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Chinese New Year 2022: Year of the Tiger


Chinese New Year 2022 Chinese New Year 2022

Celebrate Chinese New Year 2022:Year of the tiger explained

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Winter Olympics 2022 Day 1


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Climate change: Satellites map huge methane plumes from oil and gas


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Huge plumes of the warming gas methane have been mapped globally for the first time from oil and gas fields using satellites. Plugging these leaks would be an important step in buying extra time to curb climate change.

Climate

Why switching asthma inhaler could be better for you and the planet


asthma Asthma inhaler

The current aerosol asthma inhalers we use are cheap but, because of the gases they contain, are one of the NHS's biggest contributions to climate change.

Science

Wordle code could be copied to play for seven years


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The code that powers the website of the viral puzzle game Wordle can be copied and saved to continue playing it for the next seven years, it has been revealed.

Tech

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Bsissa: North Africa's ancient convenience food


food Africia Breakfast

When blended with olive oil and honey, this unassuming brown powder which has been eaten by Tunisians and Libyans for millennia transforms into a breakfast of champions.

Africia

Northern Lights photographed off Norfolk coast by aurora hunters


food UK Northern Lights

The lights, also known as the Aurora Borealis, are the most visible impact of solar activity on Earth

UK

A 477-mile-long megaflash crossed three US states


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A 477-mile-long lightning bolt crossed three southern US states, and is now verified by the World Meteorolgical Organization to be world-record breaking

US and Canada