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Inside China’s ‘White Monkey’ Economy as Foreign Faces Become a Commercial Commodity

“With so many internationally dominant Chinese brands now, it feels like the need for this has expired.” Foreigners posing as

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Black Mycologists and Foragers Expand Fungal Research Across the United States

“It forced me down on my knees to examine it further, because it didn’t look real. It looked like it

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Asia Argento and Jorge Thielen Armand Explore Colonial Legacy and Inherited Trauma in ‘Death Has No Master’

“It’s dealing with my own nightmares, and my own childhood, and the way I was brought up, and my own

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Italian Seaside Town Divided as Growing Peacock Population Sparks Debate

“If they know it’s easier to come and snack on a sandwich in the town rather than having to forage

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Pauline Hanson’s Resurgence Reshapes Australian Politics as Major Parties Shift Right

“There is a frustration that so many people have that we have no vision and they are going to hand

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From Metal Monsters to Meme Fame: Eurovision Veterans Reflect on Fame, Backlash and the Contest’s Expanding Global Reach

“It is the biggest TV show in the world and yet we are broadcasting from under the stairs,” longtime BBC

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UN Warns Forest-Dependent Communities Remain Trapped in Extreme Poverty Despite $1.5 Trillion Global Forest Economy

“The economic and social benefits of forests remain constrained by weak market access and limited opportunities for value-added processing,” the

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Beauty Industry Faces Mounting Pressure Over Packaging Waste as Consumers Shift Toward Refillable and Plastic-Free Personal Care

“A product you love and actually finish is infinitely better than five products you don’t,” sustainability author Anita Vandyke said,

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US Researchers Develop Aluminium-Based Process to Convert Plastic Waste Into Fuel at Lower Temperatures

“The molten salt acts as both medium and active agent, eliminating the need for external catalysts, hydrogen, or organic solvents.”

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Tiny Ice Age Figurine Found Near Danube Continues to Puzzle Archaeologists More Than a Century Later

“The Venus of Willendorf remains one of the most significant surviving examples of Upper Paleolithic art and symbolism.” A small

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