Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock.
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Arthur Conan Doyle may have stitched something into the detective books that nobody ever noticed.
Theresa May has agreed on terms with the DUP to support her government.
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The unionists have pledged to back up the Conservative government in exchange for an extra £1 billion for Northern Ireland
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Tumour evolution was first identified 40 years ago. We’re finally making good progress with it.
No money, no access.
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The cyber-attack hit 200,000 computers and a number of big global organisations. But it hasn’t made much in ransom money.
St Cecilia’s Hall.
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The Scottish capital is reopening a well kept secret: one of the world’s finest collections of vintage sound machines.
It was the butler.
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For decades, the justice system has decided to live with ropey testimonies. Could that be about to change?
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President Trump’s erratic decision making is strengthening international law by upping the focus on the legality of his actions at home and abroad
Queen for a day.
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Edinburgh will this year host the 30th Beltane.
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A round airport would let more flights take off in a smaller space, but the technology is nowhere near ready to make it work.
Castles in the air?
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Are Edinburgh Castle et al really acing their English equivalents?
Any questions?
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London’s media were unified against Scottish separatism in 2014. Second time around, the picture is more complicated.
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Using sound waves to disrupt sensor functions is just one of a growing number of “side-channel attacks” that could affect our devices.
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Grey squirrels have lots of attractive characteristics, yet they are actively persecuted by humankind.
Muslims?
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The lives of young non-Muslims are being shaped by Islamophobia in public and private spaces.
From despair to where?
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The posters that have become the voice of protest against Trump.
Sturgeon popularity.
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With a second Scottish referendum ‘all but inevitable’, here’s a strange pill for the nationalists to swallow.
‘Look up here I’m in heaven’.
Derek Rust
The great polymath’s late output reads like a manual for artists saying goodbye.
‘It’s showtime!’
Movies in LA
It’s 30 years since the 1987 classic foresaw a dark vicious future where reality TV had taken over. Looks like we forgot to pay attention.
BBC One’s Xmas ident.
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From that gay kiss to dragon slaying, festive TV adverts speak volumes about the broadcasters.
The grey mouse lemur (Microcebus murinus ): at 60 grams, nearly the smallest primate in the world. I studied this primate in Madagascar.
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As Donald Trump prepares to enter the White House, there may be dark days ahead for some of the world’s rarest and most beautiful primates.