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The revolution in offshore wind for UK energy supply has begun, but we will need the help of AI and robots to sustain it effectively.
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The Peterloo massacre was one of the worst atrocities committed on British soil, but across the empire there were many such acts.
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Facebook and Neuralink are developing interfaces to link our brains to computers, with serious ethical issues.
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AMPK is normally a tumour suppressor. But once cancer arises, AMPK becomes a tumour promoter, enhancing the survival of cancer cells. Understanding this could help create drugs that inhibit AMPK.
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Hong Kong’s protesters like many Brexiters seek political freedom – but this may come at a heavy price.
Death in detention: the aftermath of an airstrike on the Tajoura camp in Tripoli in July 2019.
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The NATO-led military intervention in Libya has just fuelled more violence.
Chimpanzees have no qualms eating their own kind.
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We could one day adapt to eating the flesh of our own kind - but not until our lives depend on it.
Got the time?
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Plant cells signal between each other in order to agree what time it is.
Print of the Peterloo Massacre published by Richard Carlile in 1819.
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As well as an attack on the working classes, Peterloo was also an episode of violence against women.
The IPCC is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Every word of the 40-page summary document has to be agreed by representatives of 195 governments.
Infecting the City – a performance arts festival in Cape Town.
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From Cape Town to Kisumu and Greater Manchester, cities around the world are seeing the benefits of festivals that celebrate traditions and people.
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Daphne Caruana Galizia was investigating several corruption scandals when she was murdered in 2017. The government continues to avoid serious investigations into the allegations.
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The US and China have an interdependent economic relationship. If this unravels it will have global ramifications.
‘Mad’ Mike Hughes stands beside his rocket in his roadside launch area near Amboy, California in November 2017.
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An equation from the 1890s can help us work out how high Hughes can actually reach with his homemade rocket.
European stereotypes: a Dutch satirical cartoon of Europe from 1870.
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The battle between nationalism and a wider European identity in the 19th century has influenced philosophy to this day.
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The ‘Nemo effect’ wasn’t real, and new research also found no evidence Dory led to increased imports of wild blue tang fish.
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The majority of fugitive methane emissions come from a minority of locations and activities – so-called super-emitters.
‘Ahhhh… That’s better!’
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As calls are made to ban swearing at work, in public and even at home, a linguist comes out fighting for harsh language.
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There are proven ways to reduce drug deaths in the UK. But the government is ignoring them.
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Integrating private schools into the state system will offer little benefit to socially disadvantaged pupils. Addressing the inequalities between state schools should be the focus.
Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin and Franklin D Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference, 1945.
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New research suggests people from Germany, Russia, the UK and US all think their own country was the most important in World War II.
Controversial picture of President Trump and the First Lady holding an orphaned child following the mass shooting in El Paso.
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You can’t be gaslighted if you don’t get confused and you won’t get confused if you are not misled in the first place.
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Only 16% of predicted grades are accurate and the current system penalises disadvantaged students and those from minority backgrounds.
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Around 2.2 billion gamers regularly sit at home, many playing action-packed war games, which fuse virtual boot camps with special operations aimed at eliminating enemies.
Istanbul at sunset.
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City rankings have become big business – but this expert thinks it’s best to ignore them.