Trump stumped in first debate with Clinton – will it cost him?
Given the chance to redefine both himself and his opponent, Donald Trump turned in a catastrophic performance – and Hillary Clinton handled him just right.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
US Presidential Election
Four quotes from the first Clinton-Trump debate, explained
We asked a group of scholars to listen to Clinton vs. Trump and pick just one quote to react to. Here’s what the experts heard.
Trump slammed by musicians for appropriating music, but pop and politics have a long history
Trump's divisiveness has seen him run up against a wide array of musicians calling for a halt to his use of the pop and rock tunes.
Analysis and Comment
Momentum’s first conference season will test its ability to turn protest into power
Jeremy Corbyn's supporters are holding a parallel event to the official Labour summit. Can these protestors ever come in from the fringe?
Bangladesh is building a dirty and expensive coal plant next to the world’s largest mangrove forest
Nearly 5m tonnes of coal will soon be shipped through the Sundarbans each year.
Getting a shadow cabinet together must be a priority for Labour in Liverpool
Accepting re-election as party leader, Jeremy Corbyn appealed for a fresh start. But he hasn't yet shown what that means in practice.
A deal with McLaren would see Apple shift up a gear on car ambitions
A Woking-Cupertino tie-up seems implausible at first glance, but there is plenty up for grabs which could suit both companies.
Lessons for Jeremy Corbyn from the world’s left-wingers and populists
Labour's leader has a renewed mandate to put his party at the vanguard of the left – but others have walked that road before.
No wonder prisons are getting more violent, they’re full to the brim
One solution: free those remaining people imprisoned for their own protection.
How monkeys make friends and influence each other
Because primates have relationships too you know.
How trees communicate via a Wood Wide Web
It seems that plants use social media, too.
New water plumes from Jupiter’s moon Europa raise hopes of detecting microbial life
There's now strong evidence that Europa might be a worthwhile place to search for life.
History offers Britain an important lesson on shutting down immigration
In the 1960s, Britain shut the door on Commonwealth migration, before turing to Europe when it needed more workers.
Jeremy Corbyn wins again – here’s what happens now
It was clear the Labour leader would beat Owen Smith. The big questions is where his party goes from here.
It’s employment status, not class, that affects mental health
For years, social scientist have assumed that it's class that determines a person's health and well-being. Have they been barking up the wrong tree?
Elected cabinets can be bad for women – a mistake Labour can’t afford to make
Jeremy Corbyn aimed for parity when he first appointed his shadow cabinet. Can he guarantee the same if the team is elected by members?
A supercomputer just made the world’s first AI-created film trailer – here’s how well it did
IBM's Watson watched hundreds of horror movie trailers and then created its own for the new film Morgan.
Why Labour Party members still back Jeremy Corbyn as their leader
An extensive survey shows just how much the party has changed over the past year.
Postcards from the edge: how the seaside sharpens racial differences
The beach lies at the edges of the country, and can feel like another place entirely. French hand-wringing over Muslim dress for paddling should make us look again at our own attitudes.
Crashing space station shows why China must start to collaborate in orbit
We don't know where Tiangong-1 will land but the risk of someone being hit is about 1 in 3,200.
William and Kate – and Canada’s complex relationship with the crown
The royal visit to Canada raises some important constitutional questions.
Video refereeing could be a major own goal for football – here’s why
The price of greater accuracy might be to damage fans' enjoyment.
Brexit: why uncertainty is bad for economies
Uncertainty will be the nebulous, long-term effect of Brexit on the UK economy that is hard to measure and hard to prevent.
Kashmir flare-up puts India under new pressure to deal with Pakistan
A long-festering military and diplomatic sore has been dramatically reopened. Can it ever be healed?
Free State of Jones: a historian reviews Matthew McConaughey’s castaway army in the US civil war
Can a Hollywood film re-write one of the oldest and most important stories in the American past?
Brexit threatens Britain’s reputation as an agenda-setter for foreign aid
Britain uses its aid for soft power. How will that change after it leaves the EU?
To get people out of poverty, the right sectors need help hiring
If the government is going to get people out of poverty, it needs to focus less on getting people into work and more on where business is growing.
Sixty years on – the Maralinga atomic bomb tests
On September 27, 1956, an atomic mushroom cloud rose above the Maralinga plain - the first of seven British bomb tests. Why was Australia so keen to put UK military interests ahead of its own people?
Your tourist snaps can help preserve threatened heritage sites for the future
Hand over your travel photos and help build digital 3D recreations of threatened heritage sites.
How kids can benefit from boredom
Learning how to overcome boredom can boost a child's creativity and independence. So why are parents scared of it?
Podcasts
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We unearth some of the best and brightest research from the world of academia.
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A sixth sense? How we can tell that eyes are watching us
Is someone looking at you or are you just imagining things? A neuroscientist explains.
HMS Terror wreck found – but what happened to her doomed crew? Here’s the science
168 years on, experts are finally uncovering the secrets of the Royal Navy's tragic expedition to the Northwest Passage.
Sorry David Attenborough, we didn’t evolve from ‘aquatic apes’ – here’s why
David Attenborough's latest BBC documentary indulges wishful thinking over evidence.
Why time seems to go by more quickly as we get older
Beware the bad big wolf: why you need to put your adjectives in the right order
A dietitian puts extreme ‘clean eating’ claims to the test – and the results aren’t pretty
Lift-off for NASA mission to collect grains from an asteroid that may be on collision course with Earth
Brexit
Why London won’t lose its crown as Europe’s financial capital
Following the Brexit vote, a number of cities are queuing up to take London's place as Europe's financial centre.
Fact Check: would Brexit help or hinder young people who want to buy a house?
Both sides have used the housing ladder to persuade voters in the EU referendum campaign. Are they right to do so?
How to ditch corporation tax and grow government income at the same time
Arguments about reducing the tax burden of companies tend to get associated with rabid neoliberals. Here's why they needn't be.
How reliant is Britain on EU migrant workers?
How overseas degrees could offer students the best of both worlds post Brexit
How the Bank of England rate cut will hit your personal finances
Should the UK remain in the EU customs union after Brexit?
Once the UK triggers Article 50 to start Brexit, can it turn back?
Why the Norway model is a flawed blueprint for Brexit
Who picked British fruit and veg before migrant workers?
Global development
Brexit threatens Britain’s reputation as an agenda-setter for foreign aid
Britain uses its aid for soft power. How will that change after it leaves the EU?
IPCC chair Hoesung Lee: we can meet 2°C global warming target if we act fast
Lee: 'Business will be far from usual in a world of four, five or six degrees of warming.'
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Monica Grady — “There is no chance Philae’s instruments will work, so why do we care so much?”
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Stephen Chan — “Across the continent technocratic candidates have been suspiciously unsuccessful”
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John Jewell — “How the horror of war gets lost in the media’s short compassion cycle”
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Isabelle Szmigin — “Companies need to start doing the calorie counting rather than relying on consumers”
Research and Expert Database
Editors’ Picks
Tasmanian devils are evolving rapidly to fight their deadly cancer
New research suggests devils are evolving rapidly in response to their highly lethal transmissible cancer, and that the devils could save themselves.
Still standing: how an ancient clock tower survived Italy’s deadly earthquake
Amatrice's still-standing ancient clocktower has become an iconic image from last week's deadly earthquake. But it is not the only unusual survivor.
Incredible images from Rio 2016, as photographers rise to meet social media challenges
Photographers can't pay the bills with Instagram likes – but it's pushing them to capture more spectacular images than ever before.
Just how unpredictable is the Premier League? Scientists have done the maths
Turns out the English Premier League is a lot more unpredictable than Spain's La Liga, which could be why it attracts so much funding.
Memory and attention are affected by much lower levels of dehydration than previously thought
Feeling thirsty could be affecting your brain function more than you realise.
How to stop a zombie apocalypse – with science
What could we do if a real-life zombie disease started to spread?
Titter ye not – Swallows and Amazons goes all Victorian
The film's exchange of Titty for Tatty is very much in line with Victorian censorship of profanities for children.
The San Andreas fault is about to crack – here’s what will happen when it does
Expect $33 billion of damage ... and that's just for starters.
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