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Current plans to eradicate polio mean keeping the virus alive – and risk restarting the epidemic.
The author’s dog, Zipper, as a puppy.
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The average owner spends between £21,000 and £33,000 on their dog in its lifetime.
Is it in his genes?
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New research offers insight into a thorny issue.
Saleh had been at the centre of Yemeni politics for four decades.
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Yemen now needs a new kind of politics where its people must be allowed to make their own future.
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The risks of big data are not getting enough attention.
Polish refugees in 1939.
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Then as now, volunteer groups are stepping in where governments won’t.
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The city is key to both Israeli and Palestinian identity.
The Wdowiak Ridge on Mars as seen by NASA’s Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity.
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Clay on early Mars could have formed under hot and steamy conditions, challenging the idea that it was created just like that on Earth.
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DeepMind’s machine learning collaboration with another NHS trust (this time, it’s applying the tech to breast cancer) kicks up more questions of trust.
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More than half of the global population do not have safe sanitation. What is the best way to go about changing this?
Ready to pop?
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An analysis of Bitcoin’s fundamentals shows how much of a bubble its price has inflated to.
Check mate.
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The latest episode of The Conversation's In Depth, Out Loud podcast, in which we read out a selection of long form stories.
Shepard’s sketches helped build the bear.
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Milne and Shepard were a classic partnership of children’s literature.
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Changing sexual mores can be tracked by watching the way 007 flirts with Moneypenny and the way she reacts.
Reaching for peace.
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Brexit negotiations have revealed a clear lack of appreciation for the power of symbolism in Northern Irish politics.
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Claims that the Manchester Arena bombing could have been stopped are too simplistic.
Digital health.
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The internet can help answer patients’ lingering questions.
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If you can’t use Bitcoin to buy anything then it has no intrinsic value.
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A panel of experts has ruled that Primodos did not cause birth defects. But what’s the science behind their decision?
Glyphosate, sold as Roundup, is one of Europe’s most common weedkillers.
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The weedkiller glyphosate has previously been linked to cancer, and now Europe’s citizens want to see it banned.
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Martin Schulz has said he’d rather go back into opposition than agree to another grand coalition. But is that sensible?
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We’re wildly off base when it comes to guessing crime rates and other important social matters, because we focus on the negative.
Eldery member of the Agta hunter-gatherer tribe in the Philippines.
A new study suggests skilled storytellers may have greater reproductive success than others.
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Blue Planet II reveals what fantastic predators they are.
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Fan parks will be a key tool at Russia’s World Cup next year.