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As womb transplants move from science fiction to science fact, we need to consider some ethical dilemmas.
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Tales of levitation tend to belie stark inequalities and various forms of violence (often upon women).
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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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Tut-mania reigned in the 1920s – and keeps returning to haunt us.
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Private companies are building new inpatient units – the state has been trying to reduce them for the last five years.
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We don’t just hold our phones, we cradle them – and make films like this one with them.
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Intensified rice production in Cambodia’s dry season is wreaking havoc on local bird populations.
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Biologists only really started to use maths in the last few decades.
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Who are the ‘macho boasting idiots’ now?
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What would you prefer: spleen diet, fish custard, or a modern prison meal?
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Is the bromance, as depicted in films such as 21 Jump Street and Pineapple Express, also making its mark on daily life?
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Who owns culture in the real-virtual world of augmented reality?
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Weather forecasting stopped looking for patterns in the past, and started using numbers to look solidly at the future.
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Machines by Rahul Jain reveals how some industries turn bodies into commodities.
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One of Trump’s selling points was that he would ‘make America great again’: this meant bringing back the American dream.
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What if extreme weather events could be attributed to human-induced climate change with confidence?
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This summer sees the release of Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power.
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Women are constantly implicitly blamed, both in the Bible and in contemporary culture, for their rape.
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We need to look beyond the music industry to understand the rise of the comeback.
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The Victorians had some interesting solutions to the problem of telling children where our stuff comes from.