Scientists have found microplastic pollution in once pristine spot near the border between France and Spain.
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New research finds tiny particles in the atmosphere had been carried nearly 100km. Should we be worried?
Where to land?
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Putting driverless cars on the road safely is hard enough. Doing it in the air is much more difficult.
Spanish practices.
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Whenever writings were explicit, liberal or anti-Catholic, the Francoist censors crossed them out.
‘Arroz con Pollo’ by US artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, part of the ‘Basquiat – Schiele’ exhibition at the Fondation Louis Vuitton in Paris, 2018.
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Prada and Louis Vuitton are just two major brand names to make a big play in the art world. But if you are looking for innovation you may be disappointed.
What’s left after a star explodes.
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By studying old and dead stars, we can discover what will happen to our sun in the far, far future. And it won’t end with a big explosion.
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In economics classes, relentless growth is an unquestioned dogma. Yet this same economic growth is rapidly ripping apart the ecological foundations of our world.
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Pollen counts focus on the amount of grains in the air, but it could be the species that are more important.
Taking a lead.
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Poverty leaves people feeling unable to take responsibility for their future – but community programmes can empower young people to take control.
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Conducting research and contributing to knowledge creation might be the only way for academics to sustain their jobs.
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Israel’s first moon mission failed to land successfully on the moon’s surface.
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A rapid transition from fossil fuels is possible by targeting the ‘tipping points’ in our political and economic systems.
Benjamin Netanyahu won his fifth term as the Israel’s prime minister.
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A major swing to the right and the abstention of a key demographic have bolstered the Israeli leader’s position.
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Human civilisation is threatened by long-dead organisms, whether as White Walkers or petrol.
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Years after voting to leave the EU, the UK still has no clear plan of how to make Brexit work. These five articles chart the history of an intractable problem.
Emilia Clarke as Daenerys Targaryen in season 8 of Game of Thrones.
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For all its queer characters, Westeros is a gender binary world.
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Do we really need to celebrate with boxes and plastic?
The right to a better future.
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Irrespective of Brexit, parliament should enhance the status of housing, health and other social rights in UK law. Here’s how.
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For the roughly 3% of people who have this condition, sweating can be almost constant.
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This explains why some aspects of English can be hard to learn for speakers of other languages.
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The Wikileaks founder has been removed from the Ecuadorean embassy after nearly seven years.
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Global problems need global solutions. But what you do personally can shift what’s seen as ‘normal’.
An artist’s impression of a flying car.
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With further technology required and practical uncertainties, time is running out for them to be useful in the fight against climate change.
New research has found that mothers may be forgoing medication they need in order to breastfeed their babies.
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Mothers are told to stop breastfeeding when taking certain medications – even if they won’t harm their baby.
Vienna often scores highly in the rankings.
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When a city scores badly on “liveability”, it can put serious pressure on city leaders – but do these rankings really help improve life for local people?
Theresa May has been granted a Brexit ‘flextension’ until the end of October.
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The UK has until October 31 to get its house in order.