Enjoying it while they can.
EPA/Mike Nelson
Freedom of protest and dissent could not be more fundamental to the American project. Is it in mortal peril?
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The symptoms are clear, but the cure will remain elusive until we recognise the many sources of the problem.
The game is changing.
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Is it time the Premier League developed an on-demand, Netflix-style football watching service?
Doctors, landlords and now employers are expected to check immigration status.
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Border control no longer stops at the border.
Fighting by ballot box.
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Violent dissident republicanism is still making its presence felt.
Smoking … and mirrors.
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If you want to know how to spin alternative facts, just ask the PR gurus who kept the world smoking.
EPA/Anatoly Maltsev
From the Islamic State to North Caucasian rebels and far-right nationalists, Russia is facing overlapping extremist threats.
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The latest research dismisses the idea that viruses form a fourth type of life.
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A new study shows cephalopods edit messages from their DNA, allowing them to adapt faster to their environment.
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Grey squirrels are wreaking havoc on UK woodlands.
Homo neanderthalensis reconstruction.
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A new study estimates the nutritional value of human flesh and challenges the belief that prehistoric humans engaged in cannibalism just to fill their stomachs.
The mixing desk used to make Pink Floyd’s dark Side of the Moon album.
Josephenus P. Riley
The mixing desk used to make Dark Side of the Moon fetched a huge sum at auction recently. Its productive life is far from over.
Le Pen chooses her words carefully.
EPA/Ian Langsdon
Politicians like Marine Le Pen are seeking to change the meaning of the very words we use for political gain.
The state of play.
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It’s not all child’s play.
More in common than you might think.
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Why we can expect Xi Jinping and Donald Trump’s meeting at Mar-a-Lago to be a success.
Syrian refugees on the Jordanian side of the border wait to enter a medical clinic in March 2017.
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Employing Syrian refugees is not the same as protecting them.
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Ethical codes on animal experimentation lay down strict rules about the treatment of lab animals. Animals headed to the slaughter house are not so lucky.
The Mountain.
Ellen Finch
It certainly didn’t stop him picking up his third Europe’s strongest man title this month.
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Why do people choose to drop the spending and devote their time to another way of living?
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Serving hot, fresh, nutritious food in hospitals should be considered part of the clinical care.
Northamptonshire Steelbacks’ Alex Wakley bats during the final of the T20 Blast in 2016.
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Is the 20-over format a friend or foe for English cricket?
Late Viking Age Swedish rune-stone commemorating a man called Víkingr.
Swedish National Heritage Board, Photo Bengt A. Lundberg
What the Old Norse for Viking can tell us about the Scandinavian explorers.
Sign outside the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin.
William Murphy
The ‘rules of grammar’ aren’t set in stone, so correcting other people is pointless and demeaning.
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In a highly individualistic world where work prevents us from spending time with friends and family, a universal basic income could change society.
Feline revolution.
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Superheroes are either men, or women drawn by men. Couldn’t there be another way of creating a 21st century superheroine?