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Bibby Stockholm: the rise and fall of the UK’s asylum accommodation barge
Leased as part of the UK government’s cost-cutting asylum strategy, the vessel became a symbol of wider debates on ...
On Today's Date: The Enigma Tornado Outbreak
It's one of history's earlier documented tornado swarms. Here's how deadly and damaging it was and why it's called an "enigma ...
From the Titanic to modern mega-liners: the biggest passenger ships, ranked
From the Titanic to today’s record-breaking mega-liners, this ranking explores the largest passenger ships in history, from ...
The best of both worlds? How Australia's unique democracy evolved
Small communities can practise direct democracy: people meet and decide, or vote, on decisions concerning them all. In large modern societies, it operates instead as representative democracy within ...
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Resurrecting An Extinct Grain from a 19th-Century Shipwreck
When the 'James Bentley' sank on Lake Huron in 1878, a ton of rye seeds sank with it. A scientist is now trying to bring that ...
Fascinating historic photos of the world’s most famous cruise ships and liners
Cruise ships and ocean liners have been a popular form of leisure travel for well over a century, with luxury seafaring still ...