Feeding the world and the Green Revolution
In February 2024, the renowned Indian geneticist Dr. MS Swaminathan was posthumously awarded the...
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‘Always pass the salt and pepper together, even if your fellow diner has asked just for one of...
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Supermarkets: they are ubiquitous yet hard to define, lauded and vilified in roughly equal...
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In the 1990s, an advert for a brand of chocolate depicted a sophisticated gathering hosted by the...
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The humble plastic bag is actually a marvel of engineering: it is cheap, light, strong,...
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Political parties come in all shapes and sizes and their ideas are just as varied. But what kind...
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We can probably all think of examples of bad bosses – the people who we love to gossip about with...
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Whether we are pedestrians, cyclists or drivers, roads play a crucial role in our everyday lives....
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For every young American under the age of 18, there are about two cats or dogs receiving free...
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In some ways the 21st century is a very unusual time when it comes to adolescence - a study in...
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From Bhutan to The Bahamas and Iceland to Indonesia, mass tourism has grown at an unprecedented...
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Are we in a new age of information warfare? The technology to create deepfakes has progressed...
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How the mobile phone changed everything
When telecoms engineer Martin Cooper first chatted in public on a mobile phone 50 years ago few...
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The submarine: Stealth machine
Given the submarine's importance to many of the world's navies, it's perhaps surprising to learn...
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Hazel Scott: Jazz star and barrier breaker
A child prodigy on the piano, then a glamorous jazz and popular music entertainer, a civil rights...
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Do you like cocoa? You are in good company: in South and Central America people have been...
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The Hoover Dam in the US, the Aswan Dam in Egypt and the recently opened, and sumptuously named,...
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Alexander the Great or not so great?
From Persia to India to Greece – they called him The Great – that is Alexander the Great. Also...
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Rituals: Our anchors in a changing world
From coronations to cup finals, many of us love a big event, a ceremony with age-old observances....
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Tropicália: the movement that defied Brazil’s dictatorship
Drawing on traditional music, pop culture, kitsch, rock and modernist poetry to mention just a...
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