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US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls
US marriages have rebounded to pre-pandemic levels, with more than 2m such unions in 2022 –...
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RollerCoaster Tycoon at 25: 'It's mind-blowing how it inspired me'
‘I remember I would rush home from school just to play RollerCoaster Tycoon,” recalls John Burton,...
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I discovered why seemingly healthy amphibians were being wiped out
It was while we were sitting and talking in a hotel bar at the first global...
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Danish man convicted for generating $315100 worth of fraudulent music streams
A Danish man has been sentenced to prison in a “historic” case after being found guilty...
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A nuclear plant's closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up
When New York’s deteriorating and unloved Indian Point nuclear plant finally shuttered in 2021, its demise...
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First it was Facebook, then Twitter. Is Reddit about to become rubbish too?
Like many people who were laid off and house-bound during the Covid lockdowns, I spent an...
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How to bully-proof your kids for life
What is bullying?It’s a sustained pattern of aggression by a person with more power, targeting someone...
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Google fined €250M in France for breaching intellectual property deal
Google has been fined €250m (£213m) by French regulators for breaching an agreement over paying media...
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Swept away: $500k sand dune built to protect US homes disappears in days
A sand dune that cost homeowners on a Massachusetts beach more than half a million dollars...
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Young people becoming less happy than older generations, research shows
Young people are becoming less happy than older generations as they suffer “the equivalent of a...
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Jonathan Glazer: 450* Jewish creatives denounce Oscars speech in open letter
Nine days after Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars acceptance speech and the controversy over his statement continues.On Monday,...
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Cosmic cleaners: the scientists scouring English cathedral roofs for space dust
On the roof of Canterbury Cathedral, two planetary scientists are searching for cosmic dust. While the...
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Only seven countries meet WHO air quality standard, research finds
Only seven countries are meeting an international air quality standard, with deadly air pollution worsening in...
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Volkov attack signals Russia's return to cold war-era spying in Europe
It was a crude and violent assault, but as a bloody message, it was chillingly effective....
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Recovery of 18th-century Spanish ship could begin in April
Since the Colombian navy discovered the final resting place of the Spanish galleon San José in...
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US Volkswagen workers file for union election to join United Auto Workers
Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee filed a petition to join the United Auto Workers (UAW) on...
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CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried
The world’s two superpowers are so intricately linked that it’s hard to think of a pillar...
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Vladimir Putin claims landslide Russian election victory
Vladimir Putin has claimed a landslide victory in Russia’s presidential vote, as thousands in the country...
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Brain chips: the Sydney researchers 'miles ahead' of Elon Musk's Neuralink
Brain-computer interface technology is at the core of movies such as Ready Player One, The Matrix...
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Internet providers have left rural Americans behind. One county is fighting back
Orangeburg, South Carolina, is not the middle of nowhere.It’s an hour south of Columbia. It’s an...