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The world’s response to two terrorist incidents in Iran was telling, and ominous.
Attacks can have a serious impact on mental health – and contribute to a disturbing negative cycle.
From ‘power poses’ to yoga poses, varying claims have been made about their effects on our health and happiness. But why do they work at all?
An outline of the ways laws to restrict the activities of terrorist suspects have evolved.
Angry outbursts may have derailed any other politician – but not Trump.
The inside story on what happens at an election count.
Britain cannot sacrifice more troops in an unwinnable war just because it is a member of NATO.
Poverty and conflict mean the nation is struggling to deal with rising temperatures.
Is the bromance, as depicted in films such as 21 Jump Street and Pineapple Express, also making its mark on daily life?
The Soviet ambassador to London showed that charm and contacts can trump espionage when it comes to gathering information.
Paying people for their organs can be viewed as coercive and exploitative, but there is a middle ground.
A strange delusion which may have its origins in damage to a particular process in the brain, is also one that can help us to understand how we recognise each other.
… and why their treatment angered human rights campaigners at the time.
A researcher tells the story of how he and his team discovered the oldest Homo Sapiens fossil bones to date in Morocco.
US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement might eventually be a good thing for the climate. Psychologists call this a ‘paradoxical intervention’.
With no guarantee of work or pay, is the stress of flexible work contracts affecting the health of workers?
BA’s systems meltdown shows how much we rely on always-there IT.
For the Welsh Tories, this election has become an internal battle.
Astronomers report the first ever measurement of light bending around a star other than our own.
Robert Duncan Milne made HG Wells struggle to keep up.
The leaders of Turkey and India have plenty in common.
From Gezi Park in Istanbul to Wall Street in New York City, urban protest camps are shaking up the political establishment on an international scale.
We asked two academics to check the claim made by UKIP leader Paul Nuttall.
These principles don’t prevent the state from countering terrorism, but they do prevent the state from countering terrorism in whatever way it pleases.