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Published on Thursday, 08 March 2012 12:23 | | 
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Published on Wednesday, 07 March 2012 23:10 | | |
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Is it a brooch made of diamonds? Or a sleeping dragonfly covered in dew? Amateur photographer Miroslaw Swietek, who lives in a forest in Poland, gets up at 3am to capture shots of the insects inhabiting the trees around him.
Published on Wednesday, 07 March 2012 13:27 | | |
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Dining on dirt – or geophagy as it is scientifically known – is found in many cultures around the world. A new scientific study has found that earth, particularly clay, acts as a shield in the stomach against parasites and plant toxins, and is a common craving for pregnant women and young children.
Published on Monday, 05 March 2012 13:23 | |
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You might make millions but can you stay sane? The City, argues Leslie Chapman, is a psychological disaster waiting to happen.
Published on Friday, 02 March 2012 00:00 | | |
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Photographer Carli Davidson catches wet dogs in mid shake!
Carli is an animal trainer as well as an award winning photographer who works with pets and wildlife.
Published on Thursday, 01 March 2012 00:00 | | |
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Somaly Mam runs shelters for the victims of Cambodia’s sex trade. Sold into prostitution as a child herself and having suffered terrible ordeals, Somaly is determined to build something positive out of so much despair. Marianne Pearl met her.
Published on Saturday, 11 February 2012 12:03 | | |
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Inequality matters! It causes stress, undermines community life and corrodes society as a whole.
Societies that do best for their citizens, claim Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett in their book The Spirit Level, are those with the narrowest income differentials, such as Japan and the Nordic countries. The most unequal - the United States, Portugal and the United Kingdom - do worst.