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The true story of Japan's samurai city that chose art over war

My battle with Tesla: I want to clear my name before I die

'My hell in Myanmar cyber slavery camp'

Daniel Dennett: 'Why civilisation is more fragile than we realised'

The Moon brings a wild but precarious fish orgy to California's beaches

Buildings that bring nature inside

Influential women's tech network shuts down unexpectedly

Two arrested in Poland over attack on Navalny ally Leonid Volkov

Infected blood scandal: Children were used as 'guinea pigs' in clinical trials

Water extraction and weight of buildings see half of China's cities sink

Tesla pushes for $56B pay deal for Elon Musk

Russia to grow faster than all advanced economies says IMF

We need to reinvent democracy for the long-term (2019)

Why Sweden abandoned its secret A-bomb project

Copenhagen's historic stock exchange in flames

Tesla lays off more than 10% of its workforce

Mini rope bridges built in Forest of Dean to help dormice

The hero tax: Why 'selfless' workers are professionally exploited

Mercury: The Solar System's smallest planet may once have been as large as Earth

Squatters take over Gordon Ramsay's London pub

Texas' skyscrapers are going dark to keep billions of birds safe

US English: Why do Brits hate it so? [video]

Suicide is on the rise for young Americans, with no clear answers

Biden urged to ban China-made electric vehicles