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Artist Clare Hewitt uses fallen oak leaves and sunlight to create her works of art before returning the leaves to the forest ...

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Exercise is one of the most effective ways to lower your blood pressure, but some workouts are more effective than others.

In this latest instalment of Future Chronicles, an imagined history of future inventions, we journey to 2035, when undersea ...

The vogue for immersive shows is starting to feel stale, so when I gave in to my son’s pleas to visit Tutankhamun: The ...

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