Researchers in Sichuan disguise themselves as the real thing.
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The country is fast becoming a world leader in conservation biology.
Is the NFL seeing a decline in popularity?
EPA/Eric S Lesser
The threat of millennial consumers to American football is no illusion.
Life hasn’t been sweet for the honeybees lately.
Heinz-Peter Bader/Reuters
New study maps the spread of ‘deformed wing virus’ – and it follows patterns of human trade.
The rebrand awaits.
EPA/Peter Foley
Why Adidas pulled its sponsorship of the IAAF, the governing body of world athletics.
An impression of the X-51 Waverider, the US hypersonic aircraft programme.
NASA
The military is interested – but the rest of us could also get from Paris to Tokyo in three hours.
Under pressure.
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Allegations have been made about throwing games in tennis – but what would lead a player to agree to swing a game?
The G4S-run youth offender institution that come under fire.
Gareth Fuller/PA Wire/Press Association Images
Prison-style regimes are not safe for children – and especially for those who are already vulnerable.
The long road to reform awaits.
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How athletics can and must deal with the doping scandal that threatens the sport’s legitimacy.
There is no safe limit of alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
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The UK government are finally waking up to the problem of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Even inventive companies have their day.
OptoScalpel
Motorola brought to market many features of mobile phones we take for granted, but it wasn’t enough.
Flooded, embanked tributary of the River Eden in Cumbria. Image from a small unmanned aerial vehicle.
Neil Entwistle @salfordhydro
There’s a short window of opportunity to gather the data needed to fully assess the impact of changes to rivers and floodplains on flooding.
Vintageprintable1
Time to salute the monkeys, dogs and ducks that went before us.
Off to the great video library in the sky…
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The rise and fall of video and music formats.
End of an era. Again.
EPA/Andy Rain
José Mourinho’s second departure from Chelsea is his real encounter with failure. Few would have predicted such a catastrophic fall from grace.
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Plans to take over failing children’s services won’t mitigate the impact of austerity.
Bargain-priced bedlam.
REUTERS/Andrew Kelly
Black Friday sales are expected to continue their upward trend thanks to savvy retailers and consumers who can’t resist a bargain.
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No one wants animals to suffer, but it is notoriously difficult to measure their welfare.
The accuracy of gene editing will be the deciding factor in the success of current technology.
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A toddler from London has had gene therapy for leukaemia and it seems to have worked. But why have breakthroughs taken so long?
Heads of the board.
BBC/Boundless/Jim Marks
Lord Sugar’s approach to business leadership might make fun viewing but it doesn’t reflect the modern boardroom.
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Targeting the complex sugars on cancer cells is receiving renewed attention.