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Comedians are being told to avoid joking about some things – and that’s not funny.
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Most people consider themselves canny shoppers – but we’re all human.
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Sovereign access to the Pacific would bring Bolivia significant economic benefits.
Our study found that the performance of “night owls” and “morning larks” varied considerably on both cognitive and physical tasks.
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The old saying ‘the early bird catches the worm’ might be especially fitting when it comes to peak mental and physical performance.
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Why psychoanalysis and children shouldn’t mix.
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Despite the publication of promising new statistics on referrals to the Prevent counter-terrorism programme, the strategy remains a blunt instrument.
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Tobacco companies stalled introducing plain packs, explored loopholes in the law and didn’t follow through with suggested price cuts.
Skulls of those murdered by the Pol Pot regime in the Killing Fields of Cambodia in a shrine to the dead.
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For Nobel laureate and Holocaust survivor, Elie Wiesel, ‘never again’ was ‘a prayer, a promise, a vow’. Unfortunately, this vow is all too often broken.
The chances of returning to work after cancer remain puzzlingly low.
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Around 63,000 people with cancer want to work but are unable to through lack of support. Three important things need to happen to help them.
Flea, the bass player with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, suffered from chronic fatigue syndrome.
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A better understanding of CFS could lead to new treatments.
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The latest UN climate talks were ultimately hindered by their focus on nation-states, obscuring who is actually responsible for emissions.
‘Tis the season to spend.
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Months of low advertising spending has been blown out of the water by a Christmas splurge.
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The most important decision of a generation is being made by a party at war with itself. That can’t be right.
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Nations may soon be desperate enough about global warming to consider deliberately engineering the world’s climate.
Netflix and chill? It could well be shortening your life.
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Sitting too much might be killing you – this is what you can do about it.
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Shambolic rollout of new recording system for people at risk of homelessness means statistics shouldn’t be trusted.
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Case management systems used by GPs are supposed to help those at risk.
Mo’ money, mo’ problems.
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When poorer countries print more money, it doesn’t make them richer – it just means people need more money to buy the same things.
Tiny mistakes can appear in our memories every time we recall past events.
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Even our most treasured memories can gradually change over time.
Will hope trump hate?
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Trump and Bolsonaro may be against any action on climate change, but they are not the norm.
Is this my usual spot?
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The EU realises the red lines it needs to meet are now the British parliament’s, not Theresa May’s.
Energy companies are drilling through the fibre of local communities.
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A researcher looking at the social impacts of shale gas developments, explains why there’s much more to the Blackpool tremors than just ground movements.
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Looking back, it’s a wonder the party is still together after years of arguing about this issue.
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Unlicensed music events are on the rise again – and the free parties of the 1980s and 90s show they’re not all bad.
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Many teachers believe that fundamentalists are not really religious, but have just misinterpreted their holy books.