What lies beneath? Not a lot.
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Areas of the UK may lose their topsoil in little over a century according to new research.
A long history of gifting of printed books at Christmas remains strong despite increases in e-book sales.
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Books have always made great Christmas gifts. But what makes them so special, aside from their being so easy to wrap?
Grimsby was one of Labour’s big losses on the night.
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With historical strongholds lost to the Conservatives, some introspection is needed.
It’s all over now, baby blue.
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What lay behind Team Corbyn’s woeful campaign.
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Reforms are set to continue in the same direction as before.
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There are a lot of misconceptions about exercise. Here are nine.
How green will he really be?
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After his landslide victory, Boris Johnson declared his ambition to make his country ‘the cleanest, greenest on Earth’. Here’s what he needs to do to prove it.
Nicola Sturgeon in Glasgow on election night.
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Independence support in Scotland is now at critical levels. The ball is in the UK prime minister’s court.
Disappointment: Labour Party members and supporters will need to face up to the new reality and learn to move on.
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Losers suffer a far greater sense of loss than the corresponding euphoria experienced by those on the winning side.
The flat Earth conspiracy is becoming increasingly popular.
Elena Schweitzer
Being accepted by others matters more to us than being factually correct – and this is the key to tackling our post-truth society.
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These seven cli-fi novels will get you fired up for action.
Getting used to the job.
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The biggest risk is Britain’s desire to stand alone in the world.
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New research suggests that Earth’s oxygenation didn’t require difficult and complex evolutionary leaps forward.
Muzaffar’s life story illustrates the complex linkages between climate change and conflict.
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Directly linking climate change with aggression and mass migration risks dehumanising those vulnerable to environmental stresses. Mufazzar’s story does the opposite.
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The general election 2019 has delivered a seismic shift in the balance of British politics.
How much of what they are telling you is true and how much is spin?
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Factchecking became politicised during UK election campaign. But what does it really add to public awareness?
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At times is feels as though the prime minister wants the top job for the sake of having it. But now he’s got a long term in office to map out.
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Trust is no longer a trump card in British politics.
Boris Johnson: heading back to Downing Street.
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Our panel of experts analyse the results of the British election.
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From Brexit and Labour’s future to Britain’s new political battlegrounds, here’s the expert lowdown on what Boris Johnson’s predicted landslide win means.
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Mythical mistletoe can be traced back to Norse legends.
The poetry of Gwerful Mechain praised the female body
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Gwerful Mechain was a medieval woman with a modern sensibility and her whip-smart poetry is just as rude, crude and powerful today
Investing in rail can put transport emissions on the right track.
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Electric trains use seven times less carbon dioxide than cars. With careful planning, railways could drastically cut emissions from a sector that now accounts for a quarter of the carbon in our air.
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The first world war drama is the latest feature film to claim to be a single continuous take. This list takes a look at those films that have tried and achieved the ‘oner’ before.
A ‘chhau goth’ in western Nepal.
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Criminalising this practice has not brought it to an end.