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Almost everyone agrees with lockdown measures, but their feelings about doing it are very different.
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Being a member of a certain age group shouldn’t be a liability.
A woman is tested in Ha Loi village in Hanoi which was put in 28-day quarantine on April 8 after a resident tested positive for COVID-19.
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Intensive screening, testing, quarantine and public communication have helped keep numbers of COVID-19 cases in Vietnam very low.
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PODCAST: How the internet has and hasn’t changed the game for the spread of conspiracy theories.
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Despite an increasingly positive representation of old people in the media, it is not the reality for the majority whose frailty and vulnerability disturb society to the point of denial.
Giant advantages.
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Tax rates may be the same for big and small companies, but five charts show how things work out differently in practice.
Sudan’s new prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok. He recently survived an assassination attempt.
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Omar al-Bashir may be gone but Sudan still has a way to go before it enjoys a functioning democracy.
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CovidRADAR was developed in less than a week.
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Our research found that teacher assessments and exam scores match closely for maths, English and science.
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Coronavirus dapat mengubah beberapa aspek kehidupan kita secara fundamental.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir
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Africa’s youngest state has a long way to go before it can put conflict behind it for good.
A Mediterranean diet is good for your gut health.
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Your gut plays an important role in building your immune defences. Don’t neglect it.
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Coronavirus may fundamentally reshape some areas of how we life our lives.
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PODCAST: Part one of the Expert guide to conspiracy theories from The Conversation’s Anthill podcast.
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At times of high tension, governments can be cornered into making mistakes by responding to the wrong pressures.
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Research suggests the impact of dating apps depends on your local dating culture – and that varies hugely around the world.
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A former education secretary says universities need to choose between being “engines for equality” or “engines of inequality”.
Don’t worry, be happy.
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There are many ways to be happy, but we can also find comfort in the knowledge that our constant dissatisfaction is what makes us human.
Secret Cinema’s production of Moulin Rouge.
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The immersive future of live cinema is already being written.
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CRISPR isn’t a tool to fix social problems.