The Haitian revolution was the first by a former slave colony and was to inspire other emancipation movements across the New World.
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Yes, dinosaurs really did survive in snow – we simulated the Cretaceous climate to prove it.
Rishi to the rescue?
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The UK chancellor is giving a one-off payment of £1,200 to the most vulnerable households, while U-turning on a windfall tax for energy companies.
More countries are discouraging fossil fuel use, but the industry is still pumping.
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A study found $1.4 trillion in oil and gas industry assets would be at risk if governments follow through on their pledges to deal with climate change.
A panorama stitched together from about 100 individual Curiosity images. The ‘door’ is circled, and is tiny and hard to see at this scale.
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We should not be surprised that some of the innumerable rocks on Mars have weird shapes, because many have been sand-blasted by wind erosion for billions of years.
Harvest Moon - October 1 2020.
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Take note, future colonisers: you may be able to grow stuff in certain places on the Moon.
Elon Musk has indicated he might pull back on moderation of Twitter.
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Elon Musk will need to tackle false information on Twitter, say researchers.
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Sunak’s family financial arrangements raise questions about whether, as chancellor, he benefits from rules he sets himself.
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Are the eggs you’re buying this Easter good for cocoa farmers, kids and the Earth – or actually doing harm? Our 2022 scorecard of the big brands can help you buy better than before.
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The reform finally brings the divorce process into the 21st century.
Simulated image of Pluto’s Wright Mons volcano.
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Pluto has recently active icy volcanoes, that have erupted water ice.
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A new health and social care levy will be introduced in the upcoming tax year. Here’s how it will hit your payslip.
A spring in his step?
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March 23, 2022
Keith Baker , Glasgow Caledonian University ; Cam Donaldson , Glasgow Caledonian University ; Ernestine Gheyoh Ndzi , York St John University ; Gavin Midgley , University of Southampton ; Jonquil Lowe , The Open University ; Karen Bloor , University of York ; Karl Schmedders , International Institute for Management Development (IMD) ; Peter Bloom , University of Essex ; Phil Tomlinson , University of Bath ; Renaud Foucart , Lancaster University ; Sarah Schiffling , Liverpool John Moores University ; Slawomir Raszewski , University of East London ; Steven McCabe , Birmingham City University ; Victoria Honeyman , University of Leeds , and W David McCausland , University of Aberdeen
The government knows 2022 is going to be tough for voters.
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The letter Z has become a controversial pro-Russian symbol during the war in Ukraine.
Weary hunters return from an expedition with little to show for it in the 1565 Dutch painting, Hunters in the Snow.
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The little ice age unleashed famines and revolutions which tested the very bonds of society.
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RT unfailingly follows the Kremlin’s line on politics but banning it in the UK might be counter-productive.
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Finding out what goes on behind jury decisions and the biases that influence them is hugely important if the criminal justice system is to work properly.
An artist’s impression of the dark side of ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b.
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Scientists have mapped the entire atmosphere of ultra-hot exoplanet WASP-121b.
Usually carried out in a public context, book burning is a method of censoring cultural, religious or political opposition.
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Struggles to uphold free speech throughout the centuries teach us that we should never take it for granted.
Extreme flooding in Germany caused roads and railways to be cut off.
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Sci-fi classic The Sheep Look Up has lessons for today on environmental change, says an expert.