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Whether affecting elite gymnasts on the balance beam or the rest of us during our daily lives, understanding and overcoming mental blocks can lead to moments of greatness.
Between AI and bingeing TV shows, we’re using more data than ever – and data centres are power hungry. Thankfully, there are some ways to optimise their electricity use.
Trump aims to garner support from white Americans by claiming he will defend them from the threat posed by people who are not perceived as ‘real’ Americans.
Hepatitis C can be cured but can be difficult to spot until it’s caused liver damage.
South West Water handing out emergency rations of bottled water to anyone affected by the cryptosporidium outbreak in Torbay.
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Since coining the term microplastics 20 years ago on May 7 2004, Richard Thompson reflects on the progress being made to halt plastic pollution.
El cuerpo del líder socialista Giacomo Matteotti es descubierto en las afueras de Roma el 16 de agosto de 1924, dos meses después de su desaparición.
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Cien años después del asesinato del líder de la oposición italiana, unos documentos guardados durante mucho tiempo en la London School of Economics podrían arrojar nueva luz sobre la implicación de Mussolini en su muerte.
The body of socialist leader Giacomo Matteotti is discovered on the outskirts of Rome on August 16 1924, two months after his disappearance.
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One hundred years after the Italian opposition leader’s murder, documents long locked away at the London School of Economics could shed new light on Mussolini’s involvement in his death