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The Rise of the Giants?

24/09/2015 GMT

The Rise of the Giants

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More Or Less asks if the growth of the average rugby pack has finally plateaued.

More Or Less asks if the growth of the average rugby pack has plateaued, BBC Trending reports on one man’s online hate campaign and the Why Factor asks why we love to drink tea.

The average rugby pack is much bigger than it was 20 years ago but has the growth finally plateaued?  Populations of marine mammals, birds, fish and reptiles have declined by 49% since 1970, a report says. But what does this actually mean? Tim Harford finds out in More Or Less.

BBC Trending hears from the victim of an online hate campaign apparently launched by Joshua Goldberg, a 20-year-old from Florida, who stands accused of inciting others to behave violently - from a computer in his parent’s home, using a string of false identities. Also, we meet the woman who started the #IStandWithAhmed campaign to support Ahmed Mohamed, a young Muslim boy arrested in Texas on suspicion of creating a 'hoax bomb', which was, in fact, a clock, winning Ahmed praise from around the world.

And the Why Factor asks why the world loves drinking tea – the second most consumed drink after water. 


(Photo: England's number eight Billy Vunipola looks at a ball. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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