots
Innovation • Technology
13th May 2024
Teen scientist makes green sunscreen
Innovation • Technology
15th April 2024
Lie detection systems go high-tech
Innovation • Science
18th March 2024
Gene therapy helps deaf children hear
Innovation • Technology
11th March 2024
AI reveals secrets of ancient scroll
Innovation • Science
20th November 2023
3D printed carrot wins prize in Qatar
Innovation • Science
21st August 2023
How transparent mice help fight cancer
Innovation • Science
31st July 2023
Can medicine grow teeth?
Innovation • Future
15th May 2023
Cancer vaccines hope for the future
Innovation • Technology
3rd April 2023
Microsoft's chatbot troubles
Innovation • Technology
6th February 2023
Doctors use Avatar tech
Innovation • Online
19th December 2022
AI helps identify Holocaust victims
Innovation • Science
5th December 2022
Lab grown blood may save lives
Innovation • Technology
28th November 2022
Sweden's car dummies drive for equality
Innovation • Future
7th November 2022
Surprise breakthrough in lung cancer research
Innovation • Science
10th October 2022
Tasmanian tiger— back from the dead
Innovation • Science
29th August 2022
New hope for people with haemophilia
Innovation • Future
11th July 2022
The future of our digital twins
Innovation • Science
14th March 2022
Bionic eye ready for human trials
Innovation • Technology
18th October 2021
Getting healthy using apps
Innovation • Future
23rd August 2021
Clean water from the air
Innovation • Future
5th April 2021
Bright ideas in 2021
Innovation • Technology
29th March 2021
Camera pill designed to find cancers
Innovation • Science
11th January 2021
Lab-grown chicken on the menu in Singapore
Innovation • Technology
21st December 2020
Robot wolves let loose in Japan
Innovation • Future
22nd May 2020
The end of plastic bottles?
Innovation • Online
24th February 2020
US locals fall victim to fake news
Innovation • Online
9th December 2019
Google bosses say goodbye
Lifestyle • Food & Diet
23rd May 2025
UK says not our cup of tea
Lifestyle • Health
25th April 2025
Africa's malaria vaccine victory
Lifestyle • Health
14th April 2025
People from Finland are the happiest
Lifestyle • Travel
16th December 2024
Toxic drinks kill tourists in Laos
Lifestyle • Health
12th August 2024
New hope to stop HIV
Lifestyle • Travel
16th July 2024
Becoming a UNESCO World Heritage site
Lifestyle • Family
5th July 2024
Philippines: the fight for divorce
Lifestyle • Leisure
20th June 2024
Singapore ravers take back the night
Lifestyle • Sport
6th May 2024
British teen Emma Raducanu wins US Open
Lifestyle • Travel
5th February 2024
Venice vs tourism
Lifestyle • People
22nd January 2024
Amazing young stars in the UK
Lifestyle • People
15th January 2024
Denmark's queen passes on the crown
Lifestyle • Health
9th October 2023
Worm found alive in woman's brain
Lifestyle • Health
25th September 2023
Can leprosy help repair our bodies?
Lifestyle • Food & Diet
17th July 2023
Ancient Pompeii pizza
Lifestyle • People
6th March 2023
Billionaire Gates prefers vaccines to rockets
Lifestyle • Health
12th September 2022
UK DJ wants to save lives
Lifestyle • Health
8th August 2022
Football heading ban for under-12s
Lifestyle • Health
27th June 2022
Scientists: ban sunbeds
Lifestyle • People
20th June 2022
Billie Eilish: Living with Tourette's
Lifestyle • Family
6th June 2022
Indian couple sue son over no grandchildren
Lifestyle • Health
9th May 2022
New Covid symptoms make the list
Lifestyle • Health
4th April 2022
US changes time
Lifestyle • Health
7th March 2022
Morning light vital for good health
Lifestyle • People
31st January 2022
Maya Angelou: first Black woman on US coin
Lifestyle • People
17th January 2022
South Africa's Archbishop Tutu dies at 90
Lifestyle • Health
3rd January 2022
Word of the year: vax
Lifestyle • Leisure
6th December 2021
Remorse over pandemic purchases
Lifestyle • Health
16th August 2021
Mental health on the Olympic podium
Lifestyle • Sport
26th July 2021
Oysters threaten Olympic venue
Lifestyle • People
19th July 2021
Princess Diana statue unveiled
Lifestyle • Family
28th June 2021
Czech Republic women aim for equality
Lifestyle • Health
21st June 2021
Scientists fight dengue fever with mosquitoes
Lifestyle • Health
7th June 2021
Blind man sees again
Lifestyle • People
17th May 2021
Bill and Melinda Gates announce divorce
Lifestyle • People
10th May 2021
William & Kate celebrate 10th anniversary
Lifestyle • Sport
8th February 2021
British tennis player aims to inspire at first Grand Slam
Lifestyle • Health
7th September 2020
Africa defeats wild polio
Lifestyle • Family
17th August 2020
Global falling fertility rates
Lifestyle • Health
27th July 2020
Smokers quit during pandemic
Lifestyle • Food & Diet
20th July 2020
Fishing fraud in the Mediterranean
Lifestyle • Health
10th February 2020
Coronavirus: global health crisis
Natural World • Animals
7th July 2025
Chimpanzees use forest medicine
Natural World • Environment
13th June 2025
Earth’s rivers running dry
Natural World • Environment
6th June 2025
United Nations deal to save sea life
Natural World • Animals
17th March 2025
Whales in France need a new home
Natural World • Environment
15th November 2024
Temperatures rise for COP28
Natural World • Environment
21st October 2024
Everest reaches new heights
Natural World • Animals
30th May 2024
Rise in illegal dog ear cropping
Natural World • Animals
27th May 2024
Australia's killer cats
Natural World • Environment
2nd May 2024
Rewilding Spain
Natural World • Environment
29th April 2024
Thunberg fights climate change
Natural World • Animals
11th April 2024
Do spiders dream?
Natural World • Animals
8th April 2024
Is Italy's killer bear innocent?
Natural World • Environment
25th March 2024
Scientists find amazing new plants
Natural World • Environment
29th January 2024
Plastic found in clouds
Natural World • Environment
4th December 2023
Hawaiian pond turns pink
Natural World • Environment
23rd October 2023
World's stinkiest flower in danger
Natural World • Weather
14th August 2023
July 2023: the hottest month in history
Natural World • Animals
17th April 2023
Saving the world's biggest frog
Natural World • Animals
13th March 2023
Bobi, the world's oldest dog
Natural World • Animals
30th May 2022
New giant tortoise species discovered
Natural World • Environment
11th April 2022
Global treaty on plastic pollution
Natural World • Animals
24th January 2022
Sea dragon fossil discovered
Natural World • Animals
15th November 2021
Migratory birds changing habits
Natural World • Environment
8th November 2021
Biodiversity in drastic decline
Natural World • Environment
1st November 2021
What is COP26?
Natural World • Animals
4th October 2021
Atlanta gorillas catch Covid
Natural World • Natural Disasters
3rd May 2021
Student campaigns for St Vincent victims
Natural World • Animals
15th March 2021
Swarms of Kenya's locusts turned into animal feed
Natural World • Animals
8th March 2021
Fungi fake flowers to fool bees
Natural World • Animals
21st February 2021
Pablo Escobar's hippos loose in Colombia
Natural World • Animals
15th February 2021
Counting African elephants using satellites
Natural World • Environment
9th November 2020
Amazing coral reef discovery
Natural World • Animals
5th October 2020
Botswana solves elephant mystery
Natural World • Animals
13th July 2020
Monkeys take over Thai city
Natural World • Natural Disasters
1st June 2020
Super-cyclone Amphan hits the Bay of Bengal
Natural World • Natural Disasters
16th December 2019
Tourists die in New Zealand volcano