Netflix’s hit show The Witcher was created after the original book series was turned into a highly successful game.
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The streaming giant will struggle to continue its share price march otherwise
The Rosalind Franklin rover.
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Delay has turned space mission ExoMars2020 into ExoMars2022.
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While COVID-19 is a real concern for businesses and governments, a more serious issue right now is the wider impact of heavily recycled information on society.
It doesn’t have to be so bad.
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Everything you need to know to ace self-isolation.
Under a new proposal, bourzwa fish will only be permitted to be caught and sold in Seychelles.
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Without understanding which fish species and habitats local fishers rely on, export bans can do more harm than good.
How much?
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The government’s “whatever it takes” promise to NHS is all very well, but UK healthcare is a long way from being ready to deal with a major outbreak.
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At times of high tension, governments can be cornered into making mistakes by responding to the wrong pressures.
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The risks to individuals vary hugely with age.
A pot-banging ‘cacerolazo’ makes himself heard during economic protests in Bogota, Colombia.
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Economic inequality is growing across the world, but few are talking about the ways to tackle it.
Naomi Seibt, known as the ‘anti-Greta’, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2020.
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I analysed 30 years of data to disprove a theory spread by Donald Trump, Naomi Seibt and others.
We can deal with this together.
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We’re better together.
‘Who thought that?’
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The captain of a ship, or a soul, doesn’t sail while ignoring the wind – sometimes they go with it, sometimes against it, but they always account for it.
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Could the Olympic Games be postponed for the first time in its history?
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The coronavirus outbreak is causing people to rethink the handshake and seek other gestures that perform similar functions without touch.
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Grownups don’t get taller, but they can grow in other ways.
New chancellor, Rishi Sunak delivers his first budget.
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Rishi Sunak has delivered his first budget as UK chancellor and the Conservative Party’s first budget since winning the 2019 general election.
The fossil in amber.
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The fossil includes the tiny creature’s original bone and flesh.
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Don’t count on it, says virologist.
Budget #1.
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The new chancellor’s plans won’t look half as prudent if the economy tanks.
Stress can make your life considerably less colourful.
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Chemical changes in the brain associated with chronic stress can put our cognition and mood under serious strain.
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Humanity at risk if we keep thinking everything is under control
Baruch Spinoza, one of the great rationalists of 17th-century philosophy.
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It’s not a case of being afraid of different ideas, more that some people want everyone to think as they do.
An earthquake drill for passengers and staff at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, the world’s busiest train station by passenger numbers.
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Japan took a fresh approach to ensuring their society was more resilient to the frequent earthquakes they experience. We could learn from its experience.
England’s chief medical officer, Chris Whitty, UK prime minister Boris Johnson and the government’s chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance hold a press conference on coronavirus.
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Leaders all over the world have tested their citizens to the limit in recent years. Now they need them to follow strict orders to stop the spread of infection.
Volkswagen started production on its electric ID.3 cars in November 2019.
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After ‘Dieselgate’, Volkswagen appears keen to rescue its public image. Now it’s looking to hire its own ‘Greta Thunberg’.