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The tale of the snow crab bears witness to the how the complexities of climate change and fights over fishing rights play out.
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The foreign secretary will host a summit in London this summer on helping Balkan states join the EU.
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Spot removes traditional barriers to reporting abusive behavior, because participants can log incidents without talking to a human.
Here’s what makes a great teacher.
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Teachers make a significant difference to their students’ lives – sometimes against all odds – and they deserve to be celebrated.
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R.C. Sherriff’s classic play focused on the officer class, but the recent film adaptation has given working-class soldiers a voice.
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Re-elected for a fourth term, Putin is not on the best terms with the rest of the world. But does he actually care?
This isn’t the only way to meditate.
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There’s far more to meditation that sitting peacefully with crossed legs.
Why isn’t there more public pressure to improve the state of British prisons?
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Without public pressure, politicians won’t make improving conditions in prisons a priority.
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We must develop the capability to meet our computing needs while using much less power and producing negligible heat waste.
Theresa May visits Salisbury, where the attack took place.
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The British PM says Russia is probably responsible for the attack on Sergei Skripal. But getting definitive proof could mean compromising British intelligence work.
H&M’s New Routine sportswear campaign featuring graffiti artist Revok’s unauthorised artwork in the background.
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Just because graffiti is illegal shouldn’t mean an artist can’t protect his work. The law should step in when big brands try to exploit street art.
Putin on the campaign trail.
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The reaction of much Russian media to the Russian spy attack highlights the paucity of different viewpoints available in Russian.
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A new study suggests that high blood-sugar levels are an effect rather than a cause of type 2 diabetes.
‘Under’, Martina Amati.
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Diving without oxygen tanks requires you to enact some very weird and very strange and not all that well understood physiological feats just to stay alive.
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Russia’s economy is flatlining and the reasons boil down to poor governance.
Ocelot of trouble.
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Three researchers studied the “crop raiders” of the Brazilian rainforest in the hope of aiding both local farmers and wildlife conservation.
Hawking at the University of Cambridge.
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Hawking wasn’t able to give his students a gentle introduction, but he did provide a lot of inspiration and support.
Barking.
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The politics may have changed over the years, but the literary obsessions of ‘northern Britain’ seem hard to shake.
Medieval teaching scene.
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Back in the Middle Ages, as well as speaking English and Latin, many people living in Britain also spoke French.
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Homeless people are far more likely to suffer sleep deprivation with all its associated problems.
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The NHS could be future-proofed by adopting a model from the Bank of England, according to a student-led commission.
By about 320,000 years ago, humans in Kenya began using color pigments and manufacturing more sophisticated tools.
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Scientists have discovered sophisticated tools in Kenya that are much older than expected.
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It’s not just about Brexit. Unilever’s decision makes good business sense, too.
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Russia operates a system you might describe as ‘electoral authoritarianism’.
Stephen Hawking.
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Stephen Hawking thought a form of string theory could be our best bet for a ‘theory of everything’.