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The government has ignored this group for years, now it asks why they vote for the opposition.
Science fiction prepares us to deal with certain technologies as they arise in the real world.
Isolated older people living in poverty are suffering from food insecurity.
The adult fans of My Little Pony are both a blessing and a curse for marketing the new movie.
If the Civil Aviation Authority hadn’t stepped in, things could have been a lot worse.
There’s something in the old adage, ‘there’s no place like home’.
The Mexican artist and fervent Stalinist would be surprised to discover Theresa May’s choice of bracelet.
At one point, the Welsh, Cornish, Scottish, Bretons and northern English were all “Kymry” - so what changed?
There’s no time like the present for a new Blade Runner.
The prize committee has opted for a more traditional laureate this year, nominating a traditional novelist after last year’s controversial choice of Bob Dylan.
Author’s dystopian visions have inspired some of the most popular sci-fi movies of all time.
Polls show a clear majority support assisted dying in Britain – but it depends on how the question is asked.
New research has analysed the effectiveness of ten Drug Recovery Wings piloted in British prisons.
With all parties backing the fracking ban apart from the Tories, Scotland will have to secure full devolvement for energy if it is to fully realise its ambitions for renewables
Labour has recognised young people as survivors of the economic crash, which has helped fuel a surge in support for Labour.
Biological clocks set the pace for nearly all living things, and Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young – awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine – helped us understand how.
Council housing in England has not been built on any kind of scale since the late 1970s.
There are methods to avoid madness.
People lie because it is more likely to get them what they want.
There’s a new and growing practice of naming and shaming artists working within the context of gentrification.
The great eccentric characters of the past have given us great art, literature and music – and they should be welcomed today.
Working-class men have a reputation for repressing their emotions but a new study suggests that might be changing.
Some claim that scientists avoid publishing results that go against the consensus on man-made climate change. But this is simply untrue.
Turner Prize’s diverse shortlist has made for a coherent and important show.