Fracking protestors Rich Loizou, Simon Blevins and Richard Roberts released from prison on October 17.
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The criminalisation of fracking protesters is not the exception, it has become the rule.
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Men, who are arguably the least risk-aware when it comes to breast cancer, are largely overlooked in awareness material, and remain ill-informed.
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Managing your feelings takes more than just turning that frown upside down.
How much have you had to drink?
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New research found a disparity between the sentences women and men are given for offence when alcohol is an aggravating factor.
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An Ig Nobel Prize-winning study suggests we need to rethink why imitation evolved.
The Yazidis – targeted by Islamic State.
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There is an urgent need for a binding convention for the prohibition of violence against women.
Iranian president Hassan Rouhani is facing a wave of strikes and protests by civil servants.
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Corruption, economic woes and oppression are driving many civil servants to the edge.
A healthy coral reef on Millennium Atoll, Southern Line Islands.
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Field samples, satellite measurements and isotopic data have shed new light on corals’ eating habits.
The three Brontë sisters with their brother Branwell.
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Despite the myth of consumption as an ethereal, wasting disease, the more prosaic truth is that the Brontës likely infected one another with tuberculosis.
Prince William in Laikipia, Kenya, on September 30, 2018.
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A movement built on inequality can also perpetuate that same inequality.
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Evidence shows that outright bans save lives.
Kosovo Albanians gather to protest against a visit from Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić.
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Leaders in the troubled region once saw EU membership as an incentive to cooperate. Now border disputes could flare up again.
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Most hand car wash workers are subject to some form of labour exploitation, says new report
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Bug chasers fetishise the HIV virus – and they come from a variety of backgrounds, generations, and countries.
BepiColombo MPO at Mercury,
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It will take more energy to get the BebiColombo spacecraft inro a stable orbit around Mercury than it would to send it all the way to Pluto.
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Authorities need a better way to identify so-called super recognisers who match suspects to CCTV footage.
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It’s not just a matter of equality, it makes economic sense too.
Family favourite: Araneus diadematus or garden spider.
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Autumn is spider season. It’s worth getting to know more about our eight-legged friends.
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Energy-efficient water supply is a wicked problem – and we might have found a way to solve it.
Destruction in Homs.
Majd Murad
Work to preserve the country’s heritage is already happening.
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Drug trials should include people with more than one disease.
As deadline day approaches, more and more people are getting the jitters.
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The public is increasingly pessimistic about the way Brexit negotiations are going.
A podcast on extremes: from far-right politics, to life in conflict zones and the extreme weather of Australia.
Nail bars are havens for modern slavery.
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Slavery still exists and it happens in plain sight.
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Companies tie their flag to a social movement or political moment because they think there’s money in it. But if it helps change the world a little, that’s fine too.