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The HBO series was a big hit in 2008, but is it still relevant two decades on?
Unfinished and abandoned: the ‘House of Soviets’.
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The Russian ‘exclave’ ignored its Soviet past, remembered its German roots, but now looks east again.
Start-up should not be synonymous with young people.
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Research shows that the probability of entrepreneurial success jumps after the age of 35, increasing up to the age of 60,
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Move over Netflix, here’s whodunnit by headphones.
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The ‘rules-based international order’ that Trump is supposedly tearing up is an ahistorical fantasy.
The ‘fissure 8’ cone.
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A mysterious cone has developed due to unusual volcanic activity on Hawaii.
The Lifeline: an NGO ship stuck in the Mediterranean in late June.
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The EU has agreed to explore proposals for centres to process people before they can cross the Mediterranean.
The 2018 World Cup inspires new gamblers.
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Online gambling collects a huge amount of data. But instead of personalising offers to keep you hooked, real-time data can be used to prevent problematic gambling behaviour.
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Interdisciplinary research led to the discovery that three historic books were covered in a layer of arsenic.
Empires massively affected the development of science.
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This episode of the In Depth Out Loud podcast outlines the importance of finding a way to remove the inequalities promoted by modern science.
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Most feel they belong, but the Leave decision has left them anxious and insecure.
Blast off.
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Nearly 50 years since the first man walked on the moon, our morals are still stranded on Earth.
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Excavations on the site of Rome’s greatest natural disaster can tell us a lot about attitudes to death.
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A lecturer in transport engineering weighs in on one of the greatest debates of our time.
Iwao Hakamada in 2014.
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Iwao Hakamada was tried for quadruple murder in 1966, but the evidence that convicted him is regarded with widespread scepticism.
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Low expectations influence disabled young people’s educational attainment, finds new study.
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Better childhood environments linked with higher testosterone levels in later life.
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Project Debater looks like machines are ready to understand humans, but the reality is we’re still in the earliest days of AI.
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The new NHS charging regime will have a severe impact on the most vulnerable people in society.
A microscopy image of Aspergillus fumigatus fungus, one of the biggest killers of patients with weak immune systems.
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Fungi perform a vital role in the biological cycle, but pose an increasing danger to human health – invasive fungal infections kill three times more people than malaria.
A bark in the park.
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Dog walking has health benefits for children - but it’s not a straightforward fitness boost.
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Given that so many people have a strong opinion about identity politics, it is surprising how few of us have a clear idea on what it actually is.
Platforms for radicalisation?
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Companies, such as Google, Facebook and Microsoft are working together to take down terrorist propaganda.
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To gain mastery over our inboxes we have to deal with the root causes and not just the symptoms that frequently flare up.
A 16th century chart of Europe and North Africa.
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Migration is central to Mediterranean history and people have always moved between its two shores.