Coughing and sneezing most annoying behaviour on trains
30th December - "Harder"
A survey found coughing and sneezing were the biggest annoyances on trains.
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NASA spacecraft flies closest ever to the Sun
26th December - "Easier"
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has made history by flying to within 6.1 million kilometers of the Sun.
Students using A.I. over humans to learn English
23rd December - "Harder"
More and more students in Japan are using artificial intelligence to learn English.
Mystery drones in USA causing alarm
19th December - "Easier"
There have been hundreds of sightings of mystery drones across the USA.
One in three people could detest fidgets
16th December - "Harder"
A third of us may misokinesia - the distress caused by watching people who fidget.
Millions of Syrian refugees ready to go home
12th December - "Easier"
Millions of Syrian refugees could soon go home.
Japan store starts selling drinkable mayonnaise
9th December - "Harder"
Mayonnaise fans in Japan have a new product to savour – drinkable mayonnaise.
Stowaway found on New York to Paris flight
5th December - "Easier"
A stowaway was found hiding on an airplane from New York to Paris.
Scientists find that rats love driving
2nd December - "Harder"
Scientists have been teaching rats to drive a tiny, purpose-built car around a laboratory.
Hopes for global treaty to end plastic pollution
28th November - "Easier"
Countries worldwide could soon sign a treaty to limit how much plastic pollution we create.
Scientists make world's thinnest spaghetti
25th November - "Harder"
Researchers from University College London have created the world's thinnest spaghetti.
Social media platform Bluesky growing fast
21st November - "Easier"
The new social media platform Bluesky is growing very quickly.
Text abbreviations make you look less sincere
18th November - "Harder"
A new study suggests that people who abbreviate their text messages might seem insincere.
Thousands wait for foul smell of corpse flower
14th November - "Easier"
People who like foul-smelling flowers had the chance smell the world's smelliest plant - the corpse flower.
Scientists say the egg came before the chicken
11th November - "Harder"
Scientists believe they have unlocked the age-old conundrum of whether the chicken or the egg came first.
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