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Environment
Scientists say the retreat of west Antarctica’s ice sheet is unstoppable
acacia tree
Arts, Culture & Media
Need a cover for your book about Africa? Just add an acacia tree
Parents of the Nigerian girls abducted by Islamist militants from the village of Chibok , grieve for their daughters
Conflict & Justice
A father pleads for the return of his kidnapped daughter in Nigeria
HR Giger poses with two of his works at his museum in Chur, Switzerland. Photograph: Arno Balzarini/AP
Arts, Culture & Media
The life and work of surrealist genius, H.R.Giger
Tunisia has boasted some of the most advanced women's rights in the Arab world. But old habits die hard. Men still routinely demand that their future wives be virgins.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Re-virgination’ surgeries are on the rise in Tunisia
Tunisia has boasted some of the most advanced women's rights in the Arab world. But old habits die hard. Men still routinely demand that their future wives be virgins.
Lifestyle & Belief
‘Re-virgination’ surgeries are on the rise in Tunisia
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for May 13, 2014
Music Heard on Air
Music heard on the air for May 13, 2014
Conflict & Justice
Could all the attention to #BringBackOurGirls backfire and empower Boko Haram?
A protester holds a placard reading "nation first" during an anti-China protest in Hanoi to denounce China's setting up of a giant oil rig in the South China Sea.
Global Politics
The Vietnamese are talking tough about what they see as China’s latest provocation
Environment
Champagne may be in trouble, but climate change has sparkling wine from England on the rise
The Ninth Month
Birth Stories Without Borders
Google case
Environment
Europeans can now request information about themselves be removed from the web
"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.
Arts, Culture & Media
This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world
"Smells of Auld Reekie on a very breezy day in 2011" -- Kate McLean's smell map of Edinburgh.
Arts, Culture & Media
This graphic designer makes ‘smell maps’ of cities around the world