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Even with all our technology and knowledge of the dangers of Antarctica, it can remain deadly for anyone who goes there, writes .
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BBC Future Sep 21
Can technology truly replace the human touch or parental instinct?
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BBC Future Sep 21
Could towing a 85-100 million-tonne iceberg to Cape Town help to solve their water crisis? reports.
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BBC Future Sep 20
At 110m long (361ft), 34m wide (112ft) and 30m (98ft) high, it was one of the largest structures of its kind in the world at the time, writes .
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BBC Future Sep 20
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but the beholder’s opinions can change in an instant. .
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BBC Future Sep 19
Welcome to the future: at once weird and mundane. .
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BBC Future Sep 19
Overall, evidence that added sugar directly causes type 2 diabetes, heart disease, obesity or cancer is thin, writes
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BBC Future Sep 19
In 1907, the state of Indiana passed a law requiring institutionalised persons to be sterilised – the world’s first eugenics law, writes
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BBC Future Sep 18
Taking the caffeine out of coffee is no mean feat.
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BBC Future Sep 18
By harnessing the energy they create, hot springs can be used to grow seasonal food year-round, writes .
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BBC Future Sep 17
For the last decade at least 10 ‘solid bulk cargo’ carriers have been lost at sea each year.
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BBC Future Sep 17
From ordering you a pizza to translating text into elvish and even testing driverless cars, Yandex sees itself as so much more than the Google of Russia.
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BBC Future Sep 9
Early IUDs were made from all sorts of materials, including bone and cat guts.
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BBC Future Sep 9
Beware of flashcards, they might make you overconfident.
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BBC Future Sep 8
China has more solar energy capacity than any other country in the world.
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BBC Future Sep 8
Residents must have their appendixes removed as a precaution, as the nearest major hospital is more than 1,000km away.
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BBC Future Sep 7
By identifying the role genetics plays in educational attainment, researchers could be able to identify children who will need education help early on.
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BBC Future Sep 7
“‘Water from air’ devices could go a long way towards solving the world’s freshwater problem,” writes .
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BBC Future Sep 6
In Asia, 27% of women use an IUD for contraception; in North America, 6.1%, writes .
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BBC Future Sep 6
It’s – but not everyone finds reading easy. The Dyslexie font was designed to make reading easier for people with dyslexia.
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