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Recent developments mean that touting on an industrial scale could become more difficult.
Cereal portions this big are not good for children.
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The marketing of breakfast cereals may be confusing consumers with a mix of true and inflated claims.
Unseen from ground level, this Iron Age farmstead with recognisable round house near the Yorkshire Wolds is revealed in cropmarks. The lighter green shows it was carefully placed on a gravel rise surrounded by wetter land, shown here where the crop grows a darker green.
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A hot summer reveals hidden history beneath the dried-out fields - but only when seen from the air.
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The social network is stopping researchers accessing its data – with significant consequences.
Helping make jokes racist again?
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Rowan Atkinson was part of a new wave of comedians who pushed racist comedy to the margins. So why is he defending Boris Johnson now?
Meghan Markle’s marriage to Prince Harry was portrayed by some as offering ‘hope’ to all people of colour.
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The racism that underpins colourism must be challenged.
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Austerity measures, a refugee crisis and the UK’s retreat have not dimmed most EU citizens’ enthusiasm for the union.
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Aretha Franklin, the ‘Queen of Soul’, was the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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Scientists have used ‘tree rings’ in coral to identify centuries of stress.
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The case for all things Tor.
Mind the gap.
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The gender pay gap remains stubbornly high in the UK, but the new rules are shaming companies into action.
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Problems such as mental illness and drug addiction are confined to a minority of homeless people – and it’s preventing others from getting help.
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Older men are more at risk of loneliness than woman. Feeling isolated increases the risk of anxiety and depression.
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Even people who claim to hate routines probably follow quite a few.
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What turns a seaside resort into something altogether more glamorous? One word can change the fortunes of a whole region.
Turn to the food bank.
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I made a film about people using food banks in the hope that their voices will be heard far and wide.
Finger mounted flexible detector.
An X-ray sensitive ink means future detectors could be printable, portable and flexible.
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Changing people’s behaviour is a huge challenge, but it is critical for good health and a sustainable planet.
The pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis.
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New research reveals how stress could alter our perceptions about which animals are ‘smart’.
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More than a quarter of art house movies are never made available in the UK.
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A nutritionist fact checks the claimed health benefits of beer. It may reduce the risk of heart disease but you’d be much better off getting these benefits from other foods.
Dying younger?
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An international comparison of life expectancy rates has raised alarm bells for the UK.
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Seasoned readers of US science fiction will have the uncanny feeling of having seen this all before.
Money, money, money.
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What looks from the outside like a domestic currency crash is in fact something far more dangerous.
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Students across the world are using social media to research and choose their university.