Very pretty, but could they be ruining your connection?
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A telephone regulator has warned that festive decorations can spoil your Facebook fun. Here’s the science.
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Andy Murray has some big boots to fill.
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Pornography is a handy scapegoat that diverts our attention away from our deeper problems with sex and violence.
Eyes on 2020.
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Chancellor George Osborne has laid out his plans for UK spending for the next five years.
George Osborne has a tough job on his hands.
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As the UK government delivers its spending plans for the next five years, here’s why a number of controversial cuts are on the cards.
Shocking secret? How the tabloids saw it.
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Decades on, is HIV still a taboo subject?
Standing up for the little guy.
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The irascible, unassuming junior senator from Vermont is riding high – and the effect could echo for years to come.
Gliese Cc: Artist’s impression of sunset on one of the most Earth-like exoplanets.
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Is there another Earth out there? Certainly, there are a few contenders
Michael Fassbender est le nouveau « Macbeth ».
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La nouvelle adaptation de la pièce culte de Shakespeare unit Michael Fassbender et Marion Cotillard dans lente et macabre chute.
Time to get inside? A dust storm approaches.
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Batten down the hatches. These are nature’s nuclear weapons.
Ann Barnes: one of only six women Police and Crime Commissioners in the UK.
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If the FTSE 100 can do it, then the public sector can also wake up to the benefits of female representation.
No danger but creepy as hell.
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Does the ‘uncanny valley’ actually exist and what lies behind our unease?
Young people without work in 2009.
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Despite economic hardships, young people haven’t been pushed into crime. But can we trust the data?
When Mum is the teacher.
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Children educated at home by their parents are not on a register, nor subject to an annual visit.
Inside the Metropolitan Police s hidden Crime Museum at Scotland Yard, c. 1900.
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People love all things spooky and gory: but when does dark tourism cross the boundary?
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Predators aren’t living the easy life – most hunts are unsuccessful.
Will Cassini find evidence of microbial life in the plumes from Enceladus? A new study has made it a whole lot easier.
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Study pinpoints some of the chemical signs of microbial life on Enceladus. The study could in part be corroborated by Cassini’s flyby of the moon.
Stefanie Reid was a standout at the 2012 games.
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Paralympic athletes are representing in Doha, while back home the welfare state is being attacked.
The number of part-time students has dropped off a cliff.
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The number of part-time students has dropped dramatically and even those who get to university feel side-lined.
Life after caring can pose many challenges.
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Caring takes time and resources so when it ends, many find themselves left behind.