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Tobacco harms the very structure of our cells, and affects almost every part of our bodies and nervous systems.
Photograph of historic town of Ani, declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016, one of the few cultural enclaves of Armenian origin in Turkey that has not been destroyed.
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Azerbaijan’s cultural genocide against Armenian heritage sites has long been overlooked by the international community.
Women donning gorilla masks pose in front of the original Guerilla Girls posters, as part of the ‘Disobedient Objects’ exhibition at the V&A in 2014.
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Notwithstanding the proliferation of exhibitions devoted to women, the question that feminists asked in the 1980s is more relevant than ever.
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Hours of screen time causes eye damage among millions of people worldwide, but it can be avoided by taking these precautions.
Children who attended a Montessori school found it easier to put themselves in other people’s shoes.
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Montessori education is as popular as ever. But is the teaching method really more effective than conventional schooling?
View of the new excavations in front of what is currently left of the Ilsenhoehle under the Ranis castle. Photo by Karen Ruebens. This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
New discoveries of bone fragments at Ranis cave in Germany prove the early presence of cold-adapted Homo sapiens in northern Europe
Environmental philosopher Andreas Malm has described Sainte-Soline as an “avant-gardist struggle”.
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Protests against massive water reservoirs and new skiing infrastructure are some of the events in 2023 that have thrust climate adaptation politics into the limelight. Here’s why it matters.
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We are constantly talking to ourselves, but our internal monologues have received surprisingly little attention from philosophers, until now.
A mannequin in a coffin illustrates the distress of many farmers who have been demonstrating for several days on the A7. Photo taken on 24 January near Montélimar.
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Why are French farmers blocking the roads? An academic who has been studying discontent within the farming world since 2019 provides some clues.
Golden wheat fields in Morocco.
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New research shows that Neolithic migrants from Spain brought agriculture to Northern Morocco over 7,500 years ago.
Would you trust a machine to judge your professional worth?
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Companies and hiring agencies are increasingly resorting to AI-enabled tools in recruitment. How they’re used can significantly impact an individual’s perception of the organisation.
Karol G performing at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida on 27 August 2023.
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A quarter of the streaming charts now feature music in Spanish, and interest in the language is surging as a result.
Shakira en un concierto de Rock in Rio en septiembre de 2019.
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AI can predict the success of artist collaborations, with implications that could go far beyond the music world.
Online dating apps can provide a wealth of choice, but some users feel overwhelmed and exhausted by the experience.
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Use of dating apps is on the rise and they can provide a wealth of choice. Research also shows that they can leave some users feeling overwhelmed and exhausted.
The interior of Sainte-Chapelle, a Gothic chapel in Paris.
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The Middle Ages are often portrayed as dark and dirty. New research is revealing that it was, in fact, a period filled with light and colour.
The dengue virus is spread through bites from infected Aedes mosquitoes.
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Climate change is causing dengue-carrying mosquitoes to spread. Could the disease become endemic in Europe?
Voeltzkow’s chameleon was rediscovered in Madagascar in 2018.
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There are hundreds of lost tetrapod species across the globe and their number are increasing decade-on-decade. This study aims to find out why some are rediscovered, while others are not.
France’s new Prime Minister, Gabriel Attal, greets his predecessor Elisabeth Borne during the handover ceremony at Matignon on 9 January 2024.
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Four different prime minister in six years is unusual under France’s Fifth Republic. Managerial mechanics, absence of a majority and hyper-presidency: focus on the appointment of Gabriel Attal.
Accents are one of the cherished hallmarks of cultural diversity.
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While AI now allows us to erase accents, is this really a good idea? Besides, who doesn’t have an accent?
Danish-Swedish extremist and politician Rasmus Paludan as he burns a Quran in front of the Turkish embassy in Stockholm on January 21, 2023.
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Anti-Islam activists in Sweden have repeatedly burned Qurans in public, not only earning the country vehement criticism from Muslim countries but also raising the threat of terrorism.