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Coral reefs are in trouble, but other marine species are also feeling the strain but are off the conservation radar.
Open gates, good food and communal living make for a very different approach to incarceration.
Knowing what your attachment style is can help you navigate life’s ups and downs a bit better.
As billions more devices connect to the cloud, congestion will cause communication to become slower and less responsive.
Khashoggi’s ruthless killing is just one example of a broader trend including the widespread detention, kidnapping, murder and extradition of dissidents and their relatives.
Is tonsillectomy modern-day bloodletting?
What case law tells us about the validity of votes when things weren’t all they seemed.
Experiments into the effectiveness of conservation can help us learn what works best.
Eating meat damages the environment and has been linked with higher risk of disease, but you don’t have to go vegan to make a difference to your health and the planet.
It’s beautiful, clever and moving. But Peter Jackson’s use of colour and added sound essentially fictionalises this account of life in the trenches.
The success of the women’s movement shows the importance of international solidarity.
Stressful events can permanently damage your heart and increase your risk of death. Scientists have been discovering more about it.
The Bank of England wants a scientist for the new £50 note.
Genetic research on human behaviour has long been linked with eugenics and continues to attract interest from far-right groups.
Scientists at Cern’s Large Hadron Collider have seen something that may force us to abandon everything we thought we knew about the world on the level of particles.
Westminster holds its power tight, but that could be bad news for cities and regions.
The UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights will look at the effects of austerity on the UK’s most vulnerable.
100 years ago David Lloyd George was the name on everyone’s lips – so why has he largely been forgotten?
When the US president speaks, people listen. Trump must be held accountable for what he says.
Dead at 25, a week before World War I ended, Owen summed up the conflict’s waste and futility.
At a time when discussions about tech companies revolve around algorithms making automated decisions, the walkout gives Google a thousand human faces.
Commentators always like to imagine what players could have done better – we’re using AI to prove it.
The government may find it hard to distance itself from companies that engage in questionable practices abroad.
Fossil hunter Mary Anning didn’t get the recognition she deserved during her lifetime. Now her home town wants to raise a statue in her honour.