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Science Research keeps proving we should talk to strangers more Ellsworth Toohey

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History The 1990s panic over "phantom social workers" trying to abduct children Ellsworth Toohey

Games Netflix joins the race for the next Wordle with new app Gail Sherman

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graphic novel Cartoonist Adam Szym's latest sci-fi horror triptych explores abduction and alienation Gareth Branwyn

travel "Babies sleep in prams outside": Life in the world's five safest countries Ellsworth Toohey

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