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Devil's Arrows: Ancient builders hauled 55k-lb stones 11 miles for UK stone row (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-11 | tags: devils arrows, brimham rocks, prehistoric stone row

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Praearcturus gigas: giant scorpion from Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of Britain (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-09-01 | get DK Prehistoric Life The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth → | tags: praearcturus gigas, devonian, britain

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Babies born under sugar rationing grew into adults with lower cancer risk (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | by Weilong Zhang | tags: sugar rationing, britain, cancer risk

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Data centres could pay hundreds of millions in deposits for power demands (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-07-29 | by Watch Our Pick Of Standout Clips Across The Bbc | tags: ofgem, data centres, electricity grid

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Britain's New World of Tobacco (2017) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-29 | tags: britain, tobacco, 2017

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How the U.S. Engineered Its Sovereignty (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-06 | by Guru Madhavan | tags: britain, freedom, independence

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Scars mark Britain's economy 10 years after Brexit vote (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-23 | get Brexit Economic Impact Book → | tags: brexit, britain, economy

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Britain's prime minister to step down, Burnham puts himself forward as successor (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-22 | tags: britain, prime minister, burnham

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Beyond 'Silicon Roundabout': The next challenge for UK tech (cnbc.com)

2026-06-10 | by Ian King | get Smartphone Repair Toolkit → | tags: area, britain, london

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Phone signal on trains not good enough most of the time, research says (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-03 | get Cell Signal Booster for Cars → | tags: britain, phone signal, social media

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Researchers Confirm Oldest Cave Art in Britain a Century After It Was Dismissed as a Mineral Deposit (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-01 | get Cave Art Replica Kit → | tags: cave art, britain, stone age

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Withnail's Coat and I (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | by Adam Scovell | tags: withnail, bruce robinson, camden

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How tolls saved Britain from pothole hell in the Industrial Revolution (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-23 | by Tom Almeroth-Williams | get Pothole Repair Kit → | tags: turnpike, roads, britain

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UK total wind generation record beaten today (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-25 | get Wind Turbine Model XYZ → | tags: wind power, great britain, national energy system operator

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Opinion | The Pentagon-Anthropic Spat Is Good for China (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-03-10 | get AI Ethics and Safety Book → | tags: pentagon, anthropic, china

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Britain Lost 14,000 Pubs, a Quarter, in 13 Years (slashdot.org)

2026-02-17 | by Posted | get Beer → | tags: britain, closure, decline

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‘The Last Sacrifice’ Explores the (Maybe?) Occult Crime That Inspired ‘The Wicker Man’ (gizmodo.com)

2026-02-12 | get Vampire → | tags: absorbing, absorbing new, britain

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Urban Expansion in the Age of Liberalism (slashdot.org)

2026-01-28 | by Posted | get Smart City → | tags: britain, building, cities

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Britain Has 'Moved Away' From Aligning With EU Regulation, Financial District's Ambassador Says (slashdot.org)

2026-01-16 | by Posted | get Financial District → | tags: alignment, anonymous, britain

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Britain Awards Wind Farm Contracts That Will Power 12 Million Homes (slashdot.org)

2026-01-15 | get Wind Turbine → | tags: auction, britain, farms

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The Legacy of Undersea Cables (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | get Undersea Cables → | tags: britain, cable, cables

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Britain Sets New Record, Generating Enough Wind Power for 22 Million Homes (slashdot.org)

2025-11-22 | by Posted | get Wind Turbine → | tags: britain, cent, electricity

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What influence has the BBC had on history? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-17 | get BBC Radio → | tags: britain, indian, indians

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What Influence Has the BBC Had on History? (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-11-17 | get BBC Microscope → | tags: britain, indian, indians

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Google to invest £5 billion in UK AI as Trump heads for state visit (cnbc.com)

2025-10-31 | by Sam Meredith | get Chromebook → | tags: billion, britain, google

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New Study Questions a Major Assumption About the Fall of the Roman Empire (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Margherita Bassi | get Meta Quest → | tags: britain, evidence, metal

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Bronze Age Britons Threw Massive Ragers With Food and Friends From Far Away (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Margherita Bassi | get Emotional Intelligence book → | tags: age, animals, britain

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The new geography of stolen goods (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-10-31 | get iPhone → | tags: britain, cars, global