Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest against compulsory military service.
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Haredi Jews have been exempt from military service for all of Israel’s history, so this ruling will be deeply divisive. An Israel scholar explains.
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Keep an eye on your health while at a summer festival - you don’t want falling ill to be the headline event
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New research finds a link between childhood trauma and a reduced engagement with healthcare services later in life.
This anonymised image of FGC-9 creator ‘JStark1809’ was posted online with the gun’s designs in 2020.
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Growing numbers of insurgents, terrorists and extremists are using the FGC-9 3D-printed gun. Here’s what I learned about the man who created it, and the dark world he inhabited
A recent court case concluded that developers should not have been granted planning permission to extract fossil fuels from the Surrey Hills.
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Regardless of where in the world the oil would be burnt, local authorities must consider the greenhouse gas emissions before granting the planning permission.
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Echoist tend to avoid or even reject attention. They are often attracted to narcissists.
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An anatomist reviews the evidence on the best way to stay cool and avoid hyperthermia.
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It’s a fairytale ride for Afghanistan’s talented cricketers. But women remain excluded.
Planting more mangroves is one way to lock carbon from the atmosphere into the sediment.
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Carbon credits aren’t inherently bad – the system needs greater transparency and better monitoring to ensure credibility.
Hot weather can be hard on the heart.
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Hot temperatures can be dangerous for anyone – regardless of your age or what health conditions you have.
Dragonflies have evolved elaborate penises.
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You’ll never look at spiders the same way.
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A range of jobs and hobbies are risk factors for lung disease.
Working in Istanbul, Turkey.
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More information and transparency would help companies understand where the products they need come from.
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It was celebrated as a lads mag in the 90s, and now it’s making a return. What’s changed?
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90% of women have cellulite. It’s not a condition that needs treatment or a flaw that should be corrected.
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Not without a bolder commitment to public ownership.
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The next Nato leader will need all his consensus-building skill and pragmatism to steer the organisation through an era of ‘polycrisis’.
Rishi Sunak responds to calls on LBC on June 19.
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Repeating negative messaging can have a sleeper effect, and influence people’s views in the longer term.
Craig Williams leaving 10 Downing Street in March.
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The UK Supreme Court has shown that misusing inside information to deliberately gain an objectively improper advantage, when gambling, constitutes cheating.
Sneezing is normally a protective mechanism that keeps potentially harmful things out of our respiratory system.
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The speed of a sneeze clocks in at a rather impressive 35mph in some cases.