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As a human evolution researcher, I was very excited to work with the creator of the Assassin’s Creed games.
Yes, fruit juice contains natural sugar, but it has other benefits over sugar-sweetened drinks.
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People often avoid fruit juice due to its sugar content and low fibre, but it still contains lots of good chemicals our bodies need.
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Manufacturing quantum computers would be a lot easier with existing technology than the exotic components currently used to build them.
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There were 590,000 incidents of assaults and threats on shop workers in 2018.
A separate Naga flag remains a sticking point in the peace talks.
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In India’s far northeast, tensions are beginning to emerge in the 22-year peace process to end India’s longest insurgency.
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A new report has found funding shortfalls are forcing schools to make difficult decisions about which pupils get support.
Born to run: Bruce Springsteen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2013.
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Bruce Springsteen is The Boss, Aristotle is The Philosopher. And they have a great deal in common, if you know where to look.
What do you have for me Mr Johnson?
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All the drama has played out in the UK lately – with very little regard for whether any of the options under discussion would be acceptable to the EU.
Artist’s impression of planet K2-18 b, its host star and an accompanying planet in this system.
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K2-18 b is now the exoplanet most likely to be habitable.
The Amazon’s new record-breaking tree.
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The monster trees are almost 90m tall, and may make the Amazon’s northeast a much greater carbon sink than previously thought.
The director Salvador Mallo, a stand-in for Almodóvar himself, is played by Antonio Banderas.
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The Spanish director’s new film is a mischievously autobiographical commentary on the healing powers of art.
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A thought experiment from Richard Dawkins’ book The Selfish Gene turned out to be a more realistic explanation for altruism than he expected.
A clouded future for local councils.
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Reforms to the way local authorities are funded are probably the most radical – and least discussed – changes made by the Conservative government.
Not always violent.
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Extremism and terrorism should not be simply interlinked.
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It has undoubtedly been a game-changer for entrepreneurial finance, but researchers are discovering new inequalities and risks for investors.
The Orange Problem, 2019, Acrylic on panel, 72 x 72 cm. © Robert Pepperell 2019.
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When we look at art we may not all see the same thing. It all depends on what happens in our brains.
Brexit is dominating headlines.
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The political class is tearing itself to pieces, and journalists are making sure we can read all about it. But beyond Westminster, why would people care about things they can do nothing about?
Shortlived alliance.
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As US national security advisor, John Bolton was too much of a warmonger for Donald Trump.
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A no-deal Brexit means the immediate imposition of import duties and various controls on UK-EU trade.
Peter Longstaff, one of the participants in the study.
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Ultra-clear maps of individual toes were found in the brains of two foot painters – these are not found in typically developed humans.
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It may not be such a bad habit after all.
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The former deputy prime minister has been outmanouevered by his government partners –but he thrives in opposition.
The memorial to the Kindertransport refugees, Liverpool St Station, London.
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The Kindertransport saved thousands of Jewish children from the Nazis before World War II. But planned reforms to UK asylum policy are putting refugee children at risk.
Exports and manufacturing output is down.
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After a decade of nearly uninterrupted growth, the German economy is stuttering.
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The use of big data by companies, even when perfectly legal, can harm people.