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Food waste could be worse than plastic when it comes to harming the environment.
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The much criticised PM has plenty of rivals for the title of worst leader.
Glittering prize: the FIFA Women’s World Cup on display in Paris.
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They are the best in the world, but compared to men they are still treated as second best.
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Overcrowding and inexperience is proving a dangerous combination on the world’s highest peaks. Is it time to introduce controls on who can climb them?
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Algae at the bottom of the Arctic food chain relies on sea ice.
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Parents want their children to be kind to animals, but a hug looks very different to a frightened dog.
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Attributes of autism can have a hugely positive role in society.
Waging tariff war.
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Other countries have tried linking migration to foreign policy before – it needs to be a credible and capable threat to work.
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Intermittent fasting diets are increasingly popular.
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Recycling is a messy system at the moment. Here’s how we can clean up our act.
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Mindfulness aligns itself with science and academia to be seen as credible but it lacks any real evidence.
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Could a small and sunny patch of the Earth’s surface power the rest of the world? Here’s what the experts say.
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If you’re having a bad month, your dog probably is too.
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Social biases in digital tech create racist face recognition software and sexist hiring tools, but more data collection isn’t the answer.
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Is everything about who we are contained within our brains?
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Centuries-old shinise businesses have withstood Westernisation, changing tastes and increasing competition.
Some of the boys and girls in 1964, aged seven.
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What started as an experiment in 1964 has become the UK’s most successful documentary franchise.
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It’s not just a modern fad – plant-based diets have a long and colourful political past.
Good care is dependent on good care workers.
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Working as a professional carer is a stressful and high-pressure job. Making sure carers have the right training and support is crucial.
The Lismore is named after a Scottish island where the inhabitants were forcibly evicted during the Highland Clearances.
Even aside from the gender-neutral issue, toilets have become highly politicised places, especially when it comes to protest.
A Buddhist monk claiming to be the president of the self-styled ‘Protect Sri Lanka’ organisation argues with police personnel barricading the road leading to the president’s official residence in Colombo.
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The bombings have been framed as part of ongoing internal conflict, but Sri Lanka was just the stage for a play that could have been performed anywhere in the world.
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If you thought this was about boring box-ticking chats before you leave school for the last time, think again.
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Modern science clashes with the idea that the rise of Homo Sapiens was a fluke.
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The real ethical challenge of driverless cars is not deciding how they respond in emergencies – it’s facing up to the failings of human drivers.
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A large number of young people are reluctant to accept evolution. How we teach the topic might be a key reason why.