Meltwater on the ice shelf near the McMurdo research station, Antarctica.
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These lakes could threaten the future stability of parts of the Antarctic ice sheet.
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New research suggests the partners of UK military personnel may experience greater levels of depression and binge-drinking compared to women in the general population.
Kila with her infant, Kitu.
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Attacks on chimpanzees are happening at an alarming rate, within and outside national parks.
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When ideas are presented as topics to be debated, rather than as facts to be learnt, students and democracy benefit.
Girton College, University of Cambridge
The president of the UK’s supreme court delivered a hugely newsworthy judgment, but attention focused on her brooch.
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Restoring Britain’s woodlands and peatlands isn’t just a utopian dream.
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The government should work with drug companies, not against them.
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Having only started producing whisky in 2006, the small subtropical island is producing millions of bottles and scooping up top industry awards.
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The US is still a major world power and world leaders need to keep in Donald Trump’s good books.
Fewer caterpillars means less food for this great tit’s offspring.
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The signs of spring are advancing at different rates - and the consequences for ecosystems could be disastrous.
Taxi drivers were exposed to the highest levels of pollution.
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Taxi drivers are exposed to twice the level of pollution compared to other drivers.
Johnson, now angling hard for the feline vote.
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The Conservative Party has long positioned itself as the voice of law and order – now that’s been shot to bits.
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Sugar taxes may not prevent obesity and associated conditions overnight, but they can be part of the solution.
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Here’s what parents should look out for if they are worried about their baby’s language development.
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Placebos come in different shapes, colours that can all have different effects.
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Vinyl records are set to become the largest source of revenue from physical music sales.
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Ageing may be caused by hyperfunctioning genes.
Mark Zuckerberg has been meeting with lawmakers in Washington, DC.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s recent meetings with US lawmakers suggests his company is worried about the growing number of investigations, regulations and fines it faces.
President of the Supreme Court, Justice Lady Brenda Hale, during the recent judgement on the prorogation of British parliament.
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As the recent Brexit litigation has shown, the UK’s Supreme Court has had to consider political as well as legal issues in its first ten years.
Inside a fusion reactor tokamak.
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Nuclear fusion may power post-carbon societies – but it won’t save us from climate change.
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Regarded as one of The Beatles finest albums, Abbey Road is the last time all four band members were in the studio together.
What’s going on in there?
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The humiliation of asking for a Brexit extension could be a price worth paying to get an election.
Now part of history.
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Thomas Cook may be history – but that history is about to be lost.
China: 70 years later.
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What role does Marxist theory about the state play in modern China?
Researchers have evidence of another method that bacteria use to avoid antibiotics.
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This breakthrough could be key in fighting antibiotic resistance.