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  • Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit
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    Mount Everest: A new route avoids treacherous Khumbu Icefall in safer path to summit

  • Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport
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    Tech jobs aplenty in Dubai’s AI boom – depending on your passport

  • A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant
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    A look at 15th-century India through the eyes of a Genoan merchant

  • Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse
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    Historical romance: In 1906, an Englishwoman is infatuated by the handsome Indian groom of her horse

  • Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate
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    Language and power: What Ambedkar and Periyar teach us about Maharashtra’s Hindi debate

  • Is AI not all it’s made out to be? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist it
    6

    Is AI not all it’s made out to be? A new book punctures the hype and proposes some ways to resist it

  • For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with
    7

    For young readers: Poems about the various small, astonishing creatures we share the planet with

  • How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes
    8

    How Zohran Mamdani is busting the fake nostalgia of ‘Iran before the Islamic revolution’ memes

  • Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species
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    Arunachal Pradesh: Threatened by dam, Siang Valley is home to staggeringly diverse number of species

  • Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy
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    Stephen Alter’s novel brings to life an older version of Rudyard Kipling’s young hero, Kim, as a spy

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Watch: This is the world’s tallest Eiffel Tower replica made with matches

Richard Plaud from France spent eight years building his 23.6-foot model from more than 706,000 matches and 23 kg of glue.

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Feb 11, 2024 · 10:47 am
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Frenchman Richard Plaud said he had been on an 'emotional rollercoaster' this week after initially being rejected by the Guinness World Records, and then validated a day later, for his matchstick Eiffel Tower model as the world's tallest https://t.co/DWlJT7Tx60 pic.twitter.com/AWIH7tTjcd

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