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12 July 2019

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Bev Bradbury Jones and a nurse

'Why I gave my kidney to a stranger'

The woman who gave her kidney to somebody she never met - and the man who gave his to a Twitter friend.

The Facebook logo is displayed during the F8 Facebook Developers conference in San Jose, California in April 2019

Facebook to be fined record $5bn, reports say

US regulators are said to have approved a penalty against Facebook over a data protection scandal.

A young boy

'Always wear sun cream and protect your eyes'

A petition has been launched calling for teachers to apply sun cream with parents' consent.

Can the meaning of life be found in code?

The internet as religious experience

Religion is in the ascendant across the world, but it has a new, powerful rival - the internet.

sunscreen being applied to a child's face

Children 'are getting sunburnt in school'

Some schools do not allow children to bring in sun cream and teachers are told not to apply it.

Olafur Eliasson

The artist who brought the weather indoors ★★★☆☆

Olafur Eliasson's art is quietly provocative, and at its best stimulates your senses and your mind.

Christopher Knight

Why this man became a hermit at 20

Many people really don't like being alone. They feel lonely. For others, however, solitude can be a source of ecstasy.

An actor crouching in front of another

The boy who met his killer online

Based on the real-life murder of Breck Bednar, the play aims to teach teenagers about online grooming.

Doctor holding a pipette leans over patient lying back on a bed

Why thousands volunteered to catch a cold

How Britain tried to cure the common cold.

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