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No nation can truly feel secure without its own food supply.
Aspergillus fungal culture.
Hanif Jainlabdin
When it comes to fighting antimicrobial resistance, most of the focus is on bacteria. But we’d be foolish to forget about fungi.
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We all miss out when corporates keep themselves to themselves.
A ship with rescued migrants arrives at the Italian port of Salerno in late June.
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It is a dangerous and illegal move to make.
Pollution cycle.
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Tiny fibres from washing machines are being eaten by a multitude of marine species.
The future is now.
Aston Martin
Aston Martin has rarely been considered an eco-friendly brand, but it has announced an electric car of considerable heft.
The Conservatives have traditionally won Exeter’s student vote, but those days may be over.
Ieuan Jenkins
A rare find in an Exeter library helps explain why the local student vote switched from the Conservatives to Labour.
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You can tell quite a lot about whether your favourite player might win or lose from the primal noises they make.
Would you want Google to know if you have ‘criminal genes’?
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A freedom of information request reveals that Google wants its AI company DeepMind to get involved in the 100,000 Genomes Project.
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Waste crime has the potential for easy, high profits and as such is set to join ranks with drugs and human trafficking.
The author in London in 1986, aged 69.
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In his lifetime Anthony Burgess was a strong advocate of free expression. A forthcoming book promises to bring his political writing back into focus.
Well looked after.
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He brought insights into modern society as well as marmalade sandwiches when he travelled to London from Peru.
Benedict Cumberbatch as Sherlock.
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Arthur Conan Doyle may have stitched something into the detective books that nobody ever noticed.
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Woman’s Own magazine created a slimming culture in the UK that lasts to this day.
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A rising generation of young people are growing up in peril.
Why do one big experiment when you can do millions of tiny ones?
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Even cooks at top restaurants are putting customers’ health at risk.
Jury found Gayle Newland guilty for a second time.
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The ‘privilege of unknowing’ allows onlookers to learn not to see, or otherwise sense, queer difference.
The real headliner.
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What drove young people to turnout in such high numbers to back Corbyn? And will they stick with him?
Protesters outside Kensington town hall in west London demanding answers over the Grenfell Tower disaster.
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Calls for accountability at a time of tragedy or crisis are understandable - but scapegoats can distract attention away from the true lessons that need to be learned.
Mohammed bin Salman with his father, King Salman.
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As a crackdown on Qatar goes off half-cocked, the world is worrying Saudi Arabia’s new order could be even more dangerous.
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Humans tend to associate cats purring with happiness, but in turns out they also purr when in pain, hungry and alone.
The minority view …
Melanie Lemahieu
Experiences of LGBT asylum seekers in Netherlands flies in the face of the much-vaunted Dutch reputation for tolerance.
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Expecting tourists to pay a little more than locals is defensible – whether in Bruges, Venice or Thailand.
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People from the lowest castes and ‘scheduled tribes’ are less likely to have electricity and clean gas, even compared to equally poor people from other castes.