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The government claims to have backed down on a controversial emergency decree in the face of mass demonstrations. But all is not what it seems.
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Tolkien et Zamenhof ont créé les deux langues imaginaires les plus populaires au monde. Mais leurs objectifs étaient très différents.
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Language is not fixed and meaning is what people make it.
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High blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of developing dementia, but now researchers have found that it may be protective in the very old.
Right side of the moon.
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The moon may be slightly older than previously thought, suggests a new study.
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Tolkien and Zamenhof are two of imaginary languages’ most successful proponents – yet their aims were very different.
Hard feelings in Tehran.
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What the Obama administration achieved with Iran deserves great credit. But can it endure?
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All over the world, people are trying to boil down their experiences of 2016 into a single word. The results speak for themselves.
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The centenary of Natsume Soseki’s death this year is being marked by numerous events, not least his resurrection in robotic form.
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Research shows the lack of diverse political views on your Facebook feed is more down to self-censorship than any algorithm.
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Legislation designed to bring large business to book should be deployed to bring accountability to the cell block.
Testing times for UK’s biggest bank.
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What are we to make of RBS failing the Bank of England’s stress tests?
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As Cuba opens up, the country has the chance to lead a shift away from the dream of car ownership.
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Jock culture has often stopped people talking about abuse.
Reading straight from Ed Balls’ playbook.
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Hammond has taken an oddly similar stance to former shadow chancellor Ed Balls: running a deficit and boosting infrastructure spending.
On the march.
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November 24, 2016
Geraint Johnes , Lancaster University ; Anna Vignoles , University of Cambridge ; David Bailey , Aston University ; David Metz , UCL ; James Wilsdon , University of Sheffield ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Michael Kitson , Cambridge Judge Business School ; Michael White , Nottingham Trent University ; Peter Taylor-Gooby , University of Kent , and Stephen Roper , Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
Philip Hammond has delivered Britain’s first major economic statement since its Brexit vote. Our panellists give their take on what it means.
HM Prison Bedford, which was the scene of recent violent disturbances.
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Problems in the UK prison system go back decades, if not centuries.
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Trump won because his supporters no longer believe incremental change can deliver for them.
The moon’s Orientale impact basin, with rings. Red corresponds to ‘hills’ and blue to ‘valleys’.
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New study suggests a 64km diameter body travelling at 15km per second created the Orientale Basin on the moon.
Who needs Air Force One when you’ve got your own private plane?
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The idea that the United States can be run by business people in the same way they would run a corporation is the new political status quo.