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Brant Kirby
Nov 20, 2022
Hello there. I am so glad to learn English. That's it, There are so many words that I learned from it.
GM
Apr 7, 2022
helpful, useful
Fábio
Sep 20, 2021
Mais notícias do que aulas.
Alex
Apr 26, 2021
Thanks. You help to learn English more. Go on.
Sep 3, 2020
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Learn and practise useful English language for everyday situations. Find more at bbclearningenglish.com Follow us at bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/followus
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Call centres: Are you talking to AI?
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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Making 'mum friends'
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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Can you trust ancestry DNA kits?
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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How babies learn to talk
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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The secrets to a healthy old age
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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The bond between sisters
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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Having acne
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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Why you need a good night's sleep
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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Divorce: Why does it happen?
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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Tech that refuses to die
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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Did Taylor Swift fans cause an earthquake?
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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What decides our taste?
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Learning a new food culture
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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Saving water in the driest place on Earth
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Keeping kids off smartphones
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Less salt, better health
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Meet a real Willy Wonka
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Why we love dumplings
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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Kids and climate change
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Birthday cakes
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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The science of falling in love
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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Why read books, not screens?
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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AI to reduce animal testing
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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The school that puts the kids in charge
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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What can we learn from toddlers?
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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How learning to read changes lives
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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Building a better world with wood?
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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How names can tell painful stories
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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Too old to have a baby?
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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E-rickshaws driving away pollution
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May 30, 2024 |
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How bubble tea got its bubbles
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May 23, 2024 |
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Can you keep a secret?
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May 16, 2024 |
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Bitter food, better health?
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May 09, 2024 |
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Talking at the table
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May 02, 2024 |
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Eating for two
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Dancing for the brain
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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Nudges: The secrets of persuasion
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Why sitting is bad for health
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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Why everyone loves the underdog
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Disability in music and theatre
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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What makes a great library?
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Sewing to fight period poverty
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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Plastic waste eaten by enzymes
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Feed your brain
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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Food for new mums
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Fighting loneliness with soup
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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What is the future of work?
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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How the language of menus matters
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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The psychology of greed
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Addicted to sugar
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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Our love of pets
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Sexism: Female farmers fighting back
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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Learning lessons from the Moon
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Could we live without plastic?
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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Invasive species: Why don't we eat them?
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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What and where is Little Italy?
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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Social media and teenage health
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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Mystery flying objects
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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Elephant-proof farming
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Nov 14, 2023 |
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Should we farm octopus?
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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Ways to live for 100 years
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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How green is your money?
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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Mushrooms: Medicine or myth?
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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Saving dead languages
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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Sounds that make you want to scream
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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How fans talk about their passions
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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Making male friends
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Space-saving solar hacks
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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The stories behind our names
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Heatwaves - can we adapt?
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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Are you unhappy at work?
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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Do you have eco-anxiety?
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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Can we stop natural disasters?
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Aug 04, 2023 |
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The right way to say sorry
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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Could you live on wild food?
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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Plants fighting pollution
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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Should we fear chatbots?
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Is it wrong to eat plants?
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Sonic seasoning
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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The benefits of doing nothing
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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The art of subtitling
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Ecotourism: good or bad?
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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Can climate change cause more disease?
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May 25, 2023 |
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Food shortages
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May 18, 2023 |
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Addicted to war
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May 11, 2023 |
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Ice and the origins of life on Earth
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May 04, 2023 |
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Women in politics
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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What's the point of museums?
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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How culture affects sadness
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Would you eat a Kalette?
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Do you get jealous easily?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Are you lonely in a crowd?
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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Food and mood
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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How to talk to a climate denier
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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Losing your mother tongue
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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The health benefits of apples
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Why do we procrastinate?
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Doomscrolling: Why do we do it?
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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Exercise for The Lazy
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Can AI have a mind of its own?
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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Climate change: Are there too many people?
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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The hidden life of buffets
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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Songwriting
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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United against food waste
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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3D printers
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Are opinion polls accurate?
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Deep-sea mining: Good or bad for the planet?
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Can music mend a broken heart?
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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The art of conversation
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Qatar's World Cup workers
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Controlling the weather
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Meet the flavourists
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Are Halloween costumes too scary?
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Does climate change make you anxious?
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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Translating recipes
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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Are artistic brains different?
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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Why are prices going up?
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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English for dating online
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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Man vs beast: Who is more efficient?
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Are you following your dreams?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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Do emojis make language better?
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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Being a beauty influencer
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Aug 25, 2022 |
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Women in the workplace
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Aug 18, 2022 |
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Connecting remote communities
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Aug 11, 2022 |
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How pandemics end
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Aug 04, 2022 |
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Confused by modern idioms?
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Jul 28, 2022 |
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Which are more dangerous: Sharks or humans?
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Jul 21, 2022 |
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Climate change and evolution
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Jul 14, 2022 |
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Preserving traditional recipes
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Jul 07, 2022 |
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Restoring trust in science
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Jun 30, 2022 |
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The Manhattan Project
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Island life: Is it paradise?
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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The technology of translation
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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What is the Platinum Jubilee?
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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People who can taste words
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May 26, 2022 |
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Finding your way in space
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May 20, 2022 |
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Can VR treat fears and phobias?
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May 12, 2022 |
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Life in the modern office
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May 05, 2022 |
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Remembering Desmond Tutu
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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Discoveries of the Deep Sea
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Apr 21, 2022 |
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Rhetoric: How persuasive are you?
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Apr 14, 2022 |
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Britain's love affair with coffee
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Apr 07, 2022 |
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Optimists vs Pessimists
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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The world of Agatha Christie
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Mars: Mysteries of the Red Planet
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Why laughter is the best medicine
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Is being kind good for you?
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Eating bugs
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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The benefits of boredom
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Sleepy in South Korea
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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Sleepy in South Korea
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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Preparing for the Beijing Winter Olympics
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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Are personalised diets the best way to be healthy?
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Jan 20, 2022 |
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Inventing languages
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Jan 13, 2022 |
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Welcome to the 'metaverse'
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Jan 06, 2022 |
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Do trees have memories?
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Dec 30, 2021 |
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Algorithms
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Changing the Earth's climate
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Dec 16, 2021 |
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Body language online
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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The Human Library: Life as an open book
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Dec 02, 2021 |
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How green is nuclear energy?
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Nov 25, 2021 |
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Why we forget the things we learn
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Nov 18, 2021 |
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Why is Super Mario so popular?
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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Should fast food sponsor sport?
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Nov 04, 2021 |
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Grime: Music from architecture
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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Where do your tips go?
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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Angela Merkel
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Oct 14, 2021 |
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Smart tech and climate change
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Oct 07, 2021 |
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Going through the menopause
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Sep 30, 2021 |
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Bitcoin's energy cost
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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I love my language!
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Sep 23, 2021 |
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Why are people collecting NFTs?
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Robot Artists
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Sep 16, 2021 |
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Bats: Friend or foe?
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Is the planet warming up faster?
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Is technology harmful to youngsters?
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Is chimp politics like ours?
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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Making sense of the census
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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The fear of numbers
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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A future without doctors?
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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Lights! Camera! Kiss! - Intimacy on screen
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Head injury in sport
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Inside the head of Jeff Bezos
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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The history of swimming
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Aug 05, 2021 |
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Are humans a messy species?
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Jul 29, 2021 |
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The loneliest man in history
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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How colour affects us
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Flexible working
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Hypnotism
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Jul 08, 2021 |
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Saving the white rhinos
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Making old things last longer
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Building rapport with others
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Jun 17, 2021 |
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Food superstitions
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Jun 10, 2021 |
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The Rosetta Stone
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Jun 03, 2021 |
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Compassion fatigue
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May 27, 2021 |
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Hermits
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May 20, 2021 |
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When males are not needed
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May 14, 2021 |
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Mermaids
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May 06, 2021 |
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A quieter world
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Apr 29, 2021 |
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US and China vs climate change
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Apr 22, 2021 |
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Naked in nature
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Apr 15, 2021 |
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The language of biscuits
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Apr 08, 2021 |
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Is English really English?
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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Astronauts on strike?
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Mar 25, 2021 |
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Digital help for blind people
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Mar 18, 2021 |
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What’s the key to happiness?
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Mar 11, 2021 |
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Looking for utopia
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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Covid: One year on
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Feb 25, 2021 |
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Singing in tune
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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Working for yourself
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Feb 11, 2021 |
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How much heat do you lose from your head?
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Feb 04, 2021 |
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The woman whose cells never die
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Jan 28, 2021 |
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What makes a good story?
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Jan 21, 2021 |
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For the love of foreign languages
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Jan 14, 2021 |
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Why can't we resist comfort food?
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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What is fat-shaming?
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Coronavirus vs other pandemics
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Are trees intelligent?
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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Can jellyfish help us solve our problems?
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Why do we choose to text instead of talk?
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Dec 03, 2020 |
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Loneliness
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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Is punctuality important?
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Nov 19, 2020 |
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Could you be a victim of online fraud?
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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Melting ice sheet: Is it too late?
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Nov 05, 2020 |
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Walkman: the music player revolution
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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Could humans live in underwater cities?
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Oct 22, 2020 |
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Hacking help for US elections
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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Do chimps have the same emotions as us?
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Oct 08, 2020 |
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How can we make the web a better place?
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Coronavirus: Dealing with mass unemployment post-pandemic
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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Grandma therapy in Zimbabwe
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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Is there a future without bees?
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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How to talk about conspiracy theories
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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What’s the point of blood types?
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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Will Covid-19 change cities?
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Aug 20, 2020 |
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Is this the era of distrust?
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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No more bosses
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Aug 06, 2020 |
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The medicine of coronavirus
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Jul 30, 2020 |
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Food made in space
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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Sport against poverty
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Jul 16, 2020 |
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Covid-19: The office after lockdown
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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Should we wear a face mask?
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Jul 02, 2020 |
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Millennials and business
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Jun 25, 2020 |
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Is being thrifty a virtue?
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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The food delivery revolution
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Jun 11, 2020 |
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What difference has #MeToo made?
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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Is the recycling system broken?
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May 28, 2020 |
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The soothing power of books
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May 21, 2020 |
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Shocking facts about electricity
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May 14, 2020 |
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Internet - good or bad?
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Apr 26, 2018 |