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The mystery shark of the Arctic

The mystery shark of the Arctic

Greenland sharks are slow and mostly blind, yet they may be everywhere

Capital

Don't say — or do — this in Asia

Don't say — or do — this in Asia

From hairstyles to politics, these 10 topics are best left untouched

Autos

Satan's own sled?

Satan's own sled?

Charger SRT Hellcat burns tires – and souls

Culture

Is humour the new self-help?

Is humour the new self-help?

Funny women and their memoirs

Future

Will we ever travel in wormholes?

Will we ever travel in wormholes?

The science of interstellar journeys

Travel

Meet the world’s oldest primate

Meet the world’s oldest primate

Video footage of the highly reclusive animal

BBC America

the power of big data

No-data

One day on a no-data diet

We leave digital traces almost everywhere we go. What happens when someone attempts to avoid dropping a trail of data bread crumbs for 24 hours? Rory Cellan-Jones found out.

Knowledge economy

Billionaire university

Where do the super-rich go to university?

A global census reveals that almost two-thirds of the world's billionaires have a university degree - but where did they study?

the truth about...

Spotted hyena cub

Unlikely 'good guys' of the wild?

Hyenas are reputed as despicable villians of the animal kingdom - but zoologists have found that lions scavenge hyenas more often than the other way around.

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