When the Swedish town of Kallinge discovered their drinking water contained extremely high levels of PFAS, they had no idea what it would mean for their health and their children's future
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A filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark's self-image – The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras
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How a young Dutch woman’s life began when she was allowed to die
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The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
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My doomed career as a North Korean novelist
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When the great apes at Furuvik Zoo in Sweden broke free from their enclosure last winter, the keepers faced a terrible choice
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Dismantling Sellafield: The epic task of shutting down a nuclear site
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Megalopolis: How coastal west Africa will shape the coming century
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Last year, three "seasteading" enthusiasts bought a cruise ship to use as the core of a libertarian cryptocurrency utopia off Panama's coast. The plan fell apart before it made it across the ocean.
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How Big Tech helps India target climate activists: Companies such as Google and Facebook appear to be aiding and abetting a vicious government campaign against Indian environmental campaigners
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How I survived a Chinese ‘reeducation’ camp for Uighurs
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Invasion of the ‘Frankenbees’: The danger of building a better bee
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A scandal in Oxford: The curious case of the stolen gospel
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The great American tax haven: Why the super-rich love South Dakota
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Blow up: How half a tonne of cocaine transformed the life of an island
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Hand dryers vs. paper towels: The surprisingly dirty fight for the right to dry your hands
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How the US has hidden its empire: The United States likes to think of itself as a republic, but it holds territories all over the world – the map you always see doesn’t tell the whole story.
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Super-tall, super-skinny, super-expensive: The 'pencil towers' of New York's super-rich
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Field of dreams: Heartbreak and heroics at the World Ploughing Championships
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One man’s (very polite) fight against media Islamophobia
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The free speech panic: How the right concocted a crisis
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