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Etiquette

‘Always pass the salt and pepper together, even if your fellow diner has asked just for one of...

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Supermarkets

Supermarkets: they are ubiquitous yet hard to define, lauded and vilified in roughly equal...

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Diplomacy

In the 1990s, an advert for a brand of chocolate depicted a sophisticated gathering hosted by the...

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The story of throwaway living

The humble plastic bag is actually a marvel of engineering: it is cheap, light, strong,...

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Political Parties and Us

Political parties come in all shapes and sizes and their ideas are just as varied. But what kind...

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What makes a good boss?

We can probably all think of examples of bad bosses – the people who we love to gossip about with...

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The joy and sorrow of roads

Whether we are pedestrians, cyclists or drivers, roads play a crucial role in our everyday lives....

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Pets and Us

For every young American under the age of 18, there are about two cats or dogs receiving free...

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The evolution of teenagers

In some ways the 21st century is a very unusual time when it comes to adolescence - a study in...

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Global mass tourism

From Bhutan to The Bahamas and Iceland to Indonesia, mass tourism has grown at an unprecedented...

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A deep dive into deepfakes

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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The Bittersweet Tale of Cocoa

Do you like cocoa? You are in good company: in South and Central America people have been...

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The dam builders

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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How the shipping container changed the world

Nearly everything we consume is transported by ship. The biggest container ships in the world are...

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