A forest in Canada burns during the country’s 2014 wildfires.
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Boreal forests store one-third of all terrestrial carbon - but for how long?
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A new test which capitalises on existing knowledge and technology will increase diagnoses, speed up the process and save the NHS millions of pounds.
Protesters throw stones at Indian paramilitaries during a protest in Srinagar on August 16.
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The situation in Kashmir shows that colonisation isn’t just done by Europeans – India has a long history of it too.
Rohingya refugees in paddy field behind the border of Bangladesh in 2017.
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It will take a global effort to slow the rise in
atrocities against religious groups.
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Surveillance software that identifies people from CCTV is eroding human rights and democracy.
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The number of students achieving GCSEs in technical and creative subjects along with religious education has declined yet again.
People gather to commemorate the loss of 700 year old glacier Okjokull.
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You may associate grief with the loss of loved ones, but it’s also a useful way to think about ecological breakdown.
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Clicker training and treats aren’t the way to raise a healthy and happy child.
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There are potential issues with any use of machine learning in policing. But if used in the right way, it could go a long way towards more effective policing.
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Understanding moderate politics can help us navigate the extremes of the current age.
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Every so often a ‘sure thing’ comes along when the markets decide that a currency is going to move in only one direction.
Jofra Archer takes a breather during his spell of bowling to Australian captain Steve Smith.
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Extreme pace bowling has been thrilling crowds but scaring batters since the Bodyline tour of the 1930s.
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A little bit of statistics can explain the great mystery of why only girls are being born in Miejsce Odrzanskie.
A Eurasian stone-curlew stands amid short grass.
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Conservationists have found a shortcut in the race to save Earth’s threatened species.
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Kipling’s Jungle Book is seen by some as an allegory for white colonialism in India. But there’s more to it than that.
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The number of people choosing to become posthumous donors in the UK has reached 25.3m but this is still considerably lower than other countries.
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The current repatriation deal signed by Myanmar and Bangladesh fails to guarantee the safety and citizenship of the Rohingya people or address issues of justice for crimes perpetrated against them.
Jack Letts was told by ITV News that he had been stripped of his British citizenship.
'Jihadi Jack' learns from ITV News he's no longer a British citizen via YouTube
The UK needs all the friends it can get after Brexit – angering Canada isn’t a good move.
Protesters took the streets again in Hong Kong in heavy rain on August 18.
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Who are Hong Kong’s protesters?
Even remote beaches are often strewn with plastic debris.
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Plastic washed ashore from the ocean is hard to recycle. What else can we do with it?
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Looking back at Lviv’s Soviet past, there are clues about how to preserve history for everyone – not just the affluent.
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You can’t change your fingerprint if it’s stolen like you’d change your password.
Protestors march to call for stronger charges in the original La Manada case.
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A trial echoing the la Manada gang-rape case is being heard as an incident of ‘sexual abuse’.
Argentina’s president, Mauricio Macri came second in the country’s first round of voting.
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The primary results confirm the end of the austerity project but this is not enough to solve Argentina’s fundamental problems.
A Scotland-wide statue trail is celebrating the work of Dudley D. Watkins, a quiet man who became one of Britain’s most important comic book artists.