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How our changing world has decimated Kannuaj's centuries old attar industry
An unlikely culture warrior pours fuel on the fires
We meet the people in western India cut off from the mainland by a bridgeless river
Nobel Prize laureate Katalin Kariko was caught up in a Covid vaccine disinformation storm
How the legacy of the Bengal Famine of 1943 lives on in Britain today
What can Muslims do to reduce the enormous carbon footprint of the pilgrimage to Mecca?
A councillor, a Danish politician and an edible insect chef become unwitting hate figures
A story about trauma and its ever-changing definition
Children as young as five are picking jasmine, an ingredient used in leading perfumes
An argument between a parent and her child during lockdown has far-reaching consequences
Gordon Corera asks what approach Western powers should take to a defining challenge
Why a European country has put competitive gaming on the school curriculum
A young man is arrested on the most bizarre charges
How one manual has had a huge influence on the diagnosis of mental health conditions
Kobby Spiky explores the challenges for gamers and developers in Africa
With trust in police falling, volunteer groups have begun patrolling the streets
A family of Twilight fans blunder into a dreadful, real-life horror
A medical scandal has world-shattering consequences
Why can the process of pregnancy and childbirth still be so dangerous for women?
Why being a twin in Nigeria could mean life or death
Why is Sweden home to so many dollar billionaires?
The bizarre origins of a world-altering act of violence
Our technology dominated world is in a crisis 鈥 what are the solutions?
Can teaching a child to raise, call and bluff help them learn lessons about life?
What would it take for you to give up meat?
Dr Zoe Williams examines historical inequalities in the diagnosis and treatment of women
Can Salvadoran children adopted during the country鈥檚 civil war find their birth families?
Why a celebrated astrophysicist believes space research needs a new approach
Children separated from their parents by civil war now want to find their birth families
The dilemmas caused by treatments that could tackle some of our most serious illnesses