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People from the lowest castes and ‘scheduled tribes’ are less likely to have electricity and clean gas, even compared to equally poor people from other castes.
The curse of survival.
Parilov
A twinge can be all it takes to convince patients they have a new tumour
PA.
PA
Billionaires who pledge their fortunes to charity must not just give big, but give better. It’s all about effective altruism
Gravity of a white dwarf star warps space and bends the light of a distant star behind it.
NASA, ESA, and A. Feild (STScI
Astronomers report the first ever measurement of light bending around a star other than our own.
Never the twain…
M-SUR
Is this why we are in an age of intergenerational conflict?
MAX3D
The planet is more similar to Earth than any other – except when it comes to supporting life.
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Our secret? We’re better at sharing our ideas.
In the 1950s, Reggio Calabria on the toe of Italy, was a dangerous place to grow up.
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When floods hit the toe of Italy, children were sent away, often for years.
A bridge too far?
sibgat
China’s One Belt, One Road initiative is holding international summit in Beijing, but no Western leaders have said they are coming yet.
Sir Duke wants a second referendum. Or does he?
Wikimedia Commons
He’s been gone for 40 years but the Duke could still make a valuable philosophical contribution to the Brexit debate.
Aftermath of the 2016 Berlin attack.
EPA/Rainer Jensen
Al-Qaeda and Islamic State have both encouraged would-be terrorists to use cars and trucks as weapons.
The US’s 1952 ‘Ivy Mike’ test.
National Nuclear Security Administration/Nevada Site Office, via Wikimedia Commons
Claims of the destructive powers of nuclear weapons have, for good reasons, been greatly exaggerated.
Muslims?
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The lives of young non-Muslims are being shaped by Islamophobia in public and private spaces.
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Even Trump’s most destructive proposals pale in comparison. The president is merely throwing a match on a burning building.
Kim Britten/Shutterstock
The Smarden incident and the arrival of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring in the UK lead people to a new view of the environment.
Victoria Jones/PA Wire
Warhol has become one of the most well known artists in the world, but his work still has secrets to reveal.
Raffaele
Before the financial crisis struck, you could breathe the overwhelming air of prosperity on the bustling streets of Trikala.
L'écriture de soi n'est pas sans dangers.
Flickr/Greta Ceresini
Faire de sa vie de la littérature peut être un jeu dangereux. Retour sur les parcours de Serge Doubrovsky, inventeur du genre, et de l'un de ses successeurs, l'écrivain Édouard Louis.
Real fictions: Édouard Louis.
EPA Images
‘Autofiction’ has an important role to play in this new post-truth world.
Ah, la jeunesse…
Kaspars Grinvalds
La cause du « pic de réminiscence » qui intervient entre 15 et 25 ans fait l’objet de vives polémiques parmi les spécialistes de la mémoire.