Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox in a scene from the ©HBO TV show Succession, which follows the Roy family business.
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Many family businesses pass through generations without issue, some even grow stronger.
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The failure of Silicon Valley Bank has exposed gaps in financial regulation that could be tricky to fill.
Sitting with legs crossed for prolonged periods may have negative health effects, expert warns.
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The science behind why crossing your legs while sitting could be detrimental to your health.
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Finance is not inherently masculine. Rather, it was long constructed as such by the institutions which sought to exclude women.
An etching of a Royal Institution lecture by James Gillray (1802). Davy is on the right, holding the bellows.
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Davy’s famous lectures on the animating power of electricity may have inspired a young Mary Shelley as she came up with the idea for Frankenstein.
Une femme enceinte montre son nez en souriant/grimaçant.
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Le corps des femmes enceintes subit de nombreux changements au cours de la grossesse, dont certains permettent d’assurer le bon développement de leur bébé. Mais pas tous…
From Beijing with friendship? It’s complicated.
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Detente between Tehran and Riyadh will not magically solve all the political and sectarian tensions in the Middle East.
Nosebleeds and a runny or stuffy nose are also common during pregnancy.
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Fortunately, most of these changes are only temporary.
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Paying for the true cost of consumption could help grow the economy.
The northern lights seen in the south of the UK weren’t quite as vivid as the kind of displays seen closer to the polar regions.
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People expect to brave brutally cold landscapes if they want to catch sight of the aurora borealis. So people were stunned to see the ethereal light display as far south as Cornwall.
Take that! Ukrainian stamps celebrating the defiance of the defenders of Snake Island in the Black Sea.
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Most of the fighting has been on land, but key developments at sea have put Russia at a disadvantage.
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This strategy has been around since the birth of influencer marketing.
A soldier stands guard at a makeshift camp in Somalia’s Baidoa, a southwestern town frequently attacked by Al-Shabaab militants.
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The negative effects of conflict on human capital – particularly nutrition, health and education – are larger than commonly thought.
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A cholera outbreak, a harsh winter, ten years of civil war and obstruction from the Syrian government are some of the difficulties faced by aid agencies.
Notes left by fans at Sylvia Plath’s grave.
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February 11 marks 60 years since Sylvia Plath’s death. Plath remains one of the great poets of depression, but also wrote on motherhood.
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What’s kept out of the news is just as, if not more, important than what is included.
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Around 12% of babies are born weighing more than 4kg.
‘Levelling up’ aims to address economic and social imbalances across the UK – but is it working?
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Preparing a bid for such funding can cost project hopefuls up to £30,000.
Dartmoor ponies freely roam the moorland.
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Piecemeal legislation is easily unpicked, as the recent high court ruling showed.
Invasive rats can fundamentally alter the functioning of surrounding marine ecosystems.
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Rats are disrupting the flow of nutrients towards the sea on many tropical islands – this has consequences for fish behaviour and the wider ecosystem.