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Netting to stop bird nesting is nasty and against nature

Bird netting or anti-bird netting is a form of bird pest control. It is a net used to prevent birds from reaching certain areas. The Royal S...

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Lack of right size spacesuits cancels NASA’s first all-female spacewalk

NASA cancelled plans for its first all-female spacewalk on the 29th March as the agency didn’t have enough spacesuits that fit the astronauts. It seems that there weren&...

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Disney acquires 21st Century Fox in a $71 billion deal

Disney is now the official owner of Rupert Murdoch’s former entertainment empire, 21st Century Fox. The massive $71bn deal - completed after midnight New York time on We...

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Pursuit of Happiness

How can a play about depression be warm, funny and inspiring?  Duncan Macmillan and Johnny Donahue come up with the answer through Every Brilliant Thing - a one-man ...

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UN experts urge States to ‘stem the tide of hate and discrimination’

Marking the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination several top UN officials and human rights experts have stressed that States must take urgent ac...

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The burden of the overworked Japanese mothers

Many Japanese women are caught in limited roles in the workplace, which hold them back from their biggest ambitions caused by the disproportionate burden women shoulder at hom...

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Exploration of gender, a key theme on this year’s Wellcome Book Prize shortlist

On embracing the 10th anniversary of the Wellcome Book Prize 2019, the best new books that illuminate the many ways that health, medicine and illness touch our lives has been ...

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Climate change could make insurance unaffordable for ordinary people

Insurance workers started to warn that climate change could make insurance unaffordable for ordinary people right after the world’s largest reinsurance firm Munich Re - ...

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Indian gay film Evening Shadows’ journey unstoppable

Evening Shadows, the multiple award-winning Indian feature film about a son coming out to his mother, is still going strong on the film festival circuit. Since its World Premi...

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Water for all – Leaving no one behind!

The World Water Day is celebrated every year on 22nd March focusing on the importance of water. This year’s theme, ‘Leaving no one behind’, adapts the centra...

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HEALTH: WHEN CANCER GETS PERSONAL

As cancer treatment continues to rely on averages and probabilities, a breakthrough appr...

January 18 2026

GENDER: CHAI AND LOVE MEET ON STAGE

In this intimate column, Vinta Nanda writes about The Chai Queens, its emotional homecom...

January 17 2026

TRENDING: THE QUIET POWER OF COSTUMES

Costume designer Pia Benegal reflects on why her craft remains invisible, how clothes sh...

January 16 2026