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10 October 2017

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Emma Stone and Billie Jean King

The most sexist game of tennis ever?

A film tracing the 1973 tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs is released next month.

Image from front cover of The Graphic Diary of Anne Frank

The world's most-read diary in pictures

The words of young wartime diarist Anne Frank are reimagined in comic-strip format.

Paul Pugh in hospital

The man diagnosed with pathological laughter

Following a brutal assault Paul Pugh was left with pathological laughter - a condition which causes him to laugh at the most inappropriate moments.

Li Ronghao

The song played 1.3bn times on China's Spotify

Chinese tech giant Tencent is dominating the music streaming market after clamping down on piracy.

A 'primer' bot

The origami bots that could do surgery

Researchers at MIT have developed miniature bots that can fold into a number of different shapes.

Toast being dipped in runny egg

Runny eggs declared 'safe to eat'

The Food Standards Agency says raw and lightly cooked eggs, with the British Lion mark stamp, are safe.

Sisters Radhika and Yashoda in the Himalayan mountains of northern India - crossing the Bhagirathi River

Our perilous trek to school

Two sisters, a perilous mountain trek and a wobbly wire bridge - high in the Indian Himalayas.

Lystrosaurus, an early relative of mammals whose fossils are known from Russia, China, India, Africa and Antarctica

Mass extinctions 'offer cautionary tale'

Past mass extinctions have the potential to guide modern conservation efforts, say scientists.

Girl covering face after looking at laptop

Social media sites 'face tax over abuse'

The government wants firms such as Facebook and Twitter to publish annual reports on abuse.

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