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Hikikomori is a form of severe social withdrawal amongst adolescents and young adults that was first described in Japan in ...

In an expedition through the Central Asian steppe, a group of Kazakh and European archaeologists search for clues left by ...

The Somali term 'naag nool' directly translates as 'woman alive', but to the women that embrace the term it means ...

As well as being a superb wine stopper, cork is a unique and versatile material. Cork was used by ancient ...

Emperor Justinian I and Empress Theodora were the 6th Century golden couple of the Byzantine Empire. Think Jay-Z and Beyonce ...

Journalist Zakee Kuduro explores the science of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and why an understanding of the fundamentals of physics and knowing ...

Haunted by post-socialist nostalgia, 25-year-old director Hanwen Zhang returns to the factory town where he was born, in north-east China. ...

Rival villagers from the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh take part in an annual fireball battle. Over the years several ...

Male pageants have become a growing trend in South Korea. But what does it take to be crowned as the ...

What do humans and Asian tree shrews have in common? We are the only two mammals known to tolerate the ...