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New research finds that people tend to prefer a specific personality type across partners - and its usually one that resembles their own.
Le premier ministre Justin Trudeau annonce l'intention de son gouvernement d'interdire les plastiques à usage unique dès 2021, lors d'une conférence de presse à Mont-Saint-Hilaire, le 10 juin.
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Le gaspillage de nourriture peut s'avérer plus dommageable pour l'environnement que l'utilisation du plastique.
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Food waste could be worse than plastic when it comes to harming the environment.
Sudan’s former president, Omar al-Bashir.
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The African Union and its member states are creating their own interpretation of immunity which will protect its heads of state from courts abroad.
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Thousands of lives have been saved thanks to an Indian state’s effective disaster-relief planning.
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Currently, all the value in sewage sludge is literally being flushed down the toilet.
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Designing technology to feel more familiar can help older people live more independent lives.
Loneliness is being medicalised.
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By trying to tackle just the health impact of loneliness, scientists risk ignoring the underlying causes.
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Research shows that the sense of belonging provided by platforms like Facebook trumps our distrust of social media.
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Social isolation is particularly common among early career academics – new research shows 64% of PhD candidates report such feelings.
‘Tis the season to spend.
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Months of low advertising spending has been blown out of the water by a Christmas splurge.
Too much going on.
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‘Heavy’ media multitaskers performed worse on attention and memory tests – and some even had structural brain differences.
‘The kiss’ was probably the most memorable, if not the first, of early on-screen interracial embraces.
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Star Trek’s groundbreaking interracial kiss between Kirk and Uhura was 50 years ago today – how have public attitudes to interracial and interethnic relationships changed in the years since?
Deal in hand.
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Katy Hayward , Queen's University Belfast ; Adrienne Yong , City, University of London ; Maria Garcia , University of Bath ; Michael Gordon , University of Liverpool ; Nauro F. Campos , Brunel University London ; Nieves Perez-Solorzano , University of Bristol , and Phil Syrpis , University of Bristol
Academic experts explain the key details of the draft Brexit deal agreed by UK and EU negotiators.
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Calls to ban palm oil could get a very different response among people who live in the same forests as orangutans.
Health Secretary, Matt Hancock.
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The evidence that health prevention programmes work and are cost effective is strong.
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The success of the women’s movement shows the importance of international solidarity.
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As the number of companies growing meat in vats explodes, the sector is facing challenges that show it is coming of age.
Time for change.
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A series of brutal rapes in India has led to pressure to stop violence against women.
‘Hurry up! I’m on duty in a minute…’
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A tattooed professor explains how the unconventional became rather, well, ordinary. Will we now see more on show in the workplace?