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Wage-increases can end austerity.
The amount of light your eyes can process might be one of the reasons why some people are more likely to experience SAD.
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One study found that people with brown eyes were more susceptible to the disorder.
Theodor Benfey’s spira table (1964).
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There have been some rather wacky looking suggestions for arranging the chemical elements.
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There’s no credible evidence that Dry January is good for your health. But it’s certainly good for on group: the alcohol industry.
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Our eyes don’t grow much at all – but when we’re very young, we still need to learn how to see.
Orchard Road, Singapore.
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There are other things which cause air pollution – cars, for example – which will have a much bigger impact.
The solar system’s largest volcano Olympus Mons on Mars, seen by Viking 1.
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Naming features on other worlds is a trickier issue than you might think.
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We asked climate researchers to peer through the smog and highlight some positive stories from 2018.
Green Christmas.
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Whether plastic or natural, Christmas trees are generally bad for the environment. However, a new chemical process could recycle dead trees into all kinds of useful products.
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Scientists edge closer to truly personalised medicine thanks to advances in genome sequencing.
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The crucial phase of our discovery of black holes took place in a suitably dark period of human history – World War II.
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It’s not as simple as saying you won’t ‘feel the benefit’.
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A few visits to the gym or a short jog around the block in the week before departure isn’t enough preparation.
A keeper?
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What to do with those Christmas dinner leftovers.
Reading a treasured gift.
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Christmas annuals are still found countless trees but how did they become some popular in the first place?
Christmas dinner time!
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Follow these food safety tips to keep everyone happy and healthy this festive season.
Trump’s sudden decision on Syria proved the final straw for Mattis.
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The last adult is leaving the White House after a shock decision by the president to pull troops out of Syria.
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Cheap, powerful, and more widely used by greater numbers of people, drones are causing a headache at supposedly secure locations worldwide.
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Thousands of young carers are supporting family members unrecognised and wary of asking for help.
Farming life.
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Farmers are closest to the land and their livestock, and have everything to lose by not taking care of it.
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In the UK the equivalent of four million Christmas dinners are wasted every year.
Apocalyptic visions of the future have a popular place in the gaming imagination.
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Post-apocalyptic visions reflect society’s fears – and gamers get to immerse themselves in it.
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Here’s a bumper crop of thought-provoking and engaging novels for enquiring minds.
Mr. Fezziwig’s Ball from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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If it hadn’t been for A Christmas Carol, the menu may well have centred on goose (or a boar’s head).
Illustration of a market full of seasonal produce from Thomas Kibble Hervey’s Book of Christmas (1837).
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For Victorian shop workers, Christmas could be a miserable time of long hours and low pay.