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Exoplanet discovery can help us work out how the Earth will end its days.
Grill, a 19-year-old female California sea lion, holds a brush in her jaws after writing the calligraphy ‘Reiwa’ to mark the beginning of a new era for Japan.
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The country has reached back more than a thousand years into its early literary heritage for an auspicious name for a new era under a new emperor.
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How one academic found the perfect platform to share her research with the public.
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‘Natural climate solutions’ are vital. But huge plantations of the same tree should not count.
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It’s easy, now, to think of this as Theresa May’s story – but Thatcher, Blair and Cameron all played their part.
Artistic reconstruction of newly discovered Peregocetus pacificus.
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Our flippered friends evolved from small, hooved deer-like creatures more than 50m years ago.
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The party is in deep trouble among several key demographic groups. A Brexit enthusiast at the helm could make that worse.
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Intuitive eating is a popular non-diet diet.
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With all Boeing 737 MAX planes now grounded, airlines could be losing close to US$60m a day.
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A new study looks at the pure financial return of UK home ownership over 40 years to find consistently positive results.
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School ‘well-being dogs’ could help to reduce stress and make children happier.
Children from poorer families are more likely to be lonely and hungry during the summer holidays.
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School’s out – but are the holidays equally enjoyable for all young people, or a time when inequality is magnified?
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It’s taken more than 30 years for Welsh education to be overhauled – but will these changes benefit pupils?
Cervical cancer is third-biggest killer among young women.
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Why it is now realistic to talk about eliminating cervical cancer altogether.
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UK forensic science and technology is lurching from crisis to crisis. A fundamental reform of governance and policy making is needed.
Social exclusion: boarded-up homes in Liverpool, UK.
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View from an expert in criminal justice – who also lives in one of the UK’s most deprived areas.
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Autistic and artistic, you can be both.
Mrs Hinch, domestic wunderkind.
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The Hinch Army of domestic goddesses seems more Women’s Institute than the future of media.
Lynx were driven to extinction in the UK during the Medieval period.
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Computer modelling has confirmed that Scotland’s West coast could support and sustain a reintroduced lynx population.
The Mackenzie River carves its way through the permafrost tundra of northern Canada.
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Climate change has caused a 60-fold increase in active landslides on one Canadian Arctic island.
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Wild animals don’t mind humans in their habitats, so long as they make as little noise as possible.
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Dissenter enables users to comment on any web page using a third-party forum. For better or worse, it begets implications for political behaviour online.
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Councils have sold off vast amounts of land since 2014 – land that was previously used for important public services.
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One wrong turn after another has left the British prime minister cornered.
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Just because your children are learning about LGBT relationships, it won’t make them gay.