Huge dirty bomb exercise in Portland, US.
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Dirty bombs are relatively easy for a terrorist organisation to make. So how do we tackle the threat?
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Claims of whitewashing have been levelled against an Australian university for encouraging students to use particular language about Indigenous peoples. It was the right thing to do.
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Tech companies play a growing civic role in how we operate as a society. We need to be sure we’re happy with that.
Make up your mind.
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Nutrition guidelines keep changing. Here are five foods nutritionists have changed their minds about.
The nuclear power plant in Doel, Belgium.
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Evidence suggests that the threat is not being taken seriously enough.
Jessica McClelland delivering rTMS to the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex.
King's College London
Repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is an approved treatment for depression. A new study suggests that it may be effective at treating anorexia too.
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The two biggest American protest groups of the millennium have long passed their peak – but their effects linger on.
Big trouble: Dilma Rousseff and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
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A massive corruption scandal is engulfing Brazil’s political establishment – but reports of the country’s imminent collapse are greatly exaggerated.
Show me the evidence.
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NICE recommends psychotherapy for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder,
despite a lack of high quality evidence to show that they’re effective.
A tank recaptured from Boko Haram.
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The African terror group has been weakened, but it’s now wreaking a new kind of havoc.
Where will true grit get you?
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A new study has found that having perseverance and long-term goals won’t boost a child’s exam results.
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A new study reveals just how tough it can be to rebuild a life after homelessness.
Did Mao pass the poo test?
Poo-analysis tests conducted by the Soviet leader may not have been as crazy as they sound.
Grub’s up.
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The secret to longevity – take a look at your poo to find out.
Insufferable or indispensable?
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Learn a new language, or stay out of the loop.
Starvecrow
This year has already seen the first selfie movie, the first series to air on Instagram – mobile phones are increasingly playing a major role in the film world.
A new look.
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Indonesia has both the world’s largest Muslim population and a vibrant young democracy.
Reforms to universities are a contradiction in terms.
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New proposals on the table for higher education are riven with contradictions.
Only with a three-pronged long-term approach of education, economic growth and security action can terrorism be defeated.
EPA/Mohammed Elryani
Listening to the thinking process and justification of potential terrorists is critical to finding a path to defeat terrorism.
A rush and a push and the land is ours …
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Monsanto an other biotech companies got caught short in the 1990s. But since then, the GM argument has been moving in their direction.