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Some of Northern Ireland’s biggest problems have nothing to do with leaving the EU, but all anyone talks about now is the backstop.
Study shows how to help students achieve their full potential.
Science is rarely about an individual genius saving the day.
Parents’ substance use affects children’s physical, psychological, cognitive, social and economic well-being, a new review of the research has found.
New research does away with dark matter by putting ‘entropy’, a measure of disorder, at the heart of the universe.
Multi-level marketing schemes promise easy money and a supportive community. But that’s often not how they pan out.
Specific challenges must be addressed in the older population who are at risk from alcohol abuse.
Good news – underground aquifers could be a reliable source of drinking water in sub-Saharan Africa even as the climate warms.
Not all mass shooters are white supremacists, but they are nearly all men.
Realising the silence of outer space was what made us appreciate our precarious position down on this pale blue dot – so beginning our obsession with extinction.
Police crackdown operations are likely to exacerbate the structural inequalities that can influence criminality in the first place.
With her writing, and her work as a publisher, Morrison brought the African-American experience to the fore in the US and around the world.
Disposable coffee cups demonstrate that recycling could be successful – with a bit of joined-up thinking.
Bubbles in fizzy drinks are full of science you probably didn’t know about - and which can even be found in volcanoes!
Seemingly a mix of hype, economic stimulus and tax cuts, boosterism appears to be an economic credo with shaky foundations.
Emulsifiers are in everything from ice cream to mayonnaise.
New research suggests some dinosaurs buried and protected eggs in groups.
Challenge prizes have triggered some great leaps forward.
So many other countries see the value in breastfeeding support but the UK is lagging behind.
Alarm bells should ring over a global currency that is run by an exclusive club that serves its investor-owners, not the public good.
Bridges were often built for pedestrians and small, old cars – not heavy modern traffic and climate-linked flooding.
Personalised nutrition has the power to save lives.
A Russian scientist is preparing to do germline gene editing. Here’s why that’s a problem.
The winter of 2018-19 claimed 200 reindeer in Svalbard, Norway, according to a recent census.