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It’s likely our species doesn’t actually have a single origin.
The historic sporting rivalry between England and South Africa has often been marred by political protests and controversy.
The UK has signed 15 trade agreements, covering 46 countries. Most fail to cover human rights issues.
The wonderful changeable skeleton.
New research reveals remarkable evidence of a copper-mining bonanza in Wales that was so productive the metal reached France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.
Unnecessary antibiotic prescriptions are not only wasteful, but may also have unintended consequences for a child’s health.
To address the climate and ecological crises, we need a vision of the future. But some of the most popular ones out there will only propel the planet more quickly towards destruction.
New research shows how chemical elements mix in the universe. Without this process, you wouldn’t be here.
Exploration of ancient magma chambers in fossil volcanoes has the potential to provide new sources of metals that will facilitate environmentally friendly technologies.
Ever since Dracula was born in the late 19th century, every age gets the vampire it deserves.
With a further extension the EU hopes to facilitate the ratification of the withdrawal agreement and thus ensure an orderly Brexit
Regulators are still licensing insecticides without properly assessing whether they harm the wildlife on which we rely.
Airbnb now has 7m listings in more than 100,000 cities, making it larger than the eight biggest hotel groups combined.
The likes of Alexa and Siri shouldn’t blindly aim to sound and behave like us - their voices need to reflect what they can actually do.
The future of zero-carbon transport starts today. First stop, Britain’s railways.
It’s feared many of the 39 people found dead in a lorry in southeast England were Vietnamese. What else could be done to prevent another such tragedy from happening again?
His legacy connects a great swathe of modern popular culture.
Universities are increasingly under threat everywhere.
Can we stop our current political free-fall? Perhaps this dystopian short offers a way out.
We’ve known how to control typhoid for over 100 years. The rapid current increase of drug-resistant variants in both rich and poor countries is down to decades of short-sighted global health policies.
It looked touch and go all day but MPs have ultimately voted for an election by a large majority.
Pedants should reach for their red pens now.
Hundreds of millions more people will now be at risk from rising seas in the coming decades - with Asia and island nations most vulnerable. How we react to the climate crisis is now even more crucial.
Research into contextual bias needs to be more rigorous so recommendations can be made about its effect on forensic analysis.