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Local tetrapod biodiversity exploded after the dinosaurs, but has barely changed in 60m years.
Sisters Elsa and Anna are back for a new adventure – but who will they save this time?
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In production as the #metoo uprising took hold, the sequel is a real chance for Disney to normalise strong, independent female characters.
Soldiers burn cocaine and marijuana in southern Mexico.
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The Mexican slow-down in life expectancy improvements coincides with an unprecedented rise in violence.
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Four pieces of advice for young people wanting to fight climate change.
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Revolut recently got an EU banking licence from Lithuania but it’s facing some political headwinds.
On foot.
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Other people influence how we vote, what jobs we apply for, which gadgets we buy – so of course they influence how we get around the city.
Putting on a mask doesn’t make depression any easier.
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Almost half of people with depression don’t appear as sad as you’d expect, but are at a particularly high risk of suicide.
Chuck Umunna and several other Labour MPs have quit the party.
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The Labour split may cause electoral problems, but it could also prompt fresh thinking.
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A recent report warned that insects ‘could vanish by the end of the century’. Here’s why that would cause a collapse of nature.
Prize-winning author Andrea Levy was a strong voice for the Caribbean diaspora.
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Her novels and essays, especially Small Island and The Long Song, brought Britain’s slave-owning colonial history home to ordinary Britons, black and white alike.
Gamers targeted by the army for their ‘drive’.
When the army inserted a recruitment supplement in a gaming magazine was it reaching the right people?
Jodie Whittaker.
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As another actor speaks of pressure to look the ‘right’ way, research reveals that this pressure is prevalent at all levels of the industry.
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Why a recent report, backed by university staff, argues that institutions should start offering students places after they’ve received their A-level results.
Firaxis / Civ VI
Gathering Storm and other games like Frostpunk are now engaging with environmental issues.
Fossilised burrows are changing what we know about the evolution of life.
Newly found fossils point to a link between a rise in atmospheric oxygen and the first emergence of complex life on Earth.
Alasdair Rae.
Inequality is one of the major issues of the modern age – but understanding where it happens is harder than you think.
A handout photo of Shamima Begum, who left London in 2015 to join Islamic State.
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A schoolgirl who left Bethnal Green to join Islamic State in Syria is now in a refugee camp and wants to return to the UK.
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Cyber attacks need two components – the tools to exploit vulnerabilities and the people with the expertise to deploy them.
Marx’s tombstone was vandalised with a hammer in February 2019.
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Statues to divisive figures are increasingly becoming the target of protest and vandalism.
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Simulating real-life disaster situations helps students develop physical and emotional resilience and leadership skills.
Young boy receiving polio vaccine.
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A bit of humility can go a long way.
Opportunity in Endurance Crater.
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Rovers including ‘Rosalind Franklin’ will pick up where Opportunity left off – trying to answer the question of whether there is, or ever has been, life on Mars.
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Many homes are already smart – but they’re about to get much smarter.
Presidential Candidate, President Muhammadu Buhari (L) and his running mate, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (R) attend a campaign rally.
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Buhari’s handling of the economy has been somewhere between poor and appalling. But the same could be said of past administrations.
Ant infected and killed by entomopathogenic fungus.
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New research shows teaming fungi with ‘friendly’ viruses could create an environmentally sustaiable and efficient way to protect crops.