How the Mail launched its attack.
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The paper’s attack on academics who take a pro-Brexit line should be seen for what it is:hypocritical bullying.
Read it and weep: the constitution in draft form, 2005.
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A decade and a half after it was invaded in the name of spreading democracy, Iraq turns out to have been set up to fail.
Pink lightning.
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A look at the spooky side of electromagnetism in our culture.
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In the great reformer’s eyes, if you didn’t love a rousing tune you deserved only “the music of the pigs”.
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A new way to think about this common statement.
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It turns out you can’t ensure cyber-security in the world’s fifth-largest employer if there’s no one in charge of making it happen.
Governor George Wallace stands defiant in an attempt to block the integration of the University of Alabama, June 11, 1963.
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A demagogue playing the media to legitimise extreme movements and radical right-wing causes? The US has been here before.
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A guide to some lesser known treats to read and watch over Halloween.
Celebrations in Barcelona on October 27 were shortlived.
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Just because the constitution says secession is illegal, it doesn’t mean it is under international law.
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High streets are being taken over in a battle between specialty cafés and the
mega chains.
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Although some experts still disagree about the cause of Prince Albert’s untimely demise, the most likely culprit seems to be the bacterium Salmonella typhi.
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From the good to the bad, to the downright scary.
Be warned?
C. P. Ewing
The science of red skies can also help us understand how stars form.
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Norse mythology is just a starting point for this all-action comic-book adventure.
Views on British values, from British Muslims.
Alif. Lam. Mim. by M.Malik
A series of films made by Muslims shows how much confusion remains about the term.
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Airports are caught in a bind, relying on income from parking fees but under pressure to make sure fewer passengers pay them. Vote with your wallet.
Dota 2 championship.
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AI just beat a top human professional in the game Dota 2, but the technology could help with much bigger strategic problems.
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Just what are we celebrating when we imagine an Augustinian friar nailing a document to a church door?
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Besides wondrous creatures, new discoveries and spectacular filming, Sir David Attenborough’s follow up to The Blue Planet comes with a stark warning about the future
One side of the argument.
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Move by the senate in Madrid came just after the Catalan parliament voted for independence.
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Reconstructing the colours of the feathered Sinosauropteryx gives hints about its habitat and lifestyle.
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Simulations in a special chamber suggest how the Mars landscape could have been shaped under certain conditions.
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An obscure technology from the past has the potential to change the world’s future.
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PR for dummies and despots.
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The UK lags behind poor nations when it comes to young business owners, so what’s stopping them taking the plunge.