Exiting stage left?
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One of the world’s most spectacularly unpopular president might yet make it through.
Jeff Leach
Here’s what happened to a professor of genetic epidemiology’s ‘microbiome’ when he lived with the Hadza.
What do they know?
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No democratic government should be able to manipulate the public by getting a sneak peek at the data.
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The tangled web of responsibility for London’s council estates could cloud investigations into the Grenfell Tower fire.
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More reason for a quiet night.
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Baby boomers preferred drugs and alcohol, but the younger generation are ruining their health with social media.
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European tokers are still smoking cannabis mixed with tobacco while Americans have shifted to vaping. It’s time for Europe to catch up.
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As the media again become a battleground in this election, what can we learn from how the Brexit campaign was covered?
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A case study from the height of the Crusades in the 12th and 13th centuries illustrates that even the most brutal leaders can choose to compromise for stability.
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A new study with fruit flies suggests that we may have less free will when it comes to choosing what we eat than we like to think.
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Some British people look back fondly to the days of empire. Their views aren’t shared by the rest of the world.
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In what ways do our sexual pleasures and fantasies inform the way we see the world?
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.
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We focus on large, charismatic animals at the expense of these crucial ‘lowly creatures’.
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A twins study shows that children born via IVF have similar epigenetic changes compared with those born naturally.
Joel Herzog
Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act.
Geert Wilders (de dos) au soir des législatives du 15 mars : « Le génie ne retournera pas dans la lampe. »
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Le soupir de soulagement poussé par l’Europe après les législatives est mal avisé : au-delà des urnes, Geert Wilders a réussi à imposer ses idées et ses thèmes dans le paysage politique néerlandais.
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Brazilian state governments increasingly use the military for services they should provide themselves.
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Media plurality is vital in a democracy. Full ownership of Sky would give the Murdoch family too much power.
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Social media use is weakly associated with depressed mood in the young, but it’s not clear which way cause and effect runs.