Researchers have evidence of another method that bacteria use to avoid antibiotics.
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This breakthrough could be key in fighting antibiotic resistance.
Ayelet Shaked, leader of the right wing Yamina alliance.
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As Israelis head to the polls for the second time in 2019, what role will gender play in the vote?
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A growing international divide over cutting-edge medical research could worsen predatory practices, medical tourism and health inequality.
Use it at your peril.
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The word ‘like’ has a grammar, and by looking at it, we can learn a lot about what ‘like’ means and what it contributes to someone’s speech.
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The majority of fugitive methane emissions come from a minority of locations and activities – so-called super-emitters.
Stormont has been closed for several years, with Northern Ireland’s governing parties unable to agree a way forward.
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Some of Northern Ireland’s biggest problems have nothing to do with leaving the EU, but all anyone talks about now is the backstop.
Grinton, North Yorkshire, July 2019.
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Bridges were often built for pedestrians and small, old cars – not heavy modern traffic and climate-linked flooding.
Left: 32˚C in Ilkley, Yorkshire on July 25. Right: flash floods in Grinton, Yorkshire, on July 31.
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Climate change is expected to bring the UK both more heatwaves, and more intense rainfall.
The message: a trademark umbrella during the original 2014 protests.
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The Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong is evolving …
Hampstead Heath, London.
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The UK’s surviving urban commons are precious green spaces, but the laws that protect them are confusing, complicated and in some cases outdated.
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Dementia villages and care homes that try and recreate the past are unsustainable.
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Inequality, poverty, austerity, pollution and a faster pace of life all put strains on city-dwellers – but insights from psychology could help create a more supportive urban environment.
Imagining the interior of a living building.
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From building blocks made of fungus to self-healing concrete, architecture is using biotechnology to make buildings come alive.
Around 1,000 tigers are kept at this facility in China.
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New report reveals big cats are kept in awful conditions. But the link to poaching in the wild is not clear cut.
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English will remain an official EU language – even after Brexit – and this will impact the way it evolves.
Stormzy sets the crowd alight in 2019.
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From the hippie heaven of the 1970s to the massive mainstream event it is now, Glastonbury has always found a way to fuse popular culture with a potent political message.
Syrian refugee families in Gazza village, in the Beqaa valley, Lebanon, January 30 2019.
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Syrian refugees in Lebanon know how best to manage their resources, but food aid currently prevents them.
The blueprints.
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Children are the future, so why don’t we listen to them more often?
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The UK must accept that colonialism belongs in the history books, and that it must comply with its obligations under international law.
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Mac Rebennack took the stage name Dr John and a persona based on a real-life voodoo prince.