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FDA advisors voted against MDMA therapy – researchers are still fighting for it bbc.com/future/article/20240…

FDA advisors voted against MDMA therapy – researchers are still fighting for it

A vote against using MDMA as part of therapy for PTSD has provoked a powerful backlash among researchers who study psychedelic drugs.

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Starliner: The US space industry's next big thing? bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Starliner: The US space industry's next big thing?

Astronauts are preparing for launch in Boeing's new Starliner. What does the spacecraft mean for the future of the US space programme?

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Why 2024's cicada bonanza is so rare bbc.com/reel/video/p0hrwngw/…

Why 2024's cicada bonanza is so rare

This rare dual emergence of two different broods hasn't happened for 221 years.

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The New Zealand city with a labyrinth of underground caves bbc.com/future/article/20240…

The New Zealand city with a labyrinth of underground caves

Auckland is the largest city in New Zealand and beneath it lies an equally sprawling network of lava caves.

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How AI is testing the boundaries of human intelligence bbc.com/future/article/20240…

How AI is testing the boundaries of human intelligence

The BBC is launching a new series to explore the limits of artificial intelligence by pitting it against the most powerful thinking machines on the planet – the human brain.

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Inside the exquisite Tibetan monasteries salvaged from climate change bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Inside the exquisite Tibetan monasteries salvaged from climate change

Climate change was ravaging the stunning Tibetan heritage of the Himalayas – now the 15th Century monasteries are being restored.

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Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks bbc.com/reel/video/p0htrs1d/…

Inside the Icelandic plant turning CO2 into rocks

The world's largest direct air capture plant sucks CO2 from the air and deposits it underground.

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Indigenous mothers are being 'failed' in Australia – so they are taking measures into their own hands bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Indigenous mothers are being 'failed' in Australia – so they are taking measures into their own...

Aboriginal mothers and their babies have higher death rates and poorer health outcomes than non-Indigenous Australians. New community-led services are trying to change that.

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Why is only 10 percent of the population left-handed? bbc.com/reel/video/p0hsy12y/…

Why is only 10 percent of the population left-handed?

A new study reveals the role of rare gene variants and randomness in determining left-handedness.  

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These tricks make wind farms more bird-friendly bbc.in/44ocHdZ

These tricks make wind farms more bird-friendly

Wind turbines can pose a deadly risk to migrating birds, but there are ways to dramatically reduce crashes.

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Formula E: The world's fastest electric vehicles could spark widespread innovation bbc.com/worklife/article/202…

Formula E: The world's fastest electric vehicles could spark widespread innovation

The common electric vehicle doesn't need to hit lightning speed – but Formula E race cars could usher in a new era for all.

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Why belief in cancer fatalism can harm your health bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Why belief in cancer fatalism can harm your health

Cancer isn't necessarily a death sentence, but it's common to believe that it is.

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Analogue technology can be frustrating – is that part of the appeal? bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Analogue technology can be frustrating – is that part of the appeal?

Digital technology's quickness and convenience ought to have buried its analogue counterparts. Yet vinyl records and film photography endure. Why do people continue to use it?

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The ghosts of India's TikTok: What happens when a social media app is banned bbc.com/future/article/20240…

The ghosts of India's TikTok: What happens when a social media app is banned

TikTok was one of India's most popular apps – until it was banned in 2020. It's a lesson for what might unfold if a US ban goes ahead.

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Watch these hungry waxworms eat through plastic and digest it too bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Watch these hungry waxworms eat through plastic and digest it too

Wriggling critters armed with enzymes can break down plastics that would otherwise take decades, or even centuries to degrade.

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World's first 'zero-waste' restaurant without a single bin bbc.com/reel/video/p0hs7sj4/…

World's first 'zero-waste' restaurant without a single bin

As part of its mission, Silo uses a nose to tail and root to tip approach to cooking out of respect for nature.

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Why societies grow more fragile and vulnerable to collapse as time passes bbc.com/future/article/20240…

Why societies grow more fragile and vulnerable to collapse as time passes

Pre-modern states and civilisations became more prone to collapse as time passed – a pattern that holds lessons for today's ageing global powers.

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The megabat that's gone forever bbc.com/future/article/20240…

The megabat that's gone forever

The Little Mariana fruit bat slipped into oblivion before scientists even had the chance to learn about its biology or behaviour.

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The environmental cost of China's addiction to cement bbc.com/future/article/20240…

The environmental cost of China's addiction to cement

Why China's concrete addition is costing the Earth.

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The rise of the ‘no-wash’ movement bbc.com/culture/article/2023…

The rise of the ‘no-wash’ movement

There's a growing cohort of people who believe in washing clothes less – or not at all. Matilda Welin talks to the 'no-wash' and 'low-wash' believers.

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